With nine Sacred Bodies ganging up on him, even a Great Emperor would be beaten to pieces. A tragic end was inevitable.
It was a problem with no solution.
Fortunately, a flash of inspiration struck Lin Xian, and he called upon the power of his departed self. His present self of Dao gazed down upon the river of years, while his departed self remained eternally unchanged in the past!
In the past, his departed self recited the Nirvana Sutra for his present incarnation, sharing the burden of his injuries. His present self neither died nor perished, circulating the earliest version of Nine Secrets: Zhe to regenerate from a drop of blood, remain forever in this lifetime, and return through the aid of immortal qi.
In the Perfect World, within the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, High Priest Lin Xian was comprehending the Dao beneath the willow tree in Stone Village when he suddenly coughed up blood. His face turned deathly pale, leaving him looking sickly and frail.
It was as though he had suffered a great tribulation that not even thousands of lifetimes could erase. Threads of lightning pierced his soul, the agony cutting straight to his heart!
"High Priest!"
"Lord Lin!"
Stone Village immediately erupted into chaos. Everyone called for their friends and hurried over to form a circle around him.
Ever since Lin Xian arrived and led the entire village in cultivation, Stone Village had begun recovering its former glory. It had regained something of the bearing of the Stone Clan's Ancestral Land, becoming a sacred ground for cultivation. His standing was exceedingly high; he was their spiritual mentor.
"Master Lin, you're coughing up blood again."
The old village chief hurried over as well. Looking at the sickly Lin Xian, he sighed and asked with deep concern, "Should