With one successful case, many true spirits gained more confidence.
This time, the Heavenly Dao didn't play word games.
As long as they passed the Rebirth Divine Light, they could indeed reincarnate!
If they couldn't reincarnate, their souls would be scattered!
No matter the outcome, the tragic torment of fifty thousand years was finally coming to an end.
"Next one..." Lin An had just started.
Many true spirits had already swarmed forward eagerly.
Lin An waved his hand, and these true spirits lined up obediently.
"You're rushing to be reborn now? Where were you earlier!" Lin An said coldly, "Wait patiently."
Li Shuang sat cross-legged, quietly waiting for the Rebirth Divine Light to recover.
After being used once, the Rebirth Divine Light needed time to re-gather energy.
However.
The energy required to purify a true spirit at the Nascent Soul stage was much less than purifying a true spirit at the Tribulation Transcending stage.
Li Shuang recovered faster as well.
Soon.
She began her daily work of purification.
In this world, no one is truly perfect; everyone, more or less, carries some negative emotions and causes some negative impacts.
And these would all manifest on the true spirit.
Ordinary negative emotions and actions would only form some grey matter.
Severe negative emotions and actions, however, would form black, disgusting, sticky substances, much like the Third Elder's earlier.
Under the illumination of the Rebirth Divine Light, true spirits would initially feel some discomfort.
But if there was only some grey matter, then it wasn't a major issue.
After the divine light removed the grey matter, they could enter reincarnation normally, and their souls would remain intact.
However, if black impurities were present, the divine light's expulsion of the impurities would be quite forceful, and while removing the black impurities, a portion of the soul entity itself would also be lost.
If the evil deeds weren't too many, then after the black impurities were removed, they could be reborn with the remaining soul.
It's just that.
Reincarnating with an incomplete soul... what they would be reborn as was uncertain.
Most likely, they would be reborn as some uncivilized animals.
If these souls wanted to become complete again, they would need to endure calamity after calamity, and eventually, there might be a slim chance to be reborn as intelligent beings.
This was...
The cycle of Heavenly Dao reincarnation!
As Li Shuang worked tirelessly, the true spirits of Langya Sect gradually began to see results.
Among these true spirits.
Those with only grey impurities and those with black impurities were roughly fifty-fifty.
True spirits with grey impurities could reincarnate completely, while true spirits with black impurities could only reincarnate after a portion of their soul was scorched away.
After several days, there were no cases of souls being directly scattered.
This was also because.
Li Shuang was currently purifying disciples with lower cultivation levels. These disciples had not yet been involved in the core affairs of ascension and could only be considered low-level cannon fodder.
While some of them were not innocent, they were not yet truly evil.
Through constant use, Li Shuang's proficiency with the Rebirth Divine Light advanced significantly.
The speed of the divine light's condensation also gradually increased.
The merit energy surrounding Li Shuang also grew denser.
An ordinary person seeing her would probably instinctively feel her kindness; mortals might even feel an urge to worship her.
This was the change brought about by merit energy, and this was even without Li Shuang actively using it.
Protected by merit energy, Li Shuang found that her cultivation speed seemed to be much faster than before.
Previously.
She cleansed many evil souls, and her soul realm broke through to the Void Refinement stage.
Now.
By purifying many departed souls, combined with the protection of merit power, Li Shuang's soul power continued to rise!
Another three years passed.
Her soul realm broke through to the late Void Refinement stage.
Another three years passed.
Her soul realm broke through to the peak of the Void Refinement stage.
Then.
Her soul realm was temporarily stuck at the bottleneck of breaking through to the Tribulation Transcending stage.
In eight years, her soul realm skyrocketed from the Integration stage directly to the peak of Void Refinement. Under these unique conditions, Li Shuang completed in eight years what others would take eight hundred years to achieve!
After consecutive breakthroughs in her soul realm, Li Shuang's speed in purifying true spirits also became significantly faster.
Beside her.
Xue Luo quietly watched the busy Li Shuang, sighing softly, and said, "In these eight years, she hasn't stopped for a moment."
Although Li Shuang gained many benefits from it, most people probably couldn't endure this kind of continuous, day-and-night pushing of limits.
Yet, Li Shuang was like a robot that never complained or got tired, simply working tirelessly.
Lin An was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Xue Luo. After we leave, you all will be the masters of this Langya Sect."
This time, most of those who gained freedom were those who had resisted to the end with Lin An.
In terms of numbers, there were only eighteen of them.
And among these eighteen Langya Sect disciples, more than half were from the demon race.
Once these true spirits were freed, and Langya Palace was no longer bound by the Heavenly Dao, it was time for it to emerge into the world.
Xue Luo immediately fell silent.
"Brother Lin..."
"How can we be masters? We'll wait for you here when you return through reincarnation."
"Right! This Langya Palace should be managed by you."
Others started chiming in.
Lin An smiled gently and said, "I don't know how long it will take for me to cross the River of Forgetfulness, and by the time I return, I don't know what the situation will be like. Moreover, after reincarnation, I will have no memories of my past life. So, that won't be me anymore."
Lin An spoke very calmly.
He had long accepted this outcome.
In fact, for him, this was already the best possible outcome.
But it was clearly too much for the others, and their eyes turnedแดง.
Lin An said softly, "We once made a big mistake. This time, thankfully, we met Li Shuang, and only then did we break free from the fifty-thousand-year destiny. If you still recognize me as your big brother, I have a few suggestions for the future development of Langya Palace."
Xue Luo sniffed and said, "Please speak."
Lin An pondered for a moment and spoke eloquently: "Within Langya Sect, there are still many resources, and most of these resources were not acquired through proper means. Although the Heavenly Dao is no longer pursuing the matter, we still need to take some measures."
"The culprit of everything fifty thousand years ago was that Thousand Silk Web, which is now the Demonic Seed. The Heavenly Dao resents the Demonic Seed the most, so I suggest that a large portion of these resources be distributed to support the cause of resisting the Demonic Seed."
"With the remaining portion, you can recruit a group of disciples from the human world to cultivate, continue the legacy of our Langya Sect, and once they grow up, they can further strengthen the force against the Demonic Seed."
As Lin An spoke, everyone just nodded silently, raising no objections.