The harmony among the three women put Lin Yun's mind at ease.
Afterwards, Lin Yun spent some time with everyone, exchanging feelings and giving guidance to them, as well as the ghost cultivators.
Three months later, Lin Yun resumed his cultivation.
It's not time for him to relax yet.
The information he received from Shi Zhong that his father had left behind a drop of his blood essence added an important matter to his mind.
If what Qinglian Divine Lord said is true, then why did he suddenly reveal this after keeping it a secret for so many years?
If the situation of the gods has not reached a very dangerous point, then something big is about to happen.
Regardless of the possibility, his strength needs to be improved as quickly as possible.
His current strength is not comparable to that of a typical upper-level god realm cultivator, and he cannot influence battles at that level. He doesn't want to be powerless when something really happens.
Fortunately, the Netherworld now has a total of fifty-four heavens. The time flow rate of the forty-sixth to fifty-fourth heavens is a million times different from that of the Great World of Living Beings!
One day passes in the Great World of Living Beings, while one million days, or more than two thousand years, pass between the forty-sixth and fifty-fourth heavens of the Netherworld!
One year has passed in the Great World of Living Beings, while a million years have passed between the forty-sixth and fifty-fourth heavens of the Netherworld!
He has plenty of time to train!
The Netherworld, the fifty-fourth heaven.
The core space is surrounded by many formations, which constantly gather the power of heaven and earth of the entire Chongtian, making the environment of this core space extremely good.
Lin Yun sat cross-legged in the center of the great formation, closed his eyes and cultivated, as countless forces of heaven and earth surged into his body.
Currently, the 54th Heaven is the highest Heaven in the Netherworld, and also the Heaven with the most concentrated power of Heaven and Earth. He is the only one cultivating here, while everyone else is cultivating in the 53rd Heaven. Once a battle breaks out, the others will play very little role, so everything is focused on his cultivation.
One year... two years... three years...
Time passed slowly.
During this time, Lin Yun mainly honed his power. His realm improved too quickly, and there were some flaws in both the early and current stages. Perhaps these flaws were nothing to ordinary Divine Realm cultivators, or even to some powerful Divine Realm cultivators.
However, now that he has condensed a nine-patterned divine core, Lin Yun wants to deepen his foundation as much as possible and make his power as complete as possible, so that he may reap rich rewards in the future.
Of course, most importantly, he wanted to make his strength as powerful as possible without raising his realm, so that he could have a great advantage when breaking through the new heavens of the Netherworld.
Age, realm, and strength are the three essential elements for breaking through a new world.
The younger the better, the lower the level of cultivation the better, and the stronger the ability the better.
He wanted to see if he could break through the 55th to 63rd heavens of the Netherworld while he was still in the lower realm of gods.
...
In the blink of an eye, a thousand years have passed.
For a powerhouse like Lin Yun, a thousand years is nothing in the blink of an eye.
Finally, Lin Yun raised his strength to the limit of the lower-level divine realm, unable to improve it any further. All his basic skills, combat techniques, and so on, were also raised to the limit he could reach at this level.
Although his realm had not improved, Lin Yun did a simple test and found that his strength was about 30% greater than when he was in seclusion a thousand years ago, and almost double what he was when he first broke through to the lower-level divine realm.
When two strong opponents clash, even a difference of one or two percent in strength is a huge gap!
30%!
Double!
These are all incredibly powerful boosts!
The increase in strength by 30% could even save him at least 30% of the time when breaking through the new heaven of the Netherworld. In case the two primordial forces really lose their balance and the difficulty of breaking through the new heaven of the Netherworld is restored, this could be a very important help.
"Perhaps my current strength is still no match for ordinary cultivators at the upper-level God Realm, but I am confident that I can fight them for a long time. If we were in the Blood Fiend Universe, I would even be confident that I could overpower them..."
Lin Yun opened his eyes, a dazzling light flashing in his starry eyes, and thought to himself.
call!
The next moment, Lin Yun's body disappeared from the spot, and when he reappeared, he was already at the edge of the boundary between the fifty-fourth and fifty-third heavens.
The barrier opened silently, and Lin Yun slipped inside.
Without disturbing the people cultivating on the fifty-third heaven, Lin Yun then flashed to the next heaven.
Whew! Whew! Whew!
Wherever he went, layers of heavenly barriers opened automatically, and Lin Yun's body passed through one heaven after another, soon arriving at the Reincarnation Land of the Netherworld.
"boom!"
With a thought, Lin Yun immediately released a divine domain power that covered a large area of the Reincarnation Land. At the same time, his spiritual power continuously explored the entire Reincarnation Land.
At this moment, he broke through to the lower-level divine realm and reached the limit of the lower-level divine realm. His strength was many times greater than when he was at the peak of the Saint King realm. Similarly, his exploration ability was many times greater than when he was at that time.
At the same time, the power of time within him spread out, and all the ghost cultivators whose souls were covered by his divine domain power were almost brought to a standstill, making it easier for Lin Yun to investigate them clearly.
"What happened?"
"What kind of power is this?"
"Could it be that a powerful figure has descended upon the Land of Reincarnation?"
Some powerful ghost cultivators sensed this powerful commotion and looked up at the sky above the Land of Reincarnation, their faces filled with shock.
Those ghost cultivators at the Saint King level were especially shocked.
Who are they? Top-tier beings in the entire Netherworld!
They were instantly enveloped by this power, and felt as if their lives were being held in someone's hands! They had seen ghost cultivators at the peak Saint King level, but they felt that even those ghost cultivators at the peak Saint King level could not give them this feeling!
"In the Netherworld, only the Blood Emperor possesses such power. Could it be that the Blood Emperor has descended upon us..."
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Everyone, restrain your men, they all need to behave themselves..."
These Saint King-level ghost cultivators' expressions changed rapidly, and they hurriedly sent messages to their subordinates.
Regardless of whether the visitor is the Blood Emperor or not, they are not people they can afford to offend. If their subordinates somehow provoke the other party and implicate them, it would truly be a disaster for them.
"Eagle King greets Senior!"
"Ox-Head greets Your Excellency!"
"May I ask what brings you to the Land of Reincarnation, senior? Please feel free to speak your mind..."
...
At the same time, some Saint King-level ghost cultivators bowed respectfully and fearfully to the void, speaking in a very humble manner.
As the saying goes, it's never wrong to be overly polite. Hopefully, the other party won't take advantage of them unnecessarily. If they happen to help the other party in some way and thus establish a relationship with them, that would be even better.
The peak Saint King level powerhouses of the Great World of Living Beings would not possess such strength if they entered the Netherworld, and the legendary God Realm powerhouses of the Great World of Living Beings have never entered the Netherworld. They vaguely guessed that this powerhouse was very likely their Blood Emperor of the Netherworld.
It is said that although this Blood Emperor has killed many powerful figures, he does not kill indiscriminately. In fact, this is one of the reasons why these Saint King-level ghost cultivators dare to bow and speak to the void.
Otherwise, most of the powerful beings in the Netherworld are selfish and have eccentric personalities. Even if they are polite to each other, they may still get themselves killed.
Now, throughout the entire Netherworld, countless top-tier ghost cultivators want to curry favor with the Blood Emperor, yet they cannot even get a glimpse of him. This time, they may very well encounter him. If they dare not even take this gamble, then they would not have cultivated to such a level.
However, these were only the Saint King level ghost cultivators. There were also a very small number of Saint Monarch level ghost cultivators. The vast majority of ghost cultivators below the Saint King level dared not speak, but simply lowered their heads and remained silent.
First, they felt they were not qualified to speak with the other party.
Secondly, most of them did not guess that the other party might be the Blood Emperor of the Netherworld. Based on their perception of strength, whether the other party was a peak Saint King or someone with the strength of Lin Yun, it was about the same.
Finally, they were afraid that when they were building relationships, they might also risk offending other Saint King-level ghost cultivators. This worry was not unfounded; on the contrary, it was highly likely. After all, they were competing with the other party to curry favor with them, so how could the other party possibly like them?
Whew! Whew! Whew!
However, Lin Yun ignored the commotion of these ghost cultivators. With a light step, he covered hundreds of millions of miles, quickly traveling through the sky above the Land of Reincarnation.
In just over ten minutes, they had thoroughly investigated all the souls and ghost cultivators in the entire land of reincarnation.
"No?"
Lin Yun frowned.
He searched the entire land of reincarnation and found the souls of some of his former subordinates who had perished in the Blood Fiend Universe. He even discovered the souls of some cultivators from the Great World of Living Beings whom Ling Tian had known in his previous life. Furthermore, he even found the souls of two innate gods he had interacted with when he was the crown prince of the God Clan. However, after countless reincarnations, their soul auras from when they were innate gods were extremely weak. If he hadn't used the power of time, he wouldn't have been able to detect them at all.
However, they couldn't find Guan Xiangsi's soul.
"When I passed through other realms of the Netherworld before, I also checked the aura of ghost cultivators in those realms, but I couldn't find any. Could it be that Guan Xiangsi has already been reincarnated?" Lin Yun thought to himself.
This is not impossible. Some souls from the realm of living beings enter the Netherworld's cycle of reincarnation. Some souls stay in the cycle of reincarnation for a long time, while others stay for a short time before quickly entering the cycle of reincarnation.
These are all things that cannot be confirmed.
As for whether Guan Xiangsi's true spirit was destroyed, Lin Yun estimated that the probability was not high.
Back then, when Guan Xiangsi perished in the Blood Fiend Universe, it wasn't because she was attacked too powerfully; the attacker couldn't even harm her true spirit.
It is very difficult to completely destroy the true spirit of a living being. Generally, when a powerful person kills someone, even if it causes great damage to the soul, it usually cannot harm the true spirit of the other party. A severely injured soul enters the Netherworld, and although its memories may be very incomplete, it will not affect the cycle of reincarnation.
In any case, when a soul enters the cycle of reincarnation, the soul power attached to the true spirit is also washed away, leaving almost only the true spirit to reincarnate. Therefore, the true spirit after reincarnation basically does not carry any memories.
Only when one's strength reaches a certain level can one possibly retrieve past memories based on the remaining trace of soul power. However, one can only retrieve memories from lifetimes when one was stronger, because if one's strength is not strong enough, the soul power generated will be relatively ordinary and will have been completely washed away during reincarnation.
Just like Lin Yun, he wasn't too sure how many lifetimes he had reincarnated, but he was sure it wasn't just Ling Tian, but also Lin Yun. However, regarding his past lives, he only remembered the memories of Ling Tian and the Crown Prince of the Divine Clan.
Some powerful individuals can completely annihilate a true spirit, but it is still extremely troublesome.
People generally wouldn't do this unless they had a very deep-seated hatred.
If Guan Xiangsi were very strong, that might be possible, but since Guan Xiangsi isn't strong, even if something happens, the powerful person she attracts wouldn't be too strong, so this situation is unlikely to occur.
"With my current strength, I cannot find Guan Xiangsi's reincarnation, so I can only put this matter aside for now," Lin Yun said softly, frowning slightly.
However, since Guan Xiangsi's soul was not found, but some other souls were found, they could not be ignored.
In his previous life as Ling Tian, he didn't know many people, so that's fine. But in his current life as Lin Yun, and in his previous life as the Crown Prince of the Divine Clan, he will inherit the souls he knew.
"Buzz!"
Previously, Lin Yun had already marked those souls. Now, he made a pulling spell with his hands, and throughout the entire Samsara Land, souls either broke away from the River of Samsara or flew up from other places in the Samsara Land, all flying towards Lin Yun.
"not good!"
"Who is attacking me?"
"May I ask which esteemed person you are...?"
The souls that were drawn in panicked.
But soon, they all came to Lin Yun's side.
Lin Yun's subordinates who perished in the Blood Fiend Universe are alright. Now, in the Great World of Living Beings, only a few years have passed, at most a dozen years, and they have all entered the Land of Reincarnation, without having had time to reincarnate.
When they saw Lin Yun in front of them, they were all incredulous, but they all recognized him.
"king!"
"Boss!"
Each soul looked at Lin Yun excitedly.
"Long time no see. I'm sorry you suffered in the Netherworld." Lin Yun said with a slight smile.
As he spoke, Lin Yun released a powerful divine domain force onto these souls. Immediately, the auras of these souls began to rapidly increase, reaching level one... level two... level three...
Soon, each soul reached the limit of a level twelve cultivator!
Lin Yun did not stop.
A few breaths later, these souls began to emanate an aura of breakthrough, each breaking through to the super realm of the Blood Fiend Universe!
At this moment, Lin Yun stopped the divine power covering them. Lin Yun's current ability could only raise them to this level. Going any higher would damage their foundation. It was best to let them cultivate on their own!
"This...this..."
"What level have I... broken through to?"
"Boss... Boss..."
"king……"
Those souls were all shocked.
"This is the Netherworld. You are now ghost cultivators. Some of your realm names are different from those in the Blood Fiend Universe, but the levels are mostly the same. Your current realm is probably at the Super Realm level from the Blood Fiend Universe..." Lin Yun said, looking at these souls.
"Super... Realm? I've already broken through to the Super Realm?"
"Is...is this real...?"
The souls were once again shaken.
When they perished in the Blood Fiend Universe, most of them were just ordinary cultivators. Level 11 and 12 cultivators were considered extraordinary realms in their eyes, and the Super Realm was a legendary realm.
Even in the Netherworld's Reincarnation Land, those at the Super Realm are considered top-tier ghost cultivators. They only stayed in the Reincarnation Land for a short time, so naturally they are far from reaching that level.
Now, Lin Yun tells them that in just a few breaths, they have broken through to the super realm that is far beyond their reach. How could they not be shocked?
“Yes, I am now the Blood Emperor of the Netherworld. You were my subordinates in your previous lives. Now, you can choose to continue to be ghost cultivators and follow me, or choose to go to reincarnation, or stay in the Netherworld for a while before going to reincarnation. But if you choose reincarnation, with my current abilities, I cannot find you, nor do I have time to find you…” Lin Yun nodded slightly and said.
As he spoke, Lin Yun had already led these souls away from the Land of Reincarnation. With a wave of his hand, layer upon layer of boundary walls opened, and he led these souls swiftly toward the higher heavens of the Netherworld. By the time he finished speaking, he had already led all the souls into the forty-sixth heaven of the Netherworld.
The time flow in the Land of Reincarnation is only ten times slower than that in the Great World of Living Beings. Given the preciousness of time, it would be a waste for him to talk to the souls in the Land of Reincarnation. Now that he has led the souls into the forty-sixth heaven of the Netherworld, this situation no longer exists.
Even if he wastes months or years here, in the Great World of Living Beings, it would only be a few breaths or a dozen breaths.
In the eyes of the souls, after a bizarre and dazzling scene, they arrived at a place where the power of heaven and earth was extremely dense. With almost every breath, they felt their strength increase greatly, as if they had arrived in heaven.
At this moment, they realized the true extent of Lin Yun's strength, which was far beyond what they had perceived when they perished.
They had spent decades or even centuries in the Land of Reincarnation, and some of them had learned a great deal. They felt that this kind of strength was something that even in the Netherworld, it was definitely not something that ordinary ghost cultivators could possess.
"Blood Emperor? Blood Emperor!!! Your Majesty...you...you are now the Blood Emperor of the Netherworld? Could it be...the Blood Emperor who is one of the Nine Emperors?" At this moment, the soul of one of Lin Yun's subordinates suddenly trembled and looked at Lin Yun, extremely shocked.
During this period, the new heavens of the Netherworld were frequently broken, and the Land of Reincarnation was not without any reaction. Lin Yun, as the one who broke the new heavens of the Netherworld, was naturally discussed by some ghost cultivators.
Meanwhile, some top experts from the Netherworld were frantically searching for the rare and precious materials that Lin Yun had requested in the Land of Reincarnation, all in order to cultivate in higher realms.
Even after Lin Yun broke through to the Divine Realm, he did not stop collecting those rare and precious materials. This was because these materials were beneficial to the Three-Eyed Emperor, and Lin Yun could not stop collecting them just because he no longer needed them; that would be too cruel of discarding a useful tool after it has served its purpose.
However, this also made many ghost cultivators in the Land of Reincarnation hear of the Blood Emperor of the Netherworld's reputation.
Currently, the number one ghost cultivator and the number one legend in the Netherworld is far stronger than other top ghost cultivators in the Netherworld. Some Saint King-level ghost cultivators even said with certainty that even if all the ghost cultivators in the entire Netherworld were combined, they would not be a match for that Blood Emperor.
One of the Nine Emperors was just a previous title. In fact, the other eight of the Nine Emperors were not comparable to the Blood Emperor at all.
Now, when Lin Yun's subordinate hears Lin Yun say that Lin Yun is the Blood Emperor of the Netherworld, how can he not be shocked?
“No…it shouldn’t be…The Blood Emperor is one of the Nine Emperors who have been famous in the Netherworld for countless years. How could it be him, given how long Wang Cai has been dead…” But the next moment, Lin Yun’s subordinate immediately shook his head and muttered to himself.
At this moment, he did not underestimate his king or Lin Yun's mentality; he simply felt it was unlikely.
Moreover, the next moment, he hurriedly and frantically said to Lin Yun, "Your Majesty, you must not use the title of Blood Emperor anymore. You may not know, but there is a very powerful Blood Emperor in the Netherworld, the strongest in the Netherworld. It is said that he can kill an ordinary Saint King-level ghost cultivator with a single thought. He is extremely terrifying. If he finds out, or if his subordinates find out about Your Majesty's title..."
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