blueteamnovel Chapter 115 Reversing Time
Chapter 115 Reversing Time
Ning Qingxue placed Lu Ming in a side hall overlooking the cliff.
There were no restrictions placed on him, and his storage bag and personal belongings remained untouched.
However, he was guarded by the Li Tian Palace guards outside the main hall, and his movements were restricted to the area within the side hall, which could be considered as house arrest.
Li Tiansheng recognized Lu Ming as the junior from the Dao Academy who had been cast into the spatial rift of the Immortal Remnant Land thirty years ago, even while still aboard the flying boat. He had already reported this to Ning Wuyai immediately.
Under Ning Qingxue's arrangement, although Lu Ming possessed an astonishing encounter from the Immortal Relic Land, and although he was under strict guard, no one dared to lay a hand on him without authorization.
For the first two days after being brought back to Litian Cliff, Ning Wuyai secluded himself to study the newly acquired Divine Cauldron.
In an attempt to glean the supreme secrets of human destiny and the suppression of nothingness, he had no time to summon Lu Ming.
Ning Qingxue, taking advantage of her status as the young master, would often secretly visit him, each time whispering to Lu Ming to be patient: "My father is currently comprehending the Divine Cauldron, and his temper is quite volatile. You must not disobey him."
Lu Ming's heart was filled with mixed feelings, but he knew that he could only wait for the right opportunity. So he meditated quietly in the side hall to stabilize his cultivation.
On the morning of the third day, the aura of the main hall suddenly subsided, and Ning Wuyai emerged from seclusion and went straight to the side hall where Lu Ming was.
His demonic aura intertwined with the fortune of the Divine Continent Cauldron, indicating that he had already grasped some of the profound mysteries of the Divine Continent Cauldron.
He had long anticipated Ning Qingxue's thoughts and made his offer to recruit her directly.
"Lu Ming, you possess the Xuanwu True Body, and your Dao Foundation can overcome the void. You are a rare genius, unparalleled throughout the ages."
Ning Wuyai sat upright in the hall, his tone carrying the allure of demonic power, "The Dao Academy's actions, bound by the rules and regulations of the righteous path, will only bury your talent."
"The Li Tian Palace is the number one sect of the demonic path, possessing unparalleled demonic arts, supreme body tempering secrets, and controlling the fortune of the Divine Continent."
"You have saved Qingxue's life. As long as you are willing to abandon the righteous path and embrace the demonic path, I will take you as my personal disciple. It is not impossible for us to jointly manage the Li Tian Palace in the future. Such an opportunity is unparalleled in the world, allowing you to rise to the top in one step."
Ning Qingxue stood aside, clearly taken aback. She hadn't expected her father to offer such an enticing deal.
But she knew all too well her father's ruthlessness; if Lu Mingru agreed, everything would be fine.
But if he refused, his father, given his temperament, would never let him off easily.
But she knew perfectly well that, given Lu Ming's personality, he would absolutely not agree.
Lu Ming replied firmly, "I appreciate the kindness of the Palace Master of Li Tian."
"But I am a disciple of the Taoist academy, nurtured by my master. My master led me into the Tao, and I will never betray my master."
The blunt refusal instantly chilled the atmosphere in the hall.
Ning Wuyai's eyes darkened slightly, but he did not get angry. Instead, he changed the subject: "Fine, your Dao heart remains unchanged and you can resist temptation. I will respect you for now. You should know that this is a great opportunity that can change your path of cultivation. How could you refuse it so easily?"
"Then tell me, how did you manage to survive the spatial rift that led you into the Immortal Ruins thirty years ago?"
"Is the Dao foundation within you that can resist the power of nothingness formed from a mysterious fragment of the Immortal Remnant Land?"
These two questions point directly to Lu Ming's greatest secret, which is also the secret that the Heavenly Palace covets most.
The power of nothingness is a headache for all cultivators in the world, and someone like the Lord of the Heavenly Palace naturally knows its extraordinary nature.
Lu Ming kept his lips tightly pressed together, remaining silent and refusing to utter a single word.
"It seems you intend to keep this secret to yourself." Ning Wuyai's patience had completely run out, and his aura suddenly surged.
"I gave you a chance, but since you refused to speak, I will come to see for myself."
"Father! No!" Ning Qingxue immediately knelt down with a thud, blocking Ning Wuyai's path.
"The Soul-Searching Technique of the Heavenly Palace is too domineering; it will destroy his foundation and shatter his soul! Please, please do not search his soul!"
Ning Wuyai lowered his eyes to look at his kneeling daughter, and finally revealed a trace of reluctance.
Moreover, he didn't want to destroy Lu Ming's perfect true body directly, so he waved his hand and said, "I promise you, I won't search his soul."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly stepped forward, his eyes turning into two bottomless vortexes, locking onto Lu Ming's eyes, and used the supreme secret technique of the Li Tian Palace to reverse the flow of time!
"I will not steal your memories, nor destroy your soul; I will only reverse your timeline and witness your past with my own eyes!"
Lu Ming felt his soul being locked by an invisible force, unable to close his eyes or look away. The scene before him flashed back in reverse order at lightning speed:
First, there's the scene inside the Tian Shu Ruins, where he fights alongside Ning Qingxue against the Void, receives the Golden Register from the First Holy Lord, and uses the Divine Continent Cauldron to destroy the Void Venerable.
Then there are the details of Fufeng City.
The scene kept rewinding, finally settling on Zhenwu Mountain, showing the scene of Po Jun and the Zhenwu Sect Master seeing him off.
In that memory, Po Jun had already finished explaining things to Lu Ming, and Lu Ming was about to leave Zhenwu Mountain.
But the moment Ning Wuyai's time-traveling divine sense touched him, Po Jun in his memories suddenly looked up and looked over!
Po Jun's golden eyes shot out divine light that pierced through heaven and earth. Although it was just a phantom in his memory, it seemed to penetrate the barriers of time and space, following Ning Wuyai's time-traveling divine thought, and stared straight at Ning Wuyai!
That gaze was domineering and majestic!
"puff!"
Ning Wuyai suffered a heavy blow, his whole body trembled violently, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. At the same time, a purple jade talisman appeared in front of him and suddenly shattered.
Ning Wuyai felt as if his soul was being torn apart. He staggered backward and crashed into a stone pillar in the hall, his face filled with horror!
A single glance from his memory, across endless time and space, directly and severely injured him!
If it weren't for the life-saving item bestowed by the Heavenly Palace, he had no doubt that he would have died on the spot.
Just how terrifying is this old monster from the Zhenwu Sect?!
Seeing this, Ning Qingxue quickly helped Ning Wuyai up, while looking at Lu Ming with surprise and doubt.
At the same time, deep within the forbidden area of the Zhenwu Sect in the Central Region of Shenzhou.
Po Jun suddenly opened his eyes, golden light bursting forth from them, and with a slight movement of his aura, he shook the entire Zhenwu Mountain.
"Hmph! What audacity of the Heavenly Palace of Separation from Hatred!"
Po Jun let out a cold snort, causing the void of the forbidden area to vibrate. "If it weren't for the past relationship with the former Palace Master of the Heavenly Palace, I would have slapped your Li Tian Cliff flat right now!"
Po Jun immediately summoned the sect leader Gu Yingtian: "Gather the elites of the Zhenwu Sect, rush to Litian Cliff, seize the Divine Continent Cauldron, and rescue Lu Ming! The Lord of Litian Palace has been severely injured and is not a threat."
Inside the side hall of Litian Cliff, Ning Wuyai forcibly severed the Time Reversal Technique, clutching his chest in excruciating pain, his face extremely gloomy.
Although he had not yet discovered the secrets of the Immortal Remnant Land, he had already confirmed that Lu Ming and the True Martial Sect had a close relationship, and he was even more frightened by that gaze that transcended time and space.
"Father!" Ning Qingxue supported the swaying Ning Wuyai.
Ning Wuyai suppressed his surging blood and looked at Lu Ming with apprehension, his previous determination gone.
He shouted sternly towards the outside of the hall, "Li Tiansheng!"
Li Tiansheng instantly flashed in and knelt on one knee: "Your subordinate is here!"
"Keep him under strict guard. Without my order, no one may touch him in the slightest, nor may they dispose of him without authorization!"
Ning Wuyai's tone was decisive, yet he couldn't hide the fear in his heart. "We'll decide what to do after I've fully recovered!"
He dared not touch Lu Ming, nor dared to investigate his secrets any further. Po Jun's terrifying strength that allowed him to traverse time and space made him unable to muster even the slightest thought of resistance.
The gaze locked onto him from the memory was beyond his comprehension. It robbed him of even the courage to entertain any wicked thoughts.
He had never encountered such methods in the thousand years since he began his cultivation.
Upon receiving the order, Li Tiansheng immediately dispatched more guards to surround the side hall, making the security even tighter.
Ning Wuyai staggered away, supported by Ning Qingxue. Before leaving, he glanced at Lu Ming one last time before quickly looking away, afraid of meeting Lu Ming's gaze again.
The side hall fell silent again. Lu Ming stood there, his heart filled with turbulent emotions.
He never expected that Elder Po Jun, who was far away at Zhenwu Mountain, could severely injure Ning Wuyai across time and space with a glimpse of his past.
He couldn't help but gain a deeper understanding of Po Jun's strength.
Moreover, Po Jun seems to be only at the Martial Dao Knowing Fate Realm. What about the Reverse Fate Realm, Saint Realm, and Ancestral Realm? How terrifying would they be?
Lu Ming couldn't believe it; this was completely beyond his comprehension.
Just as Ning Wuyai was leaving wounded, two earth-shattering forces were hurtling towards Litian Cliff from the east:
On the eastern horizon, a giant flying sword pierced through the clouds. Li Jingyun, dressed in white, led eight elite disciples of the Dao Academy, their fighting spirit soaring, as they sped towards the scene.
Further away, the Zhenwu Sect's colossal Xuanwu warship swept across the sky, its aura and smoke piercing the heavens and earth, heading straight for the Litian Cliff.