Lu Yin had known about the Knowing realm of Truesight, but he had been clueless as to how to reach it himself. If Mr. Lifeview destroyed the statue, Lu Yin might lose this opportunity. On top of that, there was an extremely high likelihood that Mr. Lifeview would simply attack if he discovered Lu Yin.
On the other hand, if the wandering corpse was powerful enough to be able to capture even Mr. Lifeview, then it would not be a bad situation for Lu Yin either. At least the Sixth Mainland would lose a powerhouse.
Would Mr. Lifeview enter the plaza or not? This was the biggest question at the moment.
Mr. Lifeview remained standing, and he stared at the plaza for a long time without moving. Lu Yin felt disappointed, as it looked like the Empyrean Imprinter did not intend to enter the plaza.
At this moment, a breeze blew by and kicked up some dust from the ground. This revealed the blood-red bell that Lu Yin had dropped.
Mr. Lifeview noticed the bell, and shock could be seen in his eyes. He immediately stepped forward and started walking towards the bell.
Lu Yin was startled, and he grew terrified. Would this guy take his bell? That was a life saving treasure as well as a status symbol. The more Lu Yin thought about losing the bell, the more anxious he became, but there was not a single thing he could do about it.
Mr. Lifeview walked over to the blood-red bell, bent down, and reached for it.
Lu Yin’s eyes went wide. Don’t pick it up! Don’t pick it up! Don’t pick it up…
No matter how he prayed, Mr. Lifeview still ended up touching the bell, and Lu Yin’s heart dropped. His treasure was lost.
The exact moment that Mr. Lifeview made contact with the blood-red bell, everything in the ruins changed. The wandering corpse disguised as a statue disappeared from where it had been standing, and it instantly reappeared behind Mr. Lifeview with a single hand stretched out.
Mr. Lifeview’s gaze focused, and the Progenitor of Combat’s imprint appeared behind him as a sword formed from stellular energy. A martial print appeared on the edge of the blade while a terrifying aura surged out. An Empyrean Imprinter’s full might was on full display within Burial Garden at this moment.
Burial Garden’s Tombkeeper was their only Semi-Progenitor, so Mr. Lifeview had thought that there would not be a single powerhouse within Burial Garden that could threaten him.
However, the edge of the sword started to disappear, stunning Mr. Lifeview. He could not believe his eyes as he watched his sword formed from stellular energy disappear into nothingness as soon as it passed within ten centimeters of the wandering corpse. The sword truly became nothing, as though it had been erased from existence. This was beyond his understanding.
The wandering corpse continued to stretch out its hand, and a moment later, there was another statue kneeling on its knees in the plaza, and the blood-red bell fell back to the ground with a gentle clang.
Lu Yin watched the entire exchange take place. Mr. Lifeview had not been strong enough to even put up a fight against the wandering corpse. He had been right, and the wandering corpse was definitely a Semi-Progenitor who had once trained in Truesight. The corpse’s strength was unfathomable, and within the realms of the Rune Civilization’s ruins, it could practically be considered invincible.
Lu Yin let out a sigh of relief, though he also felt rather nervous. He could not remain trapped in this place forever. No matter what it took, he had to master the Knowing realm of Truesight.
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Another month passed. Lu Yin had been trapped in the plaza for more than two months already.
One day, his pupils transformed into an ever-changing rune when he opened his eyes. He was ecstatic, as he had finally reached the Knowing realm of Truesight.
Knowing. This realm was referred to as Knowing because, at this level, Truesight cultivators were able to deny something from affecting the universe. For example, during ZENITH, when Jin He and Fan Shun had fought, Jin He had not made any attempt to evade Fan Shun’s attacks. Rather, he had decided to face the attacks head on because he knew that he would not be harmed at all. The Knowing realm of Truesight had allowed Jin He to deny Fan Shun’s attacks from affecting a certain region. The attacks had been so weak that they could not even harm the dirt beneath Jin He’s feet, so how could such an attack have harmed him?
This was what Knowing meant.
No one who did not train in Truesight would ever be able to comprehend the power of the Knowing realm, and they would never be able to understand the magic of Rune Technology either.
Lu Yin believed that Mr. Lifeview’s sword had been erased by the wandering corpse, but he had not been able to understand how it had happened. An attack could be resisted or negated, but how could an attack simply be erased? This was only possible with Truesight.
When Lu Yin’s mastery of Truesight reached the Knowing realm, he also learned of the next level: Infinity.
It was an even more miraculous realm, but Lu Yin’s current understanding of Truesight did not allow him to even fathom what the Infinity realm was capable of doing. In this plaza, Lu Yin was confident that he could achieve the Infinity realm if time was not an issue, but he could not afford the amount of time needed for that.
It was a large leap to rise from the Knowing to the Infinity realm of Truesight, and it would naturally take a very long time to accomplish that. Lu Yin did not want to stay in the plaza for that long.
Therefore, Lu Yin started using his new mastery of Truesight to try to erase the statue in front of him that had trapped him, as he wanted to escape.
Half an hour later, Lu Yin’s face had gone pale, though it was impossible to tell because of Extremes Must Be Reversed.
If he was not able to escape, then it meant that the Knowing realm of Truesight was not sufficient. Did he have to reach the Infinity realm? Could the requirement be even higher than that?
Lu Yin felt frustrated after trying, but his Knowing realm of Truesight simply was not enough to even disturb the statue that had trapped Lu Yin. Finally, Lu Yin’s hopes of escaping with his current mastery of Truesight were shattered. The wandering corpse had even captured an Empyrean Imprinter, which indicated that no one could escape from this plaza unless they were at least a Semi-Progenitor.
Lu Yin grew bitter, as he did not want to remain trapped here in the abandoned town. Even if he eventually achieved true mastery of Truesight, it would not matter if too much time passed and the Great Eastern Alliance disappeared.
Suddenly, he remembered to try reciting the Origin Sutra. Whenever Lu Yin encountered an odd situation, he had made it a habit to recite the sutra. It had proven to be of great assistance in training in the Cosmic Art, so could it possibly also help with training Truesight?
Lu Yin immediately tried it out. He began silently reciting the Origin Progenitor’s Sutra. As he did so, he tried various things with Truesight to escape from the statue.
As Lu Yin continued reciting, his kneeling statue began to shake, and soon, all of the other kneeling statues also started to tremble. Eventually, even the erect statue of the person who might have been the Rune Progenitor began to shake.
Lu Yin was thrilled, as it was clearly working. He continued to recite the sutra.
Despite the fact that Lu Yin was doing everything silently, a faint voice could be heard in the Rune Civilization’s ruins. A pair of eyes opened in a far-off corner of Burial Garden. They flickered between confusion and clarity as they stared towards the Rune Technology ruins. After a moment, an earth-shattering roar was released.
As it roared, the figure shot through space and flew towards the ruins. The wandering corpse disguised as a statue opened its eyes and waved a hand, erasing the roar into nothingness. The next moment, the statue turned to face Lu Yin and waved its hand again, blasting Lu Yin out of the ruins.
As Lu Yin was thrown away, he snagged the blood-red bell with the Yu Secret Art. When he slammed into the ground far away, his bones snapped with a crisp sound.
He raised his head and looked back towards the ruins that were still nearby. Lu Yin let out a laugh, as he had escaped. The Origin Progenitor’s Sutra was far too useful, and it had actually allowed him to break free from that terrifying trap. He put the bell away and caught his breath. His smile would not leave his face. He had reached the Knowing realm of Truesight, and he had even managed to gain a flicker of insight regarding the Infinity realm. That insight could possibly allow him to break through another level of Truesight in the future.
Fear, nervousness, and elation all tumbled about within Lu Yin’s mind. Just as he was about to leave, he felt that something was wrong. He was well aware of his body’s strength, and although the wandering corpse had thrown him out with a tremendous amount of force, Lu Yin should not have been harmed even if he had smashed into a weapon, let alone the ground. So why had his bones been damaged?
Lu Yin looked down and saw a small black bump that looked like the calf of a human. He frowned and pressed a hand down, shattering the earth so that he could see what he had slammed into. It turned out to be a corpse.??ℯ??e???ѵe?.co?
The corpse had been buried just a few meters underground, and nothing about it seemed unusual at first glance. If not for the fact that he had slammed into it and been hurt, Lu Yin would not have paid any attention to this corpse even if he had found it with his domain.
However, things had changed. Slamming into this corpse had actually injured Lu Yin despite his powerful physique. He had almost shattered his bones, but this corpse was still fully intact. Something was clearly wrong.
Even if an Envoy with a power level of over 700,000 died, its corpse still would not have been hard enough to hurt Lu Yin this badly after he slammed into it.
Lu Yin started examining the corpse carefully.
He could not determine how long the corpse had existed for. The facial features were still clear, and its complexion was just like that of a normal person. It looked like the person had just died, but the clothes were weathered as though they had endured the ravages of time passing.
Lu Yin tried to smash the corpse apart as he wanted to see how much this body could endure, only to find that he was unable to do a thing to the corpse. He could not cause the slightest bit of damage with either Hollow Palm or the Thirteen Swords. Even more terrifyingly, he was not able to harm the clothes either.
Finally, Lu Yin noticed that the corpse’s clothes were able to easily endure his most powerful attacks.
He sucked in a breath of cold air. This corpse’s clothes were no different from a set of armor that could resist attacks with a power level of 800,000 or even 900,000! Despite that, the clothes were extremely worn and faded. Lu Yin did not believe that this sort of aging could have happened even after hundreds of millions of years, so just how long had this corpse been around? Why was it next to the ruins of the Rune Civilization?
He flipped the corpse over, and a cosmic ring fell out. His eyes lit up as he picked the ring up. It looked ancient and did not match any design that he had ever seen before.
If there was a cosmic ring, then it had to be holding something.
Lu Yin became excited, and he tried various means to damage the corpse so that he could use its blood to open the ring.
Someone approached the area at this time, so Lu Yin hid alongside the corpse.
A while later, a heavily breathing man approached. It looked like he was being pursued, as he kept glancing behind him.
Lu Yin hid in the void and looked far behind the approaching man. There was another man far away, clearly intent on chasing down and killing the man next to Lu Yin. They were both only Hunters, so Lu Yin was unconcerned.
It was not long before the fleeing man entered the abandoned town, and there were no surprises as he was captured and turned into a kneeling statue. His pursuer also entered the ruins and became a statue.
Lu Yin was not a bad person, but he also was not a saint. He had seen no reason to warn either of the two men. Each person would find their own opportunities, and since these two had decided to become cultivators, they were responsible for their own lives and deaths.
It was even possible for them to comprehend Truesight after becoming statues. Thus, it was impossible to say what the future held for the two men.
Lu Yin put the corpse into his own cosmic ring and moved away from the ruins.
One day later, he was lucky enough to find an exit gate, so he hurried over towards it.
The distant gate had more than a dozen people surrounding it. A woman approached them and offered a respectful bow. “This one hails from the Cosmic Sea. Might I ask you seniors to allow me through this gate?”
One of the people surrounding the gate replied, “This gate leads to the Outerverse’s Umbral Butterfly Weave. Are you sure you want to use it?”
The woman’s expression remained unchanged even after hearing his words. She simply bowed once again. “Thank you, Senior, for telling me. This junior won’t continue bothering you.”
She moved to leave, but before she was able to take more than a few steps, the man spoke up again. “Since you’re here, you need to leave something behind.”
