"What brings you two to my Consciousness Domain?" Shi Lin personally blocked the couple from entering the Consciousness Domain.
Hu Wu frowned. "What? Are we not allowed in?"
Shi Lin answered in a low voice, "My Consciousness Domain is different from the other thirty-six domains. Those as old as you two should know that."
Tian Ya replied in a conciliatory manner, "You don’t need to worry. We're not here to cause any trouble. Might I ask if Miss Wu Tong is here?"
Shi Lin was puzzled. "You came here to see Wu Tong?"
Hu Wu answered, "The Third Boss asked us to deliver a gift to Miss Wu Tong."
This was completely unexpected. While Wu Tong was indeed a pretty woman, she was not comparable to Palace Master Yao or Cai Keqing. Why would the Third Boss send Hu Wu and Tian Ya to the Consciousness Domain to deliver a gift to the young woman? Shi Lin could not make sense of this.
"What's wrong? Are you not going to give the Third Boss a bit of face?" Hu Wu challenged in an irritated tone.
Given that Shi Lin could not make sense of Lu Yin's intentions, he wanted to refuse the two people entry. However, doing so might insult that Third Boss, which would cause additional problems for the Consciousness Domain.
As for allowing them to see Wu Tong, that had the same considerations. To refuse would be disrespectful towards Lu Yin.
Helpless, Shi Lin knew that he was trapped. "Of course not. Please, come in."
Hu Wu and Tian Ya were extremely powerful, and Shi Lin had to admit he was not confident that he could personally stop the two. Fortunately, Wu Wei was still present in the Consciousness Domain and served as its protector.
Wu Wei's consciousness was powerful enough to restrain the two, which made Shi Lin confident that the two would not make trouble while in the Consciousness Domain.
Hu Wu and Tian Ya were quickly escorted into the Consciousness Domain.
One after another, the Grandverse Manor’s experts arrived at various branches of the Phantom Reach.
Time flowed on. Lu Yin, who was in the distant Roaming South Realm, observed the three spirit treasure formations with great interest. The three were a challenge for him to understand.
Lu Yin had raced into the Roaming South Realm, but once there, he neither attacked nor accepted the Phantom Reach's offers of peace. It was clear that the Third Boss was plotting something, but neither of the old men observing him could figure out what. Despite the Phantom Reach's impressive information network, it was impossible to observe the number of powerhouses that belonged to the Grandverse Manor.
Yi Nan and Qianmen Feidu were also ignorant to the fact that Seraph Jiu Xian had discovered so many of the Phantom Reach’s branches or that Qing Yun had shared those locations with Old Tao, who had informed the Grandverse Manor. Knowing that would have prompted the Phantom Reach to already release all the information that they had on the Grandverse Manor.
Finally, Lu Yin was informed that everyone was in place. Hearing that, he stepped forward. One step broke through the Harmonic Frost and Heat formation, and the second brought him to the second spirit treasure formation, Pristine Waters, White Stones.
The Phantom Reach members grew solemn when they saw that Lu Yin had finally started moving.
Yi Nan frowned. He had a terrible premonition, but he could not understand just what was wrong.
"Third Boss, is it truly impossible for my Phantom Reach to reconcile with you?"
Lu Yin looked around at the danger field that surrounded him. "Heavenspire or the Primal Beastland. Choose."
Yi Nan's eyes turned vicious. "If that's the case, then you can’t blame my Phantom Reach for not showing you mercy!
"Release the Grandverse Manor's information! Let's see who will continue to pretend to be ignorant!"
Lu Yin abruptly looked up to stare at Yi Nan. "Old man, you’re about to die."
Yi Nan's expression grew grim. Beside him, Qianmen Feidu had already sent out the orders. However, the man’s expression quickly and drastically changed. "Something's wrong! We’ve lost contact with the branches!"
Yi Nan was badly startled by this news. "What are you saying?"
He suddenly looked back at Lu Yin. "Are you behind this?"
...
In the Hundred Grasses Domain, Progenitor Xi left the valley. The estate was deathly silent. Blood trickled out through cracks in the door, staining the gardens red.
In the Cloudcrane Domain, a Cranekeeper lay at Lu Tianyi’s feet.
In the Alin Domain, the Sunset Courtyard had instantly vanished. Not a single trace of the place remained.
In a single moment, blood was shed in every domain throughout the Spirit Nidus.
In the Consciousness Domain, Hu Wu attacked without warning, using the Annihilation Sequence Technique to destroy a region of the domain, erasing it from existence.
Shi Lin was shocked, and he released the full power of his consciousness. "Hu Wu and Tian Ya, what is the meaning of this?"
The members of the Revolt Alliance who were in the Consciousness Domain all warily glared at Hu Wu and Tian Ya.
Wu Wei's consciousness appeared and spread across the domain, subjecting everyone to intense pressure.
Tian Ya calmly replied, "There’s no need for such panic. We simply removed a branch of the Phantom Reach."
Shi Lin's eyes narrowed. "A Phantom Reach branch? You just destroyed a Phantom Reach branch?"
Hu Wu sneered. "Did you really think that we were here to deliver a gift to Wu Tong?"
Shi Lin stared at the two, uncertain of whether he should believe them.
Daoist Fengzhi quickly spoke up, "It might have really been a Phantom Reach branch."
The man did not want to end up as the Grandverse Manor’s enemy. If the Third Boss were provoked again, the Revolt Alliance might end up with the same fate as the Qi family.
The Ascendant Hall had not saved the Qi family, and they also would not save the Revolt Alliance.
More importantly, even if the Ascendant Hall did try to save the Revolt Alliance, they might not succeed. After the battle at the Umbral Deep, the Third Boss had proven himself to be completely invincible. Not even one of the Seven Seraphs had been Lu Yin’s match. Unless the High Seraph himself took action, the Consciousness Domain would be in grave danger. Daoist Fengzhi did not want to die.
Regardless of whether Hu Wu had just destroyed a Phantom Reach branch, the Consciousness Domain had to believe it.
At that moment, Wu Wei's consciousness dissipated. The conscient did not want to get involved.
Feeling completely powerless, Shi Lin could only take a deep breath and suppress his anger. "Both of you, please leave."
Hu Wu and Tian Ya said nothing more and simply left the Consciousness Domain.