From Fanwu to Xinghai

Chapter 61 The Pressure of Nascent Soul Transformation, Dimensional Awakening

Transformation Realm.

These two words, falling into the ears of the guards of Yanhuang Pass, were like a thunderclap exploding in their minds. That was a legendary realm, the pinnacle of the entire continent's cultivation civilization, a shore that mortals could never glimpse even after ten lifetimes of reincarnation. A Nascent Soul cultivator could cause mountains to crumble and the earth to split with a mere gesture, could reverse the flow of rivers with a single thought, and could single-handedly shake the rise and fall of a thousand-year-old sect.

Now, this being, who should only exist in ancient books and legends, stands without warning in the center of the city square of Yanhuang Pass. Wherever his cold gaze sweeps, even the howling sand and dust freeze.

"You, come with us."

The high-dimensional messenger's voice was so calm and even, as casually as instructing a servant to pour a cup of tea. But this seemingly insignificant sentence caused everyone present to momentarily freeze in their tracks.

Lin Chen's muscles tensed. He tried to move, but found his body as if it were encased in a vast expanse of ice. The pressure from the Nascent Soul Realm was a tangible mental crushing, like an invisible starry sky collapsing and pressing down on his spine. He couldn't even lift a finger, let alone circulate his spiritual energy to resist.

"You are the master of the Seed of Dimensions." The high-dimensional messenger took a step forward, the bluestone slab beneath his feet silently turning to dust. "Your existence violates the conservation laws of the low-dimensional universe and poses an irreversible threat to our order."

"A threat?" Lin Chen forced a smile, feeling as if he had swallowed a handful of sand. "I haven't even reached the Foundation Establishment stage yet. What threat could I possibly pose to you?"

The high-dimensional messenger ignored his questions. He simply raised his hand casually and gently clenched it in the void.

"Snap!"

The air crackled with an unbearable pressure. An invisible force materialized out of thin air, like the most resilient shackles, instantly binding Lin Chen's limbs and bones. This force was not only bone-chillingly cold, but also carried a suppressive force at the level of laws. Lin Chen was horrified to discover that his spiritual energy had completely stagnated, and even the Time River Imprint had dimmed and lost its responsiveness under this pressure.

"No!"

He instinctively tried to struggle, but his body was already uncontrollably lifted off the ground, drifting towards the higher-dimensional messenger. That feeling of powerlessness was like a withered blade of grass uprooted in a storm, left to the mercy of fate.

"Lin Chen!"

A piercing scream tore through the oppressive air. Su Wan's eyes widened in horror. Ignoring the excruciating pain coursing through her body, she lunged forward like a madwoman. She wasn't a cultivator, just a mortal woman, but at this moment, maternal instincts propelled her with astonishing speed, determined to catch her son before he was taken away.

"Ants."

The high-dimensional messenger didn't even lift his eyelids or turn around; he simply waved his sleeve impatiently.

"Bang!"

A gentle yet irresistible force struck Su Wan in the chest. She was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the thick city wall several dozen feet away. Bricks shattered, dust billowed, and a mouthful of blood gushed from the corner of her mouth, staining her clothes red.

"Mother!" Lin Chen roared, his voice trembling with sobs. His eyes were bloodshot, but he couldn't regain control of his body and was getting closer and closer to the high-dimensional messenger.

"Su Wan..." The high-dimensional envoy suddenly stopped moving. For the first time, a slight ripple appeared in his usually calm eyes as he locked onto the woman slumped against the city wall. "So it was you."

He ignored Lin Chen and walked towards Su Wan step by step, his steps strange, each step seeming to traverse a distance of space.

"Fragments of the dimensional ruler... were hidden here. It's like searching high and low without finding it."

Su Wan struggled to lift her head, wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth. Her once gentle eyes were now burning with an unprecedented, almost insane rage.

"You...know me?"

"Of course." The high-dimensional messenger strode up to her, looking down at her with the gaze of someone appraising a lost and recovered treasure. "Before the dimensional ruler fell, he scattered fragments of his consciousness into the myriad realms, and we have been searching for them for countless epochs. Unexpectedly, you have taken refuge in the body of an ant and even given birth to offspring. This is quite an interesting variable."

He leaned down slightly to meet Su Wan's gaze, his voice low yet chilling.

"How... pathetic. Once an unparalleled being who ruled over eleven dimensions, now only a remnant soul remains, clinging to a mortal body to eke out a living, and even developing such a ridiculous illusion of 'motherly love'."

Su Wan's pupils contracted sharply; the intense pain didn't stem from physical injuries, but from the torment of her soul. She stared intently at the high-dimensional messenger, asking each word slowly and deliberately, "What...what did you do to her?"

"Who?"

"Dimensional Ruler! My predecessor!"

The high-dimensional messenger let out a cryptic chuckle, a laugh filled with condescending pity and mockery.

"What do you think you are, this fragment?"

He crouched down, getting even closer, his breath almost touching Su Wan's face.

"No. You are just a shadow. A pitiful phantom formed by the last vestige of her obsession before her death, which accidentally possessed a mortal woman. Your so-called 'self' is nothing but a malformed code pieced together from remnants of emotional data."

"You're talking nonsense!" Su Wan roared, her voice hoarse from her injuries but carrying an unwavering force.

"Whether I'm a fragment of her, I know better than anyone!" She braced herself against the ground, her nails digging into the brickwork, struggling to her feet, though her body swayed precariously. "I watched him grow up, taught him to speak and read, taught him to take his first steps, watched him grow from an infant into the person he is today. These vivid memories are etched deep within my soul; how could they be anyone's illusion! I am Su Wan, I am Lin Chen's mother, this is my life, not anyone's fragment!"

The high-dimensional messenger's expression froze almost imperceptibly for a moment, seemingly not expecting such a strong will to erupt from this broken body.

"Interesting." He tilted his head, a hint of inquiry flashing in his eyes. "The emotions of ants are indeed surprisingly stubborn."

He reached out again, this time pointing his fingertips directly at Su Wan's brow, his movement as swift as lightning.

"Since you're so persistent, let me see for myself just how many real lies are hidden beneath your 'memory' facade."

A cold, analytical force of soul energy forcefully surged into Su Wan's sea of ​​consciousness.

Su Wan's pupils suddenly dilated. She clearly felt that someone was using a red-hot branding iron to roughly examine everything she cherished most.

The floodgates of memory were forcibly flung open, and the scenes flowed backward.

Let's go back to the day she "woke up".

At that time, she was a lost, lingering soul, drifting in the dark void, when she accidentally stumbled into the body of a recently deceased mortal woman. She didn't know who she was, or where she came from; the only thing she was clear about was a mission she had to fulfill: to wait. To wait for a child to be born, to wait for him to grow, to wait for him to awaken.

Time has lost its meaning.

One year, two years, five years, ten years...

She watched the baby cry in his swaddling clothes, learn to speak, watch him stumble and take his first steps, and watch him grow from a little boy into a tall and upright young man.

She taught him to read and write, to distinguish right from wrong, and to conduct himself in society. She encouraged him when he was frustrated and stayed by his side all night when he was sick.

In the endless waiting and companionship, she gradually lost sight of her origins and forgot her original mission.

All she knew was that she was Lin Chen's mother.

This is the entire meaning of her existence.

"I see." The high-dimensional messenger withdrew his finger, his tone returning to its previous indifference, as if what he had just witnessed was merely a boring drama. "It seems the remnant soul of the dimensional ruler is more complete than we anticipated, even producing an independent 'personality' illusion. This saves us a lot of trouble."

He turned around and stepped towards Lin Chen, who was suspended in mid-air and unable to move.

"But that doesn't matter. Whether you're a remnant soul or a phantom, you don't belong to this lower-dimensional universe. Your essence must return to its original place. Come back with us."

"Don't even think about it!"

Su Wan's voice suddenly became extremely sharp, no longer weak as before.

At the same time, a power that had been dormant deep within her body began to surge and churn violently. That power was ancient, cold, and vast, carrying an ancient pressure that surpassed all things, as if a giant beast that had slumbered for billions of years had suddenly opened its eyes.

It is not Su Wan's power, at least not entirely.

That is the primordial power of the dimensional ruler.

It is the authority belonging to the supreme being, sealed away for countless years.

The high-dimensional messenger abruptly stopped, the ground beneath his feet cracking inch by inch. He turned around abruptly, his face revealing undisguised vigilance and solemnity for the first time.

"you!"

"You say I am a remnant soul?" Su Wan's voice changed, becoming ethereal and otherworldly, as if it came from the other side of the endless void. Every syllable struck the depths of the souls of everyone present. "Then I will show you what a remnant soul can do."

Her pupils, originally pitch black, gradually transformed into a pure, dazzling gold.

That is the color of the Lord of Dimensions.

It is a symbol of existence that transcends all dimensional constraints and overlooks the rise and fall of all worlds.

"Buzz..."

There was no earth-shattering noise, only an invisible ripple spreading out from Su Wan in a quiet yet terrifying manner.

The ripples touched the high-dimensional messenger, who was caught off guard at the Nascent Soul stage. He groaned and staggered back three steps, leaving a huge pit in the ground beneath his feet before he could barely regain his footing!

The ripples swept over Bai Ying, and before she could even scream, she was sent flying dozens of feet away, crashing heavily onto the corner tower in the distance, her blood churning violently.

Ripples swept across all the guards on the city wall, and everyone felt an indescribable suffocation deep in their souls, as if an invisible hand was choking them. Those with lower cultivation levels even fainted directly.

Only Lin Chen.

He was in the eye of the storm, but what he felt was not devastating oppression, but an indescribable warmth and embrace.

It's like the sense of security you feel when you're a child, nestled in your mother's arms, or the gentle words of comfort you hear when you're hurt.

"Mother..." he murmured blankly, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.

Su Wan, or rather the will that was now in control of her body, slowly turned her head to look at Lin Chen.

Her face still resembled Su Wan's, but her golden eyes contained far too many complex emotions: a deep tenderness, profound sorrow, a resolute determination to die, and endless resentment.

"Child." That ethereal voice resonated in Lin Chen's mind, drowning out all the noise of the world, "I'm sorry."

"Mother?"

"Mother, I can't stay with you anymore."

Before she could finish speaking, the golden light surrounding Su Wan surged, transforming into a dazzling pillar of light that shot straight into the sky, illuminating the entire Yanhuang Pass as if it were daytime. Before the high-dimensional envoy could intervene in a fit of shock and rage, the pillar of light, carrying Su Wan's remains and the gentle yet resolute look she left for Lin Chen, ruthlessly tore through space and vanished before everyone's eyes.

All that remained was a scene of utter devastation, and the lingering echoes of a supreme being still carried on the wind.

Lin Chen hung in mid-air, gazing at the empty sky, and finally let out a heart-wrenching scream.

"mother!"