Not long after, Lu Yin arrived at the second Zone.
Ever since Ruins had been killed, the second Zone had been half-abandoned.
When Lu Yin arrived at the second Zone, it was considered part of the Above Heaven Sect's territory. Although Ruins had died, there should still be Lanlan.
However, the second Zone was in decline. Aside from the Eternal Kingdom, there wasn't a single decent Corpse King. Those that could be transferred away had all been transferred to the first Zone.
From the sixth Zone to the second, Lu Yin had basically circled around the black mother tree. Saying that he wanted to destroy it was a good excuse.
He slowly arrived at the area closest to the black mother tree, which was also the area where Ruins had once been. Lu Yin's domain continued to expand as he looked down.
Soon, his eyes lit up; there was hope.
The mother tree's roots were extremely lush, different from the Astral Tree where there was a Mortal Realm. However, there was no Mortal Realm in the Astral Tree, just a stretch of dark roots that stretched endlessly.
The other zones couldn't see through the roots of the darkness, but there was a gap in the second Zone.
The second Zone was the closest to the first, and it was probably because the first Zone was directly connected to the mother tree's roots that there was a gap in the second Zone.
Just as Lu Yin was about to descend, he suddenly turned around and saw a figure in the distance distort the void and slowly walk out.
Ye Rou and the Abandoned Person appeared and looked at the figure.
It was a very young man with handsome features that leaned towards femininity. His gaze was deep and there was a hint of a smile on his lips as he walked towards Lu Yin step by step.
This person's appearance made Lu Yin and the others wary, as this person gave them a sense of danger.
Lu Yin stared at the newcomer, and his many years of battle intuition told him that this person was very dangerous.
The youth walked towards Lu Yin step by step, completely ignoring Ye Rou and the Abandoned Person who were blocking his way.
With a single step, the youth brushed past Ye Rou and the Abandoned Person.
In front of him, a giant sword was stabbed into the ground from the Di Zun mecha. The Di Zun mecha was incomparably huge, and it towered over the second Zone, blocking the youth's path.
The youth looked up at the Di Zun mecha, "Interesting, but I don't like being blocked. I'll give you a chance to stop."
Emperor Shang stared at the young man from inside the Zun Mecha Armor. What an arrogant tone. If it was in the past, he wouldn't have cared. But now, after experiencing so many battles between the Above Heaven Sect and the Eternal Race, he knew that some people looked insignificant but were extremely terrifying.
There were more than ten experts on both sides who could threaten him. This young man already made him uneasy, so he subconsciously blocked his path. Now …
He looked at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin waved his hand.
Emperor Shang heaved a sigh of relief as he pulled out his sword. However, his gaze was still fixed on the young man.
The youth smiled faintly at Lu Yin, "Nice to meet you. I'm Tianci."
Lu Yin's gaze turned cold, and he was rather surprised. "Human?"
Tianci's lips curled into a smile. "Yes, human."
"Guardian of the Four Directions?"
"Not bad."
Lu Yin hadn't expected that there would be a human among the Guardians.
"Lu Yin, Path Master Lu, right?" Tianci asked as he sized Lu Yin up.
Lu Yin met his gaze. "You are not from our universe."
Tianci nodded. "Indeed."
In this universe, the most ancient existence was the Primogenitor.
The Primogenitor had taught the Three Realms and Six Paths, but he hadn't broken through to the Primordial Realm yet. The Ancient God and Ancestor Lu Yuan had only broken through recently. Since Tianci was a Guardian of the Four Directions, he must be a Primordial Realm existence. If he was from this universe, Ancestor Lu Yuan and the others would have recognized him.
A human and a Primordial Realm expert. There was only one explanation: he didn't belong to this universe.
Lu Yin laughed. "How interesting. The Guardian of the Four Directions is determined to expel creatures that don't belong to this universe, but you don't belong to our universe. Then, may I ask, who will expel you?"
Tianci didn't care. "Because I've existed for so long, I can be considered a person of this universe."
"What about the Lost Clan?"
Lu Yin asked. "The Lost Clan has existed for a long time. You can ask around. The history of the Lost Clan is written by them. What about them?"
Tianci said, "Path Master Lu, there's something you don't understand."
He looked at Lu Yin and said slowly, "The Guardians of the Four Directions have their own rules. The rules are like a circle. If you step in, you follow the rules. If you don't, you don't follow the rules. I'm in the circle. Except for the Guardians of the Four Directions, all creatures in this universe are outside the circle."
Lu Yin laughed. "I see. I understand now. Your words are much better than Tianci's hypocritical nonsense."
Tianci smiled. "Even if we are in the circle, we still have to follow the rules. Tell me, how did Tianfa die?"
Lu Yin put his hands behind his back. "There's something you don't seem to understand."
He looked at Tianci. "I also have a circle. Those who follow me are in the circle. Those who defy me are outside the circle."
Tianci didn't say anything. He just looked at Lu Yin. Lu Yin looked at him without fear. So what if he was in the Primordial Realm? He had killed Tianfa. But since the Guardians of the Four Directions had made the rules, he couldn't break them easily. Although Tianci sounded domineering, if he really started a war with the Above Heaven Sect for no reason, there would be karma that he couldn't bear.
Otherwise, since Tianci wanted to kill Ku Zu, he would have killed the Above Heaven Sect long ago.
Tianfa wouldn't have been fooled for so long and still chased after Great Elder Shan Gu.
Invisible restraints didn't mean there were no restraints.
"Path Master Lu, you're interesting, very interesting," Tianci said slowly.
Lu Yin looked at Tianci. "I think you're interesting too. Can you answer me a question?"
Tianci said, "Go ahead."
Lu Yin stared at him. "Who drew this circle for you?"
Tianci's eyes turned cold. "There is no absolute limit in the universe. When a situation reaches the limit, there must be rules to limit the limit. Otherwise, it will be self-destruction."
"You mean that the circle was drawn by the Guardians of the Four Directions?"
Tianci didn't answer. "Path Master Lu, I also want to ask you a question."
"Go ahead," Lu Yin said.
Tianci's eyes were calm. "Do you cherish everything you have now?"
Lu Yin looked at Tianci for a while. "Of course."
"If you cherish it, don't give it up easily," Tianci said.
Lu Yin asked, "What about you?
Do you cherish the position of Guardian of the Four Directions?
Or should I say, do you cherish your life? "
Tianci smiled. "Of course I cherish it. But I'm also very curious. Is there anyone who dares to take my life?"
"Maybe. Who knows what's going to happen in the future?" Lu Yin said indifferently.
Tianci shook his head.
"Since there might be, I'll let it happen earlier. I don't like to wait."
"Path Master Lu, I'll ask you one last time. How did Tianfa die?"
Lu Yin looked at him indifferently. "I also have a question. Did you come to our universe on your own, or did you come with a different standpoint?"
Tianci's eyes widened, and the coldness in his eyes was bone-chilling.
Lu Yin had this question ever since he found out that Tianci didn't belong to this universe. He had thought of a possibility.
Tianci didn't belong to the humans of this universe. Then, he represented the humans of his own universe. Compared to this universe, what would their standpoint be?
Friendly relations?
Mutual interaction?
Or invasion of the universe?
If it was the latter, then the Guardians of the Four Directions had besieged the Progenitor and helped the Eternals destroy the Sect in the Heavens. Everything could be explained. The people of their universe wanted to enter this universe, and the Sect in the Heavens was extremely glorious. Only by destroying the Sect in the Heavens could they pave the way for themselves.
This was the first thing that came to Lu Yin's mind. After all, he had experienced the unification of the Innerverse and Outerverse, the Fifth Mainland, and the entire process of the Six Directions Society. He was all too aware of the conflict between foreign and native lifeforms.
If not for this situation, he couldn't find a reason for the Guardians of the Four Directions to attack the Progenitor. There were too many foreign lifeforms in this universe, and the Guardians of the Four Directions didn't have the ability to completely eradicate them. Their so-called title of Guardian of the Four Directions sounded more like a fake title to deal with the humans.
Yes, it was a fake.
Of course, these were all the worst guesses. Perhaps the truth was as they had said, and they really did have a duty to prevent foreign lifeforms from entering. They had also attacked the Progenitor because they felt that the humans were unstable.
Regardless of the situation, the humans and the Guardians of the Four Directions were on opposite sides, just like the humans and the Eternals.
It was only a matter of time before war broke out.
Tianci's handsome face looked even more feminine, and his voice was much colder. "It seems like Daolord Lu doesn't intend to answer my question. In that case, we'll forget about the matter of Tianfa's death. We'll slowly investigate it. Now, it's time for me to fulfill my duties as Guardian of the Four Directions."
He waved his hand, and the void behind him tore open to reveal a region. It looked like a city, but at this moment, it was filled with mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Blood dyed the streets red, and corpses were strewn all over the ground. At the very top was a woman who had long since died and was suspended in the air by an invisible force.
Lu Yin looked over, and his eyes narrowed. An indescribable killing intent surged out of him, and he almost attacked Tianci.
This city belonged to the Lost Clan.
The Lost Clan had been hidden away by the Above Heaven Sect and scattered to various spacetimes, afraid that Tianfa would find them and wipe them all out.
Lu Yin had expected that the Guardians of the Four Directions would find a few hiding spots for the Lost Clan, but he hadn't expected to see mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Everyone in the city had been killed, and blood flowed like a river. The woman who was suspended in the air was Dan Fangyi.
Ye Ao and the Abandoned Ones looked gloomy. They had cultivated to this level and had killed too many lifeforms, but they had rarely seen such a scene. There were many ordinary people in the city, and not everyone in the Lost Clan was a cultivator.
Emperor Shang's expression was ugly inside the Prime Emperor Mecha. He ruled the Limitless Empire, and even though he was at war with the outside world, he tried his best to provide the people of the empire with the most stable lives. This scene made his nerves throb. It was too cruel.
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