Although the Acalanatha Celestial King Mammoth was dead, the Divine Kingdom still had three Mammoths. They were all Sequence Law Realm powerhouses, and even if they won, the Above Heaven would consume a lot of resources.
"Although only ten years have passed since your trip to the Outlands, it's been hundreds of years for you. How is it? How are your gains?" Lu Tianyi asked.
Lu Yin sighed. "Not bad. I have a new path. I don't know what will happen if I continue down it."
Lu Tianyi sighed. "Since ancient times, no one can surpass you in terms of talent. Since you've decided on your path, then go ahead. You don't need to worry about the Above Heaven. We will protect it well."
Lu Yin nodded. "I understand. Thank you, Ancestor."
Ten years' time was too short for a cultivator.
The Eternals were still the same, and the Endless Battlefield was already under the control of the Six Direction Society. The war had been completely suppressed outside of the Zone of Disaster, and they could attack at any time.
The Grand Empyreans would rather cultivate and survive than fight to the death with the Eternals. However, Lu Yin's prestige in the Six Direction Society was no less than that of the Grand Empyreans. His will was to attack and wage war, and he would do his best to beat the Eternals until they could no longer raise their heads.
He had already seen the Eternals' bottom line. Although they were in despair, it was not impossible to defeat them. Back then, the Above Heaven had also been undefeatable to the Eternals. In the end, they had still managed to destroy continent after continent. This was Lu Yin's confidence.
The current Six Direction Society, White Cloud City, the wills of past powerhouses, and Burial Garden would eventually gather together to fight against the Eternals.
The Thunder Lord had once said that attacking the Zone of Disaster was only to die.
The Desolate Ancestor wanted to use himself to pave the way to the Eternals.
Powerhouses were walking in front of him, so what was there to be afraid of?
Humans had strong and unyielding beliefs.
After returning from Lu Tianjing, Lu Yin met with Wang Wen and Wei Rong. They still had not thought of a way to safely return Ye Bo to the Zone of Disaster.
The best method was to have the Eternals go to the Eternal Kingdom to rescue him, but the Eternals did not have the ability to do so. The Only True God had attacked several times, and his seclusion had been prolonged. The Seven Skygods had died one after another, and the remaining powerhouses would not be able to act so easily. If they acted, they might not be saved, but disaster.
For the Eternals to take action again meant that the other Zones of Calamity were involved.
Soon, Lu Yin's group was about to set off once again. His Flowing Light Retrospect's duration had increased, and Lu Yin was increasingly anxious to increase the time. He seemed to have found the path that Flowing Light should take. This path was something that he had thought of when he had transformed into a creature that resembled a pangolin and crawled for more than a hundred years. It was still very vague, but he had a direction.
"By the way, I have something to report to Daoist Master. Elder Gong failed in his ancestor breakthrough, and his life is in danger," Wei Rong said as he watched Lu Yin and the others leave.
Lu Yin was stunned, and he asked Jiang Qingyue and the others to wait while he headed towards the Neoverse.
Although Elder Gong was not as close to Lu Yin as Big Sis and the others, he was still an elder who had protected him.
Even if it was because of the Sirius Art, Lu Yin had indeed helped him on several occasions.
Now that he had failed to break through into the Ancestral Soul realm, his life was in danger. He ought to go and take a look.
Not long after, Lu Yin arrived at the Sirius Sect in the Neoverse.
The atmosphere in the Sirius Sect was heavy at this moment. A group of disciples knelt within the sect with sorrowful expressions.
The entire Sirius Sect was shrouded in gloom.
Sirius Sect Master Yuan Qiong, Legacy Elder Yuan Shou, Secret Arts Elder Yuan Ke, and the others were all standing at the foot of the mountain where Elder Gong had secluded himself to drink tea. Only two people had entered the mountain and were serving Elder Gong.
One was Elder Jiu Shen, and the other was Qiu Shi.
Lu Yin arrived.
Elder Jiu Shen and Qiu Shi bowed together.
The current Lu Yin was no longer the person they had once known, so it was only right for them to bow.
Elder Gong leaned against a large tree and said in a weak voice, "Daoist Master, forgive me for not being able to stand up and bow."
Lu Yin waved a hand, and Elder Jiu Shen and Qiu Shi bowed once more before leaving.
He sat down across from Elder Gong and asked, "How did you fail?"
Elder Gong replied bitterly, "I delayed it for too long. I wanted to break through, but I didn't dare to. When I tried to break through, a flaw appeared in my mental state, and I was unable to succeed."
Lu Yin poured tea for Elder Gong and passed it to him.
Elder Gong accepted it. "Thank you, Daoist Master."
Lu Yin retracted his gaze and looked into the distance. All he could see were Sirius Sect disciples kneeling on the ground. The entire Sirius Sect had never been so sad before. Even when the Eternals had invaded the Fifth Mainland and forced the Sirius Sect to relocate, it had not been like this.
Elder Gong would forever be the pillar of support for Sirius Sect. It was precisely because of Elder Gong's existence that the Sirius Sect had been able to prosper. But now, their future was uncertain.
"Daoist Master, I didn't expect you to come. You must have been in seclusion," Elder Gong said.
Lu Yin replied indifferently, "I just came out of seclusion and heard about this, so I came. Sirius Sect cannot do without you. If you want to live, I have a way."
Elder Gong shook his head bitterly. "I've lived for too long, and I'm tired. Ordinary Half-Martial Ancestors rarely experience mortal life, but I'm different. I've lived both as a Half-Martial Ancestor and as a mortal. Now that my life has come to an end, I should leave. This is in accordance with the universe's laws."
Elder Gong's so-called universe's laws were different from the Sequence Laws, just like how mortals understood reincarnation.
Lu Yin did not try to persuade him any further. "I won't let Sirius Sect weaken. When did Elder Jiu Shen become a Half-Martial Ancestor?"
"Right after I failed."
Lu Yin was stunned, and then he laughed. "I thought that he was afraid of death. I never expected that there would be a day when he would dare to risk his life."
"Haha, Sirius Sect needs a Half-Martial Ancestor to oversee it." Elder Gong laughed. He could leave without worry because Elder Jiu Shen had become a Half-Martial Ancestor.
The Sirius Sect's Origin Item had already been handed over to Elder Jiu Shen. Lu Yin would not ask about this, as he did not care about the item. If he needed it, the Astral Tree Dominator Realm would have it.
The Astral Tree Dominator Realm had already announced to the public that they would be holding a competition to obtain the Origin Item. They would search for cultivators with extraordinary talent and give them the Origin Item.
If they used it, it would be called the Origin Item. If they did not use it, it would just be a piece of trash.
"With Jiu Shen as a Half-Martial Ancestor and Qiu Shi as a disciple, I can die without regrets." Elder Gong sighed as his skin turned gray.
Lu Yin looked at him. "Sirius Sect's greatest regret is the Sirius Art. Don't worry, when I become a Half-Martial Ancestor, I will definitely leave it to Sirius Sect."
Elder Gong coughed. "Thank you, Path Master."
"There's one more thing that I should tell you." Lu Yin muttered to himself. "I met Progenitor Chen."
Elder Gong's eyes widened as he looked at Lu Yin in shock. "You met Progenitor Chen?"
Lu Yin nodded. "In the Burial Garden."
Elder Gong laughed. "I knew it. I knew that Progenitor Chen wouldn't die so easily. He's still alive. Hahahaha, he's still alive."
Lu Yin did not know how Sirius Sect had inherited Progenitor Chen's power, but seeing Elder Gong like this, he had fulfilled his dying wish.
The sect and his wish had been fulfilled. Elder Gong could die without regrets.
Lu Yin stood up and left. Once he left, they would never meet again. In life, there were too many people who left forever. Sometimes, one would not even know that meeting with some people would be an eternal farewell. Now that Elder Gong was able to bid farewell to him, both Elder Gong and Lu Yin felt lucky.
One day, Lu Yin would also leave this world, and he did not know who would be bidding him farewell.
Not long after Lu Yin left, Elder Gong passed away amidst his laughter.
The Sirius Sect mourned.
The death of a Half-Martial Ancestor was not a big deal to the current Fifth Mainland, and it did not cause much of a commotion. Even if Elder Gong had once been one of the seven Half-Martial Ancestors who had protected the Fifth Mainland's Human Domain, Wei Rong had not even thought of telling Lu Yin about Elder Jiushen's breakthrough.
This universe had truly changed.
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Lu Yin began his journey once again. Every journey was filled with unknowns, and this made him look forward to it even more.
Under the guidance of the compass, Lu Yin found a parallel universe with a different flow of time. Although it was only seven times faster, it was better than nothing.
However, when he confirmed that it would take a long time for him to be recognized by this universe, he decisively gave up.
The benefits were not proportional to the effort, so there was no point in continuing his search.
A year quickly passed in the Inception Space. During this time, Lu Yin's Lightstream Flashback had only increased by twelve seconds, which was very little. There was no helping it, as this journey had not been very smooth. The parallel universes that he had found with different flows of time were all mediocre.
The only thing that surprised Lu Yin was Zhao Ran's tea, which was becoming more and more beautiful.
Although it was still a long way from being able to produce normal tea leaves, it was already developing in that direction.
This was not a good thing.
The stranger Zhao Ran's tea was, the more it resembled Zhao Ran. If the tea suddenly became beautiful, would it still be Zhao Ran?
Lu Yin specifically instructed Elder Chan to keep an eye on Zhao Ran, as he did not know who she was.
The Ghost Monkey was getting closer and closer to breaking through to Progenitor Realm. More accurately, it was getting closer and closer to transforming into a new Progenitor Wushang. However, it did not dare to do so, as the two people who had broken through to Progenitor Realm had been unlucky. One had been turned into a thread, and the other had died. The monkey felt that breaking through to Progenitor Realm was not a good omen, so it wanted to wait for the others to succeed first.
Lu Yin did not force it, as he did not think that the monkey would be able to break through to Progenitor Realm.
If it was that easy to become a Progenitor, then there would not be so few Progenitors.
Over the past year, Lu Yin and Jiang Qingyue had discussed many topics related to Shi, as he also wanted to cultivate it.
The Dragon Turtle had said that cultivating too many would be too messy, and it would not be good for Lu Yin. However, this was not a problem for him, as he was more than happy to cultivate as much as possible.
However, Shi was a shortcut to White Cloud City's cultivation, and to this day, aside from the people of White Cloud City, no one else had managed to learn it. Lu Yin could not figure out where this mysterious power had come from, and he guessed that it might have something to do with the three divine artifacts that the Thunder Lord controlled.
On this day, they arrived at a new space-time, and the Helldrake flew in the direction that the compass had pointed him in. Suddenly, Lu Yin looked in a certain direction, took a step forward, and disappeared.
The Helldrake stopped, confused.
In the distance, Lu Yin saw something that looked like a meteorite in front of him, and he took another step forward to chase after it.
Just now, this meteorite had brushed past them. It was just a meteorite, but Lu Yin had sensed the existence of a consciousness within it.
Although his consciousness could not control others like the Game of a Thousand Faces, he had absorbed the consciousness of the Game of a Thousand Faces, so he was very sensitive to consciousness. This meteorite carried a boundless consciousness, which was not right.
How could a meteorite have a consciousness?