As he listened to the few people around him chatting, Lu Yin’s eyes flashed. It seemed that the Sixth Mainland’s invasion of the Astral Beast Domain had not gone as smoothly as they had expected. The Astral Beast Domain and Human Domain had fought against each other for countless years, and the Celestial Beast Empire was an unfathomable power. Their domain contained all sorts of powerful astral beasts, and they even had their own academy and beast alliances; how could such a place be easily conquered?
It could even be said that conquering the Astral Beast Domain was even more difficult than defeating the Human Domain, as just the cosmic phenomenon and resources present within the Astral Beast Domain would be enough to cause a giant headache for the Sixth Mainland.
The Astral Beast Domain’s hidden strength was quite terrifying. After all, they had produced their own Progenitor once: Progenitor Wushang.
The Imprinter family heir disappeared, as his time had run out. Before leaving, he glared at everyone one last time as a warning.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Yin had already spent half a month within the second cauldron, and he had absorbed quite a bit of cauldron energy during this time. According to his prior experience, he could probably converge the second sun now, but this place was not suitable to test it out.
He still had half of a month’s worth of time in the Daosource Sect’s ruins. If he could absorb cauldron energy for an entire month, he was certain that he would be able to converge the second sun. When he could bring out two suns, the power of his attacks would rise dramatically.
Lu Yin felt a bit excited, and he involuntarily smiled.
However, his smile quickly vanished.
An heir from a World Imprinter family arrived in the cauldron and chased everyone else away. He wanted this place completely to himself, and no one dared to show their displeasure.
A World Imprinter family was very powerful with many disciples. Thus, it might have even been possible that the people who had arrived earlier were simply waiting for the heir.
The heir of any World Imprinter family was not someone who should be provoked, and each one of them could be considered top level figures within their realm’s younger generation. This was not someone whom the crowd in the cauldron could go up against.
These people could only move out of the way and go to the third cauldron. After all, there were still eight cauldrons left.
Lu Yin felt frustrated. He wanted to just get rid of these bugs, but he knew that he should not attract any unwanted attention. In the end, he could only sullenly leave the space with the Nine Cauldrons.
He could not absorb cauldron energy from the third cauldron before he finished absorbing the second cauldron’s energy, as it was unknown if doing so would lead to any complications. Thus, Lu Yin decided to play it safe.
Lu Yin sighed as he looked back at the space with the Nine Cauldrons. He wondered if he should hire a few younger cultivators to make a show of clearing out all unwanted cultivators from a cauldron. Otherwise, he would suffer similar difficulties every time he visited the cauldrons, which was simply infuriating.
There was no need for him to stay in the region with the Nine Cauldrons anymore during this visit, so after considering his options, Lu Yin headed towards the Platform of Inception.
It was time to increase his lockbreaking knowledge. The sooner he became an Advanced Lockbreaker, the better. Only after reaching that level would he be able to comprehend those few pages of True Insight, which would then allow him to understand sourcebox arrays.
A Lockbreaker who had comprehended a sourcebox array was very terrifying.
Lu Yin headed towards the Platform of Inception, and he also wanted to see if he could coincidentally run into Xin Nü.
If not for that woman, there was no telling how the battle in the Cosmic Sea might have turned out. Xin Nü had blocked both Zhi Yi and Shi Zhongjian for Lu Yin, and she had shown him a great deal of kindness in doing so.
When he arrived outside of the Platform of Inception and just before he was about to enter, Lu Yin saw a figure appear from a different direction and enter the fog with a calm expression.
Lu Yin was surprised, and he immediately turned around to leave. What rotten luck; he had actually bumped into Bu Kong.
That fellow was already a Boundless Advanced Lockbreaker, so it was not surprising for him to visit the Platform of Inception.
Lu Yin had been willing to fight Bu Kong on the Innerverse’s battlefield, but in this place, Lu Yin would rather avoid such a confrontation.
Bu Kong was an Enlighter, and he was also one of the Daosource Three Skies. Furthermore, he had also comprehended a sourcebox array. In a fair duel, Lu Yin was completely cognizant of the fact that he was not Bu Kong’s match.
Fortunately, Bu Kong had not noticed Lu Yin, as otherwise, Lu Yin would not have been able to escape so easily.
Lu Yin left the fog surrounding the Platform of Inception and felt a bit lost; where should he go next? Wander around the Sierrasea? However, he felt that he would likely run into a Realmling if he visited that place.
When he thought of the Realmlings, Lu Yin’s desire for battle started overflowing. Perhaps finding a Realmling to fight against was not a bad choice.
The Realmlings rivaled the Ten Arbiters, and if Lu Yin fought against a Realmling, then he would be able to experience the discrepancy between himself and the Ten Arbiters.
The Arcane Art, Fatal Revival had sharply raised Lu Yin’s strength, and he had assumed that he was able to match up to the Ten Arbiters now. However, testing it to be certain was a good idea.
After considering the rest of his options, Lu Yin went ahead and decided to head out to wander around the Sierrasea.
Unfortunately, he did not know the way. He wandered around for a while, but he never found the Sierrasea. Instead, he ended up outside of Heaven’s Pit.
There was a palm imprint within Heaven’s Pit that was rumored to have been left behind by Progenitor Chen. Lu Yin had already tried to comprehend something from the palm print once but to no avail.
Lu Yin had no interest in the palm imprint inside of Heaven’s Pit, so he turned to leave. Just as he did so, a gust of wind came from behind, and Lu Yin dodged it. He looked around and was surprised. “Miss Qing?”
The person who had appeared behind Lu Yin was someone whom he had explored the Daosource Sect’s ruins with during his first visits, and he had also bumped into her in the Cosmic Sea. It was Miss Qing.
Miss Qing glanced at Lu Yin and smiled candidly. “You’ve got guts to still come here.”
Lu Yin blinked. “You know who I am?”
Miss Qing chuckled. “Don’t be silly. Don’t you know that Zhi Yi posted a bounty for you that the entire Sixth Mainland’s younger generation knows about? Even if we capture you in Daosource Sect’s ruins, the rewards are still valid.”
Lu Yin was rendered speechless. “That’s ridiculous! I didn’t even do that much to her.”
“That might be how you see it, but she’s quite concerned about you, and she’s well aware that you can visit and leave Daosource Sect’s ruins. You’ve got quite a few enemies, hehe.” Miss Qing smiled.
Lu Yin did not even need to guess to know that Autumnfrost Qing had been the one who had told Zhi Yi that Lu Yin was able to enter the Daosource Sect’s ruins.
If that was the case, then the incident where he had crippled Tong Zhan was likely known by the Tong family as well.
After thinking things through, Lu Yin realized that even if he disregarded the enmity between the two mainlands, his personal enemies were still spread throughout the entirety of the Daosource Sect’s ruins. When had he offended so many people?
“Does Miss Qing hope to capture me and receive Zhi Yi’s rewards?” Lu Yin asked, keeping a wary eye on the girl.
Miss Qing shrugged. “I’m not interested.”
Lu Yin heaved a sigh of relief. This woman was not as simple as she looked. During the battle in the Cosmic Sea, Lu Yin had been able to sense her strength. Although she had not fully revealed her rune lines, Lu Yin was certain that Miss Qing would be just as difficult to deal with as a Realmling.
On the surface, the Sixth Mainland had the Daosource Three Skies and the nine Realmlings, but there were still many more hidden experts, such as Xin Nü or Miss Qing. The truth was that every place was the same, and the Fifth Mainland was no different. Was it really the case that nobody from the younger generation could rival the Ten Arbiters? The heirs of the Three Dark Hands had never even shown themselves during the invasion.
Lu Yin looked at Miss Qing. “Since Miss Qing has no interest in me, I’ll head out first.”
“Wait a second. Don’t you want to explore the Daosource Sect’s ruins together?” Miss Qing asked in a half-mocking tone.
Lu Yin smiled bitterly. “I wouldn’t dare.”