Chapter 1027: A Past Self, A Future Self (1/2)

“Him?!” Qiu Luoyu plainly knew the identity of the three-eyed man, and knew that he’d infiltrated the sacred palaces by returning as a chaos dragon and killing a real one to take its place.

The three-eyed man was also an otherkind. He was a sovereign and the only one within the entire chaos to remain out of the sacred palaces’ clutches. Qiu Luoyu hadn’t thought that this rogue wanderer would also have his sights set on the six palaces.

“If the one you mentioned earlier is also getting involved in this… then we have a ray of hope. But if we still rely on just the two of you, this will remain a suicide mission.” Qiu Luoyu quirked his lips. “If my guess is correct, he’s using you to draw attention so he can do other things that he wants to do more.”

That confirmed some of Lu Yun’s suspicions and he nodded as well.

He hadn’t trusted the three-eyed man from the very beginning, though he’d been quite tempted by the idea of stealing the six sacred palaces and destroying the foundation of the chaos creatures. It seemed doable, but Lu Yun had his own thoughts all along.

He hadn’t forgotten how the three-eyed man had displayed certain killing intent on Mount Buzhou. If Lu Yun hadn’t sent the thirty-six warriors in his stead, the three-eyed man likely would’ve already killed him.

“Don’t even think about this anymore, the six sacred palaces come from extraordinary origins and can’t be taken just because someone wants them. Even experts beyond the chaos would suffer karmic repercussions and be annihilated if they tried to take them. You have your dao palaces, hurry and do whatever it is you want to do. The creation seed is almost mature.” Qiu Luoyu’s expression changed slightly as urgency crept into his voice.

He alone wouldn’t be enough if he wanted the creation seed. If he didn’t have Lu Yun and the little fox as decoys, he would likely have to take shelter in the realms. He was an otherkind, so he could live in those worlds. But those worlds were also a cesspool to him and he wouldn’t flee to them if he didn’t have to.

Otherkind were also chaos creatures, they just weren’t poisoned by the energy of a world. However, that didn’t mean they didn’t abhor the realms from the bottom of their hearts as well.

They approached the realms and even allied with its denizens only to ensure their own survival. Once their crisis was resolved, they would swiftly turn their sights on the realms to destroy them as well.

……

A chaos star and the sixth dao palace were at hand. Lu Yun could sense the presence of hell from where he was, but he didn’t send the sixth palace in. He didn’t know what would happen when all six were gathered together, but he now felt that the outcome wouldn’t be anything good.

The six chaos stars nurtured the laws of the highest order in the chaos. If someone was controlling them and manipulating the laws through them, Lu Yun was certain that the current kingdom of hell wouldn’t be able to resist the sovereigns of the chaos.

Qiu Luoyu left, retreating from the chaos current entirely.

“How do I cultivate so that my own body is my dao fruit?” Lu Yun asked the little fox.

“My path is unsuitable for you.” The little fox shook her head. “I can use my own body as my dao fruit because I possess the primitive great dao. The immortal dao isn’t an inheritor of the primitive great dao, so there’s a disconnect between the great dao within my body and my old dao fruit, compared to the new body that was forged through reincarnation.

“Since I have a past self, I can discard it and use it to refine a dao fruit for my current body. But you’re different, you have no past self. Whether it’s Flame Emperor Lie Shan or the current you, they’re both you. There’s no past or present separation between those two, so you can’t walk my path!”

The little fox took the human form of the stunning Tushan Miao; she wore an uncommonly grave expression on her face. She’d recovered to her sovereign condition and peak strength as the foremost beauty of the great wilderness.

Though she hadn’t been a chaos realm master during that time, she’d numbered among the mightiest of those who existed, second only to Leize. How else would Fuxi and God have brought her along and included her in their plans?

She slowly opened her alabaster-white palm and displayed the neutral chaos star hovering silently over her right hand.

“Use this neutral star to create a past you, or a future you.” A sheen of silver sparkled faintly in her eyes. “I more or less understand what those chaos creatures are trying to do, and so does Qiu Luoyu. However, he didn’t say anything just now, so he’s not a worthy ally. We can only rely on ourselves.

“Concentrate the laws of the highest order into this star and send it to the past so it can become a past you!”

“A past me?” Lu Yun blinked.

“That’s right, a past you in some era before our world was born!” the little fox said solemnly. “My master knew a long time ago that the chaos creatures know how to destroy our realms. They can do that through directing their laws into our worlds and using them to undo our existence on a fundamental level.

“Their methods have been different throughout time, but who would’ve thought that they’d use the six dao palaces as bait this time and entice you to refine the chaos stars within. That’s how they’ll flood our worlds with their laws!”