In his opinion, even though this young man was rare and had a will that no ordinary person could possess, he was still an ordinary person with flesh and blood, feelings, and fear.
Today's provocation brought him a mental breakdown.
Especially when he stood at the peak of what he thought he was, only to find that there was no end to it.
It was as if he was living in a fake world.
"Grand Empyrean, can I ask you a few questions?" Lu Yin whispered.
The Grand Empyrean lowered his gaze. "Since you have seen and understood, you should know what you need to do. Stay in the Origin Space and hide the truth you saw. Do your best to maintain your dignity until you contribute your last bit of life to humanity."
"Is the Progenitor dead?" Lu Yin suddenly asked.
The Grand Empyrean's gaze turned cold.
"How many of the original Three Realms and Six Daos are dead?"
"The Origin Space has nothing to do with me." The Grand Empyrean frowned.
Lu Yin looked up at the Grand Empyrean. "What about the Burial Garden?"
The Grand Empyrean raised a brow.
"What about Immemorial City?" Lu Yin continued to ask.
The Grand Empyrean looked at Lu Yin coldly.
Lu Yin looked up. "I admit that I'm panicking. I saw the Eternals clearly and saw the insurmountable gap. That's why I'm afraid, nervous, and confused. I don't know what to do. Can humanity really be saved?
Will the Eternals give humanity time? "
"Fear. I rarely experience this feeling, but I'm really afraid now. I'm worried that one day, the truth about the Eternals will become reality. What you showed me clearly, I really did. What you showed me clearly, I also understood. But …
"But I'm not alone."
In the distance, the Grand Empyrean's eyes lit up and the corners of his mouth curled up.
Lu Tianyi looked into Lu Yin's eyes and smiled. Lu Yin's eyes were filled with fear, panic, and apprehension, just as he had said himself. However, this was what a human was like. Even if an ordinary person could cultivate to the Progenitor realm, they would still be a human. A human's emotions were complex, and they could feel fear or even despair. However, they could not lack one thing — determination.
Lu Yin took a deep breath. "Since you're afraid, then find more people to face it together. If one person isn't enough, then bring ten. If ten isn't enough, then bring a hundred. There are plenty of people standing behind me. Back then, Heaven's Above Heaven was destroyed one continent after another, but there were still people who survived to this day. Burial Garden is the hope left behind by that era, no matter how slim that hope is."
"I don't understand. No one has ever proven that the Grim Reaper, Wu Tian, and the others are dead. Fate will return. The Desolate God will be reborn. Indigo is missing. I don't know where these people went. Where is the primogenitor?
Is he really dead? "
"It wasn't until I saw the truth that I realized that they were also waiting. Perhaps they were also afraid and panicked. They couldn't defeat the Eternals alone, so they had to wait. There would be a day when they would meet again."
The Grand Empyrean sneered. "No one has proven that they're dead, but no one has proven that they're alive either."
Lu Yin raised a hand, and death energy appeared in his palm. "The symbol of a civilization's immortality is its inheritance. The death energy comes from the Grim Reaper, the Celestial Eye comes from Wu Tian, Fatesand, and the Book of Destiny all come from Fate. My Lu family also has Indigo's bloodline and a human-shaped sourcebox. All of these things represent their continuation.
"Even if they're really dead, this era can be rebuilt. As long as the human race isn't destroyed, we won't give up. I'm now certain that the Eternals will be difficult to deal with, and I don't see any hope of victory.
If you can't see it, then don't look. "
Lu Yin's words puzzled the Grand Empyrean.
If I lose, someone else will take my place. If someone else loses, I'll take their place. It's fine to retreat, but fear is only temporary. Humans only have one life, but their spirit is limitless. If worse comes to worst, we'll all end up like you and go crazy. Lunatics aren't afraid of death. "Lu Yin's voice also resounded throughout the land.
"Hahahaha!"
The Grand Empyrean laughed. "Kid from the Lu family, I admire you. Crazy people aren't afraid of death, hahahaha."
Lu Tianyi exhaled and smiled as he looked up at the sky.
The Grand Empyrean narrowed his eyes and stared deeply at Lu Yin. "Are you trying to reason with me?"
Lu Yin grinned. "No, I'm just venting my fear. I'm really afraid, and my legs are shaking."
The Grand Empyrean didn't know what to say. She felt that there was something wrong with this kid's brain. How could someone in his position say that he was afraid?
Afraid?
Shouldn't he be filled with righteousness and the determination to die?
But this kid was making it sound as if he was crazy.
He was mocking her, the Lu family's bastard.
Did this kid see the Eternals clearly?
She didn't know how to retort. The Grand Empyrean left.
Lu Yin watched the Grand Empyrean leave and finally relaxed.
"Little Seven, what did you see?" Lu Tianyi asked.
Lu Yin was puzzled. "Ancestor, you really don't know?"
"The Eternals we're facing right now are just one of the continents. If I'm not wrong, the Eternals are imitating the Above Heaven's Sect, with the Mother Tree as the center and six continents surrounding it."
Lu Tianyi's expression changed. "What did you say?"
"He's right." The Grand Empyrean walked over, bringing with him a sense of pressure.
Lu Yin looked over. Although he had fought the Corpse God with the Grand Empyrean, this was the first time he truly saw the Grand Empyrean. This person's appearance was ordinary, but his face was resolute. It was obvious that he was an iron-blooded person, and there was a resplendent golden light in the depths of his eyes.
"The true Eternals are exactly the same as the Above Heaven's Sect in your Primordial Space. The Above Heaven's Sect has the Primogenitor, the Three Realms, and the Six Daos. The Eternals also have the One True God, the Three Pillars, and the Six Daos."
Lu Yin and Lu Tianyi were confused. "Three High Masters and Six Vast Masters?"
The Grand Empyrean's expression was solemn. "This is a collective name, but I don't know who exactly it is. After all, we're facing a continent of Calamity Zone. However, you don't have to despair so much. The Seven Skygods are also the top powerhouses of the Eternals, second only to the One True God. The Grand Empyrean said that the Seven Skygods is a collective name for the top powerhouses of the Eternals, and it overlaps with the Three High Masters and Six Vast Masters. There are several members of the Seven Skygods who are also part of the Three High Masters and Six Vast Masters."
Lu Yin and Lu Tianyi breathed a sigh of relief. This made sense. Otherwise, there would be too many top powerhouses of the Eternals.
If not for the overlap, then the Seven Skygods and the Three High Masters and Six Vast Masters would be sixteen top powerhouses, and the humans would not have any hope.
The Grand Empyrean looked at Lu Yin in admiration. "Did you feel despair when you saw the other continents of Calamity Zone?"
Lu Yin bitterly replied, "Despair and fear. That's the truth."
"Hahaha, actually, I felt the same," the Grand Empyrean said.
Lu Yin was curious. "You've seen them before?"
The Grand Empyrean's expression was solemn. "I've seen them before. If the Eternals had focused all of their forces on the Six-Way Society, then the Six-Way Society would not even exist."
"There are only a few people in the Six-Way Society who truly know the truth about the Eternals. Even the Spacetime Masters do not know, such as the Void God and the Lost Tribe's Grand Elder. Even they do not know, so it's not strange that your Lu family does not know. The Eternals only need to use the Seven Skygods and the Calamity Zone to deal with our Six-Way Society.
"The Grand Empyrean wants to break through the Calamity Zone and use absolute power to crush the Eternals like ants. This path is not wrong, but she is too extreme. For this, she will not hesitate to sacrifice anything. This is also the reason why I don't get along with her. I would rather guard this land. Even if the Eternals attacked the Six-Way Society with all of their might, I would at least have enough time to send a warning to the Six-Way Society."
Lu Yin was filled with deep respect for the Grand Empyrean. After discovering the truth about the Eternals, the Grand Empyrean still dared to guard the Calamity Zone by himself. This meant that the Grand Empyrean did not plan on leaving alive. Such a person was worthy of respect.
Lu Tianyi was shocked. "I never thought that even we would not be able to see the Eternals clearly."
The Grand Empyrean looked at Lu Yin. "The Grand Empyrean admires you."
Lu Yin was puzzled. "Admires me?
She wants nothing more than to kill me. How many times have I called her a crazy woman? "
The Grand Empyrean laughed. "I know her very well. No matter what, she is still my master. If she does not admire you, she will not care about what you say and will not bring you to see the truth. Do you think she wants to step into the Calamity Zone?
If she wants to get through the Calamity Zone, she will do her best to avoid unnecessary battles. Even so, she still brought you to the Calamity Zone. I am certain that she admires you. At the very least, her attitude towards you is completely different from how she treats others.
"When the One True God led the Seven Skygods to attack the tea party, his goal was to see the Grand Empyrean's cultivation level. If not for the negative impact of attacking the tea party and the people from Primeval City, the Grand Empyrean would not have joined forces with the other Spacetime Masters to fight against the Eternals.
"Throughout history, you are the only one who has been personally brought to the Calamity Zone by her."
Lu Yin's eyes flashed. "Even if you say that, it will not offset the blood debt she left for my Lu family."
"That is a matter between you and her. In her eyes, sacrificing the Lu family to get through the Calamity Zone is nothing. Thus, we do not care how you want to take revenge on her," the Grand Empyrean said.
That was true, but how could he take revenge?
Lu Yin knew that even if he broke through to the Progenitor realm, he would not be a match for the Grand Empyrean in a short amount of time.
The peak of human cultivation was the Progenitor realm. In the past, he had thought that the Progenitor realm was just a realm, but now he knew that it was a concept that signified that one had reached the source. The Primordial realm could be considered the Progenitor realm, but it could also be considered above the Progenitor realm. Even passing through the Calamity Zone was considered the Progenitor realm. Only by passing through the Calamity Zone could one truly surpass the Progenitor realm. In other words, eternal life, or transcendence.
Now, Lu Yin knew of several paths that could lead to transcendence. For example, Mister Mu's Ancient Tracing, the Nine Yang Cauldron Transformation, the Primogenitor's Astral Source, and the Only True God's Divine Force. In their words, they could all transcend, but they themselves could not.
The path that Lu Yin was most certain of was the Lost Clan's Ancient Card. Back then, just a corner of it had appeared, and it had scared away the Seven Star Ancient Card, Eternal Darkness. Eternal Darkness corresponded to the Lost Clan's Grand Elder. Although the Lost Clan's Grand Elder had not reached the Primordial realm, he was definitely an extremely powerful expert in the Progenitor realm. He could not even compare to his senior apprentice brother, Mu Carving. Someone at such a level had been scared away by a corner of the Ancient Card. Lu Yin was absolutely certain that the Ancient Card was an existence that could allow him to transcend.
He hoped that after breaking through to the Progenitor realm, he would be able to draw out the Ancient Card.
"There are thousands of paths in the world, and no one can say for sure which path is correct. Madmen do not fear death, but that does not mean that only madmen can defeat their enemies," Lu Yin muttered to himself.
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