Boom!

In that moment, the Brahma Lotus Lantern opened like a lotus flower in bloom, its layers of Brahma flame unfolding petal by petal. A sacred radiance surged outward, endless, majestic and lightning up the nine heavens.

Lin Xun’s pupils constricted. This strike not only drained Jianan’s cultivation, but it also ignited the source power of the Brahma Lotus Lantern, a supreme treasure, forcing it to its absolute limit!

A chilling crisis surged through Lin Xun’s heart. His battle instincts, honed over countless life and death struggles, made him sweep his sleeve without hesitation. The Gate of Exile roared forth!

In that instant, the blooming, burning Brahma Lotus Lantern was violently shaken, then swallowed whole by the Gate of Exile, vanishing without a trace. Jianan froze, disbelief flickering in his eyes. Then, a long, desolate sigh slipped from his lips...

With that lonely, sorrow-laden breath, his thin figure dissolved into a rain of light and scattered into nothingness. Both his body and spirit were wiped from existence. Jianan was the Present Age Buddha of the Zen Sect, an Eternal being who had lived for thousands of years.

Across the entire epoch, he ranked among the almighty and stood at the pinnacle of the world, overlooking all the heavens beneath him. The Brahma Lotus Lantern was the Zen Sect’s supreme guardian treasure, an Eternal weapon capable of reducing an entire grand world to ashes in an instant.

Unfortunately, even after burning away his own cultivation and sacrificing the Brahma Lotus Lantern itself, Jianan still failed to so much as shake Lin Xun and was ultimately annihilated in the end!

Upon witnessing this, Ji Dongya felt a crushing bitterness surge within him. His will collapsed and he no longer resisted. Just as he closed his eyes, awaiting death, a calm voice landed in his ears. “Are Ji Xi and Ji Shanhai well?”

Ji Dongya trembled, his eyes snapping open in disbelief. “So the reason you held back was just to ask about those two sisters?”

Lin Xun calmly withdrew his five dao bodies. “That’s right.”

“They...” Ji Dongya’s expression flickered uncertainly before turning icy. “They brought shame upon the Ji Clan. One was confined long ago, and the other was imprisoned after returning from the Ten Directions Demon Realm, declared a sinner of the clan. Tell me, do you think their fate could be anything but miserable?”

However, Lin Xun let out a slow breath of relief. “As long as they’re still alive...that’s enough.”

Ji Dongya’s expression twisted, as if he suddenly realized something. Shock and fury surged into his voice. “You...what do you plan to do?”

“Isn’t it obvious? To seek justice for them. To wash away their humiliation. The debts owed will be repaid, and the fairness they deserve will be reclaimed.” Lin Xun spoke softly but each word struck like a hammer.

When Lin Xun was young, Xi had guided him, aided him and even saved his life more than once. How could he tolerate seeing such a peerless woman being imprisoned and branded a disgrace by her own clan? As for Ji Shanhai...he would never forget how she helped him in the Ten Directions Demon Realm.

Upon hearing Lin Xun’s words, Ji Dongya’s face turned ashen. He had a very bad feeling. With the power Lin Xun now wielded, who in the entire Ninth Heaven Domain could possibly stand against him? Not to mention the Ji Clan, even if all the Eternal Divine Clans united their forces, they still might fail to withstand him!

After all, the true mighty existences, those pinnacle Eternal powerhouses capable of venturing to Kunlun Dominion, had already left their clans long ago. What remained in the Eternal Divine Clan were only figures of similar cultivation to Ji Dongya himself!

In the past, as long as a single Eternal Realm expert sat watching over the clan, the Eternal Divine Clans never feared an attack. Anyone daring to strike at them would simply be courting death.

Now...there was Lin Xun! At that thought, Ji Dongya felt panic twisting through his chest like a knife.

“Rest easy,” Lin Xun said calmly. “I won’t kill you...not until we arrive at your Ji Clan.”

His words had barely fallen when he took action and sealed Ji Dongya within the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron. Thus, of the nine Eternal powerhouses who had come this time, all but Ji Dongya had been slain on the spot!

The world fell utterly silent. Above, two Divine Rank laws still hung across the heavens. Lin Xun swept his gaze across the battlefield, recalling the scenes from moments earlier, and finally let out a quiet breath of relief. Today, he had stepped into eternity. He had overcome an unprecedented great tribulation and truly set foot upon the Eternal Path!

Furthermore, on this very same day, he had slain a host of Eternal Realm beings, dyeing the boundless blue sky with their blood!

A flash of divine radiance burst forth at the gates of the Origin Sect. Xuan Feiling, Fang Daoping, Dugu Yong, and others rushed out one after another, only to freeze in place, staring at Lin Xun with eyes full of excitement, awe and disbelief. Thousands of thoughts surged to their lips, yet not a single word would come out.

It was too sudden, too astonishing, and too utterly unreal! Who could have imagined that newly ascended Eternal Lin Xun would single-handedly turn the tides on the Thousand Sea Sea and slaughter a host of Eternal foes on the spot?! 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

“It’s over, everyone.” Lin Xun approached with a soft smile. “Come, let’s return and share a drink.”

Only then did Xuan Feiling snap from his daze, as if waking from a dream. “Yes! Celebrate! We must celebrate this properly! Hahahaha...”

His laughter boomed skyward. One after another, the other old monsters joined in, their laughter filled with pride and overwhelming relief.

......

The Zen Sect.

Inside a cave where lotus flowers bloomed...Bang!

A single lotus silently fractured, its petals withering into motes of light and vanished without a trace. The gaunt and gray-bearded Fan’an shuddered. He stared at the empty space where the lotus had vanished, his face gradually darkening.

At last, he slowly drew a stone statue carved with the words Alpha Origin from within his robe. His voice rasped like gravel. “Why...why is another one dead?”

The Alpha Origin stone statue remained motionless and silent. For one terrifying moment, Fan’an felt a strong urge to smash it to dust. In the end, he restrained himself.

What happened in the Origin Sect? How did Jianan perish? It no longer mattered. From now on, he only knew that the Zen Sect must do one thing: Protect itself!

For in the entire Zen Sect, he was the only Eternal left...

The Shaman Sect.

“How would our old ancestor die? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!”

“The Origin Sect has no Eternal overseeing it, so how could the Heaven Shaman fail?

“What in the world happened?!” Mournful cries shook the mountains.

In the last assault on the Origin Sect, Earth Shaman Tu Muhun led a formidable force consisting of advanced Transcendence experts, perfect Transcendence experts, the Will Dharma Form of the sect’s founder and even two Eternal true bodies.

Unfortunately, in the end, the entire army was wiped out. Not a single one returned alive. Now, even Tan Wu had fallen. To the Shaman Sect, this was an utterly devastating blow.

On that very day, the Shaman Sect sealed its gates and cut off all contact with the outside world. Like the Zen Sect, it also chose to protect itself.

......

Ninth Heaven Domain.

On that day, the seven Eternal Divine Clans, Wen, Ye, Yang, Wu, Ji, Xingtian, and Ziche, were all shaken to the core upon learning of the disaster that had erupted on the Thousand Stars Sea of ​​the Origin Sect.

Panic swept through the clans and not a single person could maintain their composure. As the news spread, it alarmed even the remaining Eternal Divine Clans and the Immortal Divine Clans, sending an invisible tidal wave surging across the entire Ninth Heaven Domain.

However, the wider world remained utterly unaware. The earthshaking battle had taken place on the Thousand Star Sea, under the sealing power of the Absolute Beginning Law and the Heavenly Origin Law. Not a single ripple of the battle escaped into the outside world.

No one knew that on this very day, Lin Xun stepped into eternity and slaughtered a host of formidable enemies. Even within the Origin Sect, those in the Heavenly Origin Secret Realm remained unaware.

Only when a celebratory banquet was held did the truth finally erupt across the sect, sending the entire Origin World into a boiling uproar.

“Pavilion Master Lin has attained eternity?! Heavens! So soon?”

Disbelief, awe and exhilaration surged like thunderous waves.

“Did you hear? The instant he broke through into the Eternal Stage, Pavilion Master Lin wiped out every single Eternal Realm powerhouse the enemy sent!”

“This...this is like a dream...”

“Congratulations, Pavilion Master Lin!”

“Congratulations!”

At the banquet, Lin Xun, seated at the place of honor, became the center of attention. The entire hall erupted into a frenzy of voices and congratulations.

“Young Master is truly extraordinary.”

Lin Zhong stood, beaming, so overwhelmed with pride he had no idea what to do with his hands. Luo Qingxun and Lin Wenjing shared a quiet glance, pride and joy blooming in their hearts. This was their son!

“Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!”

Lu Boya tipped back his wine with unrestrained glee. In this moment, nothing made him prouder than being the mentor who raised a future Eternal legend.

Zhao Jingxuan sat beside Xia Zhi, emotions swirling within her. Each time her gaze drifted to Lin Xun, her beautiful eyes turned hazy and soft. The youth she had fallen in love with had now stepped into eternity!

“Soon...I’ll be able to stand at his side as an equal,” Xia Zhi murmured, her expression serene, and the lamplight painting her tranquil beauty with a breathtaking glow.

Zhao Jingxuan gently took her hand, leaned close, and whispered against her ear, “We’ll find the right moment to hold a grand wedding for the two of you, so he can marry you with all the honor you deserve.”

Unlike other women who might flush with shyness, Xia Zhi’s eyes brightened with pure, innocent anticipation. “Then...does that mean I’ll be able to have a child?”

It turned out she had carried this thought in her heart all these years. Zhao Jingxuan, on the other hand, suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Discussing such an intimate topic...somehow felt awkward...

“Yes,” she whispered softly after a moment, barely louder than a mosquito's hum.

Xia Zhi’s face bloomed into a radiant smile and she said in a sweet, melodious voice, “Then I’m really looking forward to it.”

Zhao Jingxuan couldn’t help but laugh softly. She realized that even now, Xia Zhi probably had no idea what kind of beautiful yet utterly embarrassing things one had to experience in order to bring a child into the world.

Meanwhile, at the other tables, Xuan Feiling, Jintian Xuanyue, Toady, A’lu, A’hu, Little Silver, Little Sky, ​​the Luo Clan, the Lin Clan, and every friend and ally of Lin Xun wore radiant smiles. Excitement, delight, pride, and awe surged through every heart.

That night, laughter rose to the heavens of the Origin World and lingered there, echoing long into the night without fading. This day would surely be etched into the annals of the Origin Sect, revered by countless generations to come.