Chapter 1334: Lu Xiaoyou, Why Do You Want to Expose My Identity?

"What?"

Initially, when everyone heard Lu Yang speak, they thought they had misheard. Lu Yang's tone was too calm, as if he were discussing something trivial.

Even Immortal Yingtian himself didn't react, maintaining his smile, as if his memory was still lingering on the time he was joking with Immortal Jiuchong.

Immortal Yingtian looked at Lu Yang, his thoughts collected, and his smile gradually faded, as if he had transformed into a different person.

He shook his head and sighed, not understanding Lu Yang's actions: "Little friend Lu, why must you expose my identity? I intended to reconcile with you, so why do you relentlessly pursue me? Saint Yao is dead, vengeance has been exacted, the world is at peace, the cultivation world is developing orderly, everything is on the right track, and you too have become an immortal, enjoying the world. Isn't this good?"

After possessing Immortal Yingtian and interacting with Lu Yang, Immortal Wuxiu, Yunzhi, Immortal Jiuchong, and others under Yingtian's identity, he began to reminisce about the good old days spent with his closest friends in ancient times. Moreover, since Immortal Wuxiu could not become omniscient and no one in the world could threaten his identity, he chose to abandon his murderous intent and enjoy this period as Immortal Yingtian.

It was precisely because he didn't want to get entangled with Lu Yang and the others that he released Saint Yao as a decoy, endured a battle, and deceived everyone, letting the matter drop. After the cultivation world's seal was lifted, he chose not to intervene again for the same reason.

However, he hadn't expected Lu Yang to misunderstand his good intentions, and furthermore, to see through his identity even under his direct gaze.

"What? He's the mastermind?!" Immortal Jiuchong and the others' pupils contracted sharply, their minds reeling, as they heard Immortal Yingtian confirm it himself. Deep down, they refused to believe it. But with the facts laid bare before them, they had no choice but to accept.

Immortal Qilin's eyes immediately reddened, murderous intent surged, and his killing aura was denser than ever before. He had the closest relationship with Immortal Yingtian, and his three hundred thousand years of guilt all stemmed from the mastermind!

"Yingtian..." Including Immortal Wuxiu, the Four Ancient Immortals had never been so furious. He had actually killed Immortal Yingtian, taken his place, and continued to interact with them under Yingtian's identity!

The scene was completely silent, the atmosphere utterly oppressive. No one had any intention of making a move. Only Lu Yang and the mastermind spoke freely, as if no one else were present.

"When did you start suspecting me?" the mastermind asked. Lu Yang's sudden challenge was completely unexpected; he hadn't anticipated it or noticed any abnormality in Lu Yang beforehand.

"From the moment I met you at the Lunar Laurel Palace, when we discussed the immortal demise of Senior Immortal Suiyue at the end of the Tinder Dynasty, you yourself said that one of the other three was responsible for the sneak attack on Senior Immortal Suiyue. I'm an honest person; I believe what others say. You told me to suspect you, so naturally, I had to suspect you. Of course, it wasn't just you; I suspected all four Ancient Immortals. After all, Senior Immortal Suiyue could also have been possessed."

The mastermind narrowed his eyes. He hadn't expected Lu Yang to suspect him so early. At the time, he had intended to clear his own name by proactively revealing that information, but he hadn't anticipated that Lu Yang wouldn't fall for it and instead grew suspicious of everyone.

When Lu Yang suspected that one of the Four Ancient Immortals had been possessed, and knowing that Li Haoran was a reincarnated individual, he realized Li Haoran's situation was extremely dangerous. Therefore, after returning from the Lunar Laurel Palace, Lu Yang deliberately reduced his interactions with Li Haoran, pretending to be ordinary fellow disciples, and no longer discussed Li Haoran's reincarnation. Otherwise, Lu Yang would have long ago told Li Haoran to seek out Immortal Yingtian to learn artifact refining. Even after understanding that Immortal Qilin was not the murderer of Immortal Suiyue, with Li Haoran still in the picture, Lu Yang did not dismiss his suspicions about the Four Ancient Immortals.

However, Lu Yang still couldn't conclude which of them the mastermind had possessed. It was only after gaining some insight into the embryonic form of the Samsara Dao Fruit that Lu Yang gradually pinpointed his suspect.

People undergo reincarnation, and events also revolve. A reincarnated person's experiences will have some overlap with their past life. Li Haoran's proficiency in artifact refining goes without saying. Immortal Wuxiu had also recounted a "dark history" of Immortal Yingtian, saying that in his youth, Immortal Yingtian easily gained the affection of older, highly cultivated and beautiful female cultivators, which also aligned with Li Haoran's experiences. The mastermind didn't understand the true meaning of Samsara; he simply believed that people from past lives and future lives shared similarities, which is why he suspected Gu Junye.

"Of course, before then, it was just suspicion. What made me certain of your identity was after the Origin Tracing Dao Fruit reached perfection. I used the Origin Tracing Dao Fruit to clearly see the history of the late Tinder Dynasty and finally confirmed that Immortal Yingtian was the one you possessed!"

While Lu Yang was offering respects to each of the Four Ancient Immortals, he secretly used the Origin Tracing Dao Fruit to examine their experiences during the late Tinder Dynasty. There was nothing unusual about Immortal Suiyue, Immortal Jiuchong, or Immortal Qilin, but Immortal Yingtian was different! He saw the mastermind possessing Immortal Yingtian in the Underworld, Immortal Yingtian escaping by utilizing the embryonic form of the Samsara Dao Fruit, and the mastermind polluting the power of faith, making Gray Bean pursue transcendence at all costs!

The Origin Tracing Dao Fruit could view a person's past, a fact Lu Yang had already tested during his time in the Interstellar Alliance.

"I hadn't expected the Origin Tracing Dao Fruit to be so miraculous," the mastermind remarked, raising an eyebrow. He controlled the Timeline Dao Fruit and had disrupted that period of history, making it impossible for anyone to see clearly. He hadn't anticipated that the Origin Tracing Dao Fruit would go directly to the source, bypassing temporal interference, and reveal the truth of the matter.

The mastermind let out a choked laugh. He laughed at his own arrogance, how he had been thoroughly deceived by a mere youngster, failing to notice Lu Yang's constant suspicion right under his nose. Was it the long period of peace and ease after possessing Immortal Yingtian that had made him complacent, or had he grown soft-hearted and reluctant to act?

The mastermind's laughter was laced with anger, and space itself began to violently tremble: "It was only because I found your experiences somewhat interesting that I didn't eliminate you. Instead, you've grown into a formidable force! Little friend Lu, have you decided how you wish to die?!"

Everyone felt the powerful aura surging from within the mastermind, their expressions drastically changing. This aura was even more potent than Saint Yao's. It aligned with Lu Yang's conjecture: the mastermind had never revealed his true power. Or rather, anyone who had seen his true power was already dead!

Lu Yang remained silent, splashing the peach juice from his cup onto the mastermind's face, further enraging him.

The others wanted to intervene, but this was Wen Dao Sect, the cultivation world itself. If they fought here, the entire cultivation world would be annihilated! The mastermind's power had no such concerns; today, he intended to unleash a massacre. Not only would he kill Lu Yang, but no one present would escape!

"Displacement," Yunzhi whispered, uttering two words.

The scene instantly shifted; Heavenly Gate Peak underfoot vanished, replaced by an endless starry sky and boundless darkness. The cultivation world disappeared; they had arrived in the cosmos!

"Wuyao's Displacement spell!" the mastermind instantly realized. Yunzhi didn't possess a Dao Fruit, so this was a unique spell Yunzhi had learned from Wuyao after Wuyao entered Imprisonment Peak. Yunzhi's fondness for learning hadn't aroused his suspicion; it turned out she intended to use it here! "Did she displace me to the outside? No, if so, I wouldn't have felt nothing," the mastermind muttered to himself. "In that case, she displaced the entire cultivation world elsewhere. What a brilliant maneuver!"