High Martial Arts: I Travel Through Heaven and Earth Through Dreams

Chapter 617 Only the truly strong can protect a lineage from extinction.

Half a year has passed, and the deathly aura emanating from the ancestral divine source is becoming increasingly intense.

In less than ten years, the pillar that held up the last vestige of dignity of the Tai Xuan Holy Land will be reduced to dust.

What can this prodigy young man accomplish in ten years?

With his current astonishing cultivation speed, he might actually be able to create a miracle within ten years, advancing triumphantly to break through the Dao-Slaying Realm and enter the Saint Realm.

But what's the point?

Faced with absolute power, a peerless genius who has just entered the Saint Realm is ultimately just a slightly stronger ant.

When the ancestor passes away, the quasi-emperors of the three holy lands will surely descend in person with their supreme imperial weapons.

Faced with the supreme power of a quasi-emperor, let alone a Saint King, even a Great Saint at the peak would be crushed into dust in an instant.

A prodigy who failed to grow up was simply unable to protect the precarious Tai Xuan Holy Land from the collapse of its entire population.

The Supreme Lord of Tai Xuan gazed quietly at the distant horizon. The tribulation clouds were slowly dissipating, and Lin Hanzhou's aura began to surge wildly, completely stabilizing at the level of the Dao-Slaying Realm.

The gaze of the Supreme Saint Lord gradually changed.

The gaze that was originally filled with the admiration of an elder for a younger generation began to gradually sink, eventually turning into two bottomless, dark abysses.

His pupils gleamed with a light that was almost insane and utterly cold.

"Alas, there are countless geniuses in this world, like carp crossing a river."

Throughout history, countless extraordinary individuals have possessed the potential to become emperors.

"But in each lifetime, only one person can truly endure countless tribulations, slay all great enemies, and ultimately attain the Dao and become an emperor."

The Supreme Lord of Tai Xuan murmured to himself, as if trying to convince himself, or as if issuing some kind of judgment.

"A prodigy who doesn't grow up is just an empty shell with excellent potential."

"Only the truly strong can protect a lineage from extinction."

His gaze was fixed on Lin Hanzhou, who was sitting cross-legged and adjusting his breathing, as if he were looking at a rare and precious offering.

"Now that things have come to this, in order to prevent the millennia-old lineage of Tai Xuan from being cut off in my hands... perhaps, the only option is to resort to that forbidden method."

The Supreme Lord of Tai Xuan seemed to have gone through some extremely intense inner struggle, but in the end, the fear of the destruction of the Holy Land overwhelmed all morality and bottom line.

He seemed to have made a cruel decision from which there was no turning back.

He took another deep look at Lin Hanzhou's figure, as if trying to completely imprint the other's soul aura into his mind.

Then, the surrounding void distorted slightly, and the figure of the Supreme Saint Lord disappeared silently from the spot, as if he had never appeared at all.

However, the Tai Xuan Saint Lord, who thought he had hidden himself perfectly, had no idea that at the very moment he disappeared, Lin Hanzhou, who had been closing his eyes to stabilize his aura, suddenly raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

Lin Hanzhou slowly opened his eyes. His eyes did not show the ecstatic joy of breaking through his realm. Instead, they revealed a cold, playful look.

He turned his head slightly, his gaze falling unmistakably on the void where the Supreme Saint Master had just been hiding.

"What a sinister gaze."

Lin Hanzhou sneered inwardly.

With his keen intuition, coupled with his immense spiritual perception far surpassing that of other cultivators of the same level, the Tai Xuan Saint Master's supposedly flawless concealment was, in his eyes, as dazzling as a torch in the dark.

From the moment he rushed out of the cave to begin his tribulation, he sensed that someone was watching him in the dark.

At first, he thought that the Holy Lord was simply fulfilling his duty to protect geniuses, and was thus secretly protecting them.

However, just as the heavenly tribulation dissipated, Lin Hanzhou clearly caught the drastic change in the other party's emotions.

That's not the love and expectation of an elder for a younger generation, but a kind of greed and ill intent like a hungry wolf looking at a piece of delicious fat meat or a butcher looking at a lamb to the slaughter!

"What exactly is that old guy up to?"

Lin Hanzhou stroked his chin, his mind racing.

"Could it be that my secret acceptance of the Purple Cloud Holy Land's offer to join them as a true disciple has been exposed?"

The moment the idea popped into his head, he decisively rejected it.

"No, that's impossible. If that old bastard really discovered that I was a traitor who was ready to betray the Holy Land at any time, given his current state of being on edge, he would definitely do everything in his power to suppress me immediately, or even directly search my soul and steal my spirit."

"He would never just give me a scheming look and then quietly leave."

Since it wasn't that his undercover identity was exposed, there's only one possibility.

"It seems that this old fox thinks I've been growing for too long and can't keep up with the pace of the destruction of the Tai Xuan Holy Land, so he's planning to do something underhanded to me."

A chilling glint flashed in Lin Hanzhou's eyes.

In the cultivation world, old monsters whose lifespans are nearing their end often do some heinous things in order to prolong the lifespan of their sects or themselves.

What about bloodline stripping, possession techniques, turning geniuses into humanoid elixirs, or some ancient forbidden art of sacrificing souls...?

He had seen these underhanded methods thoroughly in his previous life.

"Do you want to use me as a pawn to break the deadlock, or simply as some kind of sacrifice?"

Lin Hanzhou couldn't help but laugh out loud, his laughter filled with disdain.

He had no idea what kind of evil scheme the other party was planning, but he didn't want to guess anymore.

For Lin Hanzhou now, any conspiracy or trickery is a laughable joke in the face of his absolute trump card.

He not only has the Heaven-Burning Sacred Body as his trump card, but also various other life-saving items that defy the heavens.

Let alone a Saint King, even if a Quasi-Emperor wanted to target him, he was confident he could escape unscathed.

"Old man, since you've harbored ill intentions towards me first, don't blame me for showing no mercy."

Lin Hanzhou nonchalantly withdrew his gaze, temporarily putting the matter out of his mind.

Anyway, we'll deal with whatever comes our way. As long as the Supreme Lord of Tai Xuan dares to make a move, he will definitely let the other party know what it means to invite a god but not to send him away.

Feeling the surging spiritual power of the Dao-Slaying Realm within his body like a vast ocean, Lin Hanzhou took a deep breath of the fresh air, still carrying the afterglow of the tribulation.

"Although I have successfully broken through to the Dao-Slaying stage, the current situation is really difficult to manage."

Lin Hanzhou glanced at the distant horizon.

Although it appeared calm and peaceful there, he knew that the blockade of the three holy lands was as solid as an iron barrel.

Currently, the Tai Xuan Holy Land and the three major holy lands are in an extremely delicate stalemate.

The three holy lands are waiting for the death of the Tai Xuan Ancestor, while the Tai Xuan Holy Lord is guarding against it and refusing to come out.

This deadlock, where neither side dared to make a move and neither dared to break the balance, left him, a "multi-faceted spy" who originally intended to play both sides between the two camps and stir up trouble to gain benefits, without any opportunity to act.

"Fine, since I can't go out and cause trouble now, I might as well continue my seclusion. Strength is the only capital for all arrogance."

Lin Hanzhou shook his head, turned around, and with a flicker of his body, transformed into a golden stream of light, disappearing back into the Holy Son's top-tier cave.

In the time that follows, he only needs to patiently lie low.

When the storm that shattered the peace of the Eastern Continent truly arrived, that would be the time for him to start causing trouble.