Mister Mu said helplessly, "It used to be okay. With the River of Time, he could discuss with the Great Master and cultivate on his own. But since his River of Time was merged with the Great Master's River of Time, he can only come to the Mirage Domain to cultivate the power of time. Zhao Ran is the ferryman of the River of Time."
Lu Yin had a headache, but he couldn't stop it.
The Blood Tower Defender didn't do anything excessive. He just wanted to discuss the use of the power of time with Zhao Ran, even if she was annoyed.
They couldn't chase the Blood Tower Defender away. He had contributed a River of Time to Mister Mu's breakthrough, so they owed him a big favor. Besides, even without this, the Blood Tower Defender was still one of the Eternal Realm powerhouses. Any improvement meant the improvement of the human civilization's combat power.
Zhao Ran, it's been hard on you.
Soon, Lu Yin returned to the Lu Heavenly Realm. The Lu family's descendants had increased by a lot. A few decades seemed short, but it was enough to raise a generation.
The Lu family was much livelier than before.
Over the years, the Lu family had awakened more than one teleportation ability, which excited the human civilization. However, the General Appointment Platform and the God Investiture Catalog couldn't be awakened by non-direct descendants.
The teleportation ability was easier to awaken than the other two, which was strange.
Lu Yin chatted with Lu Yuan, Lu Tianyi, and the others. He asked about Lu Suan, but there were no rumors about this person.
Decades ago, Lu Suan was the apple of the human civilization's eye and became synonymous with the era. Now, only a few decades had passed, but this name was rarely mentioned.
"Lu Suan has sealed his cultivation and memories to train," Patriarch Lu Yuan said.
Lu Yin was surprised, "Sealed his cultivation and memory?"
Lu Yuan nodded, "He wants to walk your path."
Lu Yin smiled, "I was forced back then, but he's like this now."
"No one knows his identity," Lu Yuan said.
Lu Yin thought, "If Lu Suan can walk his own path, the Lu family's descendants can do the same in the future. For others, there is only one path, but for the Lu family, there is more."
"I think so too," said Patriarch Lu Yuan.
"By the way, my father is now." Lu Yin was about to ask something, but he suddenly got up, "Senior Blue Lotus is looking for me. I'll leave first." Then, he disappeared.
He went to the Nine Heavenly Realms and met the Blue Lotus Defender.
Blue Lotus Defender looked solemn, "The Seven Treasures Sky Toad is here."
Lu Yin was shocked. "Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad?"
"They're at the border. Bring them over. It seems like something has happened to the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad Clan," Qinglian Shangyu said as he pointed out the location.
When he reappeared, he was already at the edge of the Karma Celestial Phenomenon. He saw the pitiful Little Eighteen and the Star Toad.
Little Eighteen and Star Toad also saw Lu Yin.
Star Toad grinned and rushed over. "Seventh Brother! Seventh Brother! You have to save me! Seventh Brother!"
Lu Yin stopped the Star Toad that was about to crash into him and looked at it, "What happened? Why is it so miserable?"
The Star Toad was still fine. There were wounds on its body, but they weren't serious. Little Eighteen was in a much worse state. It had lost one of its claws, and its steel fork had been broken in half. Even the lotus leaf that was the symbol of the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad was gone.
The Star Toad cried, "Seventh brother, you have to save my clansmen. They are counting on you, seventh brother."
Lu Yin looked at Little Eighteen.
Little Eighteen had changed. He was completely different from the high-spirited person he had seen before. He had become silent, but his eyes were filled with killing intent.
"I'll take you back first."
Lu Yin didn't hide it and disappeared with Little Eighteen and the Star Toad. When they reappeared, they were already at Jiuxiao Universe's Karma Sea.
Little Eighteen was shocked. "Teleportation?"
The Star Toad was also stunned. When it had left, teleportation was still unknown. Now, the entire human civilization knew about it.
The appearance of teleportation was shocking.
The Star Toad gaped. Wasn't this the ability of the Luo Chan from the Insect Nest civilization?
Seventh Brother had it?
"Tell me, what happened?" Lu Yin asked. He had brought Startle Gate Shangyu, Xue Ta Shangyu, Mister Mu, and Jiang Feng.
He didn't want to repeat the same thing twice.
Master Bitter Lamp was guarding the other side of the Gate of Arts.
Master Grass had nothing to do with them, so he was focused on teaching.
Heaven Bearer Immortality was spitting out Caili.
The Star Toad looked at Little Eighteen.
Little Eighteen looked at everyone. Five Eternals and one rascal. Was this the strength of the human civilization?
They weren't weak at all. If they could help, the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toads would still have hope.
Thinking of this, it said in a low voice, "The Dark Apocalypse Civilization has arrived …"
An hour later, Lu Yin and the others finished listening. Their expressions were heavy, and no one knew what they were thinking.
Little Eighteen wasn't in a hurry to ask for help and waited for their reply.
No one would easily make a decision against the Dark Apocalypse Civilization.
The Seven Treasures Heavenly Toads were very strong, especially Patriarch Shan. No matter how many Eternals the human civilization had, they might not be able to withstand Patriarch Shan.
The best way to describe the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toads' strength was that they had once destroyed a fishing civilization, which was the Dark Apocalypse Civilization.
The Dark Apocalypse Civilization had once fought with the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toads. In terms of absolute combat power, the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toads couldn't compare to the Dark Apocalypse Civilization. No matter how strong they were, they weren't a fishing civilization and were much weaker than the Dark Apocalypse Civilization.
However, the Dark Apocalypse Civilization was destroyed in the end.
It was because of their history of destroying a fishing civilization that the human civilization was afraid of the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toads and didn't want to be enemies with them.
After Little Eighteen's explanation, Lu Yin and the others understood.
It wasn't the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toads that had destroyed the Dark Apocalypse Civilization, but Patriarch Shan.
Patriarch Shan had single-handedly destroyed all of the Dark Apocalypse Civilization's top Eternals and dragged a fishing civilization down from their pedestal. The price was that Patriarch Shan's Karmic Binding was almost complete, and he could no longer attack.
They had thought that the Dark Apocalypse Civilization had been destroyed, and the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toads had used this battle to intimidate all other civilizations. Even if another fishing civilization encountered them, they wouldn't attack without permission.
It was the same for the unknown.
But now, the Dark Apocalypse Civilization had actually made a comeback. They hadn't been completely destroyed back then.
"Fourth Uncle and the others said that we should've destroyed the Dark Apocalypse Civilization back then. No one wanted to leave an enemy civilization that had the potential to grow into a fishing civilization. But who would've thought that the Dark Apocalypse Civilization would eventually have an inheritance and seek revenge on us in such a short time?" Little Eighteen gritted his teeth.
Lu Yin and the others had solemn expressions.
If they had fought a fishing civilization and won, they would've done everything they could to destroy the other party's inheritance. After all, a fishing civilization would have absolute means and an extremely powerful inheritance.
If they could become a fishing civilization once, they could do it a second time.
The Seven Treasures Heavenly Toads couldn't completely destroy the Dark Apocalypse Civilization.
And now, they had been found.
"What about Patriarch Shan?
Can't he deal with the current Dark Apocalypse Civilization?
Or has the current Dark Apocalypse Civilization surpassed the past? "Jiang Feng asked.
Little Eighteen said, "Patriarch Shan has been sealed. He can't attack."
Everyone was shocked.
That was Patriarch Shan they were talking about. They knew that he was very strong, but just now, they realized that his strength was beyond imagination. He had single-handedly destroyed all the top forces of a fishing civilization. This wasn't something that could be explained by strength alone.
But Patriarch Shan had been sealed?
Little Eighteen's gaze was heavy with fear and unwillingness. "The Dark Apocalypse Civilization has an innate inheritance, the Ninety-Nine Scrolls of Darkness. Theoretically, the Ninety-Nine Scrolls should've been the limit. The strongest creature of the Dark Apocalypse Civilization could use the Ninety-Nine Scrolls. Fourth Uncle and the others said that it was because of the Ninety-Nine Scrolls that the Dark Apocalypse Civilization became a fishing civilization.
"Fortunately, Patriarch Shan broke through the Ninety-Nine Scrolls and suppressed the Dark Apocalypse Civilization, destroying them.
"In fact, that battle was very dangerous. After the Ninety-Nine Scrolls were defeated by Patriarch Shan, the Dark Apocalypse Civilization sacrificed their entire civilization's inheritance to use the Hundredth Scrolls, which was only a legend in their civilization.
"They were defeated in that battle. However, a group of inheritors managed to escape. They even managed to bring away the 100th Mirror Seal, which had been successfully created but could not be used due to the death of the absolute powerhouse. And now, the 100th Mirror Seal has sealed Ancestor Shan."
Little Eighteen looked at Lu Yin and the others. "That's an absolute seal that even Patriarch Shan couldn't break. Patriarch Shan said that it's a power that can seal all living things within a square inch. It's the strongest power that he knows."
Everyone looked at each other. The strongest power?
Startled Shangyu said in a low voice, "This Scrolls is the Dark Apocalypse Civilization's absolute technique?"
Little Eighteen shook his head. "The Dark Apocalypse Civilization's absolute technique is to skip levels."
"What do you mean?" Everyone was apprehensive. The absolute technique that could seal Patriarch Shan wasn't the civilization's absolute technique?
"Life Level Skipping refers to the fact that they can skip levels and use moves that exceed their own abilities. For example, the Mahakala Seal. The creature from the Black Enlightenment Civilization that I fought could only use the Mahakala Seal 36, but after using Life Level Skipping, it could use the Mahakala Seal 72. If it wasn't for Fourth Uncle blocking it for me, I would have been sealed and wouldn't have been able to escape."
"This is the Dark Apocalypse Civilization's strongest point. Their overall strength can skip levels."
Lu Yin and the others were shocked. This was an absolute technique that was too powerful.
Teleportation was powerful, and so was skipping levels.
What would happen if they could use a technique of a higher level?
Lu Yin even dared to call himself Teal Lotus Shangyu.
It was no wonder that the Dark Apocalypse Civilization could become a fishing civilization.
"Then why are you looking for us now?
Don't tell me you want us to deal with the Dark Apocalypse Civilization? "Jiang Feng asked.
Little Eighteen was silent.
The Startoad looked at Lu Yin pleadingly. It felt a long-lost kinship in the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad Clan. There were its kin and family there. "Seventh Bro."
Lu Yin looked at them. "Other than Patriarch Shan, are there other Eternal beings in the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad Clan sealed?"
"Patriarch Shan and Father were sealed. Fourth Uncle and Fifth Uncle fought against the Dark Apocalypse Civilization's enemies, but they couldn't break the scrolls. The longer the scrolls are sealed, the closer Patriarch Shan's karmic binding is to completion. Once the karmic binding is completed, Patriarch Shan will die."
"Once Patriarch Shan dies, the clan won't be able to stop the Dark Apocalypse Civilization and will be destroyed."
Blood Tower Shangyu said, "So now you're thinking of us?"
He looked at Lu Yin. "Mr. Lu, I remember you said after returning from the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad Clan that the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad Clan doesn't want to communicate with us, right?"
Lu Yin nodded. "Patriarch Shan said so."