Chapter 300

Chapter 300: Attaining Immortality for the Second Time

Tian Huang Realm.

A human figure penetrated the world barrier and descended onto a solitary peak.

The solitary peak soared thousands of feet into the air, like a sharp sword piercing the clouds.

Lin Qianmo stood at the peak, overlooking the human world.

"After tens of thousands of years, the Tian Huang Realm had transformed." Lin Qianmo gazed into the distance, her Divine Sense extending across hundreds of thousands of miles. Instead of witnessing peaceful lives, she saw desolation left by war.

After her ascension, the Divine Empire collapsed. Over tens of thousands of years, warlords fought relentlessly, unable to reunify the realm.

Endless conflict plagued the Tian Huang Realm, reducing it to a wasteland in an age of decay.

Throughout her journey, Lin Qianmo hadn’t sensed a single Great Emperor’s aura.

Now, the Tian Huang Realm lacked even a single emperor, mirroring the former Yuan Realm.

After a stick of incense, Lin Qianmo arrived at a mountain range.

This mountain neighbored the Heavenly Edict Dynasty’s former capital. Before her ascension, she had left hidden measures in the Tian Huang Realm for her return.

Her purpose in coming back was to attain immortality.

Boom!

An earth-shattering explosion tore through the air. The ground shook violently as an underground imperial tomb surfaced. Lin Qianmo descended the steps into the tomb.

Hum!

Guardian arrays within the tomb sprang to life, detecting an intruder. A surge of Dao energy erupted violently, weaving countless divine patterns in the void and manifesting bizarre phenomena.

Millions of miles around, countless people witnessed the spectacle.

"What terrifying power—could someone be proving their Great Emperor status in the Tian Huang Realm?" a quasi-emperor exclaimed in shock.

"Let’s investigate!"

The tomb’s emergence sent tremors through the world, drawing many quasi-emperors toward the ancient capital.

Unfazed by the reactivated array, Lin Qianmo stepped inward and entered the imperial tomb.

This array was her own creation; how could it bar her?

She delved into the tomb’s deepest chamber. An Ancient Mirror hung mid-air, seemingly stone-carved with a petrified surface that reflected nothing.

On the mirror’s surface, strange Symbols were etched, closely resembling the innate divine patterns Lin Qianmo once encountered in the Reincarnation Dao Field of the Seven-Treasure Mystic Forest.

This ancient mirror contained the mysteries of the Reincarnation Dao, radiating profound wonder.

She had obtained it by annihilating the True God Cult.

Upon attaining immortality ages ago, she left it in the mortal plane. Yet over endless eras, even after the Heavenly Edict Dynasty’s collapse, no one had breached the defenses or opened the tomb.

Her return was solely to leverage the Reincarnation Dao for another ascent to immortality.

Lin Qianmo channeled her magic power, directing a wisp into the Reincarnation Ancient Mirror.

Whoosh!

Instantly, the Reincarnation Ancient Mirror emitted a beam of immortal light. Its petrified shell sloughed away, revealing a polished sheen. Symbols of the Reincarnation Dao swirled and ascended, converging into a mystical sealing technique that slowly enveloped Lin Qianmo.

"When false is taken for real, real becomes false;

In the void, there is form, in the form, void…"

Suddenly, the image of that temple appeared before Lin Qianmo’s eyes, with the young monk holding a broom emerging once again in front of her.

The young monk swept the ground while murmuring that phrase.

A powerful shock reverberated in Lin Qianmo’s heart.

This young monk was clearly the one who had helped her comprehend the Dao and become an emperor in the Reincarnation Dao Field.

"Senior!"

Lin Qianmo bowed deeply with respect.

However, the young monk ignored her. He kept sweeping as he climbed the steps.

Lin Qianmo’s gaze followed the monk’s figure as it moved slowly.

The temple remained ancient and crumbling, while the monk looked unchanged.

"What… what is really happening here?" Lin Qianmo muttered to herself, "It can’t be a coincidence that he showed up both times I attained enlightenment, always in a dream."

She looked at the temple; it was decayed and dilapidated, its walls peeling in bits. But as Lin Qianmo’s eyes landed on it, she suddenly couldn’t move them away.

The layers of mottled marks seemed to hold endless mysteries.

In an instant, Lin Qianmo fell back into enlightenment.

"Roaming the mortal world, enduring countless tribulations—all are but a single cycle."

"The myriad laws of the world, the Three Thousand Great Dao, cannot escape reincarnation."

The monk’s eyes were clear and divine, almost detached from worldly concerns.

"Today, I help you attain immortality. Someday, you help me emerge."

His voice transmitted into Lin Qianmo’s Purple Palace.

It seemed like a Dao rhythm, imprinted deep in Lin Qianmo’s soul, enduring endlessly.

As his words faded, the monk and the ruined temple vanished together.

Thunderously!

At that moment, over Tian Jing city, terrifying clouds of tribulation covered millions of miles. The heavenly authority pressed down heavily, crushing the void, with endless Divine Thunder roiling inside as the heavens raged.

"What was this?"

Countless cultivators and common folk knelt trembling on the ground, staring up at the heavenly tribulation in the sky.

"Is the Old Heaven angry and punishing us?"

Many expressed despair in those words.

"The world’s all rotten; death might be a release."

Others added self-mockingly.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Then, the only eighteen quasi-emperors of the Tian Huang Realm descended. Feeling the heavenly authority, all eighteen trembled physically and mentally.

"This sight resembled the scene of Empress of the Heavenly Edict ascending to immortality in broad daylight hundreds of thousands of years ago."

An elder quasi-emperor recalled.

"Impossible."

One quasi-emperor retorted, "I’ve heard from my master that the ascension phenomenon of Empress of the Heavenly Edict surely couldn’t compare to this now."

"It is indeed divine punishment," another quasi-emperor said, "and definitely not a heavenly tribulation for proving the Dao."

That divine aura absolutely emitted the scent of a heavenly tribulation.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Thunder roared like the heavens’ fury, with lightning flashing and darkness engulfing the entire Tian Huang Realm.

Clang!

In that instant, a wisp of sword light soared from the imperial tomb, revealing a figure of exceptional beauty entirely enveloped in immortal light; even without seeing her face, one instinctively felt she was a fairy of unmatchable beauty.

Swoosh!

The sword aura pierced the sky, splitting the heavenly tribulation with a single strike and dispelling the darkness shrouding the Tian Huang Realm.

Lin Qianmo possessed an ethereal aura and unfathomable presence, radiating the mysteries of the Reincarnation Dao; she had clearly attained immortality.

"So it really is someone facing a tribulation!"

"She seems like a senior female cultivator!"

The eighteen quasi-emperors exclaimed in shock.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The next second, the Nine Celestial Tribulations finally erupted, unleashing endless Divine Thunder from the sky that covered the land and almost enveloped half the Tian Huang Realm.

The heavens had no mercy, treating all beings as straw dogs.

Under the heavenly tribulation, everyone was equal.

Lin Qianmo pulled out a wooden hairpin; branches of the Ancient Tree grew with the wind, transforming into a towering ancient tree with surging life energy that shielded all living beings.

As the Divine Thunder fell, it was all blocked by the leaves and branches of the Ancient Tree.

Lin Qianmo stepped into the sky alone, charging into the heavenly tribulation while activating the Reincarnation Ancient Mirror; bursts of cyclical immortal light erupted, pulling the tribulation into the wheel of time.

"Reincarnation Myriad Forms!"

Lin Qianmo shouted sharply, unleashing cyclical powers; the Nine Celestial Tribulations repeatedly struck but couldn’t breach the cyclical powers, making it seem as if the tribulation was endlessly recycling without harming Lin Qianmo in the slightest.

Lin Qianmo’s gaze was calm.

Having attained immortality in this life after comprehending the Reincarnation Dao, her power surpassed her past life by an incalculable margin, so a single Nine Celestial Tribulation couldn’t harm her at all.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Layer after layer of heavenly tribulations exploded within the Reincarnation Ancient Mirror but failed to break free from its cyclical shackles; the heavenly tribulation’s might was completely bound by the Reincarnation Dao.

After all, the Reincarnation Dao was one of the world’s strongest forces.

"This senior is so powerful!"

The eighteen quasi-emperors stared in horror; when cultivators face a tribulation, every single one toils to prepare diligently for all contingencies.

Even so, a portion still perish within the heavenly tribulation.

Yet this mysterious woman before them suppressed the heavenly tribulation casually, managing with ease.

She was absolutely a peerless genius!

"How could such a figure appear in Tian Huang Realm?"

The people racked their brains but could not find an answer.

"Even in her time, Empress of the Heavenly Edict never had such splendor!" the eldest quasi-emperor exclaimed. "In a blink, over three hundred thousand years had passed. Truly, time waits for no one…"

For over three hundred thousand years, Tian Huang Realm had never seen a figure as brilliant as Empress of the Heavenly Edict.

It was truly a great pity.

Boom!

After several incense sticks burned, the remaining power of the heavenly tribulation weakened steadily. Lin Qianmo, holding the Reincarnation Ancient Mirror, used the Reincarnation Dao to seal the entire clouds of tribulation spanning millions of miles.

The sky brightened and cleared, cloudless for ten thousand miles.

Countless cultivators and common people cheered!

They were saved.

Pillars of immortal light descended from the heavens, landing on Lin Qianmo.

This was the Guiding Immortal Light.

"The Immortal Realm is about to collapse. For me to enter again would be meaningless." Lin Qianmo shook her head and sighed. She had learned some facts from the young monk.

Lin Qianmo waved her delicate hand, erupting with immense divine power, and shattered the Guiding Immortal Light in one blow.

Her gaze fell upon the countless people below.

Their ancestors had once been her subjects.

"Having returned once, by resolving the chaos in Tian Huang Realm, I have done my small part." Lin Qianmo thought to herself.

She took a step and walked towards the eighteen quasi-emperors.

"She… she’s coming over!"

The group felt both shock and joy, rooted in place without daring to move, terrified they might anger the immortal.

"Are you the eighteen lords of Tian Huang Realm?"

Her voice rang out, cold and sharp.

She had traversed every inch of land and river, listening in all directions, knowing the current power divisions of Tian Huang Realm.

Those lords each ruled their domains.

Fires of war never ceased annually.

The chaos in Tian Huang Realm originated solely from eighteen people before her.

They were the originators of all disaster.

"Reporting to you, revered elder, how can we be called lords? That’s just the mindless cries of ignorant fools."

Before an immortal, they did not dare show the faintest pride.

"How many years has the war in Tian Huang Realm lasted?" Lin Qianmo asked solemnly.

"This…"

one quasi-emperor stammered.

"Three hundred twenty-nine thousand seven hundred years," the eldest quasi-emperor replied.

Lin Qianmo looked at him with slight surprise but not great astonishment.

"For over three hundred thousand years, no one managed to unify and stabilize the realm. You are all worthless trash!" Lin Qianmo’s eyes shone with cold gleams.

Their hearts froze in terror. They bowed meekly, none venturing to object.

They kept guessing: Who exactly was this female immortal before them?

Why did she care about Tian Huang Realm’s affairs?

Even if they strained their minds, they probably couldn’t conceive that she was once Empress of the Heavenly Edict.

Lin Qianmo’s gaze sharpened icily, emitting a trace of chill.

"For all these years, the world was torn asunder, countless lives perished."

"All of you, by guilt, deserve to die!"