Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Lin Wu then went on to tell them about the shadow calamity and how he had sensed its presence in the world as well. He also told them that Wang Xiong knew about it as well and that the two of them were working towards making sure that something like that would not happen.

Of course when Lin Wu had told this to Wang Xiong back then, it had pretty much just been a lie. But now that he had fought the skull god, Lin Wu knew that it wasn't really false either.

Lin Wu knew that the Skull god was here for the Taiji Celestial's inheritance as well and had gotten the 'Hei' aspect of Taiji celestial. The Skull god and the shadow calamity were rather similar and the Skull god himself had done this by taking on the aspects of the Shadow calamity when he had found a weakened seed of it.

Lin Wu guessed that if there was one such Skull god, there were probably others that had gotten the inheritance of either the shadow calamity or the Taiji celestials inheritance as well.

There was bound to be someone that would try to get the other inheritances as well. Especially the Skull god himself. Lin Wu had only gotten rid of a single Avatar of the Skull God and thus he was not sure if there would others that he might send or if he would come here on his own if the time so arrived.

'Even with the restriction that he has from the guardian beasts, I wouldn't be too sure of it. This world already is not fully protected since it only has three statues and not all four. While we don't know if that is enough or not, and if Zhu Tianying's presence would be any help, it would be better to assume that there would be an attack incoming.

I best be prepared, not going to let go of this world so easily.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

~THUD~

Xiaoge and Jun sat down in shock after hearing all that.

"Such danger… the people of our world are just blind aren't they?" Jun spoke.

"They aren't blind, just ignorant. And they aren't fully to blame either." Lin Wu answered.

"What do you mean senior?" Xiaoge asked.

"Have you two heard of what happened in the west? The great flames of the Dread Coil Marsh and the fall of the Jiao Dian city?" Lin Wu questioned.

"You know about it senior?" Jun asked in surprised.

"Of course I do." Lin Wu replied. "Who do you think they were caused by?"

Hearing this, the eyes of Jun and Xiaoge went wide.

"You mean… they were done by you?" Jun asked feeling shocked.

"No, no… that wasn't me. But rather another ally of mine. And why do you think something like that was done?" Lin Wu asked further.

"The… Shadow calamity?" Xiaoge asked.

"Indeed. Or rather one of the pawns of the shadow calamity. You two have already seen how it can corrupt others right? This pawn was the same. He was called as the Skull god and had been corrupted by the shadow calamity.

He is very powerful and from a different world. He roams the myriad of worlds pillaging and conquering them. He once sent an avatar to this world and tried to take over it. He was prevented many times by was never killed successfully.

He was also the one who had created the Dread Coil Marsh. In fact, that area was once the home of a very prosperous Vermilion sect. The sect's head sacrificed herself to kill the Skull god but was unable to do so. The Dread Coil Marsh was the result of that." Lin Wu explained.

~Gasp~

The shock of the two disciples only kept on increasing more and more as they listened. Lin Wu was internally rejoicing and felt that his words were working just as he had intended for them to.

"Did… the Skull god die?" Jun asked carefully.

"His avatar did die, but his main body is probably alive somewhere in a different world. Besides, the power of his avatar is incomparable to his main body. That is not something anyone in this world can handle.

Even if everyone in this world decided to fight together, they would not be able to last for more than just a few minutes. It is the world's protection that had prevented him from coming to this world.

If not for that, this world would have ended thousands of years ago." Lin Wu replied.

"I understand the Dread Coil Marsh, but why did Jiao Dian city perish?" Xiaoge questioned.

"There were others being controlled by the shadow calamity there as well. It could infect more people and it was unknown just how many there were. We don't know if some people managed to escape either.

Thus even if the entire city was burned, there would probably be a more such infected appearing, eventually." Lin Wu explained.

"That will be rather problematic. How do we deal with this when the number of corrupted would increase?" Xiaoge said feeling a bit lost.

"That is exactly why the Taiji Celestial created his tombs as a means to pass on his inheritance. You two would be helping in this and I would be doing it as well. I simply need to recover my cultivation base." Lin Wu spoke.

"I see… what do we do for now senior?" Jun asked.

"For now, you two need to focus on learning the inheritance of the Taiji Celestial. Your companions who are learning the inheritance of the Sky Bright Daoist will also help you in this venture." Lin Wu replied.

"They would help too? Why?" Xiaoge asked.

"After all, the Sky Bright Daoist was one of the disciples of the Taiji Celestial as well and his mission is the same. In fact, he knew that not everyone will be able to get the inheritance of the Taiji Celestial and thus he made his own." Lin Wu stated.