Chapter 585: Chapter 584: Extracting Celestial Dao Rules, Is Lin Heng About to Assimilate with the Dao? [Second Update]

During that time, Lin Heng even suspected that the subsequent lottery panel was just for display.

Unexpectedly.

The requirement was to break through a trillion in reputation before it could be unlocked!

This figure could only be described as terrifying by Lin Heng.

If he hadn’t taken the path of the Destiny Dynasty, Lin Heng wouldn’t know how long it would take to amass such an immense amount of reputation.

However, speaking of which, he did earn a significant amount of faith back in the Southern Heaven Continent.

And this time, from withstanding the Celestial Tribulation to driving away the Saint.

The reputation provided by the people of the Celestial Court was indeed extremely terrifying!

In truth, the number of beings in the Celestial Court was enormous, enough to use a trillion as a unit, but because they all came through expansion, their faith couldn’t compare to the wave of ascension back then.

Most of the beings didn’t even know who the Lord of Heaven was...

Only through this act of promotion and resisting the Celestial Tribulation and Saint did the beings in the Celestial Court gain a vague understanding of Taixu Celestial Venerable.

This allowed the reputation to surge in.

"Judging by this growth rate, it could break through to 1.5 trillion."

The subtitles in his mind kept flashing, and the smile on Lin Heng’s lips never faded.

"Let’s see what this Celestial Dao Level lottery can yield!"

"Ah Xi, open the lottery panel!"

Lin Heng issued the long-awaited command.

"As you command!"

With the system’s response, a huge light screen appeared before Lin Heng.

The lottery panel was displayed, row after row, totaling nine.

Now seven were lit up, with the last two still shrouded in mist.

"Begin the Celestial Dao Level lottery!" Lin Heng commanded without hesitation.

"As you command!"

As the system sounded, the Celestial Dao panel, covered with strange patterns, surprisingly made a cracking sound and shattered before Lin Heng’s eyes.

Lin Heng, in a state of astonishment and doubt, saw the surrounding void shatter peculiarly with the panel.

Soon after, web-like patterns appeared in the shattered space, interweaving, intersecting, densely filling the world.

Lin Heng’s brows furrowed slightly, realizing something, and silently marveled: "These are the rules and order of heaven and earth..."

Rumble!

Suddenly, everything in sight collapsed again, leaving only a single thread like a chain crossing the sky, or a flying sword shooting forward, piercing directly into Lin Heng’s forehead.

[Congratulations to the host, you have obtained the Power of Rule, Withering of All Things!]

[Congratulations to the host, you have received a bonus reward, Candle Dragon’s Eye!]

Withering of All Things: The world has order, all things have reincarnation, withering of all things belongs to the Celestial Dao Rules. By exerting this power, one can lead the target to the end of life. [Note: Saints are undying and indestructible, transcend all things, and are not affected by this rule, except those entangled in great karma.]

Candle Dragon’s Eye: The Candle Dragon once controlled the rule of day and night alternation. When its eyes open, it is day; when its eyes close, it is the long night. [Note: Day brings life to all things, night brings the extinction of all things, the way of life and death is contained within.]

"This..."

Staring at the two rewards and their annotations, Lin Heng could not help but be astonished.

"Celestial Dao Rules?"

"These should be means that only Saints can touch!"

"Hiss..."

"I never thought that this Celestial Dao Level lottery would reward Saint means!"

Lin Heng felt a storm inside, only feeling shocked.

Although he guessed that a trillion-level lottery should be extraordinary.

But truly drawing a Saint Level means, Lin Heng was still left in disbelief.

He could not help but wonder, what secret is the system hiding?

Even rules of the Celestial Dao are among its rewards...

Moreover, this is only the seventh lottery panel.

The remaining two still-shrouded pools, what kind of great power do they contain within?

Lin Heng was increasingly shocked.

The higher his cultivation soared, the more he understood the difficulty of cultivation, and the clearer his understanding of what kind of existence a Saint was.

But the system he possessed could even draw out Saint means.

This suddenly left him bewildered.

Perplexed about this world, perplexed about this system.

"Is someone in the shadows aiding me?"

"Or perhaps, everything at present is an illusion?"

"But having walked this path, I feel so genuinely, how could it be an illusion?"

"Just what does this system want me to achieve?"

"Why has it come to be?"

Lin Heng couldn’t figure it out; his mind was full of chaos, doubting himself, and also doubting this world.

Until a dragon roar of earth-shattering intensity rang out.

"Roar!"

This dragon roar, like a bolt from the blue, awoke Lin Heng from his confusion.

Once he slightly regained clarity, he realized the Celestial Demon Emperor was standing atop the Celestial Dragon of Fortune, shouting anxiously toward him.

Sun Wukong, Queen of Ten Thousand Beasts, Long Yang, and the Phoenix Ancestor, all were behind, faces full of worry.

"What’s happened to all of you?"

Lin Heng asked with a puzzled expression.

Hearing him speak, everyone collectively breathed a sigh of relief.

Soon after, the Phoenix Ancestor hesitated as he said, "Daoist Lord, were you just invaded by a Heart Demon?"

Lin Heng was taken aback, frowning slightly: "What happened?"

The Queen of Ten Thousand Beasts replied solemnly: "You were about to self-destruct your Golden Body and disperse all your cultivation."

"What?"

Lin Heng raised an eyebrow, calculating what had just transpired, realizing he was about to self-destruct...

This turned his expression into one of dread, feeling a wave of fear.

Then he furrowed his brow again, recalling the confusion about the system and the bewilderment about this world...

"How could this be..." Lin Heng’s eyes narrowed, expressing some anger.

The Celestial Demon Emperor then said: "Shen Gongbao mentioned, during the confrontation against Venerable Emperor Chong’en, you must have been subjected to the Power of Rule by him. Saints master so many rules, unknowingly causing you to develop a Heart Demon."

Sun Wukong remarked: "Seeing you acting strange, we all exerted ourselves to wake you, yet you were enveloped in Fortune, and we couldn’t get close."

At this, he looked towards the Celestial Demon Emperor and said: "Fortunately, there’s this little Phoenix, the National Guardian Beast, the only one able to actively mobilize the Celestial Dragon of Fortune."

"Otherwise, the consequences would’ve been unimaginable."

The three Quasi-Saints beside nodded, faces filled with lingering fear.

The Celestial Demon Emperor proudly declared, "What’s this Taixu Celestial Venerable? Ultimately, he needed the emperor himself to come to the rescue!"

Seeing his proud appearance, the Phoenix Ancestor couldn’t help but laugh while shaking his head.

Lin Heng also smiled and nodded: "Indeed worthy of being the prince of the Phoenix Race, admirable!"

Everyone heard this and couldn’t help but burst into hearty laughter.

...

Meanwhile, in a space where no one could venture, Venerable Emperor Chong’en shook his head regretfully and sighed a word of pity.

But he soon regained his composure, facing an endless dark place, saying: "Congratulations to Tathagata Buddha, on returning to the world."