Chapter 305: The System Within the System!
Wan Tianchou's breathing was rapid, his heart pounding fast.
He forced himself to calm down and flicked his fingers.
A trace of Immortal Power slowly flowed into the Firmament Divine Chain.
In an instant.
The Firmament Divine Chain suddenly erupted with a dazzling, resplendent seven-colored radiance.
At the same time.
A vast, terrifying aura, boundless as smoke, abruptly spread out from that seven-colored radiance.
A misty scroll slowly appeared above Wan Tianchou's head.
Within the scroll, clouds and mist swirled, chaotic and hazy, the specific scene impossible to discern.
But faintly, a figure could be seen within!
"It's him!"
"It really is him!"
"Let me see where you actually are!"
Wan Tianchou's whole body trembled, his eyes bloodshot.
His gaze was fixed dead on that illusory scroll, as if he could find that person's trace through it.
Yet no matter how his Immortal Power surged, he still could not part the clouds and mist within the scroll to investigate the truth inside!
This scene made Wan Tianchou's pupils suddenly contract to the size of needle tips!
"How could that possibly be!"
He didn't believe it.
He wasn't resigned to it!
He exhausted every method at his disposal, yet it was still completely useless.
Even worse, the clouds and mist within the scroll grew thicker and thicker!
As if something was deliberately concealing it!
"What a formidable concealment method!"
Wan Tianchou gnashed his teeth, his eyes nearly spitting fire.
But even if he exhausted all his strength, it remained utterly futile!
He could not understand why Lu Qingyang's foundation was so deep.
He had never seen such an exquisite concealment method.
After all, the karma between him and Lu Qingyang was now extremely deep.
Moreover, with his own life-bound Immortal Treasure assisting him, for a Heavenly Immortal to deduce the whereabouts of a True Immortal stage existence, failure should have been impossible!
And how could Wan Tianchou possibly know that Lu Qingyang had once fooled even the heavens.
And could still fool him?
Seeing that he still could not find Lu Qingyang.
Wan Tianchou's expression shifted unpredictably.
After a long while, he slowly exhaled a turbid breath.
"No. Today's events are absolutely not without cause."
"There must be something strange behind this!"
"We absolutely cannot let slip even the slightest possibility!"
"Otherwise…"
At this point, Wan Tianchou's eyes suddenly darkened.
He hesitated no longer.
He shouted loudly toward outside the hall. "Someone!"
Soon.
A black-clad guard stepped forward, bowing his head, and asked respectfully. "Sect Master, what are your orders?"
Wan Tianchou said coldly. "Mobilize the Chaotian Realm!"
"Find that person's location for me!"
"Not even the slightest clue is to be overlooked!"
The black-clad guard was slightly startled.
But he immediately acknowledged the order and turned to leave.
After the black-clad guard had gone far.
Wan Tianchou's expression instantly turned incomparably ugly.
He clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging viciously into his palms.
Blood flowed freely.
Immortal Power surged.
Yet he seemed unable to feel the pain at all.
For a cultivator of his realm, for such a thing to happen.
By any measure, it was an omen of great misfortune.
He had thought he already took Lu Qingyang seriously enough.
He had even gone so far as to stake his entire fortune on hunting him down immediately after the first failure.
Yet even so, the result was still like this.
How could his heart not be in turmoil?
"If… back when I learned Ruyun had failed, I had immediately chosen to stay away from this person, perhaps… none of today's events would have happened!"
Wan Tianchou muttered to himself, his face a mixture of uncertainty and turmoil.
Though he was unwilling to admit it, the facts lay before his eyes.
Lu Qingyang was indeed too bizarre.
His foundation left even a Heavenly Immortal like him in disbelief.
He even suspected Lu Qingyang was not a True Immortal at all.
More like the reincarnation of a Heavenly Immortal, or even a Golden Immortal, or perhaps even the legendary reincarnation of a Great Luo Golden Immortal!
"No! If I really did that, then I, Wan Tianchou, would not be Wan Tianchou!"
Suddenly, Wan Tianchou shot to his feet.
His eyes were ice-cold, radiating thick killing intent!
Cultivation was inherently an act of defying heaven. Even after becoming an immortal, there was only moving forward — how could there be any reason to retreat!
Thinking this, Wan Tianchou once again summoned his life-bound treasure, the Firmament Divine Chain.
He intended to deduce Lu Qingyang once more.
And at this moment, on the other side, Lu Qingyang was personally experiencing 'his own' memories and life.
Entering Chaotian, rising to the Outer Gate, entering the Inner Gate, joining the Three Peaks.
Along the way, he personally experienced the 'Simulation' system within Return to True.
And finally came to thoroughly understand the System's existence.
I never imagined… this System is truly miraculous.
The Simulation said I awakened a strange ability, and Return to True actually materialized it.
Lu Qingyang was filled with awe.
He had carefully examined it.
He realized the System in reality was identical to the one in Return to True.
It merely had a few additional functions.
As his journey through Return to True deepened, Lu Qingyang gradually understood that the System's functions would continue to update.
And as time gradually passed, soon, only a few years after Lu Qingyang joined the Three Peaks.
That day finally arrived!
Above the sky curtain, a pair of massive claws suddenly tore through the heavens!
Those claws blotted out the sun and sky, like the claws of a Demon God, brimming with heaven-shaking pressure, shrouding the entire Great Zhou!
BOOM—
The heavens shook, the earth trembled.
Everyone was stunned by this incomparably shocking spectacle!
And this was only the beginning!
Immediately after.
Boom!
Boom!
Mountain peaks crumbled and shattered, palaces collapsed and broke apart, buildings exploded.
Countless disciples perished beneath those massive claws!
Though Lu Qingyang was somewhat unfamiliar with this segment of memory.
When this scene unfolded before his eyes.
His entire being could not help but burn with fury.
Especially upon seeing those collapsed buildings, those disciples suffering disastrous casualties.
His rage became uncontrollable, his hatred soaring to the heavens!
And then, he saw a lone figure charge without hesitation toward the massive claws!
At this moment, something deep in his memory seemed to be stirred.
And at the very same time, in the Jing River Immortal Realm, Wan Tianchou discovered that his life-bound Immortal Treasure was trembling once again…
"Boom!"
With a tremendous crash, a flash of silver light.
Lu Qingyang's figure appeared on the beach outside the Vast Sea City in the Central Region.
So I've jumped to the Central Region…
Lu Qingyang's expression was somewhat dazed.
Looking at the extremely realistic beach around him, the sunlight, and the abundant spiritual energy.
He suddenly could not tell them apart.
Could not tell what was real and what was false.
No… that's not right. This segment of Return to True must have been left for me by 'me'!
But why would 'I' want me to see it again?
Is this my first time seeing it?
Or have I already seen it many times before?
Lu Qingyang's brows furrowed.
He always felt he had grasped something.
Yet no matter what, he could not figure it out.
Until the Return to True process continued to deepen.
He founded Chaotian in the Central Region, refined Puppets, and Jiangxin was born.
He dominated the Seven Stars Sea Region, ascended to become an Elder of the Sect Management Council.
He schemed for the Demon Domain, exacted full revenge, the Demon Domain invaded.
And then, until he personally witnessed a new System function appear within Return to True. "Anchor!"