Chapter 1500: Chapter 1598: Zither Demon Saint

The battle on the Extreme North Icefield had drastically altered its landscape, yet the Sky Swallowing Palace and the snowy peak it perched upon remained utterly unaffected.

For the Sky Swallowing Palace was once Fang Lin’s Supreme Saint Hall, and this snowy peak was his Boundless Peak.

Inside the Sky Swallowing Palace, four masked individuals were observing both Fang Lin and Dugu Nian, their gaze alternating between the two. Should these four individuals remove their masks, their curious expressions would be revealed.

“You may leave now,” Dugu Nian instructed the four.

The masked individuals looked at each other, then respectfully withdrew from the Sky Swallowing Palace.

With a wave of his hand, Dugu Nian set up an array within the hall, isolating it from the outside world.

“You should heal first,” Fang Lin said to Dugu Nian.

Dugu Nian nodded, and with Fang Lin’s assistance, his physical injuries swiftly healed.

As for the soul injury, though it could not be healed in a short time, Fang Lin had already prepared Pills. With the consumption of the Pills he had prepared, the soul injury would completely recover after some time.

During Dugu Nian’s healing period, Fang Lin informed him about what he had done at Ancient Demon Ridge after awakening.

One was Pill Refining, and the other was about the True Dragon.

This True Dragon was naturally nurtured inside the Sacred Tree using the True Dragon Bone, but it lacked the True Dragon Soul, hence it wasn’t a complete True Dragon, merely an empty shell.

However, because the True Dragon Bone was once the origin of Fang Lin’s Demon Bone, and both Fang Lin and the True Dragon had reconstructed their bodies within the Sacred Tree, they could be considered to share the same source, both containing the power of the Sacred Tree.

Therefore, following the suggestion of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Fang Lin refined this True Dragon into an avatar of himself.

This was a boldly audacious move; it is estimated that no one through the ages had ever undertaken such a terrifying endeavor, not even in the most glorious era of ancient times, where no mighty beings would have entertained such a fearsome thought.

To refine a True Dragon as an avatar? That’s a thought only the craziest lunatic in the world would come up with.

But the Great Sage Equal to Heaven was exactly that kind of lunatic. When Fang Lin heard his suggestion, he was greatly startled, thinking it completely impossible.

Joking aside, this was a True Dragon, after all. Even if it was only nurtured through the Dragon Bone, it was still one of the most powerful creatures on earth. How could it possibly be refined into an avatar?

The Great Sage Equal to Heaven told Fang Lin that if it were a complete True Spirit, a True Dragon with a Dragon Soul, then naturally it couldn’t be refined into an avatar.

But this True Dragon was exceptional, lacking not only the Dragon Soul but also having inextricable ties with Fang Lin. Perhaps no one else in this world could refine a True Dragon into an avatar, but Fang Lin undoubtedly could.

After hearing the words of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Fang Lin felt this might be the greatest and most unmissable opportunity since his rebirth. Hence, he decided to refine the True Dragon into an avatar and fuse part of his soul into the True Dragon Body.

It was only when Fang Lin truly began attempting to refine the True Dragon as an avatar that the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, with a mischievous grin, told Fang Lin that he had been spouting utter nonsense.

At that moment, Fang Lin felt utterly devastated. Was this something to spout nonsense about? What if it cost him his life?

By then, Fang Lin had already infused part of his soul into the True Dragon Body, and having progressed to this stage, it was already impossible to stop.

Therefore, Fang Lin could only grit his teeth and continue onward, with the Great Sage Equal to Heaven guaranteeing that if anything unexpected occurred, he would intervene immediately to rescue Fang Lin and ensure he wouldn’t suffer the slightest harm.

After saying this, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven seemed to vanish to who knows where to eat bananas, leaving Fang Lin alone to struggle desperately in front of the enormous True Dragon.

At that time, Fang Lin was truly miserable, unable to stop even if he wished, wanting to shout for that damned monkey to come take a look at the situation, but the damned monkey simply wouldn’t appear, having hidden who knows where.

Fortunately, in the end, Fang Lin succeeded. It was unclear whether it was due to luck, a fluke, or perhaps there was some truth to what the damned monkey had said.

After Fang Lin successfully refined the True Dragon as his avatar, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven reappeared, patting Fang Lin on the shoulder with a big laugh, saying something like how he had always known that this lad would definitely succeed.

Fang Lin restrained the urge to punch that damned monkey and hastily hurried towards the Extreme North Icefield.

After listening to Fang Lin’s account, Dugu Nian was likewise stunned for a moment, as what Fang Lin described was too mysterious. Refining a True Dragon as an avatar–who could think of such a thing? Only an unreliable monkey like the Great Sage Equal to Heaven could come up with such an abnormal idea.

Of course, this was also an enormous stroke of luck for Fang Lin. With the True Dragon avatar, Fang Lin could be said to have gained infinite benefits. First of all, there was the True Dragon Indestructible Body, because the True Dragon had become his avatar, allowing Fang Lin to not only practice with the aid of the True Dragon Qi, but also share the True Dragon Body.

Born with a physique comparable to Immortal powerhouses, Fang Lin thus obtained an Immortal Body, even though his cultivation was only at the level of Minor Longevity.

“I’m alright now.” Dugu Nian finished healing and gave Fang Lin a beaming smile.

Fang Lin watched Dugu Nian. Although Dugu Nian’s appearance had not changed much from seven years ago, after seven years had passed, there were inevitably some differences.

A few shades less of youthfulness and naivety, a bit more maturity.

Of course, if an ordinary person saw Dugu Nian, they’d still think she was at most twenty years old.

Speaking of which, Fang Lin was just a year or two away from hitting thirty this lifetime. To have reached his current cultivation level and strength before thirty was an outlier among outliers in any era.

However, compared to Dugu Nian, Fang Lin’s cultivation was nothing to boast about.

Dugu Nian was younger than Fang Lin, yet already possessed an Immortal cultivation. Even in his previous life, Fang Lin had never seen any martial arts prodigy as abnormal as Dugu Nian.

“There seems to be some problem with the inheritance inside your body,” Fang Lin said.

Dugu Nian was taken aback, then nodded. Her current cultivation was not a result of her own practice, but rather from an ancient powerhouse’s inheritance.

It couldn’t even be called an inheritance because Dugu Nian was originally meant to be possessed and turned into a completely different person.

But at the critical moment of the possession, a force left within Dugu Nian by Fang Lin’s mother, Bai Qingxue, had an effect, turning misfortune into a blessing for Dugu Nian. Instead of being completely overtaken, she obtained a powerful cultivation that didn’t belong to her.

“Zither Demon Saint, Ten Thousand Strings Demon Girl,” Fang Lin murmured, his brow inadvertently furrowing.

“What?” Dugu Nian was somewhat puzzled.

Fang Lin looked at her and said, “The cultivation you possess should come from the Ten Thousand Strings Demon Girl of ancient times.”

PS: Third update, going to have lunch and then continue writing