Chapter 943: Capitulation (1/2)

The kingdom of hell wasn’t the only thing shaking, Qing Yu’s heavenly palace shuddered as well. They were both derived from the Tome of Life and Death—one controlled the heavens and the other reigned over earth.

Boom—

The Tome of Life and Death boomed explosively from the tremendous pressure that Lu Yun was levying upon it. He fixed it with a death stare and roared, “You’ve always been the one dictating my actions! You direct my cultivation and determine my fate! You brought me to the world of immortals so I would become Lu Yun of the world of immortals. Since you changed my destiny, then I will change you now!!

“There may only be ten Yama Kings as decreed by the Tome of Life and Death, but I will have you accept another!”

Blood seeped out of his orifices—a result of his defiance of the treasure. Those who knew Lu Yun well all thought him to be the owner of the book, that he’d become an incomparably noble existence because of it. Only he knew the truth of the matter, that he was just the treasure’s puppet. A living, breathing puppet.

He was inconceivably far away from truly mastering the Tome of Life and Death, and before he reached those heights, it could leave him at any time or refine him in turn. Though it was unlikely to do so since it lacked its own will and had accepted Lu Yun, he felt that this validation was more like a parent smugly making every decision for him, all in the name of “this is what’s best for you”.

One such as Lu Yun never appreciated emotional manipulation like this. He would rather die than be caged by invisible restraints or passively accept what others arranged for him. All he wanted was freedom and the right to be himself. His goal was just the carefree liberty of being able to do whatever he wanted!

“Take your place, eleventh Yama King!” Lu Yun roared at Fuxi’s body.

Black electricity crackled over the Tome of Life and Death and slowly grew in scope, becoming a massive pair of eyes that looked out coldly at Lu Yun. Something without sentience, like this book, had been forced into opening a pair of eyes in response to Lu Yun’s pressure!

“You will obey me or implode yourself, or destroy me!!” Lu Yun snarled.

The little fox and Qing Yu were so shocked by this scene that they didn’t know how to react. The former quickly summoned her Bell of Chaos to protect the two of them; the four divine beasts staked into the pillars had perished long ago in the fallout.

“Calm down, Lu Yun! This is the central tomb of the Skandha Extinction Tomb! If you destroy this place, Dusk Province will be done for as well!” Qing Yu called out urgently.

The central tomb of the Skandha Extinction Tomb!

Lu Yun had always thought that Asura had completed the Skandha Extinction Tomb with the help of certain human race traitors, that it was later used to curse the divines that’d betrayed the humans…

Yuchi Tianhuang, Yuchi Hanxing, and Xuan Yu had razed the tombs to the ground, but they’d destroyed only the tombs of the four cardinal directions. They’d never found the central tomb.

As more of this tomb’s original layout revealed itself amid furious shaking, Qing Yu realized with a gasp that this was the last tomb they’d been looking for. The ancestors of the four cardinal tribes were all suppressed here.

However, they’d all been reduced to dust from the struggle between Lu Yun and the Tome of Life and Death. The ancestors had been hanging onto their last breath to begin with and were exceedingly weak. Their souls and true spirits couldn’t withstand the treasure’s ripples at all.

Lu Yun remained entirely unmoved and focused strictly on his standoff with the Tome of Life and Death. He would make it obey him!

The eyes over the book grew increasingly brighter, and a spark of intelligence began to dawn in them.

Whoosh!

Blazing hellfire suddenly gushed beneath Lu Yun’s feet as the radiant Karmic Tree appeared behind him to fight the treasure with its master. Hellfire wrapped around the youth and continuously increased his strength and willpower, resulting in the book’s eyes gradually dimming with weakness.

“For what do you go to such trouble?” a tired voice suddenly rasped behind Lu Yun.

“Holy Emperor!” Lu Yun’s eyes lit up and he whipped around to look at Fuxi.

The demon god was in human form and walking down from the Extermination Pillar. He wore an outfit of hemp and his hair was loose around his shoulders, yet his complexion was the color of chalk.

The Tome of Life and Death had capitulated in the end, but in the form of resurrecting Fuxi instead of making him the eleventh Yama King.