Tian Ci clutched at his neck, but he was unable to staunch the blood leaking out from all his other wounds. Numbness crept over his body. His vision blurred, and all sensation vanished in a few moments. Only his mind remained clear, and he glared at Lu Yin with open hatred. "You… you will not… die well. Your Tianyuan Megaverse… will not… end well…"
As his last word fell, Tian Ci crumpled to the floor, his face upwards.
The megaverse fell silent.
An Ortuser had just been casually executed in front of everyone.
Ortusers were beings who were above even peak powerhouses. There was even the sequence powerhouse realm between the two.
In the past, people had looked up to peak powerhouses, considering that level to be unattainable. However, they had just witnessed the casual execution of an Ortuser.
A wave of cheers erupted. It was like a roar from the mountains or the seas. Fervent worship filled countless eyes as people all screamed, "Lord Lu."
Lu Yin raised a hand. This single motion suppressed everyone's excitement and calmed the megaverse back into silence.
"All you can see now are the dark depths of our megaverse, with no end in sight.
"We don't know when our enemies will arrive, or when war might suddenly break out.
"I can't promise to protect each of you, but I, Lu Yin, swear that I will stand in front of you all! As long as I live, humanity will not perish.
"I, Lu Yin, swear that I will lead the entire Tianyuan Megaverse and fight against all our strong enemies. We will not retreat! We will not surrender! Unless I die, you will always see me standing at the front."
Countless people’s eyes flushed red as they clenched their fists.
"Many of you have bled for me, and I will also bleed for you." Those were the last words Lu Yin spoke before the displays went dead. This phrase deeply imprinted itself upon the minds of countless people.
Far beneath the Heavens Sect, Yuan Qi stared blankly at the display that had gone dark. A sense of shock pervaded his mind that he had forgotten long ago.
This shock was not brought about by someone’s strength, but rather by a civilization’s unity. This was a united megaverse, a united species.
Lu Yin did not just represent himself, but rather the countless others who stood behind him. He represented the entire human race in the Tianyuan Megaverse.
Lu Yin’s influence greatly surpassed his personal strength in terms of threat. The two could not even be compared.
Zhan Yan was similarly shaken. Her lips had gone dry, and she continued to stare into outer space, where the display had just been. It took her a long time to find any words at all.
The Tianyuan Megaverse was not as powerful as the Spirit Nidus. They knew this to be true, and there was no denying it.
In that case, at this moment, why did Zhan Yan have a feeling that this megaverse would surely overcome all of their powerful enemies?
Would it really be reset? Should
it be reset?
Lu Yin had stood in front of everyone, but what was his goal? Did he not want to reset the megaverse and achieve Immortality? Humans were nothing more than creatures that repeatedly appeared in the various megaverses. Why did Lu Yin seek to protect such people?
He had sworn an oath, and it rang truer than any promise.
Just what was this man after?
Suddenly, Zhan Yan felt an overwhelming amount of curiosity regarding Lu Yin.
As the displays shut off, Lu Yin moved to the bottom of the Stairway to Heaven so that he could examine Tian Ci's corpse. Where was the man’s mirebound artifact?
At this exact same time, a phantom figure appeared next to Meng Sang as he traveled to the Spirit Nidus. This figure was none other than True God.
He looked back towards the Tianyuan Megaverse and commented, "The chaos of karma… who is it? Who is bold enough to seize Tian Ci's spirit seed mirebound artifact?"
The reason why True God had abandoned his body and left for the Spirit Nidus was precisely because of that spirit seed mirebound artifact.
Time had rolled back, and yet Tian Ci had died again. Lu Yin was also searching for the man’s spirit seed mirebound artifact.
There could only be one spirit seed mirebound artifact. It was impossible for both men to possess it.
True God’s expression grew cold. If he abandoned the mirebound artifact, he would sever his karma with Tian Ci and avoid the karmic backlash. With Tian Ci now dead, there would be no way for True God to resolve his incomplete karma.
But could he abandon the mirebound artifact? No, that was absolutely impossible. If he did that, then what was the point of traveling to the Spirit Nidus?
With the new timeline in play, True God would prefer to betray the Spirit Nidus than abandon Tian Ci's mirebound artifact. Not only could the treasure free him from the Great Sovereign’s Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm, but it would also enable him to rise to new heights in the Spirit Nidus. This was his chance to be reborn, and he could not afford to make any mistakes.
He would endure the karmic backlash, regardless of what it cost.
At the bottom of the Stairway to Heaven, Lu Yin found Tian Ci’s spirit seed mirebound artifact.
As he looked at the spirit seed, Lu Yin's expression grew cold.
True God, how do you plan to fulfill this karma? He thought as he reached out to grab it.
Abruptly, the spirit seed simply disappeared.
Lu Yin’s pupils shrank. How was that possible?
In the Aevum Inch, True God closed his eyes beside Meng Sang. The indistinct figure’s eyes were closed, and an odd, broken object appeared in his hand. It was another a mirebound artifact, one that had belonged to True God.
Given how long he had lived for, how could he not have acquired his own mirebound artifact?
In order to keep Tian Ci’s spirit seed, True God had sacrificed his own mirebound artifact to steal this bit of karma.
He had kept the spirit seed. But as a price, not only did True God lose his own mirebound artifact, but he was also forced to endure the karmic backlash. This was an unimaginable price to pay.
However, there was no other choice. He had to pay it.
As he glanced back towards the Tianyuan Megaverse, True God muttered, "That must have been you, Lu Yin. Time may have flowed backward, but it wasn’t that much. I’ll be watching to see how you deal with the Spirit Nidus after this… Or, perhaps, we might again in the Spirit Nidus."
In the Tianyuan Megaverse, at the bottom of the Heavens Sect’s Stairway to Heaven, Lu Yin stared at where the spirit seed had vanished. Slowly, his head rose up, and he stared off into the distance. He did not know what True God had done, but there was no doubt that the man had paid a steep price. It was not easy to forcefully resolve karma.
Beyond that, True God had even stolen this bit of karma.