Though he was in shadow form, Lin An and the elders of the Taixu Holy Land were absolutely certain that the figure before them was his father, their former Holy Lord.
Both his aura and that dense, terrifying pressure were exactly the same.
Once he confirmed that the newcomer was Lin Zhen,
Lu Xiangtian sat back down and unclenched his tightly balled fists.
He was somewhat surprised. He had never expected Lin Zhen-or rather, the Taixu Holy Land-to possess such a secret art.
He could detect no physical body, yet Lin Zhen's strength had not diminished in the slightest!
Could Lin Zhen's soul lamp have shattered because he had discovered an entirely new way to increase his strength?
Abandoning the flesh and ascending as a soul?
If he thought of it that way, everything made sense.
It explained why the soul lamp had gone out, and why he had sensed not the slightest disturbance despite being in the city where two Great Emperor Realm experts had fought.
It made sense. It could hardly have made more sense!
Lu Xiangtian could not help feeling tempted.
Leaving the flesh behind and ascending as a soul was not exactly the same as the method of advancing beyond a Great Emperor that he had always envisioned.
Still, there were undeniable similarities.
"Father, if you're here, where is Qianlang?"
Lin An soon noticed something was wrong.
Lin Zhen learning a method to leave his body and ascend could just barely serve as an explanation.
But how could Lin Qianlang have done it?
Upon hearing his words,
Lu Xiangtian immediately closed his eyes and spread his divine sense across the entire city.
Yet the moment he released it, Lu Xiangtian was struck by a prolonged wave of terror.
"..."
All because he sensed a pair of