Lu Yin also felt that the Protectors of the Four Directions might not be as they seemed.
Butterfly had sought out Lightning Master Jiang Feng and wanted him to receive Heaven's grace, but he had rejected her.
If the Protectors of the Four Directions only had this duty, there was no need for them to bestow favors on anyone. In Lu Yin's opinion, this favor was a form of roping them in.
They were living creatures with intelligence, so there was a conflict of interest.
As long as there was a conflict of interest, this matter would be easy to handle.
A few days later, rumors of the Lost Clan being chased by enemies and the Heavenly Sect not willing to help spread. This was also the work of the Eternals. This time, they were telling the truth. The Lost Clan was indeed being chased by powerhouses and the Heavenly Sect could not help.
However, when Great Elder Shan Gu reappeared in the Heavenly Sect, the rumors disappeared again.
Regardless of whether the rumors were true or false, the fact that Great Elder Shan Gu was still alive and the Heavenly Sect did not have any abnormalities was enough.
This time, less than two days after Great Elder Shan Gu left, Tianfa arrived and was chased away by Patriarch Lu Yuan once again.
Soon after, Great Elder Dan Gu appeared again. Heavenly Punishment arrived a day after his appearance, and they were getting closer and closer.
Lu Yin did not know how Tianfa could track Great Elder Shan Gu. He only knew that if this continued, Great Elder Shan Gu would be caught sooner or later.
When Tianfa came to the Genesis Space for the fourth time to track Great Elder Shan Gu, Great Elder Shan Gu had only left for less than ten hours.
This time, Patriarch Lu Yuan attacked without hesitation. "I think you don't put our Heavenly Sect in your eyes. You come and go as you please. Where do you think we are?"
Back then, Lu Yuan's strength had forced Di Qiong to retreat, and Di Qiong had not dared to fight back. This was the strength that the Lu Clan was proud of.
In the entire Genesis Space, only the Mavis Family could compare to it.
Under the starry sky, countless blades slashed at Lu Yuan, but they were all shattered by his slap.
He was shocked by the strength of the Heavenly King's statue, but that did not mean that he was weaker than the statue. He was just surprised that he did not belong to this universe.
The blade was shattered by Patriarch Lu Yuan. Just like the blood-red humanoid form of Endless War King, he charged towards Sky Punishment.
Heavenly Punishment was a blood-red liquid, and Lu Yuan had long wanted to see what it was.
However, this slap suddenly stopped. Lu Yuan felt as if his entire body was caught in a rope that he could not break free from. Everywhere, even in the endless void, there was an inexplicable strength that bound him. Even with his strength, he was unable to break free.
The blade slashed from bottom to top.
Lu Yin clenched his fists.
Hongyan Mavis' voice rang in his ears, "Don't worry, you don't understand Fertile Earth's strength. He, more than anyone else, needs to be evenly matched, even facing death in battle."
Lu Yin did not understand. "What do you mean?"
"Just watch."
Hongyan Mavis gazed at the sky. "It's been a long time since I've seen Fertile Soil yearn for a battle so much. The Primordial Realm has given him another opportunity."
In the starry sky, the sabers all slashed towards Patriarch Lu Yuan.
A General Appointment Platform appeared beneath Patriarch Lu Yuan. He stood in it and allowed the sabers to slash at him, producing clashing sounds. The General Appointment Platform remained unharmed.
Lu Yin found it strange. He had never seen Patriarch Lu Yuan summon or use Ascendants to fight. Was there no need, or was there no need?
The General Appointment Platform enveloped Patriarch Lu Yuan, allowing the sabers to slash at him without moving.
The sabers were endless, just like when Heavenly Punishment attacked Elder Shan Gu. Even the Heavenly Emperor Card could not withstand it, forcing Elder Shan Gu to take the initiative to fight for a chance of victory. Unfortunately, he failed.
Patriarch Lu Yuan was also watching. He did not believe that the sabers were endless. His battle with Heavenly Punishment was actually to buy time for Elder Shan Gu.
Otherwise, Heavenly Punishment would have found him very quickly.
"Does the Above Heaven Sect want to become enemies with the Protectors of the Four Directions?" Heavenly Punishment's voice was cold and murderous.
Lu Yuan sneered. "What a joke. You've come to the Above Heaven Sect several times to show off your strength. The Eternals sent you, right? Now, the humans are saying that the Above Heaven Sect's edict is a joke and that the Eternals found a random expert to suppress us."
"You're the expert that the Eternals found. You're working with the Eternals to crush the will of the humans. Even if we have to fight to the last man, we won't beg for mercy."
Heavenly Punishment's voice grew deeper. "Heavenly Punishment is punishment on behalf of the heavens. It has nothing to do with the Eternals."
"You know very well that we're easy to trick. Don't think that you can leave so easily today. What Protectors of the Four Directions? I think you're in cahoots with the Eternals. It's just a name change. Come!"
Lu Yuan bellowed as a terrifying power gushed out from him, tearing apart the firmament of the universe.
This power made Lu Yin's eyelids twitch. It was bigger than him, and the Patriarch's power was even greater than his. As expected of the Patriarch.
But what about the Ancestral World?
What about the Sequence Laws?
Why had he never seen the Patriarch use them?
A part of the universe was torn apart, as if he had broken free of something. Lu Yuan stepped out of the General Appointment Platform and smashed through the endless sabers. He charged towards Heavenly Punishment with an unparalleled momentum, as if he wanted to tear Heavenly Punishment to shreds.
Heavenly Punishment faced Lu Yuan, and his voice was terrifyingly low. "As expected of the Six Paths of the Three Realms. You broke the Earthen Blade. Next, I will punish you on behalf of the heavens, Heavenly Spear."
As soon as he finished speaking, a spear slowly condensed in front of him. It moved at an extremely slow speed. Logically speaking, the moment the spear formed, Lu Yuan would have already charged over.
However, not only did Lu Yuan fail to do so, but he also seemed to be standing in place. He wanted to charge forward, but he couldn't move at all.
His expression changed. "The power of time. You used time as a chain to trap me."
"The Earthen Blade uses the void as a chain. The Heavenly Spear uses time as a chain. You can't escape. This is your punishment for resisting the punishment of the heavens. If you don't die, I hope you'll remember this lesson." With that, the spear condensed and stabbed towards Lu Yuan.
Lu Yin took a step forward and was about to attack, but Hongyan Mavis pulled him back. "Don't be hasty. The Fertile Earth won't be defeated so easily."
The spear wasn't fast, and even ordinary people could see it clearly. However, Lu Yuan couldn't avoid it. At his level, he could easily step into the power of time. Time and space weren't enough to trap him.
However, it wasn't time that was trapping him; it was time.
"Time cannot be reversed." Hongyan Mavis was apprehensive.
Time was a kind of power, and time was a kind of result.
When one was trapped by time, even if one broke free of time, the result wouldn't change.
During the trip to the mirage domain, Fengbo hadn't dared to jump into the river of time even at the brink of his death. If he did, the trap of time would be far more terrifying than death.
This spear contained enough power that even Divine Punishment was confident that it could kill Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan didn't panic in the face of this attack. Instead, he closed his eyes, as if he didn't even plan on resisting.
Lu Yin trusted both Hongyan Mavis and Lu Yuan, but no matter how he looked at it, this spear didn't seem weak at all. What was the ancestor trying to do?
Just as the spear was about to pierce Lu Yuan, the Divine Seal Catalog suddenly appeared and swept the spear away from the side.
Divine Punishment didn't say a word and simply disappeared, leaving the Genesis Space.
Lu Yin relaxed; the ancestor was fine.
Hongyan Mavis was puzzled; why was this happening?
Not many people had seen the battle between Lu Yuan and Divine Punishment, as it had only been to delay Elder Shan Gu's escape.
When Lu Yuan returned to the Above Sky Sect, Hongyan Mavis was puzzled, "Why didn't you take that spear?"
Lu Yin didn't understand; take it?
Normal people wouldn't be able to take it.
Lu Yuan replied, "It's not the right time."
"What's wrong, Ancestor?" Lu Yin asked.
Lu Yuan looked at Lu Yin, "Little Seven, do you think that the Divine Seal Catalog is my innate gift?"
Lu Yin was stunned and thought about it, "There are currently two known types of innate gifts. The first type can't be inherited by bloodline. Perhaps our ancestors never had such an innate gift, so it's a self-awakened gift. The second type can be inherited by bloodline. Many people have been researching the second type, but they haven't been able to figure it out. How can an innate gift be inherited?"
Lu Yuan nodded, "That's right, how can an innate gift be inherited?
This involves the most primitive mysteries of a creature's birth, and I can't give you an answer. However, all innate gifts that can be inherited have one thing in common: almost all of them come from the same family. Even if they've declined, they still have a glorious past. "
Lu Yin nodded.
"The source of an inherited innate gift must have given birth to a powerhouse, and not just any powerhouse. At the very least, they must have reached the level of a law sequence and touched upon the mysteries of this universe. My Lu family's innate gift was created by me. My ancestral world is called the Fertile Realm, and it doesn't have any offensive or defensive abilities. When it was first born, it didn't help me at all, and I was ridiculed by a bunch of people."
Hongyan Mavis continued, "Of course you were ridiculed. Your behavior was the worst back then, and when the news spread that your ancestral world couldn't help you, the ones who laughed the loudest were Shen Ying and Zu Mang. Zu Mang was rolling on the ground laughing."
Lu Yuan sneered, "Laugh all you want. I was very angry back then, and the louder they laughed, the angrier I got. Only Master praised my ancestral world for being unique and that something incredible might appear in the future."
"Because of Master's encouragement, I cultivated all the way until I reached the level of a law sequence. My law sequence is growth."
Lu Yin was confused. Growth?
Lu Yuan clasped his hands behind his back, "No matter how you look at it, growth is a useless law sequence. However, for some reason, no matter how much I tried to get closer to strength or destructive power, the law sequence I comprehended was still growth. I couldn't get rid of it even in my dreams."
"Because of this law sequence, I was ridiculed again."
Hongyan Mavis glanced at him, "It was laughter, not ridicule. We were also worried about you back then. Logically speaking, with your personality, how could you possibly comprehend such a gentle law sequence like growth?
I was more like it. "
"But you did. At the time, it was an unsolvable mystery. Chu Hei 'zi told us in private that you had a lot of maternal love."
Lu Yuan's eyes widened in anger, "What did you say?"
Hongyan Mavis laughed, "It wasn't me, it was Chu Hei 'zi."