It was easy to create a world. High supremes and even supremes could manage the deed, to say nothing of nihil powerhouses and grand supremes.
But creating a patch of real existence from the nothing?
That was almost impossible.
The Dragonquake Scripture was the secret art that lived and breathed with the Three Thousand. It contained the secrets of heaven and earth, and existence itself. Employing it was the final step to manifesting a portion of real existence.
Under the overseerâs control, the great dao and orders of the Three Thousand were completely stagnated. Even eliminating the overseer would be insufficient to return this world to what it shouldâve been.
The only solution was to create another Three Thousand. Thus, all of these plots came into being, fashioning the world of immortals into the ideal world in many peopleâs eyes.
In light of that, numerous worlds of immortals appeared throughout the long river of time. They rose and fell with history and immortal dao was gradually perfected after endless birth and destruction.
In this particular iteration, Lu Yun and Qing Yu joined hands to fully repair immortal dao and bring it to heights heretofore unseen. That was when everything in this plot began operating in earnest.
Lu Yun was caught in the plan even now, but heâd become the most important and irreplaceable part of it.
Or rather, heâd run the possibility of being replaced before this. But since things had reached this point, his existence determined the plotâs success.
While he didnât know what would happen if he failed, Lu Yun was well aware that before his failure was set in stone, Fuxi, Pangu, Hongjun and the others would die in front of him. They would lay down their lives to complete the final step for him.
Perhaps he wouldnât die thanks to their sacrifices, but he would carry the burden of his guilt for the rest of his life.
âWhat should I do next?â Lu Yun looked at Jiang Chen.
âYouâre asking me?â Jiang Chen blinked. âIâm just a guard dog⊠and Iâm actually waiting for you to break the layout so I can absorb all of the ghostly entities. You⊠donât know what to do?â
âThis tomb is made from the void and its layouts are infinitely close to nothing. Iâm not a nihil powerhouse, so how can I see through everything?â Lu Yun asked glumly.
âDid you gain anything before you came here that can help you reach the nihil?â Jiang Chen asked reflexively, then smacked the back of Lu Yunâs head. âAll of existence knows that you can become a nihil powerhouse, but you donât??â
Lu Yun smacked his forehead with a rueful grin. âIâm so nervous I forgot. I really forgot about that.â
Heâd thought that Unrest wanted to monitor him through the power that the powerhouse had imparted. So it was supposed to be used here instead!
But still, Lu Yun didnât leap into brash action. It wasnât as if all of the problems would be resolved simply because he was here. Would Yun Yi need to sacrifice herself if things were that straightforward?
Jiang Chen thought better of his nonchalance when he saw how on edge Lu Yun remained. This was the overseerâs territory. If another patch of existence came into being here, that would diminish his fortuitous opportunity and divide the fortunes of the Three Thousand. Even the three hundred and sixty-five nihil powerhouses would come back to life and stop supporting the Three Thousand.
How would the overseer possibly permit that to happen?
So while he was gravely injured, he still ensured that he had people on the scene. The sacred supreme of the Cardinal Sacred Palace from earlier had been one of his. Heâd set up a layout to breed ghosts, wanting to turn the tomb into a burial mound. If resentment brewed in Ancestor, it would completely destroy the portion of existence within his body.
The existence that was Lu Yunâs home.
So while Lu Yun had broken that layout, the overseer would certainly have more than just one contingency plan in place. The young man was certain that if he brought out the power of nihil right now, that contingency would show itself and banish Lu Yun from existence.
Given that heâd yet to employ it, the overseer didnât know what the young manâs trump card was and didnât dare take action.
âThe Ancestor inside the coffin is my world?â Lu Yun asked.
âYes,â Jiang Chen nodded. âYou walked out of that coffin.â
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âThen the nothingâŠâ Lu Yun thought of the nothing that heâd seen. If Ancestor was in the coffin, how had Unrest traveled to the chief worlds to make a deal with Yun Yi?
âThe nothing is the nothing. There is no concept, space, or time that exists within it. Do you understand?â Jiang Chen explained. âThere is nothing in the nihil.â
All of a sudden, Lu Yun did.
Nihil existed within the empyrean crystal coffinâcompletely different from the wholly empty space of his imagination. There was no concept of space, so Unrest could hail from any part of nihil.
Space and time were defined by living beings. To nihil powerhouses, those meant nothing. Ancestor wasnât in a coffin to them, he was also located in the nothing.
But the primordial world of immortals nurtured in his body was a kind of existence, so it possessed space and time. Thus, Lu Yun would have to break the empyrean crystal coffin and the tomb before he could free it.
It reminded him of the chaos.
There was also a lack of space and time in the chaos. Plainly, it was a foundation and the fourth realm a false nihil born from the chaos.
âIâm going to the World Heart,â Lu Yun suddenly said.
âYouâre not going to destroy the tomb?â Jiang Chen started. He hadnât thought that the young man would give up after reaching this point.
Going to the World Heart meant collecting the fragments of the Firmament Prison. With that, Lu Yun could make the three hells whole. It had nothing to do with the Disordered Empyrean Supreme.
Hell, the Firmament Prison, and Ruina were very important parts of reincarnation. The young man had a hunch that if the three hells were made complete, reincarnation would take another step forward. Perhaps the Tome of Life and Death would evolve again.
If it did, then his aces would be much stronger than before. He would also be more confident in destroying the tomb.
As for the tree god⊠he was Ling Weiyang, the Ashu of the world of immortals. Lu Yun would be able to locate his power in the World Heart and help the tree god return to himself. That would mean another immense supporter for him.
âWeâve waited so long already, a little bit longer doesnât matter.â Jiang Chen didnât mind. He was a nihil powerhouse, so time meant nothing to him. Although heâd gained an understanding of the concept after residing in the Three Thousand, he didnât think much of it.
âI have set up foundations in the Three Thousand. Please look after them for me, senior.â Lu Yun raised cupped fists at Jiang Chen, who naturally wouldnât refuse.
Neither would the overseer obstruct Lu Yun from leaving Ancestorâs tomb and returning to the world inside the coffin. He wanted nothing more than for the young man to leave as soon as possible. The sooner the better, lest unwanted developments occur from his prolonged presence.
Thus, Lu Yun left via a very smooth process and didnât meet with any resistance.