This was a very solemn and stirring matter.
All those who participated in this salvation were hailed as heroes by later generations. They built temples and provided incense for generations to come. If a person could do this in their lifetime, their life would not be in vain.
But Lin Tian was different. Even now, he could still remember how his little sister, who had been avoiding him ever since he had placed her under house arrest, had returned to his embrace on her deathbed. He had questioned her, and she had replied with those words.
"Why are you so foolish? For this world, for those unknown living beings, is it really worth it to sacrifice yourself? "
"Worth it? Maybe … but I'm not doing all this for them. " The young girl lay in Lin Tian's arms and quietly shook her head. Her gaze never left Lin Tian's. She smiled in a relaxed manner and said, "I said before that I will protect big brother for the rest of my life …"
I'll protect you forever!
These words were like a heavy hammer that heavily smashed into Lin Tian's heart. At that time, Lin Tian was stunned. Soon after, he looked at the person in his arms that was gradually disappearing and began to cry loudly.
He finally understood why his sister, who had always been mischievous and even a little selfish, would sacrifice her own life for the world.
It turned out that all of this was for him.
For him, her brother!!!
Lin Tian was filled with hatred!
This was the first time he had hated himself so much.
He hated himself for being so weak that he had to rely on his sister to protect him!
It was also from this day onwards that Lin Tian seemed to have changed into a different person. He became taciturn. Relying on the ancient order left behind by his sister, he sealed off the entire imperial palace and spent his days here studying ancient books.
From this day onwards, Lin Tian, who had been muddling along and living like a salted fish, had an additional goal — to revive his sister!
In the ancient books, he read that after a person died and returned to hell, they could enter the cycle of reincarnation and return to the world.
After millions of years, a similar flower would appear. As long as one could obtain the Red Spider Lily and the water of the Yellow Springs, they could revive it.
Lin Tian believed in this legend.
As a result, he spent the rest of his life on the path of reincarnation.
He had gone through several life and death situations, and had scoured every nook and cranny of the starry sky. During that time, he had grown stronger and stronger. Eventually, he had become one of the most powerful cultivators in the Echelon. However, it was at this point that his cultivation base had come to a halt.
No matter what Lin Tian did, he was unable to take another step forward.
Later on, he found the letter left behind by his sister and obtained a lot of information from it.
If his younger sister, who wielded the dao of fate, wanted to take another step forward, she had to follow the arrangements of fate. Karma was irreversible. Only under such circumstances could she take another step forward.
Therefore, during the Great Apocalypse, she improved further and her strength reached the pinnacle.
Everyone else had sacrificed their lives in an instant, dying in the terrifying explosion that almost destroyed the entire universe. But in the end, she came back with a single breath. Although she didn't live for long, it proved that her strength had far surpassed everyone in the world at that time.
After all, she was the key and main force in that explosion.
She had suffered much more than the others.
But even so, she still came back on her deathbed and saw Lin Tian for the last time.
Lin Tian thought for a long time. His hair turned white that night. One could imagine how conflicted he was in his heart. After all, he cultivated the dao of reincarnation.
If he wanted to test the dao with his body, he had to enter the cycle of reincarnation first.
This was different from fate.
This was something that required one to die first and then be reborn. The risks involved could be imagined. No one could guarantee that he would be able to return in the end, because reincarnation only existed in legends.
However, after one night, the world changed again.
It was as if this was the will of the heavens. This change also made Lin Tian make up his mind.
It turned out that what Lin Tian's little sister and that group of people had used their lives to seal was only a small opening in the Heart of the Heavens and Earth. And as the universe gradually expanded, the invisible Heart of the Heavens and Earth that was contained in the universe would gradually expand and finally explode.
This time, it was the second explosion of the Heart of the Universe.
Of course, this was the second explosion that Lin Tian knew of. As for how many previous explosions there had been, he didn't know.
This explosion also made Lin Tian give up his life and gamble on the existence of reincarnation. The outcome later proved that his gamble was correct.
Reincarnation did indeed exist.
It was just that it seemed to be somewhat different from what he had imagined.
The Lord of the Demon Abyss and the Lord of the High Heavens exchanged glances when they heard this. Although Lin Tian had spoken casually about what had happened afterwards and had only briefly mentioned his own experiences, they, who had also become the strongest, knew very well just how many hardships Lin Tian had gone through back then.
It was as if they were looking at a stubborn young man. With his persistence, he walked with great difficulty in the boundless desert, bitterly holding on.
It was this stubbornness and persistence that allowed Lin Tian to soar from an ordinary young man to become the Lord of Reincarnation and the Crazy Lin that even Tendo feared.
"Rumor has it that reincarnation and Tendo exist side by side. It seems like Tendo knows your identity?" the Lord of the High Heavens asked abruptly as he looked at Lin Tian.
Lin Tian smiled but didn't admit or deny it.
Tendo back then had indeed known his identity. After all, it was something that had been born in the Heart of the Universe.
As for the current Tendo, perhaps it was just an instinctive fear of him.
"I want to know if the Underworld really exists? Is reincarnation really possible? " The Lord of the Demonic Abyss was more concerned about this than the Lord of the High Heavens. After all, this involved the mystery of eternal life.
It was rumored that those who had reincarnated would obtain eternal life.
Although those who had mastered the Dao of Time were powerful, time couldn't be reversed. No matter how strong they were, they would still die one day unless they were like them.
As for the Dao of Life, it was powerful.
However, at most, it would allow you to live a little longer than others, making it harder for you to die. However, this time was ultimately limited. No matter how long you lived, sooner or later, you would still die. It was far from true eternal life.
As for Reincarnation, although it was not the strongest Dao in the world, and in terms of offensive power, there were even several Great Daos that surpassed it in the rankings of the common folk, Reincarnation was definitely one of the most profound and mysterious Daos in the world.
It stood shoulder to shoulder with fate.
Therefore, the Lord of the Demonic Abyss was very curious about the reincarnation that Lin Tian had mastered. He wanted to know if this Dao, when cultivated to the extreme, could really make one immortal.
Lin Tian didn't hide it from them. When he heard the Lord of the Demonic Abyss' question, he shook his head and calmly replied, "The Underworld does exist, and the Yellow Springs is in the Underworld. However, reincarnation … involves karma, fate, life, and death …"
"I don't want to hear you say so much. I just want to know if eternal life is possible!" the Lord of the Demonic Abyss asked impatiently.
"I can live forever, but others can't." Lin Tian shook his head.
The Lord of the Demonic Abyss didn't quite believe him. He slowly narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why?"
"Because what I've mastered isn't just the Dao of Reincarnation … Life, death, fate, time, I've touched them all." Lin Tian smiled. "Although I don't believe in fate, and I don't want to be controlled by it, sometimes I have to admit that it exists."
"Therefore, I've comprehended karma. Only by mastering it can I defeat it."
"And you, can you?"
When he heard this, the Lord of the Demonic Abyss didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that Lin Tian's face was filled with contempt. This made him very angry, but he couldn't refute it.
After all, not everyone was as monstrous as Lin Tian.
It was already very good for them to be able to cultivate their Dao to the peak.
Lin Tian, on the other hand, had cultivated one Dao after another to the peak. With such results, even if he couldn't live forever, no one knew how long he could live. It was almost no different from true eternal life.
The Lord of God seemed to have caught the loophole in Lin Tian's words. He raised his eyebrows and slowly said, "Since the Underworld and the Yellow Springs exist, then the Red Spider Lily should also exist. You … why didn't you save her?"
At this point, the Lord of God's gaze suddenly sharpened. He stared at Lin Tian as if he wanted to see through him.
In response, Lin Tian laughed self-deprecatingly.
He shook his head and slowly explained, "These things are all present, but they're different from what I imagined. As for my sister … I searched the world but couldn't find any trace of her."
"You mean to say that the Underworld and reincarnation are scams?" The Lord of God frowned.
Lin Tian shook his head again and said, "The underworld is real, and reincarnation is also real. Neither is fake. What is fake is that the two are not related. The underworld can indeed make one's soul immortal. According to my guess, its predecessor should also be a 'forbidden land', a place left behind in the epoch before me. I call this epoch the 'myth'."
"And in the Underworld, there's a special substance that can indeed make one's soul immortal. It's the legendary Yellow Springs water."
Hearing this, the Lord of God and the Lord of the Demonic Abyss looked at each other and perked up at the same time. It seemed that they were very interested in this.
However, it wasn't surprising.
Although they had lived for a long time and were known to be immortal and indestructible.
But after all, it wasn't true immortality.
Therefore, their interest in immortality wasn't weak.
After all, the feeling of being trapped in a cage for a long time wasn't pleasant. If there was a chance to escape and continue living for a long time, they naturally wanted to know.
Although the two of them did not open their mouths, Lin Tian saw through their thoughts with a single glance.
"Don't be too happy. Although this strange substance can make one live for an unlimited amount of time, it also has its drawbacks. That is, without cultivation, one's entire being will return to the primal chaos, ignorant and muddle-headed as they wander that region. The use of the Red Spider Lily is to awaken this muddle-headed wandering soul."
"As for the Red Spider Lily, it blooms for ten thousand years and wilts for another ten thousand years. When the flower blooms, the leaves won't be seen. When the leaves grow, the flowers won't be seen. Perhaps it's a bit exaggerated to say that, but if you want to pluck a complete Red Spider Lily, you'll have to wait for at least ten million years. An epoch might not even see one."
The expressions of the Lord of High Heavens and the Lord of Demon Abyss changed slightly.
"Are you trying to scare us?" the Lord of High Heavens asked coldly. Clearly, he didn't believe Lin Tian's words.
"If you don't believe me, you can give it a try if you're interested. The Red Spider Lily grows by the Yellow Spring River."
Lin Tian replied with a smile.
The expressions of the two changed again.
Give it a try?
They also wanted to.
But was such a thing even worth trying?
Putting aside whether the Red Spider Lily's growth cycle was as strange as Lin Tian said, just the strangeness of the Yellow Spring was enough to make them stop in their tracks. They didn't dare to rashly try.
After all, they only had one chance.
If it was as Lin Tian said, they would be doomed.
Therefore, the two of them didn't dare to gamble. They couldn't afford to gamble.
"Hmph, the two of us will naturally go to the Underworld. As for you, Madman Lin … you can choose not to believe in fate, but fate is always so mysterious. Back then, you wanted to flatten me. Now, it's my turn to flatten you."
"After living for so long, you can't be considered to have died prematurely. Let me send you to see your sister today. I'm sure you've been looking forward to it for a long time, right?" the Lord of High Heavens said with a cold smile.
After knowing what he wanted to know, there was no need for Lin Tian to stay.
"Hand over the address of the Underworld, and I promise to leave your corpse intact. I can also guarantee that I won't touch anyone related to you. Otherwise, they'll have to pay the price for destroying my home!" the Lord of Demon Abyss said coldly. His words were filled with threat.
Lin Tian's eyes slowly narrowed, and the smile on his face gradually faded.
"Are you threatening me?" he said slowly, looking at the Lord of Demon Abyss with narrowed eyes.
"So what if I'm threatening you? Don't tell me you think you'll be able to return through reincarnation after today? " The Lord of Demon Abyss looked at Lin Tian with disdain. Although he didn't know much about reincarnation, he knew that reincarnation required certain conditions.
Today, Lin Tian's body, all of his life force, and his soul, would be completely stripped away.
Under such circumstances, how could he reincarnate?
He was only the Lord of Reincarnation, not the Path of Reincarnation!
"Hahahahaha …" Lin Tian suddenly laughed loudly when he heard the Lord of Demon Abyss's words. His hair was messy, and his body was covered in scars. His clothes were tattered, and he looked extremely miserable.
"As the saying goes, when a tiger leaves the plains, it will be bullied by dogs …" After a long while, Lin Tian shook his head and slowly restrained his laughter. Because of this hearty laughter from the corners of his mouth, it affected the injuries in his body. A stream of blood slowly flowed out, but Lin Tian did not care about it.
He looked at the Lord of Demon Abyss and the Lord of High Heavens, and said mockingly, "Aren't you afraid that you'll be killed by my sharp claws when you bully this sick tiger?"
The Lord of Demon Abyss and the Lord of High Heavens were a little unhappy when they heard Lin Tian call them dogs. However, they didn't continue on this topic. The Lord of Demon Abyss snorted coldly, "Let's not talk about whether you can kill us, but if you don't tell us the location of the Underworld, I can guarantee that there will be no place for them in the nine heavens. Even if I have to dig three feet into the ground, I can find them and vent my anger!"
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