"Of course, another reason is that it's meaningless. What's the point of having so much Eternal Substance?
It's not like everyone can use it. "Qinglian Yu added.
That was true, as Lu Yin had not been able to see the Immortal Substance even when he was in the Consciousness Universe. He had only been able to see it after breaking through to the Mastery Realm and reaching the Life Force Realm. Throughout the entire human civilization, there were only a few people who could use it.
Although Eternal Realm battles also consumed Eternal Substance, it wasn't necessarily the key to success.
For example, the Karmic Phenomenon. Even if Master Qingcao had more Eternal Substance than Azure Lotus, he would still be helpless against it.
Eternal Substance was only one of the factors that determined success and failure.
"Junior knows a person. He has a type of innate skill called karma."
"This innate gift can turn the amount of sin in one's heart into a counterattack that cannot be avoided. It's similar to karma."
Azure Lotus was shocked, "There's such an innate gift?
Where is the person you know?
What's his cultivation? "
"His name is Seruzen, and he's a man of great perseverance. He should be in the Continent of the Nine Firmaments, but his cultivation is very low."
Azure Lotus was interested, "Such a person is suitable to be my disciple."
Lu Yin's eyes lit up, "Congratulations, Senior."
Not everyone had only one master like him. Seruzen had once left his name in the Wood Scripture and worshipped the Wood God. It wouldn't be a problem for him to become Azure Lotus' disciple, unless he was as stubborn as Lu Yin.
Ever since Lu Yin became Mister Mu's disciple, many powerhouses had wanted to take him in as a disciple. At first, he didn't because there was no need. Mister Mu was more mysterious and powerful than anyone else. Later, when he met an Eternal Realm expert like Azure Lotus, he didn't because there was no need. He had already come this far, and Azure Lotus wouldn't be able to help him in the future.
However, Seruzen was different. He had just started, and no matter what his current cultivation was, even if he was in the Progenitor realm, it was just the beginning. Not everyone could fight an Ancestral Realm expert like Lu Yin.
If Seruzen could become Azure Lotus' disciple, who knew what the future would be like?
Half a year later, the One-Leaf Lotus stopped and they arrived at the second civilization.
This was also the last civilization that Azure Lotus brought Lu Yin to.
Two civilizations was the limit of what they could find.
Azure Lotus Emperor had previously traveled through the Gate of Techniques and seen more than two civilizations. However, some of them had Eternal Life Realms, which made it inconvenient for him to attack. Others were thriving, and their mother trees were full of vitality. Lu Yin was unable to destroy such mother trees.
And now, the civilization that appeared before them was even more outrageous than the previous one.
The previous civilization was afraid of being exposed and saw the Mother Tree as the source of evil. They constantly destroyed the Mother Tree, causing it to wither. However, the Mother Tree of this civilization was used as a residence. All sorts of creatures lived inside the Mother Tree. The Mother Tree was constantly hollowed out and riddled with holes.
Lu Yin was inexplicably enraged when he saw this.
The creatures of this space civilization were like parasites to the Mother Tree, so the Mother Tree was dying.
"Senior, this …?"
"Don't worry. Watch."
Lu Yin looked at the civilization in front of him. There were all sorts of strange creatures here, but to Lu Yin's eyes, they weren't much different from the crawling creatures of the previous civilization. They were all creatures that he couldn't understand, and they didn't even have heads. It was impossible to tell where the torso and head were.
However, they were much stronger than the crawling civilization, or else they wouldn't have hollowed out the Mother Tree.
This civilization had more than one Tribulation Transcendence creature, and they all lived in the Mother Tree's canopy. They hollowed out the Mother Tree from top to bottom and lived high above.
After waiting for about two days, an indescribable storm appeared in the universe in front of them. It swept through the universe as if it wanted to destroy everything. Lu Yin was shocked; how could this be?
He had never imagined that such a huge astral disaster would appear in this universe.
"This civilization hollowed out the Mother Tree because of this astral disaster. They believe that the Mother Tree is the only safe place," Qinglian Yu explained.
Both Android and Apple are fine. "
Lu Yin sighed heavily. So that was how it was.
"The astral disaster originates from the fact that this universe has been rebooted many times. The parallel spacetime is unstable, and from time to time, it will shatter and affect the main spacetime."
"If that's the case, then those Tribulation Transcendence creatures should be able to deal with it." Lu Yin raised a brow.
Qinglian Yu nodded. "It can be dealt with, as long as no Progenitor is born. If no new parallel spacetime appears, then there won't be any parallel spacetime shattering. But do you think that's possible?"
Lu Yin looked ahead. Impossible. How could they prevent the appearance of Progenitors?
Once they were eliminated, it would be the end of their civilization's future.
Compared to the future of their civilization, they would rather hollow out the Mother Tree.
"But the Mother Tree can't hold on much longer."
"They're waiting for the birth of eternal life. They believe that as long as eternal life is born, then they can completely resolve the astral disaster and lead their civilization to prosperity."
Lu Yin's gaze was complicated. In the end, it was all for the sake of their civilization.
This was not wrong. The previous civilization had destroyed the Mother Tree in order to hide themselves and not be attacked by other civilizations. This civilization hoped to use the Mother Tree to delay time until eternal life was born. It was all for their own civilization.
No one was right or wrong.
"What do you plan to do?" Qinglian Yu asked.
Lu Yin replied, "Destroy the mother tree."
"What about this civilization?"
"Whether or not they can give birth to eternal life has nothing to do with me. They destroyed the Mother Tree for the sake of their civilization's continuation, and I destroyed their future for the sake of protecting my civilization. No one is wrong, but strength is everything."
Qinglian Yu smiled and did not say anything else.
He had achieved his goal.
Lu Yin had not disappointed him.
Benevolence was right, but it also depended on who it was for. If Lu Yin was benevolent to other civilizations, then how could he lead human civilization in this cruel world?
If Lu Yin did not destroy the Mother Tree in front of him, then he would be disappointed.
Pioneering did not require benevolence.
Lu Yin looked at Qinglian Yu, "Senior, aren't you underestimating me too much?
No matter what, I've killed my way up from the bottom of the Tian Yuan Universe, and I even slaughtered those giant snails. "
Qinglian Yu said, "Crossing the Bitter Calamity is different from not crossing it. You're able to unite the Tian Yuan Universe and guide others to do good. To be honest, I'm afraid that you'll become a saint. I hope that you'll remain the same Lu Yin and never change."
"This is true even for civilizations that aren't enemies with our civilization."
Lu Yin smiled and said, "Saints can also kill."
With that, he entered the universe, and no one would be able to discover him.
No matter how many Bitter Calamities there were in this universe, they were no different from ants in Lu Yin's eyes.
He went to the Mother Tree and touched it. It was filled with a deathly stillness that was much worse than the Mother Tree from before, "This will free you. Let's end this." With that, he shook the Mother Tree.
Within the Mother Tree, countless creatures panicked.
The Bitter Calamities all rushed out, ignoring the astral disasters as they looked around, trying to find the reason for the Mother Tree's shaking.
The next moment, the Mother Tree turned to ash, shocking all of the creatures.
All of the creatures living within the Mother Tree fell down, but these creatures had the qualifications to live in the Mother Tree and were strong enough to not fall to their deaths.
Most of the creatures in this universe did not have the qualifications to live in the Mother Tree, as they constantly struggled to survive the astral disasters. Only those who reached a certain level were allowed to live there.
The Mother Tree turned to ash, an indescribable power that shocked the Bitter Calamities. The strongest of them had reached the peak of the Bitter Calamity Realm, and the entire civilization was waiting for it to break through to Eternal Life.
Even this creature at the peak of the Bitter Calamity Realm was speechless.
It did not dare to make the slightest movement.
It had sensed that a powerhouse had taken action, but it could not determine who that powerhouse was. It was instinctively filled with panic.
Suddenly, it stared at Lu Yin. It seemed to have no eyes, but that was only because it did not have eyes that humans knew of. To these foreign creatures, their eyes might not necessarily be inferior to humans, and they might even be able to see more than humans.
Lu Yin did not hide, as he suddenly wanted to see if these creatures had seen humans before.
If they had, then this would be a chance to find other human civilizations. If they had not, then he did not care about being exposed. Civilizations did not interact with each other, and even if another civilization wanted to find humans through this one, they would not be able to.
The creature faced Lu Yin and did not act rashly. Instead, it spoke in a trembling voice, "Respected powerhouse, why have you destroyed our home?"
The green dot of light entered the space around Lu Yin's heart, and he looked at the creature in the distance, "We've met before."
The Perfect Stage Crossing Ku Woe was at a loss. "Meet me?
When? "
Lu Yin had disappeared and left this universe. This creature had never seen a human before, so there was no need to communicate with him.
If there were a hundred civilizations within the Core, then perhaps only one would have seen a human civilization. This search was just a matter of luck, and it would be great if it could find one, but if it could not, then so be it.
After Lu Yin left, the creature looked into the Core. It knew where Lu Yin had gone, but it did not know which direction, and it did not dare to chase. Just the fact that it could not find any trace of Lu Yin's departure was enough to confirm that it was not a match for Lu Yin.
It was already fortunate that the Mother Tree had been destroyed when encountering a foreign creature.
Within the Core, Lu Yin said, "Alright, let's go back."
Lianlian Yu asked, "Are you testing that creature?"
"I want to see if there are any other human civilizations within the Core."
"The chances of finding one through this method are very, very low, but there is no better way. I've tried it before, but I haven't found anything."
Lu Yin thought of Ruby, "Senior, how far away is Ruby's civilization from the human civilization?"
Back then, Qi Xu's emotions had fled, but she had not been able to escape the range of the Great Karma Phenomenon before she had been absorbed by Lianlian Yu. If Ruby was a foreign creature, then which civilization did she belong to?
Lianlian Yu said, "I've said it before. From time to time, foreign creatures will come to the human civilization either by coincidence or on purpose. Some will be killed, while others will be taken in. Ruby is the same as the foreign creatures that you took in. She came here unintentionally."
He looked at Lu Yin, "She's wearing red because she likes the color red. It has nothing to do with the Red Shirts beneath the Stars."
Lu Yin nodded and did not ask any more questions.
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