Lu Yin smiled bitterly. It was not as simple as offending him. He had fished up Jiuxiao and caused Yue Ya and Xingfan to be punished by the Blood Tower Imperial. Xingfan probably hated him to the core.
Lu Yin did not regret it. Xingfan had cooperated with Yue Ya to kill countless cultivators from the spiritualized universe. Although they were spiritualized, they were still living beings. If there was a chance, he wanted to find trouble with Xingfan.
How could he ask for Xingfan's recommendation now?
"Is there no other way?" Lu Yin was helpless.
Ming Zhuo thought for a moment. "There is another way. Your chances of success are higher."
"What is it?"
"Find Master directly. The Eternal Ruler can directly appoint the Imperial God. There is no need for a recommendation."
Lu Yin pondered.
Ming Zhuo said, "You don't understand Master. Do you know why I keep calling you Junior Brother?
It is because I understand Master too well. "
"It is boastful to say that you understand the Eternal Realm, but Master is Master. In my eyes, it is not the Eternal Realm. I can understand and hope to understand."
He looked deeply at Lu Yin and continued, "Master has never cared so much about someone before, not even our little junior brother, the genius sleeping in the Junior Pavilion. Our little junior brother is known as the Little Azure King, and this is a compliment given by Master. Everyone thinks that our little junior brother will walk on Master's path in the future, but he has yet to do so. Yet, you have already."
"The Seven Fairies' conditions are a test, but it is more like Master wants you to understand the process of Jiuxiao Universe."
Lu Yin was shocked. Process?
Fate was the beginning, experience was the road, and karma was the end.
Qing Lian Yu used fate to tie him to Ye Hai and the Seven Fairies' conditions as fetters. This was fate as the beginning.
Completing the Seven Fairies' conditions and getting to know Ming Zhuo would make him know more disciples of Qing Lian Yu in the future. This was the path of experience.
Then, what was the end?
He had refused to become Master's disciple from the beginning. So, why did Qing Lian Yu continue?
Could it be that becoming Master's disciple was not the end? There was another path?
"Don't reject Master's help. Master will be happy if you find him," Ming Zhuo advised.
Lu Yin looked at Ming Zhuo. "Then, how do I find Qing Lian Yu?"
Ming Zhuo smiled mysteriously. "You forgot that there is a world that only you and Master can see."
Lu Yin subconsciously looked up at the Great Karma Phenomenon.
"That's all I have to say. Junior Brother, go ahead and do whatever you want. Ye Hai will always be behind you," Ming Zhuo said and ended the call.
Lu Yin collected his thoughts and smiled. He then sat down cross-legged and unleashed his Heavenly Dao of Karma.
Yes, there was a world where only he and the Azure Lotus Ruler could interact.
Karma Dao covered the spiritualized universe and the consciousness universe. Of course, it wouldn't fall behind the Nine Clouds Universe. As long as one was under the Karma Celestial Phenomenon, one could touch the Azure Lotus Defense.
Ming Zhuo's words opened up Lu Yin's thoughts and also resolved his doubts. Perhaps he had already been noticed by the Azure Lotus Emperor ever since he had comprehended the Heavenly Dao of Karma in the spiritualized universe.
Then, were there any karmic phenomena in the Tian Yuan universe?
Lu Yin was very curious.
The Karma Heavenly Dao was much stronger than it was two years ago. Other than absorbing the scab, there was also the fortune telling.
Lu Yin didn't know why he had obtained so much karma from helping others with their fortunes, but the expansion of this karma was not any slower than when he had suppressed powerhouses into the Point of General Platform Hell. In fact, it was increasing. As he unleashed his Karma Heavenly Dao, he gradually saw strands of invisible threads connecting the void. He couldn't see where they came from, but their ends were connected to him.
These invisible threads were definitely karma spirals, but they were so small that he almost couldn't see them.
However, there were quite a few of them.
This was the first time Lu Yin had unleashed his Karma Heavenly Dao since he had finished his fortune-telling.
He looked at the invisible threads in a daze and kept recalling what he had done. One thread, two threads, three threads … There were five hundred and sixty-eight threads.
Five hundred and sixty-eight threads connected to him from all directions. It seemed like a lot, but even with Lu Yin's cultivation, he had almost overlooked it. It was as if they were invisible. This amount was just a drop in the ocean in the void. However, this number was rather interesting.
If he hadn't guessed wrong, then these invisible threads came from the people he had helped with his fortune-telling. However, most of them were ordinary people, and he hadn't suppressed them into the Point of General Platform Hell, so where did this karma come from?
And why was it endlessly transferring karma to him?
Was it just because he had helped them with their fortunes?
Although these threads were very small, and five hundred and sixty-eight threads of karma were no more than a brick, it had only been two years.
It was normal for cultivators to live for hundreds or thousands of years, but Lu Yin couldn't even calculate how long he could live. How many karma threads would he end up with?
So, fortune-telling was enough?
Lu Yin stopped thinking about it. He had completed Qiunan Hongye's condition, and he didn't know how long he would have to wait for the Seven Fairies' conditions. He had plenty of time to perform fortune-telling. Both to increase his karma threads and to make up for himself, making preparations for reaching the Primordial realm.
As he thought about it, he raised his hand, and the karma spirals leaped from his fingertip. With a flick of his finger, the karma spirals shot into the sky.
Aside from Lu Yin, no one else saw this.
In the world that only Lu Yin could see, the karma spirals sank into the heavens. They collided with the Karma Heavenly Phenomenon that covered the Nine Firmaments Cosmos, causing a slight ripple.
Compared to the Karma Heavenly Phenomenon, Lu Yin's karma spirals were like rocks that had collided with a mountain range. They were unable to shake the mountain range at all, but they still produced a gentle sound.
Ye Hai's eyes opened, and he smiled. He took a step forward and vanished.
Lu Yin stood up at the sixth pillar of the night, took a step forward, and vanished.
No one sensed anything.
Two figures faced each other in the heavens. They seemed to be standing high up in the sky, but no one could see them. Even if they passed by, they would not be able to see them at all. However, what they saw in each other's eyes was a completely different scene.
Lu Yin stared at the Karma Heavenly Phenomenon that covered the entire Nine Firmaments Cosmos in shock. It was incomparable. He had thought that the Karma Heavenly Phenomenon of Azure Lotus Protector would cover a large area, but he had never thought it would be this vast.
Only when he met Azure Lotus Protector did he see everything. He saw that karma covered the entire Nine Firmaments Cosmos, as if a lid had been added to it. This lid did not just cover the Nine Firmaments Cosmos. It even extended outwards, into the spiritualized universe, into the consciousness universe, and even into an even more distant area.
There was no end to it.
Karma was a sky, a sky that only the two of them could see.
Under this sky, the Nine Firmaments Cosmos, the universe, the incomparably huge Sun Beast, the Mother Tree that connected the sky to the earth, and the endless Eastern Domain were just a cage that was covered.
To ants, humans might be the heavens, and to humans, the heavens were the heavens. However, at this moment, the Karmic Constellation was the heavens no matter who it was. Even the boundless square inch of space could be completely covered by the Karmic Constellation one day.
This kind of thinking was exaggerated, but the Karma Heavenly Phenomenon gave Lu Yin this idea.
When a person suddenly saw that there was a sky above the sky, the shock was enough to break their soul.
Even though Lu Yin was mentally prepared, he was still shocked speechless at this moment.
Insignificant. Only the word insignificant could describe his experience before he saw this. The experience that he was so proud of had been shattered by this Karma Heavenly Phenomenon.
Azure Lotus Protector had his hands behind his back as he looked at Lu Yin with a smile.
Lu Yin's face was pale, and he finally came back to his senses. The way he looked at Azure Lotus Protector had completely changed.
This was the strength of the Immortal Protector.
This was the terrifying power of Azure Lotus Protector, the most ancient Immortal Realm powerhouse.
When Ye Hai saw it, he did not feel that Azure Lotus Protector was very powerful. He only felt that he was unfathomable. He was not a match for him, but he should be qualified to fight.
However, at this moment, he realized that he was too naive.
Qualified to fight?
Ridiculous, extremely ridiculous.
Not to mention him, even the Immortal Realm monster that was chasing after him was an ant in the face of the Karma Heavenly Phenomenon.
No matter how big the monster was, it could not escape the coverage of the Karma Heavenly Phenomenon.
This was the terrifying boundless.
He understood why the spiritualized universe had an Immortal Realm powerhouse like Master Grass, but he was suppressed to such a state.
Digging bricks?
Lu Yin wanted to laugh. How long would it take for him to reach one-tenth the size of the Karma Heavenly Phenomenon?
It was far away.
"Shocked?" Azure Lotus Protector was very satisfied with Lu Yin's attitude. "I am an Immortal Realm powerhouse."
Lu Yin faced Azure Lotus Protector and bowed deeply. "Greetings, Senior Azure Lotus."
Azure Lotus Protector looked at Lu Yin with a smile. "I'll give you another chance. Are you willing to acknowledge me as your master?"
Lu Yin exhaled. It would be a lie to say that he was not willing, but people had to have persistence, loyalty, affection, and trust. No one could be loyal, loyal, affectionate, and trustworthy. If he acknowledged Azure Lotus Protector as his master, the Tian Yuan Universe's crisis might be resolved. This was Lu Yin's biggest goal, but he had also lost his persistence.
That persistence was not only for himself, but also for the Tian Yuan Universe.
The people of the Tian Yuan Universe could not be looked down upon. He would not betray the relationship between master and disciple.
Perhaps Mr. Xu Mu also hoped that he would acknowledge Azure Lotus Protector as his master to resolve the Tian Yuan Universe's crisis. However, Lu Yin could compromise on anything. He could also be willful on anything. He could do whatever he wanted without regrets. He could change from the naive Lu Xiaoxuan to the scheming Lu Yin. However, regardless of whether it was Lu Xiaoxuan or Lu Yin, when faced with this moment, the choice was the same.
If even he lost this backbone, even if the Tian Yuan Universe survived, what would be the inheritance?
"Thank you for your kind intentions, senior. I already have a master." Lu Yin bowed again.
Qing Lian Yu smiled faintly, "I can tell you that I won't look down on you just because you betrayed your master. Because you have comprehended karma, you are the only one who can step into my world. My inheritance is only yours."
"Then what choice do you have?"
Lu Yin raised his head and smiled. "Even if there are a hundred chances, I will still say the same thing. I already have a master."
Azure Lotus Protector sighed. "Stubborn, laughable, and naive."
Lu Yin did not refute. Everyone looked at him like that.
"However, you are also pure."
Azure Lotus Protector changed the topic. He looked at Lu Yin with admiration. "The fate between master and disciple cannot be forced. Since you and I are not fated, then forget it. What do you want from me?"
Lu Yin said respectfully, "I want to help Swordmaster Taicang become the Head of the Fifth Night Pillar."
Ming Zhuo was right. Let's not talk about whether or not he could become a Lesser Imperial Deity. Even if he could become a Lesser Imperial Deity by relying on the Azure Lotus Deity's status, expelling Yue Ya from the Fifth Night Pillar or directly killing Yue Ya would not only offend the Blood Tower Deity but also embarrass Yu Jiu Xiao.