Chapter 188: Eternal Legacy

Sect Leader Yan saw that Lin Fan's originally vast aura had suddenly dimmed, as if he had become a living dead, and he felt a bit panicked.

This had never happened since the founding of the Holy Sect. He wanted to reach out and check, but the life force within Lin Fan was still burning, at least there was no danger to his life.

"Where is this..."

At this moment, Lin Fan opened his eyes and was stunned by the scene before him.

Wasn't he in the great hall? How did he end up here?

The sky was blood-red, and the rolling red clouds churned like living things, each churn causing corpses to fall from the sky.

The world was perishing, utterly miserable.

Eerie wailing sounds came from the sky, shaking Lin Fan's mind and making him tremble.

Terrifying, truly terrifying.

"Why am I floating in the air?" At that moment, Lin Fan realized he was floating in the air, his body ethereal and shifting.

Just then, a massive object fell from above. Lin Fan looked up, panicked, and tried to shield himself with his hands.

"Whoosh..."

The massive corpse instantly passed through Lin Fan's body and then fell downward.

What was going on? Was he invisible?

At that moment, Lin Fan panicked. He glanced at the rapidly falling corpse, and his mind trembled violently.

That wasn't a human; it looked more like a demon.

"Boom..."

Then, from the sky, a suffocating aura erupted violently, and the shockwaves scattered the churning red clouds. Lin Fan flew upward, wanting to see what was happening.

As he approached, the rumbling sound of drums echoed throughout the heavens and earth.

"Kill..."

When Lin Fan saw the scene ahead, his mind shook, and a murderous aura pressed down on him, making it hard to breathe.

On one side were humans; on the other were the massive creatures he had just seen.

The situation was dire and miserable. Those massive creatures crushed humans like chickens or swallowed them whole.

Lin Fan trembled all over, an unprecedented fear surging in his heart, and even a rage burning like a blazing fire.

...

Just then, a huge black hand reached out from the void in the sky. Wherever it passed, the void shattered. The black hand blotted out the sky and grabbed toward the human side.

But in that instant, a flash of light streaked from afar. A giant axe, carrying supreme power, severed the hand. The axe did not stop but flew toward Lin Fan.

Lin Fan did not dodge, knowing he was just an illusory body.

But at that moment, Lin Fan's expression changed, because the aura of the giant axe had locked onto him.

"No!" Lin Fan shouted in panic.

...

Deep within the great hall.

Sect Leader Yan was growing anxious. Three days and three nights had passed, and Lin Fan still hadn't woken up. If not for the faint life force, he might have thought Lin Fan was dead.

Just then, Lin Fan suddenly screamed in terror.

"Lin Fan!" Sect Leader Yan immediately stepped forward and pressed a hand on Lin Fan's shoulder.

At that moment, Lin Fan was drenched in sweat, panting heavily, his eyes bloodshot.

"I'm back..." Lin Fan looked around at his surroundings, then at Sect Leader Yan, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Too terrifying, truly terrifying.

Even now, Lin Fan's mind was filled with the images he had just seen: humans like ants, crushed by those massive creatures without any chance to resist.

Where was that murderous place? Could it be the Xuanhuang Realm?

No, it shouldn't be. It was like hell, the whole sky red.

"Are you alright?" Sect Leader Yan asked.

"I'm fine." Lin Fan shook his head and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Did you see the ancestor?" Sect Leader Yan asked.

"Ancestor?" Lin Fan looked up at Sect Leader Yan in confusion. See the ancestor? What did that mean? Those images just now—forget seeing the ancestor, they scared him to death.

"Yes. Every sect leader, regardless of what they comprehend, has seen the ancestor. Did you not see him?" Sect Leader Yan asked in surprise.

This statue contained a wisp of the ancestor's divine consciousness. Those who comprehended could obtain the heritage passed down from the ancestor.

Eh.

At that moment, Lin Fan's expression changed. He flipped his palm, and a giant axe suddenly appeared.

Lin Fan stared in shock at the axe in his hand. This was the axe that had severed the giant hand in the vision. How had it followed him?

"How is this possible..." Sect Leader Yan's expression changed dramatically at the sight of the axe, clearly in disbelief.

The axe was very ordinary, without much ornamentation, looking like a common axe. But Lin Fan could feel a heart-stirring aura from it.

It was an ancient aura.

"Ding, congratulations on discovering the divine artifact Axe of Eternity (Damaged)."

"Axe of Eternity." Sect Leader Yan exclaimed in shock as he looked at the axe in Lin Fan's hand.

The Holy Sect's inheritance, to put it plainly, was obtaining something from the ancestor. The ancestor left a wisp of his divine consciousness in the statue for later generations to comprehend and obtain suitable things.

These things were all originally owned by the ancestor.

In the inheritance, there had been pills, but more often, techniques.

Now, a weapon appearing was simply impossible.

The Axe of Eternity was the ancestor's weapon, which had disappeared with the ancestor's departure. How could it be inherited by a disciple during the inheritance ritual?

Could the ancestor be trying to convey some message?

While Sect Leader Yan was lost in thought, Lin Fan was inwardly delighted.

"Not bad, still has some conscience. Scared me half to death, but at least compensated with a divine artifact. Not bad, not bad."

"Even though the divine artifact is damaged, it's still a divine artifact."

At that moment, Lin Fan was overjoyed. As for the scenes he had just experienced, he didn't want to recall them.

"Sect Leader, what's wrong? Is there something off?" Lin Fan asked, looking at Sect Leader Yan.

Sect Leader Yan looked at Lin Fan and shook his head. Something was off. How could this be?

"Lin Fan, let me see the Axe of Eternity." Sect Leader Yan said.

"Alright." Lin Fan wasn't afraid that Sect Leader Yan would take it, so he handed the axe over.

But the moment Sect Leader Yan took it, the Axe of Eternity suddenly burst into a dazzling light, forcing him back.

Lin Fan's eyes went wide.

That was incredible. Sect Leader Yan was at the Great Heavenly Perfection realm, yet he was forced back.

This... a divine artifact truly lived up to its name, so domineering.

Sect Leader Yan looked at the Axe of Eternity, his heart trembling slightly.

"Divine artifacts have spirits. It seems it has acknowledged you as its master." Sect Leader Yan finally said enviously.

"Heh..." Lin Fan smiled. He could see the envy and jealousy in Sect Leader Yan's eyes. After all, he had inherited a divine artifact.