Refining Hongyun, Ancient Method Golden Core!

Void Darkness Land.

Hongyun, who should have returned to the True Lord Position brimming with satisfaction, was now utterly bewildered. His hands even began groping randomly over his body for no reason.

Yet no matter what he did, the fact lay before him.

The Covered Lamp Fire was gone.

He could clearly still use the Fruit Position's Image and mysteries, yet he simply could not see the Fruit Position itself. A flicker of panic could not help rising in Hongyun's heart.

What exactly was going on?

Hongyun immediately thought of Lu Yang.

That mysterious True Lord. Is there something wrong with the cultivation method he gave me? Bastard! If he hadn't muddled my mind with a divine ability, how could I possibly have cultivated it without the slightest suspicion?

That strange sensation of being dazed—of clearly remembering what he had done, yet being utterly unable to understand why his past self had done it—was like being in a dream, almost exactly like Sky Soaring! He even suspected that Sky Soaring had disguised himself and come to toy with him.

"No, calm down."

Hongyun took a deep breath and tried to steady himself. Yet once he calmed down, his expression only grew uglier, and his body began to tremble faintly.

The reason was simple.

...I can't run.

By his nature, the best course now would have been to flee to the ends of the earth and never return to the Immortal Pivot. Seven Radiance Heaven, for instance, would have been quite nice; at the very least, he could become a local tyrant there.

But the problem was that Sky Soaring had his eye on him. And once outside the Netherworld, Sky Soaring would be free of all restraints. His divine abilities and methods were absolutely beyond Hongyun's ability to resist. For