No! He is definitely not seeking [Tribulation].
Although shocked for a moment, Lu Yang quickly realized: He isn't seeking [Tribulation], he's merely drawing the attention of [Tribulation].
It was the exact same motive he had when he created the inner demons back then.
The next second, the [Heavenly Laws and Earthly Rules] vanished.
The Netherworld's tremor caused by [Sky-shrouding] changed the explosive situation. Everyone chose to stop fighting, urgently wanting to know one thing:
What had happened in the Mortal World.
Emperor Cang definitely has his own channels. On the Three Foundations' side, with the Dao of Dao Arts from the Mortal World's Mysterious Wall present, they can probably get the corresponding news very quickly too.
However, these all take time.
Compared to them, my speed of getting the news will only be faster!
Thinking of this, Lu Yang simply decided not to leave. He stayed on Mount Baodu, opened [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes], and activated a Colorful Talent on his panel.
[Off-Stage Observer]!
Currently, there were two observable targets: one was Mu Changsheng, and the other was the Old Dragon Lord. The former's cultivation was too low; from a lower-realm cultivator's perspective, he probably knew nothing.
I have to look at the Old Dragon Lord!
The next second, rainbow-colored light invisible to outsiders surfaced in Lu Yang's eyes, causing his vision to rapidly elevate, leaving the lands of the Netherworld.
Returning to the Mortal World, looking down upon the overseas regions!
In a daze, he felt as if he had returned to the overseas Dragon Palace, seeing the Old Dragon Lord pacing back and forth inside that towering palace hall, his face full of extreme unease.
"Madness, this is madness!"
The Old Dragon Lord was anxious to the extreme at this moment, occasionally looking up at the sky. Following his gaze, Lu Yang also saw the current heaven and earth of the Immortal Nexus.
Then he saw an incomprehensible scene. Because it was chaotic and undefined by logic, even looking directly at it would trigger a severe impact on one's consciousness, leading to madness. Therefore, it couldn't be observed; it could only be perceived as [something is flooding that area].
"Ugh!"
The Old Dragon Lord groaned as if struck by a heavy blow. Lu Yang could observe that his Golden Nature had suffered trauma just from that momentary observation.
Although it wasn't to the point of breaking, it was still terrifying.
Because only the Golden Nature of a Perfected Lord could resist this kind of impact. What about those below the Perfected Lord realm? Foundation Establishment? Qi Refining? What had the current Immortal Nexus turned into?
Lu Yang quickly got his answer.
The sun, moon, and stars—entities that had hung high in the sky for ages—all underwent massive mutations at this moment, rapidly affecting the entire Immortal Nexus.
The radiant sun transformed into a profound black sun; the bright, flawless moon turned into a blood-stained jade plate; the bright stars became countless eyes that seemed capable of speech. Endless thoughts echoed and flooded every ray of sunlight, moonlight, and starlight, turning into hazy murmurs.
"Haha! Fellow Daoist, I've succeeded!"
In the mortal realm, a farmer who had just finished chopping wood and was wiping his sweat, originally wanting to check the weather, suddenly became ecstatic and let out a hearty, unrestrained laugh.
He mutated right there amidst his laughter.
Countless tentacles grew out of his disintegrating flesh and blood, and then various eyes and mouths grew on the tentacles, continuing the echoing laughter.
At the same time, his aura was skyrocketing.
Bathed in the light of the black sun, he aberrated into a monster comparable to the Early Stage of Qi Refining, and then began to run wildly across the earth.
This was not an isolated case.
Similar situations spread like a plague among the vast mortal population of the Immortal Nexus, rapidly extending to rogue cultivators, moving up step by step from Qi Refining.
At this moment, it was no longer cultivators chasing the Great Dao.
It was the Great Dao chasing cultivators!
In an instant, the Immortal Nexus plunged into massive chaos, which only ceased when Dao Fruit stars rose into the sky, shielding the chaos coming from beyond the heavens.
"Heavens..."
Seeing such a scene, the Old Dragon Lord became even more terrified. He almost buried his dragon head into the deepest part of the seabed, absolutely not daring to look at the sky of the Immortal Nexus again.
Because the Old Dragon Lord knew the cause of this mutation.
Lu Yang knew it too.
"It's the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea! What exactly did [Sky-shrouding] do? He actually made the chaotic storm that originally only echoed in the Dark Aspect spread to the Light Sea of the Mortal World!"
All the chaotic and disorderly scenes were essentially berserk will and emotions. It was equivalent to projecting the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea right before everyone's eyes, visible even to mortals. However, other than Perfected Lords who had refined a Golden Nature, absolutely no one could steady their mind while facing these directly!
Thinking of this, Lu Yang immediately used [Off-Stage Observer].
"Go look! I need to see more clearly. I need to know exactly what [Sky-shrouding] did, and why he reversed [Inversion] back to the Mortal World!"
Lu Yang's will burst forth.
Under the influence of [Off-Stage Observer], the Old Dragon Lord finally moved, trembling as he looked out beyond the heavens again, toward the direction of the Light Sea.
This time, Lu Yang finally got his answer: The entire Light Sea... the [Two Polarities Birth and Destruction Profound Light] that originally filled it has now been replaced by the mighty power of the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea. This time, even Perfected Lords won't be able to enter the Light Sea. Otherwise, no matter how strong their Golden Nature is, all their consciousness will be washed away!
After all, Golden Nature was not the Dao Heart.
True, the Golden Nature could perfectly substitute for the Dao Heart in most areas. But in this kind of matter, no matter how strong the Golden Nature was, it couldn't compare to the Dao Heart.
This was deliberately designed this way by the Dao Lords in the first place.
But now, this design had become dropping a rock on their own feet. Without a Dao Heart, even Golden Core Perfected Lords would face the crisis of death!
Tribulation! What a Tribulation!
This was much more exaggerated than the Inner Demon Tribulation he stirred up back then. This was a true Tribulation—making no distinction between friend or foe, strong or weak—a great catastrophe that destroyed cultivators!
Lu Yang gradually understood.
[Sky-shrouding] used the Origin of the Yang Great Dao I gave him to carve a massive hole in the Light Sea, ultimately bridging the connection between the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea and the Mortal World.
[Inversion] was used for exactly this. This Void Attainment Dao Fruit of his can reverse the polarities; it already has parts corresponding to the [Yin-Yang] Concept.
The World Honored One must have also assisted during this process.
Otherwise, it's impossible for him to affect the entire Light Sea in an instant. There should have been a gradual process, and he would have been killed long before that.
The current Light Sea was like a vast ocean surrounded by a violent storm. World Realms had become isolated islands within this ocean. Unless one's Dao Heart was perfect, even Perfected Lords couldn't leave. The connections between World Realms were completely severed, and they would even be eroded by the Light Sea.
Small World Realms without Perfected Lords have probably already fallen.
The storm from the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea was enough to directly destroy such small World Realms. World Realms with Dao Fruits might still barely maintain a certain level of order.
But their fall was only a matter of time.
I'm afraid only the Immortal Nexus, Celestial Court, Star Palace, and Mysterious Wall—these four super World Realms—can isolate the influence and ensure they aren't affected too much.
—That's right, just not affected too much.
After all, this was mighty power from the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea. Its level was almost equivalent to the Light Sea itself, so it was destined that the World Realms would inevitably be completely swallowed by it.
[Inevitable Fate]? [Tribulation]?
Good heavens!
Thinking of this, Lu Yang almost wanted to applaud and cheer for [Sky-shrouding]. To go this far, causing such a massive tribulation... [Tribulation] would definitely turn around for him.
And what about the Primordial Saint Ancestor?
This actually subtly aligns with the Concept of [Inevitable Fate]. Therefore, if [Sky-shrouding] uses this to attain [Tribulation], it is also beneficial to the Primordial Saint Ancestral Master...
In other words, the Primordial Saint Ancestor, who originally wouldn't allow him to attain [Tribulation], was very likely to change his mind. At the very least, he wouldn't directly kill him now. He would most likely hold back temporarily, observe his methods to see if he could truly attain [Tribulation], and then lay out plans depending on the situation.
Unbelievable!
Abandoning the Netherworld and being purged by the Primordial Saint Ancestor should have been the greatest dead end in the Light Sea. Yet, by pulling off this stunt, he actually managed to walk right out of it!
...Hm?
The next second, Lu Yang's expression drastically changed—
"Crap!"