After this bolt of tribulation lightning dispersed, the blood-colored long sword was nearly reduced to a pile of fragments. In its current state, it simply could not withstand the next bolt of tribulation lightning.
Yet before long, another bolt of tribulation lightning descended. The instant it touched the blood-colored long sword, the sword exploded into pieces, scattering fragments across the sky.
Ye Lin spat out a mouthful of blood as well. His aura became incomparably weak, and his realm directly fell to the mid-stage Earth Immortal Realm. But it was not over—Ye Lin's aura continued to decline.
It fell without end. Ye Lin was utterly unable to control his current condition.
Had he still lost, even after all this?
His domain had shattered. This lifetime of cultivation was likely no longer his to keep. At that moment, countless images flashed through Ye Lin's mind.
The first time he came to this world, the first time he arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect, the first time he cultivated, the first time he obtained a cultivation technique that truly belonged to him.
The first time he entered the Qi Refinement Realm, the first time he entered the Foundation Establishment Realm, the first time he became a true cultivator.
He had encountered countless dangers along the way, yet he had always turned peril into safety in the end. Rising from humble beginnings, he had ultimately become an immortal as he was now—a true immortal.
Yet after coming this far, he had still failed. Ye Lin's body fell uncontrollably toward the ground. In that brief span of time, his cultivation had already dropped to the early stage of the Earth Immortal Realm.
Just one more step, and Ye Lin would fall from the immortal realm into the mortal realm.
"Damn, it shattered. What a