Chapter 1212: The Four Realms As One (2/2)

“Then… let’s keep nine.” Lu Yun paused and took back nine veins, sending the remaining ninety-nine through to hell.

Though the ninety-nine were sealed, the lizard-dragon, Di Ling, and her Di Clan reviving through the sea of Hell Flowers all knew how to break the seal. They also knew how to most appropriately use the crystal veins.

Lu Yun didn’t put much thought into how to divvy up the ninety-nine; he was certain that the ten Yama Kings would make the best decision.

“How extravagant!” Zhuo Bufan clucked his tongue. “As a titled king, all of my father’s riches added together are just a hundred purple crystal veins. The Redbud King so easily gifted the young master with the fortune of a king!”

Lu Yun jerked with shock and the little fox regarded the revelation uncomfortably as well.

“The king bears no ill will toward me and she didn’t think much of gifting me the crystal veins. This means…” Lu Yun hummed with thought.

“Her emotional intelligence isn’t that high,” the little fox finished for him.

“Right, it’s on par with yours.” He flicked a sideways glance at the fox, who remained silent.

“Young master and mistress, shall we head on to Starcloud City?” Zhuo Bufan broke the silence before it turned too awkward. “Once we reach the city, this humble one will tell you everything you wish to know!”

His internal demon wasn’t Hopeless Major of the Valley of Ten Evils, but that the venerated one of the alliance had told him this.

“Mm, alright.” Lu Yun inclined his head.

The little fox butted in, “Nothing’s going to go wrong with the transportation formation this time, right?”

“No, no!” Zhuo Bufan smiled wryly. “The Redbud King is such a special existence—she can manipulate all of the purple crystal mines in the region. They form a unique forcefield of heaven and earth, which is how she can interrupt the light of transportation.”

“Forcefield of heaven and earth? There’s heaven and earth in the Hongmeng?” Lu Yun blinked.

“Heaven.” Zhuo Bufan pointed upward, then pointed down. “Earth.”

“…I… see.” Lu Yun paused, then frowned slightly before nodding slowly.

“Heaven and earth are a vast concept. The ones of the Hongmeng are illusory, while heaven and earth in the chaos come from real worlds.

“Many kings have guessed that the power of heaven and earth in our realm comes from the worlds located in the chaos. While they’re continuously destroyed, their core essence, the seed of heaven and earth, always remain. It constantly germinates and gives rise to new worlds.

“If the great sun and true moon of the chaos are the sun and moon in ours, then the heaven and earth in the chaos are also that of the Hongmeng,” Zhuo Bufan concluded his impromptu lecture. “Perhaps… heaven and earth, the chaos, and Hongmeng are from the same root. They might even be the same entity.”

“The Scorch King told you this, didn’t he?” Lu Yun smiled at Zhuo Bufan.

“Ahem! My father didn’t tell me this, I read about it from one of his journals,” Zhuo Bufan responded awkwardly.

Qing Yu had deduced all this when entering the fourth realm, that the worlds, chaos, Hongmeng, and even the fourth realm all stemmed from the same point. They were one.