Comprehension Ability: Creating and teaching the Dao in various worlds-Chapter 1067 - 14 Which Venerable One? (Request for Monthly Pass)

Outside the Nine Profound Secret Realm.

Lin Yuan's figure appeared, gazing into the distance at the secret realm ahead.

Compared to the extraordinarily hidden secret realm of the Stone People Clan, the Nine Profound Secret Realm could be described as "high-profile," its vast formations of Chaos Qi forming lethal arrays that enveloped the entire realm.

The Stone People Clan's secret realm was hidden for safety.

But the Nine Profound Secret Realm? With a Venerable presiding over it, such a presence in the Chaos Void was safety itself—unless faced with the catastrophic force of a Great Saint. Otherwise, who could possibly shake it?

And as for Great Saints? How many of them existed across the entire Chaos Void?

"I can sense it. Within this secret realm... there's a causal link to a member of the Stone People Clan?"

Lin Yuan gazed at the Nine Profound Secret Realm, pondering silently.

Having inherited the legacy of Cang Weiyang, a peak powerhouse of the Stone People Clan at the Dominion Realm, he had naturally formed a causal connection with the Stone People Clan.

Of course, Lin Yuan's strongest causal link was with Cang Weiyang himself, being a direct connection. As for the Stone People Clan? They were merely Cang Weiyang's kin, and thus the connection with Lin Yuan was already faint.

But no matter how faint, it still existed. With Lin Yuan's comprehension of the Dao of Causality, he could still perceive it and directly trace it.

"Only one trace of the Stone People Clan's causality?"

Lin Yuan furrowed his brow. "The rest of the Stone People Clan must have been imprisoned within the Nine Profound Venerable's internal universe, which is why I can't sense them."

The so-called causal connection could indeed be blocked. Take the Xuanhuang Secret Realm in his native cosmos, which could isolate causality and space-time as an example.

The internal universe of a Chaos Venerable, comparable to a true cosmos, could similarly block causality to a very high degree.

Adding to that Lin Yuan's already faint connection to the Stone People Clan, it was entirely normal that he couldn't sense them through the barrier of an internal universe.

"It's in that spot?"

Lin Yuan's gaze landed upon a specific area of the Nine Profound Secret Realm, the only region where he could detect a causal link.

"I'll need to go in and find out what's going on."

He thought for a moment and came to a decision.

He didn't know the history between the Stone People Clan and the Nine Profound Venerable, so he needed to understand the situation first.

After all, when it concerned a Venerable, resolving things peacefully was far preferable. As for directly resorting to combat? Anyone who had cultivated to the Chaos Realm wouldn't act rashly unless there was truly no way around it.

"These arrays, these killing arrays?"

Lin Yuan looked at the massive killing arrays that lined the perimeter of the Nine Profound Secret Realm and lightly shook his head.

If it had been not too long ago, he might have actually found them troublesome. These killing arrays, all meticulously arranged by the Nine Profound Venerable, were enough to fend off Venerables of the same level.

But now?

From the Source World, Lin Yuan had acquired the Myriad Formation Crystal, and though he later traded it to Great Venerate Hongye, he had already comprehended most of its essence beforehand.

The Myriad Formation Crystal, condensed at the cost of endless effort by a pinnacle Great Lord who excelled in the path of formations, contained profoundly intricate principles of arrays.

Having delved deeply into the Myriad Formation Crystal, Lin Yuan now found the killing arrays guarding the Nine Profound Secret Realm much simpler to deal with.

As long as he was cautious, avoiding a few key array nodes, sneaking in without a trace wouldn't be a problem.

Besides.

Even if something went wrong, it wouldn't cost Lin Yuan anything. The body he was using at the moment was only an incarnation, one he could disperse at will without leaving the slightest trace.

With the faint sound of rustling.

Lin Yuan's current incarnation split into two.

Considering the worst-case scenario, Lin Yuan was already prepared to have one incarnation infiltrate and be destroyed. As long as the outer incarnation remained intact, he wouldn't need to waste time making his way here again.

...

The Nine Profound Secret Realm—Sin Pool.

The Sin Pool was unique to the Nine Profound Secret Realm. Every natural secret realm birthed in the Chaos Void had its peculiar "specialties," and the Sin Pool was one such feature.

The waters of the Sin Pool were pitch-black and unfathomable, brimming with infinite sins. Any creature approaching it would be overwhelmed by the endless sins radiating from within.

And that was just proximity.

Once in contact with it, even beings of the Path Splitting Realm or Dominion Realm would endure unbearable agony and torment.

At this very moment.

A figure was immersed in the pitch-black depths of the pool, their limbs and body bound tightly by black chains.

The figure's face was etched with pain, but the torment etched upon their soul paled compared to the anguish weighing upon their heart.

"Big Brother, Father, Mother, Elder... I'm the one who's failed you. If not for me, you wouldn't have been captured by the Nine Profound, nor would you have to suffer alongside me like this."

Cang Yulong's very soul trembled. "But I absolutely cannot yield. Once I give in, not only will I die, but you all will too. Not a single member of our clan will survive."

"If Nine Profound learns the origin of that space, we'll have no chance of survival."

"As long as I live and endure, Nine Profound will want that information and won't kill me. And if I don't spill anything, you all won't die either. But the moment I reveal the truth, we'll be doomed."

Cang Yulong's heart was gripped by wrenching pain, yet his thoughts remained sharp.

Though Nine Profound had promised him that honesty would spare his life, how could Cang Yulong believe such lies?

As Cang Yulong endured the ceaseless erosion of sins, a voice suddenly resonated within his innermost consciousness.

"I must admit, I'm curious—why would the Nine Profound Venerable isolate you within this secret realm and go to such lengths of torment?"

Lin Yuan's form appeared soundlessly not far away, his gaze filled with curiosity as he studied Cang Yulong.

The effects of the Sin Pool were obvious to Lin Yuan at a glance. It was precisely because of this that he wondered: what kind of grudge could justify such extreme measures by the Nine Profound Venerable?

"Who are you?"

Cang Yulong was instantly startled, and the pain he was enduring lessened, if only slightly.