The Nine Odysseys Megaverse’s reluctance to accept beings from foreign civilizations was also an aftermath of the incident with Qi Xu. As far as the Nine Odysseys Megaverse was concerned, those not of their kind could never be trusted, their loyalties would always diverge.
The Nine Odysseys Megaverse would only trust humans.
While Lu Yin was from the Tianyuan, he could still be accepted even if he had initially arrived with hostile intentions towards the Nine Odysseys Megaverse since he was a human.
On the other hand, no foreign species would ever be truly accepted by the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, no matter how sincere they appeared to be.
Foreigners like those forming the Spirit Coalition would never be accepted. They had merely been granted a place to live within the Nine Odysseys Megaverse and were treated as higher-tier vassals, nothing more.
“How did you find... me?” Wu Er asked.
Lu Yin Possessed her again. He took advantage of Wu Er’s moment of shock to take control, hoping to use that split second to catch a glimpse of any memories related to himself.
Memories poured in.
Wu Er’s first reaction to seeing Lu Yin had been to flee. After she realized that she was a captive, her second thought had been of the red floating coffin.
It was the same red coffin that she had escaped with.
That red coffin was more important to Wu Er than her own life. It had once belonged to Qi Xu and thus to Obscura.
Had Lu Yin not caught that momentary thought from Wu Er, he would have completely overlooked the red coffin.
After all, the Netherfiends that participated in the multiple spirit seed fusion experiments had been laying in their own floating coffins. Lu Yin had inspected the coffins carefully, but he had found nothing special about them.
Floating coffins were an oddity in Lu Yin’s experience, and because of that, he paid careful attention anytime he encountered something that seemed like one.
In the Willbound Spire, while approaching the memory palace, he had seen a memory of the Mirari Realm. There had been a woman in red clothes walking through the sky, and he had heard the words “floating coffin,” which had unlocked long-sealed memories.
After all, Lu Yin had heard the God of Death mention floating coffins once as well.
On top of that, when he had stepped onto the Stargazing Deck, he had seen a shadowed cliff with rows of black floating coffins that were wrapped in vines. Those memories, which he had forgotten long ago, had awakened in an instant.
Because of all those incidents, Lu Yin had become exceptionally attentive to any sort of floating coffin.
As for Wu Er’s red coffin, it was anything but ordinary.
Was it possible that the black floating coffins that were entwined by Obscura’s vines?
Was it possible that the cliff Lu Yin had seen was where Obscura resided?
But how could the God of Death have known about Obscura?
Lu Yin withdrew the red coffin from Wu Er’s cosmic ring and then ended the Possession while tapping Wu Er’s brow once again.
The old woman froze, stunned by the sight of the red floating coffin before her. “Th- that...?”
She could not fathom why Lu Yin would pay attention to the red coffin.
While using one finger to restrain Wu Er, Lu Yin focused on the red coffin. As he reached out for it, a sensation beyond words caused him to instinctively recoil. For a single moment, an icy force had gripped his heart while an endless bloodlust and desire to commit slaughter had raged through his mind. It had been pure madness and destructive desire.
He had felt it before. It was the same sensation that he had felt when undergoing his Divine Energy Transformation.
However, the emotions induced from touching the red coffin were far more violent than the ones of the Divine Energy Transformation.
Xiang Siyu raised a hand to touch the red coffin, but Lu Yin warned her. “Don’t.”
She gave him a puzzled look.
Lu Yin said, "You cannot touch this thing."
After a moment, he added, "Senior, this belongs to Qi Xu."
Greater Sancte Awe Gate stepped forward, a grave expression on her face as she approached the red floating coffin.
The sight of Greater Sancte Awe Gate caused Wu Er’s eyes to narrow. At this moment, she knew that escape was impossible.
However, she still could not understand how Lu Yin had managed to find her, as well as why he was so concerned with the red coffin. Not even the Greater Sancti had ever seen the coffin before, as Wu Er’s master had kept it very well hidden. How could Lu Yin know about it?
Greater Sancte Awe Gate stopped beside the red floating coffin, her expression heavy. "This thing gives me a very disturbing sensation."
"Please, Senior, take it away." Lu Yin also felt uneasy. There was an icy dread emanating from the coffin. He trusted his instincts and was certain that the coffin should not be touched.
Greater Sancte Awe Gate nodded. She glanced at Wu Er but said nothing further. The Immortal simply left with the red coffin.
Once Greater Sancte Awe Gate was gone, Lu Yin Possessed Wu Er again. There was no need to say a word. Perusing the woman’s memories was the best way to do things.
She could hide nothing from Lu Yin as her memories surged forth unbidden.
The first thing that Lu Yin sensed was Wu Er’s confusion. She could not understand how she had been found, or why Lu Yin was so concerned with the red coffin.
From the memories that appeared, Lu Yin learned that Qi Xu had always kept the red coffin hidden, never allowing Greater Sancte Green Lotus or any of the other human Immortals to ever see it.
It was no wonder why Wu Er had been so startled.
Red floating coffin, red floating coffin... Lu Yin focused on memories related to the item.
In Wu Er’s memories, he saw Qi Xu. She had been a faceless Immortal who had taken on a human appearance when she entered the Nine Odysseys Megaverse.
Noble, stunning, and cold; that had been people’s impression of Qi Xu in that era.
Wu Er had seen Qi Xu lying within the red coffin, wounded. By that point in time, Wu Er had already gone into hiding, as Qi Xu had turned against Greater Sancte Green Lotus and the other human Immortals.
Qi Xu’s identity had been revealed, and her identity as a part of Obscura had come out.
If Qi Xu had not been wounded, Wu Er would never have seen her resting in the red coffin.
Suddenly, Lu Yin’s spirit shuddered. He saw a red line emerging from the coffin, drifting through the universe.