Chapter 1429

Worthy of Lord Lu. I am Mu Ye, and I have seen Lord Lu!

Lu Xuan's power of insight took the form of a white-robed phantom.

He understood.

The old madman is indeed insane.

But in the deepest reaches of the Sea of Divine Sense, a last trace of lucidity remained.

For all these years, the old madman never let himself sober up.

Within the Sea of Divine Sense and his inner world, those toxins, strange powers, and the power of time continually eroded the old madman's body.

But he let it happen.

It was obvious that the old madman regarded these as his own punishment.

Moreover, besides the seals placed by the Longevity Clan and the Eternal Life Sect's experts, the old madman himself laid many more seals.

All these seals are of the Dao Fruit level!

But this is the terror of the power of insight: it ignores any restriction, and everything is laid bare to Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan knew that if this continued, the old madman would surely go truly insane!

Just because.

The last vestige of lucidity left in the old madman's consciousness was ultimately consumed by the many toxins, turning to nothing.

Lu Xuan looked down at the old madman and said, "Get up."

The old madman spoke with regret: "Lord Lu, I have made a grave mistake. I have two daughters—one is Yao Xi, the other is Chi Yao. Back then, I divined that the world's great trend would collapse and Chi Yao's fate would perish."

"To defy heaven and change Chi Yao's fate, I first bound her to Yang Tianming, and then I forcibly altered causality..."

"I never expected Chi Yao to survive, while Yao Xi died, and Yang Tianming also died."

"This is my sin."

"I am willing to imprison myself here!"

Lu Xuan said nothing.

It seems the old madman has locked himself away in his inner prison.

Everyone has their own path to walk.

He will not force others.

Lu Xuan gave a faint nod and said, "Good."

Soon, Lu Xuan's power of insight withdrew.

Elder Xiao Yue asked, "Lord Lu, how is it?"

Lu Xuan replied lightly, "You can never wake someone who is pretending to sleep."

Xiao Yue and the others stood frozen in place.

They seemed to understand.

The old madman senior has gone mad, but not completely.

"Sorry."

The old madman's cloudy eyes suddenly regained a glimmer of clarity, then grew cloudy again, after which he ran madly toward the doghouse, hair disheveled, muttering incessantly.

"Dead, all dead..."

Lu Xuan shook his head lightly, looked at Xiao Yue, and said, "No need to press him. Perhaps one day he will wake on his own."

Xiao Yue bit her lip and nodded.

Lu Xuan asked, "How is the Hehuan Sect now?"

Xiao Yue pointed to the Threefold Heaven Gate above and said, "Above the Threefold Heaven Gate, I don't know, but the seal of Ancestor Dieyue there has already shattered a fragment. It is said that experts above the Dao Fruit realm can now descend, but it seems a great price must be paid."

Lu Xuan and Ji Fuyao, among others, looked up.

The boundless void overhead, once a seamless sky, now seemed to show an incongruous spot in the extreme distance—like an abyss, like a black vortex, giving an indescribable feeling.

That place is where the seal was broken.

Xiao Yue continued, "In the Chaotic Star Sea, our Hehuan Sect was originally divided into many branches, but now it has long been scattered; the original strongholds have all been destroyed, many experts either dead or fled."

"Back then, Elder Ye Shuang, on her deathbed, had already ordered the various branches to disband themselves, for if they remained together they would be nothing but living targets."

"After Elder Ye Shuang fell, the Eternal Life Sect, the Strange Clan, and the Longevity Clan joined forces to hunt down the remnants of the Hehuan Sect."

More of the Hehuan Sect's members perished.

The human alliance suffered successive defeats!

A bitter expression appeared on Xiao Yue's face: "At that time, the Yingzhao Star was also invaded, Empress Yao Xi was assassinated in the back by Empress Chi Yao, Yang Tianming also died, and we thought we could not hold on."

Having said that, her eyes brightened: "But suddenly, an ancient Dao lineage emerged."

"A powerhouse known as the Ruthless Woman Emperor appeared, bringing her ancient great force; the Wheel-Reversal Ancient Court appeared in the Chaotic Star Sea."

Lu Xuan blinked slightly, "Wheel-Reversal Ancient Court? Ruthless Woman Emperor?"

He couldn't help but recall his earlier encounter in the River of Reverse Flow.

That bronze ancient coffin!

Although his memory of the Ruthless Woman Emperor is still fragmentary, he faintly feels that she is also a very important woman to him.

The Ruthless Woman Emperor guards this fragment of universe, but unknown what calamity befell her; all the endless Dao lineages perished and were buried in the River of Reverse Flow.

Xiao Yue said, "In this world, many ancient Dao lineages already exist, especially the Chaotic Star Sea, which is itself a world derived from a defiant heavenly fire; that fire is said to have devoured countless forces, and moreover Ancestor Dieyue, also in the River of Reverse Flow, has salvaged many ancient Dao lineages, so whether in the Chaotic Star Sea or the Threefold Heaven Gate, ancient Dao lineages are not few... this is no longer a secret."

Lu Xuan frowned slightly, "Continue."

Xiao Yue said, "At that time, the Wheel-Reversal Ancient Court emerged, and the Ruthless Woman Emperor struck out, actually slaying many Dao Fruit realm experts outright, checking the offensive of the three great powers. However, it is said that the Ruthless Woman Emperor herself suffered grave wounds and is no match for top-tier experts."

"Next, the Ruthless Woman Emperor did something: she gathered the remnants of our Hehuan Sect and also absorbed some other ancient Dao lineages, forming a force in many star fields."

"That is why we have managed to eke out an existence until now."

Ji Fuyao's beautiful eyes swirled, and they asked curiously, "Where is the Ruthless Empress now?"

Xiao Yue shook their head, "I don't know, nobody in the outside world knows. The Ruthless Empress is incredibly mysterious, never showing herself. Even the orthodox land of the Reincarnation Ancient Court is extremely hidden; it is said to be concealed in a void, independent of this world."

The Longevity Sect, the Strange Clan, and the Myriad Longevity Pavilion are also searching for the Ruthless Empress, but have found nothing.

Fortunately it is so, otherwise the Ruthless Empress might not be able to defeat those supreme beings!

Now, within the Azure Cloud Star Sea, there is an Azure Cloud Alliance; I am in the Pure Spirit Hall, which belongs to the Azure Cloud Alliance, and the Azure Cloud Alliance belongs to the Reincarnation Ancient Court.

"I see," Lu Xuan nodded, and he looked at Ji Fuyao, Ye Chen, and the others, "Fuyao, Ye Chen, what do you think?"

Ji Fuyao, Ye Chen, Fang Yuan, and the others were not discouraged; instead, their fighting spirit soared, "Master, in such a great era, we want to carve out our own piece of heaven and earth."

Lu Xuan gave a faint smile, "Very good. Fuyao, do you know that this place is actually your blessed land?"

Ji Fuyao smiled enchantingly, "Could it be the power of spiritual fire?"

She had descended upon this place long ago, already sensing a strong spiritual fire burning everywhere in the starry sky.

Lu Xuan expounded on Butterfly Moon's layout concerning wind, forest, mountain, and fire.

Ji Fuyao and the others exclaimed in surprise, "Who would have thought that a heaven-defying strange fire would evolve into the Chaotic Star Sea?"

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