Last time, because Lin Yi was late to the small plane by sixty years, a catastrophic disaster struck directly within that small plane.
The sky cracked open, and the human world was overwhelmed with floods, earthquakes, thunderstorms... and other natural disasters.
Latterly, as revealed by the System, it was essential for the master to check on the small plane daily to maintain stability; otherwise, the plane would face imminent collapse.
For Lin Yi, it was a matter of visiting daily, but within the small plane, 240 years had already passed—a very long time, during which anything could happen.
Indeed, Lin Yi had grand ambitions for this small plane.
Though called a small plane, its nature was of a realm even more expansive than Soul Land, with a higher level of martial power, and all its inhabitants would unconditionally obey Lin Yi's words.
Most important, with Lin Yi's permission, the people within this small plane could come and go freely!
The future would not be confined merely to Soul Land; Lin Yi might also travel to other worlds. There, the ease he enjoyed in Soul Land might not translate to invincibility elsewhere. But controlling a high-level plane would secure his undefeated position anywhere he went.
That would be the power of an entire plane!
Today, according to the agreement, he went to the small plane on time. There should be no repeat of the previous collapse, and Lin Yi suddenly wanted to laugh. He never expected that as a divine being, he would have to clock in to his plane on schedule, marking his presence almost like he was reporting for a job.
"I'm going to a place where I'll be back in the blink of an eye."
Lin Yi said to Poseissi and Tang Wutong, who was sitting on top of a pet egg.
"Yes, Master."
"Um-hmm, Master, go with peace of mind."
Lin Yi closed his eyes, his consciousness delved into his mind, his body flickered with light, and when he reopened his eyes, he was already inside the small plane.
Just as he was about to clock in on time, expecting harmony... What the hell!
Damn it!
What happened...
Lin Yi floated midair and observed the entire sky enveloped by a grey haze; ash occasionally drifted through the air, carrying a scent of charred remains.
Before him in the heavens, a purple-black portal emerged, with a beam of the same colour striking straight down to the ground.
This exceedingly thin beam connected the heavens and the earth, seemingly the sole remaining link between them.
And the human world was nothing but a hellish scene below.
The ground scorched black, buildings collapsed, bones littered the ground, heaps of debris...
Just then, a sight five kilometers away caught Lin Yi's attention; in this realm, he was a true god, omnipotent, so Senrigan was merely one of his most basic abilities.
"Bang!"
A sonic boom echoed through the air, and Lin Yi vanished from where he was, appearing in a blink of an eye at the location where he had detected the anomaly.
Floating in midair, Lin Yi looked down, his expression one of shock.
Below him was a massive trench dug by human effort, approximately three kilometers long and only fifty meters wide, filled with statues of Lin Yi himself!
There had to be thousands of these statues, packed densely within the trench!
Countless commoners wielding shovels alongside the trench shoveled dirt onto the statues with numb expressions, like soulless zombies.
Why bury my statues?
Lin Yi frowned, gestured with his hand, and suddenly a young man was lifted into the air in front of him.
Lin Yi directly accessed the memories stored in the young man's bloodline.
The memory actually goes back to the generation before his ancestor's ancestor started?!
About 230 years ago, ten years after Lin Yi left the minor plane, a rift in the sky that he had mended suddenly cracked open again, revealing a pitch-black orifice, and a purple-black beam of light quickly descended from the opening.
During the process, there were no natural disasters; the beam of light merely inserted itself silently into the ground.
This phenomenon immediately attracted the Immortals from the southeast, northwest, and all directions to research, but the power of the light pillar was far beyond their reach. As soon as they got close, they would be repelled.
Thus, peace reigned for another ten years, during which a cocoon was gradually nurtured within the light pillar.
Another five years passed, and the cocoon hatched, releasing a man who walked out from within.
Lin Yi's eyes widened at the sight, because the man looked exactly like him!
This man seemed to be the culprit responsible for transforming the minor plane into its current state!
Lin Yi threw the amnesic youth back and teleported to the peak of a mountain.
He needed to have the System analyze the situation first.
"Tell me, who is that man?"
[Analyzing… Analysis complete.]
[240 years ago, the rift in the sky caused by various coincidences reopened despite being mended by the host's power. The will to cause the continent's ruin successfully merged with a part of the host's power and descended onto the continent, jointly nurturing a cocoon.]
[The man who emerged from the cocoon possessed a minuscule portion of the host's power, which is why he shares a likeness with the host. However, his thoughts are composed of the will for destruction, and his desires are to enslave the continent before ultimately destroying it.]
"Heh, can my own plane actually give birth to a little villain like this?"
Lin Yi was nearly amused to laughter.
Soon, he thought of his four children, and his expression grew more solemn. These four were quite important to him, equivalent to his representatives in this plane.
"How are the four of them?"
[Retrieving plot… Retrieval complete.]
[The Immortals from all four directions, mistaking the Pupa Person for the host, treated him warmly. The Immortal from the Northern Continent—Empress Lin Jingyue—went so far as to let the Pupa Person take her Emperor's throne, command the army, and receive the reverence of the people.]
[But as days passed, the Pirate Empress was the first to notice something off about the "Ancestral Patriarch." She discussed it secretly with the other three, but was discovered by the Pupa Person. To protect his three sisters, the Eastern Continent Immortal Lin Dingtian was killed on the spot. His cultivation was drained and he turned to ashes.]
"What?!"
Lin Yi's eyes widened; he hadn't expected that one of his four children had already died…
He sat somewhat dazed on a rock, clenched his fist silently. He'd thought it was a minor issue but had not expected it to lead to someone's death… and it was one of the most important of his children's deaths, at that!
"And the other three?"
Lin Yi asked urgently, remembering what his three daughters were like.
Gentle and uncontentious, the second elder Lin Shuping.
Haughty and outspoken, the third elder Lin Yuejiao.
The most mischievous yet secretly harboring a heart concerned with the world's populace, the fourth elder and Pirate Empress, Lin Jingyue.
Lin Yi had seen them just a day ago, yet to them, it had been 240 years since they last saw Lin Yi.
He clenched his fist silently, not expecting that one mistake could have led to the current situation.
This Pupa Person, heh, the will for destruction?
Do you not know who the true master of this continent is?