Chapter 4816: Resurrection Fails
A hundred arrows were loosed at once, the Soul‑Slaying Arrows flashing through the void, and the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign's soul was annihilated, leaving behind only a single corpse drifting within the Life Forbidden Zone.
He was very powerful.
Even in death, with only the flesh left, he could still endure the erosion of the power of Annihilation and at least persist for a million years.
Lin Moyu finally let out a long breath.
"It's over."
That single "over" from him marked the end of the struggle of the entire Great Annihilation Era.
In this round of Great Annihilation, he had remained standing at the very end and was the sole peak‑level existence.
Only he now had a chance to outlast this era of Great Annihilation.
Standing in the Life Forbidden Zone, gazing at the surrounding void, he said, "But things are not completely over yet.
"I still have one final step to take.
"If I cannot take this step, then the calamity of Annihilation will ultimately continue."
Lin Moyu carried the empty shell of the Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth's core back to the Word‑God Heaven and Earth.
Outside the Word‑God Heaven and Earth, he chose a patch of empty void, took out the hollowed‑out core, and tapped his finger lightly.
"Heaven‑Shattering Earth‑Rending!"
Boom!
The void quaked, and the heaven‑and‑earth core exploded into dust.
From the explosion, a mass of pure white light appeared.
Within the light surged exuberant vitality, so strong as to defy imagination and far surpassing that of the Nine‑Cycle Heaven and Earth.
Lin Moyu used the spell to replay the Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth.
The power of life poured into it endlessly, aiding the evolution of the heaven and earth.
The evolution of a heaven and earth was a long process; just the initial stage alone would ordinarily be counted in tens of thousands of years.
However, under the effect of Heaven‑Shattering Earth‑Rending, the evolution of the heaven and earth was markedly accelerated, and in less than half a year it had taken on a rough embryonic form.
From here on, the speed of evolution would gradually slow down, but at the current pace, it would take at most a million years to once again become the Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth.
Even if it did not return to its former peak, it would at least surpass the Nine‑Cycle Heaven and Earth.
"What a heaven‑defying spell."
Lin Moyu sighed once, then said to Little Tree, "Little Tree, open up a space passage and let my sister go over."
Little Tree gave a short acknowledgment and immediately began constructing a spatial channel, while Lin Moyu brought Lin Mohan into it.
The two of them passed through the space passage and arrived within the Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth.
Lin Moyu altered the laws of the heaven and earth so that this Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth could accommodate them, these two outside apex powerhouses.
If he did not do this, this newly reborn Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth might well have collapsed on the spot.
At present, this heaven and earth was only in its embryonic stage.
The core of the heaven and earth had only just been replayed into being and was still very fragile.
A twelve‑storied pagoda floated up and down within the heaven and earth, and beside it there was a palace that looked like a small house.
Lin Moyu said, "Sis, this is the core of the Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth.
"As long as you refine it, you will become the master of this Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth."
"However, it is still evolving and will need quite some time yet.
"You can fuse the Ancient Chaotic Wilderness into it; that will hasten its evolution."
Lin Mohan, now herself an apex powerhouse, already understood very well matters such as the laws of the heaven and earth.
With just a few words from Lin Moyu, she immediately understood.
Without another word, Lin Mohan directly began refining the core of the heaven and earth and exercised her authority to fuse the Ancient Chaotic Wilderness into it.
The speed of fusion was extremely slow and would take at least tens of thousands of years, during which Lin Mohan could not leave and would have to maintain the fusion.
Lin Moyu watched for ten days and, only after confirming that there was no problem with the fusion, did he finally leave.
In this way, after tens of thousands of years, Lin Mohan would become the new master of this Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth, and her strength would also rise along with it.
As for how things would develop afterward, that would depend on her alone; in any case, he had already done everything he could.
Returning to the Word‑God Heaven and Earth, Little Tree asked, "Master, what do you plan to do next?"
Lin Moyu smiled.
"I know what you want to ask.
"You want to know why I did not absorb the Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth."
Little Tree was very clever; he had not asked directly, but Lin Moyu understood his meaning clearly.
Lin Moyu said, "If I directly absorbed the Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth, then perhaps the Word‑God Heaven and Earth would have a chance to advance.
"But that kind of advancement is not what I want."
"Moreover, my ambition is not limited to the Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth.
"I want to walk to the very end.
"If I cannot reach the end, then even having a Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth means nothing."
"To stubbornly endure several rounds of Great Annihilation like the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign—be it one round or ten—none of that is what I desire."
"What is the point of living long?
"Even if one can live for trillions of years, as long as it is not true eternal existence, one must eventually face death."
What Lin Moyu sought was not mere longevity, but true eternity.
Nor did he want eternity for only himself.
If possible, he did not want to leave his own friends and family behind.
Such a wish was both beautiful and cruel.
If he could not reach the final destination, then what difference would there be between living a million years and living a billion years?
Lin Moyu knew that his way of thinking might be somewhat selfish, but he was bound to act this way; this was his Dao heart and could not be changed.
Little Tree asked, "Then when does Master plan to go?"
Lin Moyu said, "No hurry.
"First I'll ask that fellow what exactly the situation is over there."
The Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign's corpse floated in the Life Forbidden Zone, and under the pounding of the power of Annihilation, his flesh was decaying at an extremely slow rate.
A clump of flame ignited on the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign's corpse, and his shattered soul began to reassemble.
To resurrect an apex powerhouse—moreover, an apex powerhouse of the Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth—and turn him into an undying spirit, a slave to his command.
Lin Moyu had full confidence in his own spell and was entirely capable of accomplishing this.
No matter how strong the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign was, he was ultimately an existence of the same realm as Lin Moyu, so, in theory, he should be completely revivable.
The Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign had not been dead for long, and his soul should only just have scattered, so the resurrection should have been very fast.
But within the flames, the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign showed no sign of movement at all, and his soul gave no indication of reassembling.
Lin Moyu frowned.
"The spell has not failed, so why can he not be revived?"
He stared at the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign's corpse, his eyes half‑lowered, and murmured softly.
The Primal Chaos Gem drilled out and looked at the corpse together with Lin Moyu.
"Master, it seems like his soul is not dead yet."
Lin Moyu gave a quiet hum.
"You are right.
"Although his soul was slain by the Soul‑Slaying Arrow, its root still remains and has not died."
The Primal Chaos Gem said, "That is what is strange.
"His heaven and earth have already been destroyed—where could his soul be hiding?"
Lin Moyu said, "If my guess is not wrong, it should be there."
He turned his gaze into the distance.
There was a mass of light there: the place the heaven and earth had indicated he must go.
"When I was refining the Living Beings' Chessboard, I sensed that the apex powerhouse who had once forged the chessboard did not seem to be completely dead either and that some remnant of his soul still existed."
"Now this is a similar feeling.
"Once might be a coincidence, but twice in a row means there must be something wrong.
"The problem is not in the Life Forbidden Zone, so it must be over there."
While speaking, Lin Moyu put away the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign's corpse and seized the things he had left behind when he died.
The pagoda was covered in cracks, arcs of lightning roaming across it.
The fissures were gradually repairing themselves and would return to their original state in a few years.
Vast soul power surged into it as Lin Moyu began refining the Thunder Pagoda.
This pagoda was a Primal Chaos Supreme Treasure with astonishing might.
Unfortunately, the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign had never refined it and thus could not bring out its full power.
If Lin Moyu could refine it, he would gain yet another trump card.
Within the pagoda, there was another internal space.
Thunder was the sole protagonist there, and the moment soul power entered, it was shredded by the lightning, making the refining anything but smooth.
Lin Moyu smashed against the pagoda again and again and finally discerned some hints.
There was also a core within the pagoda.
To refine it, he would need to refine the core.
However, as the interior of the pagoda was dense with thunder, his soul power could not reach the core.
With a thought, countless soul particles flew out and dripped into the body of the pagoda.