Arc 18Lin An Reaches Eternity

Lin An killed the War Calamity Sin Lord and overcame his Fate Tribulation with help from his ancestor Lin Chang, becoming the first Eternal Realm expert. As Lin An developed his cultivation and strengthened the Human Race, accelerated erosion across the guarded Sin Domains drew the other Eternal experts’ attention to the War Calamity Sin Domain.

  • Lin An killed the Sin Envoys and the Sin Beasts at the Heavenly Pass, then broke through to the Extreme Realm Eighth Heaven and chose to slay an Eternal to prove his Dao.
  • Lin An crafted hundreds of thousands of puppets and weapons, but Eternal Sin Lords destroyed the puppets, so he secretly entered the War Calamity Sin Domain.
  • Lin An met Lin Chang, his blood ancestor, and fought the chained War Calamity Sin Lord with the Chaos Lotus Platform, destroying it under Lin Chang’s watch.
  • Lin Chang helped Lin An reach the Extreme Realm Ninth Heaven, explained the Eternal Realm and the Sin Abyss, then sacrificed himself to refine Sin-Slaying with Condemnation.
  • Lin An cultivated with the Sin Lord’s Origin Power, became the first Eternal Realm expert, and left part of the origin behind to sustain the War Calamity Sin Domain.
  • Lin An returned to the Human Race, accepted the title of Ancestor, and welcomed nine Eternal Realm ancestors who agreed to work with him against the Sin Abyss.
  • Lin An raised all five hundred auxiliary professions to Eternal Rank, strengthened the Human Race with pills and other resources, and began refining the Origin Power of the thirty-six Origin Islands.
  • As erosion accelerated across the guarded Sin Domains, Ao Zhuo questioned Lin An, who revealed that he had killed the War Calamity Sin Lord and promised to resolve the domain’s decline before it collapsed.
Chapters 426–450 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 426Some Strength, but Not Much!

Lin An easily overwhelmed the Burning Feather Curse Phoenix and shattered the lizard-like Sin Envoy’s body, revealing how far his strength exceeded the Sin Envoys’. As the twelve Sin Envoys surrounded him, nearly a thousand Human Race experts led by an old man and Meng Yuan arrived to help.

  • The Burning Feather Curse Phoenix attacked Lin An with a storm of fiery feathers, but Lin An scattered them with one punch.
  • Lin An caught the Phoenix’s flames, broke through its fiery shield, and drove it toward the ground with a kick.
  • The lizard-like Sin Envoy tried to ambush Lin An, but Lin An shattered its body with a punch.
  • The twelve Sin Envoys gathered around Lin An, recognizing his formidable strength and hoping to wear him down through numbers.
  • Nearly a thousand Human Race experts, including Meng Yuan, arrived, and their leader challenged the Sin Envoys.

Ch. 427I'll Help You Through This Tribulation!

Xiao Wanjun and more than a thousand human experts arrived to protect Lin An as the Thousand-Eyed Evil Dragon and the other Sin Envoys began to retreat. Lin An revealed his Eternal Dao Body, killed all twelve Sin Envoys, and then turned to help deal with the remaining Sin Beasts outside the Heavenly Pass.

  • Xiao Wanjun arrived with more than a thousand human experts, prompting the Thousand-Eyed Evil Dragon and the other Sin Envoys to prepare to retreat.
  • Lin An stopped the retreat and killed the Burning Feather Curse Phoenix with a sudden blade strike.
  • Lin An manifested his Eternal Dao Body and froze the surrounding space as the Sin Envoys tried to flee.
  • Lin An killed the remaining Sin Envoys and stored their corpses in the Spirit-Devouring Ring, increasing his strength.
  • Xiao Wanjun asked about Lin An's realm, and Lin An said he was still some distance from the Eternal Realm.
  • Lin An and the human experts turned their attention to the Sin Beasts still outside the Heavenly Pass.

Ch. 428The Sin Beasts at the Heavenly Pass Slain, the Extreme Realm Sixth Heaven!

Lin An slaughtered the Sin Beasts at the Heavenly Pass, returned to cultivation, and broke through to the Extreme Realm Sixth Heaven. A month later, Ye Wuya and the others left the Sacred Realm and reported to their clan leader that Lin An had forged an Eternal Dao Body and killed an Eternal Realm existence.

  • Lin An slaughtered most of the Immortal Realm Sin Beasts at the Heavenly Pass while Xiao Wanjun and the others watched.
  • Lin An returned to his cave abode, refined his materials into 4.5 million Black-Yellow Immortal Pills, and broke through to the Extreme Realm Sixth Heaven.
  • Lin An continued cultivating for a month as the Human Race cleaned up the battlefield and stories of his victory spread.
  • Ye Wuya and the others left the Sacred Realm after running short of Origin Fragments and hurried to the Land of Rules.
  • Ye Wuya and the others told their clan leader that Lin An had forged an Eternal Dao Body and killed an Eternal Realm existence.

Ch. 429The News Spreads, Shocking the Myriad Races!

After Ao Kuang reported that Lin An had slain an Eternal Realm Sin Beast in the Sacred Realm, the Dragon Race patriarch reconsidered rumors of Lin An’s earlier victories and warned against making him an enemy. News of Lin An’s feat spread across the myriad races, prompting them to recognize the Human Race’s rising strength and leaving the Human Race’s Council of Elders stunned and seeking details.

  • Ao Kuang told the Dragon Race patriarch that he, Ye Wuya, and others had witnessed Lin An slay an Eternal Realm Sin Beast.
  • The Dragon Race patriarch linked the feat to reports that Lin An had slain twelve Sin Envoys and driven back the War Calamity Sin Lord, then rejected Ao Kuang’s suggestion to kill him.
  • The Dragon Race patriarch argued that Lin An was too difficult to eliminate, that the Human Race and Heavenly Sword protected him, and that he might help resist the Sin Domains.
  • News of Lin An’s feat spread among the myriad races, and many races sought closer ties with the Human Race.
  • The Human Race’s Council of Elders was astonished by the report and hurried to ask for details.

Ch. 430Extreme Realm Eighth Heaven: Slay an Eternal to Prove My Dao!

After news of Lin An slaying an Eternal Realm Sin Beast spread, the Human Race gathered resources to support his cultivation while he refined Black-Yellow Immortal Pills in seclusion. He reached the extreme realm eighth heaven and discovered that slaying the War Calamity Sin Lord could be his path to the ninth heaven.

  • The Human Race’s upper echelon learned that Lin An had slain an Eternal Realm Sin Beast and resolved to provide him with resources and new supplementary cultivation paths.
  • Lin An continued refining Black-Yellow Immortal Pills while the Human Race gained closer ties with other races seeking his future protection.
  • After six months, Lin An finished refining the pills and revealed that he had reached the extreme realm eighth heaven, but had not advanced toward the ninth.
  • Lin An used heavenly divination to search for a new path to the extreme realm ninth heaven and rejected the brutal path of severing karma.
  • Lin An discovered that his chance to prove his Dao lay in the War Calamity Sin Domain, with the War Calamity Sin Lord as the likely target.
  • Lin An settled on the path: slay an Eternal to prove his Dao.

Ch. 431Choosing the Path to Dao Attainment

Lin An chose to pursue Dao attainment by slaying an Eternal Sin Beast, while planning to strengthen himself and send puppets to hunt Sin Beasts in other domains. Meng Yuan agreed to help him arrange access, and Lin An began studying hundreds of supplementary cultivation paths as a backup.

  • Lin An judged that killing a peak Eternal Realm Sin Beast was beyond his current strength, but decided to pursue that path after finding other methods difficult to consider.
  • Lin An planned to improve his physique and Fate Tribulation Talent, then use puppets to hunt transformed Sin Beasts in other Sin Domains.
  • Lin An asked Meng Yuan for materials to craft artifacts and puppets, and learned that 450 supplementary cultivation inheritances had been gathered.
  • Lin An asked Meng Yuan to help send his puppets into other Sin Domains, and Meng Yuan proposed using gifts to the major races as a pretext.
  • Meng Yuan told Lin An that the myriad races sought friendship after hearing he had killed an Eternal Realm Sin Beast in the Sacred Realm.
  • Lin An returned to his cave abode and began studying the supplementary cultivation paths.

Ch. 432Bizarre Auxiliary Cultivation, the Puppets' Deterrence!

Lin An chose the Interpretation Master auxiliary path and crafted 350,000 powerful puppets to send into the Sin Domains. The Dragon Race received its share and suspected the Human Race was using the deployment to deter other races, while its patriarch was summoned by the ancestor.

  • Lin An reviewed the bizarre auxiliary cultivation inheritances, chose the Interpretation Master, and began improving its grade.
  • After Meng Yuan delivered materials, Lin An crafted 350,000 puppets, each boosted to roughly the Extreme Realm Seventh Layer and equipped with Spirit Marks and formations.
  • Lin An told Meng Yuan to distribute ten thousand puppets to each of the thirty-five remaining Sin Domains, and Meng Yuan agreed.
  • The Council of Elders sent batches of puppets to thirty-four Sin Domains, while ten thousand went to the Human Race's War Calamity Sin Domain.
  • The Dragon Race patriarch and elders examined their ten thousand puppets and speculated that the Human Race might be warning them against opposing Lin An.
  • The Dragon Race patriarch said the ancestor had summoned him and vanished, suspending the meeting.

Ch. 433Over 2,000 Times the Auxiliary Cultivation Effect!

The Dragon Race ancestor allowed Lin An’s puppets into the Sin Domain, recognizing that Lin An was preparing to prove his Dao through slaughter while his true body trained elsewhere. Lin An finished raising his auxiliary cultivation disciplines, forged and refined hundreds of thousands of powerful weapons, and continued preparing to face an Eternal Realm Sin Beast.

  • The Dragon Race ancestor told the Dragon Race patriarch to let Lin An’s puppets enter the Sin Domain and explained that Lin An’s true body was likely in the War Calamity Sin Domain.
  • The Dragon Race patriarch relayed the ancestor’s orders, and the Dragon Race and other great races let the puppets enter their Sin Domains to hunt Sin Beasts.
  • After half a year, Lin An raised all five hundred auxiliary cultivation disciplines to Immortal Rank, increasing the Heart of Auxiliary Cultivation’s effect to 265,000%.
  • Lin An used the Heaven-Burning Divine Fire Furnace to refine five hundred thousand Immortal Rank weapons, each more than two thousand times as powerful as an ordinary weapon of its rank.
  • Lin An spent the equivalent of twenty years refining the weapons while his puppets hunted Sin Beasts, then finished refining the final weapon as radiant treasure light erupted around him.

Ch. 434Fully Prepared, Entering the Sin Domain Again!

Lin An completed his preparations and entered the War Calamity Sin Domain to seek the Eternal Sin Lord. He reached the Sin Lord’s lair and witnessed a chained figure being suppressed before the young man turned his attention to him.

  • Lin An discovered that his puppets had been destroyed and recognized that Eternal Sin Lords had intervened.
  • Lin An asked Meng Yuan for supplies, then spent three days preparing pills, talismans, arrays, and puppets.
  • Lin An divined that his journey would be auspicious and secretly set out for the War Calamity Sin Domain.
  • Lin An used his divination abilities to locate the War Calamity Sin Lord and traveled toward its lair.
  • Lin An reached an island where a young man suppressed a chained figure, then looked toward Lin An and called him a member of his Lin Family.

Ch. 435The War Calamity Sin Lord and the Lin Family Ancestor!

Lin An reached the island in the War Calamity Sin Domain and discovered the imprisoned War Calamity Sin Lord alongside Lin Chang, an Eternal Realm ancestor of the Lin Family. Lin Chang asked about Shenglin City and learned that Lin An had united the Myriad Spirits Realm under the Supreme Peace Empire.

  • Lin An used ten puppets to clear a path through the folds in time and space, then endured the island’s Eternal Realm pressure with his Eternal Dao Body.
  • Lin An summoned a hundred thousand puppets into the Nine Tribulations Myriad Phenomena Formation and prepared hundreds of thousands of talismans as protection.
  • After a day of cautious travel, Lin An found the War Calamity Sin Lord chained above a vast sea, with only two tentacles free.
  • Lin Chang introduced himself as Lin An’s ancestor, and Lin An recognized the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique he used.
  • Lin An told Lin Chang that Lin Xiao had established the Supreme Peace Empire and that the Lin Family ruled the entire Myriad Spirits Realm.

Ch. 436Battle with the War Calamity Sin Lord, the Chaos Lotus Platform!

Lin An fought the restrained War Calamity Sin Lord while Lin Chang watched, and endured its attacks long enough to unleash the Chaos Lotus Platform formed from five hundred Auxiliary Cultivation Lotus Platforms. The platform annihilated the Sin Lord’s two tentacles, but the Sin Lord retaliated by firing scarlet beams at it.

  • Lin Chang told Lin An to fight the restrained War Calamity Sin Lord, then merged into the void to watch.
  • Lin An and the War Calamity Sin Lord exchanged attacks, and Lin An realized the creature was the source of the tentacle that had appeared in Guangwu City.
  • The War Calamity Sin Lord unleashed vengeful souls and struck Lin An with its tentacles, but Lin An survived and dodged closer to it.
  • Lin An combined five hundred Auxiliary Cultivation Lotus Platforms into the Chaos Lotus Platform, which unleashed a devastating wave of destructive power.
  • The Chaos Lotus Platform annihilated the War Calamity Sin Lord’s two tentacles, and the Sin Lord fired scarlet beams at the platform.

Ch. 437Extreme Realm Ninth Heaven, Lin Chang's Fate Tribulation!

Lin An killed the War Calamity Sin Lord, but Lin Chang restored the body and used its power to help Lin An reach the extreme realm ninth heaven. Lin An sensed that Lin Chang was his Fate Tribulation, and after they shared tea, Lin Chang began explaining the realms beyond Eternal.

  • Lin An watched the lotus platform destroy the War Calamity Sin Lord, then saw Lin Chang restore the shattered body using the chains and divide the resulting gray sphere into three portions.
  • Lin Chang sent one portion into Lin An and raised the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique to Eternal Rank, allowing Lin An to break through to the extreme realm ninth heaven.
  • Lin An sensed that Lin Chang was his Fate Tribulation and joined him for tea and pastries while they discussed Shenglin City and Lin Chang's past.
  • Lin Chang gave Lin An another portion of the gray sphere to refine after reaching Eternal Realm and explained that it would help him advance in the Initial Source Realm.
  • Lin Chang told Lin An that Eternal Realm cultivation had five realms: Eternal Initial Source, Eternal True Source, Eternal Hunyuan, Eternal Return to Source, and Eternal Chaos.

Ch. 438How Could I Block a Junior's Path!

Lin Chang explained the eternal realms and the struggle between the major world and the Sin Abyss World, then revealed why the Sin Domains had to remain intact. He preserved the War Calamity Sin Domain and told Lin An that he would become Lin An’s fate tribulation.

  • Lin Chang explained the stages of the eternal realm and said the world will had chosen him to resist the Sin Abyss World.
  • Lin Chang told Lin An that he had accepted Sin’s power after losing faith in his ability to defeat Sin, then waited for the world will’s next chosen person.
  • Lin Chang revealed that the fallen eternal beings and Sin Domains suppressed the Sin Abyss World, and that the Heavenly Sword’s residual power had put Sin to sleep.
  • Lin Chang used part of the War Calamity Sin Lord’s origin to keep the War Calamity Sin Domain from collapsing for at least a thousand years and taught Lin An the method.
  • Lin Chang told Lin An that he was his fate tribulation and that Lin An would have to overcome him to break through.

Ch. 439Lin Chang's Gift, Seeing the Ancestor Off!

Lin Chang sacrificed his origin and life to help Lin An pass his Fate Tribulation, leaving him with a cultivation jade tablet and a saber strengthened by Sin-Slaying. Lin An began his breakthrough to the Eternal Realm, creating a world within his dantian as his soul underwent transformation.

  • Lin Chang gave Lin An his cultivation insights and origin, then explained that Lin An could refine the origin after reaching the Eternal Realm.
  • Lin Chang merged his bonded saber Sin-Slaying with Condemnation and sacrificed himself to refine the saber.
  • Lin An bowed as Lin Chang died, sensing that his Fate Tribulation had passed.
  • Lin An began cultivating with the War Calamity Sin Lord's refined Origin Power, which transformed his Origin Seed and formed a world in his dantian.
  • The five hundred auxiliary Great Daos and Divine Wheel of Myriad Laws shaped the new world, and Lin An drew on its power to transform his soul in the Chaos Heart Lamp.
  • Lin An's soul opened its eyes, causing heaven and earth to tremble.

Ch. 440Breaking Through to the Eternal Realm!

Lin An completed his breakthrough to the Eternal Realm in the War Calamity Sin Domain after his ancestor Lin Chang sacrificed himself to help him. He left the Domain with Condemnation, while the Realm Guardian gave him a token to use after reaching the True Source Realm.

  • A projection of the River of Time and Fate appeared across the Land of Rules, the Domain, and the Myriad Spirits Realm as Lin An began breaking through.
  • Lin An reviewed his past and let his memories, karma, grudges, and unfinished battles dissolve into the river.
  • Lin An's soul completed its transformation, and he became an Eternal Realm expert as the system announced him as the server's first.
  • The Realm Guardian gave Lin An a token that would let him enter the Sacred Realm after he reached the True Source Realm.
  • Lin An left a third of the War Calamity Sin Lord's origin in the Sin Domain to sustain it and allow new Sin Beasts to emerge.
  • Condemnation appeared with a new saber shadow, and Lin An took it before leaving the War Calamity Sin Domain.

Ch. 441The Myriad Races Were Shaken, Return to the Human Race!

Lin An’s breakthrough to the Eternal Realm shocked the myriad races and delighted the Human Race, the Domain, and the players. After sensing their reactions, he left the Sin Domain and returned to the Human Race.

  • Lin An’s breakthrough appeared as a phantom above the long river, prompting Eternal Realm experts of the myriad races to recognize his strength.
  • Xiao Wanjun and the Human Race elders celebrated Lin An’s breakthrough but worried he might have joined the Sin Abyss.
  • Zhou Chang and the others in the Domain congratulated Li Yunshan, who invited them to celebrate at the Li Clan residence.
  • A server-wide announcement named Lin An the first Eternal Realm expert, and players praised his rapid progress.
  • Lin Xiao and Li Xiyun celebrated their son’s breakthrough and discussed their unborn child.
  • Lin An sensed the reactions to his breakthrough and returned from the Sin Domain to the Human Race.

Ch. 442Ancestor Lin An, the Eternals of Every Race Arrive!

Lin An returned to the Human Race after reaching the Eternal Realm and revealed that he had slain the War Calamity Sin Lord. Nine Eternal Realm ancestors from the Land of Rules’ top races arrived to congratulate him with valuable gifts, and Lin An invited them inside.

  • Lin An appeared at the Human Race council meeting, accepted the title of Ancestor, and thanked everyone for supporting his cultivation.
  • Lin An told Xiao Wanjun and the elders that he had broken through in the War Calamity Sin Domain after killing its Sin Lord.
  • Lin An allowed the Human Race to hunt Sin Beasts in the domain but forbade them from trying to occupy it.
  • After the meeting, Lin An asked Xiao Wanjun and Meng Yuan to stay, then sensed arriving guests and went to meet them.
  • Ao Zhuo, Yun Yan, and seven other Eternal Realm ancestors introduced themselves and presented Lin An with precious treasures.
  • Lin An accepted the gifts and invited the nine ancestors inside.

Ch. 443Eternal and Undying, He Shall Return!

After reaching the Eternal Realm, Lin An reassured other races’ ancestors that they would cooperate against the Sin Abyss and promised to strengthen the Human Race with his crafting skills. He told Xiao Wanjun that Lin Chang had never betrayed the Human Race and had sacrificed himself to help Lin An ascend, then followed Xiao Wanjun to learn why Lin Chang had sent him there.

  • Ao Zhuo and the other Eternal Realm experts congratulated Lin An, sounded out his position, and left after he agreed to work together against the Sin Abyss.
  • Lin An asked Meng Yuan to gather the Human Race’s resources so he could refine pills, weapons, and formations to improve their cultivation.
  • Lin An told Xiao Wanjun that Lin Chang was his blood ancestor and had helped him attain the Eternal Realm.
  • Lin An explained that Lin Chang had imprisoned the War Calamity Sin Lord and become Lin An’s Fate Tribulation to help him reach the Extreme Realm Ninth Heaven and break through.
  • Lin An told Xiao Wanjun that Lin Chang could return in a future age, then asked why Lin Chang had sent him to Xiao Wanjun.
  • Xiao Wanjun invited Lin An to follow him.

Ch. 444Origin Island, Cultivation Insights!

Lin An visited the thirty-six Origin Islands and learned they had been prepared by Lin Chang to help him cultivate. After studying Lin Chang’s insights and refining resources into treasures for the Human Race, Lin An left the story poised to strengthen his people.

  • Xiao Wanjun brought Lin An to the Origin Islands and explained that Lin Chang had created them for a future Human Race Eternal expert to cultivate.
  • Lin An revealed that he had killed Jialuo Moye on one of the islands by invoking the Heavenly Sword, then considered absorbing the islands’ Origin Power to reach the True Source Realm.
  • Lin An returned to the Human Race and used the Auxiliary Cultivation Lotus Platform to study Lin Chang’s cultivation insights, comprehending about a tenth of them in a day.
  • Meng Yuan gave Lin An the resources prepared for his cultivation, and Lin An entered a separate space to refine pills, treasures, talismans, and formations.
  • Lin An judged that the items he had made could greatly increase the Human Race’s strength, then collected them and left the space.

Ch. 445Eternal Dao of Alchemy, Origin Pill Fire!

Lin An left resources and an avatar to protect the Human Race, then began raising his secondary professions on Origin Island. He became the first Eternal Rank alchemist, gained Origin Pill Fire and an Eternal Pill Heart, and moved on to the Origin Sea of the Dao of Formations.

  • Lin An gave the Council of Elders his refined pills and talismans, then left an avatar behind while he went into seclusion.
  • Lin An discovered that his Immortal Rank Auxiliary Cultivation Lotus Platform could no longer accelerate time for him, so he entered the Pill Dao Origin Sea to raise his alchemy to Eternal Rank.
  • Lin An fused the Dao of Alchemy divine patterns into his lotus platform and understood that Eternal Rank alchemists wielded the power of creation.
  • Lin An's lotus platform transformed and ignited Origin Pill Fire, making him the first Eternal Rank alchemist on the server and earning him an Eternal Pill Heart.
  • Lin An used Origin Pill Fire and the laws of heaven and earth to refine a pill that could bring an ordinary person to Sovereign Realm Ninth Grade, then left to cultivate in the Origin Sea of the Dao of Formations.

Ch. 446What? He's Already Broken Through to the Eternal Realm?

After Wu Tianshan and four others returned from the Sacred Realm, Meng Yuan told them that Lin An had already become an Eternal Realm ancestor. They received Lin An’s powerful pills and began cultivating as the Human Race distributed more of his pills to promising young geniuses.

  • Wu Tianshan and the other four returned from the Sacred Realm, boasting stronger foundations and asking Meng Yuan about Lin An.
  • Meng Yuan told them that Lin An had broken through to the Eternal Realm and that the Human Race had gained a new ancestor.
  • Meng Yuan took the five to the Heavenly Sword Sacred Land and gave them Black-Yellow Immortal Pills left by Lin An.
  • The five refined the pills, were stunned by their potency, and committed themselves to cultivating faster.
  • The Council of Elders distributed Lin An’s remaining pills to promising Human Race geniuses so they could grow stronger.

Ch. 447Five Hundred Eternal Rank Auxiliary Professions, the Human Race's Strength Soars!

Lin An spent two years raising all five hundred auxiliary professions to Eternal Rank, then improved his Heart of Auxiliary Cultivation and began refining the thirty-six Origin Islands under time acceleration. Meanwhile, Lin An’s pills helped the Human Race gain more than thirty thousand Immortal experts, while the Dragon Race ran into trouble.

  • Lin An’s auxiliary professions reached Eternal Rank one by one, and server-wide announcements continued for two years.
  • After all five hundred professions reached Eternal Rank, Lin An used his special rewards and increased his Heart of Auxiliary Cultivation’s effects to 7,650 times.
  • Lin An activated time acceleration and began absorbing Origin Power from the thirty-six Origin Islands to refine them.
  • Wu Tianshan used Lin An’s pills to advance from Immortal Seventh Grade to Immortal Ninth Grade, while four other experts also made major progress.
  • The Human Race gained more than thirty thousand Immortal experts in two years through Lin An’s pills and the Council of Elders’ efforts.
  • As the Human Race continued developing quietly, the Dragon Race encountered trouble.

Ch. 448Unrest in the Sin Domains, the Progenitors of Every Race Mobilize!

The Dragon Race discovered that erosion from the Sin Domains had suddenly accelerated across the Land of Rules, and Ao Zhuo learned that the same problem affected the other races. The progenitors set out to investigate while Lin An remained in seclusion.

  • Dragon Race elders told their patriarch that erosion had accelerated across the four Sin Domains they guarded and that their defenses had suffered heavy losses.
  • Ao Zhuo told the Dragon Race patriarch to pull back the defensive line and considered whether the Sin Abyss World had grown stronger or a Sin Domain had gone wrong.
  • Ao Zhuo contacted the other eight Eternal Realm progenitors, who confirmed that erosion had accelerated in the Sin Domains guarded by their races as well.
  • The progenitors agreed to inspect their Sin Domains, and Ao Zhuo explained that Lin An could not join because he was in seclusion.
  • The progenitors planned to ask Lin An about wielding the Heavenly Sword after he emerged, then departed to investigate their respective Sin Domains.

Ch. 449The Frustrated Sin Lords; Ao Zhuo Came Calling!

Lin An continued refining the Origin Islands while the patriarchs investigated the Sin Domains and found no cause for their accelerated erosion. When Ao Zhuo visited the Human Race to ask about the remaining War Calamity Sin Domain, Lin An admitted the problem was likely connected to him.

  • Lin An cultivated among the thirty-six Origin Islands, using Lin Chang's insights as he refined their Origin Power.
  • After a year, Lin An had refined half the islands' Origin Power but had not yet reached the Eternal True Source Realm.
  • The patriarchs reported that the Sin Lords and guarded Sin Domains were intact, though the erosion had accelerated for unknown reasons.
  • Yun Yan suggested the unchecked War Calamity Sin Domain might be involved, so Ao Zhuo went to question the Human Race.
  • Ao Zhuo asked Lin An whether anything unusual had happened in the War Calamity Sin Domain, and Lin An said the matter was probably connected to him.

Ch. 450Fellow Daoist Lin An, You've Really Opened My Eyes!

Lin An told Ao Zhuo that he had slain the War Calamity Sin Lord while still at the Extreme Realm Eighth Heaven, with help from his ancestor, Lin Chang. He explained how Lin Chang’s sacrifice had enabled his breakthrough and warned that the War Calamity Sin Domain would collapse in about a thousand years, though he claimed he could resolve the problem by then.

  • Lin An revealed that he had slain the War Calamity Sin Lord to prove his Dao, astonishing Ao Zhuo.
  • Ao Zhuo wondered how Lin An had overcome his Fate Tribulation, and Lin An explained that Lin Chang was his blood ancestor and had become the tribulation to help him reach the Eternal Realm.
  • Lin An explained that Lin Chang had imprisoned the War Calamity Sin Lord and used a third of the Lord’s Origin Power to sustain the War Calamity Sin Domain.
  • Lin An told Ao Zhuo that the domain would last about a thousand years and promised to resolve the problem before it collapsed.
  • Ao Zhuo left Lin An’s secluded cultivation, and Lin An’s avatar returned to the Human Race.
Arc 18 of 20
Arc 18 of 20