Published at 18th of October 2026 5:59 am

Chapter 4583: Response

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The next moment, karma surged.

Devouring Trace had lived for an extremely long time, and because of its various fragments, it had also experienced far more than an ordinary Immortal. Its years of existence combined with its various fragments’ experiences meant that it greatly increased Lu Yin's karma—it nearly matched Gao Tian.

This was a tremendous surprise for Lu Yin.

Unfortunately, he could not kill this creature. If he could, its imprint would appear on the Champions' Stage Purgatory, which would allow him to summon one more expert. Devouring Trace's value did not lie in itself, but rather in its fragments.

The battle that Thousand Machinations was currently participating in should not end quickly.

After some time, his karma stopped increasing. Lu Yin returned to his place of seclusion, and his true body entered seclusion while his skeleton clone emerged.

Old Sixth looked at the skeleton but said nothing. Making guesses was one thing, but there was no need to say such matters aloud.

Lu Yin's skeleton clone took Old Sixth, Ji, and the sword-testing stone to the lotus pond in the Sea of Karma, allowing them to see Devouring Trace, as well as Greater Sancte Green Lotus and the other Immortals.

Old Sixth was shocked. They had thought that humanity had long since declined. Seeing that there were still so many experts was completely unexpected. Green Lotus in particular caused the toad to feel a great deal of pressure.

They were an Abyssal of the Death Megaverse. Although Old Sixth had only just won that position, they were by no means weak. This human had to be at the peak of resonating with two cosmic laws. It was no wonder why this human civilization had dared to participate in the game between Obscura and the Death Megaverse.

Devouring Trace cursed and howled as it writhed about within the Sea of Karma. Lu Yin's skeleton clone stepped into the Sea of Karma and attacked it.

Having lost its vast reserves of Stillness, Devouring Trace's own defenses were still formidable, but it had also already been heavily injured by Lu Yin and the others in their previous battle. Then, it had been severely wounded by Green Lotus and the other human Immortals. Faced with the skeleton clone, it could only wait for death.

Everyone calmly watched this scene.

A mighty two-law Immortal was dying. More than one of the Death Megaverse’s Abyssals had died in this place, and in the future, there would be even more.

The rise of human civilization was unstoppable.

Boom!

The Sea of Karma boiled. Devouring Trace's white magma body was completely torn apart. It was dead.

Lu Yin threw its shattered body to Old Sixth. "You have a gate, right?"

"I do. With this, I’m leaving."

Lu Yin looked at the toad. "Be careful."

Old Sixth nodded and was just about to leave when Lu Yin suddenly remembered something. "Obscura has always been searching for the Jade Megaverse. Finding it is actually a mission. Old First and the other Seven-Treasure Anuras all went to the Jade Megaverse. One day, you will definitely meet again."

Old Sixth took a deep breath. "Don’t worry, I won’t do anything. As long as I do nothing, I won’t be used."

Lu Yin and the others watched Old Sixth leave with heavy hearts.

Would doing nothing really be enough to avoid being used? If Wang Wen were that easy to deal with, he would not be Wang Wen.

Fortunately, Lu Yin himself and his skeleton clone were also members of Obscura, so Old Sixth would not be forced to fight alone.

Looking back, the way that the situation had developed was truly bizarre. Old Sixth had clearly wanted to join Obscura, and yet Obscura had manipulated the toad into joining the Death Megaverse. Lu Yin’s own skeleton clone had clearly joined the Death Megaverse, and yet it had also somehow managed to join Obscura. Not only that, but Old Sixth joining Obscura was also helping humanity, while Lu Yin was actually a human.

Truly, Lu Yin did not even know what to say anymore.

After Old Sixth left, everyone looked at Ji and the sword-testing stone, but no one said anything.

Before long, Ancestor Lu Yuan took the skeleton clone, Ji, and the sword-testing stone back to the region of the Aevum Inch where they had fought the fierce battle against Devouring Trace by repeatedly teleporting.

Lu Yin peered into the distance. The main battle was still not over. There were still three powers entangled over there, shielding everything from sight.

"Ancestor, you should go back first," Lu Yin said.

Ancestor Lu Yuan nodded. "Be careful."

He then shot a curious glance at both Ji and the sword-testing stone before leaving.

Lu Yin glanced at Ji. "Another Abyssal Displacement should take place after this battle ends. We will need to separate."

"Alright." Ji simply left.

Only Lu Yin and the sword-testing stone remained behind. He led the sword-testing stone to search for the closest place where they could connect to the Abyssal Displacement.

Their search lasted for decades, which meant that the fighting on the main battlefield also lasted that long. Only when the Abyssal Displacement occurred would the war triggered by Ruinfall finally come to an end.

Lu Yin took the sword-testing stone and entered the Abyssal Displacement. In the blink of an eye, the two were separated.

Before long, he arrived at Thousand Machinations' Abyss.

The bear had already returned and was standing by the river, seemingly lost in thought. They were standing beside the place where Chang Tian had been. Now that Lu Yin had rescued the man, the place was empty. There was nothing at all left.

Lu Yin approached Thousand Machinations from behind, and the bear asked, "The result?"

"I don’t know. I ran, but the toad is a traitor," Lu Yin said.

Thousand Machinations turned around and calmly observed Lu Yin. He nodded in response while asking, "Are you unsurprised that the toad is a traitor?"

Thousand Machinations grinned. "There is nothing surprising about that."

Lu Yin continued, "I also attacked Devouring Trace. After all, I’ve joined Obscura. The sword-testing stone protected me, but it did not take the initiative to attack Devouring Trace. Most of the time, I was fighting against Ji.

"Devouring Trace is very strong and overwhelmed the toad. Even if I had worked with it, we still would have been no match for Devouring Trace, so I could only flee. I don’t know what finally happened to it and the toad."

Seeing that Thousand Machinations still did not speak, Lu Yin expressed his curiosity. "Where is Ruinfall? Was it because of me that Devouring Trace replaced Ruinfall, or was it because of the toad? After all, you knew that toad was also a traitor."

Thousand Machinations said, "After you joined Obscura, did I ever contact any other Abysses?"

"No."

"Then is it still not clear?"

"Was this all prepared long ago?"

Thousand Machinations did not deny it.

Lu Yin continued, "So you allowed me to join Obscura and made sure that I knew that you had no contact with the other Abysses to guide Obscura into taking action. If I had reported that you had interacted with any other Abyss, this battle might not have taken place. Obscura is not foolish, and the Death Megaverse is even less foolish. They would not do such a thing while knowing that their opponent was aware of it."

Thousand Machinations smiled at Lu Yin. "I told you, do not think too much in this place. You only need to focus on cultivating and fusing those two powers. As for the game between Obscura and the Death Megaverse, you are not that important. You are merely an extra piece."

Lu Yin bitterly agreed. "Yes, I am not important.

"So, what happened with Obscura?"

Thousand Machinations looked away and glanced back at the riverbed. "Obscura’s Purple has completely broken away from the River of Aeons’ main stream. That price is no less than death. It spent endless years to obtain the ability to draw upon the main River of Aeons, and this essentially means that it is now half crippled.

"Obscura's surprise attack on the Death Megaverse itself also failed. Dark Prisonbone was guarding that place."

Lu Yin had not anticipated a battle also being fought at the Death Megaverse. The scale of this war far surpassed the assault on the Trio. Lu Yin simply lacked the qualifications to participate in such a war.

"I just cannot understand it. How did this human disappear?" Thousand Machinations wondered.

Lu Yin stepped forward. "Did he escape on his own?"

"Impossible. He is not capable of that."

"Well, he did acquire an innate gift of the Ten-Eyed Divine Crow."

"The Divine Crow’s innate gifts can be dealt with so long as one sees through them. He absolutely did not escape on his own." Thousand Machinations finished speaking and turned to look at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin very casually asked, "Do you suspect me?"

Thousand Machinations studied the skeleton. "No. You do not have that ability.

"But you could have told Obscura."

Lu Yin shrugged. "What would be the point of telling Obscura about the man? Why would they take Chang Tian away?"

Thousand Machinations smiled. "It does not matter. If he was taken away, then so be it. Sooner or later, I will recapture him. However, you can help me to deliver a message to Obscura: I am willing to make an exchange."

As soon as those words were spoken, the entire Abyss trembled. Lu Yin had felt this same tremor once before, when he had been in Withered Requiem's Abyss. At that time, it had announced Death's Dominion’s death.

"Devouring Trace is dead." Thousand Machinations' gaze took on a rare solemnity. Their tone was still as calm as ever, but Lu Yin could sense that the bear somewhat cared about this matter.

This concern did not seem to be for Devouring Trace itself, but more for an overarching sense of victory or defeat.

The bear looked at Lu Yin. "Everyone who participated in the battle where Devouring Trace fought will be questioned. This war was a game against Obscura. We were able to reduce Obscura's power on an external level, while internally, we eliminated traitors. Think carefully before you speak. I do not want to be questioned by Nethersea Suppression and the others."

Lu Yin bowed. "This junior understands."

"Do you understand how to deal with the Death Megaverse, or do you understand how to deal with me?" Thousand Machinations suddenly asked.

Lu Yin was startled, but he remained composed. "This junior has not deceived you, Senior. Besides, with this junior's strength, I could not do anything to Devouring Trace."

Thousand Machinations scratched their chin with their claws. "That is another reason why I did not suspect you."

Did the Abyssal truly not suspect him? Lu Yin did not know. He would never underestimate any creature, especially someone like Thousand Machinations, who was capable of engaging in a battle of wits with Wang Wen.

All that Lu Yin could do at this point in time was say less, or even nothing at all. The more he talked, the more mistakes he would make. Whether Thousand Machinations truly suspected him or was just pretending not to despite any suspicions, Lu Yin was at least safe with this Abyssal.

Several days later, Lu Yin suddenly rose and looked out into outer space. He saw a dark skeleton bird that blocked out the sky, and he knew that Dark Prisonbone had arrived.

He had not expected Dark Prisonbone to come. He had thought that an Abyssal Displacement would take place.

But when considering the situation, this did make sense. Every use of Abyssal Displacement consumed a vast amount of Stillness. Not even the Death Megaverse could afford to continuously use Abyssal Displacement, while Dark Prisonbone could teleport itself. The bird could readily resolve the problem of distant communication.

Seeing the bone bird that covered the sky, Lu Yin released his killing intent without the slightest attempt to hide anything as he stared upwards.

Above the Abyss’s sky, Dark Prisonbone looked down, its gaze settling onto Lu Yin. It let out a sharp screech that was filled with killing intent. "Human skeleton, I greatly dislike your attitude."

Lu Yin stepped forward, going straight up to face Dark Prisonbone.

Dark Prisonbone's vast Stillness fell, dropping straight down upon Lu Yin like a black mountain. His gaze sharpened, and more Stillness surged upwards. In front of his chest, the Three Death Arts continuously released Stillness to counter Dark Prisonbone.

There was a boom as an even more terrifying darkness spread out, fiercely pressing down upon Lu Yin.

He refused to show any sign of weakness. There was no sign of hesitation in the blast released from the Three Death Arts. "Where did this mangy bird come from? Get down here!"

Dark Prisonbone was infuriated, and it raised its talons, fully revealing their sharpness.

Thousand Machinations suddenly appeared between the two and casually waved a paw. The two blasts of Stillness froze and then shattered. They crumbled apart until they finally vanished into nothingness.

Dark Prisonbone stayed silent.

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