“The Pavilion Master flatters me.” Lin Yun replied with a smile.
Next, Lin Yun only needed to wait quietly.
At the same time, he remained on guard, watching for any unusual movements from the Dao Alliance or the six major powers.
Most spectators at the venue had not left. Everyone continued their heated discussions.
“The Dao Alliance has never publicly announced Lin Yun joining them. The Dao Alliance has never openly stated they would protect him. Could it be that… the Dao Alliance failed to reach an agreement with him?”
“If the Dao Alliance does not protect him, once he emerges from the Chaos Realm, he will surely face retaliation from the Heavenly Fire Divine Temple, the Underworld Palace, and the Blood Moon Alliance!”
…
At the Dao Alliance headquarters.
When the Dao Alliance Master saw Lin Yun claim the championship, his expression also looked rather grim.
Last night, the Great Elder of the Void Clan and the others had approached Lin Yun at the Dao Alliance Master’s instigation.
He naturally already knew that Lin Yun had refused to throw the match and refused to join the Dao Alliance.
The Dao Alliance Master had originally thought Lin Yun would most likely come around and choose one of the two conditions.
He had not expected Lin Yun to truly dare to reject both!
“He is indeed a dazzling talent, yet he is completely unwilling to join our Dao Alliance. He has chosen a path to death.” The Dao Alliance Master shook his head.
…
Back in the Ancestral Heart Realm, on the Chaos Square.
After Lin Yun had waited for half an hour, winds rose and clouds surged above the square. Then, a pitch-black rift slowly appeared.
“It has finally come!”
Lin Yun took a deep breath before charging fiercely towards the spatial rift.
The Dao Alliance and the six major powers showed no unusual activity for the moment. They did not stop Lin Yun from entering the spatial rift.
After all, the rules of the Peak Tournament were known throughout the world.
If the Dao Alliance interfered, with so many cultivators present, where would the Dao Alliance’s face and reputation stand?
The six major powers also found it inconvenient to act and block him. If they did, how would the spot be calculated? Give it to the runner-up Ji Gu? That would bring no benefit to the six major powers either.
Moreover, even if they tried to stop him, none of their supreme experts had come. Given Lin Yun’s strength, they might not even succeed in blocking him. On the contrary, acting would completely shatter the original rules of the Peak Tournament.
No one wanted to be the first to move and bear the stigma of destroying the Peak Tournament rules.
They could only wait for the next tournament to compete again.
“Lin Yun, when you emerge from the Chaos Realm, prepare to face the retaliation of our Heavenly Fire Divine Temple, as well as that of the Underworld Palace and Blood Moon Alliance! The moment you come out will be your doom! We will guard here and wait for you to emerge!”
The Great Elder of the Heavenly Fire Divine Temple shouted sternly at Lin Yun’s retreating back.
After Lin Yun entered the spatial rift, the rift swiftly vanished.
The venue plunged into even more intense discussion, because the Heavenly Fire Divine Temple had just declared that they would retaliate against Lin Yun once he emerged.
A small portion of people began to disperse, as the Peak Tournament had already concluded.
However, around seventy percent chose to stay. Everyone wanted to see how this champion, Lin Yun, would handle the retaliation from the Heavenly Fire Divine Temple, Underworld Palace, and Blood Moon Alliance when he returned.
Many knew that time flowed differently between the Chaos Realm and here. Lin Yun would emerge after three months. Every previous Peak Tournament champion had come out after three months.
Of course, while three months passed here, most people did not know how much time would elapse inside the Chaos Realm.
After discussing among themselves, the teams from the various Dao Alliance forces also chose to remain temporarily and observe how events would unfold.
…
On the other side.
After Lin Yun entered the rift, countless lights flashed before his eyes.
A full half hour later, the surrounding lights dissipated.
Lin Yun opened his eyes and found himself in a very peculiar place.
Everything around him was a blurred scene.
There was no sand or stone, no mountains or rivers, no life or plants. Only endless nothingness.
“So this is the Chaos Realm.” Lin Yun murmured.
He then tried to release his divine sense to probe the surroundings.
Yet Lin Yun discovered that his divine sense could not extend outward at all here.
Divine sense probing was completely ineffective in this place!
There were no rules governing the operation of any world. Everything visible was just a blurred mass.
Even heaven and earth were fused together, completely tangled into one. This state was true chaos.
Being here, Lin Yun truly felt an extraordinary wonder.
Perhaps before any world formed, everything was like this.
Perhaps, billions of years from now, a world would evolve here as well.
