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Chapter 1454: A Battle to the Death

The ancient scroll was naturally the Emperor of the Dead’s Destiny-level magic treasure, the Life and Death Book.

Earlier, in his fight against Lin Feng, the Emperor of the Dead was severely injured and this treasure was damaged by Lin Feng too. It was almost destroyed and its power was massively depleted. It was not easy to bring it back to life and it appeared to be in an extremely sorry state right now.

However, in the Emperor of the Dead’s hand, the Life and Death Book started to give off an intense light.

Rays after rays of light shot out from it. They crisscrossed in the void and turned into a gray world, which was both dark and deathly silent.

The Emperor of the Dead’s Immortal Soul form started to shine with a bright light that was neither black nor white. The light then engulfed the world formed by the Life and Death Book, devouring it.

A black-and-white wheel that spun non-stop appeared on top of the Emperor of the Dead’s head. The Emperor of the Dead reached out with one hand and grabbed the frame of the wheel, instantly causing it to slow down.

As the wheel started to slow, the sky started to tremble even more violently.

Hundreds of thousands of rays of light started to pulsate in the sky in the Spirit Sea. The light flashed and spun non-stop.

The many rays of light split into two main rays of light, each of which was formed from thousands of smaller ones. They came together and fused into a majestic scene. The eye-dazzling belt of light pierced through the sky and Shi Tianhao’s Celestial Sky Formation easily.

The two rays of powerful light revealed a specific color each. One was black and the other was white. They looked as real as they possibly can be.

As the black light flashed, it revealed the principle of death. Tens of thousands of different scenes appeared and they all approached an inevitable death. On the other hand, the white light revealed a powerful life energy. It seemed to nourish the tens of thousands of living things.

The two rays of light were like two rivers in the sky. They dashed through the void and then, they concentrated at the center of the Emperor of the Dead’s wheel from two separate directions.

In the center of the wheel, where the black light intersected with the white light, a powerful attractive force could be sensed as it swept everything up.

Much of Wang Lin’s power was absorbed into it. Even the spiritual energy in the surrounding environment was absorbed into it. The Celestial Sky Formation too could not resist its pull.

Shi Tianhao, who had been helping Wang Lin to secure the perimeter, suddenly appeared. He floated in the sky too. His gaze burned brightly as he looked at the Emperor of the Dead.

He could clearly sense that the Emperor of Dead’s attack this time was not something to be underestimated. His Third Senior did not have a magic treasure on him and hence, his situation right now was rather perilous.

Wang Lin’s white hair flapped in the air. He looked expressionlessly at the scene before him. At the moment, he remained unmoving at his original position. However, his five other forms all flew uncontrollably toward the center of the cycle of life and death.

The Emperor of the Dead looked at Wang Lin and said quietly, “You understand the principles of life and death too. Today, we shall enter the samsara and who shall live and who shall die.”

With that, he jumped into the air and was sucked into the center of the wheel too.

It was not so much of being sucked into it as a deliberate choice by the Emperor of the Dead to jump right in!

As the Emperor of the Dead entered, the wheel started to spin once more. The two powerful rays of light, one black and one white, which directed the flow of everything in the Spirit Sea, started to spin as well.

The wheel became bigger and bigger and soon, it enveloped the entire heaven and earth and filled all corners of it. It was like the true home of everything in the world.

As the wheel spun faster and faster, its attractive powers became stronger and stronger. Soon, Wang Lin was dragged into it too.

Wang Lin’s expression was calm. A slight smile crept up near the side of his mouth.

Shi Tianhao stood above the City in the Sky and descended down from the sky. The Great Heavenly Wheel was held high above his head and he was like a heavenly being that supported the heaven and earth.

As he descended, the cycle of life and death slowed slightly.

“Third Senior?” Shi Tianhao looked at Wang Lin, who shook his head and said, “He intends to die and come back to life again. He wanted to fight me in the samsara to determine who shall live and who shall die.”

“With you at the side, even if he does manage to kill me inside, he’ll find it hard to escape.”

“When we enter the samsara, there’s a better chance for him. If he doesn’t enter and all you do is to suppress him from outside, it is possible for him to leave the Life and Death Book behind and then, he can escape with the power of the samsara.”

Wang Lin explained the situation to Shi Tianhao, “While this is another round of life and death, all his efforts from his rebirth this time will be in vain. All his powers will be gone and no one knows when will he wake up once more. However, since he chooses to do that, he must have a plan.”

As he said that, Wang Lin took a step forward toward the life and death cycle. He was calm and his tone was neutral as he said, “With master, with us, he will have no chance. However, this time, I don’t want to let him go. His constant rebirth is getting annoying.”

“I know that he is trying to goad me into a fight inside the cycle of life and death. However, does he really think that no one can kill him?”

“He was severely injured by master and he did not even dare to fight me. What else can I say?”

Shi Tianhao’s gaze fell onto the Samsara of Life and Death and said in a low voice, “Third Senior, both you and that ba*tard are familiar with the principles of life and death. If you don’t enter the samsara, it will be difficult to kill each other. However, by entering it, all forms of rebirth spells will be ineffective. Death inside is permanent.”

Wang Lin’s five other forms represented the five lives that he had under normal circumstances. Barring exceptional circumstances, as long as his five forms were separate, it was nearly impossible to kill him.

The Life Substitution Heavenly Pill was ineffective on him. However, Wang Lin still had his Extreme Dao Nirvana and the third finger of his Celestial Finger of Styx, the Finger of Rebirth. He also knew the rebirth and samsara spells from the Samsara Sect and the Emperor of the Dead.

Even if he could not use these spells, Wang Lin’s rebirth techniques were diverse indeed.

Under this circumstance, it was not wise to battle the Emperor of the Dead in the Life and Death Samsara.

The situation right now was beneficial to the Celestial Sect of Wonders and the Emperor of the Dead was in full retreat, having been severely injured by them. In the future, it was unlikely that he could do much anymore.

Furthermore, by entering the samsara, it meant that he was forgoing everything that he had. Even if he returned in the future, he would pose no big threat.

This was the decision that the Emperor of the Dead undertook. He sacrificed what was unimaginable to most people for a chance to live.

If I dared to make such a sacrifice, would you have the courage and determination to kill me?

If you dare to pursue me into the samsara, then I would battle you to see who would remain in the samsara forever.

Wang Lin’s reply was to accept the challenge!

He arrived before the Life and Death Samsara. As he performed spells with his hands, runes started to solidify in the sky. Then, they descended onto Shi Tianhao.

Shi Tianhao reached out with his hands, allowing the runes to fall onto his palm. They then carved themselves on his palm.

The Emperor of the Dead combined himself with his Life and Death Book. Once he entered, he could not come out from it. Even if Wang Lin and Shi Tianhao did not pursue him, the only way for him to escape from it would be too enter the world of the dead and wait for rebirth.

Wang Lin wanted to enter to kill the Emperor of the Dead. This did not mean that he wanted to die with him. Naturally, he had to create the conditions for him to escape after his victory.

Of course, if he died at the hands of the Emperor of the Dead, then the preparations would have been for nothing.

Shi Tianhao looked at Wang Lin and did not try to stop him. He had enough faith in Wang Lin’s decision.

“Third Senior, I wish you every success,” said Shi Tianhao slowly. When Wang Lin heard that, he stopped, turned around and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon. Don’t fall asleep here.”

Shi Tianhao smiled and said, “That depends on how fast you are.”

Wang Lin said nothing but he jumped, along with his many other forms, into the black-and-white whirlpool that was the Life and Death Samsara.

When he entered, the whirlpool slowed momentarily.

This was because Wang Lin’s entrance stabilized the cycle of Life and Death. It was able to lessen the suppression by the Life and Death Samsara and obtain some relief.

This was a full-on battle to the death, the likes of which had never been seen before in the Grand Celestial World.

This battle of life and death would also determine who was the true ruler of the Netherworld, the master of life and death!

During that battle of life and death, their opponents would not just be each other. It would be their past, future and even their mortal selves.

Shi Tianhao sat cross-legged above the City in the Sky. The Supreme Heavenly Wheel spun non-stop above his head and the Celestial Sky Formation was already retracted, taking the shape of Twelve Divine Generals. They landed behind Shi Tianhao and stood in the City in the Sky.

Shi Tianhao placed his head on his hand and looked into the black-and-white whirlpool. He was silent for a long while.

The Spirit Sea currently flashed with many rays of light. Space in the Spirit Sea was turbulent and one could hear loud cries.

The others side looked remarkably close and far at the same time. There, an independent gray world stood.

This was where the tear into the Death Sea was. It formed an independent space and Lin Feng, the Great Void Sect, and the Cosmic Marble Buddha were all inside. At this moment, it was silent. However, the entire Spirit Sea could feel its powerful suppression.

Shi Tianhao did not care. He had even more faith in his master than his Third Senior, or even himself.

A long time passed, but it also felt like an instance.

Suddenly, Shi Tianhao’s gaze flashed. He noticed that the black-and-white whirlpool suddenly trembling extremely violently as it spun.

Other than that, rays of dark light shot out from it!

The light seemed endless as it covered everywhere in the sky.

The source of the light was the black-and-white whirlpool, which then started to turn in the other direction. Then, the light quickly went back to the center of the whirlpool.

The two black and white rays in the Spirit Sea, under its direction, started to enter it too.