Voldemort?
Upon hearing Li Lin's words, the immortals immediately thought of the "Dark Magic Fairy," a truly fitting nickname.
"I was too careless. I thought you were just good at fighting."
Splash—
Within the black mist, the Dragon-Binding Rope slipped, and the [World-Suppressing Bronze Coffin] was completely opened.
The coffin was empty.
A blurry shadow emerged from nothingness.
"You buried your old self, that's why I didn't recognize you." Phoenix Immortal suddenly realized, "When did you replace Er Tang?"
Previously, no one had ever suspected that the "Coffin Immortal" Er Tang was the "Dark Magic Fairy" Lin De.
He came from the Cycle Sect and had never interacted with Lin De. He was much older Da Lin and his path of enlightenment was completely different.
One buries his physical form and reveals himself to the world through a coffin, while the other hides his form in obscurity; their paths encompass all things and are learned from a hundred schools of thought.
"[Heavenly Form of Qian] [Earthly Form of Kun] [Sunly Form of Yang] [Moonly Form of Yin] [Mountainly Form of Tu] [Riverly Form of Shui] [Cloudy Form of Yu] [Windy Form of Qi] [My Form is Emptiness], among Immortal Sutra in the world, only the [Form Grave] of the [Cycle Sect] can allow me to completely shed my old self. The old self that was suppressed, dismembered, and no longer complete." That blurry shadow had now taken full shape.
Despite being locked onto by the Sage Aura and having his domain sealed, he remained calm.
He slowly stroked the surface of the bronze coffin, saying, "[Suppress the World], [Suppress the World], with me, the world will evolve, the world will evolve into True Form, and the True Form will return to emptiness."
The open coffin was still empty, yet at this moment it seemed as if a real and complete universe was being conceived within it.
"You have attained the Second Dao Fruit through the Form Grave!" an immortal exclaimed.
The Second Dao Fruit has always been just a concept.
Because the Dao Fruit is inherently limitless, even if one pursues the opposite path, it will still be reflected within the Dao Fruit.
"Is this your confidence? Er Tang, no, I should call you Lin De," said a sage from the Cycle Sect.
No one has attained the Second Dao Fruit, therefore no one knows how powerful the Second Dao Fruit is.
"Yes, that's my confidence. If I want to escape, no one can stop me," said [Dark Magic Fairy].
As soon as he finished speaking, a dazzling sword light burst forth and attacked him.
The world was silent, save for the clear ringing of the sword.
There is no sun, no moon, no mountains, no rivers, no wind, no clouds, no thunder or rain; within this small space, only the sword remains!
Neither destruction nor creation, nor any guiding principle, only pure sword light, a single, unadorned strike.
It's the [Sword Ancestor]!
This pure sword, which once annihilated three immortals with a single strike, pierced through the body of the [Dark Magic Fairy], leaving him completely unharmed, as if he had never existed in the world.
[Sword Ancestor] sheathed his sword, like an ordinary swordsman. He raised his eyebrows slightly. Although he returned empty-handed and only drew his sword once, he seemed to have seen through the mystery.
"We must suppress both of your Dao Fruits simultaneously."
"Indeed." [Dark Magic Fairy] chuckled, "But you cannot do it. My other [Dao Fruit] has already been dismembered and suppressed. Every member of the [Dark Magic Sect] is a vessel for my [Dao Fruit]."
"You are the ones who eliminated my last weakness."
"It gave me true peace of mind."
"You bastard... were you deliberately allowed to..." Before [Phoenix Immortal] Deng Si could finish speaking, [Dark Magic Fairy] interrupted him, nodding and saying, "Yes, I was. You used me as a pawn, as a black glove, to do those dirty things, little did you know that it was all part of my plan."
"[Dark Magic Fairy] was a pawn from the very beginning, a destined loser."
"The only regret is that I didn't have time to make a move on you."
[Dark Magic Fairy] looked at Li Lin, "[Dou Mu] That old woman is watching you very closely. If she buries you—"
"If you bury me, you will possess the [Third Dao Fruit], is that what you're trying to say?" Li Lin smiled faintly, the divine light of the [Jade of Creation] within his spiritual platform shone brightly, and a blurry shadow gradually took shape beside the pure sword light.
"The so-called 'Second Dao Fruit' is nothing more than abandoning the 'Limitless Heart' and then stealing the mind Borrow Wisdom others to forget oneself and attain enlightenment—stealing the Dao Heart and wisdom of others, forgetting oneself, and thus attaining enlightenment."
"[Dao Guo] is the practice of the Dao by oneself, the condensation and sublimation of life. Are you really Lin De now?"
"That's not important." Lin De, or rather Er Tang, shook his head. "What's important is that I believe I am Lin De. Er Tang has long been buried by me. So what if my heart, way of thinking, and soul belong to Er Tang? But 'I' belong to Lin De."
At this point, the immortals, whose eyes had been gleaming at the mention of the "Second Dao Fruit" method and who had been considering rebelling, abandoned their thoughts.
After Li Lin exposed their scheme, they, with their immortal level of understanding, had already seen through the flaws in this method.
First, one must relinquish the "Limitless Heart one has attained; otherwise, the path attained by the physical body will still remain within one's own "path fruit."
Secondly, the host body must not have attained the "Limitless Heart," and at the time of parasitism, the "Dao" they had not yet fully practiced was already on the path to immortality.
Such seeds of immortality are extremely rare; in the entire [Mount Sumeru Illusionary Realm], only a handful of people meet the requirements.
Thinking about this, their initial excitement turned into disinterest.
Lin De realized it too. "Looks like I should go."
"No, you can't leave." Li Lin blocked his way, his aura shifting.
In an instant, he seemed to transform into another Er Tang.
The World-Suppressing Bronze Coffin, which bears the void and contains the world within the void.
"You still haven't told me who you are?"
The Setsuna the word "who" fell.
Lin De's figure blurred again. "No, I am Lin De, I am the [Dark Magic Fairy]! I am the seventeenth generation descendant of the [Profound Nether Immortal]! I am Lin Er Tang."
The shadows of the two bronze coffins, which resembled towering divine peaks, intertwined.
"Interesting." [Sword Ancestor] once again delivered an unremarkable sword strike, aimed at the bronze coffin behind Lin De's phantom.
"Exterminate the demons and face me!" The phoenix body behind Deng Si disintegrated into the [Five Virtues Fire], which, under his control, also surged towards the bronze coffin.
"Return to the Cycle Sect!" Next to make a move was the immortal from the Samsara Sect. A mouthful of Innate Primordial Chaos Qi gushed out from his mouth, inexhaustible, as if to turn everything it touched into an ocean of qi.
"No!" Lin De, now a faint shadow, reached out his hand as if begging for mercy.
Ultimately, it turned to ashes Oblivion.
The dragon-binding rope wrapped around the bronze coffin standing behind them made a rustling sound once again.
Then the outline gradually blurred, and a human figure emerged from it.
He was a white-haired young man with a face as if carved by a knife and axe, his extremely cold face bearing an empty gaze.
"Who am I?"
He looked at the bronze coffin that Li Lin had transformed into, as if looking in a mirror, stroking his own cheek.
The immortal from the Cycle Sect who had used the Great Divine Ability of returning all things to their origin wanted to interrupt, but was stopped by the immortal beside him.
"I am Er Tang." The white-haired youth's eyes finally regained their light. He looked at the immortal from the Cycle Sect. "Feng Hu, what exactly happened? How did I become an immortal?"