Lu Yu hid in the Space-Time Secret Realm, comprehending the Space-Time Law within the Candle Dragon Lamp.
In front of him floated the Candle Dragon Lamp, its flame weak, threatening to extinguish at any moment.
If the flame of the Candle Dragon Lamp were to go out, it would signify that the power within it was completely depleted, its essence exhausted, and it would lose all power.
At that point, even the strongest Artifact Refiner couldn't repair this divine artifact.
The resistance of the Candle Dragon Lamp grew weaker and weaker, and in the end, facing Lu Yu's demands, it could only acquiesce, unable to resist.
Just as the Candle Dragon Lamp was almost drained dry, Lu Yu's consciousness suddenly ascended, connecting with another world.
He saw several indescribable forms; the only thing he could understand was that they were living beings, some kind of transcendent existence.
In addition, he saw a golden river of time and a black stream alongside it. This stream clung to the river of time like bacteria, constantly eroding it.
Suddenly, Lu Yu felt an intense danger innately, as if staying another second could trap him here forever.
His consciousness instantly returned to his body, without discovering where the danger came from.
Upon returning to his body, his consciousness quickly noticed the changes in the surrounding space-time. Not just the space-time around Lu Yu but the space-time of the entire Immortal Realm was changing.
It was as though he saw an existence above the river of time watching this place. The feeling made their skin crawl; such existence was beyond his comprehension.
Lu Yu couldn't even fathom what that existence was or imagine it.
The change in the Immortal Realm's space-time didn't originate from the influence above the river of time; the source was in three battlefields outside the decisive battle space.
The battles at the Sacred Ancestor level already severely affected the space-time order of the Immortal Realm, causing the realm to deviate from usual space-time, potentially becoming completely isolated from the outside world.
Players remaining in the Immortal Realm noticed anomalies; they couldn't log out.
The change in space-time severed the link between the Immortal Realm and Earth, trapping them in the Immortal Realm with no way back to Earth.
Lu Yu knew that if this continued, the Immortal Realm would lose contact with the outside world and might become lost in the endless turbulent flows of time-space.
After absorbing the power of the Candle Dragon Lamp, he could perceive these changes but had no power to stop them.
Glancing at the Candle Dragon Lamp in his hand, Lu Yu made a decision. He sliced open the space-time before him and stepped through the crack.
Lu Yu appeared outside the Immortal Realm's space-time, at the boundary where changes in space-time were occurring.
He activated the Candle Dragon Lamp and forcefully wiped away the divine soul imprint on it using the Power of Laws.
The moment the divine soul imprint was erased, the Prince at the distant Zhou Royal Palace sensed a break in his connection with the Candle Dragon Lamp.
His expression turned somewhat unpleasant; such power to erase his imprint on the Candle Dragon Lamp indicated the opponent's cultivation was at least at the Illusionary Reality level.
It meant that the Candle Dragon Lamp lent to Zhou Hong had been snatched away by an Illusionary Reality Martial Cultivator.
Thus, Zhou Hong was likely in dire trouble.
The opponent could resist, whether it was the power he had hidden within Zhou Hong or the Candle Dragon Lamp, indicating their strength was not weak, possibly a seasoned Illusionary Reality cultivator.
Such a level of Illusionary Reality cultivator couldn't possibly be unaware that the Candle Dragon Lamp belonged exclusively to the Zhou Royal Palace, gifted by the founding Sacred Ancestor.
Yet, they still acted against it; the opponent was too arrogant, blatantly disregarding the Zhou Royal Palace and himself.
Glancing around, the Prince launched an attack, smashing several Illusionary Reality demons, his power now multiples stronger due to his fury.
He couldn't leave now to search for the lost Candle Dragon Lamp.
"Damn it!" The Prince cursed inwardly.
Lu Yu couldn't care about the Prince's thoughts; he had more important matters now.
The Immortal Realm was shifting away from normal space-time, nearly isolated from the real world, and he couldn't prevent this change.
The only thing he could do was leave a mark, a beacon, to guide the Immortal Realm lost in the endless turbulent flows back to normal space-time.
The Candle Dragon Lamp was the best choice.
Lu Yu tossed out the Candle Dragon Lamp, laying down a dense weave of tens of thousands of Heaven and Earth Laws, intertwining into an impenetrable death zone.
Unless someone's understanding of these tens of thousands of Heaven and Earth Laws surpassed his own, it would be impossible to cross the death zone and reach the Candle Dragon Lamp at the center.
Even if someone inadvertently passed through the death zone and saw the Candle Dragon Lamp, they couldn't take it.
Lu Yu anchored the Candle Dragon Lamp's power to this piece of space-time. The Lamp would gradually absorb the energy here and restore its own time-space power.
Meanwhile, it would emit time-space coordinates outward to guide those lost in the turbulent flows back to the real world.
This was a beacon set for the lost, guiding them home.
Also, it was the most crucial coordinate for when the Immortal Realm might return to normal world in the future.
Hum~ When everything was done, the earth shook; the Candle Dragon Lamp vanished into the void, merging with the space-time, leaving only a wave of expanding time-space coordinates.
Everyone receiving the time-space coordinates understood their significance—the direction home.
Having completed everything, Lu Yu exited this space-time, preparing to return to the decisive battle space.
The colorful scale in his backpack glittered, drawing Lu Yu's attention. With a thought, the scale appeared in Lu Yu's hand.
