Chapter 688: Footprints By the Shores off the Blood Sea (1/2)

Immortals over the North Sea receded like the tides. The heavenly armies of Dusk Province and other majors alike returned to their domains, and the sea returned to its former state of calm.

Shockingly, Levitating Island had survived the chaos. The giant isle had weathered both Lu Yun’s tribulation and the battle of immortals shortly thereafter. Alas, the two Scarlet Apes realized with great disappointment that the floating peak at its center was gone.

“Don’t bother looking for it.” Silverlight glanced in Dusk Province’s general direction. “The island was that fox’s treasure in the first place. She’s just taken it back. It’s already over, you two. Why are you still here?” She glared sharply into a corner of empty space.

“Hahaha, is that so? I guess my disciple and I shan’t bother you any more,” a childlike voice sounded, followed by two ripples in space. The invisible duo had departed.

……

“You’re not going to refine the Dao Flower projection?” Qing Yu’s eyes were as wide as dinner plates; she was bewildered by Lu Yun’s decision.

“There’s no need. Refining the projection is just ceremony.” Lu Yun shook his head.

“B-but… you shouldn’t just give it away like that, either!” Qing Yu grew a little anxious. Lu Yun had used the flower’s projection to place a bounty upon every dao immortal of the Dongfang Clan. Frankly, she found it crazily irrational.

Her partner ran his fingers through her silken locks. “If I didn’t, there’d be more and more people after you…” Steel glinted in his eyes. “I’m going to teach the world a lesson. They’re welcome to make a play for you, as long as they’re ready to pay the price!”

The bounty was also a threat. Those who intended to follow in the Dongfang Clan’s footsteps would first need to evaluate whether their faction or clan could bear the brunt of Lu Yun’s ire.

A single death wasn’t nearly warning enough.

Previously, Lu Yun had placed bounties with an absurd sum of crystals. This time, he was doing the same with tribulation essence and the Dao Flower projection.

His apparent psychosis greatly amplified the danger he posed. On the day of Qing Yu’s tribulation, he was sure that there would be less than a handful of people waiting to attack her like today.

As long as he lived—as long as Dusk Province stood—the vast majority wouldn’t risk such foolhardiness. The bounty seemed brash at first, but there was plenty of deeper meaning behind it.

……

This time, the world of immortals finally caught sight of the newest addition to Lu Yun’s trump cards.

Kui!

Many supposed that his lightning rod and the black thunder he’d used to crush the fur seals were related to the primordial Thunder God. In that bygone era, Kui had commanded the punishing thunder of innumerable worlds… it’d even been able to preside over common cultivators’ tribulations. But now, it was Lu Yun’s subordinate!

Thankfully, it’d evidently lost the power over tribulations. Otherwise, any void-ascended immortals feuding with Lu Yun would’ve died during their ascensions .

The fact that he hadn’t immediately established a sacred land provided even more relief. During the first month of his immortality, Dusk Province remained relatively quiet and calm, while the rest of the world still churned in utter chaos.

Aside from the battlefield in Witherdew Major, the Donglin and Dongfang Clans’ ancestral homes were completely leveled. The two great families saw their holdings overturned and their immortals scattered to the winds, a terrifying fate that deterred any of Qing Yu’s would-be assailants.

Meanwhile, Dusk Province continued flourishing and the concept of ‘supplemental paths as king’ was gaining wider acceptance. The province’s treasures, talismans, and methods began to circulate throughout the world. Even diagrams for formations of heaven and earth were being sold!