“When the Allsenses started dying en masse, we already had our suspicions, but we never expected you to have such an easy time, Mr. Lu. Truly amazing,” Yu said as he stared at Lu Yin with deep admiration filling his eyes.
Ming Zhuo laughed heartily. “Well, just remember that he’s my junior brother! He’s the second genius in the history of the Nine Odysseys Megaverse to have comprehended karma. Junior Brother, you’ve accomplished something great this time. Let’s see who will dare to say anything when we get back. So what if you’re from the Tianyuan Megaverse? You can still become a Lesser Sancte!”
Lu Yin was no longer concerned about becoming a Lesser Sancte. He simply stared at the Mother Tree, his expression complicated and his mood heavy. Despite having eliminated the transparent moth and finishing the war, he could not summon any joy.
Was it because of the Mother Tree? It was radiating a feeling of sorrow.
The Mother Tree in the Orchid Megaverse had once given Lu Yin the same feeling: sorrow and brokenness. At that time, he had not imagined that he would feel such emotions for a tree, but even when he did, he had been unable to prevent the Orchid Megaverse from being reset.
Lu Yin was no saint. Sympathy would not help him survive, and a single megaverse’s Mother Tree was not enough for him to turn against the Nine Odysseys Megaverse.
When a megaverse was reset, its Mother Tree was destined to be destroyed as well.
Of course, if there was any chance that it could be spared, he certainly wanted to try.
“Senior, is there any hope for it?” Lu Yin asked.
Ming Zhuo shook his head. “None.”
“Can we move it back to the Nine Odysseys Megaverse?”
Yu answered, “It’s already withering.”
Ming Zhuo sighed. “The more one understands the cosmos, the more grateful they are to the Mother Tree. Our Nine Odysseys Megaverse has eliminated more than one megaverse, and yet we’ve never taken a Mother Tree back. It’s not because we can’t, but rather because we don’t dare do so.
“The more Mother Trees we have, the more likely we are to be exposed.
“Also, this Mother Tree is clearly already dying. Even if we take it back, it might not survive. Junior Brother, don’t dwell on it.”
Lu Yin withdrew his hand. He had almost forgotten; Mother Trees sustained a megaverse, yet they also exposed it. That was why the transparent moth had moved the one in the Allsense Megaverse.
“Dust to dust, earth to earth. Let me see you off on your final journey.” He then pressed his hand against the Mother Tree. There was a rumble, and the tree shattered, its remnants scattering.
Yu wanted to say something, but when he looked at Lu Yin’s back, the man decided to hold his tongue.
Normally, when a universe was annihilated, its Mother Tree would vanish during the reset, but upon seeing Lu Yin’s mood, Yu wisely chose to say nothing. Some people were simply exceptions.
As the Mother Tree crumbled and dissipated, a green light emerged from the destruction and entered Lu Yin’s body.
It was the same light that had appeared when the Orchid Megaverse’s Mother Tree was destroyed.
“Did you see something?”
Ming Zhuo and Yu were both puzzled. “See what?”
“Nothing.”
“Junior Brother, are you alright?” Ming Zhuo was worried that Lu Yin might have suffered some unseen damage.
Lu Yin said, “Isn’t it protocol for us to begin searching for useful resources now?”
Yu nodded. “As long as we can confirm that a megaverse universe is relatively safe, the Night Pillars’ cultivators can begin gathering resources. Anything useful will be taken back to the Nine Odysseys Megaverse. One of the Night Pillars will remain stationed here and determine how many parallel universes there are and when the megaverse can be reset.”
Lu Yin returned to the primary universe. There was no longer a need for the people on the Night Pillars to stay in their formations. Nothing in the Allsense Megaverse posed a threat to them anymore.
There were not even any true lifeforms left.
The Allsenses had wiped out literally all life in the megaverse.
While the war against the Allsense Megaverse had been the strangest expedition that many had ever participated in, it had also ended the quickest. Most members of the expedition had not even had an opportunity to fight.
Still, if they were given a choice, they would rather fight against the Skyveil Megaverse again. At least in that megaverse, people had known how they died.
One by one, cultivators traveled back to the Sixth Night Pillar. They were originally members of that Night Pillar.
The war drums echoed out. Qiunan Hongye was beating the drums on the Sixth Night Pillar.
After that, the drums on the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Night Pillars joined in as well, and the war drums echoed across the megaverse.
“We shall see you off on your journey.”
“We’ll see you all off.”
“Go in peace...”
Lu Yin also arrived at the Sixth Night Pillar. He looked at the flat section where the Night Pillar had been severed, as well as the harsh-looking bloodstain that had stained a long section. It had been left by Liu Li.
“If we go back now, the Sixth Night Pillar won’t even have a worthy candidate for its Odyssey Commander,” Lu Feichen said.
Lu Yin asked, “Do you want to stay here?”
Lu Feichen nodded. “Lu Jing is dead, and the Sixth Night Pillar has also lost their peak Dukkhan. I want to stay.”
“There’s no telling how long it’ll take the Sixth Night Pillar to recover,” Lu Yin commented. “We thought that this war would attract more experts, helping it to recover. This outcome wasn’t expected.”
He thought back to Liu Li’s hope that the war would revive her Night Pillar. What would have happened if Lu Yin had agreed to join the Sixth Night Pillar at that time?
Lu Feichen looked down at his sword. “This is the way of the cosmos. When you step into the Aevum Inch and truly see the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, every bit of arrogance disappears. We are still very weak.”
Lu Yin glanced at him. “Your sword intent has improved. Not bad. It appears that you have a real chance of becoming a peak Dukkhan.”
Lu Feichen lowered his sword. “Thank you.”
“Have you ever blamed me?”
“Fro what?”
“For interfering in the contest to determine the Four Commands Grand Swordmaster and giving Lu Sizhan the position that would have otherwise gone to you.”