Different Fire Seeds

Was he supposed to snatch the Stone Talisman from Lin Dong by force?

Lin Yan harbored immense ambitions as well. This opportunity was simply too enormous; even with his calm composure and deep scheming, he could not help but waver.

As for whether this would ruin Lin Dong, Lin Yan had no mind to care about that at the moment.

Although he had liked Lin Dong in his previous life, people were selfish. When their own interests were involved, even blood brothers would not yield to each other, much less Lin Dong, who was still a stranger he had never even met. That thin familial blood tie meant even less.

However, Lin Yan soon shook his head, and clarity returned to his eyes as he suppressed that greed.

It was not that Lin Yan did not want to seize the Stone Talisman, but that he realized he simply could not do it now!

Although Lin Dong had yet to become the Martial Ancestor who would later shake the continent, and was merely an exceedingly immature youth whom any expert could erase with ease, he was still not someone Lin Yan could deal with at present.

In terms of strength, the two were around the same age. Though Lin Dong had not been valued by the family in recent years because of his father, he was still a direct descendant of the Lin Family patriarch, Lin Zhentian. He wanted for neither food nor clothing, and though his cultivation had been somewhat slow, he had still reached the Body Tempering Second Level, perhaps even the Body Tempering Third Level.

Lin Yan, on the other hand, had lost his father at a young age and had shouldered the burden of supporting his family while still a child. Though the Lin Family was a prominent clan in Qingyang Town, it did not support useless descendants. Lin Yan was not a direct descendant of Lin Zhentian either, so he had long been forced to run about making a living. His martial training had fallen far behind as a result, and he was only at the Body Tempering First Level.

Trying to snatch the Stone Talisman from Lin Dong with the strength of the Body Tempering First Level was nothing but a fool's dream.

It was not as though Lin Yan had not considered using despicable means to force Lin Dong into exchanging the Stone Talisman. For example, he could kidnap Qingtan to threaten Lin Dong. Given Lin Dong's loyal and righteous nature, he would most likely agree to trade the Stone Talisman.

But leaving aside whether such a plan could succeed, even if it did, Lin Yan would no longer be tolerated by the Lin Family. He would certainly have to flee the family.

Once he lost the family's protection, his current strength would be like that of a newly hatched chick. He did not know whether he could survive in this cruel world.

"Ah, what a pity. If I had been reborn a little earlier, I might have been able to obtain the Stone Talisman before Lin Dong."

Lin Yan let out a regretful sigh, already giving up on the Stone Talisman.

Since the Stone Talisman had already been taken by Lin Dong, it meant that this was Lin Dong's opportunity. On the path of cultivation, personal effort was important, but opportunities were just as important—sometimes even decisive.

After all, a person's efforts were ultimately limited, while a single opportunity could create a miracle!

Wasn't Lin Dong, the Martial Ancestor, forged by countless opportunities? Otherwise, how could he possibly have been called a Child of the Plane?

When it came to this world, perhaps no one on the entire continent knew more than Lin Yan.

Tianxuan Continent was a lower plane within the Great Thousand World. Its strength was weak, so it attracted the covetous eyes of countless experts.

The most dangerous of these threats was the invasion of the Yimo ten thousand years ago. Though they had ultimately been driven back by the Symbol Ancestor, Lin Yan knew that the Yimo would return before long. When that time came, the entire continent would once again be plunged into a bloody storm!

Countless living beings revered the Symbol Ancestor for saving the continent, but the naturally cautious Lin Yan had discovered that the matter was not so simple.

The Symbol Ancestor was not actually from Tianxuan Continent, but a supreme expert from the Great Thousand World. So why had he so kindly helped Tianxuan Continent resist the Otherworldly Demon Emperor?

Then the Symbol Ancestor had only one reason for coming to Tianyuan Continent: to seek a method of breaking through to the Heavenly Sovereign realm.

To rapidly attain the position of Heavenly Sovereign, one had to gain the recognition of an entire world. Tianxuan Continent possessed pure living beings, so it undoubtedly had a Plane Divine Embryo. Yet communicating with a Plane Divine Embryo was incredibly difficult. Furthermore, Tianyuan Continent's Plane Divine Embryo had only recently been born and was repulsed by all external things, making it nearly impossible for the Symbol Ancestor to communicate with it within a short time.

It was also then that the Extraterritorial Evil Clan began stirring and massively invaded Tianxuan Continent. Tianxuan Continent's experts were no match for them. The Symbol Ancestor was originally from the Great Thousand World and had a blood-deep enmity with the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, so he stepped forward and took on the burden of protecting humanity.

But reality was not as simple as people imagined. Although the Symbol Ancestor sealed the Otherworldly Demon Emperor at the cost of his own life, the Otherworldly Demon Emperor had not died. The Symbol Ancestor's death meant Tianxuan Continent was destined to be destroyed in the future. Though the Ancient Eight Lords were the Symbol Ancestor's personal disciples, they ultimately could not rival the Otherworldly Demon Emperor. Even the Ice Master, the Symbol Ancestor's most outstanding disciple, was no match for him.

Perhaps everything the Symbol Ancestor had done was for greater power. Though he came from the Great Thousand World, he faced the Otherworldly Demon Emperor alone and with little support. Why had he not returned to ask for help?

Thus, it could be inferred that everything the Symbol Ancestor did was for the Plane Divine Embryo. The Otherworldly Demon Emperor's primary mission in invading Tianyuan Continent had been to find the Plane Divine Embryo hidden within the continent. His objective was the same as the Symbol Ancestor's. Neither was willing to give up, so they naturally fought over it.

The Symbol Ancestor did not seek helpers out of selfishness. The Otherworldly Demon Emperor likewise chose to conceal the matter and keep it for himself rather than report it to his clan. Yet neither could do anything to the other.

Knowing that he was alone and outmatched, the Symbol Ancestor gathered Tianxuan Continent's experts together in the shortest possible time. He then selected seven exceptionally gifted youths as his disciples and imparted supreme abilities to them. Soon, the Symbol Ancestor possessed the strength to battle the Otherworldly Demon Emperor. Later, within an iceberg, he rescued the dying Ice Master. Though the Ice Master had only been an infant at the time, the Symbol Ancestor was certain that he possessed the bloodline of the Ice Spirit Clan!

After the Ice Master matured, he shouldered some of the Symbol Ancestor's pressure. Yet the final battle did not awaken the Plane Divine Embryo, and the Symbol Ancestor's campaign ended in failure. The Western Continent of Tianyuan Continent was claimed by the Otherworldly Demon Race, while human experts still held the Eastern Continent. In truth, the Otherworldly Demon Race had won that great war. But no one expected that, ten thousand years later, the Ancestral Symbols would choose Lin Dong, and the Plane Divine Embryo would recognize him as well. The Martial Ancestor's rise became unstoppable!

This was probably the story hidden behind the original work.

Though he knew quite a lot, Lin Yan felt increasingly bitter inside.

He lived on a continent fraught with danger, yet he was incredibly weak. Lin Dong's opportunities and fortuitous encounters had already arrived, but where were his? After being reborn, was he only meant to be an obscure spectator, leaving his life and death in the hands of others?

At this thought, a savage and ferocious expression appeared on Lin Yan's handsome face.

"I, Lin Yan, will seize fate by the throat and take control of my own destiny!"

As soon as he spoke, Lin Yan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head. Waves of scorching power surged from the depths of his mind, as if they were about to burn him to ashes.

Before Lin Yan could recover, a wave of dizziness abruptly flooded out from the depths of his mind. Then, to his horror, he found himself in a pitch-black space.

There was no light here. It was silent and incomparably scorching, as though he had entered a hell of magma.

"Could this be my Soul Space?"

As Lin Yan stood there in confusion and fear, a faint sound suddenly rang out within the silent black space.

The next second, streaks of light began to flicker through the originally pitch-black space, and the entire place instantly became violent and scorching.

Lin Yan counted carefully and immediately discovered twenty-two points of starlight hanging above like the Big Dipper. Though every one of them was dim, like a spark that could extinguish at any moment, they made Lin Yan sense the terrifying violence hidden within!

"What is this?"

Before Lin Yan could continue wondering, a stream of information suddenly entered his mind, and the bewildered Lin Yan immediately broke into wild laughter.

"They're actually twenty-two Different Fire Seeds. My opportunity has arrived!"