My disciples are all villains.

Although Lu Wu was angry, it had no choice but to wait here. After the battle of the Northern Sword Canyon, its damaged heart had yet to heal. Now, it was without its life heart. With all these factors, it was only natural that its strength was greatly reduced. It rashly left this place now and encountered a stronger enemy, the consequences would be undesirable. After all, too many people coveted the life heart of a beast emperor.

In fact, Lu Zhou knew there were three main reasons he was able to subdue Lu Wu today. First, Lu Wu had thought he was Lu Tiantong, a Venerable Master. Second, it was because of Duanmu Sheng, who was a direct descendant of Duanmu Dian. Third, Lu Wu did not want a direct confrontation.

However, there was another strange factor: his blue avatar. No matter how Lu Zhou thought about it, there was no way Lu Wu would be so impressed by an Eight Methods Connected avatar that it immediately agreed to lend its life heart to him. However, that was what it seemed like. He thought Lu Wu might have seen a blue avatar before and knew something about it. However, he did not think there was anyone who could cultivate a blue avatar like him. In any case, this was a question for the future.

At this moment, Conch asked, "Master, are we going back now?"

Lu Zhou shook his head. "There's no rush. Let's find a hidden place first. We have to return Lu Wu's life heart as soon as possible."

Ye Tianxin and Conch nodded. In their eyes, their master was an expert with 12 Birth Charts. It was reasonable that he needed a beast emperor's life heart.

"Master, are we really going to return it?" Conch asked,

"..."

Lu Zhou raised his hand and knocked Conch's forehead. "Don't imitate Little Yuan'er's nonsense behavior in the future."

Ye Tianxin covered her mouth and laughed.

Conch touched her head, confused. She did not know why she said that was wrong.

Lu Zhou said, "Lu Wu gave up his essence qi to save your Third Senior Brother's life. This shows that it doesn't covet his Great Void Seed. Your Third Senior Brother has the corrosive energy now so I have to take that into consideration. Even if I bring him back, I can only temporarily suppress the corrosive energy in his body; I won't be able to dispel it completely. Moreover, the vitality energy in the Unknown Land is complex and rich. If I bring him back, he might miss out on a great opportunity…"

Ye Tianxin nodded. "Third Senior Brother pursues the path of cultivation more ardently than anyone. Master is wise."

"Oh." Conch nodded.

"If we don't return Lu Wu's life heart, it would be greatly weakened. This would put Third Senior Brother in danger," Ye Tianxin explained.

After a while, the trio finally arrived at another mountain range.

The Unknown Land was so vast that it seemed boundless. Even if it was a beast emperor or a beast king, they could fly for half a day, but they still would only be in a corner of the Unknown Land.

"Stop."

Cheng Huang came to a stop.

"Master, there's a cave."

Lu Zhou nodded. He flew nimbly off Cheng Huang's back and landed in front of the cave. The cave was dry, and the environment was not too bad. The Primal Qi was also relatively rich.

Lu Zhou recited the Heavenly Writing's power of hearing before expanding his hearing range to cover thousands of meters. After confirming there was no beast king in the vicinity, he said, "I'll be staying here for a time. Both of you must not wander off too far…"

"Understood." Ye Tianxin and Conch bowed in unison.

Since the two women knew their master was going to be activating his Birth Chart, they did not dare to be careless and found a hidden place nearby to keep watch. Fortunately, the Unknown Land was vast. As far as the eyes could see, there were only some small beasts and the gloomy clouds looming over them. There were no signs of humans.

No wonder Lu Wu could move around most undetected. With its wisdom, even if it did encounter a Venerable Master whom it could not defeat, it would not be a problem for it to flee unharmed.

…

In the cave.

Lu Zhou sat cross-legged on the ground and brought the Birth Chart map out before he manifested his lotus.

Lu Zhou was not in a rush to place the life heart in his Birth Palace. Instead, he studied the map carefully.

Similar to the zones on the Birth Palace, Birth Charts were divided into three categories: heaven, earth, and human. Most Thousand Realms Whirling cultivators had only activated human-grade Birth Chart. As for cultivators like judges from the White Tower Council and the Black Tower Council, perhaps, they had activated one or two earth-grade Birth Charts. It was only when one reached the level of the Tower Masters of the White Tower Council and the Black Tower Council that one could activate heaven-grade Birth Charts. Even then, it was not a guarantee. There was a possibility that even someone with that cultivation level could only continue to activate human-grade or earth-grade Birth Charts.

This had a lot to do with a cultivator's innate talent. Some cultivators' Birth Palaces could only hold five life hearts, hence, they would not have a chance to activate a heaven-grade Birth Chart. This was the case for Lu Li.

Heaven-grade Birth Charts were also known as Great Birth Charts. Needless to say, the requirements of the life hearts to activate a Great Birth Chart were very high as well. After all, activating a Great Birth Chart would increase one's cultivation significantly.

"Five human-grade Birth Charts, three earth-grade Birth Charts… The ninth life heart can be activated into a Great Birth Chart… However, it's still a little early…" Lu Zhou muttered to himself.

Although it was not time yet, presented with such a great opportunity, who would give up? Nevertheless, it was a waste to put the beast emperor's life heart in the human zone on the Birth Palace.

"The Second Heaven position collectively improves one's abilities; the Guarding the Land of Abundance position in the southwestern corner of the Birth Palace and the Three Holy Paths position can bring out the Birth Chart's full potential…" Lu Zhou muttered to himself as he looked at the few visible positions on the map. In the end, he finally decided on the Guarding the Land of Abundance position before bringing out the life heart.

Lu Zhou had just activated his eighth Birth Chart not too long ago. It had only been four or five days since he entered the Moonlight Woodland, but he was already activating another Birth Chart. In a way, his actions could be considered as undue haste. However, the current situation was special so he could only activate his Birth Chart first. He would take his time to stabilize it properly after he was done. Needless to say, he would experience more pain compared to if he had waited.

Lu Zhou decisively put the life heart in the Guarding the Land of Abundance position.

Thud!

The life heart was clearly freezing cold, but when Lu Zhou placed it in his Birth Palace, it felt as though someone had taken a red-hot iron and branded him. The searing pain spread immediately.

Lu Zhou was caught off guard and almost cried out in pain. Fortunately, he was mentally strong. Not only did he live two lives, but he also had two avatars to stabilize his foundation. If an ordinary person were to activate their Birth Charts so rashly, they would have passed out from the pain, resulting in failure of activating the Birth Chart and wasting the life heart.

Lu Zhou quickly adapted to the pain and silently activated his supreme mystic power to deal with the pain.

…

At this time, Ye Tianxin and Conch stood on Cheng Huang's back as they looked at the scenery in the Unknown Land. After getting used to the harsh environment and not considering their hastily found accommodation, it felt pretty good to be in the Unknown Land. There was a sense of urgency that came from the dark clouds looming overhead; the despair that seemed to linger in this place where night and day bled into one and the feeling of standing on the edge of the world were exhilarating.

The two women sat next to each other reveling in this harsh yet beautiful place.

All of a sudden, Conch asked, "Senior sister, do you think humans lived here in the past?"

Ye Tianxin smiled and replied, "It's possible. After all, the Unknown Land is much more vast compared to all the domains…"

Conch looked at the dark clouds in the sky and said, "However, the environment is really too harsh. There's almost no difference between night and day all year round. It's either windy, storming, or raining every day… Why is it like this?"

"I don't know… Junior sister, are you homesick?"