Chapter 532: Yin Realm Tomb, Yang Realm Tomb (1/2)

“Hm?” Hearing Yu Hengluo’s murmuring, Lu Yun reflexively turned around with surprise. Protected by the light of Lu Yun’s talisman, she continued muttering unintelligibly, tears wetting her cheeks.

“Ah, so she hasn’t woken up from Ghost Deceives God yet,” Lu Yun sighed with relief.

The current circumstances were too bizarre, and he was worried that the girl suddenly waking up would lead to unforeseen consequences.

He’d failed to protect Zou Longxiu from being skinned, even with the Tome of Life and Death, because the Skinning Spike had struck too quickly. There was too much going on for him to be able to readily react to every development.

Yu Hengluo’s expression tightened with pain and her lashes fluttered slightly as she struggled to regain consciousness. A ghostly shadow took shape on her, keeping her consciousness under control. This was the true form of Ghost Deceives God; victims could only rely on themselves to break out of its hold.

Lu Yun had the Scaled-Dragon King remain on the Ingress Path to protect Yu Hengluo and the little nun. He himself jumped off to observe the layout of the tomb again.

It was bereft of any items or decorations. There were no formation runes or anything that would form a feng shui layout. However, the strange darkness seemed to have merged with the room, thus giving birth to a layout.

“It’s not dark simply because of the absence of light. It’s… another world entirely?” Realization struck Lu Yun and his brain went into overdrive, connecting countless dots and coming up with numerous speculations.

“Another world, it’s another world! I get it, I get it now!” His eyes went wide. “It’s my bad, I made a mistake. I thought the thief’s tunnel would allow me to safely bypass the boundary of life and death, but the other people, Ingress Path, Scarlet Ape, Kui, and the qilin tomb, turtle nest, and kunpeng nest are all part of the separation.

“I’m in the yang realm, while those things are in the yin realm! Maybe there’s countless eyes watching me in the world of darkness parallel to this world, and I just can’t see them. We’re no longer in the same realm.”

“Yin and yang are two sides of the same coin, and the world shrouded in darkness is the yin realm. What a clever trick! The tomb has been divided into two straight down the boundary of life and death, being turned into a yin tomb and a yang tomb.

“Once skinned, the cultivators and immortals enter a special state of ‘death’, and their flesh is transported to the yin realm.

“It makes sense to dig a tunnel into a regular tomb, but the yang tomb of the celestial master tomb is empty, used solely to create the Hell of Skinning. The yin tomb is where the treasures are! I was wrong, I was completely wrong!

“Fangyang Xing must know the way into the yin tomb and let the Hell of Skinning skin him with its rules. He’s dead himself and only manifested with the aid of something else. He’s not afraid of being skinned.

“How am I supposed to enter the tomb in the yin realm, though?” Lu Yun looked closely around him. More immortals had entered the Hell of Skinning through the thief’s tunnel, all of whom he ignored. “I’m still missing something...”

Brows furrowed, he took out his luopan and checked the local feng shui again. He could identify the feng shui layouts here, but he couldn’t find the key to breaking them. Although every single one of the layouts seemed to be damaged, the power they generated was flawless.

“A powerful feng shui master separated the tomb into two realms… just like the Formation Orb of Yin and Yang! That connate-grade treasure was divided into two too! The same thing’s happened here with the feng shui layouts.

“If I can somehow bring the two tombs together and merge yin and yang, not only will I break the Hell of Skinning, but I can also ‘resurrect’ the immortals who have been skinned.”

Encountering the Avici Hell in the tomb of the Dao Flower had left Lu Yun rather unnerved, and getting a clearer look of the Hell of Skinning now further roused an urge to destroy the entire place.

He had a feeling that if he didn’t destroy the tombs modeled after the layouts of hell, he would one day be buried in them with no chance of entering the wheel of reincarnation.

“This place must be destroyed!” Light flickered in Lu Yun’s eyes. “To that end, I must travel to the end of the tomb. Both the yin and the yang tombs must originate from somewhere. The Hell of Skinning hasn’t fully taken shape, which tells me the two haven’t been completely separated.

“If I can find their common origin, I’ll be able to destroy the layouts!” With a flip of his hand, he grabbed the luopan.

“Sir!” the Scaled-Dragon King yelled urgently. “Yu Hengluo has broken out of the talisman light!”

“What?” Lu Yun blurted out in surprise. He’d been preoccupied with studying the celestial master tomb and neglected his surroundings. Upon hearing his soldier’s words, he whirled around and saw Yu Hengluo floating down from the Ingress Path like a spectre.

She’d opened her eyes, and her face was covered in tears.

“Master… master...” She came up to the sarcophagus and pressed her hands on the lid, calling out like she was possessed.

Lu Yun’s scalp went numb.

Master! Yu Hengluo called the ball of skinless flesh her master! Who is it?

Yu Hengluo had two masters. One was one of the sovereigns from the Star Demon Sect, and the other was Wayfarer! The latter had taken her as a disciple after Wanfeng.

“Wake up!” Lu Yun snapped to wake her up, his voice thundering.