Chapter 907: Footprints (1/2)

Pfft!

Lu Yun spat out another mouthful of blood as something suppressed his blazing hellfire. Even the Sal Tree of Life and Death retreated back to the netherdark.

Firmly grasping the Tome of Life and Death, he looked up at the firmament to where a pair of purple eyes burning with purple flames regarded him frostily. Lu Yun locked eyes with it while the Tome of Life and Death emanated bronze radiance to protect its wielder.

He didn’t know who the eyes belonged to, but he was certain that the master of these eyes was the one behind the taboos of the world. Living beings were hit with recoil if they touched earth veins because those were taboo, Emperors Fall was taboo, the great war of immortals was also taboo… and it was all because of these purple eyes!

It’d done so to bury the truth.

Even the current age he was in, the rule of the demon gods, would eventually become a taboo. Future generations would completely forget this era and the origin story of how the human race came to be. And now, it’d also made the reason for Pangu’s death a taboo. No one could learn of the truth, or they’d suffer the condemnation of the heavens!

Lu Yun had made use of the Tome of Life and Death, death arts, and a Dragonsearch Invocation at great perfection to finally pierce through the veil of mystery. Hence, the eyes materialized to prevent the truth from being revealed.

He refused to back down, glaring with determination and maintaining a tight grip on the book. He would never admit defeat here. Never.

“Ai!” a soft voice sighed. “I buried truth in order to protect all life. It’s not a good thing to know too much. Please keep the reason for Pangu’s death a secret, fellow daoist.”

The voice was low, resonant, and suffused with resignation.

“Who killed the great god? He can’t have committed suicide.” Lu Yun frowned.

Having this conversation meant that the master behind the eyes of purple flame had acceded, and Lu Yun also recognized the fire burning in those eyes!

Nether Fire!

The Nether Fire that belonged to Violetgrave, but the master of these eyes was absolutely not her!

Violetgrave had once said that the first person to transact with her had traded for Nether Fire, and that they’d eventually destroyed the hell of human dao.

Could that person be the owner of these eyes?

“With your current status, you can learn of only so much. Death will lie in wait for you if you run afoul of certain taboos!”said the voice. “If one day you fully master the Tome of Life and Death, then there will be no secrets remaining to you in this entire world. No, not even in all of the chaos.”

It dwindled away until the last word was simply a breath upon the air, as did the eyes hanging in the void.

Lu Yun stood upon the mother altar and looked down at the book in his hand. That being knew of the treasure and its power… It hadn’t admitted defeat because of Lu Yun’s strength, but given way because he was the master of the Tome of Life and Death.

“You may retrieve Worldcarver, but you cannot move Pangu’s corpse. His body is the foundation of Mount Buzhou and the mountain will fall if you shift his body,” sounded the voice once again. “Mount Buzhou will fall sooner or later, but absolutely not now.”

Lu Yun nodded silently. This time, he could clearly sense an enormous entity slowly depart from the premises.

Hellfire had absolutely wrecked Pangu’s tomb. Under its blazing might, everything sinister, ghostly, or of yin energy was reduced to dust. Even vicious beings that could kill Lu Yun with a snap of their fingers were unable to withstand the fiery ocean.