"If you had been the one to decide who the Sixth Mainland would belong to, what would you have done?" Elder Chan's back was to Lu Yin as he stared at the endless expanse of white.
Lu Yin did not understand. "I don't understand."
Elder Chan returned to his senses, and a stone protruded from the ground to form a chessboard. "Do you know how to play?"
"Not really," Lu Yin replied. "I can't compare to you, Senior."
Elder Chan sat down cross-legged without a care for his image. He casually took out a piece and placed it on the board. "Then play as you wish."
Lu Yin sat down as well and placed a piece.
"Back then, Ancestor Hui schemed and caused the Sixth Mainland to be destroyed by the Eternals. However, even the most perfect plan had flaws, or rather, mistakes. The Starfall Sea had a passage connecting the Sixth and Fifth Mainlands, but the Three Ancestors threatened us, and we had no choice but to give the Outerverse to the Sixth Mainland. Now that I think about it, there might have been another way. What would you have done?"
Elder Chan placed a piece.
This was Go, and a few simple moves were enough to determine the winner. Lu Yin did not understand the art of Go, but he was still a cultivator, and it was normal for him to calculate thousands of moves in an instant. Actually, Go was meaningless to cultivators like him, as winning depended not only on the art of Go, but also on mental calculations.
"If it were me, I would be more willing to give the Technocracy to the Sixth Mainland," Lu Yin said. He had considered this before, as he had always viewed the Outerverse as his own territory, and he had never given up on chasing the Sixth Mainland away.
If he wanted to chase the Sixth Mainland away, the Technocracy would be his first choice, as the Astral Beast Domain was too far away.
Elder Chan was not surprised, as the Fifth Mainland could only offer a few options. "The Technocracy won't allow the Sixth Mainland to enter, so why should we chase them away?"
"The Sixth Mainland has the Three Ancestors, and any one of them can easily take over the Outerverse or even the Cosmic Sea, so why would they agree to take over the Outerverse?
They must have some misgivings, and since they have misgivings, we can do whatever we want. The Technocracy has been at war with the Human Domain for so many years, and I know that the Half-Ancestors have misgivings about the Technocracy. However, if several Half-Ancestors move together, they might have the power to sweep through half of the Technocracy. Half of the Technocracy should be enough, "Lu Yin said, his gaze was fixed on the chessboard as he placed a piece.
"You've experienced the power of the Technocracy. Even if the seven Half Ancestors of the Human Domain come together, they still can't do anything," Elder Chan said helplessly.
Lu Yin looked up. "Aren't the Sixth Mainland's Three Progenitors?"
Elder Chan's hand, which had been about to place a piece, paused in mid-air. He looked at Lu Yin in astonishment, "You want to use them as well?"
Lu Yin smiled. "Let's see who can keep their composure and who has more confidence."
"We can't afford to gamble," Elder Chan said.
Lu Yin nodded. "Is that why you're asking me?"
Elder Chan sighed. "I'm getting old. Young people are better at taking risks."
Lu Yin replied seriously, "But protecting humans does require caution. You're right, Senior."
Elder Chan looked at the chessboard. The chess pieces were all arranged, but there was no clear winner. "The Fifth Mainland is like this chess game. It seems stable, but there are too many hidden dangers. The more stable it is, the more difficult it is to expose it."
Lu Yin still didn't understand the purpose of this conversation. "Senior wants me to find out about these dangers?"
Elder Chan shook his head. "We can only wait passively. The Seven Heavens also has a Bai Wushen, a Half-Martial Ancestor who is hiding in the Human Domain. We have no idea what her identity is or where she is. We only know that her methods are strange and that she can cut in from angles that ordinary people cannot see. For example, the Astral Beast Domain's invasion.
Fight. "
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. "That cultivator from the Sixth Mainland called Curly Beard is a human traitor?"
Elder Chan replied, "That's Bai Wushen's method, and she has more than one method. Lu Yin, with your status, you have the right to know the secrets of the Human Domain. I can tell you that there's a certain danger in a certain place. You've been to the Lockbreaker Realm before, and Xiu Ming and the others went there. That place used to be very safe, but Bai Wushen has her eyes on it. If it's destroyed, the consequences will be unimaginable.
"With Xiu Ming overseeing it, it can be stabilized for now. However, we might need your help in the future since you're a Lockbreaker as well."
"Where?" Lu Yin asked.
Elder Chan muttered to himself for a moment. "I can't say for sure. We'll know when we see it."
"It'll be too late by the time I see it," Lu Yin guessed.
Elder Chan was helpless. "I'm a Protector, but I'm not a beacon for humanity. Work hard. The Cosmic Tree Domain is also a part of the Fifth Mainland, and perhaps you'll be its leader in the future."
Lu Yin could hear the bitterness and helplessness in Elder Chan's tone. He had protected the Human Domain for too many years, but he had become increasingly confused. He did not know if he was doing the right thing, especially when Lu Yin had appeared. Lu Yin had unified the Innerverse and Outerverse in a short period of time, and he had even taken over an unwinnable war despite everyone's disapproval. In the end, not only had he protected the eastern weaves of the Outerverse, but he had also taken over the eastern weaves from the Sixth Mainland.
Before this, Elder Chan had never believed that he could do such a thing.
Lu Yin had established the Great Eastern Alliance, taken control of the Board, defeated the Astral Beast Domain, and forced the Sixth Mainland into submission. All of these things had caused Elder Chan to doubt his own decisions.
He could not deny that he was qualified to be a Protector, but that did not mean that he could become a beacon for humanity.
This was why Elder Chan had spoken at the beginning. He wanted to know the difference between himself and Lu Yin, and the result was that there was a huge difference.
No one could tell who was right and who was wrong. Only time would tell.
Lu Yin had taken the initiative to take over the Astral Beast Domain's war and protect the ordinary people of the Outerverse. This had completely changed Elder Chan's opinion of Lu Yin, and he no longer stuck to Lu Yin's identity as Lu Xiaoxuan. Although he would not fully support Lu Yin just because he had won a war, he would at least observe and give Lu Yin time.
What Lu Yin lacked was time. As long as he had time, he could take over this region of space.
"Aside from talking to you, there's also something else. I've found the Eternal Kingdom," Elder Chan said as he placed his piece down.
Lu Yin was shocked. "The Eternal Kingdom?
The Neoverse's Eternal Kingdom? "
Elder Chan nodded and smiled. "Are you interested?"
Lu Yin was excited. "Where is it?"
"Go find Qing Ping. He'll take you to destroy the Eternal Kingdom. There's a deathly aura there, so it's perfect for you to go."
Lu Yin nodded. "I'll go right away."
After Lu Yin left, Elder Chan looked at the chessboard. It was already full. What would this kid do if he placed another piece down?
…
Lu Yin quickly arrived at the Arbiter Realm and bumped into Da Qiu.
"Alliance Master Lu?
Why are you here? "Da Qiu asked.
"Where's the Arbiter?" Lu Yin asked.
Da Qiu pointed inside the Arbiter Realm, and Lu Yin thanked him before entering the Arbiter Realm.
The Arbiter Realm's Eternal Kingdom seemed to be surrounded by a layer of darkness. When Lu Yin arrived, he saw not only the Arbiter Realm's Shadow, but also the Arbiter Realm's Shadow and five other Emissaries.
How many Emissaries did the Hall of Honor have?
Lu Yin wasn't sure, but he knew that there were more than ten, including the Emissary level androids.
During the Outerverse war against the Astral Beast Domain, the Hall of Honor had sent Emissary level androids to participate.
With the Hall of Honor's countless years of accumulation, Lu Yin believed that as long as there were enough materials, they could produce a bunch of Emissary level androids.
"Everyone's here. Let's go," the Arbiter Realm's Shadow said in a low voice. Lu Yin didn't even have a chance to speak to the Arbiter in private before he was brought out of Realm Mountain and headed towards the Neoverse's southern border.
He wasn't the only one; the Second Nightking was also dragged out by the Arbiter Realm's Shadow.
The Second Nightking was filled with apprehension as he looked at the head inquisitor. He would always remember that scene from back then. Being judged was an unforgettable memory that he would never forget. Although this head inquisitor was not a Half-Martial Ancestor, he had the strength to fight against a Half-Martial Ancestor. The Second Nightking had seen him in the Gu Flowzone.
"You're coming with us." The Arbiter Realm's Arbiter Realm was not to be doubted.
The Second Nightking was confused, and Lu Yin's words shocked him. "Is there really such a place as the Eternal Kingdom?"
Lu Yin nodded. "You don't know?"
The Second Nightking shook his head. "The Neohuman Alliance only appeared after the Daosource Sect's era. At that time, the Frigid Immortal Sect had already left the Fifth Mainland, and the Mother Tree had also disappeared. I've always stayed in that space to cultivate.
"However, I once heard that the Eternals wanted to create a country that could coexist with humans. It's called the Eternal Kingdom, but I didn't expect them to have already done so."
Lu Yin's gaze turned cold. "This False Kingdom must be destroyed."
The Seven Courts were located in the Southern Border, and it was the most chaotic region in the Neoverse. The Eternal Kingdom was actually located in the Southern Border.
The Neohuman Alliance's Eternal Kingdom was the dirtiest, cruelest, and darkest place in Lu Yin's opinion. It was filled with false sunlight that concealed the inhumane slaughter. The people who lived there had long since been shrouded in despair. If Lu Yin had not personally experienced it, he would never have imagined that such a place existed in the universe.
The most terrifying thing was not death, but waiting for death.
The Eternal Kingdom had captured many people and experimented on them to interact with the Corpse Kings. However, those people's organs had been dug out by the Corpse Kings, and they had been cruelly murdered.
The Southern Border was very large, and the Seven Courts were located slightly north of its center. The Arbiter Realm's Arbiter Realm brought Lu Yin and the others to the east of the Southern Border, where the Southern Border and the Eastern Border intersected.
They looked into the darkness of space and saw a very ordinary planet in front of them called Anshui Planet. There were spacecraft taking off and landing on the planet, and cultivators would occasionally step into space. No matter how they looked at it, this place looked very ordinary.
"Let's go," the Shadow of Death growled and led the other Envoys into the Astral Source Universe. They landed on the planet and spread out in different directions.
"Senior, the Eternal Kingdom is in a parallel universe to this planet, right?" Lu Yin asked.
Behind him, the Second Nightking was stunned. Senior … senior brother?
"Not bad," the head judge said calmly.
The Second Nightking was dumbfounded. Senior brother?
He stared at Lu Yin in shock. The head judge of the Interstellar Court was actually his senior brother?
Damn it, no wonder he was so ruthless to me back then. No wonder he didn't look for trouble after coming out. It was actually his senior brother.
This kid's background was too ruthless.
Lu Yin did not care about the Second Nightking's reaction. Regardless of whether or not the head inquisitor was his senior, the Second Nightking would not be able to resist Lu Yin.
"Why aren't you making a move yet?"
The head judge calmly said, "Wait."
"What are we waiting for?"
"If we rely on ourselves, we won't be able to enter. It's in a parallel universe, and if we can't find the coordinates, it'll be very difficult to find the Eternal Kingdom."