Chapter 456: Restarting the Sovereign Ranking (1/2)

“You’re the Destiny city lord’s senior brother?” Lu Yun entered hell and stared at Qi Hai in surprise as the latter sat cross-legged in the center of the dragon palace.

“I am.” Qi Hai nodded. “I always have been.”

Lu Yun paused. “You always have been?”

“I’ve been his senior brother since the era of human dao,” Qi Hai explained. “While I’ve awakened, though, his true spirit is still dormant.”

Lu Yun’s eyes shot wide.

“Little Ying has been the Destiny city lord since the very beginning and I’ve always been his senior brother.” Qi Hai didn’t hide anything from Lu Yun. In his eyes, the fact that Lu Yun was in control of hell made the young man the proper heir of the human dao. That conferred upon him the right to know the truth.

“Destiny City was one of the three hundred and sixty-five capitals of the human race, the cradle of human civilization. Unfortunately, all of the rest of the capitals have been destroyed.

“There exists a strange power here that attracts the living spirits that hail the city home, like me and Little Ying. Those who are able to settle down long-term in Destiny have been, and will always be, its residents. Even after death, we reincarnate back into the city,” Qi Hai sighed. “Destiny City used to be larger than the current world of immortals, and there were countless living beings that called it home. Now...”

Lu Yun huffed. “Larger than the world of immortals… Can that kind of place still be called a city?”

Qi Hai smiled in lieu of a response.

“I always thought civilization has been continuously progressing, that life has been ever-developing,” Lu Yun said, shaking his head. “It seems I was wrong.”

“No, you’re not wrong.” Qi Hai shook his head. “Civilization has indeed been progressing and never declined. The world you’re seeing now may not be able to rival the Primordial Era or the era of human dao, but are you so certain you’re seeing the truth of the world?”

Lu Yun was reminded of what Violetgrave had once said: Even if the immortal-emperor grade dread zombie broke free from the sword, it wouldn’t dare run rampant in the world of immortals. There were too many who could destroy it.

“Perhaps I’ve been looking at the world from the bottom of a well. Even though I feel like I’m in the air, there’s still a much vaster sky above my head.” Lu Yun thought back to Qing Buyi, Chen Xiao, and the stunning Mo Yi. They didn’t actually seem to belong to this world.

“Besides, your idea of the supplemental paths reigning dominant and what you’ve been planning is also a kind of progress for civilization,” Qi Hai continued seriously.

“Then it looks like the world of immortals is still in decline.” Lu Yun shrugged when Qi Hai didn’t understand his remarks.

……

When Lin Yu and Lin Xuan set foot onto Dusk Province with Lu Yun and Qing Han, they finally realized what they’d gotten themselves into.

“It’s you two! How is this possible?!” The Lin brothers gaped at Lu Yun once they’d entered Dusk City. “Weren’t you in Dusk Province all this time? Why… How…?”

Lin Yu was doing his best goldfish imitation.

“I’m the head of the Star Demon Sect.” Lu Yun smirked. “Those clans haven’t even been able to infiltrate my sect. Did you think they’d be able to successfully plant agents in Dusk Province?”

That was the explanation he came up with, but in truth, he wanted nothing but to comb through the province and look for moles.

He was the head of the Star Demon Sect, but Dusk Province was far from immune to spies. Lu Yun had simply used Shapeshifting Talismans to turn two people into him and Qing Han, and had them go around the city every once in a while.