Time flowed on, and Ye Lin traveled alone through the boundless Boundary Sea.
On his way here, Ye Lin had spent more than ten years.
On his way back, Ye Lin likewise spent more than ten years.
However, several months had been shaved off the journey.
When he came, he had needed to determine his direction.
But on the return journey, there was no need to orient himself at all. He only had to lower his head and travel at full speed.
More than ten years passed in the blink of an eye.
Ye Lin emerged from the boundless Boundary Sea and arrived once more on the Origin Continent.
From the border, he used teleportation arrays and quickly reached Blazing Fire Continent.
"Hello."
The young man before him was the very same one who had given Ye Lin the trial more than twenty years ago.
"So it's you. Your task back then was to retrieve the Heavenly Heart Lotus from the Boundary Sea. Did you get it?"
The young man's eyes lit up as he looked at Ye Lin.
"I got it."
With a wave of Ye Lin's hand, the Heavenly Heart Lotus appeared in his palm.
In an instant, the entire hall overflowed with streams of light, brilliance flickering endlessly within.
Yet despite such a priceless treasure being displayed here, not a single cultivator around them dared entertain the slightest thought of taking it.
Curious gazes turned toward it one after another, but they merely looked before turning their heads away again, as though they had no ideas whatsoever.
This was the Holy Palace.
No matter how precious a treasure was, if it was displayed here, no other cultivator would dare harbor the slightest thought toward it.
Unless they no longer wished to live.
"Mm, very good. It is