Chapter 1344: Omniscience

After learning what had transpired in this timeline, the mastermind finally realized it presented an even more terrifying future than the previous one.

Lu Yang, the creator of the Dual Dao Fruit system, could single-handedly hold Yunzhi back and prevent her from integrating with the Great Dao.

Boom—

Yunzhi attacked again. After learning that her junior brother could help her retain her humanity, she fought without any reservations. At this moment, she commanded the immense power of heaven and earth. Her moves were expansive and powerful, resembling integration with the Great Dao more than actual integration, making her invincible throughout the world.

The mastermind's body was repeatedly pierced and reformed, immortal blood splattering across the void. Each drop of blood contained terrifying power, possessing a portion of the might from the devoured Dao Fruit. A single drop of blood exploding caused heavenly tribulations, the Five Elements, and other forces to erupt, transforming into chaos and obliterating an entire galaxy. If a Tribulation Transcending cultivator were to miraculously obtain a single drop of this blood and survive, they might even comprehend the rudimentary form of a Dao Fruit from it! He coughed up mouthfuls of blood, a testament to the immense power these immortal blood drops possessed!

The mastermind intended to use blood to transform the sky, conceal heavenly secrets, and unleash a blood sacrifice domain. This was a secret technique from ancient times, imbued with the unrefined and brutal nature of ancient sacrificial rituals, and its power was unparalleled. Only he knew this secret technique now.

But Yunzhi did not give him the chance. She clenched her right hand, gathering all the immortal blood into her grasp. With a bang, it exploded, and only wisps of chaotic mist escaped through her fingers.

"Fellow Daoist Yunzhi, perhaps there was some misunderstanding earlier; there's no need for this between us," the mastermind said, feeling a strong urge to retreat. If the fight continued, he would surely die.

"Misunderstanding? Was intending to kill my junior brother also a misunderstanding?" Yunzhi's expression was cold. Her attacks did not cease, all aimed at the mastermind's vital points! Yunzhi didn't care why the mastermind had taken over Ying Tianxian; that was irrelevant to her. However, the murderous intent directed at her junior brother at the end of the Immortal Tribulation was undeniable. If her junior brother hadn't condensed the Immortal Dao Fruit, he would have died there! Yunzhi had never been this angry; otherwise, she wouldn't have used her full power without even gauging the mastermind's strength first. Now he calls it a misunderstanding? He can tell that to a dead man.

Lu Yang, who was maintaining Yunzhi's realm, appeared dazed. Unseen images, blurry and unfamiliar, appeared intermittently in his mind. Lu Yang turned his head; he always felt that someone should be standing beside him. Lu Yang had thought that these inexplicable symptoms of auditory and visual hallucinations would disappear after he became an immortal, but unexpectedly, they were getting worse. What exactly was going on?

Lu Yang slowly closed his eyes, and his consciousness began to spread uncontrollably. He felt himself formless and insubstantial at this moment, with only a vast and nebulous consciousness remaining. The nebulous consciousness connected with the causality of the entire world, extending infinitely. Like a sudden enlightenment, knowledge poured into his mind, past confusions suddenly became clear, and his perspective expanded countless times without limit.

"Beyond immortals lie transcendence and omniscience," a voice resonated in his mind. "Achieving omniscience requires three conditions: possessing a karma-tainted Dao Fruit, living a second life, and being entangled in karma..."

Yunzhi, in the midst of battle, paused. Her junior brother's two Dao Fruits were no longer pulling at her. She sharply turned to look at Lu Yang, whose eyes were tightly closed. His aura was fluctuating, and he was completely unguarded, looking nothing like he was in a battlefield!

"He's about to ascend to omniscience?" The mastermind was stunned by this scene. He was all too familiar with Lu Yang's state; the Immortal Fairy had once reached it. "How could he possibly ascend to omniscience right after becoming an immortal?!" Even the Immortal Fairy had to achieve Immortal status for a long time before meeting the condition of being entangled in karma. Lu Yang's ascension speed was simply too defiant of natural order. Was it because his experiences in this timeline were rich enough? No, it wasn't just that reason. "Could it be because I modified the timeline once?" Realizing this, the mastermind had a sudden epiphany. Modifying the timeline incurred great karma. As a transcendent being, he was not tainted by karma; for example, after killing the Immortal of Time, he transferred the karma to the Immortal Qilin. The same principle applied to modifying the timeline: the modification ensured Lu Yang did not revive the Immortal Fairy. Lu Yang was the divergence point of this timeline, and this great karma naturally fell entirely upon him!

The mastermind was not alarmed but rather delighted. Indeed, heaven leaves a path for everyone. Lu Yang was completely unguarded; as long as he was dealt with, Yunzhi would integrate with the Great Dao, and then no one would be his match! He took a palm strike from Yunzhi and used the momentum to fly towards Lu Yang.

"No!"

Yunzhi saw through the mastermind's intention and rushed to stop him, causing heaven and earth to shake and the universe to tremble. She arrived with overwhelming force, fiercer than dragons and tigers, and kicked the mastermind away with a single blow. Without Lu Yang stabilizing her realm, Yunzhi didn't know how much longer she had before integrating with the Great Dao. She had to defeat the mastermind before that happened!

The mastermind manipulated creation, using the sun, moon, and stars as nodes to set up thirty-three grand formations. Yunzhi powerfully broke through the formations, tearing them apart with her bare hands. The boundless power of heaven and earth crushed the mastermind, pressing him so hard that his ribs pierced his internal organs, leaving him a bloody mess, as if he had crawled out of a pile of corpses!

Yunzhi repelled the mastermind countless times. As she grew ever closer to integrating with the Great Dao, her moves, no longer as fierce as before, became sluggish. In fact, Yunzhi should have integrated with the Great Dao long ago; it was her stubborn and unreasonable willpower that was forcefully holding back the integration process. The successive destruction of stars in the cultivation world made Yun Mengmeng panic.

"Don't you dare harm my junior brother..." Yunzhi's state of mind became increasingly peaceful and devoid of emotion, and even her voice grew weak and listless. Without Lu Yang's assistance, she was ultimately unable to resist integrating with the Great Dao.

The mastermind seized the opportunity, broke through the blockade in one go, and reached Lu Yang's vicinity. Jiang Ping'an and Meng Junzi stood in front of Lu Yang.

"Get out of the way!" the mastermind roared, not taking the two seriously at all. He sent them flying tens of millions of miles with a single palm strike! He was inwardly terrified, feeling that Lu Yang was infinitely close to the omniscient realm and his own situation was precarious!

"Great Five Elements Tribulation of Annihilation!"

The grand tribulation descended, and the primordial power of the Five Elements twisted, transforming into five types of heavenly tribulations that sought to strangle Lu Yang! As if an ancient tragedy was replaying, Lu Yang, on the verge of breaking through and completely unguarded, was annihilated by the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation, turning into ashes with his soul scattered.

"It worked! Hahahahahahaha!" Just as Lu Yang was about to break through, he was annihilated. The mastermind could no longer suppress his inner joy and burst into uncontrollable laughter, which echoed throughout the universe.

"No..."

Yunzhi's heart sank to rock bottom. She wanted to kill the enemy, but her most important connection in this world had vanished, and her realm uncontrollably ascended towards integration with the Great Dao. All proofs of Yunzhi's existence in the world were successively erased, along with people's memories of her. Yun Mengmeng, who was watching the stars, suddenly burst into tears.

"Strange, why am I crying?"

"Junior brother... Lu Yang..."

Before Yunzhi integrated with the Great Dao, she still thought of Lu Yang. As her words fell, immortal rule runes appeared out of thin air, intertwining and transforming into Lu Yang's likeness, as if he had been there all along and had never disappeared.

Lu Yang opened his eyes and smiled, looking at his senior sister, who was now just a projection.

"What is it, Senior Sister?"

Just six simple words echoed across the heavens, drowning out the mastermind's laughter. The mastermind's laughter abruptly ceased.

In ancient times, the mastermind had used his transcendent nature to make the world forget the Immortal Fairy's existence and even made the Four Ancient Immortals forget her name. But this was not ancient times, and Yunzhi was not one of the Four Ancient Immortals. History was cyclical; similar events kept recurring, yet there were always deviations.

Those who held the Immortal Dao Fruit were undying, indestructible, and eternally immortal. By calling their name, they could reappear in the world.