CHAPTER 351: CHAPTER 48: THE WAY IS TO SEEK THE DAO

Not long after, an Immortal Sword of nearly Immortal Artifact level fell into Ling Yue Sword Immortal’s hands.

Ling Yue Sword Immortal knew that this Immortal Sword was transformed by her master.

Upon obtaining the Immortal Sword, she activated her cultivation technique and instantly gained countless Sword Dao insights.

These insights were obscure and difficult to understand, yet holding the Immortal Sword, Ling Yue Sword Immortal had a feeling that, as long as she used it, she would be a Heaven-Sundering Sword Cultivator at the level of Dao Inquiry, as if her master were possessing her.

"Master said that after learning of the Second Ancient Emperor’s injury, forces like the Gu God Sect became restless, intending to investigate the truth of the matter..."

"Even the snow plains are stirring, eager to take revenge on the Ancient Country."

"Prince Gu and the Ancient Clan Princess are using the True Dragon Secret Technique to temporarily govern the nation in place of the Second Ancient Emperor, gathering the fate of the nation into one body..."

"Now that the Ancient Country faces threats from all sides, Master informed me that I must hold off the Nether Hall until she recovers... In the current situation, if the Nether Hall successfully captures the Artifact Spirit, the Ancient Country will be in danger."

Among the three great demonic sects, the one they truly hated the most was still the Ancient Country, after all, the Ancient Country had often enhanced its national fortune by eliminating these sects.

In comparison, other Dao Inquiry forces have no significant enmity with the three great demonic sects, and the demonic sects do not provoke Dao Inquiry level forces without reason.

"The situation with the Demon Court is the same." Facing each other, Lin Jing and Ling Yue Sword Immortal both furrowed their brows.

"According to intelligence from the Qingzhou Demon Court, the demon beasts of the Sea God Palace and the Mist Forest are continually pressuring the Demon Court, and it won’t be long before a demon beast army arrives in the Western Desert to capture me."

"No worries, with me here, even if the Yin Yang Whale Emperor and the Forest Sea Dragon Emperor come, I might still have the power to fight them." Holding her master’s sword, Ling Yue Sword Immortal felt as if she could perfectly wield her master’s power.

"Forget it." Lin Jing laughed bitterly, saying, "Even though you can display Elder Lie Tian’s power, be cautious; if you damage the sword, it would be troublesome if Elder Lie Tian does not wake up."

The Immortal Sword flashed with a streak of light, seemingly agreeing with Lin Jing’s words.

"Our top priority now is to find the Artifact Spirit. Once we find the final Immortal Artifact, it will deter these ill-intentioned forces."

Feng Ning asked, "Are you still going to continue your battle with Emperor Renzong of the Wan Dynasty?"

"Of course."

Lin Jing squinted and said, "Just in time to use the battle with him to deter the forces eyeing the Demon Court."

The Celestial Demon Body has this capability.

......

In the blink of an eye, it was the appointed day for Lin Jing and Renzong of the Wan Dynasty’s battle.

In fact, compared to the Demon Court, the situation in Martial Emperor City was much better.

Although the Martial Emperor was also severely injured, Martial Emperor City was not besieged like the Demon Court.

During this time, the situation of the Demon Court was already known to Martial Emperor City.

The Demon Court was in such a dire state that it could hardly pose a threat to Martial Emperor City.

The strong ones in Martial Emperor City expected that Lin Jing, this Saint Heir of the Demon Court, would surely cancel the duel, leave in disgrace, and hide away from danger.

However, to the surprise of Renzong and the others, Lin Jing’s avatar showed no response throughout these days, seemingly still awaiting the battle date.

"If he wants to fight, then fight."

Although Renzong of the Wan Dynasty was not in the mood for a fight at that moment, on the day of the duel, he stood atop the walls of Martial Emperor City, patiently waiting for Lin Jing’s arrival.

Numerous cultivators came to witness the battle, mainly from the eight great families of Martial Emperor City, along with some Buddhist powerhouses and Ancient Country cultivators. They were not just there to observe the outcome of the duel between the Saint Heir of the Demon Court and the Martial Emperor’s heir.

Instead, now that the Demon Emperor was seriously wounded, and Lin Jing, possessing the Longevity Body, had become the target of many demons again, when Lin Jing appeared in Martial Emperor City, it would be when these demons bared their bloodthirsty fangs. They wanted to see if the Demon Emperor and the Martial Emperor were truly too injured to fight...

"Why hasn’t he come yet..."

"Did he run away?"

"Probably, the Fishman Ancestor of the Sea God Palace and the Flower Ancestor under the Forest Sea Dragon Emperor have come, clearly with bad intentions. If the rumors are true that the Lord of the Demon Court is severely injured, this Longevity Body capable of refining Transformation Pills is definitely an object of competition among the various forces. Under such circumstances, I don’t believe this Saint Heir of the Demon Court would dare show his face..."

In mid-air above Martial Emperor City, sat cross-legged a terrifying Fishman monster with green skin, exuding a terrifying aura.

In addition to it, there was a glamorous red carnivorous flower rooted in the void, eyeing Martial Emperor City.

These two oddities both had cultivation at the peak of the Hollow Profound Realm, only one step away from Dao Inquiry.

Monsters like these weren’t able to enter Martial Emperor City in the past, but now, with both the Martial Emperor and the City Spirit "asleep," there was no good way to prevent these creatures from entering the city.

Furthermore, not just these creatures, even Elder Feng Gu of the Gu God Sect also reappeared in Martial Emperor City. Unable to reclaim the Golden Light Gu previously, he now felt that if the rumors were true, it might be the key to reclaim multiple strange Gu in one go!

Of course, he alone was not enough, but if he added the Gu God Sect Leader, the possessor of the Sun Gu, then it might be different.

"Indeed, the Gu God Ancestor sensed the shocking battle waves from beyond the sky." Clad in white, the Gu God Sect Leader spoke, "But for the specifics, we must explore slowly, lest there be any deception."

Boom!!!

Rumble!!!!

Just when people thought Lin Jing would not come to fulfill this duel, thunder suddenly exploded in the void, and a dragon of lightning with cultivation reaching the peak of the Hollow Profound Realm flew out from the electric currents in the void.

Atop its head, stood Lin Jing in a blue robe, with hands clasped behind his back.

He has arrived!

Seeing Lin Jing truly arrived, the crowd was amazed, but what surprised them even more in the next moment was that, although Lin Jing’s cultivation was listed as mid-stage Golden Core on the Golden Rank, this appearing Lin Jing’s cultivation had reached the great perfection of Nascent Soul, completely inconsistent with the information on the Golden Rank!

"I’ve come to accept the challenge."

Lin Jing stood atop the Thunder Dragon Ancestor’s head, gently tapping his foot, and landed opposite the Martial Emperor’s inheritor, on the city wall.

"However, you should just surrender directly," Lin Jing said lightly.

"Your cultivation..." Renzong of the Wan Dynasty frowned.

"Could it be that the cultivators of Martial Emperor City do not know that I once taught another Longevity Body a secret method called the ’Celestial Demon Body’? If she can, naturally so can I. With this secret method, the Golden Core is me, the Nascent Soul is me, and the Divinity Transformation is also me."

"Even if you are invincible in the Divinity Transformation Realm, it is useless, as one who has cultivated the Celestial Demon Body, the Hollow Profound Realm is me, even if you can reverse-slaughter Hollow Profound with Divinity Transformation, it is still useless, I am Dao Inquiry, so you are definitely not my opponent, just hand over the Stone Person Gu, and everyone can be at ease."

"I don’t wish to use this Celestial Demon power on a prodigy like you, it isn’t meant for you..." Lin Jing laughed.

"Impossible." Renzong’s pupils shrank; he was naturally aware of the Celestial Demon Body, but the Martial Emperor had clearly said during lectures that this secret technique could not simply be cultivated by acquiring it. The Martial Emperor had said that even the Ancient Emperor had not succeeded in cultivating the Celestial Demon Body.

The Martial Emperor stated that this was largely reserved for beings from outside the Celestial Essence Realm.

Compared to suicidal determination, innate qualifications were indeed more critical.

Even the Celestial Lion Saintess was surprised, unknowingly transmitting to an array of black lines, "You don’t need to arrange a script, see, my Saint Heir of the Demon Court should be enough to give your Martial Emperor City a headache..."