The Prodigies War

To repay kindness!

Lin Xun couldn't help but view Lingyuan in a new way. “That swordsman has already started over by entering reincarnation. Even if you have the chance to leave the All-Wonder Dominion, how will you find him?”

Lingyuan's voice was clear and crisp, “As long as I go looking, I will definitely be able to find him.”

Lin Xun was stunned. In the end, he said, “Alright then, take me to the Dark Spring.”

He was also curious as to what kind of mystery was hidden behind the three-inch wooden sword that the swordsman had suppressed in the Dark Spring back then.

“Come on.” A delighted Lingyuan took Lin Xun and Xia Zhi in a direction.

Following Lingyuan, the omnipresent fog dispersed along their way, which amazed Lin Xun.

This fog could suppress cultivators’ spirit sense, but as expected of a law ancestor born in the primal chaos origin of this realm, Lingyuan wielded the power that was clearly of the same origin as the fog.

Soon, a small puddle of water came into view among the world of chaos qi. Under the puddle was a spring. From this spring poured out strings of chaos water droplets. All condensed from the power of primal chaos origin, they contained an unimaginable, divine origin power.

“If you can retrieve the wooden sword from there, I will be able to leave,” Lingyuan said expectantly.

Lin Xun walked up to the spring and gazed deeply into it. Through the thick and pure energy of primal chaos origin, he could vaguely see the shadow of an object in the depths. Upon closer inspection, it was a thin, three-inch long wooden sword!

The sword was small, but the aura it emitted dominated the primal chaos origin power in this spring, which was incredible.

“Even if no one fishes out this sword, you still could have left on your own long ago,” Xia Zhi couldn't help but comment.

Lingyuan said, “No, Senior Swordsman said I must only leave with the one who retrieves this sword from the spring.”

Xia Zhi revealed a rare smile as she said, “But, what if we take this sword without taking you with us?”

Lingyuan was instantly anxious. “Then I...I will just follow you!”

An amused Xia Zhi asked Lin Xun, “Should we take him with us?”

Lin Xun could tell that Xia Zhi had taken a fancy to Lingyuan. He smiled. “Only if you want.”

Lingyuan said pitifully, “Big Sister, please take me with you.”

Xia Zhi opened her palm. “Then hop on here.”

Without hesitation, Lingyuan leapt onto her palm.

In that instant, Xia Zhi smiled so happily that her eyes turned into two sparkling crescent moons. “What an...interesting little fellow.”

She carefully held the water droplet that was Lingyuan, blinking as she sized it up.

Lin Xun, on the other hand, took a deep breath and extended his hand, from which a devouring force gushed out.

Whoosh!

The chaos water in the puddle violently tumbled as they got sucked upward and swallowed. From the spring below, more chaos water continuously streamed into Lin Xun's palm. This was the power of primal chaos origin. It was hundreds of times more valuable than the Chaos Dao Fruit, so to Lin Xun, this was an unexpected harvest.

Just as quickly, however, he frowned and revealed an odd look. The three-inch wooden sword in the depths merely trembled slightly, and then it broke free from his devouring power like a nimble fish! No matter how many times Lin Xun tried again, the result remained the same.

“Lingyuan, what exactly is this wooden sword suppressing?” asked Lin Xun.

Lingyuan crisply replied, “Deep within this dark spring is the Primal Chaos Core of this realm. It's the nest I was born in, but a long time ago, a guy called Alpha Origin did something and refined the Primal Chaos Core into his own, with the purpose of making me his servant when I gain sentience.”

After a pause, Lingyuan continued, “But that swordsman intervened and suppressed the Primal Chaos Core with his wooden sword, allowing me to avoid this calamity when I awakened.”

Lin Xun was inwardly shaken. So the Alpha Origin Master had come to this place and refined all the Primal Chaos Cores that had birthed Lingyuan!

What was a Primal Chaos Core? It was the core of the primal chaos origin, functioning like a heart to a human.

For Lingyuan, the Primal Chaos Core was its nest!

Back then, Alpha Origin subdued the Primal Chaos Core in order to make Lingyuan submit to him once it came into being, but the interference of that swordsman apparently had turned it around.

Lin Xun mused, “If I take away the wooden sword, what will happen to this Primal Chaos Core?”

“I don't know.” There was no delay and no thought behind Lingyuan’s answer.

The corners of Lin Xun's lips jerked a little. “Then I'll just give it a try.”

He told Xia Zhi and Lingyuan to retreat far away and stood alone in front of the Dark Spring pondering for a while. Then, suddenly, he turned into a streak of light and dove into the spring.

Boom!

In the blink of an eye, it felt as though he was diving into a black hole of nothing but endless energy of primal chaos origin. Very quickly, he saw the wooden sword. The three-inch sword appeared old and unadorned, but in Lin Xun's eyes, it was filled inside out with an unparalleled power, a horrifying might that could crush the ages and cut down gods!

His heart quivered. The three-inch wooden sword could not be more ordinary, but such a terrifying aura about it made the weapon into something else entirely.

This wooden sword was left behind right before that swordsman went into reincarnation, so its energy represents his peak dao, and it is still this powerful after these countless eons. I should expect nothing less of a legendary figure...

As Lin Xun lamented this, he suddenly had this strong desire. Back in the Mortal Transformation Zone, he had not had the chance to duel Chen Xi’s, Alpha Origin’s, and that swordsman's dao manifestations, but now...he could give it a try! While pondering, he quietly operated his cultivation base and used his power to blanket the wooden sword.

Clank!

In that instant, there seemed to ring a sword chant. From the three-inch wooden sword, a sword intent of peerless sharpness erupted and confronted Lin Xun's power.

Boom!

The chaos qi in the vicinity was violently disrupted. The incredible sword intent kept spreading from the three-inch wooden sword like a landslide. Meanwhile, Lin Xun was using his full might, manifesting his dao as a cauldron in an attempt to suppress it. The two parties went on to have an intense clash.

Time trickled by.

The sword intent of the three-inch wooden sword became more and more powerful, reflecting boundless arcane killing aura. However, Lin Xun’s methods also grew constantly stronger to match it, firmly holding it in check.

Diamond against diamond!

Lin Xun felt a huge pressure at this moment. The power of the three-inch wooden sword surpassed that of an Immeasurable Dao Lord. Despite being a mere force, it represented the peak of that swordsman! However, the more this was the case, the more potential it brought out of Lin Xun. His fighting spirit was surging, his whole energy on fire.

Since entering the Mortal Transformation Zone until now, his cultivation had progressed rapidly, but he had always been short on a worthy opponent. As such, what he lacked the most right now was precisely this kind of training!

He clearly perceived that his dao was being honed, and the cultivation potential that he had been accumulating was being brought into practice in this fight.

Four hours later...a sense of fatigue permeated Lin Xun, and only then did he realize that his dao had almost been exhausted in this heated confrontation. He immediately stopped and gazed fondly at the buzzing wooden sword, saying reluctantly, “I'll come back to fight you later.”

With that, he teleported away from the Dark Spring.

“How did it go?” immediately asked Xia Zhi, who had been waiting.

“That sword shouldn't be too much of a problem, but it will take some time,” replied Lin Xun with a smile.

Although he hadn’t managed to subdue the three-inch wooden sword and retrieve it, he had gotten a great harvest out of it, tapping into and refining his full dao potential. The experience was the same as having an epiphany in the middle of a meditation session.

Moreover, the primal chaos origin power gushing out from the Dark Spring was also considered a fortune. It was greatly productive for one's cultivation progress to absorb it. All in all, Lin Xun found this place to be an excellent cultivation paradise.

From this day on, he and Xia Zhi simply stayed next to the Dark Spring and used the primal chaos origin power here to cultivate. Both of them proceeded to reap huge benefits.

Every few days, Lin Xun would swoop into the depths of the Dark Spring to have an intense duel with the three-inch wooden sword until he was exhausted. Then, he would go back, seizing every second to recover.

While in meditation, he would examine the changes in his own potential and strength, and then review the insights that had dawned upon him during the fight with the three-inch wooden sword. This further honed his dao and produced noticeable improvements!

Three months later, in a temple atop a big mountain in the Dark Zone.

“If Lin Xun isn't dead, then he could have attracted a Chaos Dao Fruit with the amount of mist spirits he has and left the Dark Zone, but he hasn't.”

The red-robed You Jiang paced back and forth with a gloomy expression. During this period of time, the Heavenly Mandate Apostles of their Xun Department had been on pins and needles. Lin Xun's power made all of them feel threatened, and they could not have peace of mind as long as he was still here.

“In these three months, he hasn't once found us to retaliate, there's absolutely no movement at all. If only someone could go near the Dark Spring and poke around...” whispered the white-robed Tushan Leng.

The other people in the hall looked at each other and kept silent. Who would be so impatient to die that they would volunteer to go to the Dark Spring at this kind of time? Seeing that no one opened their mouths, Tushan Leng felt indescribably stifled.

So what if they were Greater Boundless Eternals? When under a life-threatening situation, they would be scared and act cowardly all the same!

Half a day later, Tushan Leng said hoarsely, “I have a piece of bad news for you all. I have contacted the leader, and he has given a non-negotiable order that we do not leave the Dark Zone.”

All of a sudden, the expression of everyone in the hall changed. While they couldn't beat Lin Xun, they wouldn't be too terrified so long as they still had a chance to escape from the Dark Zone. However, if they remained here, he would sooner or later get to them!

It could be said that this order from the Xun Department’s Heavenly Mandate Dao Lord Kuhe had directly cut off their retreat route!

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