If Amitabha Buddha Emperor, Void Great Emperor, or Solar Sacred Emperor had been standing before him, Lin Xian would still have made one final attempt to struggle.
But Ruthless Great Emperor's reputation preceded her. Who wouldn't tremble at the sight of her?
Her past record of slaughtering all the kings had even made Restricted Area Supremes cry out, "You're a bit extreme."
The instant the Desolate Slave Tianxuan Saintess appeared, Lin Xian did not hesitate or delay. In the blink of an eye, he decisively activated the Time and Space Coupon.
Of the thirty-six stratagems, retreat was best!
A flash of light swirled. The Desolate Slave Tianxuan Saintess stood frozen in place, her already vacant gaze becoming even more bewildered. Where had her huge disciple gone? Where had her huge Heavenly Jade Disciple gone?!
"Hey, hey, hey! Earth, I'm back!"
Thunder rumbled across the sky as Lin Xian made his dazzling entrance. Based on the characteristics of the Time and Space Coupon, transmigration was not random—it sent one to a time connected to oneself by Causality.
Thus, Lin Xian believed he would return to Earth, his hometown before transmigration—the place where the dream began, the original starting point.
However, when the light faded, Lin Xian froze.
A desolate wilderness. An abandoned factory. Under the pitch-black night sky, several streetlights flickered and buzzed. Roaring zombies wandered everywhere. A seductive, uninhibited pink-haired mature woman was locked in battle with a scruffy girl in white wielding a kitchen knife. There was also a young man who seemed to possess supernatural abilities, controlling a massive boulder weighing several thousand pounds with broad, sweeping movements.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Explosions rang out without end. Lin Xian sucked in a breath. "Holy shit, where the hell did this send me? Is this still Earth?"
"Little bro, you're an ordinary person too, right? My worldview got shattered today as well."
A young man tied up with ropes lay on the ground. Looking up, he sharply spotted an unfamiliar youth in the corner. Taking advantage of everyone's ongoing fight and their lack of attention toward him, he hurriedly wriggled over like a Caterpie and crawled to Lin Xian's feet. With a fawning smile, he said, "Help me out and untie these ropes."
"Little bro?"
Lin Xian looked at his own body. His limbs were slender and lean, his skin crystalline and flawless, no different from a youth in the prime of life. His complexion was fair as mutton-fat jade, even more delicate than a woman's, as though an Immortal Spirit had descended into the world.
Then he examined the Life Wheel within his body and sensed the twelve cracks upon it. Lin Xian suddenly understood. He had consumed the Sacred Fruit and Divine Spring, so he had regained his youth.
He had grown stronger—and younger!
Lin Xian's mood immediately brightened. A teasing smile curled across his lips as he asked, "A college student, right?"
"Holy shit, how did you know?" The young man was instantly startled. A trace of suspicion surfaced in his clear eyes before he tentatively asked, "Do you know me? Are you a junior from Nankai University?"
"Pah, that can't be right. Our ages don't match either."
"Clear eyes, a springtime Caterpie—what else could you be besides a college student?" Lin Xian snorted, then rubbed his chin and muttered, "Nankai University? What kind of weird name is that? Sounds kind of familiar."
"Kid, what's your name?"
"Spring, bug, spring bug—doesn't that mean stupid? That bastard is calling me clear-eyed and stupid! And who are you calling a kid? I'm a whole generation older than you!" The young man flew into a rage from shame and cursed furiously in his heart.
But considering his current predicament, Zhang Chulan took a deep breath. A true man knew when to bend and when to stand tall. Then he put on an embarrassingly cheap, ingratiating smile. "Big bro, my name is Zhang Chulan. I'm a legitimate college student, a good citizen. Please help me out. I, Little Zhang, will repay you generously someday."
"Zhang Chulan..."
It was as though a ray of light had torn through chaos. Lin Xian's eyes instantly lit up as realization dawned on him. "So it's this Earth."
The Earth of The Outcast was also Earth, and it possessed immense Causality with Lin Xian.
This was where he should have come during his first transmigration. This was where he needed to carry out his mission.
No wonder the Time and Space Coupon had brought him to this Earth.
"System, are the missions for The Outcast still active?"
Lin Xian asked within the lake of his heart, "I remember there was a main mission and a side mission."
An ethereal voice rang out as System 10086 replied, "Restarting missions."
[Side Mission: Claim first place in the Luotian Grand Ceremony] [Main Mission: Defeat the Old Celestial Master on Mount Longhu]
"The Luotian Grand Ceremony. The Old Celestial Master."
Lin Xian narrowed his eyes. The Luotian Grand Ceremony was nothing to worry about; it was merely youngsters brawling among themselves. The Old Celestial Master, however, possessed unfathomable strength.
What did The Outcast mean? The one was Zhang Zhiwei, the Celestial Master of Mount Longhu, known as the Heaven-Connecting Daoist and acknowledged as the strongest man in the current Inhuman World.
In a world where innate Otherworlders possessed countless methods and acquired Otherworlder experts emerged in abundance, the Heaven-Connecting Daoist stood alone at the summit, suppressing the world for a hundred years. He existed on an entirely different level.
In other worlds, there might be gaps between Number One Under Heaven and those ranked second or third, but they could at least exchange a few moves.
But in the world of The Outcast, the Old Celestial Master had truly achieved one man above, all others below. Whether they were holders of the Eight Extraordinary Skills or one of the righteous Ten Elders, he dealt with them all in a single move.
"The Heaven-Connecting Daoist's combat strength is difficult to judge. He might be at the Life Spring Peak, perhaps at the Divine Bridge, with a very slight possibility of possessing Divine Bridge Peak strength. Surely he can't be comparable to an Other Shore cultivator, right?"
Lin Xian calculated inwardly. His current cultivation was at the late Life Spring Peak, Great Perfection—half a step into the Divine Bridge. Although it was a watered-down realm piled up through Sacred Fruits and Divine Springs, the Shrouding Method was Self-as-Seed. Its physical body was invincible, and it was Immortal Cultivation in the truest sense. It stood far above urban supernatural abilities; they were not even in the same league.
If he paired that with a couple of special techniques, he might not be unable to fight.
"Watch out! Move!"
Zhang Chulan suddenly shouted, anxiety filling his eyes. He tried to use the Golden Light Mantra to save him, but the gu worms Liu Yanyan had planted inside him continually obstructed the flow through his meridians, preventing him from using his abilities.
Countless thoughts flashed through Lin Xian's mind, but only a few dozen seconds had passed in reality. Zhang Chulan had just escaped when the two groups fighting nearby noticed the problem.
A massive boulder weighing several thousand pounds was shattered by Xia He's kick, and countless fragments shot toward him with clever force.
"Xia He, how dare you hurt an ordinary person!" Xu San erupted in fury. The Inhuman World had an ironclad rule: Otherworlders could kill one another, but they were not allowed to interfere with ordinary people.
The one enforcing that ironclad rule was Nadutong behind Xu San. As a semi-state-owned enterprise, it represented the authorities in restraining the Inhuman World.
Xia He's actions were like a robber killing a passerby in front of the police—a blatant provocation.
"An ordinary person? How could anyone who dared appear here be an ordinary person?" Xia He smiled seductively, though she knew exactly what she was doing. She had not used much force in that attack; it was more of a test. Even if he really were an ordinary person, at most he would suffer a concussion and serious injuries.
Hurting someone and killing someone were two different standards in the company's evaluation system. Even Xia He, a reckless Quanxing demon, understood that.
After all, criminals understood the law best.
"But if I were an ordinary person, even if I didn't die, I'd be crippled." Lin Xian spoke faintly. Behind him, streak after streak of platinum Divine Runes extended like Shackles, brilliant and glittering as they pulverized the flying stones. Against the black night sky, they made him appear anything but mortal—sacred beyond compare.
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