The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron

Chapter 1898: Chapter 1995: Return to the Mortal World

Even the Ancient Spirits of Mountain Tu cannot transcend life and death, but Fang Lin truly achieved it. He became someone truly unprecedented, having leaped beyond the cycle of life and death, unless someone with unparalleled power kills him, Fang Lin will exist forever between heaven and earth, immortal and indestructible.

Fang Lin understood everything now. No wonder when Mo Shouhe appeared in later generations, he said that there was something in Fang Lin’s body that he needed. It turned out to be the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill that had already fused with his soul.

Mo Shouhe still wanted to obtain the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill to allow the Ancient Spirits of Mountain Tu to transcend life and death, and the only way to do it was through Fang Lin.

Spanning so many epochs, the origin of everything, after twists and turns, still returned to Fang Lin himself.

All of this made it hard for Fang Lin to accept, yet he had to accept it; the fact was such and allowed no room for refusal.

At this moment, Fang Lin had already sunk into the light dots, wanting to look back one more time, only to see the complex expression of the man with the umbrella.

"This is your choice," the last words of the man with the umbrella startled Fang Lin. What does he mean by this is my choice? When did I make a choice?

Fang Lin did not quite understand the words of the man with the umbrella, but he already had no opportunity to inquire further as everything before him vanished, leaving only endless darkness, much like when he once traversed to the end of time and returned to ancient eras, the same feeling once again surged.

Yet at the very moment of returning, Fang Lin instead felt reluctant; he felt as if he still had many things left unfinished, still so many things unsaid to his parents. He had just appeared before his mother, Bai Qingxue, and already he must leave hastily.

But Fang Lin also knew that he did not truly belong to this era; the place that truly belongs to him is still in the era of the Nine Countries Seven Seas of later generations.

There, there are still people Fang Lin cares about; his parents are still alive, waiting for his return.

In the same way, deep down, Fang Lin also felt some uncontainable trepidation and unease.

Returning to the ancient era, it was just when Mo Shouhe appeared on earth. Although the Old Dried Corpse Jin Zhulong blocked Mo Shouhe, Fang Lin stayed in the ancient era for over a thousand years; who knows what changes have occurred in later generations.

What Fang Lin feared the most was that upon his return, everything he sees has changed, and those he cares about are no longer there.

This was something Fang Lin found hardest to accept; he truly didn’t know if he would collapse should his worst fears come true.

Rationality told Fang Lin that since his parents had meticulously planned to send him back to the ancient times, they must have a comprehensive plan. Moreover, even if Mo Shouhe regained his former strength, with his father around, Mo Shouhe could not cause much trouble.

The only worry was the emergence of other Ancient Spirit Incarnations, as Mo Shouhe was not the only one.

Moreover, Fang Lin now knew the identity of the man in the black robe: the future Hidden Kill Hall Master. Fang Lin had seen him once; now this black-robed man also appeared during the scramble for the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill and had fought with the Martial Lord Hou Yi.

In this way, many things were explained, and it was no wonder that the demon beasts capable of absorbing vitality were released by the people of Hidden Kill Hall.

As for the man with the umbrella, Fang Lin understood the significance of him destroying the Pill Furnace, which was only done as a last resort.

Since the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill is a Transcendental Elixir, it cannot be destroyed. Once it had been forged, it would exist permanently in the world, and the other Ancient Spirit Incarnations would stop at nothing to seize it.

At that time, the situation was most critical, and the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill absolutely could not fall into any Ancient Spirit Incarnation’s hands.

Even though the man with the umbrella was also one of the Ancient Spirit Incarnations, he was not aligned with Mo Shouhe and the others. He could not fight Mo Shouhe and other Ancient Spirit Incarnations because they were of the same origin; the will of the Ancient Spirits of Mountain Tu would not let them fight.

Therefore, the man with the umbrella could only choose to destroy the Pill Furnace, fusing the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill with the soul of the Fang Lin of that era, allowing Fang Lin to transcend life and death, and then send Fang Lin’s soul into eternity, leading to the awakening of the Fang Lin of later generations.

As for what happened afterward, Fang Lin could not know, but he could guess some of it. Mo Shouhe and the others ultimately failed to seize the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill and were injured, lurking for a time before launching a catastrophe affecting all life on earth, absorbing the vitality of all things to prolong the life of the Ancient Spirits of Mountain Tu.

It was during that catastrophe that Hou Yi died, his parents went missing, and corpses lay everywhere on earth, with nearly half of the living beings perished.

"Will such a thing happen again?" Fang Lin struggled in the darkness, drifting along, silently pondered.

After an indeterminable time, a light suddenly appeared before his eyes. Fang Lin was overjoyed and immediately headed towards the source of that light.

The light appeared close, but Fang Lin flew for a long time, still unable to get near to that light, always separated by such a lengthy distance.

It seemed as though several days had passed, or perhaps years; Fang Lin drifted like a lone leaf in a vast sea, entirely unaware of where he was drifting, the light was present, yet it seemed forever unreachable, like an illusion, not really there.

Just when Fang Lin was dully senseless, a very strong dragging force suddenly came upon him, pulling Fang Lin in.

In an instant, Fang Lin was completely pulled over by that force, unable to struggle or resist, and instantly disappeared into that light dot.

When Fang Lin regained his consciousness, he found himself lying in a dim and narrow place, a shaft of sunlight shining down from above.

Fang Lin sat up, his expression somewhat bewildered, looking around at everything before realizing that this was the Abyss Pill Well where he had once been punished to stay for a hundred days.

The next moment, Fang Lin suddenly flew out from the Abyss Pill Well, looking around and found nothing unusual, it’s just that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was very sparse, completely incomparable to the ancient era.

This was enough to prove that Fang Lin was indeed back in the later generations.

But then Fang Lin frowned; if he returned through the Abyss Pill Well, could it be that he had returned directly to the time when he was punished in the Abyss Pill Well, rather than the time he was truly supposed to return to?

Thinking of this, Fang Lin immediately took out the Message Transmitting Jade Slip, intending to contact Dugu Nian.

But after using the Message Transmitting Jade Slip several times, there was no response from Dugu Nian.

After switching several Message Transmitting Jade Slips, he could not contact anyone from Sky Swallowing Palace at all, and Fang Lin’s face became grim.