Outside Xiang City, the white figure continued to stare at Lu Yin without doing anything.
However, Lu Yin felt a chill run down his spine. It was as if another pair of eyes were staring at his life, and he felt as if he was losing control of his own fate.
Was this the power of a master?
Was this life deprivation?
The chaos within the Core Space came from all external forces, and life was one of them.
No matter how much power he had, if he didn't even have the right to fight, then what was the point?
"You can become a master of a life sequence. Civilizations are born and destroyed, so don't worry too much about it." The white figure's voice came from outside Xiang City.
Lu Yin stared at the figure, not intending to waste his breath.
He could argue with Red Hero because Red Hero was a human after all. However, the white figure gave him the feeling that it was not a human, nor a living creature.
There was no need to argue with such a thing.
However, he remembered the words "life sequence."
"Just holding on isn't enough. How do I leave?" Lu Yin asked.
You Che said, "Teleport and take Xiang City away. That's the only way to fight it head-on."
Lu Yin didn't hesitate and stepped out of Xiang City. He raised a hand, and the city began to shrink.
This was something that had never happened before. The universe was shrinking, and the endless world was shrinking. Everything within it was shrinking.
However, the beings within Xiang City couldn't sense themselves shrinking. Their cognition was still within their own universe.
"Help! You don't have enough heartforce!" Lu Yin barked.
You Che didn't move.
Lu Yin gritted his teeth. "I won't abandon the three universes. At worst, we'll all die here, and you won't live either. Is this what you want?"
You Che
"Give up, Lu Yin. Jiulei gave up back then. I'll take Xiang City, but I promise I won't do anything to you. You can live."
"Do you think I'll give up, Sir You?" Lu Yin retorted.
You Che was helpless. This was what humans were like. It had been in human civilization for too long and understood them all too well.
Some people could betray without hesitation, while others could face death with equanimity.
Thus, its persuasion had been lacking in confidence.
Lu Yin's Heartforce Star spun faster and faster, and You Che acted. It didn't actually have heartforce, but Lu Yin's heartforce was its own. Lu Yin opened his mind and allowed it to move.
Suddenly, Xiang City shrunk to half its original size, which was much faster than an ordinary Eternal Realm cultivator.
Lu Yin watched Xiang City shrink with complex emotions. At this moment, no matter how many Eternal Realm cultivators there were in the human civilization, none of them were qualified to face this power. This was the power of the Master Path.
He turned around to look at the white figure.
The white figure seemed to have been staring at him all this time, and that chill had never subsided.
It had been attacking him all this time, but it hadn't succeeded.
He couldn't see the lifeline that You Che had mentioned, but it could.
Once his lifeline snapped, he would die as well.
Life originated from the universe, and the universe could also take away life. However, taking away was taking away, and one could not help but resist.
At that moment, Lu Yin looked at his wrist. The Karmic Bind was nearing completion.
It had been added when he was resisting the white figure, and as expected, this was the strangest and most dangerous battle that Lu Yin had fought so far.
The incense burned slowly, rising vertically.
Xiang City was in his hands.
On the spot, the Nine Firmaments Universe Mother Tree collapsed. This Mother Tree had already collapsed, but it was later lifted up again.
Rise.
The mother tree of the Universe Tree of Tianyuan was so eye-catching.
Lu Yin looked at the Mother Tree and silently closed his eyes.
"Becoming the master of the Life Sequence is the dream of countless beings, and they are willing to give up everything for it. Are you not willing?" the white figure asked again, its tone filled with curiosity.
Lu Yin looked over. "I'm willing as long as my civilization can live."
The white figure was puzzled. "Life is just a process, and so is civilization. It will eventually be destroyed, and no one can stop it."
"It's fine as long as you can live forever. Why do you have to bring your civilization with you?"
"Aren't you tired?"
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. As expected, there was no need to argue.
The survival and destruction of a civilization was just a matter of tiredness.
Lu Yin suddenly teleported away, fleeing with Xiang City. He had taken everything but the Mother Tree with him. He could have taken the Mother Tree with him, but that would have been the same as breaking off from the Mother Tree that covered the entire area. It probably wouldn't be able to survive, so he could only let it go.
When the Fifth Mainland's Mother Tree had been moved to the Seventh Mainland, they had merely bent the Mother Tree's branch and shifted it in a certain direction. Humans were too insignificant to notice, but things were different now.
He teleported away and then reappeared.
At the same distance, the white figure also appeared, but the incense stick was not there.
Lu Yin teleported away again.
When he reappeared, the white figure was still there.
He teleported again and again, reappearing again and again.
"You won't be able to shake it off unless you leave this area," You Che said.
Lu Yin didn't understand. "Why can't I shake it off?"
"It's not teleporting, nor is it moving. It's just appearing."
You Che explained, "As long as there's life, it can appear. As long as it's willing, it can appear anywhere.
Where is it? "
"Anywhere?
I understand. "Lu Yin teleported in a certain direction, which led to the Death Universe.
The Death Lord had left with the Death Universe, which could also be considered an escape. Lu Yin was now chasing after the Death Universe. Life and death were opposites, and they were both part of the Death Lord's power. The closer one was to death, the less likely it was for life to appear.
Lu Yin continued to teleport, exceeding the furthest distance he had traveled in the past, and he was still teleporting.
Looking at the entire area of the Mother Tree, he was now moving from one branch to another. If the other branch was not far enough, he would go to the other end of the Mother Tree and teleport around the entire Mother Tree.
He didn't believe that he couldn't shake off the white figure.
However, no matter how much he teleported, he still couldn't get close to the Death Universe.
The Death Universe and the Seven Great Abyss were both colossal entities within the Death Universe, but the Death Lord's speed was incomparable to Lu Yin's. Even the aura of death had almost disappeared.
There was no way Lu Yin could catch up.
At that moment, the Death Lord's River of Time surged and extended above his head.
Lu Yin looked up, and his heart sank as he was targeted by another power.
He teleported again, and a burning incense stick appeared in front of him.
"Not good, your incense has been lit." You Che was shocked.
Lu Yin was uneasy. "What is this incense stick?"
"It's hard to explain, but it's related to life. You have to leave immediately, or it'll be troublesome," You Che reminded him.
Lu Yin's eyelids twitched. The Death Universe was like a cage that prevented him from escaping.
Unless he could teleport to an absolute distance in an instant, so far that he didn't even know where he was.
Suddenly, Lu Yin thought of something. He entered Xiang City and looked for Qing Yun.
Pulsing Vision.
He had actually forgotten about this innate gift.
Qing Yun had pulsing vision.
She could use an object as a springboard to make her vision jump to the same object. The same object could be very close or very far away.
Ever since he started cultivating the Mirroring Technique, Lu Yin had stopped using pulsing vision to prevent himself from being unable to return if he was too far away.
What he needed now was distance.
Lu Yin instantly appeared at the Startled Sparrow Terrace.
Startled Shangyu was sitting cross-legged on the ground, his face pale. His entire body was suffering from the backlash of various powers, making it difficult for him to move.
Fortunately, Xiang City protected the three universes, or else they would all be in trouble. The stronger they were, the more miserable they would be.
Qing Yun stood guard beside him.
Startled Shangyu opened his eyes when he saw Lu Yin arrive. "I'm sorry, Mister Lu. I can't help you with anything."
Lu Yin raised his hand, and his die appeared. He tapped it, and a useless item fell out. He tapped it again, and three more.
Startled Shangyu and Qing Yun looked on in confusion, not understanding what Lu Yin was trying to do.
Finally, on the fourth roll, Lu Yin placed a hand on Qing Yun's shoulder.
Qing Yun was stunned, but then she understood. "Mister Lu, you want pulsing vision?"
Lu Yin nodded. "Whether or not I can survive depends on this."
With that, he walked out of Xiang City and used Enhance to move vision. He then chose an object and teleported away.
Reappear, eh?
Right where he was?
Not only was Lu Yin stunned, but the white figure was also clearly stunned. It had appeared a bit slower than before, and it had not expected Lu Yin to teleport to the same spot.
Again.
Lu Yin continued to look for Qing Yun.
Suddenly, a chill descended as he released his power of will. The white figure had attacked again.
Lu Yin had no time to worry about the karmic restraints, so he had to escape first.
After rolling the die several times, he finally rolled Enhance. He continued.
Fortunately, Breaking Through Immortality allowed him to roll the die infinitely.
Otherwise, he could only roll it five times, and he would have had to flee with Xiang City for ten days.
This was just one of the main life forces; if all the other forces appeared, it would have been over.
He had not teleported very far this time, and he was really unlucky.
Could it be that bad luck was targeting him?
Lu Yin entered Xiang City and rolled the die while throwing Qian Shu out. He glared at him. "Did you write the word 'luck'?"
More than two thousand years had passed since the three universes' calamities, and Qian Shu had written the word 'luck' in that battle. If he had written it back then, it would have been there.
Qian Shu nodded blankly. "There are two."
Lu Yin picked up the 'luck' character and ignored it. Xiang Siyu had already brought him bad luck, so he was not afraid of more bad luck.
There was no need to think about anything else at this time.
Grabbing the 'luck' character, he happened to see the pulsing line of sight. Lu Yin stepped out of Xiang City and started again.
He randomly searched for a substance and looked into the distance. The universe in Lu Yin's vision constantly changed, going further, and further.
At the same time, the 'luck' character in his hand burned.
A pair of eyes looked over from the darkness. They were beautiful but cold, and they looked down on him from above. They were Xiang Siyu's eyes.
Lu Yin did not hesitate and teleported away. Suddenly, space collapsed and he was isolated from the starry sky.
Teleportation had failed.
Lu Yin was horrified. The main life force had dealt with teleportation like it was child's play, and he could not escape.
At this moment, his entire body was cold, even colder than when his white bone clone had been crushed by the Stygian Prison Bone. The entire sky was pressing down on him, and his power was flowing away. Karma was increasing, and his life force felt weak. Time, space, everything was changing. He was like a doll in the palm of an invisible giant.
There was only a pair of eyes.
They looked at him with mockery, and he saw those eyes as well.