Chapter 4251: Today, I Grant You Death
The Ferry of Tribulation (Du'e Zhou) returned to the Fifth Generation Heavenly Void Palace, flying directly into the central Heavenly Void Tower. Fifth opened the gate, allowing Lin Moyu inside.
On the ninth floor, Lin Moyu disembarked from the ferry and entered the area under Fifth's control.
"Did you gain anything, Daoist?" Fifth's voice was low, clearly suppressing an urgent longing inside.
Lin Moyu now understood well what he yearned for: transcendence, escape from the shackles of the Heavenly Void Land, and true freedom.
Yet, given his identity, that would be difficult to realize. So he was desperate for information about the other Heavenly Void Palaces, especially the First Generation Palace, hoping to find a chance for himself there.
Naturally, Lin Moyu would not reveal the matter of the Heavenly Void Son to him. He calmly recited the explanation he'd already prepared: "The Fourth Generation Palace was based on the power of the five elements. It's now collapsed the five elements inside are in chaos. I flew a circle through it with the ferry, and found nothing."
Fifth immediately asked, "What about the central main hall?"
Lin Moyu shook his head, "Collapsed, just ruins left. I checked it, but there was nothing."
"The Third Palace was based on the power of yin and yang. The palace master back then used yin and yang to evolve the domain I could sense the domain was powerful. But, unfortunately, it too is gone, with nothing remaining."
"As for the Second Palace, it imitated chaotic qi stronger than the Third Palace, but it's collapsed as well, though it left behind a plaque."
Fifth cut him off, "What kind of plaque?"
Lin Moyu took out the plaque from the Heavenly Void Son. This was the plaque that seemed like a memorial tablet, but wasn't the three characters for 'Heavenly Void Son Honor' once glimmered at the top, but now only the last two remain.
Fifth accepted the plaque, studying it for some time his gaze heavy and somber.
Lin Moyu knew this was normal. The plaque belonged to the Heavenly Void Son, carrying his aura, and Fifth, as one nurtured by the evolutionary process of the Heavenly Void Palace, traced his root to the Heavenly Void Son.
The aura on the plaque was as if seeing his own ancestor understandably mixed feelings.
Without waiting for Lin Moyu's permission, Fifth put the plaque away. "And did you finally visit the First Heavenly Void Palace? Was there anything there?"
Lin Moyu replied, "The First Palace hasn't collapsed, but inside there's nothing just a statue."
"What statue?" Fifth probed.
Lin Moyu answered, "The same kind as inside the Ferry of Tribulation. Surely senior has seen it?"
Fifth nodded. He had indeed seen that statue in the ferry, though he didn't have the Calamity Scepter and didn't know who it represented.
"Did you see anything else, Daoist?" He pressed, clearly hoping for more information.
Lin Moyu shook his head. "That's all, senior. I don't know if it's any help to you?"
Fifth said, "It appears things aren't as I imagined. Each generation of the Heavenly Void Palace erases the last such is fate, unchangeable. Perhaps the ferry is still a slim hope, but it's so hard to fully refine even just the central region is difficult."
"And to think you, Daoist, managed to erase my brand from the ferry. That means you have refined the central region completely."
As he spoke, Fifth's tone grew lower and lower, and at last boomed like thunder.
The intonation had changed there was now a clear hostility toward Lin Moyu.
Clearly, Lin Moyu's erasure of Fifth's soul mark within the ferry had filled him with resentment.
This meant Lin Moyu was now the ferry's sole controller the item that once belonged to Fifth had been seized.
Fifth didn't say it directly, but he'd stopped pretending altogether.
A surge of great power swept in from all sides, encasing the Ferry in layers and blocking all routes of retreat.
Lin Moyu said, "Senior, you're planning to take back the ferry by force, aren't you?"
Fifth replied, "Tell me how you refined the Ferry of Tribulation, and everything you saw and learned inside it. Do that, and I'll spare you."
The ferry was unusual Fifth could never fully master it, able only to leave a mark buried in the central region, at most being one 'controller.' Kunlun Emperor, less powerful, left a shallower mark but also counted as a controller. Fifth had tolerated it because he hoped Kunlun Emperor would travel the domain for him.
But what Kunlun Emperor learned from inside the ferry was limited Fifth never realized that Lin Moyu would be able to fully refine the vessel, doing so while in other Heavenly Void Palaces and thus escaping Fifth's senses. Not until Lin Moyu returned, did he know.
Now, he urgently wanted to know just how Lin Moyu had refined the ferry, and what secret knowledge he had gleaned within.
Lin Moyu said, "Are you really resolved to use force?"
Fifth's brow furrowed he sensed something was off.
Lin Moyu continued: "Ever since we met, one out of every ten things you've said was a lie. With so much truth and falsity mixed, have you considered I could lie too?"
Fifth's voice grew cold: "What did you really see?!"
Lin Moyu said, "Originally I didn't intend to fight; after all, a certain senior once said he wanted to destroy not only bodies, but also hope, and liked to play with his prey a bit longer."
"But since you're determined to take the ferry from me, you can't blame me for what comes next."
When Lin Moyu spoke the words "Heavenly Void Son," Fifth blew up in sudden shock and rage.
Just then, the plaque in his hand flared to life, unleashing a mighty force that sealed all directions, cutting everything off.
Fifth's expression changed dramatically. "What did you do?!"
In this moment, his bond with the Heavenly Void Palace was utterly severed he had lost all power over the palace.
At the same time, the connection to his true form snapped as well. Fifth was now nothing but a true remnant soul, without any backup at all.
This wasn't something an ordinary person could manage though Fifth was only a remnant, he was at least Chaos Realm level.
The plaque glowed, the three characters "Heavenly Void Son" floating across its surface.
Lin Moyu now clearly understood: this plaque was a Chaos Domain Lord's Token. It was an artifact condensed by a Perfection Chaos Realm powerhouse using the power of his own domain it could channel great power and serve as a vessel for force.
When evolving the Second Gen Palace, Heavenly Void Son had used this token as a focal link, providing power to aid the palace's birth.
Originally, Heavenly Void Son had wanted to see how far Fifth would go, giving a glimmer of hope, only to later destroy it psychological torment as the final blow.
But Lin Moyu saw no reason to let dreams fester he decided in the end to lure and kill him.
If Fifth did nothing, then let Heavenly Void Son toy with him; if he made a move, then he would be slain.
Of course, this was only the end of the avatar for his true body, that would be Lin Moyu's concern.
From the Chaos Domain Lord's Token, Heavenly Void Son's voice rang out: "You are a child I nurtured, yet you gave in to selfishness and dared to betray. Today, I grant you death."
A titanic hand reached from the plaque, grabbing at Fifth. Despite his great power, Fifth was as helpless as a child before it unable even to resist.
It was a fundamental suppression he simply had no power left to fight.
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