Chapter 1051: Mission (1/2)

“The entrance to other planets lies beneath this corpse,” Lu Yun said as he continued to scan the creator. “This should be one of the few safe zones in the Tomb of Heaven and Earth. The entity that brought us here wanted to give us enough time to prepare.”

Pausing, he continued, “It’s not like there’s no danger here either. This is just one of the safer spots, relatively speaking.”

The vengeful spirit that he’d collected earlier had been an unbelievably dangerous existence. He’d defused the danger only because he wielded hellfire. If it’d been anyone else on the scene, they would’ve lost their mind and soul to the spirit’s possession.

“Are you ready?” He looked at Ying Luo.

The girl nodded gently.

“We might run into others from your palace beyond this point, so we should split up,” Lu Yun suddenly mentioned.

Ying Luo paused, then asked, “Are you really not a secluded disciple of Inception Palace?”

“No.” Lu Yun shook his head.

The girl fell silent, then said hesitantly, “But… you have cold black fire. Even if we run into more from my palace…”

“Ai,” Lu Yun sighed. “Who knows what your monarch is really thinking?”

“I understand, I won’t tell them about you.” Sorrow dawned in Ying Luo’s eyes. This might be their final farewell.

Though she hadn’t spent a long time with Lu Yun, the things she’d experienced in such a short period of time were incomparable to anything she’d ever undergone. Unbidden, she’d formed a strange attachment to this wanderer.

Lu Yun strode into the mountain instead of saying anything. He didn’t want to dally with anyone in the chaos. It was better to take swift and ruthless action before Ying Luo’s dependence turned into real emotion.

There was only one entrance in the depths of the creator’s corpse—an enormous cavern. This was also where the bloody river flowed out of. Lu Yun walked on air and took point as Ying Luo kept a careful distance and followed his every step. She kept looking at him, but he never turned around.

Their world spun the moment they entered the cavern.

……

“You’ve finally come!” a resonant voice sounded in Lu Yun’s ears.

“...you’ve been waiting for me?” Lu Yun asked at the entrance to the cavern. He knew who was speaking—the dead creator.

“Yes, I’ve been waiting for you,” the creator’s voice sounded again. “Endless eons and the birth and death of endless realms have happened before finally seeing you.”

“Do you know me?” Lu Yun frowned slightly.

“No, but I knew you would come.”

“I would come? …destiny?” Lu Yun started. He quite hated the idea of fate or anything forced upon him that had nothing to do with him.

Such as the Tome of Life and Death.

In Fuxi’s tomb, he’d forced the treasure to submit and fully become his possession, erasing all other influences within it. But now this fallen creator from the Age of Myth spouted off some nonsense that made him very uncomfortable.

“Not destiny and not a mission,” the creator said. “Everything is according to your own decisions.”