I Can See Through All Things' Information Chapter 1268 - 774: Void Transference, Return and Guilt (Part 2)

Lu Qing had long since etched the star coordinates of his homeland world deep into his memory.

Prior to beginning his cultivation, a portion of his split mind and spirit guided the flying boat straight toward the homeland world.

Arrival seemed imminent at this point.

"Little Li, how long have I been in cultivation?" Lu Qing inquired.

"Not long at all, not even half a quarter of an hour," Little Li responded.

"Not even half a quarter of an hour, is it," Lu Qing noted inwardly.

Ever since grasping the Laws, he had developed a solid grasp on the Space Dao.

In particular, regarding the Space Shifting Technique—a must-have skill even for veterans in the Primordial Spirit Realm—he had delved into profound realizations.

The Space Shifting Technique stands as a Daoist art that's simple to pick up yet tough to perfect.

It's straightforward since anyone reaching the Five Tribulations of the Primordial Spirit Realm can sense the Laws.

With even a basic grasp of the Space Law, nearly everyone can execute the Space Shifting Technique.

It's challenging, however, as the technique's range hinges on how deeply one can plunge into the void.

To put it plainly, the further into the void one ventures, the greater the distance covered in the shift.

The Void Flying Boat accesses a void level that's a struggle even for Harmony Great Powers, granting it an exceptionally lengthy void pathway.

Though the homeland world lies across multiple Immortal Domains from the Silent Extinction Star Sea, the journey back nearly completed in under half a quarter of an hour.

"Short as the time was, this epiphany brought me substantial gains."

Deep satisfaction filled Lu Qing's heart.

His recent breakthrough in void depths propelled his comprehension of the Space Law to a new height.

With enough time, his insight into the Space Dao could rival his knowledge of other Great Daos—who could say otherwise.

The Void Flying Boat hurtled forward at breakneck speed, shattering the final spatial barrier in an instant to reemerge into reality.

A profoundly familiar pulse instantly stirred within Lu Qing's mind and spirit.

It came from the homeland world itself.

With Little Li in tow, he soared out from the Void Flying Boat.

Scanning the landscape around him, he confirmed his return to the homeland world—right in the heart of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, exactly where the Void Flying Boat had first whisked him away.

"Ah Qing, we're truly back!"

Little Li gazed at the familiar surroundings and cried out in delight.

"Yes, we've made it home at last," Lu Qing replied with a soft sigh.

That abrupt abduction by the Void Flying Boat into the Returning Ruins Secret Realm had been fraught with peril.

Back then, his cultivation sat merely at the first tribulation of the Primordial Spirit Realm, paling against the top-tier powerhouses of the great sects.

Luckily, he endured through his divine powers and innate wariness.

He even became a disciple of the Gui Xu Taoist, inheriting a wealth of his legacies.

In fact, he had ascended to the sixth tribulation of the Primordial Spirit Realm on his own.

It was nothing short of a fortune born from misfortune.

"Time to head home. After over twenty years away, I wonder how much Master and Little Yan fretted."

The Void Flying Boat's unexpected activation caught him off guard completely; Lu Qing hadn't managed to send word to Master or Little Yan.

More than two decades had passed in his absence, compounded by his lengthy seclusion—not a brief stint by any means.

Should Master and Little Yan realize he had vanished from the homeland world, their anxiety must have been immense.

Gripping Little Li gently, a mere flicker of intent summoned a spatial ripple.

The next instant, his form vanished from the spot and materialized in the village.

"Hmm?"

The elder doctor, immersed in cultivation within the Half Mountain Small Courtyard, detected an anomaly and dashed out in a flash.

Yet upon entering the yard, he halted abruptly, his eyes widening slightly as he fixed on the figure beneath the peach tree.

"Ah Qing, you've returned?"

"Indeed, Master. You've clearly noticed your disciple's absence from the homeland world."

Lu Qing pieced it together right away from those words.

"How can you speak so casually? Where on earth have you vanished to all these years without a word?" the elder doctor grumbled with irritation. "Do you realize how distressed Little Yan became when she couldn't locate you?"

"Circumstances beyond control arose," Lu Qing said, rubbing his head sheepishly. "Truth be told, Master, Little Li and I spent all that time in the Returning Ruins Secret Realm."

"Returning Ruins Secret Realm! Isn't that...?"

The elder doctor jolted at the mention, memories flooding back from what Lu Qing had shared before.

"That's right, the very Returning Ruins Secret Realm I described—the strange domain impossible to enter or leave at will. Your disciple only recently seized the chance to escape it."

Lu Qing promptly narrated the full tale: how the Void Flying Boat had flared up unexpectedly that year, carrying him and Little Li from the homeland world into the Returning Ruins Secret Realm, his venture into the Immortal Palace, and his eventual departure.

"I understand now. I never imagined such dramatic events unfolded back then. No surprise I felt that cosmic surge intensify beyond the skies—it must have been the Returning Ruins Secret Realm's activation. So Ah Qing and Little Li got swept away by the Void Flying Boat right then."

The elder doctor connected the dots swiftly, harking back to the disturbance he'd perceived over twenty years prior.

"Exactly, Master. That's when Little Li and I were pulled in, straight into the Returning Ruins Secret Realm. Your disciple scraped by in its perilous folds and ultimately took on the Gui Xu Taoist as master. You're not upset about that, right?" Lu Qing ventured, a touch of worry in his voice.

"What sort of talk is that? In cultivation, fortune favors the bold. That Gui Xu Taoist was a Transformation Immortal—becoming his disciple is an immense blessing. As your master, I'm thrilled for you; anger is the last thing on my mind."

The elder doctor chuckled in mild exasperation.

Relieved by those words, Lu Qing grinned: "I figured Master wouldn't mind. I've reaped tremendous boons in the Returning Ruins Secret Realm, including deep Sword Dao legacies. I'll share them with you soon, Master."

"That can wait. First, go see Little Yan—your vanishing act left her in a real state." The elder doctor advised.

"One more thing, Master: is Little Yan upset?" Lu Qing probed carefully.

When he had departed before, he'd vowed to Little Yan that any future exit from the homeland world would include her.

Yet here he was, gone for over twenty years without warning, even if an unstoppable force had intervened.

All the same, a pang of guilt tugged at Lu Qing inexplicably.

"Hard to say if she's angry, but during your years-long seclusion with no sign of you and messages going unanswered,

we feared you'd erred in practice, so we checked the Jade Cave.

There was no trace of you or Little Li, and your clone puppet claimed you'd emerged from seclusion alongside her.

Efforts to reach you failed repeatedly, leading us to conclude you and Little Li had left this world behind.

At first, Little Yan sulked a great deal, but worry soon took over."

She even planned to venture into the starry skies with the Five Elements and Xiao Bai to search for you.

I talked her out of it after some convincing, and she finally let go of the notion.

Either way, hurry and reassure her before it shakes her Dao Heart further."

The elder doctor summed up the ordeal of those years succinctly.

"I'll head home right away to check on things."

With that reassurance, Lu Qing's mind eased fully.

He had stopped by the Half Mountain Small Courtyard initially to gauge Master's reaction subtly.

Evidently, Little Yan's ire wasn't too fierce, lightening his spirits.

At his current cultivation level, sensing Little Yan's aura back home came naturally.

With a quick intent, he and Little Li blinked out of the Half Mountain Small Courtyard.

Witnessing this, the elder doctor's gaze sharpened.

The effortless way Lu Qing departed left no trace of his method to the elder doctor.

Thinking back to Lu Qing's sudden arrival in the yard earlier—with zero stir from the outer array, as if conjured from nowhere—the elder doctor grasped it all.

Clearly, his disciple had seized extraordinary opportunities in the Returning Ruins Secret Realm, propelling his power to unheard-of heights.

At the Lu Family residence, Little Yan practiced her cultivation with a frosty demeanor.

Yet for some odd reason, unease plagued her throughout the day.

Neither her icy cultivation method nor her lifebound spirit flame, Ice Cold Yan, could soothe her mind and spirit.

Just as she pondered if prolonged cultivation demanded a brief stroll,

two familiar auras suddenly registered outside the dwelling.

Those presences struck her as intimately known.

Little Yan shuddered violently, bursting through the door to rush outward.