Chapter 3990: Their Fate Is Better Than Mine
Antares was somewhat reluctant to leave the dragon clan, which is why he hadn't set out to find a suitable world for himself all these years. Of course, Lin Moyu had also said that if Antares truly didn't want to go, they could think of another way. The most important thing was to find the Heaven Covering Stone and the Immortal Jade, which would allow Antares to fake his death and truly escape the Origin Continent's control.
After faking his death, Antares would be gravely injured, but this could be healed with spirit flowers. However, once he left the Origin Continent, Antares's power would be greatly diminished and he would no longer be a Dao Lord. Without a Great Dao, his strength would at best be equivalent to the Great Dao Realm. Whether in the real world or the Soul Void, this state was dangerous. So occupying a world would be best, as it would allow him to quickly recover his strength and return to his peak. If Antares really didn't want to go, Lin Moyu could help him in other ways, such as letting him enter the Great Thousand World.
To Lin Moyu, Antares was different from the Three Ancestors and others. Antares was a true life and death friend, someone he could open his soul world to. So letting Antares settle in the Great Thousand World was no problem. But the other dragons couldn't; Lin Moyu had discussed this with Antares, so the plan was still to find a suitable world. Ultimately, it would all depend on the outcome.
Antares, persuaded, entered the Soul Void to search for a suitable world. Lin Moyu then left the Heavenly Dao and returned to Yuedao City. He spent his days with Little Mist and the others, drinking tea, sometimes giving lectures to Hao Daozun and the others, sharing his cultivation experiences. With the help of powder refined from Soul Eaters, Little Mist, Hao Daozun, and the others improved rapidly. In less than a century, they all broke through to the Great Dao Realm.
At this point, the eighth halo was finally fully lit, right on Lin Moyu's schedule. Next was the ninth halo, which progressed even more slowly at least a thousand years. During this century, Lin Moyu continued to comprehend his own Dao. He repeatedly studied the runes on the claw marks of the Red Stone Emperor's true body and gained some insight over the years. These runes were extremely profound, even more advanced than divine runes. On the surface, their structure seemed simpler than divine runes, but a closer look revealed an intricate, nested structure. Some divine runes had similar features, but not nearly as complex as these. The true nature of these runes was more complicated than some formations each rune was a formation itself. That's why Lin Moyu couldn't figure them out at first glance.
He named them "extraterrestrial divine runes." These runes came from beyond the heavens, though Lin Moyu didn't know what that meant, so he used this name for now. Later, he saw similar extraterrestrial divine runes on the Soul Eater, especially when it peered into his memory and manifested the Divine Summer Pagoda. The runes on the pagoda were of this type. Soul Eaters weren't high level beings and lacked intelligence, yet they could produce extraterrestrial divine runes, suggesting these runes were common outside the world. This led Lin Moyu to believe that extraterrestrial divine runes were not untouchable mysteries.
A century of research yielded some results. Though he couldn't fully master extraterrestrial divine runes, he could use what he learned to strengthen his own divine runes. His runes began to change, developing nested structures and becoming more complex and powerful. Formations he set up with these runes also became stronger.
In his third century back, Lin Moyu began to reconfigure the Five Elements Continent. He spent a hundred years upgrading the Five Elements Grand Array for Little Gold and Little Sword, making them even more powerful. Once, Little Gold and Little Sword could contend with Dao Lords; now, they could rival Great Dao Lords. Of course, they were still weaker than true Great Dao Lords, limited by the Origin Continent's rules. The grand array had reached the continent's limit any stronger would break the world's rules. But Lin Moyu wasn't satisfied. Starting in his fourth century back, he began constructing a new grand array. No one knew how powerful it would be. People sometimes saw divine runes flying from Yuedao City and vanishing elsewhere, causing a stir and much speculation. No one dared ask Lin Moyu directly he was now synonymous with invincibility, as feared as the Lord of Hell in his day, the number one powerhouse of the Origin Continent.
Some formation experts on the Heavenly Dao watched the runes closely but could only understand a little. These runes had been completely transformed by Lin Moyu, blending his own insights and the features of extraterrestrial divine runes. Several top formation masters gathered to study Lin Moyu's work.
"Even if I don't understand, I can tell these runes are incredibly powerful."
"Lin Moyu is using the entire Origin Continent as a formation base what kind of array is he building?"
"His formation skills far surpass ours, even the Formation Dao Lord can't compare."
"Hard to imagine doesn't he fear heavenly punishment?"
"He knows the heavens better than we do he's been chosen by fate."
These masters only dared discuss among themselves, never daring to question Lin Moyu, fearing he'd simply kill them. His dominance was deeply ingrained in everyone's hearts.
For centuries, Lin Moyu continued setting up formations, spending time with the girls, talking and laughing. With his supervision, their cultivation progressed even faster. With plenty of Soul Eater powder, after reaching the Great Dao Realm, their soul realms kept rising, advancing nearly every hundred years. After a thousand years, Little Mist and the others reached first tier soul, just a step from innate soul. Lin Moyu stopped them from advancing further there was no need to become Dao Lords within the Origin Continent.
Hao Daozun and the others were a bit behind but still reached the third tier soul of the Great Dao Realm. No one could have imagined that the city managers and princesses of Yuedao City would change so much in a thousand years. Lin Moyu often joked that if he'd had such good conditions when cultivating, life would have been much easier. He'd fought his way up through life and death trials, each step risking annihilation. Everyone has their own fate Little Mist and the others were simply luckier than he was.
In the 1,208th year after Lin Moyu's return, the ninth halo was finally about to be fully lit, and his centuries of formation work were drawing to a close.
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