Xing Jue could not tell if Lu Yin was being honest or not. “I’m not lying to you. This Broken Realm ranks near the top of the most dangerous realms in the entire Consciousness Megaverse. We don’t fear it because it’s dangerous, but rather because we have no idea just how dangerous it is. At the very least, no Ortuser from your Spirit Nidus could survive this place. That already makes it at least second-tier in strength. Even our Consciousness Megaverse’s Celestial realm conscients have died here.”
Lu Yin narrowed his eyes. “Then why aren’t you leaving?”
“Let me go, and I’ll tell you a secret that will allow us to both leave safely.”
“Go ahead.”
“Human, we know just how cunning you creatures can be. I’ll write the secret down and leave it here in this Broken Realm. After I’m gone, you can retrieve it.”
Lu Yin sneered. “I’ve seen plenty of your little conscient tricks. When I go in to retrieve the item, it’s going to blow up the moment I touch it, dooming me. You said you’re Xing Jue, right? I’ll give you one last chance: tell me the secret, and I’ll let you go. If you refuse, I’m quite curious to see just how dangerous this Broken Realm truly is. No matter how powerful it might be, neither of us will die instantly. So, who do you think has a better chance of making it out alive?”
Xing Jue replied in a cold tone, “It won’t necessarily be you. I’m a conscient, while you’re a biological creature. In Broken Realms, we conscients always hold the advantage.”
“Then why don’t we test that out?” Lu Yin was pushing for a fight.
Xing Jue was unable to read Lu Yin’s thoughts. If the human truly understood just how dangerous this Broken Realm was, then that was fine, as it meant that he would not dare to act rashly. However, if he was ignorant, then things could get tricky. Xing Jue might be forced to make a move.
For a moment, the Luminary hesitated.
“I’ll give you until the count of three. This is your only chance,” Lu Yin stated, his eyes glued to Xing Jue. The more Lu Yin pressed, the more panicked the conscient seemed. “One.”
Xing Jue growled, “I swear, the moment this Broken Realm is triggered, you’ll end up dead or crippled. How will you continue fighting in the Consciousness Megaverse then? You humans are always fighting among yourselves.”
“Two.”
“You must be a newly anointed Seraph. Don’t think that I don’t know how you Seraphs also fight among yourselves. That Seraph from the Hundred Grasses Domani was the same back then.”
“Three.”
“Fine, I’ll talk.” Xing Jue did not dare take the risk. In the face of danger, the ignorant grew bold, but the conscients’ nature was to survive. Even if Xing Jue could overcome unknown dangers, it was impossible to overcome their own instincts.
Lu Yin’s lips curved upwards. “Start talking.”
Xing Jue hesitated briefly before continuing in a low voice. “There are humans among you that are actually our own. They are controlled by conscients. I can give you the list.”
Lu Yin arched a brow. This felt too familiar. Rooting out traitors again? Interesting.
Xing Jue soon gave Lu Yin a list.
“All of your Spirit Nidus’s Seven Seraphs have been here. One was especially odd. She clearly had a chance to kill one of us—one of the Thirteen Luminaries—and yet she didn’t. When I asked Old Chief about her, he confirmed that she isn’t one of ours.”
Lu Yin grew interested. “Who is that?”
“Jiu Xian, the woman who’s always drinking.”
Lu Yin’s eyes flickered. Jiu Xian? She actually represented the Nine Odysseys Megaverse rather than the Spirit Nidus. It appeared that the Nine Odysseys Megaverse had no wish to eliminate the Thirteen Luminaries.
Why would that be? Resetting the Consciousness Megaverse would allow someone to become an Immortal. Did the Nine Odysseys Megaverse not want a reset?
As Lu Yin continued to think about the matter, he realized that, while it was possible for the Consciousness Megaverse to block the Spirit Nidus, no matter how the conscients fought, they would never be able to block the Nine Odysseys Megaverse. Just one of the Greater Sancti could deal with the Consciousness Megaverse on their own. If the Nine Odysseys Megaverse wanted a reset, it would have happened long ago.
There were originally four Greater Sancti. Even if one had died, that still left three. Given that there were three Greater Sancti, did they not want to see another Immortal appear? While the vacancy had to be filled, perhaps they only wanted that to happen under their control.
The Spirit Nidus believed that they could reset the Consciousness Megaverse, but the truth was that the decision would never be theirs.
Everything that had been done—all the deaths they had suffered, and the endless hatred—had merely laid the groundwork for the Nine Odysseys Megaverse.
The Tianyuan Megaverse had suffered, and its potential had been weakened when the Spirit Nidus had joined with Aeternus to overthrow the Heavens Sect. But that had most likely only happened by the Nine Odysseys Megaverse’s order.
The three Greater Sancti were truly akin to gods, standing above everything and ruling over multiple megaverses.
“There’s another secret, and this should be what you want to know the most.” Xing Jue paused before slowly stating, “The location of the Willbound Expanse.”
Lu Yin narrowed his eyes. “You’re willing to tell me that?”
Xing Jue was uncertain of whether Lu Yin was aware of the Willbound Expanse’s location or not. Of course Lu Yin knew, but he had to act ignorant. Only then would Old Chief’s plan to trap the High Seraph be carried out.
At this moment, revealing the Willbound Expanse’s location was Xing Jue’s best chance to stay alive. Even if the information was not what Lu Yin wanted, he had to hear it, and he also had to act as though it was new information to him.
“As long as you let me go, I’ll tell you.”
Lu Yin stared intently at the cloud of consciousness before him. “Fine.”
Xing Jue appeared to hesitate again. Only after a long time had passed did they finally reveal the Willbound Expanse’s location. It was the same location that Lu Yin had received from the High Seraph.
“Well? You can let me go now, right?” Xing Jue asked. Their consciousness was focused entirely on Lu Yin, afraid that the human would change his mind.
Lu Yin raised a hand, instantly making Xing Jue wary.
Instead, Lu Yin just waved his hand. “Go on.”
Xing Jue felt as though their heart was in their throat. “You’re really letting me leave?”
“You don’t want to go?”
“No, I’ll go.” Xing Jue drifted upwards, but they moved very, very slowly. With a chance to live within reach, the Luminary did not want to ruin things.
Soon enough, the conscient emerged from the Broken Realm and raced away.
Lu Yin’s eyes grew cold. He moved away from the Broken Realm with a single step, instantly vanishing.
Far away, Xing Jue let out a shrill scream, “You said you’d let me go!”
“But I never said that I wouldn’t chase you.”
“Human, you’re despicable!”
“You’re no better.”