"I can’t recognize you, and you don’t exist in my previous karma. In that case, this is reality." Lu Yin smiled as a small trickle of blood leaked from the corner of his mouth. Even so, his smile was very gentle as he stepped forward.
Bu Ya did not understand why this person was smiling. What was he saying about karma and reality? Bu Ya simply could not understand.
However, whether or not he understood did not matter.
Lu Yin pressed a hand to Bu Ya's head, forcing the man into the ground. Only his legs remained sticking up, and he was unable to breath.
This man had tried to kill Lu Yin, but there was no need to know who he was. Lu Yin had enemies everywhere in the Spirit Nidus.
Upon rising to his feet, Lu Yin slowly looked around. The numerous wheels of karma were still there. They had been created by him with his Inner Clarity Technique. He had previously felt confused and had wondered whether he existed because of karma, or if karma existed because of him.
If he one day died, would someone else walk his path for him?
Was the final result of the omniverse predetermined?
Such questions had troubled him.
The madness he had just experienced had simply been an endless magnification of his confusion about karma. If not for Bu Ya, a person Lu Yin had never met, helping him recognize reality, Lu Yin did not know what would have happened. It was possible that he would have remained lost in karma, or he might have eventually found his way out.
He did not want to be confused by karma any longer.
Still, he did not know why he existed. Did he exist because of karma? No, karma had to exist because of him. First, there had to be him, and then there could be karma. If karma existed before him, then he would break that karma and rewrite it all.
Lu Yin exhaled, and streams of karmic spirals emerged from the karma wheels to rise into the sky.
His inner universe spread out to envelop the karma.
His Investiture of the Gods appeared above his head, its golden light illuminating the darkness of the universe. Under his feet, the Champions' Stage broke the ground, the patterns on it eerie and terrifying.
Lu Yin raised his hand, causing karmic spirals to emerge from his body, pierce the sky, shatter the earth, and surround the Investiture of the Gods and Champions' Stage, forming a cycle of karma.
"Since I am confused about karma, then I will be the one to define it.
"The Investiture of the Gods above serves as the heavens.
"The Champions' Stage below becomes a purgatory.
"Cyclic repetition is the Dao of Heaven. This is the Inner Clarity Technique: Karmic Dao."
Boom!
A roar ran through the minds of countless people near the Bifrost Domain. It was as though the universe had been struck by lightning, and it shook everything in the universe.
A phenomenon manifested in the universe and then spread beyond the Bifrost Domain and across the Spirit Nidus, much like if a massive stone had been thrown into a calm lake. Countless people fell unconscious, and many cultivators coughed up blood. They felt that there was something watching them from the void.
In the Ascendant Hall, the High Seraph shot to his feet, staring at the Bifrost Domain. His face grew pale as an unbelievable surge of killing intent filled his eyes, along with fear. He suppressed his urge to attack. "How? How is this possible? This shouldn't happen here. No one here can comprehend that. Lu Yin, Lu Yin, you must die. You must die... it’ll be soon, soon."
Throughout the Spirit Nidus, Seraphs Yi, Bao Qi, Yuan Qi, Zhan Ming, and others at their level all stared at the stars in shock. They could feel that the megaverse had somehow changed.
The Origin Progenitor stepped off of Boundless to stare in the direction of the Bifrost Domain with a look of admiration.
Next to Meng Sang, True God also turned to look towards the Bifrost Domain. "Who is it? Who’s managed to reach such a level? It’s incredible."
In the Aevum Inch, Master Qing Cao turned his head to look in the direction of the Spirit Nidus, both disbelief as well as some indescribable complex emotions on his face.
The Spirit Nidus was vast, but the Karmic Dao that Lu Yin had just created had shocked the entire megaverse.
This earth-shattering power had been created by him with his Inner Clarity Technique after suffering a wave of karmic backlash. However, at this moment, Lu Yin did not personally understand just how shocking his creation was for so many people.
All that he knew was that his Investiture of the Gods and Champions' Stage had become useful again.
As his strength rose, the usefulness of his Investiture of the Gods and Champions' Stage had diminished, and even his die had become nearly useless, as he had no place to use it.
He could not overcome the gap between his strength and those more powerful with just talent or an innate gift, and he could already defeat those who were weaker or even equal to himself with other methods. There was simply no need for Lu Yin to use his innate gifts at all.
However, by fusing his innate gifts with karma and combining it all with his inner universe, he had created the Karmic Dao.
He did not not know how far his Karmic Dao could reach, but Lu Yin could sense that it seemed to have tremendous potential and should be able to help him for a long, long time. After all, the premise of the technique was vast, as it was built on the concept of defining karma.
If the megaverse was filled with karma, then it was akin to Lu Yin creating a megaverse.
Lu Yin lifted his head and slowly waved a hand. Light shone out and dispersed the blood-red color.
Behind him, eyes peered out from the Bifrost Palace, filled with fear as they stared at him. These were the eyes of the children who had been taken to the Bifrost Palace.
Lu Yin could see Bian Xiaoxiao. Her little face was pink and round. She was quite the cute little girl.
He then looked down at Palace Master Yao.
The woman was laying on the ground, her eyes lifeless. She was like a rose that had been plucked: beautiful, but devoid of its living luster.
The woman no longer held any meaning for Lu Yin, as he had already suffered the backlash of his broken karma with her. Whether she lived or died really made no difference whatsoever.
However, this was also the perfect time to test his Karmic Dao.
Lu Yin's expression turned cold. "Palace Master Yao, today, I cast you into the Karmic Dao, into the purgatory that is the Champions' Stage."
With that, Palace Master Yao's body transformed into a streak of light that shot towards the Champions' Stage, which she then entered.
She did not die, and neither was she anointed as a Champion. She still lived, but was trapped within the Champions' Stage.
For the Karmic Dao, Lu Yin’s Investiture of the Gods meant ascending into heaven, while his Champions' Stage served as purgatory. In essence, Palace Master Yao had been cast into hell.
As the woman fell into the Champions' Stage, she looked around in confusion. She could see former acquaintances, both her friends and her enemies. Everything she saw was part of her karma.
She wanted to avoid these people, as seeing them was like seeing ghosts. However, no matter how hard she tried, she could not escape.
She was forced to face her karma, even the people and things that she wanted to avoid more than anything else in existence. This was purgatory.