In the dim cosmos, Lu Yang rode a streak of blazing white light down in silence, gazing at the dense, tangled Karmic Net beneath his feet.
"Phew."
Only now did Lu Yang's soaring spirits begin to settle, while the fear he had buried in the deepest recesses of his heart belatedly surged to the surface.
What the fuck did I just do?
Provoking the Sacred Sect Ancestor? I'm fucking amazing. I'm dead, I'm dead. Wouldn't quietly getting rich have been better? Why did I have to shoot my mouth off?
Lu Yang patted his chest, gradually steadying his breathing and reining in the wildly inflated thoughts that had come with becoming a Great True Lord, returning to his usual caution. Calm down. Only calm people can accomplish great things. No matter what, I'm still safe right now. What happens next depends on how I play this.
His understanding of himself remained crystal clear.
Because one fact could not be disputed: no matter how grandly he had spoken or how wildly he had boasted, it did not change the fact that he was running away.
This is a game of hide-and-seek.
Lu Yang looked up at the dim cosmos around him and suddenly felt curious. Come to think of it, where exactly is such a massive Karmic Net located?
Lu Yang had either visited or seen places such as the Netherworld, the Real World, the Foundation Establishment Realm, the Bitter Sea, and the Other Shore. Yet the existence of the Karmic Net still lay completely beyond the scope of his knowledge. He was one hundred percent certain that the Karmic Net was not some illusory concept, but something that truly existed.
But where did it exist?
*Foundation Establishment True People can sense this place, while Golden Core True Lords possess a