Lu Yin and Wei Rong looked at each other. "What are you trying to say?"
Wei Rong replied, "I once wanted to grasp more, but I ended up losing even more. If Your Highness had not shown mercy, I would not have a child like Wei Cheng. Compared to what you have now, do you feel apprehensive and fearful?"
"I don't know why so many civilizations are attacking the human civilization. It's either the laws of the universe, or the human civilization has grasped something that does not belong to them."
"At the very least, something that does not belong to them right now."
Lu Yin's eyes flashed as he thought of the red coffin.
"Do you want us to throw it away?"
Wei Rong replied, "In a situation where we cannot fully understand the enemy, it might be easier to carry as little baggage as possible."
Lu Yin looked deeply at Wei Rong. The man had changed.
In the past, Wei Rong had been sinister, and no one had dared to offend him.
Just as Lu Yin had determined, Wang Wen had grasped the general direction while Wei Rong had schemed against the local aspects.
But now, Wei Rong seemed to have seen through life, and his way of thinking had changed. Unlike Wang Wen's carefree attitude, Wei Rong was more willing to reflect on life and his past gains and losses.
Wang Wen looked into the future while Wei Rong looked into the past.
"You've changed."
Wei Rong bowed. "I was still me just a moment ago."
Lu Yin laughed. "Your child has changed you, and he has also allowed me to see the light. This child is very adorable."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Wei Rong bowed once more before retreating.
Lu Yin looked at the sky and released the Karma Heavenly Dao, merging it with the Karma Heavenly Phenomenon. It was time to make a decision.
Atop the Karma Heavenly Phenomenon, Qinglian Yu looked at Lu Yin with a complicated expression. There was helplessness in his eyes. "Have you really made up your mind?"
Lu Yin let out a deep breath. This decision was extremely stressful for him, and it was as if he had abandoned everything that had once belonged to him. He could only make this decision rationally. "This is the only way to be responsible for the entire human civilization."
"When the nest is overturned, no egg will remain intact."
Qinglian Yu was bitter. "When the Ninth Heaven had four Eternal Protectors, I thought that humanity could control its own fate. But I was too naive, and I was too ignorant of the concept of space."
"Thank you, Mister Lu."
Lu Yin looked at Qinglian Yu. "How much time can you give me?"
"It's hard to say. When Lan Meng found out the truth behind Qixu's death, he replaced Qixu to fight against the human civilization until the appearance of the Sky-carrying Race. According to the time given by the Gate of Wonder, it was around seventeen years."
"Let's take seventeen years as an example. The civilization led by the Sky Carrying Race to the human civilization should take about the same amount of time. Perhaps, without the interference of the unknown, the time taken would be even longer. Of course, it could also be shorter. However, even if it was shorter, it would still be impossible for them to arrive within a few years."
"After all, that civilization is quite a distance away from the Heaven-carrying Race."
"It has only been about a year since we discovered the Sky Bearing Race. Therefore, you have at least five to eight years to prepare."
Lu Yin nodded. "Alright. During this time, I'll move a large number of cultivators from the Tian Yuan Universe to the Continent of the Nine Firmaments. At the same time, I'll try my best to get the remaining people to hide in parallel spacetime. Unless the Tian Yuan Universe is destroyed, most people will be safe."
"Tell the public that we have to leave through the Unknown Door."
Qing Lian Yu was astonished. "Leave using an unknown door?"
Lu Yin nodded. He had thought of this when he saw Wei Rong. Wei Rong was the best at planning ahead and scheming against his enemies from a subtle angle, even if that enemy did not exist for the time being.
There were some schemes that even Lu Yin himself did not know if they would be useful or what they would be useful for. However, once they were used, they would be quite effective.
For most people, Lu Yin intended to use the Civilization War as a reason to move a group of people to the Continent of the Nine Firmaments. However, some people would always think that they were smart. In that case, leaving through the Unknown Door would be a reason for those people.
Lu Yin could not possibly lead the humans to leave through the Unknown Door. After all, there were still other civilizations behind that door. However, others could not be sure, especially since Qing Lian Yu had walked through that door. Only he knew what was behind that door.
This matter might lead to something, but of course, it was just a matter of convenience. Perhaps nothing would happen in the end.
When he thought of this, Lu Yin asked, "Senior, is it possible to leave through the Unknown Door?"
Qinglian Yu nodded. "It's possible. There are indeed other civilizations behind the door, but there are very few with eternal life. However, don't forget that the door came from the unknown. Since the unknown has set the direction of the door there, it proves that there is a powerful civilization that can destroy our human civilization."
"That's why I was careful when I passed through that door. I did not search too much to avoid attracting disaster."
Lu Yin's eyes flickered. That door was used by the Unknown Door to destroy human civilization, but it was also one of the escape routes for human civilization. If they were truly in a desperate situation, they could only leave through that door.
"There's one more thing that I hope you can help me with."
"Speak."
"Please help me search the Consciousness Universe and see if you can find Yi Tian Que and find traces of our Tian Yuan Universe's human ancestor, Tai Chu."
Qing Lian Yu's gaze was complicated. "Yi Tian Que?"
"Right, so you were able to comprehend the murals in Ye Hai because of your experience in Yi Tian Que, right?"
Lu Yin nodded. "Junior was in Yi Tian Que. When I saw Senior comprehend karma, I lost that naive smile."
Qing Lian Yu bitterly said, "Naive? How can a naive person comprehend karma?
If not for great enlightenment, how can there be a karma cycle? "
"Yi Tian Que's consciousness does not understand humans at all. It is not human and has a unique advantage, just like the Green Celestial Droplet. It can easily attain eternal life and even comprehend karma. This is a blessing from its own life. We are just ordinary people, how can we be the same as it?"
"It wants to find a partner that humans will never be able to do."
Lu Yin agreed. His experience in comprehending karma was not any less than Qing Lian Yu's. Only Lu Xiaoxuan had such a naive vision. Lu Yin would never have it.
"That kind of life form will never understand how we humans went through so much to comprehend karma," Qing Lian Yu said.
Lu Yin asked, "Senior has been to Yi Tian Que before?"
"Of course, not just once. I want to know how it sees me and what kind of life form it is. How can it comprehend karma with such a naive heart? To me, this is beyond my knowledge."
"It's also beyond my knowledge."
"Your Triple Firmament Sword Intent and Heaven and Earth Lock came from that life form, right?"
"Yes. Senior, can you tell what that life form is?"
Qing Lian Yu shook his head.
"Is that life form dead?"
"I don't know. Only its consciousness exists. This consciousness is completely different from the consciousness of Yue Ya's main body. It's full of vitality."
Speaking of this, he paused. "Actually, I hope that the owner of this consciousness is still alive. It seeks innocence and yearns for truth, kindness, and beauty. Such a life form might be able to help our human civilization."
"To survive in the universe, we can't expect help from other life forms. But if we really face a desperate situation, there's nothing we can do."
Lu Yin nodded.
Qing Lian Yu's gaze was complicated. "The end of love is only peace. Lu Yin, peace is the end." With that, he disappeared.
Lu Yin returned to the back mountain of the Above Heaven Sect. Qing Lian Yu's words kept echoing in his mind.
The end of love is only peace.
Peace of mind is the end.
Peace of mind?
Ming Yan in the God Investiture Catalog made him feel at ease. The woman beside him who was brewing tea also made him feel at ease.
…
Not long after, the Above Heaven Sect issued an order to recruit cultivators to participate in the war in the Ninth Firmament Universe. At the same time, to prevent the Tian Yuan Universe from being targeted by other civilizations, they would gradually transfer people to the Reincarnation Space-Time, Ultra Space-Time, Lost Clan Space-Time, and so on. This was to prevent the Tian Yuan Universe from becoming the main battlefield of other civilizations.
The main battlefield was the Ninth Firmament Universe.
This news shook the Tian Yuan Universe, and the entire universe was in an uproar. Countless people flocked to the Above Heaven Sect to inquire about the news.
They only received a list of cultivators who had been recruited.
However, there was one condition that was not mandatory. Those who were willing to follow the main battlefield to the Ninth Firmament Universe could board the ship, while those who were unwilling could follow others into a parallel space-time. There was only one reason for this: it would be tragic.
The tragedy of a war between civilizations was unimaginable. Living beings would be extinguished like lights. Going to the battlefield was like a moth flying into a flame.
Everyone in the Above Heaven Sect boarded the ship.
…
In the Outerverse, Grandtop Weave was a weave adjacent to Frostwave Weave that was controlled by the Nine Stacks Sect.
In the past, the Nine Stacks Sect had sent Tianming to infiltrate the Great Yu Empire to obtain the Skybeast Claw.
Ever since Lu Yin had started conquering the Outerverse, Tianming had become one of his subordinates and was overseeing the Nine Stacks Sect with Lan Wu's assistance.
"You want to board the ship and head to the Ninth Firmament?" Lan Wu was stunned.
Tianming nodded.
"With your cultivation, you don't even qualify to participate in a civilization war."
"How can that be? I'm a Cruiser, and I'm close to being a Hunter."
"A war between civilizations is too tragic. Have you forgotten that the Insectoid Hive Civilization invaded? A small Shouwu almost killed you, and Shouwu is just one of the Insectoid Hive Civilization's weakest insects."
Tianming smiled. "I know, but if I don't participate, and neither do you. Who will participate in the end?"
Lan Wu fell silent.
"Master Lu didn't force us to join because he knows how tragic a civilization war can be. He allowed us to choose for ourselves, and we can die without regrets."
He looked at Lan Wu. "This is a war between civilizations, not a battle between humans. Whoever loses will be exterminated."
Lan Wu stared at him blankly, and then she sighed. "I'll go as well."
Tianming was astonished. "You're going as well?"
"What, are you looking down on me?
I'm an Enlighter. Back when you were a Limiteer, you replaced Master Lu to oversee the Nine Stacks Sect, and I was the one who assisted you. Without me, you wouldn't have been able to stay there. "
"Then what about the Nine Stacks Sect?"
"There's still Anfield. He can't go there."
In Vastdearth Weave, the Vastdearth Sect's Sect Master, Meng Tianlong, and his son, Meng Yue, glared at each other. No one dared to interrupt them, and they could only remain silent.
"I already said that no one can stop me. I must go," Meng Yue growled.
Meng Tianlong angrily rebuked, "Bastard, who do you think you are? You think you can participate in a civilization war?
Even I will die if I go, let alone you. Do you want the Meng family to have no descendants? "
"I'm not afraid of death. There are others in the Meng family, and we're not the only ones."
"You're my only son, and your brother is dead. Don't let me have no descendants."
"You're too selfish."
"You're ignorant."
"Master Lu and I were classmates, and he's currently leading the humans in a decisive battle against a foreign civilization. If I don't even dare to participate, then how can I tell others that I'm his classmate?"
Meng Tianlong wanted to retort, but he couldn't.