If he had not been swallowed by a spatial rift, perhaps his path would have been far smoother.
"You have suffered greatly all these years, Tian'er. Tell me what you desire, and I will grant it without refusal."
Lin Tian shook his head calmly. "No. I have no interest in such things."
As a third-level cultivation nation, the Zhao Kingdom possessed extremely thin spiritual energy.
If Lin Tian wished, he could drain all spiritual energy within the kingdom effortlessly.
Even the lives here could be erased with a single thought.
Liu Wenju could not help asking, "Lin Tian… is your realm truly the Nascent Soul stage?"
"If that is the case… could you remain here for a hundred years? Zhao Kingdom could become a fourth-level cultivation nation, strengthening itself against foreign invasions."
Lin Tian stood with one hand behind his back and replied calmly, "I have already reached the early Nascent Soul stage.
If I remain here for a century, Zhao Kingdom could directly advance into a fifth-level cultivation country.
However, once I leave, such resources would inevitably attract stronger forces and be seized."
"Nascent Soul stage!"
The elders of the Hengyue Sect were utterly stunned, disbelief filling their expressions. Lin Tian was only a hundred years old, yet he had reached the nearly invincible Nascent Soul Realm.
Could such a level truly be achieved by a human cultivator?
Master Huanglong, however, remained calm, as though he had already known about Lin Tian's breakthrough and therefore showed no surprise.
Lin Tian flicked his fingers gently, condensing a sphere of golden light at his fingertips before sending it into the bodies of the sect master and elders.
"Although I cannot remain here, I have planted seeds of spiritual energy condensed from the essence of heaven and earth within your bodies.
If any of you reach the late Nascent Soul stage in the future, I will personally guide you toward godhood."
Feeling the powerful energy flowing through them, Liu Wenju and the others were overwhelmed with excitement and immediately bowed.
"Thank you, Senior!"
Lin Tian waved his hand lightly. "There is no need for such formality.
I am still my master's personal disciple. In terms of seniority, I remain your junior brother."
Master Huanglong nodded in satisfaction. Even after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, Lin Tian had not forgotten his original heart. He truly deserved to be called his disciple.
"Senior Brother, after you left back then, did you cultivate in the Fire Burning Kingdom all this time?"
Li Muwan asked softly, pursing her youthful lips.
"Yes," Lin Tian replied with a nod. "After leaving the Ancient God Land, I reached the Nascent Soul Transformation Realm.
However, the spiritual energy of Chu Kingdom was too weak to stabilize my cultivation, so I prepared a cave dwelling in advance for seclusion.
Only now has my cultivation fully stabilized."
Over the past hundred years, Lin Tian had witnessed countless deaths. He had come to fully understand the brutal truth of the cultivation world:
it was a place of endless treachery and ruthlessness, where the strong devoured the weak without hesitation.
He showed no mercy to anyone who posed even the slightest threat to him.
It was precisely this cold, resolute mindset that enabled him to survive the nightmarish Ancient God Land and break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
Without it, he would have long ago become nothing more than a puppet under Tuosen's control.
Lin Tian gazed at Li Muwan standing before him and spoke calmly. "Your cultivation has reached the Foundation Establishment stage.
It appears the pills I gave you back then were effective."
Li Muwan nodded gently. Her slender fingers brushed a loose strand of hair behind her ear as a soft smile curved her lips.
"If not for Senior Brother's assistance back then, I would likely have perished at the hands of the Dual Cultivation Sect."
After a long pause, she bit her lower lip, looked up into Lin Tian's face, and asked in a quiet voice, "Senior Brother… you won't leave again, will you?"
"Yes." Lin Tian gave a slight nod. "I have been absent from the Hengyue Sect for a full century. In that time, every one of the sect's patriarchs has fallen.
If I depart once more, the sect will almost certainly be doomed."
According to the events of the original novel, after the Hengyue Sect's Nascent Soul patriarchs perished on the extraterrestrial battlefield, Pu Nanzi—the Nascent Soul patriarch of the Xuandao Sect.....seized the opportunity to swallow the sect whole, bringing an end to its thousand-year legacy.
Now that Lin Tian had returned, he would not stand idly by and allow the Xuandao Sect to devour the Hengyue Sect.
He then turned to Master Huanglong. "Master, I am somewhat weary from the journey.
I will return to my quarters to rest first. We can discuss everything tomorrow."
Master Huanglong nodded understandingly and promptly arranged for a room to be prepared for Lin Tian, along with a hot meal. All matters could wait until the following day.
The other sect elders were visibly thrilled. With Lin Tian's breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm and his return to the Hengyue Sect, the sect would now command vast cultivation resources across the entire Vermilion Bird Star.
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