Suddenly, there was a flash of red as the karmic tornado broke apart, clearing the world.
Lu Yin was forced back several steps by an invisible force and looked up in shock. It was that red sword again! Back when he had comprehended the Self Illuminating Heavens Technique, he had noticed that someone was watching him. Just as he was about to search for the source, he had been cut apart by this red sword.
This sword had also helped the Four Protectors.
The blue sword that had appeared in the Nine-Firmaments Universe was now a red sword.
The Tianyuan Universe must be hiding an unknown.
Lu Yin's expression turned ugly, and he stopped divining himself. He could no longer do so here, as the unknown had already acted.
But if he couldn't do it himself, then he would do it to others.
Lu Yin took out the Grim Reaper's left arm from his cosmic ring.
Ever since he had obtained the arm, he had wanted to find the Grim Reaper, especially after learning that the Grim Reaper had crossed the river of time to save him.
The Grim Reaper was involved in too many things. Why had he saved him during the decisive battle with the Eternals?
He would rather have been killed by the Eternals. Why did he know about the hanging coffins? The hanging coffins represented the unknown, and even the Primogenitors should not have known about them.
He knew too many things.
One was the Grim Reaper, and the other was Fate. They could be considered the two most mysterious people in the Above Sky Sect.
He had not been able to do so in the past, but now …
The karmic spiral coiled around his fingertips, and with a wave of his hand, it pierced through the Grim Reaper's left arm to search for the same body.
As the karma pierced through the Grim Reaper's left arm, Lu Yin could feel a vague connection even though there was no image.
He took a step forward and disappeared.
On a desolate planet, sandstorms filled the sky.
Lu Yin landed on the planet, and in front of him was a dark red tornado that connected the heavens and the earth. Not only did it connect to the ground, but it also connected to the entire planet's core.
Ordinary life forms could not survive on this planet, but it did not affect Lu Yin at all.
He walked past the dark red tornado and sank into the planet's core. He spread out his consciousness and found it.
The magma split apart, revealing an ancient fossil.
The fossil's surface kept peeling off until a section of the body was revealed. This was the Grim Reaper's body.
Lu Yin's gaze was complicated as he put it away and continued.
Half a month later, Lu Yin returned to the Above Sky Sect and called for Lu Yuan, as well as the others from the Three Realms and Six Paths.
"Little Seven, what's the matter?" Lu Yuan asked.
"Let's wait until everyone is here."
Lu Yuan sat down and waited quietly.
Soon, Hongyan Mavis arrived. Lu Yuan smiled at her, and she calmly sat down without asking any questions.
Wu Tian had arrived.
Then there were the ancient gods.
Jialan Zhiluo and Chu Yi had also arrived.
There was only one Aragami left.
"Big Yellow is suppressing the Sequence of Strings, so he can't come. Little Seven, if you have something to say, just say it," Lu Yuan said.
Lu Yin's gaze swept across the crowd. "Let's go to Immemorial City. The Desolate God should know about this."
Lu Yuan grew even more curious. Seeing Lu Yin's grave expression, he asked uneasily, "Is there bad news?"
Suddenly, his expression changed. "Could something have happened to Master?"
Everyone else stared at Lu Yin as well, all of them feeling uneasy.
Lu Yin replied, "It has nothing to do with the Progenitor. It's about the Death God. I've already found all of Senior Death God's bodies."
Everyone trembled and stared blankly at Lu Yin, not knowing what to think.
They had never been able to find Death's body. In fact, they were still holding on to the hope that Death was not dead.
The Three Realms and Six Paths were as close as brothers.
But now that Lu Yin had found Death God's body, it meant that Death God was really dead.
To them, this was not good news.
But it was also good news. At least Death God's body was left intact.
Everyone did not say a word and followed Lu Yin to Immemorial City. They came to the underground of Immemorial City and took out Death God's body under the Desolate God's puzzled gaze.
The Desolate God looked over and narrowed his eyes.
Everyone looked at Death God's body with a complicated expression, especially the head. That face was so familiar.
Lu Yin sighed. Death God's head was found in a meteorite.
It seemed like Death God's body was scattered far away on purpose. Did he not want to be captured and used by the Eternals?
Lu Yuan and the rest were sad.
Lu Yin was also in a bad mood.
Death God had saved his life, which was equivalent to using his own life in exchange for Lu Yin's. He did not know the reason, but he owed Death God.
Along the way, he had almost died several times and relied on Death God's power to revive.
Although Death God had never appeared, he was no less helpful to him than Mister Mu.
Looking at Death God's body, Lu Yin bowed slowly. The only thing he could do was to let Death God rest in peace and leave his body intact.
"I always thought that he wouldn't die so easily," Jialan Zhiluo said with a sorrowful expression.
Wu Tian shook his head. "Among all of us, Chuhei was the most powerful. Master said that we could suppress our breakthroughs, but Chuhei was the only one who found it difficult. His death aura was too overbearing, and his killing intent was too strong."
"Chuhei needed to kill to vent his urge to break through. How did he die?" Hongyan Mavis said bitterly.
The Ancient God clenched his fists and looked on. He was dead. He was really dead.
Chu Yi sighed deeply. "I really want to go back to those days when Master taught us and we played together. Those days are gone forever."
The Desolate God suppressed the Sequence's String and hated Death God for suppressing the astral beast. He had killed the astral beast to the point where it did not dare to raise its head, but he could not let go of this feeling.
During that time, they had trained together, teased Ancestral Vulture Shen Ying together, and wanted to hit Tai Hong together. They had roamed the universe together. Those days were truly happy.
How many people could truly give their hearts to someone?
"Blackie, I hope that you won't be so evil in your next life. Be a good person." Lu Yuan sighed, his eyes red.
Lu Yin looked at Death God's body in a daze. Senior, rest in peace.
Hmm?
Wait.
He stepped forward and stared at Death God's right palm. "Something's wrong."
Everyone looked at him.
"Little Seven, what's wrong?"
Lu Yin stared at Death God's right palm. "He's not Death God."
"Impossible. He's Chuhei. We know him." Wu Tian denied it.
Lu Yuan and the rest looked at Death God's body again. "He's Chuhei."
Sapphire Zhiluo lifted Death God's chest. "The scar is still there. It was left behind when he challenged me. It came from my spear. He's Chuhei."
Chu Yi added, "He should be Chuhei. We could feel it the moment we saw him. There were traces of death energy in his body, and his appearance did not change."
"I also feel that he's Chuhei. His shoulder was also hit by my General Stage. This is the scar. There's no mistake," Lu Yuan said.
Lu Yin said solemnly, "Back then, when I was attacked by Madman Lu using the General Platform, Senior Grim Reaper saved my life through the river of time. That palm strike is still fresh in my memory. The back of my hand is filled with scars, I can draw them out, but this hand has no scars."
"But the scars on this body are the same as in our memories."
Desolate God spoke. His gaze landed on Death God's calf. "There, I bit it. I remember."
Lu Yin frowned. "There's definitely a problem. The palm is different. Unless the one who saved me is not Death God."
Lu Yuan said, "He's the one who saved you. Madman Lu didn't lie to you."
"Little Seven, how did you find him?" Wu Tian asked.
Lu Yin said, "Karma."
Chu Yi looked at Lu Yin deeply. "If it's karma, you shouldn't be wrong. This body belongs to the same person. The right palm too. There's no problem."
"But Little Seven won't be wrong." Lu Yuan said.
Lu Yin squatted down and looked at Death God's body. There was definitely something wrong. Either this body did not belong to Death God, or the one who saved him was not Death God.
And this body had been seen by Lu Yuan and the rest. It was definitely Death God. The scars on the body, the remnants of death energy, and that familiar feeling. At their level, they believed in their senses more.
Was Madman Lu lying?
That was impossible. Madman Lu wouldn't lie. He knew that he was going to die. He was proud and didn't care about lying.
Then what went wrong?
"I hope that Chu Hei is not dead. Little Seven, find the reason." Jia Lan Zhiluo said.
The others stared at Lu Yin as well.
Even though the possibility wasn't high, they all hoped that there was a possibility.
Lu Yin took a deep breath and brought Death God's body back to the Tian Yuan Universe.
Lu Yuan and the rest stayed far away and waited for Lu Yin to try.
Lu Yin released his Karma Dao and connected to the Tian Yuan Universe's karma. He sent a karma spiral into Death God's body. He wanted to see what kind of karma this body could give him.
Logically speaking, a dead person shouldn't have karma. But Lu Yin didn't want to use the body's karma. Instead, he wanted to use the body as a template to find the power that existed in it. Lu Yuan and the rest were very familiar with Death God's power.
As karma pierced through, a familiar power made Lu Yin's heart sink. Death energy, this was the power of death energy.
Lu Yuan and the rest's expressions changed. There was no mistake. This was the power of death energy that Chu Hei cultivated. It was overbearing and vicious. No one else could cultivate it.
Even Lu Yin's death energy was different from Chu Hei's.
It was the same death energy, but it gave off a different feeling.
Lu Yin's death energy was controlling and suppressing, while Chu Hei's death energy was murderous and exterminating. These were two different feelings that originated from the same power.
Since ancient times, no one else besides Lu Yin had been able to cultivate death energy.
Even Chu Hei's in-name disciple couldn't do it.
This body belonged to Chu Hei.
When Lu Yuan and the rest felt the power, their hearts sank.
But the next moment, another trace of power appeared, causing Lu Yin's eyes to widen. "Nine Clones?"
No one had expected that there would be traces of the Nine Clones in Death God's body.
That was the Xia family's battle technique. How could it be related to Death God?
Could it be?
This body was Death God's clone?
Lu Yuan and the rest exchanged glances. They weren't surprised. Even if they had never heard of Chu Hei having dealings with Xia Chan of that era, this didn't stop them from acknowledging this fact. Chu Hei had always been two-faced, and no one knew what he had done.
After all, he was the one who had suggested that Tai Hong be beaten up.
What really surprised them was that if this was a clone, then where was Death God himself?
The Eternals couldn't kill Death God for no reason. Furthermore, Death God's death had occurred after the Progenitor's attack and Jialan Zhiluo's disappearance. This meant that the Eternals' attack had been premeditated. Under such circumstances, it was inconceivable that Death God could use a clone to replace himself and hide from the Eternals.
This meant that Death God had been prepared.
But where had he come from?