Lu Yun ignored the voice and flew into the depths of the fourth realm. His dao fruit was complete upon the return of his future self and his own strength had reached the fourth realm, so his abilities in the fourth realm now far exceeded what heâd possessed last time.
Though he still wasnât as strong as the overlord of Ice, heâd see more than just that mighty figureâs single eye next time Lu Yun faced him.
The Tome of Life and Death once more replaced his nascent spirit and disordered hellfire surged through his body to become his strength. Since he wasnât truly utilizing the power of a Nihil World Sovereign at the moment, the strength inside his body was different from that of fourth realm cultivators. It wasnât the force of ânothingâ, but of hellfire.
Lu Yun refrained from overawing the enemy behind him, instead hiding his true cultivation level. He looked like an ordinary void refinement cultivator whoâd just set foot into the fourth realm and was frantically careening through unfamiliar surroundings.
âHmm? Wait!â He suddenly found something a little different about his condition. The six hellfires had projected the six hells into his nascent spirit and they showed signs of replacing the Tome of Life and Death!
The treasure was also releasing a marvelous strength that seemed to represent the boundless truth of this plane of existence. It began refining the six hells to combine the six separate entities into one.
âThe six paths of reincarnation!â Enlightenment struck Lu Yun.
Tianqi had been an unparalleled existence in the era of human dao, overseeing the lives of all. Heâd formed the six paths of reincarnation, which were what Lu Yunâs six paths of nascent spirit had been.
Those six paths were now six minor paths in his eyes, and the new six paths that the Tome of Life and Death was creating from the six hells were the six major paths!
âNo, itâs not really the six major paths, but just the six paths of living beings. If the great devastation wasnât controlled by that unknown existence, it would simply be another cycle of reincarnation. All existence and nonexistence beneath the heavens should be overseen by an objective reincarnation cycle.â
He was further discovering that his new six paths needed to absorb the power of ânothingâ from the fourth realm as they came into being. Once these new six paths of his nascent spirit were complete, he would be able to see what âsequenceâ was and open the door to sequence. Ascending from Nihil World Sovereign and entering the next cultivation level would be possible then.
âIt will take cultivation from my own efforts to complete these six paths. There should be ways to accelerate the process, I just need to figure out how.â Lu Yun mused over this development as he flew through the fourth realm.
The Tome of Life and Death was still his nascent spirit; it wouldnât fly away when the six hells completed their transformation. Instead, it would turn into the core of his new nascent spirit. His understanding of the book had just taken another step forward.
The big-headed doll fidgeted uncomfortably in Lu Yunâs handsâhis cultivation level was also in the fourth realm. When he looked behind them, however, he paled considerably.
âHow are you doing it?â he asked quietly. âThe Spacetime Kingâs true strength is at Void World King, but youâre flying faster than him.â
The doll couldnât see through to Lu Yunâs true strength either. In the Hongmeng, it was likely that only Hong knew how strong Lu Yun really was. Not even Qing Yu or the little fox knew what heights their dao partner had reached.
âThe Spacetime King?â Lu Yun blinked and refocused on the here and now. He turned back and saw a man with silver hair chasing after them. The man had been leering arrogantly, but his expression was turning a bit unnatural.
The Spacetime King from the Hongmeng?
Qing Yu and the little fox had captured him when he ambushed the Coiling Dragon City delegation to the Dragonling Assembly, but heâd later turned into a piece of paper. The big-headed doll had probably drawn him into being.
He was here once more, in the fourth realm, and was a Void World King! That rather surprised Lu Yun.
âYou didnât draw this guy?â He stopped and looked at the doll.
âI drew the one in the Hongmeng based on this one. Heâs the real Spacetime King and a Void World King in the fourth realm,â the doll responded quietly. âYou need to be careful, heâs on the same side as the Curse King and once hunted me in the fourth realm.
âAh, heâs not actually called the Spacetime King, but the Spacetime World King. Heâs a very famous powerhouse in this realm!â
Since the doll possessed the strength of the fourth realm, he naturally wasnât willing to stay in the Hongmeng. Heâd visited the fourth realm long ago, but the Curse King and Spacetime World King had discovered and wanted to capture him.
As quick-witted as the doll was, he fled back to the third realm when he noticed something amiss and took up residence beneath Mount Cloudcover. Meng was present there and Lu Yunâs future self had turned it into a shelter for the doll. That he could take human form was also the work of Lu Yunâs future self.
âI see.â Lu Yun nodded and looked in the direction of the Hongmeng. It was long out of sight and theyâd come to a very remote location in the Plane of Fire at some point in their flight.
âThis is a good time to capture the Spacetime World King and get some more information on the Curse King.â When Lu Yunâs future self journeyed through several great devastations, heâd seen signs of the Curse King, but never plumbed his origins or base of operations.
His future self wasnât that strong and his vision was limited by his cultivation level and strength, so thereâd been many truths obscured from him. Where he stood wasnât the peak of an era and he was far from being able to overlook all life.
âCapture me?â Unease grew in the Spacetime World Kingâs heart.
While Lu Yun was lost in thought, heâd subconsciously accelerated to the point where he couldâve shaken off the world king at any turn. If it hadnât been for the world king utilizing the order of space and piercing through the void, he wouldnât have caught up to Lu Yun.
Despite that, a cold sneer still curved his lips. Lu Yun was just a void refinement cultivator whoâd recently ascended to the Hongmeng. As unique as he was, itâs not like he could be a Nihil World Sovereign!
Though the Spacetime World King was less than the Divine Fire World King, his battle strength was stronger.
Lu Yun couldnât be bothered wasting words with the other and reached out, closing his hand around the Spacetime World King.
âA Nihil World Sovereign?!â screeched the world king before he was squeezed unconscious.
In Lu Yunâs eyes, a mere Void World King wasnât worth using his full strength for.
<blockquote><b>Translator's Thoughts</b>Famous last words, thinking Lu Yun wouldn't be a Nihil World Sovereign lol.