Chapter 970: 965: The Saint Sect Ancestral Master’s Giant Hand!
Chapter 970: Chapter 965: The Saint Sect Ancestral Master’s Giant Hand!
“Thank you for the advice, Senior.”
Lü Yang nodded, then once again channeled the Fruit of Rampart Earth simulated by the Fruit of Divine-Empyrean Thunder. He watched as another crack appeared on the rings hovering above it.
A second chance!
After the rings shattered, the scattered iridescent light merged back into one, blooming once more with blinding, incandescent white light that enveloped Lü Yang’s body.
“Go!”
The next second, Lü Yang’s figure vanished into the karmic links portal opened by the True Monarch of Radiant World, swimming upstream against the colossal current of karmic links.
After sending Lü Yang off, the True Monarch of Radiant World lowered his head. The previously compassionate smile on his face gradually faded, leaving his eyes cold and indifferent. “Every generation truly brings forth Talented individuals… First Saint, you stand too high. It would be best for you to step down a little, so that everyone can finally feel at ease.”
But at that very moment, a sudden anomaly arose!
“Hmm!?”
The True Monarch of Radiant World’s expression changed drastically. Out of thin air, a gaze descended upon the karmic links portal he had just opened!
……..
Bathed in the incandescent white Dharma Light, Lü Yang stood with his hands behind his back. He found himself in an illusory realm that resembled a river, the rushing sound of water echoing in his ears.
“This is a thread of karmic links,” he realized.
“The thread of karmic links from when the Bhagavat achieved his Dao. Five thousand years ago, after attaining the Dao, the Bhagavat used this very thread to reverse the history of the entire Void Sea of Light.”
It was the largest scale Change Cause and Effect in history, rendering all corresponding history obsolete and casting it out of the official timeline. Eventually, it formed this torrent of Time. By hiding in this place, any abnormal fluctuations from his backtracking of karmic links would be masked by the torrent of Time, leaving not a single trace behind.
He would be nothing but a single ripple in a vast river.
Soon, Lü Yang caught sight of his destination—roughly seventy thousand years before the Current World, the exact era the True Monarch of Radiant World had pointed out to him.
However, at that moment, a deafening RUMBLE shook the void!
The once-surging torrent of Time abruptly ground to a halt. From the distant Other Shore, a tranquil gaze was watching him!
A mere gaze was enough to stagnate the torrent of Time, freezing Lü Yang’s intended movement toward the scenery of karmic links from seventy thousand years ago… He couldn’t move now! After all, the karmic links of the entire torrent of Time had been pinned in place. If he moved even an inch, he would expose himself!
“Where is the Bhagavat? Bhagavat, save me!” he cried inwardly.
As if answering the plea in his heart, the very next second, an immense Mighty Power surged from both the source and the tail end of the torrent of Time.
At the source in the past—the First Generation Master of Ten Thousand Treasures Peak!
At the tail end in the future—the Deep Joy Pure Land World Honored One!
Both ends were anchored by absolute Nascent Soul Daoist Lords. Together, they maintained the stability of this torrent of Time, instantly shattering the locked gaze from the Other Shore.
This was the very foundation of the Bhagavat’s Dao attainment. Naturally, he would never allow anyone to interfere, not even the Saint Sect Ancestral Master. Thus, the torrent of Time resumed its flow.
But almost simultaneously—
“Heh…”
A soft chuckle, so faint it was nearly imperceptible, echoed as if from an unfathomable distance. Immediately after, Lü Yang’s vision was cast into shadow.
It was a hand!
The palm wasn’t fully corporeal, clearly not the true body of a Master of Dao. Instead, it seemed to be manifested from a single thought. Yet, its Mighty Power was not the least bit diminished as it ruthlessly slammed down onto the Great Net of Karma Links!
In an instant, Lü Yang’s expression warped. The Bhagavat’s torrent of Time was his own domain, meaning the Saint Sect Ancestral Master couldn’t forcefully tamper with it. However, the Great Net of Karma Links was a different story. Stirred by the Saint Sect Ancestral Master’s massive hand, the once stable and orderly Great Net of Karma Links was plunged into sudden chaos!
“This is bad!”
What made Lü Yang turn pale wasn’t merely the Saint Sect Ancestral Master taking action, but the crucial fact that the very scenery of karmic links the latter disrupted was his destination!
Seventy thousand years ago!
“Has my goal of finding the Road to the Underworld been exposed!?” he thought in shock.
How could he have been exposed?
With no time to dwell on it, Lü Yang clenched his jaw and channeled his Causality Dharma Light. Riding the cresting waves of the torrent of Time, he plummeted swiftly toward the Great Net of Karma Links below.
The situation afforded him no time for hesitation. Under the Saint Sect Ancestral Master’s disruption, the Great Net of Karma Links had descended into absolute turmoil, forming a colossal vortex that dragged in karmic links from many different eras. If he dove into the vortex early enough, he might still be able to get close to the scenery of karmic links from seventy thousand years ago.
The longer he waited, the more likely he would be swept into a completely different era!
For instance, he had locked onto the era of seventy thousand years ago. But once the vortex fully formed, his destination could easily shift to seven thousand, or even seven hundred years ago.
That would mean completely wasting this opportunity.
Therefore, Lü Yang didn’t dare hesitate. Taking advantage of the fact that the vortex hadn’t fully materialized, he plunged straight toward the scenery of karmic links of seventy thousand years ago, causing the torrent of Time to shudder in his wake.
Then, he heard a voice—
“Found you.”
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DONG!
A melodious bell chime shattered the quiet of the early morning. As the sound of morning chanting echoed through the temple, Lü Yang opened his eyes, only to feel a cool breeze against his bare scalp.
His expression remained pious, not shifting in the slightest. His lips were pressed tightly shut, hiding his slightly trembling teeth. In an instant, he buried all his panic deep within his heart, revealing absolutely nothing on the surface. He simply followed the people around him in reciting the Scripture. Even so, the chilling dread in his heart refused to dissipate.
“He found me?” he thought frantically.
“Impossible! Absolutely impossible!”
Lü Yang refused to believe that the Saint Sect Ancestral Master had actually found him. After all, if he had truly been discovered, he would have already been forced into a restart phase.
However… the Saint Sect Ancestral Master must have definitely noticed something.
“Was it a probe?”
Lü Yang mentally reviewed the sudden anomaly that had just occurred, a realization slowly dawning on him. “In the beginning, the Saint Sect Ancestral Master shouldn’t have been certain that my goal was the Netherworld.
“He was acting on presumption—shooting the arrow first and drawing the bullseye around it later!
“Because I visited the De-Chong Talisman, it’s possible I obtained the blueprints for the Netherworld!”
Even though his karmic links were masked by the Bhagavat, the Saint Sect Ancestral Master might not know the absolute truth. Still, he operated on the assumption that someone was targeting the Netherworld, and thus acted to intercept them!
“This is bad.” The chill in Lü Yang’s heart deepened. “Although I had the cover of the torrent of Time, my arrival still caused abnormal changes in the fluctuations of the karmic links.”
The logic behind it was simple.
Originally, the Great Net of Karma Links was stable and orderly, while the torrent of Time was a straight line. The two did not intersect, nor did they have any connection to one another.
Therefore, even if the Saint Sect Ancestral Master stirred up the Great Net of Karma Links, it wouldn’t have any impact on the Bhagavat’s torrent of Time. After all, the torrent of Time was formed by karmic links that had been severed from the official timeline and subsequently discarded. However, Lü Yang couldn’t remain in the torrent of Time forever; he had to enter the official timeline.
Because of that, the torrent of Time had to interact with the Great Net of Karma Links for a split second.
Normally, this wouldn’t reveal any issues, as both the Great Net of Karma Links and the torrent of Time tended to remain stable—but now, the Saint Sect Ancestral Master had thrown the karmic links into disarray.
Consequently, in order to interact with the Great Net of Karma Links, the torrent of Time was also forced into a momentary state of disorder.
That was the flaw!
“The moment the Saint Sect Ancestral Master saw the supposedly constant torrent of Time fall into disorder alongside the net, he probably realized that my target was the era seventy thousand years ago…”
A ripple of emotion flashed through Lü Yang’s eyes.
Panic, terror, frantic thought—all of it ultimately returned to cold calmness.
This was absolutely not good news for him. It meant that the Saint Sect Ancestral Master had already narrowed down his search radius, bringing Lü Yang closer and closer to being fully exposed.
Previously, if the Saint Sect Ancestral Master wanted to find him, he would have had to sift through the entire Great Net of Karma Links and review all of history, an obviously impossible task. Now, however, to track him down, the Saint Sect Ancestral Master only needed to scan the history of seventy thousand years ago. The difficulty had plummeted exponentially.
“That old monster won’t let this go,” he thought.
“He’ll definitely make another move.”
Lü Yang decisively Slashed away all negative emotions. At this life-or-death juncture, his intense drive easily overpowered his distracting thoughts, rendering his mind sharper and clearer than ever.
“Change Cause and Effect is of secondary importance now.
“First and foremost, I must slip past the Saint Sect Ancestral Master’s search and survive!”