Return! Born in This World, Return to This World

Within the Original Demon Sect Ruins.

The vast Taiyin Sun Power transformed into an ocean.

Lin Yuan remained unmoved in the face of the Original Demon Spirit's pleas for mercy.

Whoosh! A strand of yin-yang power transformed into a sharp sword and pierced the Original Demon Spirit's blood-red body.

In an instant, the blood-red body boiled before rapidly recovering.

However.

This sight made Lin Yuan pause slightly.

Because—

Your comprehension is heaven-defying. By observing part of the Original Demon Spirit's essence, you have comprehended the Demonic Art: Great Wilderness Return Origin Art.

In an instant, every detail concerning the Great Wilderness Return Origin Art flooded into his mind.

"This cultivation technique..."

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

Though he had not cultivated it, Lin Yuan was certain that this technique was unmistakably a Celestial Master-level cultivation method. Even the Celestial Master Manor possessed few techniques of this level.

"Original Demon Spirit."

Lin Yuan looked down at the blood-red figure screaming and wailing atop the altar.

What was the Original Demon Spirit? A Dao Protector? Clearly not.

The Original Demon Spirit could not even leave the altar, much less the Original Demon Sect Ruins.

It clearly had nothing to do with a Dao Protector.

Lin Yuan believed the Original Demon Spirit was more like a successor.

It possessed the inheritance of the former Original Demon Sect, ensuring that this lineage would not be completely severed.

Sixty years ago, the Myriad Demons Sect Master had obtained part of the Original Demon Sect's inheritance from the Original Demon Spirit. He had then established the Myriad Demons Sect and brought calamity upon the world.

Since it was a successor, it surely possessed many inheritances of the Original Demon Sect.

Just now, when the Original Demon Spirit had been pierced by yin-yang power, it had instinctively used the Great Wilderness Return Origin Art to recover.

As a result, Lin Yuan had directly comprehended it with his Heaven-Defying Comprehension.

Over the past sixty years, Lin Yuan had hunted Demons across the land and had indeed comprehended many Demonic Arts and secret techniques.

But those Demonic Arts and secret techniques were all of low quality. Lin Yuan had little use for them.

But the Original Demon Spirit before him... its Demonic Path Inheritance was no weaker than that of the Celestial Master Manor.

The many profound mysteries it possessed were worth Lin Yuan's attention.

"Take it slowly."

Lin Yuan made his decision.

Originally, he had planned to end this quickly and deal with the Original Demon Spirit as soon as possible.

But now that the Original Demon Spirit had something to offer, Lin Yuan naturally would not let it off so easily.

Next.

Lin Yuan deliberately held back, forcing the Original Demon Spirit to use its many inherited cultivation techniques.

Thus—

Your comprehension is heaven-defying. By observing part of the Original Demon Spirit's essence, you have comprehended a Demonic Art.

Your comprehension is heaven-defying. By observing part of the Original Demon Spirit's essence, you have comprehended a Demonic Art.

Your comprehension is heaven-defying. By observing part of the Original Demon Spirit's essence, you have comprehended a Demonic Art.

Several months later.

The Original Demon Spirit had basically been drained dry by Lin Yuan.

Every Demonic Path Inheritance it possessed had fallen into Lin Yuan's hands.

"Are you going to kill me or not? Just make it quick."

On the altar, the Original Demon Spirit had completely given up.

Though it was not a living being, it possessed intelligence. No matter how hard it thought, it could not understand why Lin Yuan, who clearly had more than enough strength to kill it, had spent several months playing with it here.

Could it be that the Original Demon Spirit was that fun to play with? There was no way to bully someone like this.

The Original Demon Spirit would likely never have imagined that all the trump cards it possessed had been secretly learned by Lin Yuan.

"Fine."

Lin Yuan nodded.

Once he was certain he could squeeze nothing more out of the Original Demon Spirit, he directly activated the Yin-Yang Great Grinding Wheel and completely destroyed it.

Walking out of the Original Demon Sect Ruins.

Lin Yuan turned back for another look.

This trip to the Original Demon Sect had truly killed two birds with one stone.

Not only had he completely eradicated the Original Demon Sect, accomplishing what generations of Celestial Masters had failed to do.

He had also obtained all the Original Demon Sect's inherited secret techniques in the process.

Although Lin Yuan was a Celestial Master of the Celestial Master Manor, he held no prejudice against Demonic Path secret techniques and inheritances.

So long as they could make him stronger, it made no difference whether they came from the righteous path or the Demonic Path.

The Universe Human Alliance possessed an almost endless number of Evolutionary Paths. Among those paths were many terrifying ones that even fed on blood and souls.

Yet none of them had been banned by the three Goddesses. There was no right or wrong in the essence of power; only the person wielding it could determine right and wrong.

"The Demonic Path..."

Lin Yuan wore a thoughtful expression.

Over the past several months, he had essentially comprehended and mastered the many inheritances of the Original Demon Sect.

Heaven-Defying Comprehension depended on Lin Yuan's strength.

Before becoming a Celestial Master, Lin Yuan had spent several years barely comprehending the insights and records within the True Dao Repository.

After becoming a Celestial Master and continuing to cultivate painstakingly for sixty years, Lin Yuan had faced the Original Demon Sect's inheritances, which were scarcely less profound than the True Martial Dao Repository, and needed only several months to comprehend them.

"The Dao of Heaven diminishes excess to make up for deficiency."

"The Dao of Demons diminishes deficiency to make up for excess."

Many Demonic Path inheritances surfaced in Lin Yuan's mind.

Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Lin Yuan stood before the True Martial Grand Hall.

He looked up at the statue of the True Martial Great Emperor.

"Celestial Master."

Qingping immediately stepped forward.

Sixty years had passed. The former Azure Lord and Pingyang Zhenren had already passed away.

The Celestial Master Manor was now largely managed by Qingping and several other Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts.

"Master."

At that moment, a figure entered.

He respectfully bowed to Lin Yuan.

"Hmm?"

"You've become a Celestial Master?"

"Not bad, not bad."

Lin Yuan glanced back at the figure.

This figure was named Yu An. He was an orphan Lin Yuan had found fifty years ago while descending the mountain to eradicate Demons.

After noticing his exceptional aptitude, Lin Yuan had kept him by his side and carefully taught him for several years.

When Yu An turned ten, Lin Yuan brought him to Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Given Yu An's aptitude, he actually could not have earned the True Martial Sword's recognition.

But under Lin Yuan's orders, the True Martial Sword had no choice and could only acknowledge Yu An.

Now, forty years had passed, and Yu An had not disappointed Lin Yuan. Two years earlier, he had officially become a Celestial Master.

Thus, the Celestial Master Manor entered its most prosperous era. Two Celestial Masters had emerged in a single generation.

"If not for Master, Yu An would have died at the foot of the mountain long ago."

Yu An spoke respectfully.

His current achievements could not be separated from Lin Yuan's years of instruction.

It could even be said that this had been the decisive factor, more influential than the True Martial Sword itself.

As his strength continued to grow, Yu An increasingly sensed how unfathomable his master was.

As a child, when Yu An had seen Lin Yuan, he had merely thought his master was very strong.

When he entered the Upper Third Rank Realm and saw his master again, he had felt as though he were facing the might of Heaven.

Now that he himself had become a Celestial Master, Yu An discovered that his master was as deep and vast as heaven and earth.

It was like looking at Dragon Tiger Mountain from a hundred miles away. It did not seem very tall, but as you gradually approached it, it grew taller and taller.

When you were only five miles away, you would realize just how tall Dragon Tiger Mountain was. By the time you reached its foot, Dragon Tiger Mountain would already tower into the sky and blot out the sun.

Zhang Family Fortress.

Peach blossoms bloomed in profusion.

They drifted through the mountains.

No one knew that more than eighty years ago, this place had been massacred by the Demon Sect. Over a thousand lives had perished here, and blood had dyed the earth red.

The present-day Zhang Family Fortress had become a cemetery, where all members of the former Zhang family were buried.

Because of that Celestial Master Zhang, dedicated guards watched over the cemetery outside Zhang Family Fortress, forbidding outsiders from disturbing the dead resting here.

Precisely because of this.

No one usually approached the cemetery, and it was exceptionally quiet.

But today.

Before a gravestone in the Zhang Family Fortress cemetery stood a figure.

The figure wore a Daoist robe and had a youthful appearance. It was Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan gazed at the gravestone before him, upon which the names "Zhang Kun, Su Yun" were engraved.

They were the father and mother of this body.

"The time has come."

Lin Yuan's gaze was wistful. The eighty years he could remain here were nearing their end. In at most half an hour, he would return to the Main World.

The Celestial Master Manor now had a new Celestial Master. Furthermore, the Celestial Master Sword containing Lin Yuan's Taiji Dao had been left within the Sword Graveyard of Dragon Tiger Mountain.

At this moment, Lin Yuan had nothing left to worry about.

Before leaving, Lin Yuan suddenly wanted to see the parents of this life.

Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, half an hour had gone by.

Within Lin Yuan's mind, the Door of Myriad Worlds suddenly radiated brilliant light.

As his consciousness was about to return, Lin Yuan's thoughts shifted.

The yin-yang taiji power within his body collided and scattered.

His fleshly body began to vanish inch by inch as well.

A gentle breeze passed by, and Lin Yuan completely disappeared.

Born in this world, returned to this world.

There would never again be a Celestial Master Zhang in this world.

The second traversal had ended.

Starting tomorrow, the Main World storyline would begin, involving the subject of "spreading the Dao."

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