Seeing the Xuanling Realm cultivators gathering outside the ship, Lu Yang felt no joy at all. Only a deep chill filled his face:
I actually guessed right. Beasts!
The Sacred Sect had truly used him as bait!
No, spit on that—what Sacred Sect? It was clearly the Jiangbei Demon Sect! How could one cultivate properly alongside a pack of fiends who committed every evil imaginable?
For a time, Lu Yang even grew suspicious of the Sword Pavilion. After all, he had witnessed the absurdity of those Sword Seeds all the way from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment. True Person Demon-Sweeping looked like a good man, but one could know a face without knowing a heart. Who knew whether he might sell Lu Yang out as well?
...No. I need to find a chance to enter Non-Existent Heaven!
Although his true body would become utterly defenseless once his consciousness entered Non-Existent Heaven, Lu Yang could use the Puppet on Strings to circumvent that flaw.
He had confidence in making this decision.
The world was vast, and heroes were as numerous as carp crossing a river. He was naturally not the only one who had broken through the First Tribulation; indeed, his progress lagged far behind many others.
As Non-Existent Heaven opened to the outside world on a massive scale, relevant intelligence had long since leaked out.
Thus, Lu Yang had already learned about the Second Tribulation of Non-Existent Heaven. That was precisely why he believed he had a chance of breaking through it.
It's worth trying!
With that thought, Lu Yang immediately sank his mind into his Sea of Consciousness, circulated the "Grand Void Sacrificial Rite," and began connecting with the elusive Non-Existent Heaven.
"I am Minghua."
High above in the Vault Sky, Heavenly Immortal Minghua stood with his hands behind