He was playing mind games with me.
Lu Yang knew full well that Heaven's Gatekeeper had offered the [Purify Defilement, Wash the Heart Chapter], this Dao Heart cultivation method, largely because he wanted to use it to keep him here.
The Light Sea's Dark Side is the best training ground for the Dao Heart.
If I go in and train against the twelve Great True Lords of the Dharma Body Path from long ago, then if I truly succeed, I should be able to awaken their consciousness as well.
From that perspective, Heaven's Gatekeeper was actually supporting him.
He must have wanted to leave long ago as well, only he had never found an opportunity. And the last person he had encountered had been a freak like the first Peak Master of Heaven Mending.
At this thought, Lu Yang's expression suddenly turned strange. Come to think of it, artifact spirits probably don't have genders, do they? Maybe this guy wasn't forced by Butian Que back then at all. Maybe they were mutually in love, and he was tricked by Butian Que's honeyed words.
That possibility was even greater!
Otherwise, how could a supreme treasure left behind by a Dao Lord have stood by and watched the first Peak Master of Heaven Mending seize the crucial Great Dao of Yin? There had to be another hidden reason.
A scene swiftly formed in Lu Yang's mind:
After Butian Que coaxed Heaven's Gatekeeper into dual cultivation, he immediately pulled out every trick he had to send him soaring beyond the heavens, then ran off with the loot before he had even woken up.
That made far more sense.
On the other side, Heaven's Gatekeeper also sensed Lu Yang's half-smiling gaze. For no apparent reason, he suddenly felt a little guilty and took an