Lu Buzheng laughed as he sent back a message, “We’re all fine, just fine. Are you really still alive?”
“Of course! I can’t die that easily.” Lu Yin smiled.
Lu Buzheng was absolutely ecstatic. “I knew that you couldn’t be dead! Chu Yuan and Heluo Mavis both insisted that you were dead, and they were completely certain that they were telling the truth, but I knew you weren’t dead! The people of my Lu family aren’t that easy to kill, hahahaha!”
“Third Uncle, how have things been going at home lately? I heard that several Heavenly Gates have been founded, and that Hen Xin also made a big move.” Lu Yin sent a question.
Lu Buzheng quickly answered. “That’s just how Hen Xin is. He suffered a lot back when he was just an ordinary person, so he now wants to achieve both fame and fortune. Still, he’s done a lot of good.”
“Everything he’s taken credit for are my accomplishments,” Lu Yin retorted.
Lu Buzheng answered, “No one can take anything from him right now. The Three Fatalities Heavenly Gate has the most Semi-Progenitors, and while the rest of the Heavenly Gates have a greater number of Semi-Progenitors when united, most of us cultivated with stellular energy. My visualization method combined with that old bastard Kui Luo’s spiritual force are barely able to compare to Hen Xin’s power. Battle force has become the primary cultivation method now.
“Are you alright? Heluo Mavis said that you were stabbed by the Origin Progenitor’s sword.”
“I’m fine. I’m currently adjusting myself.”
“Get back here as soon as you can. You might be able to compete for the position of Dao Chosen,” Lu Buzheng encouraged.
This caught Lu Yin off guard. “What exactly is this position of Dao Chosen?”
Lu Buzheng explained, “We humans have a lot of Semi-Progenitors right now, and as a whole, humanity can stand up to the Aeternals by using microarray technology and pyrolyte. However, the Aeternals don’t use stellular energy. No matter what, a Semi-Progenitor is still a Semi-Progenitor, and humanity needs to unite to hold back the Aeternals. So, Hen Xin proposed that we rebuild the Heavens Sect and choose Dao Chosen to receive inheritances.”
“The Dao Chosen will be given a tremendous amount of authority. During our era, the Twelve Heaven Gates were established to protect the gates of humanity’s Six Mainlands, while the Dao Chosen were said to act on behalf of the heavens. The Dao Monarchs did not reveal themselves. Instead, the Dao Chosen handled most matters.”
“Who’s Hen Xin supporting to take the position?” Lu Yin asked. He already understood Hen Xin’s purpose without even needing to guess. It was clear that the man intended to support a Dao Chosen would then control the Heavens Sect when it was reestablished, using past precedent. However, would a Dao Chosen really wield that much authority? They were nothing more than Envoys.
“Chu Yuan,” Lu Buzheng replied.
“Will a Dao Chosen really be given that much authority? Will Chu Yuan even be able to help Hen Xin control the Heavens Sect?” Lu Yin was surprised.
“Of course not. That’s impossible. If we were still in the Heavens Sect era, then it would be fine, as the Dao Chosen were representatives of the Dao Monarchs. However, all the Dao Monarchs are gone now, so there’s no way that everyone will listen to any of the Dao Chosen. Just to start, there’s no way anyone’s ordering around old Kui Luo, but selecting a Dao Chosen is for more than being a symbol of the Heavens Sect. There’s also someone very important: Destina.”
“Destina?” Lu Yin was puzzled.
“She was another of the Twelve Heavenly Gates’ gatemasters, and she’s Destiny’s heir. She’s already announced that she will help whoever becomes the Dao Chosen, no strings attached,” Lu Buzheng explained.
Lu Yin’s expression instantly changed. Could this be real? Destina was a powerful Semi-Progenitor. Anyone who managed to get her unconditional support, regardless of how pathetic the person themselves might be, would instantly become a person of influence in the Fifth Mainland. This was even ignoring the fact that the person would also be a Dao Chosen.
Destina, gatemaster of one of the Twelve Heavenly Gates, Destiny’s disciple. Any one of these identities was terrifying.
While Destina had not appeared during the massive battle with the Aeternals, Lu Buzheng’s third stream of ancestral qi could summon Destiny. Only by relying on Destiny’s predictions had he managed to find a path towards survival when facing Ancient God. That had been more than enough to demonstrate the power of Destiny.
Lu Yin had long since dispelled his disbelief in Destiny, and he had instead come to greatly fear Destiny. That person had been one of the Ancient Progenitors who had stood on the same level as the God of Death. During the Heavens Sect era, Destiny had controlled one of the Three Realms Six Dao.
“Why would Destina support the Dao Chosen?” Lu Yin wondered.
“Who knows? Maybe it’s because of something she’s divined. She revealed herself all the way back when Chu Yuan appeared, and it’s already been more than ten years since then. Chu Yuan, Heluo Mavis, Sky Garan, and Destina will draw out more people to compete, and it’s possible that the Honor Gate still has some talents that they’ve kept hidden. People have been preparing for more than ten years for this competition to select the next Dao Chosen.
“On top of that, Hen Xin was unwilling to share what he controls. A few years ago, we planned to have Team Resolution share the methods to cultivate battle force and domains with the entire Fifth Mainland, and because of that, all of us met with him. The final result of our negotiations is that all the newly established Heavenly Gates will send out their own selected representatives who have recently started cultivating a domain or battle force, and they’ll compete with each other. If our people win, Hen Xin will have to freely share the Three Fatalities Heavenly Gate’s methods for training battle force and other cultivation methods. He promised that Team Resolution would act as trainers.”