178: Soul Search for the "Chosen One"

[But you are unwilling to leave just like that; your intuition tells you that things are not so simple.]

[You take a deep breath and activate the Grand Void Mirror within your Sea of Consciousness. Ripples appear on the ancient mirror surface, and a cold beam of mirror light shoots from between your brows, perfectly undergoing Fusion with your Eye Technique.]

[In an instant, your vision undergoes a world-shaking change; the flow of Spiritual Qi and the trajectories of the Laws between heaven and earth become clearly visible.]

[You seize this fleeting opportunity and turn your gaze toward Lin Fan once more.]

[This time, looking past the surface, you finally discover a clue. Within Lin Fan's body lies a dormant, extremely powerful Luck, coiled deep within his fate like a sleeping Dragon.]

[This Luck is so potent that it almost surpasses even you, a "true" person of great Luck.]

[However, you always feel that the other party's Luck is a bit strange. Even more bizarrely, when your gaze touches this Luck, an uncontrollable feeling of disgust suddenly wells up in your heart.]

[It feels as if you've encountered a mortal enemy; your entire will seems to be clamoring to kill him.]

[Enduring the discomfort, you continue your investigation and find that this Luck was not formed naturally, but bears obvious signs of grafting, as if it were artificially implanted into Lin Fan's body.]

[As your observation deepens, you notice faint, minute black patterns emerging deep within the Luck, wriggling like living creatures.]

[Under the light of the Grand Void Mirror, these patterns weirdly twist and evade, preventing you from seeing their full form.]

[Your heart tightens; Lin Fan is definitely not a normal Child of Destiny, and his body absolutely hides a massive secret.]

[Regarding this situation, you ponder for a moment and decide to strike first.]

[After all, you aren't like the protagonists in villain-themed novels who need to seize the Child of Destiny's Luck; you wouldn't dare take the bizarre Luck on him.]

[As for observing in secret, you feel that delays might lead to complications. You currently possess an Imperial Weapon and have the Holy Land backing you; aside from your cultivation being a bit low, your overall strength is at its Peak.]

[The more time passes, the more disadvantageous it becomes for you. Thus, you directly take action against Lin Fan. Nothing is easier for understanding the situation than capturing him and performing a soul search.]

[Next, you activate the Grand Void Mirror once more. As the mirror surface shifts, the Laws of heaven and earth distort. The space where you and Lin Fan are located is rolled up like a scroll and then slowly unfurled on a wasteland outside the Holy Land.]

[After all, you don't know what kind of trump cards he has as a Pseudo-Child of Destiny. What if the Holy Land gets damaged in the fight? It will all be your property in the future.]

[Of course, you didn't go far. Who knows how strong his trump cards are? If you can't win, the people from the Holy Land can arrive in an instant.]

[You survey your surroundings as the afterglow of the Grand Void Mirror flows at your fingertips, ensuring that this space has been completely sealed.]

[On Lin Fan's side, just as he reacts to the spatial transfer, he sees countless spatial chains binding toward him.]

[These chains are translucent throughout, with ancient runes inscribed on their surfaces, each link containing the ultimate truths of heaven and earth.]

[They move through the air like living things, emitting heart-palpitating hums.]

[Although he doesn't know who is attacking him, seeing that the enemy wants to capture him alive, a flash of ruthlessness crosses Lin Fan's eyes. He believes he carries a world-shaking secret; how could he let himself be captured without a fight?]

[In an instant, Lin Fan activates all the treasures on his person used for spatial teleportation.]

[Jade pendants, Talismans, and Formation Plates light up one after another with dazzling brilliance. However, under the seal of the Grand Void Mirror, these treasures are like fireflies before a bright moon, unable to tear through the Imperial Weapon's imprisonment.]

[Upon realizing there is no hope of escape, Lin Fan unhesitatingly erupts with all his secret techniques to boost his cultivation.]

[His aura surges violently. His cultivation, which was only newly entered the Dharma Idol Realm, instantly crosses a major Realm to reach the Peak of Void Tempering.]

[Afterward, he even pulls out a divine spear emitting a powerful aura. Nine golden Dragon phantoms are coiled around the shaft, and the spear tip's cold glint seems ready to pierce the sky. The Rank of this divine spear has reached the level of a Great Saint Weapon.]

[However, all of this is futile before an Imperial Weapon. The Great Saint-level divine spear is instantly suppressed.]

[The Law chains projected by the Grand Void Mirror wrap around the spear's shaft. The bared-fanged golden Dragon phantoms let out shrill wails and are suppressed until they cannot move in the blink of an eye.]

[The spatial chains bind Lin Fan firmly. The powerful suppression makes it impossible for him to even self-detonate.]

[Veins bulge on his contorted face, yet he can't move even a single finger.]

[You step forward instantly, preparing to perform the Soul-Searching Technique on him.]

[At this critical moment, a sudden change occurs!]

[The bizarre Luck on Lin Fan's body instantly riots. A vertical eye suddenly splits open on his forehead, reflecting a scene that does not belong to this world within its pitch-black pupil.]

[A strange black gas begins to rise from Lin Fan's body. Within that black gas, thousands of grieving souls can be faintly seen wailing. His cultivation surges again, instantly breaking through to the Unity Realm and heading toward the King Sealing Realm.]

[The space around him begins to distort and crack; even the seal of the Grand Void Mirror shows minute fissures.]

["Not good!" Your pupils shrink. You discover that after Lin Fan's cultivation increased, he shows no signs of breaking free from the restraints, but rather a tendency toward self-destruction.]

[If Lin Fan perishes like this, all the secrets will vanish with him, and you still want to obtain some useful information from him.]

["Primordial Divine Sword!" You beckon with your hand, and a clear sword chime suddenly rings out from deep within the Holy Land.]

[A long sword, translucent like jade, tears through the air. The sword's body flows with the Primordial Beginning Qi from the dawn of Chaos, and the two characters "Taichu" inscribed on the crossguard burst with dazzling light—this is the Imperial Weapon of the Taichu Holy Land!]

[Before the sword even arrives, the sharp Sword Intent has already turned all the rubble within a hundred miles into powder.]

[As the Saint of the Taichu Holy Land, how could you not have come into contact with the Holy Land's Imperial Weapon? Relying on the special abilities you gained after Transmigration, the Primordial Divine Sword had long ago established a close connection with you.]

[At this time, you retrieved it from the Holy Land without alerting anyone. After all, an Imperial Weapon has a spirit and doesn't need guards; they usually stay within a Forbidden Ground.]

["Slash!" You activate the Primordial Divine Sword and swing a Taichu Sword Qi, instantly severing the changes on Lin Fan. The connection between that mysterious Luck and Lin Yu is also cut off by the powerful Taichu Sword Intent.]

[However, you don't know how long the Taichu Sword Intent can isolate it, as the situation with Lin Fan is too bizarre. Thus, you hurry to perform the Soul Searching on him.]

["As expected, there is still some memory loss, and Lin Fan doesn't seem to know about the situation happening to him."]

[You did not find the origin of that bizarre Luck in Lin Fan's memories.]

[However, Lin Fan's remaining memories still make you feel like you've struck it big.]