Chapter 705: The Immortal Emperor (2/2)

“What are you doing?!” Empress Myrtlestar softly chided him. She hastily went to help him up, then took out a healing pill and shoved it into his mouth.

“No need.” Lu Yun gently waved her off, then opened his mouth wide and sucked in a swift mouthful of air.

Pop pop pooooop!

Strange sounds popped within Xing Chen, and soon after, his chest caved in by the Scroll of Shepherding Immortals swelled up again. His body housed three organs of heaven and earth, and he wasn’t a being of flesh and blood, so he could regenerate even if crushed to a pulp.

“Everything is fake…. This is the layout of absolute death,” Lu Yun slowly recomposed himself and spoke commandingly, “Cease your attacks, all of you. Everything you see is an illusion, a facade. Akasha ghosts have indeed come, but they’re always accompanied by layouts of absolute death. As long as you don’t trigger the layout, these ghosts won’t be able to harm you.”

Lu Shenhou froze for a split second. He hadn’t expected Lu Yun to see through the existence of the absolute death layout.

The last time, Lu Yun had made the mistake of bringing an akasha ghost into the kingdom of hell, thus triggering the layout of absolute death accompanying the ghost and causing a throng of ghosts to descend in the netherworld.

At that time, he’d realized that the so-called certain death layout wasn’t a layout in the true sense, but something that surrounded an akasha ghost like a personal domain. As long as one didn’t touch the layouts of certain death, akasha ghosts couldn’t truly arrive in person.

……

Lu Yun’s primary body no longer paid attention to Lu Shenhou. Glistening with dark, mysterious light, the Tome of Life and Death was focused on the forge of earth and sky, while Lu Yun calmed his mind and focused all his attention on refining Qing Yu’s poison.

“Heh… you countered my efforts so easily.” Though defiant, Lu Shenhou couldn’t breach the defenses of the Tome of Life and Death, and the akasha ghosts were equally useless against Lu Yun. “Sure enough, you’re quite the remarkable man, Lu Yun. Had you lived in the Primordial Era, you might well have made that ancient emperor your follower.”

Empress Myrtlestar opened her mouth, about to reply, but Lu Yun dragged her over.

“Don’t bother responding to him, he’s spouting pure bullshit.” It wasn’t Lu Yun’s first time confronting akasha ghosts. Additionally, the Spectral Eye could now see through all fabrications. Even Qing Yu’s former disguise would have been stripped down at first glance. Likewise, the Spectral Eye had also seen through the resurrection layout.

“Don’t talk, don’t move. Even if the primordial immortal emperor were to come in person, treat him like empty air,” Xing Chen commanded in a cold voice.

The ten Yama Kings naturally followed his order to the letter, while Mo Yi and the other three, in their capacity as protectors of the four formation eyes, likewise wouldn’t act rashly. Empress Myrtlestar sighed faintly. To think a noble ancient empress like her would be lectured by a junior!

“When my soul is fully healed, perhaps I too should start again from the beginning…” With this one last thought, she gradually faded into nothingness.

“Did you say to treat the primordial immortal emperor like empty air even if he came in person?” Lu Shenhou suddenly posited.

Lu Yun threw him a sideways glance, but didn’t bother to reply.

“But… that immortal emperor truly has come.” When Lu Shenhou’s voice fell, strains of immortal music filled the air and immortal radiance sprinkled down from the sky. An exceedingly handsome man walked down the firmament with a measured pace. His face was striking and his features exquisite. Appearing as a young man, he was tall and slender, a tidy blue robe as a finishing touch.

Inside the void, Empress Myrtlestar’s eyes widened when she saw the newcomer. She tightly covered her mouth, barely stopping herself from shouting in surprise.

The immortal emperor!

The immortal emperor of the Primordial Era!

The immortal emperor who’d unified a world where immortals and demons ran amok, the one who’d established a supreme immortal dynasty!

“Fake, it must be fake! How could the immortal emperor appear in this place?!” Empress Myrtlestar screamed inwardly.

“Who are you?” To her shock, she heard Lu Yun address this young man.