The mirror flew towards Lu Yin, and even though his consciousness was shaken, it didn't shatter.
Lu Yin didn't move from his spot as the mirror passed through. A dark figure walked out of the mirror and turned to face Lu Yin. This was another Lu Yin.
Lu Yin stared at the dark Lu Yin and recalled some of Hua Manyi's memories.
He recalled that Hua Manyi's memories called Xing Jue's Nightmare Celestial Phenomenon used fear as a mirror.
Hua Manyi's understanding of Xing Jue was that he could draw out a creature's greatest fear. When Xing Jue had first attacked, Lu Yin had recalled it. However, this Celestial Phenomenon didn't pose any threat to him, so he hadn't paid it much mind.
Old Chief's description of Xing Jue was that he was a man in the mirror, a nightmare among men.
No one knew what this meant, and even Hua Manyi, who was also a Celestial Phenomenon, had never experienced it.
But now, Lu Yin knew.
This was a man in the mirror, a nightmare among men.
The dark Lu Yin was the embodiment of all the fear that Lu Yin had experienced. It didn't have much attack power, and Xing Jue had simply stripped the fear from Lu Yin's consciousness and made him experience it all over again.
Lu Yin couldn't avoid it, nor would he do so. The fear that he had experienced wasn't just fear, but also the process, karma, and memories.
If he lost these fears, he wouldn't be complete.
The mirror suddenly flew in a certain direction and dragged the dark Lu Yin over.
This was Xing Jue's most deeply hidden power, and only Old Chief had seen it before. The other Celestial Phenomenon cultivators had never seen it before. This was a life-saving move.
At Lu Yin's level of cultivation, he knew that he couldn't lose these fears. Xing Jue was throwing them far away so that Lu Yin could chase after them so that he could escape. Lu Yin would eventually catch up to the dark Lu Yin, and if Lu Yin wanted to regain those fears, he had to experience them all over again. This was his trump card.
Even though it couldn't harm Lu Yin, he couldn't do anything while experiencing those fears.
No matter how high a person's cultivation was, their greatest enemy wasn't other creatures, but themselves.
Immortality was a realm of their own, not something that was bestowed upon them. Thus, to break through to immortality, one had to break through themselves.
To experience those fears again, one had to face their past selves.
This move wasn't a killing move, but it was one that Xing Jue was confident in protecting his life.
The moment the mirror dragged Gray Lu Yin away, Xing Jue's consciousness suddenly returned. He had been hiding all this time, and now, he unleashed all of his strength. He forcibly withstood the Great Sky-Carving Disk's attack and fled in the opposite direction.
Lu Yin took a step forward, and just as Xing Jue had predicted, he chased after the mirror. It was impossible for him to lose sight of his own fear.
When Xingjue saw this, he heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly fled.
Five seconds. There were only five seconds left. Even though Xing Jue had fled far away, he could still see Lu Yin standing in the distance.
"You, you gave up on your past?" Xingjue was in disbelief. Could it be that this person didn't know what it meant to lose one's past?
"You don't want to break through to immortality?
You want to be an incomplete person? "
Lu Yin looked at Xing Jue calmly. "Is your technique unbreakable?"
Xingjue was at a loss. Of course, there was no solution. The old chief had also said that as long as one cultivated the dao, regardless of whether they were sentient lifeforms or living creatures, they would all feel fear. With fear, it was impossible to give up on the past. As long as one wanted to continue cultivating, those creatures who didn't understand the serious consequences of this matter couldn't threaten him.
Therefore, his methods were unbreakable.
Even if this person could catch up to the mirror so quickly, it would be impossible for him to regain his fear so quickly.
Yes.
In space where Xing Jue couldn't see, karma slowly entered Lu Yin's body.
Fear?
Where did this fear come from?
Because certain things happened for a reason, there was an effect. Fear was just an effect. Lu Yin used the karma thread to pierce through Gray Lu Yin and return this karma to his body. There was no need for him to experience fear. How could Xing Jue's methods strip him of his past and tear apart his karma?
The First Clan.
The terror of karma wasn't something a normal cultivator could imagine.
In front of the dao of karma, anyone below the Eternal Realm could only look up to it, including Yu Sang Tian, who had completed Ku Adversity.
Once Lu Yin cultivated the dao of karma, Yu Sang Tian wouldn't be a match for him.
Xingjue couldn't figure out how Lu Yin had broken through his technique, and he kept retreating. "Human, let me go and I'll tell you a secret."
"Speak." Lu Yin's tone was cold.
Xingjue said, "There's a huge secret in the Earth Domain. Have you heard of the Heavenly Yi Tower?"
"No," Lu Yin said.
Xingjue continued, "The Heavenly Yi Tower is the most ancient place in the Consciousness Universe. It's said that the path to immortality exists there, so the 13 Celestials want to explore the Heavenly Yi Tower the most. Your spiritualized universe's Yu Sang Tian must have come for the Heavenly Yi Tower as well."
"Does Yu Sang Tian know of the Heavenly Yi Tower's existence?" Lu Yin asked. He had thought of this before.
Wu Wei hadn't told Yu Sang Tian, and neither had Hua Manyi, so how did Yu Sang Tian know?
He was even willing to share the Heavenly Yi Tower with Lu Yin. He seemed to care about it, but at the same time, he didn't care.
Xingjue was very certain. "Your Yu Sang Tian must know. Back then, five of the 13 Celestials surrounded him, and Wu Wei was one of them. Two of them died in that battle, and Wu Wei surrendered. It was because of that battle that we were certain that Yu Sang Tian was looking for the Heavenly Yi Tower. Perhaps he doesn't know the name, but he's definitely looking for this place."
Lu Yin nodded. "Well said. I'm interested as well. Come, follow me."
Xingjue went on guard. "Human, as long as you let me go, I can tell you more secrets about the Consciousness Universe. I know about the other 13 Celestials, including some of the secrets of your spiritualized universe. I'll also tell you the secret of the Heavenly Yi Tower."
Lu Yin suddenly moved, his consciousness pressing forward to grab Xingjue.
Xingjue shouted, "Human, you forced me to do this." With that, his consciousness scattered, turning into countless consciousness shadows that scattered in all directions.
Lu Yin's consciousness descended and enveloped the starry sky. Not a single one could escape.
Suddenly, he looked at one of the consciousness shadows, and that consciousness shadow headed towards the broken world.
There was a broken world in the distance.
Lu Yin had discovered it when he was chasing after Xingjue. Others might not recognize that broken world, but he remembered that it came from the Tome of Forbidden. That broken world was one of the rare ones in the Tome of Forbidden whose depths were unknown. No sentient lifeforms were willing to investigate it. Those spiritualized cultivators who were forced into the broken world had all died, including a Spirit Prime.
Xingjue had no choice but to dive into the broken world. The rest of the consciousness shadows slowly dissipated, and the consciousness shadow that had escaped into the broken world was Xingjue.
When the consciousness shadow entered the broken world, it stopped moving.
From the outside, the broken world was filled with rocks. It was as if countless rocks had shattered into a valley, and not a single blade of grass grew.
Lu Yin slowly approached the broken world and finally stopped at the edge.
With one more step, he would enter the broken world, and Xingjue was just three steps away from him.
"Stop, human. This is a broken world. Do you dare to enter?" Xingjue's voice rang out, and he used his consciousness to transmit into the broken world. He didn't dare to speak loudly.
Nonsense.
In a broken world, once there was a disturbance, no one could guarantee what would happen.
When Lu Yin entered the World within a Monument for the first time, he had also silently sat in the restaurant and didn't dare to move. He had Blackie and Xiao Bai beside him, and any movement could cause the gray shadows in the World within a Monument to attack him.
At that time, he thought that those gray shadows were the remnant essence, energy, and soul of the past. Now, he didn't know how to explain it. In this broken world, the consciousness lifeforms knew that it was the remnant consciousness of the past.
In short, there were all sorts of explanations.
Lu Yin looked at Xingjue. "Why don't you dare to enter?"
Xingjue replied, "Don't you know that the broken world is dangerous?"
"There is no danger. I have never encountered a broken world that is too dangerous. Many cultivators in our spiritualized universe treat broken worlds as scenic spots." Lu Yin didn't care.
Of course, Xingjue knew about this. 99% of the broken worlds in the consciousness universe weren't dangerous, but the remaining 10% had caused the deaths of many spiritualized cultivators. They had constantly used cultivators to probe the broken worlds, and that was how they had obtained the more detailed Tome of Forbidden.
"This broken world is different."
"How is it different?"
"A Spirit Prime died here."
Lu Yin was astonished. "That's impressive, but how can a Spirit Prime compare to me?"
Xingjue threatened, "A Spirit Prime would die here in an instant. Even we don't know how dangerous this broken world is. If you insist on dealing with me, we will die together."
Lu Yin sneered. "I don't believe you."
After speaking, he stepped into the broken world. The surroundings were gray, and there were stones everywhere. It was desolate and ancient, and there was a sinister aura. Lu Yin thought that he had seen a ghost when he first entered the Monument World.
Xingjue was shocked. "Human, don't be rash. I'm not lying to you. This broken world is too dangerous. You don't want to die, right? Even the 13 Celestial Phenomenon cultivators don't dare to enter this broken world. To tell you the truth, this is also a place where we lure you humans to your death.
Lu Yin obviously knew how dangerous this broken world was. He could only pretend that he didn't care and try his best to force Xingjue out.
No one wanted to face the unknown, even if Lu Yin was extremely confident in his strength.
Every time he took a step forward, Xingjue would take a step back. Their movements were very small, and they didn't even touch the stones on the ground.
"Do you think I'll believe you?
It's just a broken world, "Lu Yin said." In my opinion, it's no different from other broken worlds. No, the scenery is a bit worse. "
Xingjue was anxious. This broken world was beneficial to the consciousness universe, and it was because of this broken world that the consciousness universe had been able to resist the spiritualized universe for so long. They had used this broken world to kill many spiritualized universe experts, so they couldn't tell the spiritualized universe about this broken world. However, there were disadvantages as well.
If he met someone who didn't believe him, he would be implicated once he entered the broken world. Unfortunately, he couldn't explain it clearly.
It was useless to say anything now.
Helpless, Xingjue could only keep retreating. Soon, he reached a mountain wall, and if he continued, he would have to cross it.
Hold on. Suddenly, Xingjue thought of something and stared at Lu Yin. "You are afraid of this broken world."
Lu Yin raised his brows. "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Xingjue replied, "If you weren't afraid, why would you be so careful? You would have taken action long ago. Did you already know that this broken world was dangerous?"
Lu Yin exhaled. A person's subconscious behavior could not be concealed. Even though he had only taken a few steps, his state of mind had been seen through. "Alright, I've been frightened by you. I don't know if this broken world is dangerous, but you seem to be really afraid."