Every world had its own unique rules. The Heavenly Origin Universe, the Nine Heavens Universe, and the Spiritualized Universe were all the same. Lu Yin knew the Threefold Universe so well that he could often predict the choices people would make and the things that would happen. As a result, his understanding of the state of mind grew less effective by the day. But things were different in the Star Under Red Clothes Universe. The Wushang Dao here offered the opportunity he had always sought to strengthen his state of mind, and the people, events, and things he encountered were all unlike those in the Threefold Universe. They were a great help in building a high wall around his heart.
Seventeen years passed in the blink of an eye. One day, Lu Yin set down his wine cup and vanished in an instant.
Across from him, Xiang Siyu set down her cup at the same time and muttered, "He's gone again. Is this what breaking through in one's state of mind is really like? But Shocking Gate Supreme Lord and Blood Tower Supreme are both perfectly normal. I've even spoken with Eternal Ba Yue, and she was perfectly normal too. Why is he the only one who's changed?"
Some distance away, deep in the mountains, an enormous space was steeped in blood and violence. This was the territory of a family in the Star Under Red Clothes Universe. They enslaved cultivators and made them practice the Wushang Dao—a truly cruel practice. The family's ancestors had once followed Bing Xu and greatly admired his method of cultivating through extreme suffering. That was how the family had come to do things this way.
Lu Yin stepped forward, raised his eyes, gripped his sickle, and struck.
"Who's there?" someone shouted. One after another,