Humanity’s Great Sage

Chapter 1002, The Way to Leave

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

Inside the wooden house, Lu Ye created a Soul Clone and tossed some clothes at him so that the latter would put them on. After some examination, he confirmed that the Soul Clone was perfectly fine. Then, he used some Glyphs to conceal his presence and curb his aura, making him invisible.

The Soul Clone then opened the door, after which Dao Thirteen glanced at him.

Ignoring him, the Soul Clone leapt into the air and shot into the distance. Dao Thirteen quickly followed him closely.

It wasn’t until the Soul Clone brought Dao Thirteen to the boundary of the nameless Hidden Realm that Lu Ye started taking action.

He stealthily left the wooden house and headed straight to the door of the Hidden Realm, which was pretty far away from the lake. As long as he was cautious enough, he wouldn’t have to worry about getting caught by Dao Thirteen.

Upon his arrival, he revealed himself and pressed his hand against the Void before activating his Spiritual Power, just like Yu Daiwei had done.

Opening the door of a Hidden Realm was like unlocking the Restraining Lock of a Storage Bag. If a Hidden Realm was compared to a Storage Bag, then the door was like the Restraining Lock. However, the door of a Hidden Realm was more complicated than the Restraining Lock of a Storage Bag.

Lu Ye was experienced in unlocking the Restraining Locks of Storage Bags. After all, he had done a lot of practice in the past. Given enough time, he had the confidence to open the door of the Hidden Realm.

Nevertheless, he gave up after several attempts.

That was because when he tried to open the door, the fluctuations of his Spiritual Power were too conspicuous, which might attract the attention of Dao Thirteen. After all, it was a small Hidden Realm, and Dao Thirteen was a Divine Ocean Realm Master.

Once Dao Thirteen discovered what was going on, Lu Ye would be in trouble. Not only would the secret of his Soul Clone be exposed, but Dao Thirteen would also kill him right there and then following Yu Daiwei’s order.

He could try to build a Ward there for concealment, but he couldn’t guarantee that when he was doing all that, Yu Daiwei or the Lord wouldn’t barge in. Once either of them entered the Hidden Realm during the process, he would be caught red-handed.

This way wouldn’t work as it was too risky.

In that case, if he wanted to escape from this place, he only had the last and only way.

Yu Daiwei felt that given Lu Ye’s power, coupled with the fact that Dao Thirteen always kept an eye on him, it was impossible for him to leave the Hidden Realm. In truth, it wouldn’t be hard for Lu Ye to leave the Hidden Realm. It would only take him some time.

He then returned to the wooden house and continued hiding while the Soul Clone brought Dao Thirteen to the door of the Hidden Realm before sitting down cross-legged.

As long as the main body and the Soul Clone were far apart, it would reduce the probability of Dao Thirteen discovering the secret.

Upon confirming that Dao Thirteen was paying full attention to the Soul Clone, Lu Ye left the wooden house and flew forward in a different direction. He soon arrived at his destination.

He wasn’t in a hurry to make a move, though. He covered the area with some Wards and rummaged through his Storage Sphere before finding a Spirit Artifact that looked like a pickaxe.

He was ready to dig into the ground. With the Wards concealing the area and the fact that the Soul Clone was far away at the door to attract Dao Thirteen’s attention, Lu Ye didn’t have to worry about getting exposed. As such, he could focus on what he was doing.

He was pretty efficient as he soon made a pit and dug deeper into the ground.

That was what he would be doing for the next two days as he soon dug a pit that was 300 metres deep.

When he struck the ground with the pickaxe for the last time, something seemed to have broken, after which thick World Spiritual Qi exuded from the ground and engulfed the area where Lu Ye was located.

He was elated, knowing that he had found the spiritual vein of the Hidden Realm. It was the key to helping him leave this place.

Following his experience in the Peerless Continent, he knew that the Hidden Realms, which were separated from the bigger world, relied on spiritual veins or ley lines to survive. Only then could they be sustained indefinitely.

Back then, he planted several Divine Opportunity Columns in the Hidden Realms in the Peerless Continent. The Divine Opportunity Columns devoured the powers of those ley lines and caused the doors of those Hidden Realms to reveal themselves.

The same thing happened in the Sword and Tool Sect. The Earth Fire was what kept the Hidden Realm running. At that time, he spent two months activating the Tree of Glyphs to absorb the Earth Fire, which caused the Hidden Realm to fall apart.

These experiences made him realise that once the spiritual vein on which a Hidden Realm relied became weak enough, the Hidden Realm would cease to exist.

Therefore, if he wanted to leave this Hidden Realm, he didn’t have to open the door. He just had to devour the power of the spiritual vein, causing it to dry up.

It would take him a long time to carry out this plan, but it was a safe way and he wouldn’t be exposed easily.

During the period when Yu Daiwei was around, Lu Ye would spend some time walking around every day. Naturally, he wasn’t just taking a stroll. He had been trying to find out where the spiritual vein was.

With the help of his Divine Ego, he discovered that this spot was where the spiritual vein was closest to the surface, which was why he chose to dig a pit there.

Now that the spiritual vein had been revealed, his task would be simple. He just had to activate the Tree of Glyphs to absorb the power of the spiritual vein. Although it would take him some time, it was his only way out.

He wasn’t in a hurry to activate the Tree of Glyphs, though. He left the pit and examined the surrounding Wards to make sure that they were functioning well. As long as no one came close to this spot, he wouldn’t be exposed. Only then did he enter the pit again and sit down cross-legged.

He activated the Tree of Glyphs, after which invisible roots extended in different directions.

As his cultivation improved, the Tree of Glyphs’ roots could also extend further. In other words, the Tree of Glyphs was more efficient at absorbing power as well.

The roots jabbed into the spiritual vein. As Lu Ye activated his power, the Tree of Glyphs sucked in the power of the spiritual vein with immense force.

As he looked into his soul, he saw a layer of fog around the Tree of Glyphs. It was a sign that the tree was burning away the impurities.

Although the power in the spiritual vein was tremendous, it wasn’t pure. As such, this method was less effective than using an Amulet to cultivate one’s power. Whenever Lu Ye used an Amulet, the Tree of Glyphs wouldn’t have much reaction. This showed that the World Spiritual Qi coming from the Amulet was pure.

Anyway, with the Tree of Glyphs burning the impurities away, Lu Ye could ensure the purity of his Spiritual Power while absorbing the energy from the spiritual vein.

He was fully focused on running the cultivation technique. The process was undoubtedly boring, but other than this, he couldn’t come up with another way to get out of this place.

The Soul Clone also sat down cross-legged while appearing bored. Dao Thirteen remained unmoving and stood there like a log. If not for his slight breathing, anyone would’ve thought he was dead.

Time went by peacefully in the Hidden Realm. There came a moment when the door was opened, after which Yu Daiwei entered the Hidden Realm. She instantly saw that Lu Ye was seated there, seemingly cultivating his power.

She furrowed her brows. “What are you up to?”

During this period, she would come to the Hidden Realm every ten to fifteen days. She wanted to find out if Lu Ye was doing something unusual. However, every time she was there, she would find Lu Ye sitting at the door.

She didn’t think Lu Ye had resigned himself to fate. After all, the Lord had said that Lu Ye had a way to leave the Hidden Realm.

[Can he leave this place by meditating?] Yu Daiwei had a feeling that the Lord had found the wrong person.

The Soul Clone took a look at Yu Daiwei and closed his eyes again. He decided to ignore her.

Yu Daiwei didn’t mind that she received no response from him. She turned to look at Dao Thirteen and ordered, “Continue to keep an eye on him.”

She then turned around and left. She wouldn’t stay there for a long time. Since the Lord wasn’t around, it was pointless for her to do so. Moreover, she was swamped with work, so she couldn’t afford to linger around in this place.

If not for the fact that she wanted to find out what Lu Ye was doing, she wouldn’t even come to this Hidden Realm.

After she was gone, the main body breathed a sigh of relief. He had built some Wards to conceal the spot, so Yu Daiwei might not be able to discover him while she was there. However, he was still worried he might be exposed.

If Yu Daiwei discovered an anomaly, his plan would go down the drain.

Fortunately for him, Yu Daiwei didn’t expect that someone could create such a perfect Soul Clone in this world. Even a Divine Ocean Realm Master like her couldn’t see through it. Since she saw Lu Ye seated at the door, there wasn’t a need for her to look around.

In the pit that was 300 metres deep, Lu Ye continued activating the Tree of Glyphs to absorb the spiritual vein’s power.

It had been a month since he was taken to this place. During this period, the Tree of Glyphs had been absorbing the spiritual vein’s power. In other words, Lu Ye had also been cultivating his power all this while. He had never done so for such a long time before.

Therefore, even though this cultivation method wasn’t as effective as stealing from the Heavens, he still managed to ascend to the next Minor Realm. He was now a Sixth-Order Real Lake Realm Master.

Still, the spiritual vein’s power was ample. He had no idea how much longer he had to persevere before the spiritual vein became weak enough.

During this period, he had thought of a way to help increase his efficiency in absorbing the spiritual vein’s power. It was to create another Soul Clone to help him do that.

The Soul Clone had the same capabilities as the main body, so he could cultivate his power on his own. Lu Ye had verified that a while back. The only problem was that the Soul Clone didn’t have enough fuel for the Tree of Glyphs. As such, once he started cultivating his power, he would find it hard to ensure the purity of his Spiritual Power. That was because the Soul Clone couldn’t burn away the impurities.

It was a different case for the main body, which had sufficient fuel for the Tree of Glyphs. He had managed to gain a lot of fuel after absorbing the Earth Fire in the Sword and Tool Sect for two months.

Therefore, he could madly absorb the spiritual vein’s power without worrying that it would affect his foundation.

The impurity of Spiritual Power wasn’t a big problem, though. The Soul Clone would eventually be devoured by the main body, so the impurities would be burned away, and only pure energy would be absorbed by the main body.

As long as Lu Ye could create another Soul Clone, his efficiency would increase significantly. If he could make two Soul Clones, his efficiency would be doubled.

Unfortunately, he didn’t succeed in his attempt.