In front of Lu Yin's eyes, the butterfly transformed into Ming Yan.
"Brother Lu."
Lu Yin stopped, and the words "Brother Lu" brought him back to his time on the Shenwu Continent, back to the time when he had first seen Ming Yan. Her absolute beauty had left an indelible mark in Lu Yin's heart, and it had been the first time his heart had been moved. With just a single glance, he had sunk into her bright and bashful eyes.
This was a battlefield, and he was fighting the butterfly. However, as he looked at Ming Yan in the distance, Lu Yin had to admit that she was Ming Yan. Even if a voice in his head kept reminding him that this was not Ming Yan and that it was just a dream created by the butterfly, at this moment, she was Ming Yan.
"Brother Lu, you're tired." A gentle voice caressed him like a gentle breeze, causing him to put down his hands. Yes, he was really tired. Too tired.
He did not know when it had started, but he had shouldered the burden of the entire human race.
He was clearly not that kind of person. He was selfish, ruthless, and heartless. He would never sacrifice himself for anyone, much less take on the greater good.
But when had it started?
He had stood in front of everyone. Since when had the Eternals believed that the human race would collapse as long as they killed him?
He did not know.
He was too tired. He had fought so many battles to the death, and he had broken through so many times. His heart was still filled with fear of the unknown, and he was worried about the future.
Lu Yin lowered his arms and looked at Ming Yan. "Yan 'er, I'm really tired."
"Yes, Brother Lu, you're tired. You should rest," Ming Yan said gently as she raised a hand to caress his face.
Lu Yin closed his eyes. "I'm really tired, and I want to rest as well. I want someone to fish with me, drink tea with me, and share my happiness and sadness with me. Under the candlelight, there's someone waiting for me. That's home. I want a home. Yan 'er, I want a home with you."
"The more ordinary a wish is, the harder it is to fulfill it. I just want to give you a stable life and give us descendants. That's all."
"Unfortunately, I can't do that for the time being. I don't dare to save you because I don't know if I can survive. Yan 'er, promise me that you have to live on and wait for the day when we can be reunited. Promise me."
A gentle voice rang out. "Alright, I promise you."
Lu Yin suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze fierce. "I'm not talking to you."
As he spoke, he struck out with his palm, causing a terrifying power to shake the universe. It was soft to the touch, and the palm struck the butterfly's wing. It was just a hair's breadth away from hitting Lu Yin.
The butterfly howled in grief as it retreated. Light flickered continuously.
The air around Lu Yin's body surged and swayed in the starry sky. It was as if a giant had stood up and was infuriated. "You shouldn't have used Yan 'er against me. Tianen, you're courting death."
The starry sky in his heart was released, covering the entire starry sky.
In the blink of an eye, the light faded away. That light was the Echelon law of Heaven's Grace.
Jia Lan Zhiluo had reminded him that although Heaven's Grace wasn't good at killing, her Sequence rules were the hardest to deal with. It couldn't be seen or touched, but it could penetrate through every opening and deliver a fatal blow when one was at their weakest.
Heaven's Grace was the most treacherous of the four guardians.
In the past, Lu Yin hadn't felt anything, especially during these two wars. It had been Ku Zu who had held Tianen back. Now, he finally felt it.
If he didn't have the rules and couldn't get close, he couldn't guarantee what the butterfly's sequence rules would do to him.
Everyone had weaknesses, especially humans.
Humans had too many emotions. Even if it wasn't Ming Yan, it could be Big Sis, Leon's Armada, the Lu family, and everyone else that Lu Yin cared about.
This kind of attack was the most difficult to defend against, but it was also the most fatal.
Similarly, Lu Yin's Sequence rules couldn't get close. The starry sky in Lu Yin's heart was filled with tyranny.
The butterfly's wings were split open after being hit by a palm. It had been attacked by many soil spears in Immemorial City, and Ku Zu and Jia Lan Zhiluo weren't easy to deal with either. The butterfly was already heavily injured, and Lu Yin's palm had left it completely unable to escape. It could only flap one wing.
Lu Yin stepped onto the butterfly's back and stomped down on it, forcing it down even further.
The butterfly howled, its voice no longer gentle. It was filled with hostility and hoarseness. "Human, you'll get your retribution. Your race will be destroyed. Destroyed. Destroyed."
"I'll destroy you before we do." Lu Yin grabbed one of the butterfly's cracked wings and tore it apart.
The butterfly's mournful cries echoed through space and time.
"You killed a progenitor, killed Ku Zu, and slandered humans. You're just a butterfly. Who gave you the courage?" Lu Yin tore off the butterfly's other wing.
The butterfly continued to fall as light surged towards Lu Yin, forming a killing intent. However, her strength was just too laughable.
Lu Yin was confident that he could take on Tianci alone with his current strength, let alone the butterfly.
The butterfly wasn't good at killing after all. She had been forced to retreat by Elder Shan Gu, so Tianfa had to take action.
"Daolord Lu, you can't kill me. If you kill me, you'll really get your retribution. You should know that." The butterfly wailed.
Lu Yin lowered his head and stared at the butterfly. "Who's behind you?"
The butterfly trembled and stopped moving. "Daolord Lu, I'll tell you whatever you want to ask, but there are some questions you'd better not ask. Can you handle it now?"
Lu Yin's gaze turned cold. "How can you tell if we're from this universe?"
"Through the universe's boundary."
The butterfly didn't hesitate at all. Lu Yin was on her back, making her feel like she could be torn apart at any time. She had never felt like this since she stepped into the Primordial Realm. She had been the protector of the four directions for far too many years, and she had forgotten the feeling of death.
"Universe's boundary?"
"Yes. Only by leaving this universe and returning can you clearly sense the aura of creatures that don't belong to this universe. That aura is as dazzling as a lamp. With our strength, we can find it across several Sequence Strings. That's why Tianfa can constantly find Elder Shan Gu of the Lost Clan and Tianci can find the hiding place of the Lost Clan."
"What's Tianci's goal? What's your relationship with the Everlasting Race?"
"We're just using each other. In this universe, the humans forcefully occupied the Mirage Domain during their heyday. The Mirage Domain doesn't belong to any universe. Tai Chu's actions violated the bottom line, so he must be punished. At that time, we saw clearly that the humans would definitely break through this universe if they were left alone. That's why we cooperated with the Everlasting Race. Those Corpse Kings will never break free."
"What's Tianci's goal?"
"Tianci?
He wants to lead the universe behind him to enter this universe because their own is no longer suitable for survival. "
"That's all?"
"That's all."
Lu Yin squinted and punched the butterfly's back. The butterfly wailed again, "Daolord Lu, that's all I know."
Lu Yin sneered. "Alright, I'll change the question. Why did the Everlasting Race —
Why did they have to destroy the Sequence? "
The butterfly fell silent.
"Do you think the Primogenitor doesn't know?" Lu Yin asked.
The butterfly said, "Restarting the universe and stepping into the Eternal Realm. This is the goal of the Everlasting Race, and also Tianci's goal."
That's right. Lu Yin looked at the butterfly at his feet. "With the strength of the Everlasting Race and the Guardians of the Four Directions, even if it was a few decades or a hundred years earlier, they could have destroyed Immemorial City and even the humans in this universe. They wouldn't have allowed me to grow and join forces with the humans to counterattack. Why didn't you do it?
It's only a hundred years. It's not a long time for cultivators. "
The butterfly was helpless. "We have our rules. Believe it or not, Daolord Lu, no matter how much Tianci longed to destroy the humans in this universe and the Sequence, he didn't dare to do it. He could only do what the Guardians of the Four Directions should do because these are our rules."
"We can't be unscrupulous. The same goes for the Everlasting Race."
"Why?" Lu Yin stared at the butterfly.
The butterfly said, "I don't know."
"I really don't know. Many times, rules can't be understood. You can't ask, you can't say, you can only do. These are the rules, the rules that suppress us. Once we break the rules, we cease to exist."
Lu Yin frowned. He could tell that the butterfly was telling the truth, just like how she didn't dare to reveal the existence behind her.
This matter was too strange. The Guardians of the Four Directions had been watching this universe for a long time. They should have known about his existence long ago. Even if they didn't, they should have known that the Sect above Heaven had been established again. At that time, any one of them could have easily wiped out the Sect above Heaven and killed him. However, they didn't do anything until the Sect above Heaven could contend with them.
This didn't make sense.
Was it a rule?
Was it a rule that fate had set for them?
Why?
He recalled what he had unintentionally said to Great Elder Dan Gu. Dan Gu had mentioned that there was an omnipotent existence in their universe. Lu Yin hadn't cared at the time and had only wanted to connect the Lost Race's space-time to the Genesis Space. He had comforted Dan Gu, saying that even if there was such an existence, there must be a limit because the Primogenitor had said that there was no limit in the universe.
Now that he thought about it, those words seemed to be comforting him.
Was there really a limit to fate?
There should be. Otherwise, why would the Primogenitor be allowed to live and the humans to grow?
Why would he be allowed to kill the Guardians of the Four Directions?
The Guardians of the Four Directions were just four pieces of trash who didn't dare to cross the Bitter Adversity. In Lu Yin's eyes, including the Primogenitor's, they were just slaves of fate. Fate might not care about their deaths, but what did it care about?
When would it appear?
In what form would it appear?
"What is Tian Feng?" Lu Yin asked again.
Butterfly was terrified. "Didn't you see it?"
"That sword?"
"Master Lu, I will tell you everything I can. Please spare me and don't kill me. If you kill me, it will lead to a disaster. You humans can't bear that disaster."
Lu Yin was indifferent. "Tian Fa is dead, and Tian Feng is done for. Do you think we're missing you?"
Butterfly asked, "How can I be spared?"
"What's the origin of the universe behind Tianci?"
"A spiritualized universe. The Primordial Monster from the Immemorial Battlefield came from a spiritualized universe. That's a completely different universe from ours."
Lu Yin's gaze was cold. "Eternal said that Tianci will bring the spiritualized universe here?"