Sanctify's lake spread out of the Void Imperfection Realm, and any Corpse King that touched it would immediately dissolve. Countless people felt a chill run down their spines.
The Progenitor Corpse Kings continuously retreated, and Sanctify charged into the Everlasting territory. The lake spread, and they all sought death.
A few days later, the lake had shrunk by nearly half, and its surface was dyed red.
Shi Jiao was sorrowful. "The Cleansing Lake is Senior Sanctify's strongest power. He once said that the Cleansing Lake is like a person's soul and must be untainted, no matter how powerful it is. Now that the lake has been dyed red with blood, Senior must leave."
You Teng and the others clenched their fists as they watched the lake shrink.
They heard the Progenitor Corpse Kings' howls and Sanctify's maniacal laughter, which was filled with pain and despair.
The Void Imperfection Realm calmed down, and countless cultivators stood inside and outside the walls, gazing into the distance. Their eyes were filled with respect as they slowly bowed.
Two more days passed, and no trace of the Everlasting Corpse Kings could be seen in the Void Imperfection Realm. The Cleansing Lake had dissolved countless Corpse Kings, temporarily putting an end to the endless war, but it had also put an end to Sanctify's own life.
"Become Kong!" Sanctify bellowed.
Everyone trembled as they stared in shock. In the distance, the lake's water scattered in all directions, carrying with it blood that scattered across the sky and pierced through the walls of the Void Imperfection Realm. They could vaguely see Sanctify's body being torn apart. In front of him, a Progenitor Corpse King roared as it continuously smashed down with its hammer. Each blow landed on Sanctify's head, shattering it. Sanctify refused to be outdone, and he grabbed the Progenitor Corpse King's neck with both hands. His Progenitor power blossomed with its final brilliance. "Become — Kong!" He roared at the sky as he unleashed all of his power, causing the void to sink into darkness.
The terrifying darkness caused Lu Yin's heart to tremble. This was a lightless place that not even a Progenitor would want to enter.
Sanctify used the last of his strength to bring the Progenitor Corpse King into the boundless darkness, but unfortunately, he had exhausted all of his strength. Half of the Corpse King's body shattered, and the remaining half fled. Although it did not die, it had temporarily lost its ability to fight.
Outside the Void Imperfection Realm, Sanctify's power transformed into beams of light that shot into the Reincarnation Spacetime, rushing towards that high place where a pair of eyes seemed to be watching them.
Shi Jiao's heart ached, and she bowed. "Sanctify."
Sanctify's heart's heart's.
"Farewell, Sanctification."
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It was raining in the Undefiled Realm. Every drop of rain could feel the unwillingness of the Holy Transformation before his death. That was the final brilliance of his power. He carried extreme unwillingness as he completed the Grief of Holiness and atoned for his sins under the orders of the Grand Empyrean. He could die, but he didn't want to die. Until the very end, he wanted to find Cheng Kong and die with him. If it weren't for Cheng Kong, Tu Shuangshuang wouldn't have betrayed him and made him suffer.
Even if he died for mankind, he did not get the treatment he deserved. In the history of Reincarnation Space-Time, he was just a pitiful person who completed the Holy Grief to atone for his sins.
No one spoke. Whether it was the cultivators from the Unsullied Realm or Lu Yin's group from the Six Direction Training Rites, all of them felt stifled in their hearts. They wanted to spit it out, but they didn't know how.
Just because of Tu Shuangshuang, was it worth sacrificing a Divine Transformation?
Was it worth it?
The more it was not worth it, the more it meant that the Grand Empyrean didn't care. He simply didn't care about the life of a Saint.
Lu Yin looked into the distance. The Progenitor realm was clearly the pinnacle of human cultivation. Even if there were differences in strength, they should not have died in such an aggrieved manner. This kind of death was related to the Liu family's ancestor.
What was the difference?
The Liu family's ancestor had been slandered by the Four Cardinal Scales and had been killed by them. Hua Sheng had been implicated by Tu Shuangshuang and had died to atone for his sins. They were the most pitiful Progenitors Lu Yin had ever seen.
This was Reincarnation Space-Time, and this was the will of a Grand Empyrean. Even a Progenitor could not defy it.
At this moment, Lu Yin gained a new understanding of Reincarnation Space-Time. This was a civilization that seemed similar to the Genesis Space, but it was completely different. Like star energy, the two civilizations could not fuse.
No wonder Xu Xiangyin had heard from Xu Wuwei that even if it was possible, he would not want to become one of the Nine Sages. Their strength was not real.
Lu Yin suspected that even if Hua Sheng wanted to betray humanity and join the Everlasting Race, he would not be able to do so. This was because his strength came from a Grand Empyrean.
What was the point of having a Progenitor's strength like this?
After mourning for half an hour, Shi Jiao looked up and swept her gaze over the people from the Six Direction Training Rites. "Someone will inherit the position of Hua Sheng within a hundred years. Cultivate diligently and strive to enter the eyes of a Grand Empyrean within a hundred years. Do your best to obtain the position of Hua Sheng."
If this had been in the past, everyone would have been excited, but for some reason, the position of the Nine Sages did not seem as attractive anymore.
Lu Yin did not understand why Reincarnation Space-Time had brought them to watch this tragedy. Was it to tell them that they could fight for the position of Hua Sheng?
Or was it to tell them that even if they became the Nine Sages, they would still be under the control of a Grand Empyrean?
If that was the case, why would they fight for it?
Perhaps the Grand Empyrean only wanted to express one thing: since ancient times, they had been the masters of the universe!
After returning to the Six Direction Training Rites, everyone silently dispersed. Shi Jiao deliberately sought out Lu Yin and had a conversation with him, but this conversation was very dull.
In Shi Jiao's opinion, Hua Sheng's death had greatly affected Lu Yin. She could only comfort him and tell him not to think too much about it and to strive for the position of Hua Sheng.
Lu Yin watched Shi Jiao leave. The entire Reincarnation Space-Time was like living under a Grand Empyrean, even if one cultivated to the Progenitor realm. Then, was that space-time still a space-time?
It was more like a prison.
Half a month later, people began to leave the Six Direction Training Rites one after another. Shao Qingfeng, He Shu, Mu Mu, Luo Zang, and the others had all left. They could not learn anything from the Six Direction Training Rites, and if they wanted to learn more, they would have to enter the Six Direction Association's space-time.
Lu Yin was thinking about when to leave the Six Direction Training Rites.
He had set his cultivation too low. When Ke Jian had brought him to the Transcending Space-Time, he should have set his cultivation to be close to the level of an Emissary. However, at his age, that level of cultivation was still very eye-catching.
Shao Qingfeng and the others were all geniuses of the Six Direction Association.
He had originally wanted to keep a low profile, but now, it was not that simple to leave the Six Direction Training Rites.
Why hadn't the Wood Space-Time Association reacted?
They should have noticed something from his battle with Xu Yue. Even Xu Ji had noticed something, so how could they not? Strange.
All Lu Yin could do now was wait. Perhaps he could make a big breakthrough in his cultivation, such as an epiphany?
Lu Yin waited calmly, but the Wood Space-Time Continuum did not fight over him. Instead, he smelled a strange fragrance. It was the aroma of food, and it was so fragrant that it made one salivate.
Ever since he had embarked on the path of cultivation, Lu Yin had rarely been so greedy for food.
He followed the fragrance in a certain direction. Who could it be?
Who could have created something that even he could not bear?
An irresistible fragrance?
Soon, he parted the grass and saw a fire burning. Someone was roasting something with their back to him, and the fragrance was coming from the roasted meat.
"High-end ingredients often only require a simple roast. You can eat the original flavor of the ingredients. Sizzle. Delicious." An ancient voice sounded from behind Lu Yin.
Lu Yin turned around and left without hesitation. The moment he saw that person, his brain had subconsciously gone on alert. This wasn't the first time he had felt such a feeling, and each time, it had brought him a life or death crisis. This person was not simple, and Lu Yin had not even thought of using his domain to test him.
The moment he turned around, he saw someone's back and the delicious roasted meat. When did this happen?
Lu Yin looked back and saw a pile of ash where he had just been. His pupils shrank; this person had changed directions in an instant, and he hadn't even had time to react. Impossible, not even Xia Shenji and the others could have caught him off guard, but this person?
"Why are you running, kid?"
The man with his back to Lu Yin stood up, patted his butt, and leisurely turned the grill. "Feeling guilty?"
Lu Yin's expression remained the same. "Junior Xuan Qi greets senior."
The rotating grill sizzled, and the person took out something to sprinkle on the roasted meat. An even more enticing aroma wafted out, and Lu Yin unconsciously swallowed as he looked at the meat. It was too fragrant, and it didn't seem like it belonged to the human world. How could something as wild as roasted meat emit such an extraordinary aroma?
"I'm Xu Wuwei," the person said as he turned the grill.
Lu Yin's heart sank, and he bowed again. "Junior Xuan Qi greets senior Xu Wuwei."
Xu Wuwei's back was still to Lu Yin, and his eyes were fixed on the roasted meat. "That brat Xiang Yin said you were very talented, and he repeatedly begged me to take a look at you. Hmm, his efforts were not in vain. You are indeed very talented."
Lu Yin didn't interrupt and just listened quietly.
"You were able to hide your strength in front of him. Aside from extreme powerhouses, no one should be able to see through you. This kind of talent is rare." Xu Wuwei then turned to look at Lu Yin. He was an old man with a weathered face, but his eyes were very clear, so clear that it was as if he could see through Lu Yin.
Lu Yin's heart sank again, as he really couldn't hide anything from this person. There were strong and weak Progenitors, and this Xu Wuwei was definitely at the top. He was at least at the level of Nine Mountains and Eight Seas, or even higher. However, he wasn't at Mister Mu's level. Otherwise, Xu Wuwei would have been able to see the power in Lu Yin's heart, and he definitely wouldn't have acted like this.
After all, even Mister Mu had been surprised by the power in Lu Yin's heart. Unless Xu Wuwei's cultivation far surpassed Mister Mu's, but that was impossible. Mister Mu's repeated appearances had refreshed Lu Yin's understanding of him. Lu Yin was now convinced that Mister Mu was definitely a powerhouse at the level of a Grand Empyrean. Otherwise, he wouldn't have said that Grand Empyreans wouldn't act against him.
No matter how strong Xu Wuwei was, he couldn't be stronger than a Grand Empyrean.
"You hid your cultivation and joined the Six Direction Training Rites. My first guess was that you were a spy for the Eternals," Xu Wuwei said calmly. He then looked at the roasted meat again. In his eyes, nothing Lu Yin had done was more important than this piece of meat.
Lu Yin's heart suddenly jumped. "Senior, this junior is definitely not a spy for the Eternals."
Xu Wuwei raised a hand to stop Lu Yin from speaking. He leaned closer to the meat and sniffed it. "The aroma isn't right. Is it burnt?
No, the seasoning isn't right. Let me think … "