Lu Yun took a deep breath and nodded slowly. He knew what becoming one with the mountain meant—death. The Sky Sovereign King had used his life, his own body, to block the darkness that would invade the known expanses. He was dead.

“Don’t tell anyone what I just told you, including the Sun Sovereign King.” Lu Yun thought for a moment. “Nothing good will come from more people learning of this matter.”

“I understand,” Yueyi inclined her head. She knew how to weigh up the importance of something. Compared to her blank paper and holes metaphor, it was far more likely that her martial grandfather had spoken to the truth of the world.

“I’ll pass formula dao onto you so you can teach the rest of the Luminaries,” Lu Yun continued....