Published at 29th of August 2026 6:19 am

Chapter 4483: To Have Something To Ask For

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Tuo Lin walked out of the courtyard in high spirits and headed toward the street. "Master, look. That is Uncle Shi. His family makes a living from mining stone and supplying the city. In his spare time, Uncle Shi even uses his stones to repair the roads. Many of the broad and level avenues in the city are thanks to Uncle Shi and his family. In Uncle Shi, I see the character 'stone.'"

"Greetings, Humanity's Sage." When Uncle Shi saw Tuo Lin, he hurriedly bowed. Although Tuo Lin had called the man uncle, Tuo Lin was truthfully far older.

"Uncle Shi, youve worked hard. How is your injured shoulder? You were mischievous when you were young and fell from the tree in my courtyard. Even after all these years, it still hasnt fully healed."

Uncle Shi gave a bitter smile. "It will never fully heal. It aches whenever the weather is overcast or rainy, but it doesnt affect my work. Thank you for your concern, Humanity's Sage."

Tuo Lin nodded and then continued forward. "Master, that is Little Anzi. He is famous for loving to ask questions. He is like this, as were his teacher, his teacher's teacher, and his teacher's teacher's teacher. They carry questions to every corner of the city, but they also answer others questions. They are good people. In him, I see the character 'ask.'

"Master, that is Shopkeeper Ma. His family has traded horses for generations. Manifest City may not be large, but some people love horses and ride them along the river outside of the city. There is even a horse race there every year. In him, I see the character 'horse.'

"That is Brother Tang. He loves planting flowers more than anything. In him, I see the character 'begonia.'

"That one That one"

Every time Tuo Lin offered another name, Lu Yin seemed to see a character appear on that person. He should not be able to see them, but for some reason, he suddenly could. It was as if the final touch had been added to a painting of a dragon, or as if a curtain covering the truth had been lifted.

Could it have something to do with the statues?

Lu Yin looked at the statues of himself as Tuo Lin walked along. That seemed to be very possible.

One character after another appeared in his mind. Lu Yin looked back. All of the people were still people, yet they were also characters. Those characters flew up into the sky, where they collided and jumped about without end. It was a very strange sight.

Manifest City had a large population. Tuo Lin wanted to take Lu Yin to see every last resident, but Lu Yin did not have the time for that. He could only release his Willforce across an area and directly ask, "Tuo Lin, what characters are these people?"

"Master, he is 'seek,' she is 'buy,' he is 'supply'"

Character after character kept leaping up, imprinting themselves in Lu Yin's vision. He sped up, flying circles over Manifest City. It was as if he had entered an ocean of characters. He knew which person each character belonged to. He watched as people greeted Tuo Lin and reverently cleaned the statues. At the same time, Lu Yin could feel the people smiling at his statues and showing him respect. He heard more and more voices, voices that seemed to pour directly into his mind until he was unable to not hear them.

His Willforce continued to spread. The area that he could cover with it doubled, tripled, quintupled It grew until it could encompass an area ten times greater than before, and yet it still did not stop

He could feel every person's gaze.

Suddenly, Lu Yin fell. A heavy force pressed him to the ground. His vision changed, and when he looked down, he saw hands, legs, and a body.

He had become human.

"Master!" Tuo Lin exclaimed in delight. "Congratulations, Master!"

The rice stalk swayed gently. "Congratulations, Master."

Hui Can enviously said, "Congratulations, Master."

Lu Yin stood in the street as he looked at his hands. At last, he had also become a human within Manifest City. He was the second person from the Trio who had entered Manifest City with a human form.

He should also be the second person, after Manifest City had been seized by You Che, to enter and regain his true form.

Only, Lu Yins bloodstained clothes left the people surrounding him completely dumbfounded, and fear filled their eyes.

"Master, what happened to you?" Tuo Lin cried out in alarm, his face turning pale.

Hui Can also stared at Lu Yin. Those injuries were terrifying.

Lu Yin coughed once and ripped off his bloodstained outer garment. His inner layer of clothing was in much better condition, not nearly as soaked through with blood.

"Master, let us change your clothes. Your disciple has some clothes for you," Tuo Lin offered as he hurried over to support Lu Yin.

Lu Yin wanted to refuse, but after a moment of thought, he nodded. "Alright."

They quickly returned to the courtyard, and Lu Yin changed into Tuo Lin's clothes. When Tuo Lin saw the severity of Lu Yin's injuries, his eyes turned red.

The green stalk bent low. Little Ruyu was also very worried.

Lu Yin rubbed Tuo Lin's head. "Your master is fine. Dont worry."

After saying that, he looked out from the courtyard. Many people had gathered, all of them residents of Manifest City. They were kneeling on the ground, paying homage to the Sacred Sage.

Lu Yin stepped out of the courtyard and looked out at the vast crowd kneeling before him.

"Greetings, Sacred Sage."

"We pay our respects to the Sacred Sage."

"Sacred Sage, may you be well"

Everyone offered their own greetings, each one extremely reverent. They were all ordinary people. Tuo Lin had lived for centuries, and he had become revered as the Humanity's Sage whereas Lu Yin had been elevated to a near-divine figure.

Lu Yin looked at them. "Rise."

Everyone slowly rose. When they looked at Lu Yin, their eyes were filled with devotion and reverence. Such expressions had never before appeared in Manifest City. These were the purest form of worship and faith.

"Do you have something to ask for?" Lu Yin asked. Seeing these people, he still did not know how to take the final step toward Immortality. Perhaps if he gained the acknowledgment of all of Manifest City and took control of it, he might be able to have a breakthrough. It was the only thing he could try.

One person knelt down. "I have something to ask for."

"What do you ask for?"

"I pray that my mother may have good health. She has been overworking herself for days and cannot stop coughing. I beg the Sacred Sage for mercy and help. I do not ask for eternal life for her, only that she can be free of sickness and disaster and pass away peacefully in her old age."

Lu Yin looked at the person. This was a very simple wish.

"I also have something to ask for."

"What do you ask for?"

"I pray that my fields will stop collapsing. My fields lie along the middle of the river, where the current is swift, and the soil keeps being washed away. My land shrinks before my eyes, and soon, my family will not even have vegetables to ea."

"I have something to ask for."

"I have something to ask for"

Lu Yin listened to all the requests. All of them were simple and ordinary wishes. There was nothing regarding wealth, immortality, or cultivation. All that these people wanted was the most ordinary kind of life and the simplest sort of happiness.

He looked at the longing in their eyes. An ordinary human life only lasted for a short 100 years, and being free of illness and misfortune during that time was already a great blessing. Happiness in life was, in truth, very simple. What these people were asking for was seen as out of reach to them, yet to Lu Yin, it was less than anything.

Cultivation was a circle. If there were cultivators before him instead, what would they request? Greater cultivation resources? Better battle techniques? Cultivation arts? A breakthrough?

The wishes of ordinary people matched their brief and ordinary lives, while the wishes of cultivators matched their lives of struggle, battle, and intensity.

But regardless of whether they were ordinary people or cultivators, what people sought always corresponded to themselves.

While building the wall in his heart, Lu Yin had observed many peoples lives and also many other creatures lives. Some were cultivators and others were ordinary beings, but all of them ultimately belonged to a world that was shaped by cultivation. Even ordinary people knew of the existence of those that could ascend the heavens and descend beneath the earth, accomplishing anything.

However, no such people existed in Manifest City. In this world, everyone was an ordinary human.

Lu Yin's life was a circle. Cultivation was a circle. The outside world was a circle. Manifest City was a circle as well.

The towering wall in his heart left him with no idea how to bring it down. In the outside world, it manifested as a wall. In Manifest City, it took the form of a circle, one that encompassed an entire life. And that circle was none other than his present self.

Lu Yin raised a foot and proceeded to walk to the street. He did not know why he needed to go there; he only wanted to hear more wishes. It was like an instinctive urge.

***

At the same time, in the Tianyuan, in the place where Lu Yin had spent his seclusion, the three luck characters that Qian Shu had drawn started burning to drifting ash.

From nearby, Xiang Siyu saw this. After pondering for a moment, she spat out a mouthful of blood, and her face turned pale. Her eyes stared at the ground in a daze.

However, her expression very quickly changed. It became unfamiliar and sharp. On her flawless and beautiful face, this expression did not seem out of place at all. Rather, it gave her a different sort of charm. "Damaging your own Fate for the sake of others deserves death."

The three megaverses shook. Xiang Siyu looked out, and her expression changed yet again, wavering between sharpness and dazed. Finally, her expression returned to one of dazed confusion. She then closed her eyes and collapsed.

In the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, Ni Bieluo's trident ceaselessly shook.

In the distance, beneath Death's Dominion's skeletal hand, a Duality Seal slowly took form as Stillness roared.

Nan Ling's eyes were savage, and its bloodstained feathers quivered.

Around the Divine King, points of light were slowly moving, though they were gradually picking up speed.

The freeze that the palace had placed upon the Trio was about to be broken.

How much time had passed since everything had been frozen in place?

Green Lotus looked somber. In such a short amount of time, Lu Yin could not have possibly made any sort of breakthrough. Was the Trio truly going to be destroyed? Then so be it. At the very least, Lu Yin would survive. Besides, human civilization was not limited to just the Trio.

But even if destruction came, these enemies would not escape unscathed.

***

In Manifest City, Lu Yin walked through the streets, step by step. Everyone heard that the Sacred Sage had appeared, and they gathered on both sides of the streets of their own accord, waiting for him to pass their way.

No one blocked his path. One of the main streets ran east to west, while the other cut north to south.

Lu Yin walked forward, step by step, as people continued to cry out their requests to him.

"I beg the Sacred Sage to restore this broken leg of mine!. My wife already suffers enough and still has to raise two children. I do not want to remain a cripple forever."

"I beg the Sacred Sage to protect the bridge from collapse. My son died beneath a collapsed bridge."

"I beg the Sacred Sage"

Lu Yin heard everyone's wishes. The most ordinary and most humble requests turned into a kind of force, and it struck at the wall that he had built in his heart, causing it to break apart, piece by piece. He was tearing down the wall in his heart.

Lu Yin certainly had not expected to become a human in Manifest City in such a short span of time, let alone find the method to tear down that wall to perfect his mental state.

As he walked through Manifest City, he was taking the final step.

With every step, he felt his cultivation dropping. With every step, he felt his mental state drawing closer to that of an ordinary person.

Cultivation was a circle. Before, he had climbed up step by step, struggling greatly. At this moment, he was going in reverse, descending back to the ordinary. There would inevitably come a moment when the beginning and end would join together.

Lu Yin looked up. The world was more than just the land beneath one's feet.

In Manifest City, every one of his statues was giving off new life, as if they had an intrinsic spirit. All the while, Lu Yin was walking toward becoming an ordinary human, step by step by step

He went down one street and then another. Tuo Lin's little courtyard was the intersection point of Manifest Citys four streets. Lu Yin had already passed down three of them, and he was now walking toward the final one, the street that led out of Manifest City.

The exit lay to the east of Manifest City, but Lu Yin did not go that way. Instead, he walked westward.

1. Qiyun () refers to a being's cosmic fate or destiny, the favor granted by heaven, fortune, and the world itself. Because it encompasses several related concepts at once, no single English term fully captures its meaning.

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