Lu Yin was reminded of Fei again. When he first met that woman, Fei had tried to kill Wu Tian. She had attempted to do the same thing many times before, and she claimed that she did so to test the power of her battle techniques. Was that actually the truth?
Lu Yin had seen Fei's style of swordsmanship in the memories that Wu Tian had shared with him. Her technique was based on the Divine Eagle’s actions capturing a fish. Fei should not have ever seen Wu Tian’s memories, no matter what methods Di Qiong may have used. Those memories were a form of comprehension that could not be taken away.
If Fei had seen Wu Tian’s memories, then Wu Tian must have allowed her to do so, and he might have even guided the woman.
Could it be that Fei, like Undying God, wanted to free Wu Tian?
Lu Yin considered many things. There were certain actions that may as well be invisible to others, but that did not mean they had not taken place.
That was also true of Hui Wu. Despite knowing he was condemning himself to death, he had insisted on remaining in the First Scourge. Lu Yin had no idea what the man’s goals were.
Thinking about these things made Lu Yin feel rather irritated. He desperately wanted the strength to suppress everything. He wanted to storm the Scourges, rescue Wu Tian and the others, eliminate the Three Pillars and Six Skies, and restore peace to the megaverse.
Hongyan Mavis spent a long time staring at Lu Yin's forehead, seemingly trying to find some trace of Heaven's Sight.
Lu Yin shook off his heavy thoughts. When he noticed that Hongyan Mavis was staring at his forehead, he couldn’t help but touch a hand to his head. "Senior, there's no need to look. Heaven's Sight is gone."
"What happened?" Hongyan Mavis asked.
Lu Yin replied, "I was sent here by the Origin Progenitor, which I mentioned to you earlier, but the reason I was sent here is... Well, actually, the reason why I was able to meet the Origin Progenitor is because Heaven's Sight was broken by True God. To save my life, the Origin Progenitor filled the hole left by Heaven's Sight with his weapon, Primaldust. Heaven's Sight is gone, and Primaldust has taken its place."
He pointed to his forehead. "There's a piece of Primaldust in there."
Hongyan Mavis could no longer remember how many times this young man had amazed her, and yet it was happening again. "You have Master's Primaldust in your forehead?"
Lu Yin nodded. "That’s right. Without it, I would probably be dead."
Hongyan Mavis leaned in closer, until she was just a few centimeters away from Lu Yin. She was so close that he inadvertently caught a whiff of her fresh scent.
She stared intently at his forehead. "You really are extraordinary, living through something like that. Do you know how much Master values his Primaldust? Very, very much. And yet, he gave one to you... Could you be his illegitimate child?"
The more she considered this, the more suspicious she became.
Lu Yin sighed. "Of course not."
"Right, did he give you a name when he gave you Primaldust?" Hongyan Mavis suddenly thought of something.
Lu Yin blinked. "No."
Hongyan Mavis did not believe him. "That’s impossible. That’s a habit of his. He believes that a demeaning name ensures a person’s survival. The more he cares about someone, the more likely he is to give them a ridiculous name. It's an obsession of his."
Lu Yin remained calm. "Nope."
"Come on, tell me what it is."
"Senior, are you really this certain that the Origin Progenitor gave me a name?"
"Absolutely."
"Then what's your name?"
"First Blood."
Lu Yin arched a brow. "You told me so easily?"
Hongyan Mavis shrugged. "It's a nice name. Now, what's yours?"
Lu Yin opened his mouth. He did not want to answer, but Hongyan Mavis's persistence forced him to eventually give in. "Pillar."
After Hongyan Mavis learned that the Origin Progenitor had named Lu Yin “Pillar,” she looked at him with a rather unique expression. It was somehow amused, and yet also gloating. Just the sight of that expression made Lu Yin very uncomfortable.
Still, she also shared a very important piece of information with Lu Yin: the Origin Universe had originally only had one Mainland, the First Mainland. The other five Mainlands had been created by the Origin Progenitor, and the core of each Mainland was Primaldust.
Hearing this caused Lu Yin to sit, frozen, for a long time. He felt like he had grasped hold of something, and he entered a state of enlightenment.
His inner universe housed various powers and energies, and mastering any given cultivation method would yield insights that Lu Yin could then apply to other aspects of his cultivation.
He wanted to create a unique power, but that did not mean that he had to create something completely different from every other cultivation method.
Primaldust had become the cores of the various Mainlands, which made Lu Yin think of the landmass in his own universe. That landmass was formed from fatesand, and it had given birth to all of the stars in Lu Yin’s universe, including the Withered Bark’s power of time, voidforce energy, monarch essence, consciousness, divine energy, and many more. Lu Yin had used this landmass as the foundation for his universe, while the Cosmic Art served as the shell. All together, Lu Yin’s inner universe had transformed into a power that not even Mister Mu could know how it would develop.
There was no doubt that the landmass in Lu Yin’s universe was the foundation of everything.
It had come about when the Origin Progenitor’s sword had triggered the formation of Lu Yin’s inner universe. It had set forth a chain reaction in the fatesand that Lu Yin had gathered, causing the landmass to take shape.
Since the landmass within Lu Yin’s chest was the foundation of his universe, then could he copy the Origin Progenitor and give that landmass a core? The Origin Progenitor had created six Mainlands, and he had done so in an actual universe by using his Primaldust as the core of the other Mainlands. Lu Yin had decided to use Dust World as the core for his own landmass, and he would transform both his inner world and his inner universe by doing so.
This would affect not only his inner universe, but also Dust World.
Upon realizing this, Lu Yin stopped hesitating. Dust World appeared, and as Hongyan Mavis watched on in astonishment, it merged into Lu Yin’s chest, where it subsequently appeared in his inner universe. It was like a meteor crashing into the landmass. In the end, it silently merged with the continent of fatesand.
The moment that happened, the landmass underwent a complete transformation. Lu Yin could not quite describe what exactly occurred, but it felt as though the continent of fatesand had transitioned from an illusory state to a real, tangible object. It was like the pièce de résistance that brought a painting to life.
Hongyan Mavis stared as Lu Yin's silhouette somehow grew more defined.
She found this change to be quite strange. How could someone become more real? The newfound clarity that had manifested in Lu Yin felt out of place, as there was a sense of discord between him and the surrounding universe.
At this moment, Lu Yin was staring at the landmass in his inner universe, examining the changes that had taken place.
How was he supposed to use it? Every time he released his inner universe, it isolated him from whatever universe he was in, surrounding him with a barrier of the Hollow. The landmass itself had never been used for combat, and he did not know how to even begin trying.
Lu Yin fell back into deep thought. His presence faded, and he became like a stone that sat in front of the cabin.
Hongyan Mavis sighed. Were all of the youths of the new generation so formidable? In her day, she and the others had trained under their master, but they had not nearly been this well-behaved. They had not even competed with each other, as while they might have bickered over who had been advancing faster, none of them had truly cared.
They had been relaxed and carefree back then.
In contrast, this descendant of the Lu family constantly wore a troubled expression. Even when he smiled, Hongyan Mavis could sense the heavy burden that he carried. How old was Lu Yin, really?