He had asked the same question when he had chased after the bone ship in Immemorial City and watched the Sole True God escape.
This question had been in his heart for far too long.
Everything seemed clear, but there was always a haze that shrouded Lu Yin's heart.
He hoped that the Sole True God could give him an answer.
And the fewer people who heard this answer, the better.
The Sole True God turned his head, and the Progenitor's Sword stabbed into his neck. He let out a grating sound as his eyeless eyes stared at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin stared at the Sole True God.
The Sole True God stared back, not saying a word.
In the distance, Yan Gang was grabbed by Qing Wang, and he stared blankly as Lu Yin stabbed the Sole True God's neck. It was all over. They were going to die.
The Heavenly Hound howled. No matter how strong it was, it couldn't bear being attacked by so many people for so long, and it spat out blood.
The Forgotten Ruins God and Wang Xiaoyu were also in a sorry state as they hid behind the Heavenly Hound.
In another direction, Black Wushen's expression was ferocious. Black lines pierced through the void from his pupils as he tried to block Lu Yin's Divine Seal Catalog and escape.
But against Wu Tian, Hongyan Mavis, and the others from the Three Realms Six Daos, he couldn't escape at all.
Helpless, he could only consume his life force.
He was a lifeform from the Consciousness Universe, and his consciousness had reached the Celestial level, which was equivalent to the Primordial Realm.
Even though he wasn't considered strong in this battle, the Progenitor and Lu Yin were both being held back by the Sole True God. He was confident that he could escape.
His consciousness spread out as Black Wushen continued to flee into the distance.
Lu Yin stared at the Sole True God, "You won't say anything even when you're about to die?"
"The one who killed me wasn't you, it was Taihong."
The Sole True God's eyes recovered as he looked at the Progenitor, "You suppressed the Sequence's String and protected the Heaven's Origin Universe. Taihong didn't have it easy. If not for her, I could have killed my way into Immemorial City."
"Sometimes, it's easier to die than to live."
"You and I both underestimated Taihong."
The Progenitor's body trembled, and his gaze became complicated, "I never underestimated her."
The Sole True God closed his eyes, "Before I die, I'll show you my true power."
The progenitor's expression changed. "Zhu Zi, retreat!"
The One True God suddenly opened his eyes and waved his right index finger. With two clangs, he broke the Primogenitor's Sword. His finger then streaked across the void, causing the broken sword to shoot back towards the Primogenitor and Lu Yin.
The two broken sword blades pierced through the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
Lu Yin saw the tip of the sword stabbing towards him, and he tried to use a reverse step to avoid it. However, in that instant, the sword pierced through his shoulder, and blood splattered across space.
Lu Yin was stunned. How could it be so fast?
Around him, a small boat of flowing light appeared and reversed for a second.
In front of his eyes, the tip of the sword was descending. Even though he had turned around for a second, he still couldn't avoid it. Instead, he felt the pain of the sword piercing into his body.
Not only him, but the Primogenitor's arm was also pierced by the sword.
On the other side, the Six Paths of Reincarnation World shot towards the only True God like countless golden light streams, penetrating through the only True God's body.
The only True Deity stood in the starry space, each and every golden ray pierced through him. This was the last of the Six Paths of Reincarnation's power. After such a long time, the Six Paths of Reincarnation had been whittling away the only True Deity's strength, but the Six Paths of Reincarnation's power was also decreasing.
There were no losses, and today, it had fallen to the point where the only True God could pierce through it.
The Grand Empyrean had long foreseen this step, or rather, this step was inevitable. Thus, she had left behind a final countermeasure within the Six Paths of Reincarnation World.
The condition for activating this countermeasure was for the only True God to forcefully break it.
At this moment, the Six Paths of Reincarnation World could already be forcefully broken. If the only True God forcefully broke it, the countermeasure would be enough to severely injure him.
If the only True God didn't forcefully break it, the Six Paths of Reincarnation World would eventually dissipate.
The only True God would eventually lose most of his strength, but he could still cultivate it back.
The Grand Empyrean had left this countermeasure for Lu Yin and the others. She believed that Lu Yin and the others could force the only True God to act before the Six Paths of Reincarnation World dissipated.
The only True God had seen this clearly, which was why he didn't forcefully break the Six Paths of Reincarnation World when he could. This was because he would also be severely injured.
Unless it was absolutely necessary, he wouldn't do this.
Now, in the face of death, he could only act.
However, he only had one chance to do so.
Easily breaking the Primogenitor's sword and piercing through the Primogenitor and Lu Yin. This was the only True God's strength.
However, this was also the final glory of his life.
"Primogenitor, do you still remember our agreement?" The only True God's body was on the verge of collapse. The golden light had disappeared, and he was walking towards death.
The Primogenitor looked at the only True God. "Die at the hands of the enemy so that your body won't be eaten by the wild beasts."
The only True God laughed, his mouth filled with blood. "In that era, our enemies were the astral beasts. Countless powerful astral beasts were the rulers of the universe. You, I, and Tai Hong, we made an agreement that whoever died would have to be destroyed by the living so that their bodies wouldn't be eaten by the wild beasts."
"Tai Hong's death is resplendent. I don't want to die too miserably. I hope that you will abide by the agreement."
The Primogenitor raised his hand, and the other two intact Primogenitor Swords flew over to him. "Alright."
He then looked at the only True God and said to Lu Yin, "Zhu Zi, leave this to me. I won't let him leave alive."
Lu Yin nodded and didn't refuse. At this moment, the only True God's body was basically crippled. Lu Yin could sense that he would definitely die.
The wish of the older generation would be fulfilled by them. The Primogenitor clearly had something to say to the only True God.
Lu Yin looked at Hei Wushen.
The endless road stretched out, and even Hongyan Mavis couldn't catch up to Wu Tian, who had come out of the God Sealing Catalog.
Lu Yin took a step forward and arrived beneath the Divine Seal Catalog. The starry sky in his heart extended towards Hei Wushen.
A similar scene occurred. Lu Yin could clearly see Hei Wushen, but he couldn't catch up to him.
Hei Wushen looked back, and when he saw Lu Yin, he panicked. However, Endless Path had already been released, and he heaved a sigh of relief. "Master Lu, if Lord Eternity dies, I will also change my name and not become enemies with the Tian Yuan Universe. Please let me off this once."
Lu Yin looked at Hei Wushen. "You want to return to the Consciousness Universe?"
Hei Wushen didn't know where to go. He was a traitor of the Consciousness Universe, a traitor of the spiritualized universe, and a remnant of the Eternals. He had nowhere to go.
Lu Yin's gaze was cold. "Since you don't know where to go, then stay here."
Then, the consciousness planet in his heart trembled. A majestic consciousness extended through the starry sky towards Hei Wushen.
Hei Wushen's eyes turned as he stared at Lu Yin. "Master Lu, you can't stop me. None of you can stop my consciousness. If you attack me again, you will regret it."
Suddenly, his eyes widened. "Impossible."
In the starry sky, Lu Yin's consciousness planet's consciousness connected to the Endless Path. Then, it followed the Endless Path towards Hei Wushen.
Hei Wushen was stunned. Astral Level. This was definitely a consciousness at the Astral Level. Someone in the Tian Yuan Universe had actually cultivated their consciousness to the Astral Level?
How was this possible?
Even Lu Yin couldn't do it. Furthermore, shouldn't his consciousness have been broken by the One True God?
How could this be?
It was precisely because Lu Yin's consciousness had been injured by the One True God following the Turbid Treasure that Hei Wushen was confident that he could use the Endless Path to delay Lu Yin during the battle in Immemorial City. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so confident. Lu Yin had created too many miracles.
Now, not only was Lu Yin's consciousness intact, but it was also majestic. No, this was a familiar feeling.
"Bai Wushen, you swallowed Bai Wushen's consciousness." Hei Wushen was shocked.
Lu Yin frowned. He hadn't swallowed Bai Wushen's consciousness. Bai Wushen had willingly fused his consciousness into Lu Yin's consciousness planet, so how had Hei Wushen sensed it?
The power of consciousness was still power, so how could it be distinguished?
Was it because of the consciousness universe's lifeforms?
"You swallowed Bai Wushen's consciousness?
Impossible. No lifeform can swallow the consciousness of the consciousness universe's lifeforms. There has never been such a thing. Spiritualized universes can't do it either. They can only destroy it. How did you do it? "Hei Wushen had suffered a huge blow, one that was far more severe than when the Eternals had been defeated.
This was a blow to his understanding of life.
It wasn't something that had happened in the outside world.
It was like a person who had lived for so many years only to discover that he wasn't human.
Hei Wushen felt this way at the moment. It was absurd, unbelievable, and even … terrifying.
Lu Yin didn't care about what Hei Wushen was thinking. His consciousness moved towards Hei Wushen. This guy couldn't escape.
The Endless Path could be extended because of the majestic consciousness. It allowed a person's consciousness to be extended endlessly. Once a person's consciousness caught up, the path would be broken.
Hei Wushen was terrified and in despair. "Impossible. How can this be?
This has never happened before.
"Master Lu, spare my life. Master Lu, I beg you, spare me, spare me."
Lu Yin followed his consciousness and moved towards Hei Wushen. He raised a hand and enveloped Hei Wushen. "Weren't you threatening me?"
Hei Wushen begged, "Master Lu, please spare me. I gave you a chance. If I hadn't given you a chance and used my full strength to kill you, you wouldn't have survived until now."
Lu Yin looked at Hei Wushen. "Why did you give me 100,000 years back then?"
Hei Wushen watched as Lu Yin drew closer and closer. That hand continued to envelop him, carrying with it a majestic consciousness.
Endless despair caused his breathing to stagnate.
"Because of Bai Wushen."
Lu Yin stopped and stared at Hei Wushen. "Continue."
Hei Wushen was bitter. "Firstly, I admired you. The One True God wanted us to find cultivators with innate gifts who were suitable to join the race. You were definitely the most talented, and the One True God wanted to pull you into the race at that time.
"Secondly, it was also because of Bai Wushen. When we betrayed the Consciousness Universe, I owed her a life. She was the one who used that life to exchange for 100,000 years of life for you. She allowed me to give you a chance to live."
Lu Yin stared at Hei Wushen in a daze. Boundless consciousness whistled around him, and he felt like he was seeing Luoshen again. Her every frown and smile, as well as her beautiful dance, were deeply engraved in his mind.
He couldn't describe what he was feeling. Bai Wushen was an enemy of the human race, and she possessed the list of "immortals." She had caused too much damage to the human race, and from Lu Yin's standpoint, he should have killed her. However, Bai Wushen had saved him more than once.
Her feelings weighed heavily on Lu Yin's heart.