Chapter 1198: Will (1/2)

Understanding dawned on both Lu Yun and the little fox. Both of their cultivations had yet to reach the peak of their level, so breaking through as soon as they entered the third realm was a little ridiculous. It made sense if they’d arrived in a less-than-ordinary locale.

“Please stay here and cultivate, young master and mistress. I will report in with Evilfox’s body and arrange for your identities,” said Zhuo Bufan.

“Alright.” Lu Yun nodded.

The Hongmeng differed from the chaos in that the system and rules here were much more strict. If they wanted to move about in the third realm, they needed a legitimate identity.

Zhuo Bufan bowed slightly to Lu Yun and the little fox, and backed out of the meditation chamber.

“This Hongmeng is a bit mysterious,” Lu Yun said with a frown as he sat down on a nearby cushion.

“How so?” The little fox didn’t understand his comment.

“When Little Yu and I overlooked it from the fourth realm, we saw that it was an enormous mausoleum guarded by a bizarre little girl in a red dress.” Confusion shone in his eyes.

“Like the previous world of immortals?” subconsciously asked the startled little fox.

“No!” Lu Yun shook his head. “The world of immortals was once in the layout of a tomb that Tianqi used certain methods to destroy. The tombs in our world are just tombs created for their specific purpose, not to form a mausoleum.

“I don’t know if the Hongmeng beings don’t know they live in a mausoleum, or if they live in the tomb realms of the mausoleums.”

Prior to visiting the Hongmeng, Lu Yun had suspected that the third realm was similar to the world of immortals, forested by huge swathes of tombs. But after his arrival, he realized that this wasn’t the case at all.

Though they were yet to enter the Hongmeng proper as they were in Zhuo Bufan’s meditation chamber, his intuition keenly detected a strange eeriness that pervaded the third realm.

As for what it was, exactly? He couldn’t tell.

“Ghost Ancestor, have you been here before?” Lu Yun turned around and peered into the abyss.

“No,” the ghost ancestor in the fissure hurried to respond. Everything still felt very unreal to it. It’d followed Lu Yun to the Hongmeng? To the place that countless chaos creatures yearned for?

“What are you and why can you create akasha ghosts?” The little fox poked her head in as well.

The abyss was a peculiar existence. After Lu Yun refined the shard of Mount Tai into it, he fully controlled the treasure and was on track to reverting it back to the Abyssal Hell. The moment they arrived in the Hongmeng, he realized that not only could he open the gates to the netherworld, but he could also enter the abyss.

Hellfire had become the key to accessing the abyss and kingdom of hell.

It wasn’t until now that Lu Yun understood why Bluegrave had wanted him to bring the five hells to the Hongmeng. The strength that they released here far exceeded what they called upon in the world of immortals and chaos.

“I…” The ghost ancestor blinked and took human form, concealing the face that laughed and cried at the same time. He was actually a clean-cut young man without a hint of violence or a ghostly air. He seemed like a bright, outgoing boy with a sunny disposition.