“As for the rest, you will need to explore and discover it yourself. However, the more you come into contact with and uncover, the greater the danger you will face. Before you possess sufficient strength and certainty, it is best to pretend ignorance of all this. For now, avoid direct confrontation with the Dao Alliance and the six major forces. Focus on developing your strength discreetly.”
“Additionally, I know the location of one of the Source Hearts. It is recorded on a map inside the storage ring in the wooden box. As for the remaining ones, you will need to find them yourself.”
The letter ended there, with no further content.
Unfortunately, the Lord of the Infinite Heavenly Palace could not have known that Lin Yun had already completely fallen out with the six major forces. Low-profile development was no longer possible for him.
Lin Yun slowly folded the letter. For a long time, the turmoil in his heart refused to settle.
Though reading the letter had left him with some lingering questions in certain areas.
It had nevertheless resolved many of his confusions and completely overturned his understanding of the ancestral land.
“Young Master, what is it?” Zou Dongsheng asked after waiting a while, seeing Lin Yun fall silent upon finishing the letter.
“It is very complicated. The situation is far worse than I imagined,” Lin Yun sighed.
When fighting the demon race on the cultivation continent, at least the entire human race had stood united, and there had been the Heavenly God Palace.
Now, however, Lin Yun would have to oppose the two greatest human powers.
He could only build his own force, and his ultimate target was the Heavenly Dao itself.
The difficulty and danger were far, far greater.
Yet Lin Yun’s conviction grew even stronger.
Since rules like epoch destruction had been set by the Heavenly Dao, he was all the more determined to destroy it and change this reality.
Every epoch destruction across countless star realms had claimed innumerable lives as its price.
Across repeated epoch destructions, the total number of lives lost was beyond staggering imagination.
All because of the Heavenly Dao’s selfish fears, so many lives had to perish alongside it.
Even before epoch destruction, the internal conflicts within each star realm could largely be attributed to rules established by the Heavenly Dao.
Its purpose was undoubtedly to reduce the number of lives, divert conflicts, and shift attention.
Just like the enmity between humans and demons on the cultivation continent. Even after exterminating the demons, peace would not last long before the threat of the dark demon race emerged.
Powerhouses of every star realm fell continuously in such wars. Everyone’s focus remained fixed on their enemies, leaving no room for deeper thought.
Through endless warfare and strife, it achieved the effects of weakening, exhausting, fooling, impoverishing, and humiliating the people.
All lives were merely pawns on the Heavenly Dao’s chessboard.
What Lin Yun intended to do was no longer remain a pawn on the board, but become the player who contended against the Heavenly Dao.
Next, Lin Yun opened the storage ring.
Inside were the items the Lord of the Infinite Heavenly Palace had left for him.
There were fully five billion Bright Moon Crystal Stones.
When Lin Yun had opened the first wooden box, it contained one billion. This time, the amount had increased fivefold.
There was also a secret manual and a map.
Lin Yun first picked up the manual.
Mixed Origin Hand. This was a technique for cultivating arm strength. When unleashed, its power was astonishing. It was the result of countless years of dedicated research by the Lord of the Infinite Heavenly Palace. Its grade could be classified as Source level, one tier higher than Great Luo level manuals.
“This Mixed Origin Hand, do you know of it?” Lin Yun asked curiously, looking at Zou Dongsheng and An Yun.
“Young Master, when the Infinite Heavenly Palace still existed, only the palace lord’s direct disciples had the chance to learn the Mixed Origin Hand. Becoming a direct disciple was harder than ascending to heaven. Even we never learned it. This was the palace lord’s most powerful technique, never transmitted outside,” Zou Dongsheng explained.
Clearly, even Zou Dongsheng had not been a direct disciple of the palace lord back then.
“I see.” Hearing this, Lin Yun grew even more interested in the Mixed Origin Hand.
“However, it is said that cultivating the Mixed Origin Hand places extremely high demands on the physical body. If the body is not strong enough, even obtaining it would make practice impossible,” Zou Dongsheng added.
“I understand,” Lin Yun nodded.
Then, Lin Yun took out the map from the storage ring.
Lin Yun guessed that this must be the map the palace lord mentioned, recording the location of one of the Source Hearts.
