Chapter 97

Once one reaches the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment period, several more powerful spells can be cast, especially the Soul Ghost Technique introduced in the jade slip of the Corpse Yin Sect, which can summon fierce spirits for battle.

Wang Lin racked his brains to use every means at his disposal to seize the Soul Flag when facing Teng Huayuan.

After making up his mind, Wang Lin took out a spirit energy gourd, touched the Tian Ni Pearl, and entered the Dream Space.

Wang Lin hadn't cultivated in the Dream Space for some time. Looking around at the gray, boundless space, a layer of gray substance floated above, dark and oppressive, giving him a strong sense of pressure.

The surroundings were filled with numerous elongated luminous bodies, emitting a hazy glow. When Wang Lin first entered the Dream Space, these luminous bodies were stationary, but after his Water Attribute reached perfection, they seemed to be infused with vitality and began to drift randomly.

Wang Lin stood in the space, reaching out to touch one of the elongated luminous bodies, but his hand passed right through them. It seemed as if these luminous bodies existed in a different dimension, and no matter how he tried to touch them, he couldn't.

Despite this, he could control them. For example, with a thought, the luminous bodies would immediately move, forming patterns, dispersing, or clustering together, responding to whatever Wang Lin imagined.

Wang Lin had asked Situ Nan about these luminous bodies, but Situ Nan was also puzzled. According to him, the Tian Ni Pearl was extremely mysterious, and the Dream Space was just one of its functions. As for its other functions beyond time reversal, Situ Nan couldn't figure them out.

He only knew that, with his status as the strongest cultivator in a Level 6 Cultivation Nation, when he first obtained the Tian Ni Pearl, no one on this cultivation planet dared to provoke him.

However, the reality was different. Several powerful cultivators suddenly appeared, with cultivation levels so formidable that they were incomprehensible. These cultivators launched a frenzied pursuit of Situ Nan, forcing him to abandon his physical body and hide inside the Tian Ni Pearl to narrowly escape.

At the time, Situ Nan had analyzed to Wang Lin that the cultivators who pursued him were definitely not from this cultivation planet. Situ Nan was very certain that at his level, he knew almost all the strong cultivators on the planet, and as the top expert, his cultivation was naturally very strong.

The few opponents had cultivation levels mostly on par with his, but one of them, Situ Nan was completely sure, far exceeded him. If not for that person's attack, he wouldn't have abandoned his physical body. Situ Nan had many friends, and even if the opponents had cultivation levels similar to his, he was still a strong cultivator on the planet, with the advantage of familiarity with the terrain and local support.

However, after that person's attack, Situ Nan knew that even if he sought help, it would be futile. Whoever came would die, as that person's cultivation was on a completely different level.

Situ Nan had a vague answer in his mind: that person must have come from a Level 7 Cultivation Nation.

Thinking of this answer, the Tian Ni Pearl became even more mysterious to him. Something that could be coveted by a Level 7 Cultivation Nation must be a rare treasure.

Situ Nan told Wang Lin all these things and repeatedly warned him to be extremely cautious. If the Tian Ni Pearl were exposed, both of them would be in grave danger, facing the fate of being completely annihilated, their bodies and souls destroyed.

Situ Nan analyzed that if the opponents were indeed from a Level 7 Cultivation Nation, issuing a search order to a Level 6 Cultivation Nation would be very simple, so they must take precautions.

Wang Lin recalled these things, deeply agreeing. Without even considering the other functions of the Tian Ni Pearl, the time reversal alone was already extremely powerful. Cultivators often raced against time; to put it bluntly, cultivation equals lifespan. Each advancement in cultivation increases one's lifespan.

Moreover, the sense of superiority that comes with higher cultivation is even more significant. The hierarchy in the cultivation world is extremely strict. In the eyes of Foundation Establishment cultivators, ordinary people and Condensation Qi cultivators are what? If the term "worse than pigs and dogs" sounds harsh, it is the reality.

Similarly, in the eyes of Nascent Soul cultivators, Foundation Establishment and Core Formation cultivators are also like that. If compared further, in the eyes of Transformation Period elders, cultivators below the Soul Formation stage are also worse than pigs and dogs, to be killed at will.

Wang Lin's eyes showed determination. He had personally experienced some of the survival rules in the cultivation world. The cultivation world is even more brutal than the mortal world, with the survival of the fittest and the strong preying on the weak. To survive, one must become stronger!

Strong enough that everyone fears you, so you won't be bullied.

"If my current cultivation had reached the Soul Formation stage or the Transformation Period, even if I killed Teng Li or wiped out the entire Teng family city, Teng Huayuan wouldn't dare to say no, nor would he dare to go after my parents... Power, everything is about power. Only by becoming a strong cultivator can you control others' lives." Wang Lin's heart ached, and his eyes glinted with a cold light.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and his divine sense spread out in the Dream Space. After a short while, he made a hand seal, and his right hand reached forward, causing the luminous bodies around him to immediately gather and form the shape of a "gate."

This was a function that Situ Nan discovered after the Water Attribute of the Tian Ni Pearl reached perfection. By using the luminous bodies to form an array, Wang Lin could move freely within the Dream Space.

Wang Lin stepped into the gate, and when he reappeared, he was still in the Dream Space, but the surroundings were slightly different. In front of him was a giant about three zhang tall, sitting cross-legged in the air, with countless luminous bodies densely covering his body.

Upon closer inspection, the giant had an ordinary appearance but exuded a dark and oppressive aura. His body was not solid but semi-transparent, especially his chest, which was almost completely transparent, as if it could dissipate at any moment. Inside, one could see the dense fluctuations of spiritual energy.

At this moment, the giant's eyes were tightly closed, his body flickering between light and dark, seemingly oblivious to Wang Lin's presence.

Wang Lin looked at the giant. This wasn't the first time he had seen Situ Nan's Nascent Soul, but each time, he was deeply impressed. He had originally thought that if the Nascent Soul was so large, then Situ Nan's previous physical body must have been even more massive.