Published at 29th of August 2026 6:19 am

Chapter 4484: Completion And Returning To Zero

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Scene after scene from the past flashed through Lu Yin's mind. He had always been driven by his desire to protect others. His Dukkha lay in learning to let go. To overcome it was not to abandon what he cherished, but to release the attachments that bound his heart.

He had seen that the wildest people were the loneliest, that the most vicious were the most pitiable, and that the kindest were the most deluded.

He had seen what was ordinary and what was extraordinary. He had seen light, and he had also seen darkness.

He had seen Meng Hui's pure smile, as well as how Shui Su longed for an ordinary life.

He thought of the dream of dying peacefully at an old age with a kind wife with whom filial children had been raised. It was the same dream as countless ordinary people. In truth, even Immortals longed for such a dream.

While life experiences were different, dreams were often the same. Just as cultivation was a circle, dreams were both the beginning and the end.

Without realizing it, Lu Yin reached the end of the street. There should be a wall before him, but in his eyes, there was now a gate. For a moment, he thought that he had gone the wrong way.

He looked back. His gaze passed over the many figures who lined both sides of the street, and he saw the gate at the other end of the street. That gate led out of Manifest City, so what was the gate behind him?

Sacred Sage, please

Sacred Sage, please

Countless people knelt and prayed for the simplest of wishes.

Lu Yin looked deeply at the crowd and slowly said, Thank you.

Everyone was confused. They did not understand what they were being thanked for. Tuo Lin did not understand either, but whatever his master said had to be right.

Lu Yin was not only looking at the ordinary people of the city, but also at the words that they carried. Those words were the Heartbond Nonduality. He had not cultivated it, but that very technique was what had allowed him to take the final step.

His words of thanks were to Manifest City, to the ordinary and unremarkable people who lived there, and to all those who had placed their hopes in him and longed for his help.

History was always like this. Someone had to walk at the front. As for pleasure, leaving that for ordinary people was good enough.

Lu Yin turned around and placed both hands on the gate, pushing it open with force.

The city gates opened wide. Lu Yin stepped out of Manifest City. With that single step, he ascended from the ordinary once more, surpassing all that he had been before and stepping onto the great path of Immortality.

His mental state transcended. Lifeforce ignited the void. Behind Lu Yin, Manifest City swayed.

He lifted his head to look up at the cosmos. With his newly transformed mental state, his perception of the cosmos was also changing. He felt open, free, and indescribably comfortable. It was like an ordinary person that had been swimming in water to suddenly step onto land, gaining a newfound sense of control over both their body and their surroundings.

At this moment, every inch of his fleshno, every cell of his body was rejoicing and teeming with life.

He seemed to have merged with the cosmos. He felt as if his entire being had melted away.

But halfway through that melting, it stopped. He looked at his hands. What was going on? He was just short. He was still the tiniest bit short.

His mental state had clearly broken through, so why was he still missing that final bit?

Lu Yin's thoughts raced. He looked all around him. What was missing? It was definitely not his state of mind, so it had to be something else.

He recalled every step that he had taken since embarking on the path of cultivation, and suddenly, he thought of Xiang Siyu.

The luck that she had enjoyed throughout her life had become the greatest obstacle at the final step, preventing her from taking it.

As for himself, he had already been able to face off against two-law Immortals while only being an Aberrant. That should have never been possible. Every time he surpassed the limits of living beings, he had actually made his eventual Immortal breakthrough even more difficult.

Cultivation was indeed a circle, but for that circle to connect at both the beginning and the end, it still needed a point of reference.

He had assumed that he was that point of reference, but that point did not yet perfectly fit in the circle.

That was it. He still had not achieved true resonance. What he needed now was to fully align with that circle. He had descended from a cultivator to an ordinary mortal, and from that mortality, he would step into Immortality. Since he had chosen to walk this circle, he had to bring it to completion.

If he wanted to become the point that perfectly fit within that circle, he first had to return himself to zero.

Never before had Lu Yin seen himself with such clarity. Whether it was his cultivation realm or his deductions, everything was crystal clear. It was as though someone had placed the answer before him and shown him exactly what he needed to do.

He sat down cross-legged. From his wounds, a streak of blood flew into outer space. Using the Nine Clones Secret Technique, that single drop of blood became a clone, and it unleashed a Star Fist to punch Lu Yin himself.

That vicious punch struck him and shattered his body.

The clone dissipated, only for another clone to appear. This one brought out divine energy and the tri-color divine energy transformation. Divine energy struck out, slamming into Lu Yin.

Then came Stillness, the Karmic Heavenwheel, Hidden Blade

One attack after another emerged from Lu Yin himself. He became his own tribulation, forcing his true body back to zero. Then, in that state of zero, he could become the reference point for his circle, allowing the beginning and end to connect.

He did not know whether or not he should thank Ni Bieluo and the others for gravely wounding him in advance. Otherwise, even his clones attacks would be hard pressed to reduce him back to zero.

Returning to zero meant decaying to the absolute extreme, just like what Ancient God had done before him.

Ancient God had entered that exact same state. If his Wielder-realm battle force had not broken through and transformed into Lifeforce, he would have died during his breakthrough.

Ancient God had entered that state because he had failed to successfully take that last step. By contrast, Lu Yin was entering that state willingly. Only in that state could he become a proper reference point.

As one attack after another fell upon him, Lu Yin's body decayed further and further. Inside of him, his Lifeforce had long since scattered while Immortal matter kept pouring into his body, driving both decay and rebirth.

His aura fell lower and lower.

In the distance, the Immortal stone monster was utterly dumbfounded. What is going on? Self-mutilation? Does he really have to go that far? He was already gravely wounded, so why is he injuring himself on top of that? This human has gone insane.

Suddenly, a pulse of fear shot through it. It turned to look in the direction of the human civilization. Again? What is going on? What happened this time?

In the Trio, the palace that had frozen everything shattered. It had endured for even less time than expected.

The instant the palace shattered, Ni Bieluo abruptly attacked. Its tridet stabbed at Green Lotus. Since that human has fled, you can take his place.

It did not truly want to record Green Lotus. After all, Ni Bieluo was unable to even do so. It could not record so much as an ordinary Immortal anymore.

Green Lotus once again unleashed his Lotus Cannon. 1,000 Karmic Heavenwheels spread out, holding up the sky as his voice rang throughout the three megaverses, "The cosmos is home to countless races, yet only humanity stands above them all!

So long as our inheritance endures, what fear is there in death? My friends, will you stand with me, in life and death?"

Countless people shouted back, We are willing! We live and die together!

We are willing! We live and die together!

We are willing! We live and die together!

Nan Ling sneered. That human called Lu Yin has already run away. Foolish humans, how laughable your faith is.

Master Qing Cao lifted his head to look at Nan Ling. Is that so? I hope that what you say is accurate. If only he were willing to run.

Nan Ling froze. What does that mean?

Green Lotus laughed loudly. I truly hope that child can escape!

Escape? I certainly hope thats the case. Blood Tower coughed out blood while barking a bitter laugh.

Mister Mu smiled. Run? I hope that he does.

I hope he can escape.

Lord Lu, I hope you can escape.

You must escape, Lord Lu.

Mr. Lu

Nan Ling was completely stunned. It heard countless people saying that they hoped Lu Yin had escaped. What the hell? Is running away not shameful? All of you are about to die while that person fled, so why are you reacting like this?

Why?

Ni Bieluo, Death's Dominion, and the Divine King all stayed still. They could all hear the countless voices.

Every last one of them was sincere. Everyone hoped that Lu Yin had escaped, even if only this once. Throughout the countless wars, Lu Yin had stood as the vanguard. In one battle after another, even when death had been practically assured, he had never given up.

Earlier in the current battle, everyone had seen just how miserable a state he had ended up in. The Lu Yin who had seemed like a god in so many peoples eyes had fallen. It was at that moment that they finally understood that even Lu Yin could lose and that even he had moments where he was utterly helpless. Even so, their reverence for him did not diminish. He had already done his absolute best, and that was enough. Run. Run as far away as possible!

He was the continuation of human civilization.

Lord Lu, live on. Countless people clenched their fists and shouted soundlessly, Lord Lu, live on.

Death's Dominion said in a deep voice, A truly terrifying civilization.

Ni Bieluo agreed. A civilization like this should not exist.

Nan Ling's eyes were frigid. A low and despicable species.

The Divine King spoke, which was very unusual for it. I misjudged you. I thought that you were merely another civilization. Humanity? Your faith in your inheritance makes me uneasy. Since I have already attacked, I must destroy you.

As it finished speaking, mote after mote of light suddenly fell, tearing through the Tianyuan, heading straight for the Heavens Sect. For the first time, the Divine King was taking genuine action.

The Cauldron and the Red Umbrella were both blasted back by two motes of light. Mister Mu and Chu Songyun both spat out blood at the same time, unable to withstand the blow. After all, the Divine King was a peak two-law Immortal.

Ni Bieluo spoke in a low voice, "It is time for us to act as well. Whether that human escapes or not, at the very least, he must lose his civilization."

"Hehe, this is the human civilization that I remember. How truly terrifying." Old Man Hehe chuckled as the branch of the River of Aeons surged forward, flowing towards Death's Dominion.

The giant skeletons Stillness surged upwards, blasting at Old Man Hehe.

Unable to find Lu Yin, Nan Ling had decided to destroy his megaverse instead. With a shrill cry, the Spirit Nidus began to twist and distort. Countless sequence strings began snapping.

Master Qing Cao's eyes blazed with fury. Although his identity as Qing Cao was false, his feelings for the Spirit Nidus were still real. He was Mi Jin, but he was also Qing Cao, the guardian of the Spirit Nidus.

Even so, he could only watch as the Spirit Nidus was destroyed and reset.

Nan Ling did not fear increasing its karmic chain; at worst, it would dissolve it with time. Its hatred for humanity and Lu Yin was enough to drive it to the brink.

Countless people in the Spirit Nidus fell into despair as they watched their megaverse be reset.

But even the desperate plight of the Spirit Nidus was not the most critical place on the battlefield for the Trio. What truly drew the attention of all the powerful beings was the Tianyuan, where the Divine King's attack met a crimson sword drawn by Chu Songyun.

The sword and the Red Umbrella merged, both originally belonging to Hong Shuang. As they merged, they erupted with an unimaginable power of the Path of Dispassion. It was as though a woman had slowly stepped across the cosmos, replacing the sky and drawing the attention of all beings.

The Divine King was shaken. What kind of power is this?

Within the three megaverses, the cultivators who had once cultivated the Path of Dispassion involuntarily knelt, as if beholding the cosmos itself.

Chu Songyun gripped the Red Umbrella tightly, whose handle was the crimson sword. His body was forced to continuously bear the terrifying force of the Path of Dispassion. It felt as if he were holding up the sky itself.

Far beyond the Trio, Hong Xias expression grew grave, and a deep wariness and fear filled his eyes. This was Hong Shuangs power, the strength of the Rampart Warden of the Second Rampart, the one who had created the Path of Dispassion during an era of invincibility.

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