Vol 5 Chapter 58: The Mysterious Master

From the Meteor Spirit Beast's perspective, Mo Yu's strength was undoubtedly formidable. No matter what, it couldn't believe such an existence was merely a tamed beast!

[I'll allow you to attempt killing him at full power once before deciding. Go ahead.]

Yet Lin Jing's confidence made the Meteor Spirit Beast hesitate. If Lin Jing spoke the truth, it would be terrifying. A single Mo Yu was already this powerful - if he could continuously revive, he'd become an even more unsolvable existence.

Moreover, the Meteor Spirit Beast knew Lin Jing still had a Celestial Beast corpse at his disposal! Setting everything else aside, if Lin Jing controlled the Celestial Beast corpse to attack now, forcing the Star Dust Realm to face both Mo Yu and Lin Jing simultaneously, the realm would undoubtedly suffer devastating losses.

Then...

But... it absolutely couldn't submit to Lin Jing either! Leaving the Origin Realm... while many spirits might yearn for this, it held no appeal. What it needed to accomplish could only be done by remaining in the Origin Realm!

Therefore...

Array... activate!

Seeing the Meteor Spirit Beast resolutely activate the grand formation, Lin Jing's heart skipped a beat. This guy... wasn't intimidated?

Putting himself in the Origin Realm spirits' position, joining the Heaven-Earth Sect for a chance to leave should offer countless benefits with no drawbacks. Especially when facing another powerful threat - this relatively harmless option should be the obvious choice.

Had he overlooked something? The Meteor Spirit Beast's refusal was astonishingly decisive.

"Then let's fight." Though Lin Jing had exaggerated somewhat, he hadn't lied. He could indeed revive fallen beasts, but the revival cost wasn't as trivial as he'd implied. Not only would the beast tamer's realm drop, the revived beast's cultivation would decline even more severely!

Fortunately, Mo Yu possessed the Heavenly Demon Physique. Even if each revival dropped him a major realm, by burning lifespan, he could temporarily reach the peak of Nascent Soul Transformation after every revival! Afterwards, it would just require resources to rebuild his cultivation.

After all, in the Origin Realm, cultivation level meant little.

"Twenty-Three Armed Heavenly Demon Sword Domain—!"

"Cease..."

Just as this battle - which would severely damage both sides - was about to erupt, a clear young girl's voice suddenly emerged from the Star Dust Realm's core.

"Who?"

Hearing this voice, Lin Jing's heart lurched, his sword intent failing to properly condense. The Meteor Spirit Beast also visibly froze, then its stony face displayed indescribable delight!

"Master, you've awakened!"

The half-activated formation abruptly halted as the Meteor Spirit Beast looked at Lin Jing with joyous anticipation, its gaze already treating him as dead.

"Master, help me eliminate this person."

What the hell?

Lin Jing shuddered, an involuntary sense of crisis surfacing. The Star Dust Realm's killing formation hadn't evoked this feeling - after all, only his avatar would perish there. But this unknown voice made even his true body outside the realm feel hairs stand on end.

Master?!

No time to analyze why the Meteor Spirit Beast had an unheard-of master. But undoubtedly, any existence it called master, trusted so completely, and could trigger Lin Jing's danger instincts must surpass even the Meteor Spirit Beast at full power!

"Retreat!"

Mo Yu turned to flee, but upon entering the void, golden chains bound him completely. Lin Jing recognized these as the immortal technique Immortal Binding Chains - his true body had practiced them too. Yet Mo Yu's struggles revealed these chains were several times stronger than Lin Jing could produce, surpassing even the Meteor Spirit Beast's Heavenly Star Seal in restraining power.

Attempting to break free with Heavenly Demon Crossing, he found spatial power completely sealed.

"Just who is the Meteor Spirit Beast's master?" Mo Yu's eyes flashed as he urgently summoned his true body. The next instant, powerful spatial energy from a leaf token on his avatar attempted to teleport him away.

This spatial energy proved exceptionally unique, managing to teleport even the binding chains away.

Successful escape made Lin Jing exhale in relief, realizing he'd underestimated the situation. Who knew the Star Dust Realm hid such a terrifying existence?

But he couldn't blame his carelessness - neither the Heavenly Demon Sect nor the Cultivation Alliance had such intelligence despite years in the Origin Realm. Lin Jing now sensed the realm's depths exceeded his understanding.

"I can't repeat this. The Longevity Body's advantage is time - I was too impatient."

"Retreat first, we'll deal with the chains later." Lin Jing examined his bound avatar, but before he could breathe easy, a golden light descended from above - the enemy's pursuit speed defied expectations.

"Why leave in such haste?"

"Rest assured, I bear you no hostility."

The golden figure appeared before them. The "master" the Meteor Spirit Beast spoke of resembled a white ball of fluff - like spherical wool or cotton, its race unidentifiable.

Shrouded in starlight, it radiated profound mystery and unfathomable power, making Lin Jing completely unable to gauge its origins.

"Might I ask your purpose?" Lin Jing maintained composure. Thankfully, the upgraded spatial leaves from his Pine Leaf Mouse proved more effective than Heavenly Demon Crossing, or he'd be done for today.

With spatial leaves and Heavenly Demon Physique as safeguards, Lin Jing could face this being with relative calm.

Who exactly was this? No records in the Cultivation Alliance, never mentioned by underworld spirits either...

"Indeed her legacy..." The white orb seemed indifferent to Lin Jing, its attention locked on the Pine Leaf Mouse perched on his shoulder, clutching a leaf ready to escape!

"Your luck... is quite remarkable."

From these fragments, Lin Jing's mind raced to deduce its identity. It seemed fixated on the Pine Leaf Mouse's power - likely the Rare Beast Divine Abilities. These abilities were embryonic immortal techniques passed down from celestial immortals... meaning it probably recognized the original owner of the Glazed Immortal Eye inherited by the mouse!

"You're an immortal from the Immortal Realm who descended!"

Lin Jing concluded. Indeed, this being felt stronger than Li Tianyi or Sheng Kun. Only an immortal could command the Meteor Spirit Beast's reverence.

The questions remained: when had it descended? Why reside in the Origin Realm? And how became the Meteor Spirit Beast's master?

"Good deduction."

"Successor of Glazed Immortal King... I'd never harm you. Considering the effort required to manifest a power like Glazed Immortal Eye in the lower realm..."

"Among all inherited abilities, this likely ranks top three? No wonder you bullied little Stone... But given its years gathering Origin Sources to sustain my remnant soul, let's consider this matter closed, shall we?"