"The Impious Sutra is a very strange power," Undying Yushan slowly explained as madness darkened his eyes. He suddenly seemed completely different from the refined emperor that Lu Yin had met years before. "I don't know if it’s conscious, but it is able to alter a person’s subconscious and shift their thinking, guiding them to do things that should have been impossible for them to even consider previously. It can even force someone to unconsciously search for something.”

"I spent many years searching through Frostwave Weave. In fact, the Great Yu Empire was founded because of the Impious Sutra. However, I was unable to find what I sought. In order to draw more attention, I controlled a puppet and called him Undying Zishan. I controlled that puppet and had him risk his life in the Starfall Sea, and then I spread lies that the two of us had found the Undying Manual. While I thought that all of these thoughts and actions were my own, it’s very possible that I was being controlled and guided by the Impious Sutra."

Undying Yushan looked at Lu Yin. "There are too many strange creatures in this universe, and it’s not impossible for the Impious Sutra to have actually gained its own form of life or consciousness. You should ask Progenitor Yōu how she created that technique in the first place."

"How do I know that what you’re saying right now isn’t because you’re being manipulated by the Impious Sutra?" Lu Yin shot back.

Undying Yushan...