Chapter 931 - 751: Master Level Divination – Searching

The Time Grass looks no different from ordinary wild grass.

However, its roots and leaves occasionally become somewhat illusory. When one reaches out, it results in a grasping into thin air.

Lou Yi grasped the Time Grass in his right hand and pressed on the + sign behind the Divination Talent in his mind.

Divination (Proficient 0/ 3000+1 Time Grass) → Divination (Mastery 0/ 10000+1 Space-Time Worm)

Unfamiliar memories appeared in his mind.

Continuing from the previous segment, Lou Yi inherited the identity of the little beggar.

He was taken back to an estate by a mysterious one-eyed old man to undergo harsh training with a group of similarly aged children.

To stimulate the children’s divination abilities, the old man used various dangerous and cruel methods to force them into choices.

Choosing correctly earned rewards, while choosing incorrectly resulted in severe punishment, whipping, or even death.

Under such bloody means, their potential was unleashed.

Over time, Lou Yi’s divination abilities grew stronger.

He could see many things others couldn’t.

Like the image of a brush that had been used, a scene of an old house that had been inhabited, a child’s upcoming betrayal...

"These little wastes, how come none have comprehended the third layer of Celestial Secrets?"

Finally, one day, he ’overheard’ the old man’s thoughts.

Although it might have been due to the other’s carelessness.

Yet it indicated that his current divination ability was nearing the level of the mysterious elder, at least within reach...

The memory stopped abruptly here.

In reality, Lou Yi opened his eyes.

A warm surge of energy flooded into his body from the heavens and earth.

Part of the energy entered his mind, fortifying his Divine Sense, making the aura of the eagle ever stronger, almost indistinguishable from a primeval creature.

Even the Perfect Treasure Bottle, Golden Cicada, Fearless Lion, and Human King Martial Seals gained a certain boost.

Another portion of the energy entered his eyes, causing them to briefly turn one black and one white before swiftly vanishing, appearing rather eerie.

Half of the energy disappeared into his body, its destination unknown.

But Lou Yi felt that intangible aspects related to him were being enhanced.

Perhaps it was the Spiritual Sense, or Comprehension, or maybe the legendary ethereal fortune.

Lou Yi looked at the Attribute Panel, the description of the Divination Talent was also updated.

Divination (Passive): Enhances premonition and perception of danger, strengthens control, deduction, misguidance, and countermeasures against Celestial Secrets.

Divination (Active): Conduct divination on living beings or objects to obtain some desired outcomes, with the result’s completeness inversely related to the tier of the divined; can trace past events to gather partial information...

The most significant change, besides the enhancement of divination ability, was the addition of tracing past events.

Lou Yi knew some Immortal Dao Great Cultivators mastered a high-tier spell called ’Returning to the Source.’

By casting this spell, one could reverse recently occurred events to uncover the truth.

Powerful individuals could even refine corresponding Magic Treasures, allowing even Low-Tier Cultivators to accomplish similar feats with the treasure.

Could the divination talent’s trace function be something similar?

Lou Yi began rapidly strumming his ten fingers as if playing a piano, activating the divination talent.

The next moment, his spirit seemed to ascend to an unspeakable place.

This region was absolutely ethereal and silent, with no external interference.

Time seemed completely frozen, making his spirit remain in a detached state, overlooking all like a deity.

His pupils turned black and white, with tiny whirlpools forming within.

Before him was an ordinary dense forest, with towering trees about a dozen feet high, and lush green grass.

Occasionally, brilliantly feathered birds flew, and chirping insects could be heard incessantly, vibrant with life.

As he traced back further.

A day ago, two days ago, three days ago...

The dense forest remained unchanged, with no special transformations, only the clear distinction between day and night.

Stopping at a specific moment was challenging.

Like watching a video with the mouse scroll wheel out of control.

A week ago, the scene began to blur.

"Can only trace back seven days?"

As this thought crossed Lou Yi’s mind.

The world before his eyes underwent a radical shift.

Now in front of him was a desolation, with cracked earth, piles of rocks big and small, and dust swirling in the wind, lifeless and bleak.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in the scene.

Wearing a gray-blue wide-sleeved robe, with a Seven-Colored Treasure Bottle embroidered on his chest.

Slim and fit, gray at the temples, with large ears, but the face was indistinct, only slightly turbid eyes were visible, bending as if searching for something.

The next moment, he abruptly turned his head.

As if spotting something in the distance, he vanished from the desolate land with a ’swish.’

His speed exceeding most Golden Cores and Great Demons Lou Yi had ever seen!

"How far back did I see?

This is... the second True Profound Vein Master of the Treasure Vase Seal Lineage, the Second Ancestral Master!"

Lou Yi’s pupils slightly contracted upon seeing this.

When he joined the Treasure Vase Seal Lineage, he had already admired the portraits of previous Vein Masters, committing the appearance of each to memory.

Unmistakably, this was the second True Profound Vein Master born in the Treasure Vase Seal Lineage after the original founder.

Legend has it his power once reached the True Profound Peak, with a chance to break through to the Fourth Realm, nearly as strong as the original founder.

However, the image stopped here.

Next, no matter how hard Lou Yi tried, he was repeating the same scene over and over again, constantly looping.

Lou Yi’s figure flashed, arriving at the spot where the Second Ancestral Master had just arrived.

But this time, even when he activated his Divination Talent, and his eyes turned into two colors of yin and yang, he couldn’t discern what had occurred in that area or see any trace of the Second Ancestral Master.

Lou Yi continued changing locations.

He switched seven or eight places in succession, but found nothing.

He then arrived at a small village more than ten miles away, mostly consisting of single-story stone houses neatly arranged, with over a hundred households.

He could see farmers diligently working in the fields, children playing and laughing on the small path, and a yellow dog dozing at the village entrance, drooling.

After Lou Yi activated the Mastery Level of his Divination Talent, the scene before him changed again.

It was a great river, with rushing waters crashing against rocks, causing a ’whooshing’ sound, and occasionally, fish leaping out of the water.

The next moment, a red light descended from the sky.

On closer inspection, it was actually a giant meteor burning with flames!

’Boom!’

The entire river underwent devastating changes under the massive impact.

A large amount of river water evaporated, the land split apart, forming narrow, irregular channels.

The scene stopped abruptly here, and what followed was the repeated looping of the scene of the meteor from beyond the sky destroying the river.

Seeing this, Lou Yi’s heart was slightly moved, and he had somewhat grasped the effect of the Master Level Divination Talent.

He wanted to further verify it, but then he felt his vision go black, his mind began to swirl, and a sense of dizziness set in.

"This talent really drains on the mind!" Lou Yi felt helpless.

Forcing the Divination Talent was possible, but it would definitely cause serious harm, and might even reduce his life span, which was unnecessary.

After more than half a day, he felt a bit better and began to continue exploring the Divination Talent.

Finally, he drew a more complete conclusion.

The retrospective function of the Divination Talent is not omnipotent.

Currently, it can only provide a relatively complete trace of scenes within seven days.

However, pinpointing a specific moment remains quite challenging and requires multiple attempts.

Beyond seven days, only sporadic important scenes can be seen.

So-called important scenes.

Either features peerless strong practitioners, or involve people or matters related to Lou Yi, or are catastrophic natural disasters descending upon the world.

And they are uncontrollable, unknowable, purely reliant on luck.

Of course, it could also be that the level of the Divination Talent is not yet sufficient.

Once further advancement is achieved, the limitations will certainly be reduced.

After verifying the retrospective function, Lou Yi began to attempt divining the location of the Vast Sea Realm.

He fully activated his Divination Talent, and his mind reached that unknowable place again, overseeing everything like a deity.

Suddenly, countless large and small light spots of various colors appeared before him, rotating rapidly, sometimes enlarging into galaxies, sometimes shrinking into dust clusters.

This is essentially the transformation of numerous star constellations outside the True Profound Continent.

Suddenly, an invisible line flew out from Lou Yi’s body, continuously wandering and searching among the dense light spots, like a fishing line.

Unfortunately, there were too many light spots, nearly infinite.

To search through all of them could take decades or even centuries.

If luck was bad, it could take a lifetime.

"Hmm? Try again!"

Not believing it, Lou Yi kept trying.

At the same time, he began trying to contact his clone.

Of course, separated by an unknown distance, it was impossible to make contact.

But with this special relationship in place, a small section of the large galaxy before his eyes suddenly became brighter.

"Having a clone in the Vast Sea Realm is equivalent to having an additional anchor point."

"The location of the Vast Sea Realm is within this brighter patch of light."

Lou Yi’s spirit was lifted, as this drastically reduced the search range.

With a bit of luck, he could find the location of the Vast Sea Realm in five or six years.

With poor luck, it would still take at most a few decades.

"No, I need to speed up."

Lou Yi shook his head, dissatisfied.

Many people in the Vast Sea Realm were waiting for him, the situation of the Corpse-Driving Sect must be extremely perilous and needed him.

Unfortunately, the Divination Talent could only achieve this level currently.

In fact, this was already quite remarkable.

What generations of people in the True Profound Continent could not accomplish, he might be able to achieve alone.

Lou Yi tried several times, but couldn’t find a better method.

He returned to his dwelling and sought advice from his senior brother Zhou Xinghai, the current Vein Master of the Treasure Vase Seal Lineage.

"...Senior brother, how did the previous True Profound Martial Artists find their way back to the Vast Sea Realm?"

Zhou Xinghai was very pleased to hear this, "Junior brother, I knew I saw potential in you.

Even though you are not of our realm, you still wish to lead us back to the Ancestral Realm to revive martial arts!"

"There’s a unique treasure stored in the secret vault of the capital of the Fan Kingdom, known as the Fixed Star Wheel, brought back by the First Ancestral Master from the Ancestral Realm.

When used, it can temporarily amplify Divine Sense several times, and has other significant uses."

"Is there really such a treasure?" Lou Yi’s eyes lit up upon hearing this.

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