Lu Yin had seen a mountain of bones on the Butterfly Ancestor's back, and that youth's bones had long since turned to dust.
And the Turbid Artifact was in the young man's hand. It was a needle. If he wasn't mistaken, it should be one of the Seven Needles of Hell.
The Seven Needles of Hell's Gate was an invincible combat technique in the Seventh Stronghold. It was also a Quintessential Artifact Turbid Treasure. That young man had one of those needles and was holding it at his fingertips. Eventually, it ended up in the Butterfly Ancestor's body.
No wonder the Butterfly Ancestor said that Turbid Treasures could disappear. No one knew about the Seven Needles of Yama, but it wasn't surprising that they could disappear.
The Butterfly Ancestor had chased after his white bone avatar because it was afraid that the white bone avatar would confirm that it had the Seven Needles of Yama's Gate. Or perhaps it was because of the white bone avatar's form.
"Back then, you weren't just hunting down a skeletal creature. You were also hunting down a human civilization," Lu Yin said.
The Butterfly Ancestor said in a low voice, "I've long forgotten that creatures like you exist. It's been too long since that battle. However, as you continued to slaughter the butterflies, I gradually remembered. Although you're a skeletal creature, your form is exactly the same as the creature with the Turbid Artifact I killed. That was a human."
"I don't know how the skeleton creature, or the universe that represents death, is related to that human, but I can't let other creatures know about this."
Lu Yin's tone was cold. "Why do you want to fight the Grand Clear Civilization?"
"Encounter? There's no reason for it. It's just that I sensed the Impure Treasure and decided to take action," said the Butterfly Ancestor.
Lu Yin recalled what the ferryman from the River of Time in the Taiqing Ruins had said. After the Taiqing civilization had left, other Taiqing lifeforms had arrived. They should have been the survivors of the Taiqing civilization after the battle with the Butterfly Ancestor. By the time they returned to the Taiqing Ruins, the Taiqing had already left.
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Then, where did that part of the Grand Pure One go?
Most of them were dead, but there might still be some left.
The history of the past was related to human civilization, but that part of history was too heavy.
He explained what he saw in the past of the Butterfly Ancestor's karma. Some people couldn't see it. After he finished, he asked Master Grass, "Is the Seven Needles of Yama a single needle or seven needles?"
Master Green Grass shook his head. "I don't know."
"But since it's called the Seven Needles of Yama, it should be seven needles."
Lu Yin looked at the Butterfly Ancestor, as the biggest problem now was how to retrieve the needle.
That needle was still in the Butterfly Ancestor's body. That young man's body had turned into ashes and completely disappeared. However, the Butterfly Ancestor didn't use that needle. She hadn't been able to get it even after so many years.
He asked for the reason, but he could not find out the reason through karma.
The Butterfly Ancestor still said, "Let me go, and I promise to help you get that Turbid Treasure. That Turbid Treasure must be a powerful Turbid Treasure of your human civilization."
Lu Yin's gaze was cold as he looked at the Grass Grandmaster. "Senior, let's give it a try. If it really is the Seven Needles of Yama, perhaps we can try to draw it out."
Master Green Grass nodded and went to the edge of the Sea of Retribution. He sat down cross-legged and tried the Seven Needles of Yama.
Lu Yin sat down as well and entered the Way of Breathing.
As for the Butterfly Ancestor, there was no way he would let it go. If he could let it go, he wouldn't have joined forces with Azure Lotus Ruler to share the burden of the Karmic Shackles. Letting it go would be a waste, especially since it still carried the blood debt of humans.
Although he did not know who that young man was, he had to be one of the most important people in the Seventh Stronghold to be able to wield the Seven Needles of Hell's Gate.
Perhaps he was a direct descendant of the Base Master.
The Butterfly Ancestor had to pay for this blood debt.
Cause and effect
The Butterfly Ancestor perfectly manifested this.
A long time ago, it had killed a person, and even now, it had forgotten about it. However, no matter how much time had passed, as long as it was alive, karma would always return to it.
In the end, it would still die at the hands of the human civilization.
Lu Yin gradually entered the Way of Breathing with complicated thoughts.
Meanwhile, the Grass Grandmaster had already entered the Way of Breathing and had already used the First Needle of Hell's Gate on the Karmic Sea.
Azure Lotus Ruler and the others watched quietly. If they could master the Seven Needles of Hell's Gate, the three universes would have four Nine Ramparts Era's Gate Turbid Treasures. It was unimaginable.
The Nine Ramparts Era might reappear.
"Senior, First Needle of Hell's Gate." Lu Yin used his breath to perform the First Needle of Hell's Gate. No one could see it.
The Grass Grandmaster also performed the First Needle of Hell's Gate at the same time.
The two First Needles of Hell's Gate swept past the Butterfly Ancestor. The Butterfly Ancestor was surprised as it felt the turbid treasure in its body move. Although it was very slight, this was something it had not been able to do for countless years.
It really did belong to the human civilization.
It was indignant. After so many years of trying, it could not obtain this turbid treasure. Yet, the human civilization could obtain it so easily?
Then why did it fight the Taiqing Sect back then?
Why did it kill that human?
Why did it go into hibernation?
It was indignant and wanted to resist, but Azure Lotus Ruler immediately attacked. The Karmic Sea surrounded the Butterfly Ancestor and immobilized it.
"Senior, Second Needle of Hell's Gate," Lu Yin said.
Master Grass cooperated with Lu Yin and performed the second needle at the same time.
Following that, the two continued to perform the first and second needles in a cycle.
They could feel something within the Butterfly Ancestor's body that was pulling them in. It was a familiar and intimate feeling.
They tried again and again, and the feeling of pulling grew clearer and clearer.
They performed the First Needle of Hell's Gate at the same time. The needle pierced through the void and appeared on its own, faintly discernible in the sky.
Lu Yin finally understood why the Butterfly Ancestor could not control this needle. Just as he had guessed, the Seven Needles of Hell's Gate specialized in sneak attacks. This needle would appear and disappear at will, and it could run.
Some Gate Turbid Treasures were grand and imposing, while others were sharp and piercing. This needle, however, gave off the feeling that it was extremely cunning.
If it could not move, it would run away unless it wanted to.
That was what Lu Yin was feeling right now.
Even they could not forcefully grab the needle and had to use the Seven Needles of Hell's Gate to pull it in.
The Butterfly Ancestor was stunned when it saw the needle appear. It had appeared just like that?
It had tried for countless years, but it could not compare to half a year of human civilization. It suddenly felt sad.
It did not know that it was not facing a simple civilization, but Nine Bases. What it wanted was not an ordinary Turbid Treasure, but a Gate Turbid Treasure.
Master Qingcao stopped, "Master Lu, please continue."
Lu Yin stopped as well, "Senior, please continue. A Turbid Treasure does not belong to a single person. I cannot control so many Turbid Treasures."
"You have many Turbid Treasures?" Master Qingcao was puzzled.
Lu Yin did not know how to put it. He felt that his master's cauldron, Chu Songyun's red umbrella, and the distant Xiang City did not belong to him, including this needle.
He could use it, but he did not have the desire to belong to it.
He believed in his own feelings.
One person could not obtain all the benefits, and the Gate Turbid Treasures could not all belong to one person.
"Senior, please continue." Lu Yin did not say much.
Master Qingcao did not hesitate and performed the First Needle of Hell's Gate to pull the needle.
As the grass grew larger,
As he tried, the needle gradually moved in his direction. In the end, it sank into Master Qingcao's palm.
Master Qingcao exhaled, Seven Needles of Hell's Gate?
He did not know if it was one or seven needles, but the addition of this needle greatly increased his combat power.
Perhaps he could comprehend the rest of the Seven Needles of Hell's Gate through this needle.
Behind him, Qinglian Yu and the others also heaved a sigh of relief.
He finally succeeded.
Lu Yin stood up and looked at the Butterfly Ancestor, "The skeletal creature is after you because you have been wandering around the universe that represents death. There is a creature in that universe that clearly wants to kill you."
The Butterfly Ancestor was helpless, knowing that it was going to die, "It seems that everything in the past is in the eyes of that creature. It knows about this matter and the Turbid Treasure."
This was also a headache for Lu Yin. Did the Thousand Trickeries know that the Seven Needles of Hell's Gate were with the Butterfly Ancestor?
Otherwise, why would it insist that he kill the Butterfly Ancestor? But what if it knew that he had killed the Butterfly Ancestor but did not hand over the Seven Needles of Hell's Gate?
Could it be that this was a test for him?
Was that why the Thousand Trickeries was secretly watching his battle with the Butterfly Ancestor? It was not just watching him, but also the Seven Needles of Hell's Gate in the Butterfly Ancestor's body?
But even if it was a test, he did not want to hand over the Seven Needles of Hell's Gate.
The Seven Needles of Hell's Gate belonged to humans.
Lu Yin did not want to lose anything that belonged to the human civilization.
This included the Sword Test Stone and the Divine Time Chariot that were still in the Death Universe. He would find a way to bring them back and bring them home.
With a whoosh, the Butterfly Ancestor's head was separated from its body.
Just like the youth from before, it was torn apart.
Now that there was a cause, it was time for retribution.
Lu Yin's skeletal clone picked up a small portion of the Butterfly Ancestor's body, but he was not in a hurry to return to the Thousand Trickeries Abyss.
Time.
Two hundred years later, Lu Yin walked out of the Core and took out a door. He stepped through and returned to the Thousand Trickeries Abyss.
This trip had not been long, and a few hundred years had passed in the blink of an eye. However, the unknown door was easy to explain.
At this moment, the Thousand Trickeries Abyss was bustling with activity. Numerous black spheres floated in the air, each containing a creature. There were skeletal creatures, fleshy creatures, and even pure black creatures. They were all trying to reach their limits.
Lu Yin arrived and was shocked to see the spheres.
The Thousand Trickeries Abyss had its back to him as it looked at the spheres.
There were four of them.
Lu Yin was amazed by the Death Universe's foundation. How could there be so many Eternal lifeforms?
Reaching their limits meant that they were qualified to compete for a seat in the Abyss. There were currently two vacancies in the Death Universe, and there would soon be a third. These four could be filled immediately.
"Soft Devouring Tracks is dead. It's very difficult for the Death Universe to increase Eternal lifeforms so easily. These are very precious." The Thousand Trickeries Abyss's voice sounded out, and it turned to look at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin glanced at the black spheres and saw that one of them was the Ji.
"The Abyss is being decided so soon?"
"There's movement from the Unknowns. The green Unknowns from the Habitat Universe are demonstrating their power. This battle is happening faster than expected."
Lu Yin sighed. When he had joined the Unknowns as his main body, he should not have disagreed with Da Mao. Da Mao was truly a genius.
Lu Yin glanced at the black spheres once more before retracting his gaze and retrieving the Butterfly Ancestor's corpse from his cosmic ring.
The Thousand Trickeries Abyss was shocked. "You really killed the Butterfly Ancestor?"
Lu Yin respectfully replied, "Senior.
How could I not complete my mission? "
The Thousand Trickeries Abyss smiled. "How do you feel?"