From Fanwu to Xinghai

Chapter 60 Mother and Son Join Forces, Dimensional Bridge Appears

That giant, dark red hand was forcibly torn out of the clouds.

A palm hundreds of feet in size, with a bottomless vortex at its center. The vortex spun, emanating a pressure that made the air thick and sticky. This was a full-force attack from a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. The entire Yanhuang Pass was as fragile as a sheet of paper before this palm.

"There's no escaping it." Lin Yuan tilted his head back, his neck taut, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

His imprint of the river of time has given the cruelest conclusion: if this slap is delivered firmly, Yanhuang Pass will be completely wiped off the map, leaving not even ashes.

If you can't avoid it, then don't try to avoid it.

Lin Chen's voice was very flat, as if he were talking about what to have for dinner.

He raised his hands, and the Dimensional Seed and the River of Time mark between his brows lit up one after the other. Golden and blue lights intertwined and rose, forming a phantom image in front of him.

It is not a physical bridge, but a passage woven from light and shadow, with one end rooted in reality and the other extending into an unknown dimensional interlayer.

The Bridge of Dimensions.

"You—" Su Wan's face turned deathly pale instantly. "You want to forcibly activate your defensive form? You can't control that thing at all right now!"

If you can't control it, then force it.

Lin Chen's answer was concise and to the point.

He had fought his way through the mortal martial arts realm and the spiritual cultivation realm, and now that he had reached the awakening of the dimensional seed, his "brute force" spirit had not diminished in the slightest.

Because behind him were people with whom he had nowhere to retreat.

"Mother, lend me your strength."

Su Wan looked at her son's resolute profile, her eyes instantly reddening. She knew that once the defensive form of the Dimensional Bridge was activated, the remaining power belonging to the Dimensional Ruler within her would be forcibly drawn away. If this power were to leak out, it would be tantamount to lighting a lighthouse in the darkness; the sensory network of higher-dimensional civilizations would immediately detect the anomaly.

"I know the consequences." She gritted her teeth, her voice low and hoarse, but without hesitation, she placed her hand on Lin Chen's back. "But it's better than everyone dying."

The power of the mother and son merged completely at that moment.

The golden power of the long river, the blue seed of the dimension, and the vast, ocean-like pressure of the dimensional ruler within Su Wan's body—the three forces twisted together into a single rope, transforming into a massive membrane of light.

The light membrane, like an inverted eggshell, completely enveloped the entire Yanhuang Pass.

next moment.

"boom"

A giant, dark red hand slammed heavily onto the light membrane.

The world seemed to fall silent at that moment.

Lin Yuan's mouth was open, but he couldn't hear a sound. He watched helplessly as the shockwave swept in all directions, the clouds for miles around were instantly emptied, the ground beneath his feet cracked open into a deep abyss several meters wide, and the distant mountains collapsed like sand dunes.

But the light membrane didn't break.

It was covered with spiderweb-like cracks and made a teeth-grinding creaking sound, like a piece of glass about to shatter, yet it stubbornly withstood the blow.

"Hold on!" Blood trickled from the corner of Lin Chen's mouth and dripped down his chin.

With all three forces exhausted simultaneously, his body was already beyond repair. Activating the defensive form of the dimensional bridge was theoretically only possible for beings at the level of dimensional overlords. Forcing it now was like a three-year-old child lifting a thousand-pound cauldron—his bones would be crushed.

"Give it your all!" Su Wan shouted sharply, tears of blood welling in her eyes.

To maintain the light membrane, she had to release more of her domineering power. Every bit of that power leaked out increased the risk of being discovered.

"Give me"

Lin Chen let out a low growl, and the Time River mark between his brows flickered wildly as he began to burn his life potential for a final gamble.

"You're crazy! You'll die!" Su Wan screamed.

"I won't die, I'll just sleep for three days at most." Lin Chen's mouth was full of blood, but he was still joking.

"you"

Su Wan wanted to say something, but the second wave of impact from the dark red giant hand followed immediately.

The cracks in the light film were increasing, and it looked like it was about to collapse completely.

At this critical moment.

"Buzz"

The dimensional bridge emitted a peculiar resonance.

That wasn't a sound, but a tremor that directly shook the soul.

Lin Chen's pupils suddenly contracted.

He sensed that the dimensional bridge had come to life.

It's not that he's controlling the bridge, but rather that the bridge is controlling him.

A vast yet gentle force poured down from the bridge, flowing into the light membrane along his meridians.

Those jagged cracks stopped spreading.

Then, reverse healing begins.

"This is..." Lin Chen was stunned.

"The will of the dimensional bridge." Su Wan's voice was filled with disbelief and horror. "It has recognized you as its master. Before, it was just the crystal that recognized you as its master, but now, it is the entire body that has recognized you as its master."

The giant crimson hand began to disintegrate under the counterforce of the light membrane, turning into countless crimson light spots that dissipated into the world.

"puff"

Outside the city, Bai Ying spat out a mouthful of blood and staggered backward.

Her giant hand, formed from her innate spiritual power, was shattered, resulting in an extremely severe backlash.

"Impossible!" She stared intently at the boy on the city wall, her eyes filled with astonishment and disbelief. "How can he control the Dimensional Bridge itself? Even Dimensional Rulers can only barely borrow that thing."

Before she could think it through, Lin Chen's gaze had already fallen upon her.

"Bai Ying," Lin Chen's voice wasn't loud, but it pierced through the battlefield, "This was all part of your plan, wasn't it?"

Bai Ying wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, then suddenly burst into laughter, a laugh that shook her to her core. "Finally figured it out? Lin Chen, you really are as clever as your mother. Unfortunately, cleverness is utterly useless in the face of such absolute power."

She raised her hand and pointed to the sky.

"From the moment you activated the Seed of Dimensions, I have been sending signals to higher-dimensional civilizations in every timeline I can interfere with. Do you really think those seven days you spent cultivating in the dimensional interlayer were just a difference in the flow of time?"

Lin Chen's heart sank.

"During those seven days, I planted a coordinate seed in your dimensional anchor point." Bai Ying's smile grew increasingly maniacal. "No matter where you hide, no matter what method you use to shield yourself from the secrets of heaven, higher-dimensional civilizations can still fish you out along this line."

"you"

Lin Chen tried to stand up, but found that his limbs and bones felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

"Don't waste your energy." Bai Ying waved her hand, her expression becoming incredibly devout. "I'm not here today to kill you, but to do one thing."

Her voice suddenly rose to a high pitch, resounding throughout the heavens and earth.

"Welcoming the messengers from the upper realm"

Before the words were even finished, the crack in the sky suddenly expanded tenfold.

A dazzling beam of light descended from the crack, shining directly into the center of the plaza in Yanhuang Pass.

Within the pillar of light, a blurry figure was slowly coalescing.

Even before the figure had fully manifested, the mere pressure emanating from it made everyone present feel weak in the knees, uncontrollably wanting to kneel down.

Late Nascent Soul?

No.

That is an existence far beyond the Nascent Soul stage.

Su Wan's voice trembled, filled with deep despair, "The pioneers of higher-dimensional civilizations are powerful beings at the Nascent Soul stage."

The figure within the beam of light became increasingly clear.

It was a man dressed in white, with a face so handsome it seemed otherworldly, and eyes as indifferent as if he were looking at a group of ants.

He slowly opened his eyes.

Their gaze passed through layers of light membranes and landed directly on Lin Chen.

"The master of the seed of dimensions."

The voice seemed to come from all directions, devoid of any emotion.

"You, come with us."