Chapter 3980: 3980 Chapter 3980: Return to Reality, A World Without People Lin Moyu’s consciousness returned to reality. Opening his eyes, he found himself inside a cage. Fire Three was beneath him, its flames enveloping the entire cage. "A cage..." Lin Moyu looked through the bars. Beyond the cage was a world of mist nothing could be seen clearly. Fire Three sensed its master awakening and let out a few excited screeches. Lin Moyu didn’t immediately break out, but instead learned what had happened from Fire Three. Back when his soul entered the Soul Void, Fire Three had carried him back to the Origin Continent. Although Lin Moyu had set the route, and Fire Three only needed to follow it, an accident occurred en route. A spatial collapse happened in the world mist, and Fire Three fell in, ending up in an unfamiliar place. Unable to find its way back, and with Lin Moyu’s soul absent, Fire Three could only rely on instinct and memory to search. It ended up in the "407" world. The Dao Lord of that world was unreasonable. Fire Three fought them, but they had numbers on their side and Fire Three was no match. Knowing it couldn’t die otherwise it would self destruct and Lin Moyu would fall into their hands Fire Three ran. They chased relentlessly, and in the chaos, Fire Three got completely lost. Eventually, it stumbled into a secret place and triggered a formation, which trapped it in this cage. Fire Three, realizing it was trapped, stopped struggling and simply waited for Lin Moyu’s return. After absorbing Fire Three’s memories, Lin Moyu became interested in this secret place. A formation strong enough to trap Fire Three meant this world had advanced formation arts. Fire Three had been trapped here for centuries, yet no one had come strange, since triggering the formation should have alerted its owner. Either the owner had died, or they too were in the Soul Void. Lin Moyu studied the cage, covered in divine runes, and quickly discerned its secrets. The formation was indeed powerful, with two functions: to trap, and to kill. If Fire Three tried to break out, the killing function would activate. Its power was enough to kill a Dao Lord slowly, but inevitably. To Lin Moyu, this was like torture, designed to make a Dao Lord die in agony. "Whoever set this up must have some twisted tastes," he thought. The slow kill was clearly intentional. Lin Moyu didn’t use divine runes to break the formation. Instead, his eyes glinted: "Let’s test the World Extinguishing Palm in the real world." 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞 Origin Secret Art: Gather Power! Dense origin qi surged from him, his realm soaring to the Dao Lord’s peak. With a soft sound, Lin Moyu broke into a brand new realm. For a moment, he saw scenes he’d never witnessed before. The thick world mist could no longer block his vision he saw worlds hidden in the mist, and the immense formation. A hole appeared above his head, an invisible suction trying to pull him in, while immense force pressed from all sides to push him through. Lin Moyu was calm, smiling: "Sucked and pushed at the same time how much do they want me gone?" It wasn’t that the world hated him, but that it couldn’t tolerate his realm he’d surpassed the Dao Lord, even if only by half a step, and the world rejected him. Lin Moyu didn’t want to leave, so he resisted. For a moment, his body was under immense pressure, cracks appearing everywhere yet no blood flowed. His soul too was at its limit, on the verge of shattering. "Three seconds one more than in the Soul Void." He calculated: in the real world, with his physical body, he could sustain this realm for three seconds, one more than in the Soul Void. After three seconds, both body and soul would shatter. One extra second was enough for a few more attacks. Knowing the result, Lin Moyu struck. "World Extinguishing Palm!" After the strike, both soul and body shattered, but he was reborn in purple light. His realm dropped, and the world stopped rejecting him. With just thirty percent power, his World Extinguishing Palm easily shattered the cage and destroyed the formation such a massive formation couldn’t withstand even a moment. Wherever the palm passed, the formation crumbled like tofu. Lin Moyu pointed ahead. "Go that way." As a revenant, Fire Three didn’t hesitate, flying in the indicated direction. Lin Moyu had glimpsed a world there the formation that trapped Fire Three came from that world. In that brief glance, he noticed something wrong: the world was lifeless. Passing through the world mist, they reached the world’s edge, where a formation shielded it stronger than the one that trapped Fire Three, though covering a smaller area. The formation was intact, but inside, not a single living being remained. It was a bizarre scene. Normally, if a world was invaded, there would be resistance, the formation would be broken, even the world itself might be destroyed. But here, the world and formation were untouched yet all life was gone. Lin Moyu thought of the being that had come from behind the gate, suspected to be a Soul Eater, and one with intelligence. If so, it made sense: Soul Eaters could ignore Dao attacks and formations, enter the world, and devour all life. Even the Human Sovereign couldn’t stop them, let alone a small world. But was it really a Soul Eater? Lin Moyu was eighty percent sure, but not certain. "Let’s take a look." With a thought, he sent out divine runes. The runes entered the formation, which trembled and opened. Though strong, the formation was no match for Lin Moyu. Entering the world, Lin Moyu found its structure similar to the Origin Continent: Several massive continents in different positions, forming a three dimensional shape. The world was clearly divided, with beings of different levels living on different continents, moving up as their cultivation grew. Lin Moyu sensed the world’s Daos were intact, even the buildings largely undamaged only a short time had passed, less than ten thousand years. "There’s a Time Dao let’s see." Undead servants flew out to various places, activating the Time Dao to trace the past. Ko-fi.com/translatetoki only donate if u want to My p@treon is now up go to [email protected]/Translatetoki Remove the @ symbol and type a