"Spacetime isn't alive, but it isn't dead either. It can give birth to countless Laws, and perhaps it itself is a kind of Law. Anyone who is recognized by this Law is its master," Lu Tianyi reminded him.
Lu Yin understood. "So, if I'm recognized by a parallel spacetime, I won't be rejected?"
Lu Tianyi nodded. "Logically speaking, there's no harm in trying. Even if you fail, you won't lose anything."
Lu Yin thought of the rod nodes in the fifth spacetime. They couldn't be human, and no matter how he looked at it, they didn't seem to recognize him. Those rod nodes were all over the fifth spacetime, and only by gaining their recognition could he be recognized by that spacetime. How could he be recognized?
This matter was related to Lu Yin's cultivation, and Lu Tianyi attached great importance to it. In order to prevent any accidents, he passed this matter to Lu Yuan, who was in seclusion. He thought that he would have to wait for a while, but unexpectedly, Lu Yuan replied the next day with only eight words: Gather all living beings, cross the sea by deception!
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Lu Yin entered the fifth spacetime again, and this time, he felt an additional sense of crisis and fragility. It was as if this spacetime could collapse at any time.
This spacetime was about five times more stable than the Origin Space, and under normal circumstances, it wouldn't affect Lu Yin at all. Even if it was fifty times stronger, he could still easily tear through the void.
What was truly affected was his control of space. He couldn't adapt to five times the toughness, and once he came into contact with space and time, it would lead to a crisis. This was the most troublesome aspect.
Lu Yin came this time to try Lu Yuan's suggestion: gather all living beings, cross the sea by deception.
The meaning of these eight words was easy to understand, and it was similar to the result of Lu Tianyi's discussion. Obtaining the recognition of this spacetime was the same as obtaining the recognition of the Fifth Mainland.
However, the Fifth Mainland had recognized him because he had done many things and was worshipped and respected by everyone. It had taken him too long, and he obviously couldn't spend that much time in this spacetime.
Moreover, how could the rod nodes of this spacetime recognize him?
Lu Yin was a little confused, and he could only try to get close to the rod nodes.
Soon, Lu Yin found the rod nodes and approached them. At the same time, he didn't let them see him and began to observe them.
These rod nodes' habits were completely different from that of humans. They were more like a combination of beasts and bamboo. They moved by jumping, and they ate both plants and beasts. The way they ate was very strange, and Lu Yin's scalp tingled.
Their communication was mainly through tapping.
Lu Yin had stayed here for an entire month before he finally understood the meaning behind these knocks, and that was only because he was a cultivator. If he were a normal person, he would never be able to understand them in his entire life.
"The weather is getting colder. We need to replenish our food quickly."
"We don't have enough water in our bodies, and the river will freeze. We need to dig out a location where we can extract water in advance."
"I've received news that the Three Section Tribe was torn apart by the Mist Wolves and has been exterminated."
"Is there a Mist Wolf nearby?"
"Yes."
"Then we have to move. The Mist Wolves are not something we can deal with. They can tear our bodies apart with a single claw …"
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It didn't take long for the rod joints to move, and hundreds of thousands of them jumped up and down on the ground as they headed in a different direction.
Along the way, they encountered a creature called the Mist Wolf. The Mist Wolf was a wild beast that was ten times larger than a pole joint. It could tear apart a large number of pole joints with a casual swipe of its claws, and its speed was far from what these pole joints could compare to.
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The pole joints couldn't resist at all, and the only thing they could do was run and compete with the Mist Wolf in terms of stamina. They fought until the Mist Wolf ran out of energy before they could pull away, but once it recovered its strength, they would be slaughtered again.
Lu Yin didn't help them. No wild beast attacked without a reason, either for food or revenge.
These pole joints were clearly not food for the Mist Wolf, so they were here for revenge.
This sort of bloody revenge was all too common among humans.
The appearance of the Mist Wolf terrified the pole joints, and they kept jumping in the same direction in an attempt to escape. However, the Mist Wolf had locked onto them and wouldn't give up until it tore them apart.
"It's all the Nine Section Tribe's fault. If they hadn't eaten the Mist Wolf, the Mist Wolf wouldn't have gone crazy and slaughtered us."
"We never provoked such a terrifying creature."
"Who can save us?"
"If only we had that creature we saw before, it would have some sort of invisibility or evasion ability."
"If we did, our survivability would increase by a lot."
Lu Yin was surprised to find that they were definitely talking about him. Aside from him, there were no other cultivators in this space-time. Bi Lan had said that Yi Xing's people didn't come to this space-time, so they had stayed behind just in case.
Yi Xing clearly knew that if too many people came, the destruction of this space-time would accelerate.
Lu Yin's eyes flickered as he watched the pole joints move. Seeing their fear of the Mist Wolf, he decided to give it a try.
Beneath the sky, the Mist Wolf's eyes were ferocious as it raised its claws and tore apart the pole joints in front of it.
The pole joints fled. They had been chased for several days and had tens of thousands of their poles torn apart. The fear of the Mist Wolf was deeply imprinted in their hearts, and the only thing they could do was run. However, they weren't as fast as the Mist Wolf.
Just as the Mist Wolf leapt up and continued to slaughter the pole joints, Lu Yin walked out and grabbed the Mist Wolf, fixing it in midair.
All the pole joints froze in place. Although they didn't have eyes, ears, mouths, or noses, Lu Yin knew that they were looking at him in their own way.
Lu Yin reached out with his other hand and knocked on them.
"Do you need help?"
All the pole joints were stunned. This was the first creature outside of their tribe that could communicate with them. Many of them immediately knocked on Lu Yin's head, asking him what kind of creature he was, how he could communicate with them, and how he could subdue the Mist Wolf.
Lu Yin casually flung the Mist Wolf away. He hadn't killed it, and it wasn't wrong for it to take revenge.
The Mist Wolf crashed to the ground and looked at Lu Yin in fear before turning to flee. Lu Yin gave it a feeling that it couldn't resist.
A beast's intuition was very accurate.
Seeing that the Mist Wolf had fled, the pole joints relaxed and stared at Lu Yin curiously.
Lu Yin used their language to communicate with them, and they gradually became familiar with each other. His goal was to teach them cultivation and become a god in their hearts. It would be easier for them to accept his teachings as a god.
Half a year later, Lu Yin left this planet and went to another to teach the other pole joints.
The pole joints on this planet had already learned to show their gratitude to Lu Yin by lying on the ground. They would pass on the cultivation methods that Lu Yin had taught them to other tribes, and at the same time, pass on Lu Yin's image.
To all of them, Lu Yin was like a god.
What Lu Yin had given them wasn't a cultivation method for astralsources, but rather something that had been created based on their racial characteristics. It wasn't necessarily good, but it was enough to make them rebel.
It was enough to resist the Mist Wolf.
As time passed, these pole joints might be able to improve their cultivation methods.
Lu Yin sprinkled a cultivation seed into this spacetime.
In the blink of an eye, ten years had passed in this spacetime, and two years had passed in the Genesis Space.
Lu Yin had stayed in this spacetime for ten years, and he had personally taught no less than thirty tribes. There were a few extremely large pole joint tribes that occupied entire planets, but that was only because of their numbers. When faced with the Mist Wolf, they could only flee.
The Mist Wolf was just one of many disasters; there were many more that these pole joints couldn't deal with.
However, things were different after they cultivated, and they had limitless possibilities.
During these ten years, countless pole joints had worshipped Lu Yin and treated him as a god. This worship that was close to faith gave Lu Yin the confidence to try touching the void. He didn't know if it was just an illusion or if he had stayed in this spacetime for too long, but he felt that it was much more intimate.
Standing on the empty ground, Lu Yin looked ahead. Ten years. He had endured for ten years to teach the pole joints and not try to touch the void. Today, he would give it a try.
His gaze trembled as the scene before him changed. Spatial lines appeared, and Lu Yin raised his hand to touch them. His body instantly disappeared and reappeared in another location. This feeling was very smooth and bright.
Lu Yin couldn't wait to use Flowing Light from his inner world. It was like a beam of light that constantly rotated around him. Sure enough, Lu Yin almost laughed out loud. Flowing Light was smooth, and he no longer felt like he was stuck in a swamp.
Lu Yin hurriedly returned to the Eternal Kingdom and waved his hand. Flowing Light shuttled back and forth, and the scene around him retreated. He saw the moment he had appeared in the Eternal Kingdom, and before he had appeared, there had been no one here. One, two, three, four, five … It really was five seconds.
Lu Yin laughed as he saw the scene from five seconds ago. Five seconds, it really was five seconds.
That's right, time reversal.
Lu Yin tried it, but it didn't go well this time. He could only reverse time by one second and not five seconds. There had to be a problem somewhere, so why couldn't he reverse time by five seconds?
He stood in place and pondered.
After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out. Shaking his head, he decided not to think about it. Being able to see the scene from five seconds ago meant that there was a chance to reverse time by five seconds. That was enough.
Cultivation had to be done one step at a time.
Flowing Light was space, and using space to chase after time could reverse spacetime. If the space of flowing light was strong enough and five times tougher, then he could see the scene from five seconds ago. Lu Yin wanted more, but five seconds wasn't enough. He wanted a minute, two hours, or even a day.
Or even a year, or a period of time.
The Daosource Sect's main hall had allowed them to see the era of the Above Sky Sect because of the Progenitor's Sword, which meant that the Progenitor's Sword had unimaginable spatial toughness. If the Progenitor's Sword could do it, then so could Lu Yin.
The fifth spacetime had already ended, and he had managed to see through five seconds of time. The next step was to explore other spacetimes.
He needed a spacetime with an even more exaggerated time flow.
Five times faster time flow was obviously not that important, as Yi Xing definitely had a spacetime that surpassed that.
Lu Yin returned to the Above Sky Sect and asked for Yi Xing's people.
Actually, he didn't know how to ask for a parallel spacetime from Yi Xing. Yi Xing didn't lack money, and using money to buy a parallel spacetime obviously wouldn't work. However, Lu Yin had to obtain it.
Some of Hui Zu's words were right. There were some things that ordinary people could care about, but those in power couldn't.