Chapter 985: Conquering Witherdew Major (1/2)
The identity of his imposter had been a mystery to Fuxi all this time; he’d always thought that he was matching wits with the other. Who would’ve thought that the imposter would be an entity stronger than even a creator? That he’d left the heritage of the ancestor planet intact just because he wanted humans to perfect the Dragonquake Scripture for him?
The imposter had been in perfect control of everything all along, constantly one step ahead of Fuxi. The only time he’d lost was when Lu Yun unexpectedly pulled him back from death.
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“Congratulations to fellow daoist for weathering your tribulations and a triumphant return!” Lu Yun breathed a small sigh of relief and smiled at Hongjun.
“Triumphant return?” Hongjun blinked, then thought of his experiences on Earth in his past life. He smiled, “I am no king to be making a triumphant return. Besides, I am still undergoing my tribulations.”
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The four conversed for a long time at the peak of Mount Buzhou. However, Lu Yun still didn’t learn what he wished to know. More about the chaos creatures, for instance, or who the three-eyed man or Violetgrave was.
Everything seemed to be a layer of mist shrouding his eyes. He could make out some figures in the haze, but nothing came into focus.
“In actuality, what you know now is far beyond the limits of what you should know,” Hongjun said meaningfully. “You should know that I refrain from telling you things not because I want to conceal them from you, but because I want to protect you.”
Lu Yun paused, thinking back to the eyes that burned with netherfire in Pangu’s tomb. It’d said the same as well. The less he knew, the longer he’d live.
Lu Yun and Qing Yu looked at each other, nodding at the same time.
“Alright then, you can go on back. Fuxi will remain on Mount Buzhou to guard this place,” Hongjun bade his guests farewell after a while.
The couple rose to take their leave. They knew that Mount Buzhou was eminently important to Earth. If the chaos creatures wanted to destroy this realm, the fastest way would be through destroying Earth.
Earth was the root source of this realm. Its destruction would be the end of the realm’s foundations, and all would be slowly doomed to die. In his tomb, Xuan Yuan had once told Lu Yun to protect Earth with his life, that he had to safeguard the ancestor planet of humanity at all costs.
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Lu Yun possessed four dao palaces now and four chaos stars. The power within the stars corresponded to four grand orders within the chaos—ethos, burgeon, creation, and opposition.
Of the remaining two, one was in the cosmos of the world of immortals and the other in the lower realms, respectively representing inception and nirvana.
The three-eyed man had offered up only one of the dao palaces of the lower realms. After all, there were experts among the chaos creatures as well. He didn’t want to establish another karmic relationship while trying to repay the first.
Lu Yun was in no hurry to collect the remaining two as the chaos creatures were likely out of their minds with rage after this swift loss of four palaces. Devastating retribution would descend upon him if he dared take anymore. The chaos creatures had also undoubtedly laid foolproof plans for his arrival.
Currently, his goal was Witherdew Major of the world of immortals.
Akasha ghosts had occupied Witherdew Major, and more had gathered there after they were expelled from the immortal dao. That major was now a haven of akasha ghosts.
They didn’t cause mischief anywhere else, but Lu Yun knew that when the World Gates opened and the yin spirits within the cosmos attacked the world, that would be when they rose up as well. He had absolutely no desire for his backyard to catch on fire while he fended off intruders at the front door. He’d wanted to eradicate them long ago, and now was a perfect opportunity.
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Three dao palaces popped into existence and formed an enormous triangle in the skies, enclosing Withdrew Major within. A hundred thousand constellation class fortress ships barreled out of the dao palaces, charging into Witherdew Major from three different directions.