"The demonic scripture is a very strange power," the Undying Yushan slowly explained, his eyes filled with madness. He was completely different from the scholarly emperor he had been before. "I don't know if this power has a consciousness, but it can subconsciously change a person's thoughts and guide them to do things they shouldn't have done before. It can even make them subconsciously search for something."
"I've been searching the Frostwave Weave for many years. The Great Yu Empire was founded because of the demonic scripture, but I couldn't find anything. In order to attract attention, I purposely controlled Undying Zishan, a Kui Luo, to go to the Starfall Sea and lie about finding the Undying Scripture. All of this was my idea and my doing, but it might have been influenced by the demonic scripture."
The Undying Yushan looked at Lu Yin. "There are too many strange lifeforms in the universe. The demonic scripture might have become a lifeform. You should ask the Netherworld Ancestor how he created it."
"How do I know you're not talking about the demonic scripture's influence?"
Lu Yin asked.
The Undying Yushan shook his head. "The demonic scripture in my body has been suppressed."
"I suppressed it. Not just him, but everyone in the You family has their demonic scriptures suppressed. Otherwise, he would be saying something completely different."
Lu Yin found it hard to believe. "Can a technique really become a lifeform?"
"Nothing is impossible," Big Sister said.
Lu Yin couldn't help but blame her. "Sis, why did you create something like that?
If a technique becomes a lifeform, then isn't it like a poison if it spreads?
And it can't be destroyed. "
She raised her brows. "Are you blaming me?"
Lu Yin's mouth twitched. "No, I'm just asking. I'm just curious, that's all."
She looked at the Undying Yushan. "I'm also curious. What is the demonic scripture subconsciously affecting you?"
Lu Yin continued, "You're roaming around Earth. Is that what you're looking for?"
The Undying Yushan nodded. "I can't live anymore, but I'll tell you what I need to. I just hope that you can find the demonic scripture. It ruined my life."
His words became clearer and clearer. The demonic scripture had been suppressed, and its influence on him had decreased. The current Undying Yushan was the true Undying Yushan.
However, he still didn't mention Wendy Yushan. In his heart, revenge was more important than his own daughter.
Taking revenge on a cultivation technique sounded absurd and laughable, but now, anyone who heard Undying Yushan's words did not find it laughable. This cultivation technique could very well become a malignant tumor.
"I don't know when, but it might have been when the evil scripture entered my body or when I became an Explorer, but a desire to find something appeared in my mind. This desire grew like an addiction, and it crazily took over my mind. I couldn't wait to leave the Great Yu Empire and frantically search the entire Frostwave Weave just to find that thing."
"I don't know where those things came from or what they're used for. I only know that I have to find them, even if I have to die," Undying Yushan said. His voice grew louder and louder, as if his thoughts were no longer under his control.
Lu Yin looked at Big Sis.
Big Sis shook her head. "Just listen. He can't control himself anymore. Although I've suppressed the Demonic Sutra, what I just mentioned has awakened the Demonic Sutra's control over him. Listen to as much as you can. He's about to end."
Lu Yin looked at Undying Yushan with a complicated expression.
Undying Yushan's eyes were unfocused, and he kept talking about how he was searching for something.
"Northcastle Weave, Darkmist Weave, and Grandtop Weave. I controlled more than ten thousand people to search planet by planet, but I couldn't find it. The more I couldn't find it, the more I had to search. My strength alone was limited, so I had to get everyone to help.
"I exposed the Undying Sutra and attracted many powerful clans from the universe. I used their resources to search for anything unusual in Frostwave Weave. Finally, one day …" Undying Yushan suddenly looked at Lu Yin. "You came with information about Earth. That small planet has an unusual history, but its history is actually fake. It was made up by the historians.
"Every once in a while, Earth's civilization would go extinct. There were the most primeval surnames there, and many cultivators with innate gifts were born there. There was also a hidden organization called the Hidden Earth. None of these things should have happened on that small planet, so I focused my attention on Earth."
"But … but I still couldn't find it. However, Earth is the most hopeful. It should be there. It has to be there …"
"What are you looking for?"
Lu Yin's sudden shout startled everyone.
Undying Yushan blurted out, "Three things. There's a sword, a bead, and I don't know what the last one is …" He spat out a mouthful of blood and the madness in his eyes faded away. His eyes were clear, but they were dim. It was obvious that he wasn't far from death.
Lu Yin frowned. Sword?
Bead?
Earth?
What was so special about Earth?
Yes, it was very special, but the most special one was … Jiang Chen.
He was about the same age as Lu Yin, but his cultivation was similar to Lu Yin's, and he could accurately travel through parallel space. If not for Jiang Chen, Lu Yin wouldn't have been able to deal with that mantis beast.
Jiang Chen had only appeared on Earth, and he had said that Earth was his home. Lu Yin was sure that the Earth he was talking about was in a parallel universe.
If Jiang Chen had been able to bring that mantis beast back as a pet, then his father's strength had to be quite good.
If the three things that Undying Yushan was looking for weren't on Earth, then they might be in their own parallel universe. Of course, this was just a guess. The Frostwave Weave was huge, and if he was looking for something in this part of the void, then it should be in this space.
"Find the evil scripture and burn it. Burn it." Undying Yushan's eyes grew dimmer, but the malevolence in them didn't lessen at all. Before his death, all he could think about was revenge, revenge against the evil scripture.
The evil scripture hadn't given him the status he wanted, and he had been controlled by it just like how he had controlled Zishan. This made him hate the evil scripture.
Lu Yin's eyes flickered as he looked at the hatred in Undying Yushan's eyes. He bent down and whispered into his ear, "Wendy has an innate gift of time."
Undying Yushan's pupils shrank as he stared at Lu Yin in disbelief. The hatred in his eyes faded away, replaced by excitement and hope. An innate gift of time was a unique innate gift. Once it matured, it would be unrivalled in the universe. "Really?"
Lu Yin nodded.
Undying Yushan laughed loudly as he coughed up blood, "She'll help me fulfill my wish. Hahahaha!" In the end, he spat out a mouthful of blood and died.
Lu Yin couldn't bear to watch him die. He didn't want Undying Yushan to forget about his own daughter at the end of his life. Wendy was too pitiful, and he didn't want Undying Yushan to be filled with hatred at the end of his life. No matter what Undying Yushan thought, Undying Yushan had still helped Lu Yin and allowed him to smoothly embark on the path of cultivation.
This debt of gratitude had to be repaid.
The saddest thing in a person's life wasn't revenge, but rather the loss of one's life after taking revenge. Even one's loved ones were gone.
Lu Yin wouldn't tell Wendy about this, so he just let her think that Undying Yushan had died a long time ago.
Elder You gestured to You Kexin, who stepped forward to collect Undying Yushan's corpse.
"Don't touch it," Big Sis growled. A ball of spiritual force appeared from Undying Yushan's corpse, twisting and twisting as it slowly rose into the air. It looked like a human face, and it even had eyes. It looked exactly like Undying Yushan.
"Do you want it, Little Seven?
It can increase your spiritual force by a lot, "Big Sis asked.
Lu Yin refused. This thing looked like Undying Yushan, and absorbing it would make him feel uncomfortable. Although his spiritual force needed to be strengthened, he had plenty of time.
Liuying Zishan's remnant spiritual force had been normal, but this Undying Yushan had cultivated the Undying Scripture, which allowed him to control their bodies. Lu Yin even suspected that this thing had gained sentience.
Undying Yushan had cultivated the Undying Scripture, which allowed him to control a group of people. Lu Yin's body, on the other hand, was the evil scripture's host, which wasn't his real body.
Lu Yin didn't want it, but there were others who wanted it, such as Kui Luo.
The old man had arrived when Big Sis had broken through, and he had been watching from outside the You family's residence along with Destiny's Daughter and Lu Buzheng.
They had also heard Undying Yushan's words.
Kui Luo appeared when he saw the spiritual force floating out of Undying Yushan's corpse. He reached out and grabbed it, "You may dislike it, but I don't." He laughed strangely as he absorbed Undying Yushan's spiritual force.
Lu Yin felt uncomfortable, "Sis, he's not being controlled by the Undying Scripture, is he?"
Big Sis rolled her eyes, "I already asked you if you wanted it. Would it harm you?"
Lu Yin thought about it and agreed.
Kui Luo sneered, "Kid, who are you looking down on?
Don't forget that I've also cultivated the Primogenitor's Scripture. "
Lu Yin suddenly remembered that this old man's spiritual force was so powerful that he could dominate the Astral Tree Realm and even rival the leaders of the twelve Elysium Gates. It was all because he had cultivated the Primogenitor's Scripture.
When Lu Yin had cultivated the Primogenitor's Scripture, he hadn't been afraid of Undying Yushan's control.
"Speaking of which, I've never heard of a technique that can control people." Kui Luo looked at Big Sis. This was the Netherworld Ancestor, a living ancient powerhouse. He then looked at Lu Yin. This kid still had the Fog Ancestor in his mirror. Why were there so many Progenitors?
And they were all ruthless characters?
He felt like he wouldn't be able to survive for long, and he needed to change his methods. Otherwise, he might not even be able to survive on the Fifth Mainland.
Kui Luo left, and so did Lu Buzheng and Destiny's Daughter.
Lu Yin burned Undying Yushan's corpse while Big Sis destroyed the evil scripture within the You family's cultivators.
Only then did the You family members speak.
Elder You looked at Big Sis respectfully, "Are … are you the Netherworld Ancestor?"
They hadn't believed it at first, but after experiencing Undying Yushan's situation, they started to believe it. If she wasn't the Netherworld Ancestor, then how could she have taken the Yōu Secret and increased her cultivation? How could she have controlled Undying Yushan?
Big Sis grunted in acknowledgment. Her current appearance should be that of the Netherworld Ancestor. "You aren't my descendants."
Elder You and the rest were stunned.
You Keyan couldn't help but say, "We are the Netherworld Ancestor's descendants."
Big Sis replied, "Although I don't have the Netherworld Ancestor's memories and have been reborn, I'm certain that I have no descendants. I don't know what happened to you or how you were able to inherit the Yōu Secret, but I have it back."