Sage of Humanity

Heaven's Augury sent the nine of them into this realm for a reason, Lui Qing naturally speculated, which was no different from what Lu Ye was saying now.

This was also why he and Fong Rulie readily joined the Ziwei Dao Palace after understanding the situation in the Unparalleled Continent.

Lui Qing also thought of leveraging the power of this secret realm.

But he always felt that Lu Ye had more information than the others, especially after Lu Ye made his request during the day.

This moment of probing, however, did not yield any useful clues, so he had to give up.

He couldn't possibly use force on Lu Ye... his fists weren't bigger than others', and if a real fight broke out, the three of them might not end well.

Gazing deeply at Lu Ye, Lui Qing silently reminded, "I hope it's truly as Fellow Daoist said, but please remember, this place is not the Nine Provinces; it's better if we don't have too many preconceptions."

The three departed.

After sitting for a moment, Lu Ye stood up and stepped out.

The night was deep, the Unparalleled Continent had no moonlight, no starlight, only a hazy big sun during the day, so at night, even cultivators were reluctant to go out easily.

However, in many ancient records, before the great change, the Unparalleled Continent was not like this. This world also had a brilliant big sun, and at night, the sky was filled with myriad stars and moonlight.

But ever since the great change, everything had changed.

Lu Ye's figure moved like the wind, soon arriving at a nearby spirit mountaintop, where a figure was already standing.

Noticing his arrival, that person turned to glance at him and nodded slightly, "Fellow Daoist Lu!"

"Palace Master Pang."

The person standing there was none other than Pang Huanyin. This spirit mountaintop was quite high, and she seemed to be overlooking the scattered lights among the steep mountains below.

"After such a long and tiring journey, Fellow Daoist Lu doesn't go to rest, yet still has the leisure to parade at night in fine attire?"

She was inwardly startled, how did he know she was here? This place was not near the spirit mountaintop where Lu Ye and the others were settled, so there was no reason for her whereabouts to be detected.

"Isn't the Palace Master the same?" Lu Ye came to stand beside her.

Pang Huanyin chuckled but did not respond. She couldn't possibly say that she originally wanted to find Lu Ye, but upon arriving here, she became uncertain, so she stopped.

Unexpectedly, Lu Ye came looking for her actively.

Lu Ye didn't perceive her presence himself. Though his mind was indeed strong, his sense of perception didn't cover such a vast area.

It was Yiyi, hiding in the dark, monitoring the surroundings, who informed him.

Upon learning this, Lu Ye immediately understood Pang Huanyin's intentions. It seemed she wanted to have a private conversation with him but couldn't make up her mind at the last moment, so she stopped here.

It was just right, as Lu Ye also wanted to talk to her privately. Some things were not appropriate to say in front of so many people during the day.

The mountain breeze gently blew, refreshing and pleasant.

After a long silence, Pang Huanyin finally spoke, "Fellow Daoist Lu, actually, I still find it hard to imagine, in today's world, that there are any powerful figures who can train strong cultivators like you and your senior brothers. Moreover, from my observation, it seems your teachings are not from the same lineage."

Even with Lu Ye's earlier explanation, Pang Huanyin still found their origins hard to fathom. She believed her strength was among the top in today's Unparalleled Continent. From a young age, she had many opportunities and encounters, which allowed her to achieve such power at a young age and become the Palace Master as a woman.

But Lu Ye and his senior brothers, even the sixth-ranked among them, almost matched her in strength, which was truly unimaginable.

"Is the Palace Master worried that we might be a threat to the Ziwei Dao Palace?"

Pang Huanyin shook her head, "I don't have that thought. You are all humans, daring to kill the Corpse Race, and capable of killing the Corpse Race, that is enough. Whether you will become a threat to the Ziwei Dao Palace, I haven't considered that. If you truly have the ability to eradicate the Corpse Race, I wouldn't mind giving the Ziwei Dao Palace to you."

"What fortitude the Palace Master has. If that's the case, then why worry about our origins?"

Pang Huanyin turned, her eyelids seemed to blink playfully in the darkness, "Just a whim of curiosity as a woman. But I can be sure of one thing, you are not from the other two secret realms, they don't have this kind of foundation."

Lu Ye remained silent.

"Speaking of which, what I'm most curious about is not your origins," Pang Huanyin shifted the topic.

"What does the Palace Master wish to know?"

Her eyes became sharp, filled with inquiry, "What are you going to do at Mount Sumeru?"

She wasn't a fool; although Lu Ye gave reasonable explanations during the day, how could Pang Huanyin easily believe them? If she were that simple, she wouldn't be the Palace Master.

She could sense that Lu Ye didn't tell the truth.

"Naturally, to find my lost junior brothers and sisters."

Pang Huanyin smiled, "In that case, you don't need to go to Mount Sumeru. I can send someone to inquire for you."

"Without seeing for myself, I cannot believe it."

"Your junior brothers and sisters are strong. If they were at Mount Sumeru, they wouldn't be obscure. Just a little inquiry would reveal the truth, why be so persistent?"

"I still want to go personally."

Pang Huanyin stared at his profile for a long time without turning her head. Lu Ye remained indifferent, treating her as if she didn't exist.

Eventually, Pang Huanyin looked away and sighed heavily, "Fellow Daoist, you may not believe this, but upon our first meeting, a thought surged uncontrollably in my mind, that you are a trustworthy person."

Although she tried hard to suppress these inexplicable thoughts, even intentionally guarding herself against Lu Ye and the others, she was shocked to find that the baseless trust couldn't be dispelled.

This was why she wanted to find Lu Ye tonight. She wanted to figure out if Lu Ye had used some kind of Mysterious Secret Skill to affect her mind.

If that were the case, these outsiders would be too dangerous.

But upon reflection, such a bizarre secret technique would be difficult even for the great cultivators before the upheaval, let alone the current cultivators.

Someone in her position wouldn't easily reveal her true thoughts, but in this casual conversation with Lu Ye, she couldn't help it.

Listening to her, Lu Ye frowned, "Is this trust only for me or my senior brothers as well?"

He didn't think Pang Huanyin was saying this just to get close to him. If she said it, it must be true.

"Only you!" Pang Huanyin responded solemnly.

Lu Ye finally turned to look at her, seeming to sense something.

Immediately, he secretly activated the broken origin of the Soaring Dragon World, and in the next moment, both he and Pang Huanyin felt a resonance.

"Fellow Daoist, you..." Pang Huanyin's expression turned wary, clearly unsure of what happened, she stepped back several feet, her eyes vigilant, "What did you just do?"

In that instant, the inexplicable feeling of trust surged even more strongly, making her feel she could reveal all her secrets without fear of harm.

This feeling was too dangerous!

Lu Ye pondered and said, "For the Palace Master to have such strength at a young age, it must be more than just talent, right? Have there been many opportunities on your cultivation path?"

Pang Huanyin became even more puzzled, "How did you know?"

It wasn't just many opportunities. From her birth, there were anomalies. An ancient tree in front of the Ziwei Dao Palace's main hall, which had withered for three hundred years, blossomed again.

In her teens, she inadvertently found a cave residence left by her ancestors and discovered some long-lost secret techniques of the Ziwei Dao Palace.

Because of these reasons, no one in the Ziwei Dao Palace objected to her becoming Palace Master as a woman; instead, they found it natural.

"No wonder..."

Lu Ye roughly understood what was going on.

This woman should be the Destined One of this realm.

Similar to Ye Liu of the Soaring Dragon World, but the disaster there was too fierce, it was an invasion and erosion of an entire domain, so even though Ye Liu was blessed with fortune and got the Dragon Throne, he couldn't reverse the situation, and he died in the great battle, the Dragon Throne destroyed.

The Unparalleled Continent hadn't reached that degree yet, but perhaps it was not far off.

The more a domain faced the threat of destruction, the more likely a Destined One would be born. It was Heaven and Earth's response to the crisis, a self-rescue attempt.

The Destined One would be stained with the Origin of Heaven and Earth.

And Lu Ye carried a fragment of the Soaring Dragon World's Origin, which gave Pang Huanyin an inexplicable sense of trust, a resonance between two domains' Origins.

At this thought, Lu Ye's heart moved; he thought of another thing.

Pang Huanyin could feel this, but he couldn't, not because the Soaring Dragon World's Origin was inferior, but because the Unparalleled Continent had its own Heaven and Earth's Will!

The Heaven and Earth's Will of the Soaring Dragon World perished with its destruction, and the fragmented Origin, though owned by Lu Ye, gave no guidance.

Pang Huanyin and the Unparalleled Continent were different.

Judging by the current situation, the Heaven and Earth's Will of the Unparalleled Continent, even if it existed, would be in a hazy state.

Perhaps because the world's fragmentation rendered its will incomplete.

Thus, it could only give Pang Huanyin a vague guidance, making her trust certain people.

Lu Ye understood why Heaven's Augury brought them here.

The world was shattered, nearly doomed, unable to save itself. The fragmentary Heaven and Earth's Will of the Unparalleled Continent must have been signaling for help, which Heaven's Augury of the Nine Provinces detected, leading Heaven's Augury to locate this world and send the nine strongest Cloud River Realm cultivators here.