355: Nine Heavens Alliance

The next day.

Feeling the power swelling within his body once again, Lin Yang felt a wave of surprise.

For he clearly remembered that he had already transferred all of his immortal king dao fruit to Shen Youchu.

Yet, after being unconscious for several days, his cultivation had miraculously recovered to the level of an Earth Immortal!

Although it was a far cry from his Peak, it was enough to leave him astonished.

"Senior Brother, you forgot, I have the Immortal Furnace Constitution."

Shen Youchu snuggled in Lin Yang's arms like a kitten, whispering softly.

"Immortal Furnace Constitution..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yang suddenly came to a realization.

It turned out that the warm energy he had repeatedly felt while unconscious was actually his Junior Sister's warmth!

And Shen Youchu's Physique truly lived up to its reputation as the foremost of the ten great Immortal Furnace Constitutions; after only a few days of Dual Cultivation with her, Lin Yang's injuries had healed, and he had even recovered some of his cultivation.

However, it was somewhat regrettable that after Lin Yang's cultivation reached the Heavenly Immortal Great Perfection, he could no longer progress even half a step further.

Just as Li Sanxuan, Deputy Alliance Leader and the others had said before, the world would only acknowledge a living being's Immortal King status once!

Now that Lin Yang had abandoned his immortal king dao fruit to save his Junior Sister, the world would not grant him a second chance to attain the Dao... A few days later.

"Is my path of cultivation going to end here?"

Lin Yang's condition had completely stabilized, but the aftereffects remained; he could no longer sense the opportunity to attain the Dao. The road ahead seemed shrouded in boundless darkness, with no direction in sight, as if the path had been completely severed.

Even now, it was exceptionally difficult for him to even advance to Heavenly Immortal again.

"I don't believe it!"

Lin Yang muttered to himself, refusing to believe he would truly stop here.

"Since the world no longer acknowledges me, I will use my body as a seed to refine a new Universe!"

After much deliberation, he decided to take a gamble and try a special cultivation method that Nangong Xueli had mentioned long ago.

Using the body as a seed!

This was a startling idea: using oneself as a vessel for the Great Dao, fusing essence, energy, and spirit, making the body and soul eerie, becoming an Incarnation of a Dao seed to evolve a brand new world!

His Little Sweet Wife had tried it once but failed, later taking the conventional path.

If even the Daughter of Destiny couldn't walk this path, its difficulty was imaginable.

Looking back further into the endless annals of history, there wasn't a single record of success.

But Lin Yang had no choice but to risk trying this method, for he could no longer walk the same cultivation path as others!

"Ten Thousand Dao Wood, Emperor Blood Star Sand, Seven Star Leaves, Eight Treasure Phoenix..."

He spent all his wealth to purchase over a hundred stalks of rare and precious medicines from the Immortal Alliance Auction House, making thorough preparations.

After everything was ready.

Lin Yang soaked himself in a large medicinal vat, using the Indestructible Scripture to re-refine his body. Supplemented by numerous Spirit Medicines, he severed his own bone marrow and meridians, using a near-masochistic method to continuously temper himself with the medicinal liquid.

"Ah..."

The pain involved was unimaginable, causing him to let out a low growl.

This horrific self-destruction lasted for ten full days!

In the end, Lin Yang nearly died... Dao Venerable Taia rushed over upon hearing the news and told him that this path was not so easy to walk.

Throughout history, it had only existed in theory. Even Reincarnation Heavenly Venerable and the Dragon God had considered trying it in the past, but in the end, they both returned empty-handed and declared it a dead end with almost no possibility of success.

The only possible chance would be to obtain the enlightenment tree, one of the three legendary divine trees.

By borrowing the power of the divine tree and cultivating oneself like a seed, there might be a sliver of a chance.

However, the three divine trees had only existed in legends since ancient times; their appearances throughout the long river of time could be counted on one's fingers.

Furthermore, the last recorded appearance of the enlightenment tree in history was nine eras ago, and its whereabouts had long been unknown.

This was equivalent to snuffing out all hope of succeeding on this path!

Lin Yang sighed upon learning this; it seemed he was in real trouble this time.

He couldn't walk the old path, and the new path was a dead end.

Now, he was completely out of options!

Lin Yang felt a bit depressed, but fortunately, he had Shen Youchu's company day and night. With her Immortal King-level Immortal Furnace body, the efficiency of their Dual Cultivation was extremely high.

Although he couldn't re-forge his throne, he quickly returned to the level of the Heavenly Immortal Great Perfection.

"Clang—!"

On this day, a grand tolling of a bell suddenly rang out within Lingxiao Heaven.

Lin Yang looked up toward the direction of the Immortal Alliance headquarters, his expression turning somewhat solemn.

For that bell toll represented a high-Rank Immortal King Summoning Order!

It summoned all Immortal Kings within the heaven to stand by at the Immortal Alliance headquarters!

"Is Lingxiao Heaven facing another invasion?"

With a trace of suspicion and surprise, Lin Yang decided to head there together with Shen Youchu.

For the latter was now a female Immortal King who had obtained his Dao Fruit, and he himself, having restored his Realm to the Heavenly Immortal Great Perfection, could rival an ordinary Immortal King; naturally, they had the obligation to follow the bell's command to the... Immortal Alliance headquarters.

"These people are..."

After arriving, Lin Yang discovered many unfamiliar faces, and from those strange figures, there was a faint aura of spiritual power that did not belong to Lingxiao Heaven.

"Hmm? Lin Yang, why are you here? Are your injuries better?"

Just then, a beautiful woman in palace attire appeared—it was Immortal King Liu Xue. She was also somewhat surprised to see Lin Yang's arrival.

After all, that day she had seen with her own eyes Lin Yang being blasted half-dead by the Reverse Life Tribulation; she hadn't expected him to be up and about so quickly.

"Thank you for your concern, Senior Liu, I'm no longer in any serious trouble. May I ask who these people are?"

Lin Yang smiled and cupped his hands in greeting, then asked.

"Oh, it's time for the Nine Heavens Alliance Meeting; these are Immortals from the other Nine Heavens," Immortal King Liu Xue said with a smile.

"Nine Heavens Alliance!"

He seemed to have heard of it before.

The so-called Nine Heavens referred to the nine super-worlds in the Universe that had never been set foot upon by the Eerie Clan!

Like Lingxiao Heaven and the Dragon Realm, they all possessed the formidable strength to protect themselves under the threat of the Eerie.

Of course, they were only barely able to protect themselves!

To truly counterattack the Eerie Clan, it was absolutely impossible relying on just one of those worlds.

Therefore, these nine super-worlds had established a Peace Covenant long ago to watch over and help each other!

However, the nine great worlds were far apart, with distances measured in light-years; thus, unless absolutely necessary, they had very little contact.

But!

Once any of the Nine Heavens experienced a major event that could not be resolved alone, they could immediately initiate a "Nine Heavens Alliance" to summon all allies for assistance!

According to the positions and distances of the nine super-worlds in the Universe, Lingxiao Heaven happened to be right in the center.

Consequently, once the Nine Heavens Alliance was convened, the other eight heavens would immediately come to Lingxiao Heaven to meet and deliberate before making a decision.

"The one who initiated the Nine Heavens Alliance this time is Wuliang Heaven," said Immortal King Liu Xue.

"Wuliang Heaven!" Lin Yang was startled upon hearing this.

Wuliang Heaven was known as the strongest celestial domain among the current Nine Heavens.

To think they were the ones who initiated the Nine Heavens Alliance—it seemed the matters to be discussed this time were extremely important!