Necropolis Immortal

outside interference; the immortal dao itself imposed the limitation.
After the first Sovereign Ranking and the opening of the central world, the immortal dao began to encroach upon these lands.

On their last journey here, they had come with bodies forged from life glyphs.
Returning here with their real bodies gave them new insights.

“I feel it!” Qing Yu visibly brightened.
“The origin of this world… its heavenly mandate, is calling to me.
If I refine the heavenly mandate using the heavenly palace, I’ll be able to turn the central world into the world of the heavenly palace.”

The heavenly palace was born out of the Tome of Life and Death, so its perception was unerring.

“Alright, let’s go find the central world’s heavenly mandate.
I’ll watch over you as you work on it!” Lu Yun grinned.

“No!” Qing Yu disagreed.
“You need to go find the primordial immortal emperor’s treasure.
The denizens of the underworld and the Blood Sea are both after it.
If it falls into their hands, the consequences will be absolutely devastating!”

“But…” Lu Yun remained hesitant.

“The kingdom of hell protects you.
You can go there if you get into too much trouble, right? In the same way, the heavenly palace is my world.
If there’s danger outside, I can simply escape there!” Qing Yu chuckled.

The heavenly palace existed in an unknown dimension, but wasn’t a realm unto itself yet.
When Qing Yu entered the palace, time in the outside world flowed as normal.

“I already know where the central world’s mandate is.
The moment I finish refining it, my heavenly tribulation will come…” A hint of melancholy suddenly entered her eyes.
“Eighteen days from now, maybe? Eighteen days…”

“Don’t worry, I’ll be at your side by then for sure.” Lu Yun took a deep breath.

“Okay.” A smile returned to Qing Yu’s face.

The two of them split up.
Qing Yu was a force to be reckoned with in her own right.
She possessed the combat arts of the founder of immortal dao and Empress Myrtlestar’s guidance.

Lu Yun had used the Hell Flower and Dao Flower projection to reform the empress’ soul and refine her body.
Right now, she was undergoing both processes inside the Scroll of Shepherding Immortals.
However, her thoughts remained available to wield the power of her starstones.

Because they were here in the flesh this time, none of the couple’s treasures were sealed off.

Nevertheless, Lu Yun remained worried about Qing Yu’s safety if she went off by herself.
As he sat down at the lakeside of the thunder pond, his replica that’d been watching over Liu Qingmiao and Zou Longxiu exited hell and trailed behind her.
Having come to the central world, the replica was also limited to a true immortal’s strength.

Noticing Xing Chen behind her, Qing Yu wordlessly held her head, then joyfully took the replica’s arm.

Lu Yun opened his mouth instinctively at the gesture before sighing in resignation.
“It’s just me and myself… what am I getting jealous for?”

He produced his feng shui compass with a turn of his palm.
It was at this moment he finally understood the true meaning of the luopan.
It contained yin and yang in one form, much like the Formation Orb, or perhaps the heavenly palace and the manor of hell.

“To seek a dragon of gold coiled,

Those deathly cliffs with mysteries roiled.”

Hum!

Aureate sparkles flared up from the luopan, but its singular needle pointed to several different directions before slowly beginning to spin without end.
Lu Yun put the compass away.

“There are too many treasures in the central world and the so-called ‘immortal emperor treasure’ has hidden itself.
The luopan can’t find its whereabouts.” He took out the Treasurefall Coin, but it was similarly ineffective.

“Wait a second… the most likely place for that treasure to be… the immortal emperor’s tomb.
Of course!” The sudden epiphany made his next course of action clear: he needed only to find the immortal emperor’s tomb.