Chu Xingran was alive and well, but for the Land of Reincarnation, heād vanished upon the wind.
It was similar to a personās soul entering hell as a ghost after their death. Though they lived on in a different fashion, they were considered dead by living beings.
If Lu Yun wanted to, he could keep the karmic relationship intact and continue his feud with Chu Xingran. But that wouldnāt do him any good.
Heād possessed an eighty percent chance of killing the Curse King, but hadnāt taken action because the remaining twenty percent was attributed to Chu Xingran. Now that the Curse King was Chu Xingran again, Lu Yun stood no chance of killing his once rival.
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āHeās not going to kill us, is he? Heās incredibly strong!ā Haidong Lin asked worriedly and cast a wary look at Chu Xingran when the dust settled.
āNo,ā Lu Yun shook his head. āWeāre enemies with the Curse King, but have nothing with Chu Xingran.ā
The Curse King was dead and their karmic ties severed. Chu Xingran nodded as well, but fidgeted uncomfortably the next second. The other two were looking up and down his body with suspicion.
āI. am. a. man! Donāt look at me like that!ā he bawled.
āBut you seem like a woman no matter how I cut itā¦ā Lu Yun scratched his head and let his eyes wander to Chu Xingranās lower body.
āStay focused on proper business!ā The man grit his teeth. āIf you have the chance to go to the outside world and visit Darklake, Iāll tell you then whether Iām a man or woman.ā
āPfft,ā Lu Yun curled his lip. āIām just concerned youāll make a play for my dao partners. Letās go, the tomb of the living has been destroyed and the zombie farms are gone. The master behind Jiang Kuiās zombies probably knows whatās happened here, thereās no point in us staying further.ā He waved his hand. āLetās go to the yang tomb!ā
The intersection of the yin and yang tombs was the world of sequence. It was where yin and yang came together, and also where they separated. Even though the two tombs were accessible at that point, it wouldnāt be easy to cross over the two.
āChen Xiao and Qing Buyi arrived here two hundred years ago, so that means the world of sequence is close to maturity,ā Lu Yun murmured to himself. He opened the Gates of the Abyss and set the other side for the world of sequence. The three filed in and headed straight for the exit.
The world of sequence hung in the endless darkness as a massive ball of light. Lu Yun could sense the Sanguine Hell, Hadal Hell, and Nihil Hell from its surface. There was no Netherdark Hell; itād become the passage between the underworld and world of immortals, and its strength manifested as Violetgrave.
The other three graves were like the Abyssal Hell, all yin tombs. Lu Yun had thought that the overarching tomb was built off of the Abyssal Hell because heād been too inexperienced to see through the heart of the matter.
Whoever had fashioned these tombs had turned all of the hells into yin tombs! The yang tomb was most likely derived from a massive world that wasnāt itself a hell.
āIs the yang tombā¦ the Firmament Prison?ā Lu Yun looked at Chu Xingran.
āNo,ā he shook his head. āThe Firmament Prison was completely destroyed a long time ago. The fragment I gave you is the last trace of it. The yang tomb should be Ruina.
āThere are four instances of Ruina, one for each cardinal direction. Theyāre all derived from the real Ruina, and the real Ruina isā¦ā He looked back at Lu Yun.
The young man quickly understood. Lin Mo had taken the real Ruina to the realm monster and derived a new world of Ruina from it. It now rested in the kingdom of hell, but there was an even more startling implication behind it.
Mo Yi had created Ruina.
According to Lin Moās words, Mo Yi had created the Ruina in the sea with a casual flip of her hand. So what kind of person was Mo Yi??
āNo matter who she is, she dies for me in all of the loops. Itās time to change her fate once and for all.ā Lu Yun hadnāt observed mere images or parallel space in the thirty-three cycles. Everything had truly taken place in the past and that version of him had personally experienced all that heād seen!
It was a never-ending cycle of death and rebirth, and if it wasnāt for the Tome of Life and Death, Lu Yun wouldāve followed his previous trajectories again and repeat everything once more.
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āHow do we get across?ā Haidong Lin interrupted Lu Yunās thoughts. Chu Xingran waited quietly for an answer.
Lu Yun waved a hand and manifested a stone bridgeāthe Bridge of Forgetfulness.
āMaster!ā Since it couldnāt take human form, it manifested a human face on the bridge as soon as it appeared. Tianqi had created it as an ultimate treasure of hell. Therefore, it could communicate with any hell.
The distance between the yin and yang tombs was enormous and guarded by a fearsome boundary. The Gates of the Abyss couldnāt bridge the gap, so the Bridge of Forgetfulness had to fill the role.
Although its cultivation level was only in the fourth realm, its marvelous powers were greater than the Gates of the Abyss. With a slight shake, it connected the two tombs.
āMaster, the restrictions of these two voids are too great, I can only maintain this for three breaths!ā it said urgently.
Lu Yun and the others had already vanished.
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Boundless seawater appeared in front of themāHaidong Lin almost thought theyād returned to the World of Sea.
āThis is the yang tomb?ā Lu Yun blinked after he sent the bridge back. Although the yang tomb was derived from the four Ruinas, it shouldāve looked somewhat different.
āItās His Imperial Majesty!ā Haidong Lin suddenly smiled happily. āThis great sea is his kingdom! This is the Sea Emperorās territory!ā He prepared himself to search for his emperor.
āDonāt move!ā Lu Yunās expression shifted drastically and he enveloped them all with hadal hellfire, obscuring their life signs.
āThe Imperial Seal isnāt here and neither is the Sea Emperor,ā Lu Yun shook his head. āIām sensing that the Sea Emperor should be with the original emperor. This kingdom of the sea is completely lifeless. Itās an ocean of death.
āThe Sea Emperor wouldnāt manifest this kind of water unless he was dead. Itās something elseās territory!ā
The Bridge of Forgetfulness hadnāt placed them next to the world of sequence. It was too dangerous there. They would become a common target as soon as they appeared and be attacked by all. Thus, Lu Yun had chosen somewhere further away.