The reconstruction of the Nine Heavens Gate was actually just talk for Seven Extinctions. He would always shout slogans in front of Lin Hui, but he himself always stayed at the mountain gate, staring blankly at the endless Wind Disaster flowing overhead every day.
Why didn't he try to resurrect the other Thirteen Ancestors of Nine Heavens?
Because he had already tried them all.
" The Nine Heavens Gate, perhaps, its only hope lies with A-Hui... A-Hui..." Seven Extinctions sighed softly, turned around, and slowly walked back to the Pill Hall.
To him, Lin Hui was not just a disciple, not just a true disciple, but also his, and the entire Nine Heavens Gate's, only future seed.
That one blow, which also dealt a heavy blow to Zhu Li, will take him at least two years to recover from.
You should know that he deliberately attacked Zhu Li's original soul. Zhu Li's original body is probably in a state of rage and has no choice but to recuperate.
This was also an extra buffer period he bought for Lin Hui.
However, if he really had to wait for Zhu Li to absorb the final God King Authority Token, Seven Extinctions estimated that he would find it difficult to continue relying on his home-field advantage to suppress his opponent. "These young people nowadays are really getting more and more incredible..." With a sigh, Seven Extinctions waved his hand and slowly entered the Pill Hall. Due to his severe lack of knowledge, he was actually unable to continue progressing any further.
But Zhu Li is different... He's still young... If it weren't for Lin Hui, he wouldn't actually want to offend a young man like Zhu Li. In the Black Domain, inside the temporary Ice Palace.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Lin Hui took a deep breath and gave his answer.
"Feel sorry."
He quietly declined the other party's offer to join the Resistance Faction.
The calm sound echoed continuously within the hall, spreading with the mind.
Zhuo Xinghai, Indoma, the Cold Night Matriarch, and others all showed slight changes in expression. Lin Hui's statement meant that he had decided to stick with the Nine Heavens Gate. They couldn't understand this.
"If you don't believe me, I can take a sliver of your mind to the Resistance Faction and have a look around. Then you'll know the truth," You Yan continued, seemingly surprised as well.
"That's not the case..." Lin Hui shook his head. "Whether it's true or not, I wouldn't choose this path."
"Why!?" You Yan's voice turned cold and indifferent. "Don't tell me it's because of your ridiculous sect loyalty?"
"Why not?" Lin Hui retorted.
"You really think Seven Extinctions cares about you? He's just using you! Using you as the foundation for rebuilding the sect!" You Yan said in a deep voice. "Senior, there's no need to say more." Lin Hui didn't care about these things. He didn't care about the future, because with the Blood Seal, the future he could take wasn't fixed.
He has the power to change any future he doesn't want.
Blood Seal never disappointed him in this regard.
Just as Seven Extinctions had taught him.
The past is merely a trace, the future is only a possibility; the only thing he can grasp is the present, which is the only reality.
He firmly believed that the Blood Seal would change the future.
Just as he is doing now.
If he wants it this way, then so be it.
"Incomprehensible." You Yan stared at Lin Hui, seemingly understanding his thoughts, then looked at the others.
Especially Zhuo Xinghai and Indoma.
"And you? You're all outstanding young talents of our time. Would you be interested in joining me?"
"I'm willing!" Zhuo Xinghai was the first to respond, stepping forward to speak. His expression was firm, "As long as you can prove that I, the Dragon Ancestor of the Dragon Court, truly... I will agree to join the Resistance Faction with you!"
"I..." Indoma of the Seven Extinctions Techniques.
"Don't worry, the methods Seven Extinctions used on you aren't actually that complicated. Perhaps he doesn't value you, or perhaps there are other reasons why he didn't go all out against you. As long as you're willing, I can help you undo the damage at any time," You Yan said, seeing through his thoughts.
"That's no problem. As long as you can prove it's true or false, I would be honored!" Indoma's opportunistic nature, it's not surprising that he made such a decision.
"Very well. To prevent Seven Extinctions action, you will now follow me." You Yan didn't look at Lin Hui again, and with a wave of her hand, an invisible wave instantly covered her, Indoma, Zhuo Xinghai.
The next moment, the three of them vanished without a trace.
Only Lin, Wei, and Li, the three Cold Night Matriarch, and Lin Hui, who stood calmly in the same spot, remained.
"My lord..." Lin hesitated as she looked at Lin Hui.
"It's alright. If they want to go, I can't stop them, and I don't intend to," Lin Hui said calmly. "Alright, don't worry about this anymore. Proceed as planned from now on."
The three responded in unison.
After confirming that Lin Hui was firmly on the side of the Fusion Faction, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Although even if they died here, they would at most be resurrected once in the depths of the calamity, losing some cognitive crystals, for some reason, the moment they saw Lin Hui refuse, the tension in their hearts inexplicably eased.
Lin Hui looked up through the ice palace at the void of the Black Domain outside.
Colorful world spheres streaked across the sky like shooting stars.
He exhaled and only then did he sense that Indoma and Zhuo Xinghai were beginning to break away from the feedback from Clear Jade Mountain of the Nine Heavens Gate.
This means that they have truly and completely joined the Resistance Faction that You Yan mentioned.
Their wavering resolve caused them to no longer consider themselves disciples of Clear Jade Mountain, and thus they naturally lost control of the hand seals.
"I wonder what Senior You Yan's expression will be when she sees those two without the amplification of the hand seals..." Lin Hui suddenly found it somewhat amusing. Zhuo Xinghai and Indoma's current strength was largely due to the amplification provided by the hand seals.
This increase has boosted their overall strength by at least 30% to 40%.
This is the real reason why Zhuo Xinghai and Indoma were able to unleash their full potential so quickly, one comparable to a seventh-ring cultivator and the other a normal seventh-ring cultivator. Now that the seal technique is gone, Zhuo Xinghai has definitely fallen back to the sixth-ring limit.
Indoma fared slightly better; he relied on enhancing his comprehension to improve his hand seals and break through to regain his strength. He had already broken through to the seventh ring. Suppressing his thoughts, Lin Hui lamented the departure of the two sources of the Time String. His mind then flashed over the Long Night Stone Crown he wore. If all else failed, he planned to use it to compensate for his lack of strength. Also, he needed to make another trip to Hell to settle accounts with the Ashes Sea. After arranging for the three, including the Cold Night Matriarch, Lin Hui instantly flew towards the Red Pattern Star.
Next, in order to deal with the God Clan who might try to seize the property at any time, he had to confront his older sister Second Brother beforehand.
Lin Yuexiu also needs to be picked up; either go back to Nine Heavens Gate or go to the Heart Source Demon Palace, the current residence of Clear Jade Mountain.
In short, we can no longer let them stay where they are.
At this moment, the Stone Swallow Clan was on a warship heading to the Far Voyage Stargate.
You Yan quietly watched Zhuo Xinghai, whose aura had suddenly weakened considerably.
"What's wrong with you?!"
Zhuo Xinghai adjusted his physical condition and recounted the matter of the seal.
"... So, this is your true strength now?" You Yan's tone turned noticeably cold after hearing You Yan. Essentially, her purpose in appearing was for Lin Hui's sake. Since Lin Hui was unwilling, she settled for second best, recruiting Zhuo Xinghai, a sixth-ring Zhuo Xinghai capable of contending with a seventh-ring. After all, he was, after all, a genius.
But now...
This guy was telling himself that a large part of his so-called genius was actually due to the boost from Lin Hui's Nine Heavens Gate?
Is it the increased strength?
"Senior, I am a member of the Star Sea Dragon Clan. Now that you have proven that the Ancestral Dragon has completely devoted himself to the calamity, I am willing to persuade my father and the entire Star Sea Dragon Clan to join the Resistance Faction!"
Zhuo Xinghai was a bit idealistic, but not stupid. He noticed You Yan's displeasure and immediately spoke up to increase his bargaining power.
His willingness to switch sides to You Yan was partly due to the fact that the Fusion Faction was inherently unstable and prone to mental instability. However, more importantly, it was due to You Yan's formidable strength and the Disaster Energy tendency of the Clear Jade Mountain seal technique to erode their minds and bodies.
Although I feel somewhat sorry for Mr. Lin Hui, sometimes, on the road to striving for ideals, there are bound to be Wish-Fulfilling aspects. This is something that cannot be helped.
He still felt somewhat guilty.
But Indoma to the side, didn't care at all. Although Lin Hui had rescued him from prison, one thing was one thing. Later, Seven Extinctions forced him to join the Nine Heavens Gate and protect Lin Hui, which had already violated his taboo.
How is this any different from going to jail? It's just a different place and a different identity.
So he had been looking for a way to break free for a long time, and now he was just going with the flow.
"Alright..." You Yan nodded reluctantly. "Just behave well in the future. Zhu Li only acted so recklessly because we didn't have enough manpower to spare for this area. So don't worry about him causing you trouble. Just make a sound, and he'll know what's good for him."
"Thank you, senior." The two had different emotions, but both breathed a sigh of relief.
On the Red Pattern Star.
Amidst a frozen wasteland, search and rescue spacecraft sped through the city ruins.
Once the environment stabilized, humanity reacted swiftly, organizing resources to rescue as many survivors as possible.
Lin Yuexiu, Ding Luo and his mother, Ding Yiran, Joshua all joined in, each traveling around in their own spaceships to search.
As darkness fell.
Ding Yiran suddenly received news that one of her buddies, who was also a search and rescue team leader, had accidentally found her younger brother Ding Lin, during the search!
He immediately notified his older sister, and the two of them rushed to the place where Ding Lin was found.
It was the underground parking lot of a shopping mall.
Lin Hui was wearing a thick thermal coat and holding a cup of hot milk that only others would give him.
He seemed to be in good condition, as if he hadn't gone hungry or been cold.
" Ding Lin!" Ding Luo stopped the spaceship and flew out from the bottom exit, landing and hugging Lin Hui tightly.
"Where have you been?! We can't find you anywhere!!" She truly regarded Ding Lin and Ding Yiran as her own blood brothers. Compared to her original family, the affection she felt for Lin Hui and Ding Yiran was the strongest.
This is why she values the two of them so much.
"Little brother, you really are something." Ding Yiran flapped her wings and flew out of the ship. She landed and wanted to scold him, but she didn't want to spoil the mood and suppressed the reprimand that was about to come out.