The closer Lu Yin got, the more the Star Toad panicked. Lu Yin gave it a huge pressure.
When did this guy become so strong? The pressure was completely different from the last time it saw him in the mirage domain.
The Star Toad rolled its eyes. This guy had broken through to the Ancestor Realm, but was he so strong?
Chu Yi was the same. When did he break through to the Primordial Realm?
And that giant, shouldn't he be in Immemorial City?
Could it be?
Lu Yin arrived in front of the Star Toad and studied it, "Last time you went to the forbidden grounds, you said you saw your great-grandmother. This time, you came out of the forbidden grounds and saw your great-grandmother again?"
The Star Toad was bitter, its lotus leaf drooping down, "Great-grandmother is still here."
"Why did you go to the forbidden grounds again?"
Lu Yin suddenly shouted. The last time the Star Toad came out of the forbidden grounds, it was extremely miserable. It didn't seem like it planned to go back in again. If Lu Yin hadn't blamed it for Tian Fa's death, it would have left the mirage domain already. Now that it came out of the forbidden grounds again, something was wrong.
The Star Toad gritted its teeth, the copper coins on its neck jingled, "I can't accept this."
"The path to immortality?"
"You said that the path to immortality is in the forbidden grounds. Last time, I might have entered the wrong forbidden grounds, so I thought about it for a long time and decided to enter another forbidden ground."
"And the result?"
"Great-grandmother …"
"Shut up." Lu Yin squatted down and stared at the Star Toad.
In order to avoid Lu Yin and the others, the Star Toad had shrunk to the size of a palm. Now that it was being stared at by Lu Yin, the Star Toad felt its hair stand on end. A fawning smile appeared on its face, "Congratulations Master Lu, congratulations Master Lu. Now that Master Lu has broken through to the Ancestor Realm, you will definitely be invincible in the Ancestor Realm.
Lu Yin's lips curled up, "I have to thank you. If not for you, those two fellows would have escaped."
The Star Toad shook its lotus leaf violently, "Escape?
They dare to escape?
Master Lu, they won't live for more than three minutes. Don't worry, they won't be able to escape. "
Lu Yin nodded, "Yes, they won't be able to escape for now. The forbidden grounds can't directly leave the mirage domain."
"I don't know about that. Some forbidden grounds can, but this one can't," said the Star Toad.
"Have you tried to leave?"
"Yes, it's too uncomfortable inside."
"How long did you stay?"
"I don't know, there's no concept of time."
"How long have you been here?" Lu Yin repeated the question, his expression sinking.
The Startoad gulped, feeling aggrieved. It was a powerhouse that had once commanded the heavens and earth, and it had even done business with the progenitor of the human race and the only True God of the Eternals. But now, it was being threatened by a junior. It really wanted to jump up and kick Lu Yin, but after some thought, it decided against it.
"According to the time outside, it should have been ten years."
Roughly twenty years had passed since he had killed Tianfa, which meant that it had been ten years since the Startoad had escaped from the last forbidden zone. Now, it had entered another forbidden zone. The timing was neither too long nor too short, and it was obvious that the toad was unwilling to give up.
"What did you encounter in the Forbidden Grounds?" This was what everyone was curious about.
On the first day, Lu Yuan and the others looked at the Star Toad.
Every forbidden land in the Mirage Domain should be different. The primogenitor had only been to a few of them and warned them not to go.
The Star Toad was sorrowful. "It's too cruel. I saw myself, but I don't know if it's real or not. I saw my great-grandmother, my race, my childhood self, and my grown-up self. I saw all kinds of selves. It was boundless, and there was everything.
Everything … "Lu Yin frowned as he listened. He didn't understand, but he could tell that the Star Toad wasn't lying.
He looked at Chu Yi and the others.
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Chu Yi shook his head. "Every forbidden zone is different. This place seems to represent the karmic cycle of living beings. It's like the beginning of the universe. It's easy to lose yourself here."
"That's what Master said."
Lu Yuan sighed. "When Niuniu came out of the forbidden zone, she changed completely."
They didn't know about Future Daughter. To them, Future Daughter was a powerhouse who had suddenly appeared.
In order to prevent Future Daughter from sensing Fate's sneak attack, Lu Yin hadn't told them.
The primogenitor's words made Lu Yin ponder. The karmic cycle of living beings?
There was the River of Time here, and it didn't represent the Tianyuan Universe but the entire universe. Without the River of Time, the spiritualized universe couldn't progress further on the path of time.
The River of Time was like that. He looked into the distance. Was this forbidden zone the same as the River of Time? Did it represent some kind of fundamental force in the human world?
It seemed to be karma, but the Star Toad's words sounded more like its own self.
Lu Yin was getting more and more curious about the forbidden zone, and he wanted to explore it.
The Star Toad was still talking to itself. It was hard for outsiders to understand what it was saying. It was all its own business, and there were many examples of it doing business.
Lu Yin pressed down on the Star Toad's body. The toad instinctively wanted to attack, but it couldn't resist Lu Yin's strength.
Its eyes widened as it looked at Lu Yin in shock.
Lu Yin had indeed pressured it, but it hadn't expected the pressure to be so great. Was this the strength of a human?
"Master Lu, y-your strength?"
Lu Yin smiled at it. "My enemy escaped into the forbidden zone. Do you want to help me chase after him?"
The Star Toad was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. It almost jumped up. "No, I'm definitely not going. I'll never go to that forbidden zone again."
Lu Yin's face darkened, and he exerted more force. "What did you say?"
The Star Toad bared its fangs, and its eyes flashed fiercely. The color of its body changed, and it wanted to stab Lu Yin to death.
It had lived for so long, and although it smiled at everyone, countless creatures had died in its hands.
If it wasn't for Lu Yin's rapid growth, it would have used Mister Daheng to deal with Lu Yin instead of being used by Lu Yin.
It wasn't easy to deal with.
Around them, the giant ancestor punched the ground.
Behind Chu Yi, the Sky Supporting Pillar loomed.
Lu Yuan's head shone with golden light.
Even further away, Ancestor Chen and Ancestor Ku looked over.
The Star Toad was terrified, and its color turned golden again. It shrunk again, and it looked cute.
"Erm, Master Lu, it's not that I don't want to bring you in. Once we enter the forbidden zone, we'll be separated."
Lu Yin found it funny. "How do you know we'll be separated?"
The Star Toad opened its mouth, but no words came out.
It had always been alone in the mirage domain, and no one was with it. It would be the same even if they went to the forbidden zone.
"Little Seven, are you really going to the forbidden zone?" Lu Yuan asked.
Lu Yin stood up and looked at the forbidden zone in the distance. "Killing the president is one reason, but the bigger reason is that I really want to find out what's in the forbidden zone."
Lu Yuan said, "With your strength, you're qualified to explore, but now is not the time."
Chu Yi said, "The spiritualized universe might come at any time, and Meng Sang will be here soon."
Lu Yin nodded. Indeed, now was not the time to go to the forbidden zone.
No one knew what would happen in the forbidden zone. The Star Toad had been trapped there for ten years, and it might not be much better if he went.
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After all, the Star Toad was still at the Bitter Adversity level.
Some situations had nothing to do with combat strength, and realms were also important.
If he was trapped for a few decades, and creatures entered the mirage domain along the way, a few decades would pass in the outside world. Meng Sang would definitely run away, and no one knew what would happen to the spiritualized universe and the insects.
No one could be sure that no other creatures would enter the mirage domain.
In particular, Wei Nü kept watching, which was a big problem.
The Star Toad hurriedly advised, "Master Lu, you can't go to the forbidden zone. It's a mess there, and you can't understand anything. There's no path to eternal life, and there's nothing there. I didn't get anything, but I saw Great-grandmother twice. Great-grandmother —"
"Shut up!" the giant ancestor barked.
The Star Toad wanted to kick him. It was fine if Lu Yin scolded it, but this giant also dared to scold it. It was not afraid of giants, and it was not like it had never fought before.
It wanted to ask why this giant was here. Shouldn't he be fighting the Eternals in Immemorial City?
But it did not ask anything and kept a low profile.
It was not a good time to go to the forbidden zone, and Lu Yin did not know when the president would come out. They could only leave someone here to keep an eye on him.
The use of the mirage domain was very subtle. If it was used well, it could transform, but if it was not, creatures from the outside world would enter, which meant that time had passed in the outside world. That would be troublesome. It was very likely that one would see the Tian Yuan Universe collapsing or the insects spreading throughout the universe.
Lu Yin would not stay in the mirage domain until things had settled down.
The mirage domain could not help him much with his cultivation, and Time Stop was no longer of much use to him. He needed a Sequence Foundation and to explore his own path.
In the end, the Desolate Ancestor stayed behind and waited outside the forbidden zone. As soon as the president appeared, he would leave the mirage domain, and Lu Yin and the others would enter again.
Lu Yin's group then left the mirage domain.
The Star Toad also left.
Lu Yin made a deal with the Star Toad to find the Sole True God, and the toad agreed.
Doing business was the Star Toad's misfortune, and Lu Yin was not worried that it would go against his words. The Tian Yuan Universe was now Lu Yin's world, and the Star Toad was not stupid enough to help the Sole True God.
The Eternals had been powerful in the past, and the Star Toad had done business with humans before.
It did not want to stay in the mirage domain any longer, as the two trips to the forbidden zone had left a shadow in its heart.
The Star Toad did not know about the spiritualized universe, and Lu Yin was afraid that it would not dare to leave if he told it.
If the two universes fought, Du Ku's level would not be able to determine the outcome. It would be very dangerous for the toad to go out and be targeted by the spiritualized universe, so it would be better to stay in the mirage domain.
However, Lu Yin did not want any accidents to happen in the mirage domain. The Desolate Ancestor could handle the president alone, but if the Star Toad was coerced by the president, it would be troublesome if they joined forces.
In short, the Tian Yuan Universe's lifeforms would all have to fight against the spiritualized universe, regardless of whether they were willing or not.
In Lu Yin's position, there were times when even he could not control himself, let alone others.
After leaving the mirage domain, Lu Yin returned to the Above Heaven Sect and found Palace Mistress Yao.
She glanced at Lu Yin and fell silent.
Lu Yin released the void in his heart, and the cauldron bell appeared.
She was shocked. "You stole the cauldron bell?"
"I killed Bao Qi," Lu Yin said indifferently.
Her expression changed. Even though Lu Yin had killed Tianci and many other spiritualized universe experts, it was not as shocking as Bao Qi's death.
Bao Qi was Sang Tian, and he used the cauldron bell to attack. He was extremely powerful, but he had died just like that.
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