Chapter 362: Heaven's Will is Like a Knife
The stone boat had been floating upward in the deep sea for an unknown amount of time.
The gloomy water pressure gradually lightened, and the surrounding seawater changed from ink-blue to deep blue, then gradually became dyed with a layer of jade-like transparency.
Lin Wan stood at the bow of the boat, able to feel the water flow above her head becoming lighter and faster, as if urging something.
Suddenly—
"Crash!"
The bow of the boat took the lead in breaking through the water surface, bringing up a silver-bright water curtain.
The light of the sky poured down like a waterfall.
In that instant, the entire world seemed to be re-illuminated.
The azure sea surface parted on both sides of the hull, and the splashed water droplets froze in the air, each drop refracting seven-colored radiance.
Sunlight penetrated the water mist, outlining a small rainbow in front of the bow.
Lin Wan's hair was brushed up by the sea breeze, carrying a slightly salty moisture. She took a deep breath; the long-lost sky extended infinitely above her head, pure without a single cloud.
The seawater behind quickly closed up, leaving only circles of ripples spreading into the distance.
The stone boat finally completely floated out of the water surface; where the bottom of the boat met the seawater, fine white foam rose up, like a trail studded with pearls.
Looking into the distance, the place where the sea and sky met was a perfect arc. There was no land, no birds, only the eternal sea and sky, blue purely, blue intoxicatingly.
At this moment, it was as if the noise of the entire world had been filtered by the seawater, leaving only the most primitive tranquility and magnificence.
The sea surface was calm as a mirror, reflecting the equally clear sky; the boundary was almost indistinguishable where water and sky met.
A gentle breeze brushed past, raising fine ripples that shimmered with fragmented golden light under the sunlight.
However, Lin Wan soon recovered from this rare beautiful scenery. She calculated with her fingers, and then her brows suddenly knitted tightly—
"This place... is actually not the Lower World."
Looking around, her divine sense spread out like a tide.
Above ten thousand miles of blue waves, not a single piece of land could be seen, not a single flying bird, only the eternal waves gently swaying.
Recalling the dilapidated Dragon Palace at the bottom of the sea, Lin Wan understood in her heart: a remnant world formed after the East Sea shattered during the Primordial Era...
Crossing the Sea Eye, she had actually been teleported here.
She looked back at the old man still on the stone boat, then her figure flashed, going straight up to the nine heavens.
At an altitude of one hundred thousand meters, she still could not touch the end of the sky.
Looking down at her feet, a pure azure planet floated in the void, just like a flawless sapphire. Below the seawater, the outlines of winding mountains were faintly visible, but not an inch of land emerged from the water.
"A nearly complete Small Thousand World... should one say it is worthy of being a fragment of the Primordial?" A trace of amazement flashed in Lin Wan's eyes. "It is a pity there is only the sea."
She suddenly had a thought—
The Spirit World was vast, but it had no true ocean; this world was extensive, but it had no land at all.
If the two worlds could merge... the distance for the Spirit World to become a true Small Thousand World would probably shrink drastically.
Once this thought arose, Lin Wan immediately tried to communicate with the Spirit World.
To her surprise, she was actually able to sense the location of the Spirit World.
In other words, this idea even had the possibility of success, and if it could succeed... her gaze fell upon the old man on the stone boat below.
Once the two worlds merged, not only could she use the Spirit World as a springboard to return to the Lower World, but she could also bring this eccentric old man back.
...
The stone boat gently swayed on the sea surface, and Lin Wan stood quietly at the bow, her robes brushed by the sea breeze.
She stared at this boundless azure, weighing the pros and cons in her heart.
If this nearly complete remnant world of the East Sea could be integrated into the Spirit World, it would completely supplement the missing Water Element Laws of the Spirit World, and the evolution speed of the Spirit World would increase several times because of it.
But what about the cost?
Lin Wan's fingertips unconsciously rubbed the ship's side, and the rough wood grain scraped across her finger pads.
Torrential floods would sweep through the Spirit World, and those cities and villages in low-lying areas would be swallowed by huge waves in an instant.
Countless mortals would be swept into the bottomless abyss before they could react. Farmlands, houses, livestock—everything would be torn apart by the violent seawater.
Even more frightening was that this sea likely harbored ancient aquatic tribes.
She thought of the ruins of the East Sea Dragon Palace, those exquisitely carved pillars, those floating bronze lamps—this was once a glorious civilization.
If any dragon descendants really survived, what kind of bloodshed would their collision with the living beings of the Spirit World stir up?
"But... the benefits are really too great..."
Lin Wan sighed softly, her voice dissipating in the sea breeze.
Yes, the benefits far outweighed the disadvantages.
The Spirit World would become complete because of this, evolving a true cycle of heaven and earth.
But what about those mortals?
Her divine sense seemed to penetrate the void, seeing the scenes in the Spirit World—
Farmers wiping sweat on field ridges, children playing by the stream, women leaning against the door gazing at returning people... these ordinary lives would face a catastrophe under her one decision.
The sea breeze suddenly became biting, blowing apart her hair.
Lin Wan suddenly had an enlightenment—
Is this the Heavenly Dao?
Ruthless, yet perfectly just.
Like a sharp knife, cutting off all indecision.
It would not stop because of the cries of a village, nor hesitate because of a child's tears.
It only moved forward silently, crushing all obstacles, just to achieve a grander pattern.
And at this moment, was she not acting on behalf of Heaven?
Lin Wan lowered her head to look at her palm; the palm lines were clearly visible under the sunlight. Those intertwined lines were like the veins of fate, extending toward the unknown distance.
"This is... Heaven's Will is Like a Knife."
The Heavenly Dao is like this, and the Immortal Dao is also like this.
The waves gently slapped the hull, making a rhythmic sound, like some ancient rhythm.
Lin Wan's eyes gradually became firm.
She slowly raised her hand, condensing a strand of immortal light at her fingertips.
The light was weak at first, then became brighter and brighter, finally turning into a brilliant pillar of light that rushed straight into the sky.
Where the light pillar passed, the void began to tremble, and the outline of the Spirit World faintly emerged.
The barriers of the two worlds were slowly loosening under her will.
The sea surface suddenly became violent, and huge waves soared into the sky, as if resisting the impending drastic change.
Lin Wan stood on the crest of the waves, her robes fluttering in the wind.
There was no more hesitation in her eyes, only a clear determination.
Soon, in the sky above, an invisible barrier was slowly melting away.
As the Lord of the Spirit World, she could clearly feel every tremor of the two worlds' barriers.
"Boom—"
A dull loud noise came from the depths of the void, like the thunder when heaven and earth first opened.
The sky at the edge of the Spirit World began to distort, and the originally clear sky cracked open a pitch-black gap.
The gap was only a line at first, then expanded rapidly, like a wound torn open by an invisible hand.
Through the crack, another azure world was faintly visible—that was the ocean of the East Sea Remnant World, vast and boundless, with turbulent waves.
Lin Wan took a deep breath, and the immortal light at her fingertips became even more intense.
She had to carefully control the speed and scope of the fusion.
This sea area was too huge; if it poured in all at once, the Heavenly Dao Laws of the Spirit World would probably collapse instantly.
"Stabilize!"
She gave a soft shout, pressing her hands down suddenly.
The expansion of the gap stopped abruptly, stabilizing at a size of a thousand zhang in circumference.
The next moment—
"Crash!"
Endless seawater poured down from the crack, like the Milky Way hanging upside down.
That seawater was not the usual blue, but glowed with a faint green light, and every drop contained the ancient East Sea Dao Rhyme.
They fell from high altitude, forming a waterfall that reached the sky and earth at the edge of the Spirit World, and the roar was deafening.
Lin Wan's divine sense enveloped the entire Spirit World, and she could feel:
In the edge area of the Spirit World, dry riverbeds began to be filled with seawater;
At the edge of the barren desert, the moist sea breeze brushed past, bringing a salty scent;
Even the Heavenly Dao Laws of the Spirit World were trembling slightly, beginning to accept this strange power.
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