Within a shattered valley in the South Travel Realm, Lu Yin withdrew the Karma Spiral.
He still couldn't see anything.
This was one of the Seven Lands of Karma. In theory, it should have let him see something, just like the Realm of Intent. Yet he still saw nothing.
Back then, he had been able to see things in the Realm of Intent because he had taken the Sword of the Heavens head-on from Wu Wei. Could that have been related?
Several months had passed since it was announced that he would take the position of a Heaven's Mandate. Lao Tao and the others would arrive soon, but Lu Yin still had nothing to show for it.
Every day, aside from trying the Karma Spiral, he studied Feng Bo's portrait and kept working through the possibilities, trying to deduce the truth. But in the end, he could only wait for Nine Immortals.
There was one other thing he had done: he'd been learning the Original Treasure Formation from the Heavenly Hand—Scroll Sixteen.
The two Original Formation Celestial Masters of the Heavenly Hand were suffering terribly. Lu Yin made them set up Scroll Sixteen every day, and their hair had turned white.
"Third Master, we really have tried our best. It's too difficult."
"Please, Third Master, spare us. That Spirit Treasure Formation may be powerful, but you cracked it, didn't you? A Spirit Treasure Formation that's been cracked is no longer a threat. Please let us go."
Lu Yin frowned. "Keep going."
That single finger in the Scroll Sixteen Original Treasure Formation, from the figure seated alone on a boulder with his back to Lu Yin, was formidable. Though its power was about the same as the Sword of Ten Thousand Ages, it felt different—especially since it was a humanoid Original