### Chapter 2821 — The Woman from the Icy Pillar Tower
Yang Lin calmly continued cultivating for a while longer.
He sat cross-legged on the roof of his bamboo house, which stood on top of the enormous mountain.
The surrounding Icy Region remained silent.
After some time, Yang Lin slowly opened his eyes.
He stood up on the roof and gazed toward the distant ice pillar tower.
His golden ember eyes remained calm.
"That woman is in her pavilion on top of the Icy Pillar Tower."
Yang Lin paused for a moment.
"Well, whatever."
He calmly looked toward the endless icy mountains.
Meanwhile, at the center of the Icy Region, the Immortal Realm Woman , Her name was Xu BaiLing, she was inside her pavilion on top of the Icy Pillar Tower.
She had long, dark hair that flowed down her back like an endless river of darkness. Her skin was whiter than the word white could describe, yet it was neither pale nor unhealthy. Its appearance belonged to something that ordinary descriptions could not properly capture.
Her delicate facial features were refined beyond the boundaries of ordinary beauty. Her eyebrows were elegant, her eyes held a profound and lonely expression, and her naturally beautiful lips gave her otherwise lifeless appearance a trace of softness.
She wore flowing white robes.
However, calling them robes was already an imperfect description.
The material was so extraordinary that ordinary words could not explain its appearance, texture, or existence. Layers of translucent white fabric flowed around her body, revealing delicate embroidery and intricate patterns that seemed to contain mysteries beyond ordinary understanding.
The upper layer was slightly transparent, allowing a subtle glimpse of the upper part of her chest through the delicate white fabric. The rest of her clothing flowed elegantly around her figure, concealing what needed to remain concealed while giving her an otherworldly appearance.
Her long sleeves moved gently despite the absence of any ordinary wind.
She looked like someone who had stepped out of a place beyond the reach of language itself.
Xu BaiLing calmly walked out of her pavilion.
She raised her beautiful eyes toward the heavens.
Then, she spoke.
"Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law, when can I return to the Immortal Realm?"
Her voice was calm.
There was no anger in it.
After a brief silence, the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law responded.
"If someone saves you, you can return. Otherwise, you will have to wait until you break through to the next realm and eventually ascend."
Xu BaiLing quietly listened.
She was not angry with the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law.
She understood her own circumstances.
Breaking through to the next realm in this place was not easy. Even with her extraordinary foundation and understanding, the restrictions surrounding her made cultivation far more difficult than it would have been in the Immortal Realm.
She gently sighed.
"Who in the Lower Realm would be stupid enough to come to the Icy Region?"
She looked toward the endless icy landscape.
"Even the Twelve Pillar Gods know that if they come more than 100,000 Ly into this place, they will freeze into Nothingness."
She paused.
"Even those at the peak of the Transcendence Realm Perfection Late Stage cannot come here."
Xu BaiLing shook her head slightly.
"Then who could possibly save me?"
Her expression remained calm, but the loneliness in her eyes was unmistakable.
She had been trapped here for millions of years.
For millions of years, she had remained inside the Icy Pillar Tower, unable to return to the place she belonged.
She had not lost her understanding.
She had not become angry with the Heavenly Law.
She simply could not see a way out.
After another quiet sigh, Xu BaiLing turned toward her pavilion.
She did not know that someone had already arrived within the Icy Region.
And that person had already decided that her situation was nothing much.
### Chapter 2822 — The Meaning of the Immortal Realm
Yang Lin calmly stood on the roof of his bamboo house.
His golden ember eyes looked toward the distant Icy Pillar Tower.
He had heard the entire conversation between Xu BaiLing and the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law.
He knew that the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law governed the entire Immortal Realm.
Compared with the Immortal Realm, an ordinary Lower Realm was not something it needed to worry about excessively.
However, the Heavenly Law was still deeply concerned about Yang Lin.
It did not understand why he existed.
It did not understand the true extent of his abilities.
And it did not understand what might happen if he became annoyed.
It was not genuinely afraid in the ordinary sense.
Rather, it was worried about the fate of the entire Immortal Realm.
Yang Lin could destroy it if he wished.
He did not even need to be angry.
Something as insignificant as a disagreement or a fight over an ordinary place could become the reason the Immortal Realm disappeared, if Yang Lin ever decided that its existence no longer mattered.
Yet, the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law did not know that Yang Lin would eventually conquer the Immortal Realm without wiping it out.
Yang Lin calmly smiled.
"The so-called Immortal Realm is just an example used to describe it."
He looked toward the sky.
"What is its actual name? It cannot be described. It can only be mentioned."
His words were calm.
The Immortal Realm was merely a name that could be used to help ordinary beings understand a certain place.
Its actual existence could not be completely captured by that name.
Yang Lin did not need to explain anything further.
He calmly stepped down from the roof of his bamboo house.
His gaze shifted toward the enormous mountain beneath him.
The distance from the summit to the bottom was approximately 1,500,000 light years.
He looked down.
"Well, this mountain is the tallest among the mountains surrounding the Icy Pillar Tower."
Yang Lin calmly observed the enormous icy landscape.
Although the Icy Pillar Tower was taller than most of the surrounding mountains, its height was also approximately 1,500,000 light years.
It was almost the same height as the mountain on which Yang Lin had built his bamboo house.
The distance between the mountain and the Icy Pillar Tower was approximately 100,000 light years.
Yang Lin calmly looked toward the tower.
He already knew everything about Xu BaiLing.
He knew why she had descended to the Lower Realm.
He knew why she had become trapped.
He knew why the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law had restricted her senses.
And he knew why she could not return.
Yang Lin calmly raised his head.
"Oh, Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law."
The surrounding space remained silent.
"Do you want me to save her?"
For a moment, the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law seemed to freeze.
Then Yang Lin continued.
"Are you sure?"
The Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law became so frightened that it immediately stopped watching.
It did not dare to continue observing him.
Yang Lin calmly looked toward the distant tower.
"Whatever. I'll just save her. Nothing much."
After saying this, Yang Lin disappeared.
There was no movement that could be measured.
There was no journey across the distance.
He simply appeared at the center of the Icy Region.
### Chapter 2823 — The Man Before Xu BaiLing
Xu BaiLing was standing outside her pavilion on top of the Icy Pillar Tower.
Her long, dark hair flowed behind her.
Her white clothing moved gently around her figure.
She had just finished speaking with the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law when—
someone appeared directly in front of her.
Xu BaiLing froze.
Her beautiful eyes widened.
For a brief moment, she could not understand what she was seeing.
A man was standing before her.
He had appeared without warning.
There had been no fluctuation in the restrictions.
There had been no disturbance in the surrounding space.
There had been no sign that anyone had entered the Icy Pillar Tower.
Yet, someone was now standing directly in front of her pavilion.
Xu BaiLing's expression changed from confusion to astonishment.
Then her eyebrows drew together.
Anger began appearing in her eyes.
"Who are you?"
Her voice was cold.
"How did you get here?"
Yang Lin calmly looked at her.
Instead of answering, he asked, "What's your name?"
Xu BaiLing was speechless for a moment.
She had asked who he was.
She had asked how he had entered the Icy Pillar Tower.
Yet this man was asking for her name as though they were meeting in an ordinary pavilion.
Her confusion quickly turned into anger again.
She raised her hand.
An icy sword appeared in her grasp.
Its blade contained a power that could not be described through ordinary words. Even a single strand of its Qi possessed a quality that surpassed Transcendence Qi.
Xu BaiLing pointed the sword toward Yang Lin.
"Well, my name is Xu BaiLing."
She paused, her expression becoming colder.
"I told you my name. Who are you?"
Her eyes carefully examined him.
"Were you sent by the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law to save me?"
Yang Lin calmly glanced toward the sky.
"That guy? Can he send me?"
Xu BaiLing froze.
Before she could respond, the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law spoke.
"I didn't send anyone."
The voice disappeared immediately afterward.
It was frightened.
Xu BaiLing became even more confused.
The Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law had answered her question directly, then disappeared without explaining anything else.
Why?
And why had it sounded so polite when responding to Yang Lin?
She tightened her grip on her sword.
Her eyes remained fixed on the man before her.
"If you're here, then you must be able to withstand one of my moves, right?"
Xu BaiLing's voice was cold.
"This is only a strand of my power."
She began gathering a tiny strand of sword Qi.
It was merely a fraction of her strength, yet its presence was enough to threaten the entire Lower Realm.
She was about to release it toward Yang Lin.
But—
Yang Lin was no longer standing in front of her.
He was beside her left side.
Xu BaiLing did not react.
She had not seen him move.
She had not sensed any fluctuation.
Even cultivators above the Immortal King Realm could remain without blinking for extraordinary lengths of time, and Transcendence Realm beings could completely ignore such a trivial interval.
Xu BaiLing herself was an existence from the Immortal Realm whose nature could not be described by ordinary words.
She had not blinked.
Yet the man had moved.
Her entire body froze.
Then, she slowly turned her head.
No one was beside her.
She turned back.
Yang Lin was standing in front of her again.
His expression remained completely calm.
Xu BaiLing's eyes widened.
Her body began trembling slightly.
For the first time in millions of years, she felt something she could not immediately understand.
Fear.
### Chapter 2824 — Who Are You Exactly?
Xu BaiLing stared at Yang Lin.
Her sword was still pointed toward him.
However, the hand holding it had begun to tremble.
She had not seen him move.
She had not sensed him moving.
She had not even noticed the moment he had changed positions.
He had simply appeared beside her, then returned to his original position.
To her, it was as though the event had never occurred.
Yet she knew that it had.
Her breathing became slightly unsteady.
She looked at Yang Lin again.
The man before her appeared completely ordinary.
His expression was calm.
His posture was relaxed.
There was no overwhelming aura surrounding him.
There was no visible manifestation of power.
He was simply standing there.
But Xu BaiLing understood that appearances could be deceiving.
She slowly lowered her sword.
Then—
the icy sword slipped from her grasp and fell onto the floor of the pavilion's platform.
She did not immediately pick it up.
Instead, she stared at Yang Lin with a terrified expression.
"Who are you exactly?"
Her voice was no longer cold.
It was filled with fear and confusion.
Yang Lin calmly looked at her.
"Just an Immortal Emperor Supreme Peak cultivator from the Central Region of the Central Domain."
Xu BaiLing's expression immediately changed.
Anger returned to her face.
She did not dare attack him, but she could not accept that answer.
"Don't play dumb! Who are you exactly?"
Yang Lin calmly replied, "Yang Lin is my name."
He paused briefly.
"I cultivate for fun because I like cultivation. I enjoy the experience of cultivating."
Xu BaiLing stared at him.
Yang Lin continued.
"Besides, I'm not from your Rui Star. You'll understand more eventually."
His tone remained casual.
He was not trying to intimidate her.
He was not trying to impress her.
He was simply answering her questions.
Then he asked, "Are you coming with me, or are you staying here until you break through to the next realm?"
Xu BaiLing's expression changed again.
She looked at him as though she had heard something incomprehensible.
He was offering to take her away?
From the Icy Pillar Tower?
From the restrictions of the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law?
She had spent millions of years trapped here, and this man was speaking as though leaving was an ordinary matter.
Xu BaiLing was so shocked that she nearly fell to the ground.
Yang Lin calmly looked at her.
"Think carefully about everything I said. Don't rush to understand anything."
His golden ember eyes remained peaceful.
"It's dangerous for you to rush into understanding it."
He paused.
"Now, answer slowly. Do you want to come with me or not?"
Xu BaiLing stood silently before him.
Her thoughts were in complete disorder.
She had so many questions that she could not decide which one to ask first.
After approximately five minutes, she finally looked at Yang Lin.
"Are you really going to take me away?"
Yang Lin gave her a calm look.
His expression seemed to say that he had already answered the question.
Xu BaiLing swallowed slightly.
"You said you would take me away. So..."
She paused, then asked, "You really can?"
Yang Lin calmly nodded.
Xu BaiLing glanced toward the heavens.
"But the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law..."
Yang Lin calmly looked upward.
"Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law, are you alright with me taking her away?"
For a moment, the entire Icy Region seemed to become still.
Then the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law answered in a frightened tone.
"Of course! You can take her. But please suppress her realm to the peak of the Transcendence Realm Perfection Late Stage, the peak of the Lower Realm."
Yang Lin calmly nodded.
"Alright. I'll suppress her."
Xu BaiLing stood motionless.
Her confusion had reached an entirely new level.
The Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law had not merely permitted him to take her away.
It had spoken politely.
It had even sounded afraid.
Xu BaiLing remembered Yang Lin's earlier words.
He cultivated for fun.
He was not from Rui Star.
She did not dare continue thinking about the implications.
After a moment, she took a deep breath.
"Alright. Suppress me, then."
Yang Lin calmly looked at her.
"You suppress yourself?"
Xu BaiLing hesitated.
Then she nodded.
"Alright."
### Chapter 2825 — Suppressed Without a Thought
Xu BaiLing stood before Yang Lin.
She had agreed to suppress her own realm to the peak of the Transcendence Realm Perfection Late Stage.
However, she understood that suppressing herself would not be simple.
Her existence was far beyond descriptions.
Her foundation was extraordinary.
Her realm was connected to a level of understanding that the Lower Realm could not accommodate.
If she suppressed herself improperly, her foundation could suffer damage.
Even if she could eventually recover, the consequences would be troublesome.
Xu BaiLing remained silent for a moment.
Then—
Yang Lin calmly looked at her.
Nothing happened.
He did not raise his hand.
He did not form a seal.
He did not release any Qi.
He did not even need to think.
Out of Nothingness—
Xu BaiLing's realm was suppressed to the peak of the Transcendence Realm Perfection Late Stage.
There was no visible phenomenon.
There was no explosion.
There was no disturbance in the Icy Pillar Tower.
The change occurred without anything that could be described as an action.
Xu BaiLing froze.
She immediately examined her cultivation.
Her eyes widened.
She could clearly feel that her realm had been suppressed.
But her foundation remained completely undamaged.
There was no instability.
There was no loss of understanding.
There was no hidden injury.
Everything had been handled perfectly.
Xu BaiLing looked at Yang Lin in disbelief.
"You suppressed me?"
Yang Lin calmly looked at her.
His golden ember eyes met hers.
Xu BaiLing was silent for a moment.
Then she slowly cupped her hands.
"Thank you."
Her voice was sincere.
She understood that Yang Lin had helped her once again.
If she had suppressed herself, there was a possibility that her foundation would have been damaged.
Yet Yang Lin had done it without even thinking.
He had not needed a technique.
He had not needed a formation.
He had not needed to examine her foundation.
He had simply done it.
Xu BaiLing lowered her hands.
For millions of years, her expression had been lonely and lifeless.
She had remained trapped in the Icy Pillar Tower, believing that there was almost no possibility of escaping.
Now—
that gloomy expression had finally begun to disappear.
A faint smile appeared on her face.
For the first time in a very long time, she felt a trace of warmth.
The feeling that someone was there to help her.
Someone who had appeared without warning.
Someone who had offered to take her away without demanding anything in return.
Yang Lin calmly looked toward the distant icy mountains.
"Alright. Shall we go?"
Xu BaiLing looked at him.
Her smile became slightly brighter.
"Yes."
Then she hesitated.
"Can I bring my Immortal Realm treasure sword and the Icy Pillar Tower with me?"
Yang Lin calmly nodded.
"Alright. Just don't take them out."
Xu BaiLing quietly thanked him.
Yang Lin calmly watched her.
"Wait a moment."
After saying this, he disappeared.
Xu BaiLing stood alone on the platform.
She looked around, then toward the place where Yang Lin had been standing.
Her beautiful eyes were filled with confusion.
However, the trace of warmth in her heart remained.
She waited quietly for his return.
### Chapter 2826 — Leaving the Icy Region
Yang Lin appeared on the summit of the enormous mountain where his bamboo house had been built.
The surrounding icy mountain ranges stretched into the distance.
Yang Lin calmly looked at the bamboo house.
Then—
the bamboo house turned into Nothingness.
There was no explosion.
There was no remaining material.
It simply ceased to exist.
Yang Lin calmly stood in the air.
The mountain remained beneath him.
After a moment, he disappeared again.
In the next instant, Yang Lin appeared on the sky above the Icy Pillar Tower.
Xu BaiLing was standing in front of him.
She calmly looked at him.
"I placed my Immortal Realm sword and the Icy Pillar Tower in my storage ring."
Yang Lin nodded.
"Alright. Let's go."
Xu BaiLing smiled slightly.
"Alright."
The two of them began flying toward the actual Transcendence forest.
Yang Lin was returning from the Icy Region.
But this time, he was bringing a woman from the Immortal Realm with him.
Their speed could not be described.
Before even a nanosecond had passed—no, before any smaller interval could meaningfully be used to explain their movement—they had already crossed the enormous distance.
There was no useful measurement for their speed.
The concepts of distance and time could not properly explain what had happened.
In an instant, Yang Lin and Xu BaiLing arrived at the border between the Icy Region and the actual Transcendence forest.
Yang Lin calmly stood in the air.
Xu BaiLing stood beside him.
The Transcendence Realm beasts that had previously watched Yang Lin from the border immediately noticed them.
Their eyes widened.
Their enormous bodies froze.
For a moment, none of them could understand what they were seeing.
Yang Lin had entered the Icy Region less than two days earlier.
Now—
he had returned.
And a woman was standing beside him.
One enormous Transcendence beast opened its mouth.
"It's not even been two days! Where did that woman come from?"
Another beast stared at Xu BaiLing.
"Her realm... It's the peak of the Transcendence Realm Perfection Late Stage!"
A third beast shook its massive head.
"No, that can't be! She's not one of the Twelve Pillar Gods!"
It paused, looking at Xu BaiLing with growing horror.
"I think she's from the Immortal Realm!"
The surrounding Transcendence beasts became increasingly frightened.
They could not understand how someone from the Immortal Realm had appeared in the Icy Region.
They could not understand how Yang Lin had taken her away.
And they certainly could not understand how the two of them had returned so quickly.
One after another, the beasts vanished into the actual Transcendence forest.
They did not want to remain nearby.
Yang Lin and Xu BaiLing calmly ignored them.
Yang Lin moved forward.
Xu BaiLing followed beside him, positioned to his right.
Neither paid any attention to the frightened beasts.
They continued flying until they reached the boundary between the actual Transcendence forest and the ordinary Transcendence forest.
Yang Lin calmly crossed the boundary.
Xu BaiLing followed him.
Yang Lin had returned.
And this time, the entire Lower Realm would soon feel the presence of a new cultivator at the peak of the Transcendence Realm Perfection Late Stage.
### Chapter 2827 — The New Peak of the Lower Realm
Yang Lin and Xu BaiLing continued flying through the Transcendence forest.
The moment Xu BaiLing crossed into the Lower Realm's territory, her presence began spreading throughout the world.
It was not an intentional release of power.
She was not trying to intimidate anyone.
Her realm had simply been suppressed to the peak of the Transcendence Realm Perfection Late Stage.
Even so, the appearance of such a powerful cultivator could not go unnoticed.
The entire Lower Realm felt the pressure.
Some ancient cultivators immediately opened their eyes.
Others stopped cultivating.
Within distant cultivation countries, powerful elders raised their heads toward the sky.
Even cultivators at the Dao Severing Realm Supreme Peak felt the change.
Their expressions became serious.
They could sense that a new existence had appeared at the very peak of the Lower Realm.
However, most ordinary cultivators did not feel much.
The difference between their cultivation and Xu BaiLing's was too great for them to understand what had happened.
Far away, Moon Demon Fairy and Gu Yi Longshu naturally sensed the same presence.
Moon Demon Fairy's expression changed slightly.
Gu Yi Longshu looked toward the distant heavens.
Both of them understood that the new aura belonged to someone at the peak of the Transcendence Realm Perfection Late Stage.
Neither knew who the newcomer was.
Meanwhile, Yang Lin calmly looked at Xu BaiLing.
"If trouble comes, don't worry. I'll take care of it for you."
Xu BaiLing slowly nodded.
She did not ask anything further.
She trusted that Yang Lin knew what he was doing.
The two continued flying.
Their figures crossed the sky above the forest.
Soon, the entrance to the Transcendence forest appeared ahead.
The Heavenly Supreme Sect's Transcendence ship remained nearby.
Hong Su and her two junior brothers and two junior sisters were sitting beneath a tree outside the forest.
The two Immortal Emperor Realm Supreme Peak elders were still aboard the ship.
Suddenly—
everyone felt something was wrong.
Hong Su raised her head.
Her beautiful eyes widened slightly.
Hong Tian immediately stopped speaking.
Hong Yu's expression became serious.
Hong Yue looked toward the distant sky.
Hong Ling's face changed.
The two elders aboard the ship also stood up.
Their souls and wills were trembling.
Something was approaching.
Something so powerful that their instincts were terrified.
Yet—
they could not sense any immediate danger.
After a moment, the two elders exchanged glances.
They gradually calmed themselves.
Hong Su and the four geniuses remained beneath the tree, watching the distant sky.
Then—
two figures appeared.
Yang Lin and Xu BaiLing had arrived.
They stood in the air above the entrance to the Transcendence forest.
Yang Lin's expression was calm.
Xu BaiLing stood to his left.
Her face was bright and beautiful, yet her eyes carried a loneliness that had remained for millions of years.
Now, with her cultivation suppressed, her presence was still extraordinary.
She looked calm.
She looked distant.
She looked as though she had stepped out of a place that ordinary cultivators could never reach.
Her appearance left everyone both terrified and mesmerized.
Hong Su froze.
Hong Tian's eyes widened.
Hong Yu stood up immediately.
Hong Yue stared at Xu BaiLing in disbelief.
Hong Ling's lips parted slightly.
The four Supreme geniuses could not understand what they were seeing.
Then—
someone recognized Yang Lin.
"Isn't that the Lord of Nothingness?"
The speaker stared at him.
"Didn't he enter the Transcendence forest two days ago?"
Everyone's attention shifted toward Yang Lin.
The mysterious man had returned.
And he had brought someone with him.
### Chapter 2828 — Who Is That Woman?
Beneath the tree outside the Transcendence forest, the cultivators remained stunned.
Hong Su looked at Xu BaiLing.
Her beautiful eyes examined the woman standing beside Yang Lin.
Xu BaiLing's long, dark hair flowed behind her.
Her white clothing looked unlike any ordinary robe.
The delicate, translucent fabric moved gently around her figure, its intricate patterns appearing impossible to describe through ordinary language.
Her skin was whiter than the word white itself, yet it was not pale.
Her refined facial features were almost unreal.
However, the most striking thing was her expression.
She looked calm, but there was a lifeless loneliness in her eyes.
It was the expression of someone who had spent millions of years isolated from the world.
Yet her beauty was so extraordinary that everyone who looked at her felt both mesmerized and frightened.
Hong Su could not immediately look away.
She had been called the sixth most beautiful woman in the Central Domain.
She had long since grown accustomed to people noticing her appearance.
But Xu BaiLing was different.
Hong Su could not even begin to compare the woman before her with the beauties she had seen throughout her life.
Hong Tian stood silently.
Hong Yu's confident expression had disappeared.
Hong Yue looked toward Xu BaiLing with a mixture of curiosity and caution.
Hong Ling's eyes remained wide.
The four geniuses could feel the pressure of Xu BaiLing's cultivation, but they could not understand her origins.
Nearby, an Immortal King Realm Supreme genius turned toward her senior sister.
"Senior Sister, who is she? I haven't heard of anyone like her among the Twelve Pillar Gods."
Her senior sister, a Quasar Immortal Emperor Realm Mid Stage Supreme genius, continued looking at Xu BaiLing.
After a moment, she answered.
"She isn't one of the Twelve Pillar Gods."
She paused.
"She might come from the Transcendence forest. There is a rumored region far away from the ordinary forest where only Transcendence Realm beasts live."
Her eyes narrowed slightly.
"But even so, I don't think she's from that place."
Another Quasar Immortal Emperor Realm Mid Stage Supreme genius listened to their conversation.
Then he calmly said, "Don't think too much about it. Just continue training."
The two nodded.
However, neither could immediately return their attention to cultivation.
The woman standing beside the Lord of Nothingness was simply too mysterious.
Even the two elders aboard the Heavenly Supreme Sect's Transcendence ship were shaken.
They had felt their wills and souls tremble when the pair approached.
Now, looking at Xu BaiLing, their instincts were telling them not to behave carelessly.
They did not know who she was.
They did not know where she had come from.
But they understood one thing.
They must not offend her.
Xu BaiLing calmly looked across the surroundings.
Her expression remained peaceful.
She did not pay attention to the cultivators staring at her.
She had been isolated for millions of years.
A few curious gazes were nothing to her.
Yang Lin calmly looked toward the Transcendence ship positioned in front of them.
His golden ember eyes fell upon the two Immortal Emperor Realm Supreme Peak elders.
Then he spoke.
"Can you move aside?"
The two elders immediately froze.
They recognized Yang Lin.
They had already heard of the Lord of Nothingness.
Neither dared to delay.
They quickly turned toward another direction.
The enormous Transcendence ship moved away and disappeared from sight.
Yang Lin calmly nodded.
"Thank you."
The two elders immediately cupped their hands.
"No problem! No problem!"
Their voices were unusually polite.
Xu BaiLing looked at them calmly.
The two elders met her gaze.
Their expressions changed instantly.
They hurriedly cupped their hands again.
They did not dare to say anything unnecessary.
Yang Lin calmly looked at Xu BaiLing.
"Let's go."
Xu BaiLing's expression softened.
She smiled slightly.
"Yes. Let's go."
### Chapter 2829 — The Lord of Nothingness Returns
Yang Lin calmly stood in the sky.
Xu BaiLing stood to his left.
The surrounding cultivators remained beneath the tree, staring at them.
Hong Su and the four Supreme geniuses had yet to recover from their astonishment.
They had expected the Lord of Nothingness to return from the Transcendence forest alone.
Instead, he had returned with a woman whose presence had shaken even their deepest instincts.
Hong Tian slowly exhaled.
Hong Yu's eyes followed Xu BaiLing.
Hong Yue remained silent.
Hong Ling finally lowered her gaze, but her expression was still filled with shock.
Hong Su looked at Yang Lin.
She remembered seeing him enter the forest two days earlier.
At that time, he had appeared calm and ordinary.
He had not released any overwhelming aura.
He had not displayed any extraordinary technique.
Yet he had entered a place that even powerful cultivators treated with caution.
Now he had returned with Xu BaiLing.
Hong Su could not understand how he had done it.
She did not dare ask.
The two elders aboard the Heavenly Supreme Sect's ship remained extremely polite.
They were relieved that Yang Lin had merely asked them to move aside.
If he had wanted something else, they would not have dared refuse him.
Xu BaiLing calmly looked at the surrounding cultivators.
Her bright face and white robes created a striking contrast against the blue sky.
Her expression was peaceful, but the loneliness in her eyes remained.
Some cultivators felt mesmerized by her appearance.
Others were terrified by the pressure of her realm.
A few could barely stand still.
However, no one dared approach her.
They could sense that she was not someone they could casually offend.
Yang Lin calmly looked forward.
He did not explain Xu BaiLing's identity.
He did not introduce her to the surrounding cultivators.
He did not care about their curiosity.
Xu BaiLing also remained silent.
She had no interest in explaining herself to strangers.
After a moment, Yang Lin moved forward.
Xu BaiLing followed beside him.
The two began flying away from the Transcendence forest entrance.
Their figures gradually moved into the distance.
The cultivators remained where they were.
For a while, nobody spoke.
Then one of the Supreme geniuses finally exhaled.
"Senior Brother... did you see that?"
Hong Tian looked at him.
"Of course I saw it."
Hong Yu shook his head.
"The Lord of Nothingness entered the forest for less than two days and returned with someone like her."
Hong Yue looked toward the distant sky.
"Who exactly is that woman?"
Hong Ling did not answer.
Hong Su remained silent.
She was still thinking about Yang Lin.
He had not seemed interested in anyone when he entered the forest.
He had simply walked in and disappeared from view.
Now he had returned with a woman whose existence seemed to exceed their understanding.
Hong Su slowly lowered her gaze.
She did not know what would happen next.
But she was certain that the arrival of Xu BaiLing would change the balance of the Lower Realm.
### Chapter 2830 — The Calm Lord Of Nothingness
Yang Lin calmly flew through the sky.
Xu BaiLing followed beside him.
The Transcendence forest gradually disappeared behind them.
The surrounding landscape stretched endlessly into the distance.
Xu BaiLing glanced toward Yang Lin.
She had been trapped for millions of years.
Now, she was finally free to leave the Icy Pillar Tower.
She had brought her Immortal Realm sword and the tower with her, placing both treasures inside her storage ring.
Her cultivation had been suppressed to the peak of the Transcendence Realm Perfection Late Stage, yet her foundation remained undamaged.
All of this had happened because of the man flying beside her.
Xu BaiLing quietly looked at him.
Yang Lin's expression remained calm.
He did not appear proud of what he had done.
He did not ask her to repay him.
He did not even seem interested in discussing the matter.
He was simply flying forward.
After a while, Xu BaiLing spoke.
"Yang Lin."
Yang Lin calmly turned his head toward her.
"What is it?"
Xu BaiLing hesitated briefly.
Then she smiled.
"Thank you for taking me out of there."
Yang Lin calmly nodded.
"Nothing much."
Xu BaiLing's smile paused.
She looked at him for a moment, then let out a quiet laugh.
To him, rescuing someone who had been trapped for millions of years was apparently nothing much.
She did not know what to say.
After a moment, she looked forward again.
The sky stretched endlessly before them.
For the first time in millions of years, she could travel freely without remaining confined to the Icy Pillar Tower.
A trace of warmth appeared in her heart.
Yang Lin calmly continued flying.
He had no intention of making a grand announcement about saving Xu BaiLing.
He had not conquered the Icy Pillar Tower.
He had not fought the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Law.
He had simply gone there, asked whether she wanted to leave, suppressed her realm, and brought her out.
To Yang Lin, it had been an ordinary matter.
To Xu BaiLing, it had changed millions of years of loneliness.
She quietly followed beside him.
After a while, she asked, "Where are we going now?"
Yang Lin calmly looked toward the distant horizon.
"Somewhere."
Xu BaiLing blinked.
"Somewhere?"
Yang Lin nodded.
"That's right."
Xu BaiLing stared at him for a moment.
Then she smiled again.
She did not ask any further questions.
If he wanted to take her somewhere, she would follow him.
The two continued flying through the sky.
Far behind them, the cultivators at the entrance to the Transcendence forest were still discussing the mysterious woman who had appeared beside the Lord of Nothingness.
The Heavenly Supreme Sect's two elders had returned to their ship.
Hong Su and the four Supreme geniuses were still trying to understand what they had witnessed.
Meanwhile, Moon Demon Fairy and Gu Yi Longshu could sense the newly arrived peak Transcendence cultivator, but neither yet knew that Yang Lin was the one who had brought her to the Lower Realm.
Yang Lin calmly flew onward.
Xu BaiLing remained beside him.
Her long, dark hair flowed in the wind.
Her white robes moved gently around her figure.
The loneliness that had filled her expression for millions of years had finally begun to fade.
And Yang Lin—
the Lord of Nothingness
continued onward as though he had done nothing extraordinary at all.