Chapter 2009 – Forming Camps

Having never cultivated “nothing”, there was no power of nothing on Lu Yun. But in this moment, nihil suffused his body and even forced the power of reincarnation back into the Tome of Life and Death.

It wasn’t that reincarnation was less than nihil, but that the latter was fully developed as a mature tiger. The power of reincarnation, on the other hand, was just a dragonling for the time being.

Lu Yun knew that Yun Yi had further contingencies left in play because Shu Yan was yet to appear. But.. she could hang on to this backup plan for now. Empyrean supremes of other realms were certainly observing the empyrean supreme tribulation that’d manifested in the chief worlds. Shu Yan must still be in hiding because of this.

When his thoughts traveled here, Lu Yun abruptly flared the power of nihil to intimidate the empyrean supremes in other realms. And indeed, they retracted their consciousnesses as soon as “nothing” appeared on the scene.

The current Lu Yun could kill their primary bodies through their consciousnesses, so they didn’t dare presume to peer into his secrets.

Having duly scared off any would-be observers, the young man balled his hands into fists and smashed them at the Disordered Empyrean Supreme’s face.

“What is this, how is this possible?!” she screamed as she knew that death was finally here for her. Nothing in existence could withstand nothingness. Anyone who touched it would turn into nothing themselves.

She couldn’t understand why the young man still physically existed despite wielding nihil. How had he not disappeared from existence??

And then, she knew nothing anymore. The void she’d occupied turned into a large patch of nothing. Lu Yun stood in the air with Heavenfall glinting prominently in his hand.

“I can only release the power of nothing once,” he declared frostily. “Anyone who wants to take me on can put themselves forward again.”

Ringing silence answered him from the surroundings; there seemed to be no one there. However, Lu Yun knew that the empyrean supremes had most certainly heard him. Whether or not they believed him would determine their subsequent presence on the scene.

The five shamanic elders were losing their minds inside their ancestor’s skull. Yet, they didn’t dare do anything and vanished from the void alongside the skull.

Only Daoist Ingress was left to struggle alone with his tribulation. It was supposed to have been a trial of life and death for him as a new empyrean supreme had been born in the Ingress Jade Heavens since his departure. Once Daoist Ingress returned to his old cultivation level, he would threaten the status of his replacement.

If it wasn’t for Lu Yun’s blow intimidating all empyrean supremes within existence, the one from the Ingress Jade Heavens might already be here.

At the heart of things, they didn’t believe what the young man had just said. Since Lu Yun could kill one empyrean supreme, he could kill a second. Who knew what kind of agreement he’d reached with the existence in nihil?

He could only use that power once? Utter bullshit.

No one believed him, so no one came. There was still a long ways to go until the primordial world of immortals fully revitalized. That would be enough leeway for the empyrean supremes to fully probe the young man.

Of course, it wouldn’t be easy for them to feel out Lu Yun if Daoist Ingress didn’t take his place among the Ingress Jade Heavens again. The young man currently stood to the side of the tribulation clouds and kept a firm grip on Heavenfall, making silent calculations of how to recreate the Land of Reincarnation.

When the god of Mount Tai did so, he was one of the strongest peak grand supremes within existence. Lu Yun was just a high supreme and would immediately fall to his true level once he returned the spear.

“Do you want to manifest the Land of Reincarnation?” the mountain god laughed gleefully. “Go on, beg. I’ll tell you if you beg me to teach you!”

Lu Yun ignored him and continued his calculations. While the mountain god had indeed created the Land of Reincarnation, his had been the slightest bit imperfect because his original goal was to refine the five hells.

He’d wanted to derive the sixth hell rather than truly create a Land of Reincarnation.

He’d both succeeded and failed. He’d derived the Disordered Hell through Lu Yun, but all of the accomplishments also belonged to Lu Yun. This time, he was the only one who knew how to create a Land of Reincarnation. The Disordered Empyrean Supreme had taught him how and she’d learned of it from the land of darkness.

“The god of Mount Tai does not possess the method to create a Land of Reincarnation.” The heavenly emperor walked up to Lu Yun. “You must visit the Infinite Deorc if you want to learn how. That is where the method can be found.”

Lu Yun tilted his head at the man.

“What we call the land of darkness is our name for their home. The Infinite Deorc is a tangible realm just like the chief worlds—the difference being that disorder is the predominant order in their territory.” The heavenly emperor continued after some thought, “All things oppose each other under the order of opposition. Order itself is no exception.

“All of existence is divided into two camps, the camp of order and the camp of disorder. The chief worlds is the leader of the camp of order and its cultivators have access to all types of order that are available.”

“Is the Infinite Deorc the leader of the camp of disorder?” Lu Yun asked.

“No,” the heavenly emperor shook his head. “It is just an ordinary realm in the camp of disorder.”

“..just an ordinary realm?” Lu Yun blinked. “An ordinary realm can bully the leader of order and grind their face into the dirt?”

“Yes,” the heavenly emperor nodded matter-of-factly. “The primordial world of immortals was the intersection of existence, the world that kept order and disorder in balance. The chief worlds and the allworlds—leader of the camp of disorder—were both directly subservient to the primordial world of immortals.

“When the primordial world of immortals was destroyed, these core realms also fell into decline. However, the realms of the camp of order weren’t as aggressive, so the allworlds swiftly recovered. The chief worlds have constantly suffered from Infinite Deorc campaigns, so it hasn’t recovered yet.”

Lu Yun finally understood the situation.

“I feel that you should focus on helping the chief worlds recover,” he said to the heavenly emperor.

“There’s no point in doing so,” the man shook his head. “Without the support of the primordial world of immortals, the chief worlds drift around, rootless. And why should I help it recover? At the end of the day, we are still the enemies of the chief worlds and everything in existence.”

“..you are.. a dao form?” Lu Yun grasped the heavenly emperor’s meaning.

“Yes,” the emperor nodded. “My ultimate goal is to restore the primordial world of immortals, occupy it, have all dao forms within existence live in it so I can become a true god and truly immortal. I will sit on high and look down over all.”