Xia Shenji grimaced. "Dao Master Lu, I succeeded, but this body has been beaten to such a state, and it will take some time for it to recover. I can't help you."
Lu Yin squatted down and approached Xia Shenji.
Elder Chan reminded him, "Be careful."
Xia Shenji's face was pale, and a small path was faintly discernible beneath his feet. If Xia Shenji attacked Lu Yin, this small path would be enough for Lu Yin to dodge. This was his ancestral world, and it had been created to help Lu Yin deal with Madman Lu.
Lu Yin and Xia Shenji exchanged glances for a moment before standing up. "I believe you."
Not only Elder Chan, but even Xia Shenji was shocked. "Dao Master Lu, you believe that I succeeded?"
Lu Yin's lips curled up. "The real Xia Shenji will not avoid my gaze."
Xia Shenji sighed and nodded. Fresh blood dripped from his body. The damage caused by the Ksitigarbha Needle had been too severe, and he could not even contain his injuries.
"Can you help me?
I'm afraid that I'll just die like this. "Xia Shenji was helpless.
Lu Yin looked at Elder Chan.
Elder Chan shook his head. "No one can help you with the injuries caused by Senior Tianyi. Xia Shenji, since you've successfully fused, you should have the memories of your original body. You should know that Senior Tianyi's strength is unsolvable."
Xia Shenji's expression turned ugly, and he looked at Elder Chan in disbelief. "You can actually use Lu Tianyi's strength?"
"That's right. During the Daosource Sect's era, the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas appeared, and it was a grand and prosperous era. The most dazzling was Progenitor Chen, the most low-key was Progenitor Ku, and the most unsolvable was Lu Tianyi. This injury was caused by him, and no one can save you."
Elder Chan continued, "But you won't die. After all, it was just a single strike. Xia Shenji isn't that weak."
Xia Shenji grimaced, but he did not refute. "Consider me unlucky."
Lu Yin was curious. "Why is Forefather Tianyi unsolvable?"
Xia Shenji raised his pale face and looked at Lu Yin. "The injuries caused by Lu Tianyi's attack cannot be healed through external means, and they can only recover by themselves. If they cannot recover, then only death. That's why his strength is unsolvable."
"That's just an explanation."
Old Chan continued with a longing look in his eyes. "Unsolvable. Not only does it represent the nature of Senior Tianyi's power, but it also represents his own strength. In the Lu family, a single person is a country, and a single person can be revered. This saying has been displayed to the extreme by Senior Tianyi. Summoning the ancestors on the stage, conferring deities to the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas. It can be said that Senior Tianyi alone can wield the power of about ten Progenitors, and most of these ten Progenitors are from the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas."
"I can imagine how powerful Senior Tian Yi was at his peak."
Xia Shenji coughed. "He turned his back to the Mother Tree and fought the only True God. That's Lu Tianyi. He was able to fight against the Seven Godgods on his own. In that era, as long as the Lu family's Patriarch didn't appear, Lu Tianyi was invincible. However, that was only in theory. People like Ku Jie and Xia Shang could break through at any time and reach a level of transformation, including …" He paused and looked at Wang Fan.
Lu Yin raised his brows. "Wang Fan?"
Xia Shenji said in a low voice, "Although Huiwen is known as the smartest person in the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas and the entire Primordial Space, or even the entire human race, Wang Fan can be called the most sinister person, the most profound, and the one who hides the deepest. Although there's no evidence, after many years of secret investigations in Shenwu Heaven, we discovered that Wang Si instigated the Four Cardinal Scales to deal with the Lu family. It's very likely that Wang Fan was the one behind it."
Lu Yin's expression changed. "What did you say?"
Xia Shenji said, "After fusing with the main body's memories, I learned some secrets, and one of them was related to the King.
There's one thing that left a deep impression on the main body.
"Back then, Wang Si was sealed in ice by her mother, Wang Yi. After the seal was released, her memories were in a mess. Originally, Wang Yi had instilled in her the hatred for the Lu Family, but after a while, her memories were restored. Furthermore, they were incomparably clear. She could clearly remember every word, every expression, and even every breath that Wang Yi had said."
"And the one behind all of this should be Wang Fan. It was Wang Fan who recovered Wang Si's memories. Wang Si's hatred for the Lu family reached the heavens. Using her special status, half of the Xia family's bloodline, and various other methods, she finally instigated the Four Cardinal Scales to banish the Lu family."
"Behind all of this, there seems to be Wang Fan's shadow."
Lu Yin frowned and did not understand. "The Lu family's banishment was suggested by the Shaoyin Divinity to the Grand Empyrean, and the Lu family had to bear the sins of the Above Heaven era. In the end, the Grand Empyrean sealed the Lu Ancestor's senses, and the Four Cardinal Scales used the White Dragon Overturn and Prison Lock to banish the Lu family. The Shaoyin Divinity should be behind all of this."
Xia Shenji shook his head. "Wang Fan is also involved. Otherwise, even if the Six Direction Society wanted to banish the Lu family, how could the Lu family of that era be so easily exiled?
To put it bluntly, Lu Tianyi alone was enough to make the Six Direction Society speechless. Even in the face of the Sixth Mainland's war, even if Xia Shang, Ku Jie, and the others were either dead or missing, Lu Tianyi alone was not someone the Six Direction Society could easily deal with. With the Everlasting Race around, the Six Direction Society would not dare to openly attack the Lu family.
"If the Four Cardinal Scales did not agree, it would be equivalent to the Lu family waging war against the Six Direction Society. The calamity it would bring would be enough to destroy the entire human race.
"The Four Cardinal Scales were the only ones willing to cooperate with them in banishing the Lu family. The Four Cardinal Scales might have acted because of Wang Fan, and Wang Fan …"
Lu Yin's gaze turned cold. "Wang Fan is connected to the Shaoyin Divinity."
Xia Shenji said, "If our guess is correct, then that is indeed the case. The Shaoyin Divinity is a member of the Six Direction Society, so how could he have the ability to bewitch the entire Four Cardinal Scales?
Wang Si is even more of an ant, and she was just a bait. The true mastermind is someone else. "
Lu Yin's gaze turned deep. Wang Fan and the Shaoyin Divinity had worked together. One had bewitched the Four Cardinal Scales, while the other had catered to the Grand Empyrean and banished the Lu family. Why would they target the Lu family?
Why would Wang Fan target the Lu family?
Lu Yin felt a chill run down his spine, as if he had touched upon something very bad.
The Everlasting Race was a powerful force that had destroyed the Above Heaven Sect's continents. How had they managed to do this during the Above Heaven Sect's golden age?
How had they acted against the Primordial Space and the Six Direction Society?
He desperately wanted to understand this part of history. Only by understanding history would he be able to avoid repeating the same mistakes. Only by understanding history would he be able to change the future.
Lu Yin suddenly thought of the big-faced tree.
"Is what you said true?" Elder Chan asked. He had not expected the Lu family's banishment to be so complicated.
Xia Shenji stood up with difficulty. "It might not be true. Wang Si's matter seems insignificant, but even the main body could not investigate it. The Wang family covered it up, so the main body believes that it is true. However, there is no evidence."
Lu Yin rubbed his head. Evidence?
There was no need for that. Since Xia Shenji had already been dealt with, the next target would either be Bai Wangyuan or Wang Fan.
Wang Fan was indeed not easy to deal with. Putting aside whether or not he was related to the Shaoyin Divinity, he had the Ghost Abyss Ancestor's shadow on the surface. If Lu Yin had not exposed him, who knew how long he would have continued to hide? The Ghost Abyss Ancestor was not weak, and he was definitely a trump card.
If Wang Fan could hide one trump card, then he could …
Hide a second, and then a third.
It was no wonder that Xia Shenji and the others thought that Wang Fan was the most sinister.
In comparison, Xia Shenji was simply too pure and unlucky. His clone had clearly been imprisoned, but Liu Shaoge had released it.
This was fate.
"Let's not talk about anything else. Since you've successfully fused, then according to our agreement, you can ascend to godhood," Lu Yin said.
Xia Shenji was weak. "Now?"
Lu Yin looked at him with a faint smile. "If you don't ascend to godhood, then you choose."
Elder Chan once again felt that the Lu family was tyrannical.
Xia Shenji felt the same way. His main body's memories had shown that he was rather dissatisfied with the Lu family's attitude. A living person would ascend to godhood, and a dead person would appoint generals. This was too abnormal.
Facing Lu Yin, he had no right to refuse.
"Let me rest for a day," Xia Shenji said.
Lu Yin did not care. "Two days is fine. I hope you can successfully ascend to godhood. Otherwise, it will be difficult for me."
He was referring to the Lu family's location. Only a clone could find the location of the Lu family's exile. If Xia Shenji could not ascend to godhood, it would be difficult for him to deal with him.
Xia Shenji clutched his chest. "Don't worry. I really am a clone. However, it will be difficult for me to accept godhood."
Elder Chan smiled. "Xia Shenji, it's not like you haven't been godhood before."
Xia Shenji smiled bitterly. His main body had been deified by Lu Tianyi, and now, he had been deified by Lu Xiaoxuan. In the end, he could not escape the fate of being deified by the Lu family.
Why had the Four Way Libra exiled the Lu family?
Not to mention Wang Fan, everyone else had the same thought. The Lu family's strength was too heaven-defying. If they had not been exiled, they would never have had the chance to resist. The Lu family's Ancestors were constantly being deified. Who else could stand it?
Who could fight against the Lu family?
Perhaps the Six Way Society felt threatened by the Lu family, which was why they had exiled them.
"Senior, you should rest as well," Lu Yin said to Elder Chan.
Elder Chan waved a hand. "This is a backlash, and it won't be easy to recover from it. However, it won't affect me."
He glanced at Xia Shenji. "If I go all out, I can still use Senior Tianyi's strength, which should be enough to help you eliminate some people."
Lu Yin was grateful. "Thank you."
Although cultivators were cruel and merciless, they were bound to meet people who could help them. Lu Yin had many family and friends, including Wendy Yushan, Ku Wei, Zhuo Daynight, Wen Sansi, the Ghost Monkey, and the others. The same was true for the Blood Ancestor and Elder Chan.
He was not lonely, and he did not walk a lonely path. He just did not know if he would be lonely in the end. Lu Yin thought back to the scene he had seen in his destiny divination. Would he really attack them?
If such a day really came, what would he do?
The next day, Xia Shenji took a deep breath. "Master Lu, I'm ready."
The Divine Seal Catalog appeared above Lu Yin's head, its golden light illuminating the eternal darkness and illuminating Xia Shenji. A shadow appeared behind him.
Lu Yin's voice was majestic and sacred. "Xia Shenji, are you willing to be deified?"
Xia Shenji looked up at the Divine Seal Catalog and abandoned all distracting thoughts. He had been preparing for this for an entire day, just like Mu Jun.
No one was willing to be deified, even if it did not affect them personally. However, it would increase the strength of an Ascendant. Being deified was equivalent to having another Ancestor, which was terrifying.
However, he had no other choice.
"I am willing." Xia Shenji's voice was steady.
As soon as he finished speaking, the shadow behind him moved towards the Divine Seal Catalog.