Lu Yin listened quietly. He wasn't surprised to hear about this. In that era, there had been a Daolord suppressing everything. Regardless of whether one was a Progenitor or a Half-Ancestor, they all had to accept this rule. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why the humans were so prosperous during that era.
Only when the absolute powerhouses united the humans could they unleash their true power.
That was what Lu Yin wanted to do now.
How could the scattered human powers compare to a unified Heavenly Sect?
"The responsibility of the Twelve Gates is to protect the mainland, and they don't participate in the management of the Heavenly Sect. The ones who can truly manage the Heavenly Sect are the Daolord and the elders. If the Daolord goes into seclusion, the Daolord will naturally act on his behalf. Apart from that, there's also a Clan Meeting. Those who participate come from all regions and cultivation levels, and they can raise their demands in the Clan Meeting.
The Clan Meeting was similar to the Hall of Honor's board of directors.
The Heavenly Sect was high up like a tree crown, but it couldn't lack soil. This Clan Meeting was the soil of the Heavenly Sect.
"Right now, our Heavenly Sect has an elder, who is the Blood Ancestor. We have the Sage Heavenly Master, Elder Gong, Law Patrol, Kui Luo, Elder Chan, and the Medicine Immortal. Within the sect, we have the Aurora Corporation, Shamrock Enterprises, and various other organizations that serve the sect. There's also the Heavenly Prison, and …"
Lu Yin listened for almost an hour. Lu Buzheng had basically used the methods of the Heavenly Sect from their era.
Although it was different from this era, it could be slowly improved in the future. They couldn't immediately bring the newly established Heavenly Sect to its peak, and the Twelve Gates wouldn't be united for the time being.
"Right, Leng Qing has already been reinstated as the Sky Blade Sect's leader, and Cai 'er has also been reinstated as the Jade Kettle Sect's leader."
Lu Yin asked, "Why is Elder Chan a Law Patrol?
Then who's the Glory Sect's leader? "
"Qing Ping," Lu Buzheng answered.
Lu Yin was surprised. "Senior Brother Judge?"
This time, it was Lu Buzheng's turn to be surprised. "Qing Ping is your senior brother?
Who's your master? "
Lu Yin shook his head. "Third Uncle doesn't know him, but why isn't Elder Chan the leader?"
With Elder Chan's strength, he was definitely qualified to become the Heavenly Sect's leader.
Lu Buzheng replied, "He said that he had put down some things and that he would no longer care about worldly matters. He would focus on breaking through and traveling the universe."
Ever since the decisive battle between the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands, the Fifth Mainland had been led by Elder Chan, who had established the Hall of Honor to protect the Human Domain. Over the years, Elder Chan had been too tired. Although he had made mistakes during this period, it was also because the burden of protecting the human race was too heavy. It was so heavy that he had never considered breaking through to the Progenitor realm. But now, he had let it go. In the future, the human race might have another Progenitor.
Of course, giving up didn't mean that one would definitely succeed. Since the era of the Celestial Sect until now, many talents had been born, but those who could successfully break into the Ancestor Realm were few and far between.
Breaking through to Ancestor Realm did not necessarily mean that one was an outstanding individual. There were also many people who had accumulated a great deal of strength and experience, or who had been lucky enough to break through to Ancestor Realm. Lu Yin did not know about this for now.
"Patrolling is indeed suitable for Elder Chan. Third Uncle, how many Half-Martial Ancestors do we have?
How many Half-Martial Ancestors have escaped the control of the Heavenly Dao Sect? "
Lu Yin asked.
Lu Buzheng replied, "We currently have eighteen Half-Martial Ancestors. If we include Qing Ping, who can rival a Half-Martial Ancestor, then we have nineteen. Five Half-Martial Ancestors, including Ni Huang, are imprisoned in the imperial prison. Lan Xian is currently out of the Heavenly Dao Sect's control. I've already given her a choice. She can either become a Law Imparter or a Law Patroller, but she hasn't responded."
Lu Yin's eyes flashed. "I missed out on one person."
"Who?"
Lu Buzheng was curious, as he had not missed out on anything.
Lu Yin looked in Kun Ze's direction. "The leader of the Specter Clan, Tiandou."
Lu Buzheng was confused. "Who's that?"
"Contact Jue Yi and have Tiandou find me," Lu Yin said coldly. The Specter Clan had once sided with the Everlasting Race, and there were some things that could not be brushed aside. Back then, anyone who had been involved with the Neohuman Alliance had met with misfortune. Shenwu Continent had almost been destroyed, and the You family had been investigated. Even if the Specter Clan had contributed to the resistance against the Everlasting Race over the past twenty years, their contributions could not completely offset their mistakes. Otherwise, it would be too unfair to others.
Lu Buzheng nodded.
"Also, the Aurora Corporation, Shamrock Enterprises, and the pyrolyte mining, research, and development, as well as the Lockbreaker Society will all join the backyard."
"Backyard?"
Lu Yin smiled. "A technological research and development department. I named it the backyard."
Lu Buzheng did not know why Lu Yin had named it, but he still did as he was told.
"Third Uncle, you shouldn't be the one doing this. You're the leader of the Lu Tianmen Sect," Lu Yin said.
Lu Buzheng laughed heartily. "I wouldn't be at ease with anyone else doing it. No matter what, you're the only direct descendant of the Lu family, and I have to watch over you unless you can nurture another direct descendant for me."
Lu Yin was at a loss, but after a while, he realized that Ming Yan was still asleep.
Lu Buzheng did not notice Lu Yin's abnormality. "There's something I forgot to tell you. Chu Yuan made a contribution."
Lu Yin did not understand. "Chu Yuan made a contribution?"
Lu Buzheng nodded and sighed. "As expected of the only Daozi that the Progenitor has ever met. I don't know how much information that brat obtained from the Progenitor, but after you went into seclusion for a few months, he suggested that the ancient golden characters could be visualized, which increased the power levels of many cultivators and won him quite a bit of fame."
"Once the Congregation starts, he'll definitely be one of the participants. That's his request."
Lu Yin did not mind. Chu Yuan's intentions were too obvious, and he was too anxious. If Lu Yin was Chu Yuan, he would not have joined the Congregation at all.
Visualizing the ancient golden characters could indeed increase a cultivator's power, which was a good thing.
"Third Uncle, don't the people from the Frigid Immortal Sect know how to visualize?"
Lu Yin suddenly asked.
Lu Buzheng was disdainful. "Only the families that control the mainlands are taught by the Progenitor. Our Lu family, the Sixth Mainland's Jialan family, and the Second Mainland's Mavis family can all do it."
"Even the Sixth Mainland's Jialan family can do it?"
Lu Yin was puzzled. If that was the case, why had the Sixth Mainland gone astray?
Had they been tricked by the Eternals into imprinting?
What had left the deepest impression on Lu Yin was what he'd heard at the Rune Technology Ruins: the Sixth Mainland had been tricked.
Imprinting was indeed not an orthodox power. After the Progenitor's death, the cultivators who had imprinted on them had all weakened greatly. Imprinting could temporarily increase one's power, but it relied too much on the person being imprinted.
Lu Buzheng asked, "You're thinking about the Sixth Mainland's imprint, right?"
Lu Yin nodded. Lu Buzheng and the others had been in this era for twenty years, while Lu Yin had only been in the Fifth Mainland for a little over twenty years. Their knowledge of each other was about the same.
"I've asked about this before. Not just me, but Henxin as well. Apparently, the Jialan family suddenly disappeared, and the Sixth Mainland wants to obtain the power of visualization. They think that imprinting is just visualization, but they've actually gone astray. They've already given up on imprinting and have started visualizing the ancient golden characters."
"Right, Qing Ping has been looking for you a few times."
Lu Yin was curious, as he didn't know why his senior brother was looking for him. "Got it, I'll contact you."
Lu Buzheng went to contact Jue Yi while Lu Yin contacted Senior Brother Qing Ping.
He used a wireless gu.
Although the Interplanetary Network had started to rearrange the universe's network, it still needed time.
"I heard that you can snatch astralsources from liquids?"
Senior Brother Qing Ping asked.
Lu Yin replied, "Yes."
Qing Ping immediately replied, "I need astralsources."
Lu Yin wanted to reply with nonsense, as who didn't need astralsources these days? However, he suddenly thought of something and became excited. "Senior Brother, are you about to break through?"
"Yes."
"When?"
"Anytime."
Lu Yin's breathing quickened. Senior Brother Qing Ping was a peak Emissary who could rival a half-Ancestor. Once he broke through, he would definitely be able to fight against a sect master like Henxin. "How many astralsources do you need?"
"The more, the better."
Lu Yin frowned, as he wasn't sure how many astralsources Senior Brother Qing Ping had. He only had two bottles of astralsource liquid, and even if Qing Ping had some, it probably wouldn't be much. "I have two bottles."
Qing Ping was silent for a moment. "Not enough."
"How much do you need?"
Lu Yin asked. Suddenly, he thought of something. "Senior Brother, the astralsources in the universe are all gone. Where's your tribulation when you break through?"
It wasn't a good thing to not have an origin tribulation. Although each tribulation was difficult, one's entire body would improve once they passed it. Without an origin tribulation, would a half-Ancestor still be a half-Ancestor?
What difference would it make if he had another inner world?
"I'm going to the Astral Tree Domain for my tribulation," Qing Ping replied.
Lu Yin was stunned. "You can go to the Astral Tree Domain?"
"I can. How else would I get into the top ten of the Sovereign Tournament?"
Lu Yin suddenly remembered. Right, he had forgotten that the Neoverse had always had a way to reach the Astral Tree Domain through the planet he had returned from.
"It's easy to be exposed if you break through there. Once you're exposed, it'll be very dangerous if you don't have any astralsources," Qing Ping replied.
Lu Yin understood that Qing Ping had prepared astralsources to escape. "So you want to fill up your astralsources here and then go to the Astral Tree Domain for your tribulation, but I don't have that many astralsources. By the way, how much astralsources do you have?"
Qing Ping replied, "Not too much less than yours."
Lu Yin raised a brow. Not too much less than mine?
"Senior Brother, do you know how much astralsources I have?"
Lu Yin asked.
Qing Ping replied, "I don't know." He paused for a moment before continuing, "I've seen five times the number of cultivators from the Lu family who have undergone one tribulation."
"What cultivators from the Lu family who have undergone one tribulation?"
"Back when you went to the Astral Tree Domain to steal the origin item, you fought with a cultivator who had undergone one tribulation. I thought that your astralsources were five times his."
"Senior Brother, you were able to fight with the Lu family's Emissaries then?"
Lu Yin was shocked. He knew that Senior Brother Qing Ping had gone to the Cosmic Tree Realm and had defeated all of his peers from that generation, including the Lu family's direct descendant. It had happened after the Origin Wheel Sacrifice, and the Lu family's direct descendant should have been an Enlighter. In that case, the Lu family's first tribulation cultivator who had fought with Qing Ping should have been an elder, and he definitely wasn't a direct descendant.
Even if he wasn't a direct descendant, the amount of astralsources in the Lu family's disciples was still incomparable.
No matter what realm they were in, the Lu family's disciples could challenge those of a higher realm, and very few people could do so.
Lu Yin had been able to fight against a cultivator who had undergone one tribulation in the Astral Tree Domain because he had the Reaper Transformation, which allowed him to obtain the true power of the Grim Reaper. He had even defeated Stoneheart, who was nearly invincible at one tribulation. Could Senior Brother do the same?