Number One Rune Master in the World

Lucia Lu smiled and handed him a Red Truth Pill.

Clearly, he already knew who she was.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have asked her for a pill.

The Red Truth Pill is exactly that—a truth-telling pill.

It forces ordinary people below the immortal rank to speak the truth.

Mira Si’s face changed dramatically—she tried to run, but Little Wu Divine Maiden snatched her up, stuffed the pill into her mouth, and held her fast.

After a round of questioning, the truth came out.

At first, Lucia thought it was just a typical royal sibling rivalry for the throne.

Who could have guessed it was actually a plot that nearly wiped out the entire Heavenly Moon Empire?

Turns out, Mira Si had colluded with Prince Stone Barrett of the Southern Mystic Empire.

Prince Stone Barrett told her that, according to a prophecy by a top Rune Master, as long as High Immortal Clearpool was driven away from Sera Si, Sera would die.

Then Mira Si would inherit the throne.

At that point, Stone Barrett would come to the Heavenly Moon Empire to 'assist' her, the Southern Mystic Empire and Heavenly Moon Empire would have peace, and the two of them would live happily ever after...

Mira Si actually believed this childish scam.

She ended up getting her own sister killed.

She also confessed that Elder Bell was a mole planted by the Southern Mystic Empire.

...

The next day, Lucia Lu solemnly apologized to High Immortal Clearpool: "Clearpool, I’m sorry. If I hadn’t tricked you into coming, maybe Empress Sera would’ve survived her tribulation."

Clearpool shook his head. "Don’t blame yourselves. This was all Southern Mystic’s conspiracy!

In the past two days, we’ve gotten even more information from Mira Si and Elder Bell.

Turns out, they knew Sera Si’s Ascension Tribulation was close, so they kept bringing me up in front of her. That’s why she got the idea when she saw you all.

In other words, even if you hadn’t come, or even if I hadn’t come back, they would have found a way to show her that Taiqing Clarity Charm before her ascension."

"There’s one thing I don’t get," Lucia Lu frowned. "Why did they force you to leave back then?"

"Back then, relations between the two empires were tense, and for a while, the Heavenly Moon Empire was stronger than Southern Mystic. They calculated that driving me away would weaken Heavenly Moon, and years later, Southern Mystic could swallow it whole."

"Oh? Southern Mystic has someone that powerful? Able to see decades into the future?"

"Mira Si and Elder Bell aren’t sure who it is, but I’m guessing it must be him."

"Who?"

"Harvey Yule, Sect Master of Evercrest Immortal Mountain—known as the greatest Rune Master in the world," Clearpool said. "The Southern Mystic Empire’s eldest princess is married to him."

"Harvey Yule..." Lucia Lu raised an eyebrow. "Greatest Rune Master in the world? That’s quite the title."

"He’s a Supreme Rune Master," Clearpool said. "The only one alive today. Even the Sigil Sect Leader admits he’s not his equal. Plus, Harvey Yule is half-divine, which is why he has that reputation."

"That’s impressive!" Lucia Lu said. "Good thing Divine Lord Clouddeep saw through the truth and forced Mira Si to take the Red Truth Pill—"

"It wasn’t me who saw through the truth!" Divine Lord Clouddeep arrived with Little Wu Divine Maiden and said, "It was Fifth Highness!"

"Fifth Highness?" Lucia Lu was puzzled.

"The secret of the Taiqing Clarity Charm—I never would have guessed it. He told me via voice transmission and just borrowed my authority for a moment," said Divine Lord Clouddeep.

"So that’s how it was..." Lucia Lu thought more and more highly of Sean Shaw, realizing he was a keen observer and a strategic High God.

"Sister Lucia." At that moment, Little Wu Divine Maiden called out.

Lucia Lu had already learned their true identities from Snowelle Yuan. This Little Wu Divine Maiden’s surname was Quinn, and she was the beloved niece of the Phoenix Divine Lord, her status exceedingly noble.

"Little Wu Divine Maiden, what is it?" Lucia Lu asked with a smile.