Inert in Lu Yunâs arms, the little foxâs ears suddenly twitched gently before she blearily lifted her head and looked at Lu Yun with baby-blue eyes.
âHongjun left a restriction in your true spirit, so you wouldnât have really died.â Lu Yun caressed her head and winked at her.
Blinking, the little fox took a second to collect her bearings and then⊠scrambled out of Lu Yunâs arms and shot onto his head.
âOh no, oh no, ohnonono. Dijiang has the Bell of Chaos!â She panicked, running âround and âround on Lu Yunâs head.
Lu Yun: âŠâŠ
Daoist Yuyu: âŠâŠ
Wahuang: âŠâŠ
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No one knew how or why the little fox had come back to life, but neither was anyone determined to get to the bottom of it. Maybe things were like what Lie Shan had said, that a great master by the name of Hongjun had left a restriction in her true spirit and spared her from succumbing to her injuries.
Those who were unfamiliar with the name looked around blankly, while those who had heard of it remained silent. No one was willing to pursue this mysterious existence thatâd listed himself as a taboo.
The little fox was just as lively as before her resurrection, but she was a frantic mess. Too many secrets were sealed within the Bell of Chaos, including the Deaf Prince and the six others. If a divine weapon of time that didnât belong to this day and age suddenly appeared in this eon, then it could very likely give rise to a series of horrifying events.
However, no one knew where Dijiang was. Even Leize wasnât able to locate the demon god.
âNow that Dijiang has the bell, we probably won't be able to get it back even if we find him. In that case, letâs just see how things play out.â After musing over various possibilities, Lu Yun finally sighed and set it aside for now.
âTianqi, I have matters to attend to and must leave the tribes for a while. You have a mission to carry out in my absenceâferret out any demon god whoâs creating trouble for humans and kill them all. If you canât, partner with Bingyi. If that still proves insufficient, go to Mount Buzhou and ask Her Majesty to take the field!â Lu Yun summoned his disciple.
Nuanzi had acknowledged his status and confirmed humanity as a peak race in the great wilderness. If there was any great master who still courted death even now and sowed discord among the tribes, then Lu Yun would do as Nuanzi had said and bring down the full might of his wrath upon them.
However, he wasnât strong enough to easily sweep all of his enemies just yet. He could temporarily summon hellfire and bolster himself with it, but like heâd said in the earlier battle, Lu Yun was less than Nuanzi for now. He was less than even Dijiang, unless they happened to be in the netherdark and he was reinforced by the true Sea of Hellfire.
He had the faintest hunch that Fuxiâs return from the chaos would be the prelude to a heaven-shattering war. Perhaps demon god rule over the great wilderness would end in that war, and human dao might be⊠officially established.
Therefore, he really needed to get stronger.
However, he couldnât cultivate in his Xing Chen replica. This body of the world had only come to be because Qing Yu had theorized the proper method to do soârefine the five divine treasures and nine connate spirit roots into him so that he could break through into the chaos realm.
The Dusk River, living soil, Traceless, corpsefire, and demonic tree were all in hand. In fact, theyâd all melded into Xing Chenâs body thanks to their journey through spacetime. If Lu Yun could find the nine connate spirit roots in this era and continued to incorporate them, then Xing Chenâs strength would increase as a result.
The first one he thought of was the Constellation Willow. Luo Houluo was gravely injured thanks to his disciple, so now was the perfect time. However, Lu Yun needed to find Ling Weiyang first before doing anything. Ling Weiyangâs natural talents would help him locate the spirit root.
Meanwhile, the little fox sprawled on top of Lu Yunâs head and wouldnât let go of his hair roots no matter what he said.
âIâm going with you!â She shook her head violently from side to side. Two crafty glints shone out of her eyes; there was patently something in the Mu nation thatâd caught her attention.
âBig brother Lieshan, I want to go too!â Ah Bao tugged piteously on the hem of Lu Yunâs shirt.
âAlright, alright, letâs all go together.â Lu Yun rubbed his forehead. Now that his status had been confirmed, he could do just about whatever he wanted in the great wilderness. Not many would provoke him under the current circumstances.
âTianqi, remember what I said. You must be unyielding and dominating so that they fear you!â Lu Yun imparted a final solemn reminder.
âUnderstood!â Tianqi nodded gravely.
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The Mu nation was located to the east of the great wilderness in the depths of the East Sea.
Lu Yun didnât know what connection it had to the East Sea in the future world of immortals, but he did know that the latter was currently called the world of celestials. It was held up by Mount Buzhou and hung in the outer realm of the great wilderness, in another dimension.
A trace of confusion flashed through Lu Yunâs eyes when he exited Suncrows Plain and looked out at the vast East Sea. It was⊠rather similar to the one that would be in the world of immortals.
âGreetings to Lie Shan.â A warm current suffused their surroundings as a young girl wrapped in flames floated down from the void. She swept a graceful curtsy at Lu Yun when she reached the ground. âMy deepest gratitude for your aid last time. You saved my younger sister from being overrun in the tide of yin spirits.â
The visitor was one of Xiheâs replicas, the goddess who lived in the sun and Changxiâs elder sister.
âIt was a simple act of convenience not worth mentioning. Besides, Changxi helped me hold off Dusk Snake last time as well.â Lu Yun waved a hand.
âNothing can repay the debt of saving a life. I have observed your battles a few times and notice that you utilize hellfire. While hellfire is ferocious, all things in the world have their counter. Please accept Yiâs greatest treasure, his Rearbow.â Xiheâs form slowly transformed into a jade-green bow before it disappeared into the air.
âWhat the, she gave you Yiâs bow just like that?â The little fox popped out and assessed the weapon with surprise. âI remember Xihe being a big miser⊠sheâs way less generous than her younger sister, Changxi!â
âWell, the bow is indeed the Great Yiâs. Though heâs dead to the point where his body doesnât even exist, his true spirit hasnât scattered,â Lu Yun analyzed thoughtfully. âXihe may attract karmic repercussions if she continues keeping the bow, so thatâs why she gifted it to me. Honestly, itâs killing three birds with one stoneâthanking me for saving her sister, avoiding any karma that may be coming, and transferring any consequences to meâŠâ
Thankfully, he didnât care about any potential backlash. He did indeed lack a handy treasure at the moment after gifting the hundred-and-eight-ranked white lotus to Eternal. The bow had showed up right on time.
When he grasped the bow, a pillar of jade-green brilliance shot into the clouds. The power of the worldâs liver within his body instantly connected with the bow; he didnât even have to refine it before it became his.
âAbsolutely perfect! Iâm at least thirty percent stronger with this bow in hand!â
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