Chapter 388: Mastermind (1/2)

Lu Yun could extrapolate many things from the eyes’ words.

First, the shamanic race.

They were absolutely a branch of the ancient humans dating back to the Primeval Era. They’d ushered in the golden age of the shamanic dao at a later date, but for one reason or another, they’d ultimately vanished in the sands of time.

Corpse coffins were a shamanic art, and weren’t tombs, but curses.

The shamans had reappeared in the ancient times and used the corpse coffin art to curse the primeval dragons. Eighty thousand years ago, they’d struck again with the same method and buried two divine kings—Ruyi and Yueshen—to curse the fortunes of the divine dynasty.

And now... the poison curse also originated from the shamanic race!

Lu Yun looked deeply at the white irises, stressing each syllable. “Did your people cast the poison curse in Qing Han? Answer me!”

“I don’t know....” A sense of deep powerlessness filled the eyes. “I was ambushed by dragon and phoenix experts and eradicated from the world. Someone reforged my true spirit and facilitated my rebirth, so I reincarnated as Qi Hai. If it weren’t for you breaking the layout inside the dragon and phoenix nests, I wouldn’t have awakened at all.”

Hum.

A droning sound reverberated in hell’s atmosphere as a tall figure emerged from the other side of the void and stepped into the netherworld.  Impressively enough, the master of the eyes was none other than Qi Hai!

But plainly, this wasn’t the same Qi Hai that Empress Myrtlestar and Su Xiaoxiao had known. No, this was someone else, a peerless human powerhouse from the Primeval Era.

“To think that hell, humanity’s last hope, has also been destroyed.” The man looked at the shattered world around him and sighed quietly in spite of himself. “Are you not surprised by me?” 'Qi Hai' glanced at Lu Yun, somewhat puzzled.

“Why should I be?” Lu Yun replied, tilting his head to the side.

“Since I can visit hell, I naturally have my ways of killing you.” 'Qi Hai' narrowed his eyes. “Hell belongs to humans. If I wrest it away from you, then perhaps there’s still hope for mankind to ascend to those historic peaks once more.”

“You can give it a try if you want.” A smile floated onto Lu Yun’s lips and he snorted, “Did you think you could enter this world without my permission?”

Soon after, a simple and unadorned book emitting a faint black glow slowly materialized in front of him.

“The Book of Life and Death?” Paling slightly, ‘Qi Hai’ took two short steps backward. “Wait, this isn’t the Book of Life and Death! The book has been destroyed, so what is this?”

Seems I’ve been overthinking things. Lu Yun sighed softly, “The primeval humans weren’t in full control of hell either, it seems. At least, they didn’t control the Tome of Life and Death.”

“Tome of Life and Death?” Bewilderment appeared on ‘Qi Hai’s’ face at the mention of a name he’d never heard of.

However, Lu Yun immediately changed the subject. “There’s another pair of eyes there, as well as many prisoners…. Who are they?” He pointed at the unknown void in the depths of the netherworld.

“Those are traitors.” 'Qi Hai' followed the direction of Lu Yun’s finger, scathing hatred shooting out of his eyes. “The eight regiments of ghostly servants protecting hell also betrayed humanity in the end and handed hell over to our enemies.”

Qi Hai looked all around. Noticing Lu Yun’s many ghostly servants and Envoys of Samsara, he couldn’t help but mock, “Bold of you to accept other races. Aren’t you afraid they’ll end up betraying you?”

Among Lu Yun’s envoys and ghostly servants, very few were humans. Most were monster spirits or divines.

Paying the man no heed, Lu Yun took out several formation stones with a flip of the hand. Using the same method as the last time, he carefully engraved formation runes on the stones, combining formation and talisman dao.