367: Dirty things

However, the look of joy did not last long before a trace of doubt surfaced.

"The golden book is the golden book, and I am me; they cannot be confused!" Lu Ming quickly calmed down.

The golden book was indeed mysterious and unpredictable, capable of performing various karmic applications, but those were more the "abilities" of the golden book itself.

Just like the [Xuanming] Law within the human emperor banner, Lu Ming could borrow and wield it.

But that was ultimately a Law nurtured by a Magic Treasure, not something he had gained through his own bitter Cultivation and comprehension.

To truly make [Xuanming] his own, he needed to start from the beginning, understanding and mastering it bit by bit.

And the "Great Dao of Karma" must be the same!

The golden book's ability to use the power of Karma did not mean Lu Ming could easily comprehend the Law of Karma.

Between the two, there might be an insurmountable chasm.

Thinking of this, Lu Ming's gaze naturally shifted to another Memory Soul Crystal floating before him.

Inside that soul crystal, which emitted a mysterious silver-white luster, were the memories of Zhuge Mingyi!

This soul crystal contained not only the memories of Zhuge Mingyi's life but also the cultivation methods, insights, and even the understanding and perception of the Law of [Karma] itself from the Zhuge Family's thousand-year-old Legacy of heavenly secret karmic secret arts!

This was simply... Lu Ming didn't even know what to say.

This was simply an Entry-Level tutorial!

"It is the will of heaven!"

Lu Ming suddenly sighed with emotion.

Just as he had thoughts about the "Great Dao of Karma" and was hesitating over having no path to entry, this karmic Legacy was delivered to his door.

It was as if everything was predestined in the dark!

But Lu Ming didn't think too much about it; after all, Karma was like that, and there was no point in getting to the bottom of it.

The key was that he didn't quite understand it himself, so why waste energy on internal conflict?

It was better to finish catching up on the relevant knowledge before pondering these things.

Thus, he had no intention of resting. He directly reached out, grabbed Zhuge Mingyi's silver-white Memory Soul Crystal, and then his five fingers suddenly exerted force!

"Crack!"

After a crisp sound... "Ho—ly—shit—!!!"

In that instant, a terrifying torrent of information—far exceeding everything before, so vast and jumbled it was unimaginable—drowned Lu Ming's consciousness like a bursting galaxy or a tsunami of billions of sentient beings' thoughts!

Lu Ming only had time to let out a ghost-like shriek before his vision went black.

Amidst the spinning world, his consciousness was like a small boat in a storm, battered into pieces, nearly causing him to faint on the spot!

This wasn't just about the sheer volume of memory; it was the degree of bizarreness and chaos in its content!

The memory fragments of Zhuge Mingyi's past life were clear and orderly, even more mundane than Li Daoxuan's magnificent life.

It was nothing more than showing talent in the path of heavenly secrets since childhood, being focused on by the Family, and learning various hexagram deductions, fate calculations, and karmic arts.

As he grew step by step, he eventually became one of the representative figures of the Zhuge Family.

This part of the content was not complex, and Lu Ming could have easily endured it.

However, the part that truly caused Lu Ming to fall into the trap was the chaotic information sealed deep within the soul crystal by Zhuge Mingyi, which occupied nearly ninety-nine percent of the total volume!

This was exactly the karmic backlash that Zhuge Mingyi had suffered, nearly killing him, when he previously tried to peer into Lu Ming using karmic secret arts.

It contained countless "eerie pollution sources" such as jumbled karmic information from innumerable sentient beings in the dark, fragments of fate, and the desires of all living things!

This information itself had no logic and conflicted with each other, being extremely chaotic.

If not for the "Eight Trigrams Mirror of Heavenly Secret Fortune," the clan-protecting treasure that Zhuge Mingyi had used to desperately protect himself at the cost of the treasure being completely destroyed to forcibly strip and Seal this part of the "pollution."

Zhuge Mingyi would have had his Divine Soul collapse on the spot, turning into a drooling idiot.

And now, this 'pollution source' had been packaged into the Memory Soul Crystal by Zhuge Mingyi and offered to the infinitely powerful Lord!

Then Lu Ming had used it directly without any defense!

If Lu Ming hadn't known that the Banner Spirit had absolute loyalty Origin to the banner master, and combined with the knowledge from the memories that Zhuge Mingyi truly had a pure thought of offering a treasure, he would have really suspected this guy was taking the opportunity to retaliate!

Actually, Zhuge Mingyi couldn't be entirely blamed; after all, in his eyes, this part of the memory was originally obtained from the Lord.

And the Lord was so magnificent that he thought this little matter wouldn't affect him, so he just did it!

"What kind of mess is this!" Lu Ming's consciousness was still struggling in the tidal wave of information, his heart somewhat bitter.

"It truly is Reincarnation of Karma; retribution is swift!"

The boomerang he threw out had circled back and, in this unexpected way, nearly hit him on the head, even though it wasn't intentional.

Although Lu Ming was depressed, his reaction was fast enough!

At the moment his consciousness was about to be crushed, he forced himself to maintain a final sliver of clarity and frantically activated the golden book!

"Transfer!!"

His thoughts locked onto a certain Fellow Daoist in the golden book, and he then unhesitatingly dumped all the side effects brought by the massive information impact—the soul-tearing pain, the confusion of thoughts, the cognitive pollution—over to them.

However, perhaps that unknown Fellow Daoist's Divine Soul strength was simply insufficient to bear such a terrifying torrent of information.

The moment they made contact, they were instantly crushed.

Their name on the golden book page flickered violently a few times, then quickly dimmed and extinguished, finally disappearing completely!

Clearly, their Soul had Flown Away and their Spirit had Scattered!

However, the side effects were not yet completely eliminated. Having lost its target, the torrent of information surged back toward Lu Ming again!

"Holy shit! This fierce?"

Lu Ming's eyelids jumped, and he dared not hold back any longer, his thoughts frantically selecting names on the golden book page.

One, two, three... in one breath, he selected over a dozen names of varying strengths!

Accompanied by the flowing light of the golden book, these redirected "information torrents" were distributed evenly among these dozen or so Fellow Daoists.

The next second, Lu Ming in the Immortal Cave finally felt the terrifying pressure that was about to burst his head suddenly lighten, receding rapidly like a tide.

“Whew... whew... whew...”

He panted heavily, his face as pale as paper, his forehead covered in fine beads of cold sweat.

That was close!

If he had been half a beat slower just now, he might have truly failed in an easy task, being turned into an idiot by that chaotic torrent of information, even following in the footsteps of the first Fellow Daoist!

"What kind of ghostly things are packed in this Zhuge Mingyi's head!"

Lu Ming, having slightly recovered, still had lingering fears. He cursed under his breath but dared not be careless again.

To prevent another accident like the one just now, Lu Ming again selected dozens of names in the golden book as a "preliminary buffer pool."

Only then did he cautiously begin to review Zhuge Mingyi's memories again, though he specifically bypassed those polluted dangerous areas.