Lu Yin remained standing in outer space, staring at the place where Blackless God’s avatar had been destroyed. An offer that would stand for 100,000 years? A chance to escape the endless cycle? What did this mean?
What was the truth of the universe?
Lu Yin wanted to know more and understand.
Only by becoming a Progenitor could he learn all the secrets that he craved to understand!
After pondering such things for a moment, Lu Yin resumed his journey to Gaia's Swamp. It was possible that the God of Death was the only way for Lu Yin to learn the truth.
Lu Yin traveled very quickly, moving through the void with his void god domain. It did not take long for him to see Gaia's Swamp up in front of him.
Upon seeing the death energy that filled the swamp, Lu Yin rushed forward while taking out the broken scythe and the God of Death’s left arm.
Unfortunately, nothing happened.
He felt disappointed, but apparently, both the arm and the scythe were completely saturated with death energy, which meant that Lu Yin would not be able to use them to trigger another vision of the God of Death.
A massive figure approached Lu Yin from afar, and he saw that it was the Warden.
The Warden saw that Lu Yin was the person visiting Gaia’s Swamp, and the colossal giant offered a respectful bow. "Dao Chosen."
Lu Yin nodded. When Jue Yi had forcibly occupied Gaia's Swamp and brought the Specter Clan with him, the Warden had been treated as a prison within Gaia’s Swamp. Lu Yin had ultimately saved the Warden and freed him.
After everything that had happened with Tian Dou, Lu Yin had sent Jue Yi to the Astral Beast Domain, and Arch-Elder Zen had sent the Warden back to Gaia’s Swamp to keep an eye on the members of the Specter Clan who had been found innocent after an investigation. At the moment, the Warden was once again in charge of Gaia’s Swamp. With Tian Dou dead and anointed as one of Lu Yin’s champions and Tong Yu stuck in the Perennial World, there was no one in the Specter Clan who was close to matching the Warden’s strength.
In addition to the Warden, there was also Lǜ Cha. Jue Yi had forcibly used death energy to transform the woman’s body, and she could be considered a pure-blooded member of the Specter Clan now. Despite that, she hated the Specter Clan, and she hated Jue Yi even more.
Finally, Lord Piggy was still around.
As soon as Lord Piggy saw Lu Yin approaching, he dived into the swamp and did not dare to show himself. All that could be seen was his little tail sticking out.
"We greet the Dao Chosen." A group consisting of Specter Clan members and former guards of Gaia's Swamp greeted Lu Yin and bowed.
"Be at ease," Lu Yin stated. He looked over at the Warden. "Has Jue Yi recently returned at all?"
"He has not."
Lu Yin nodded, and then he looked at a huge castle that stood in the distance. He could not hold back a laugh. "You rebuilt it! You seem to really like that building style.”
He then stepped forward, moving past the Warden, and appearing within the castle in an instant.
The Warden could not even see how Lu Yin had moved past him. How long had it been since the Warden had first met the young man? It could not be more than a few decades at most, and yet the Warden felt that Lu Yin had moved so far ahead that he could no longer even see the youth’s back.
The Warden was reminded of Lu Yin’s first visit to Gaia's Swamp and of how he had asked for help improving his battle force. This had led to the Warden personally beating Lu Yin for some time. The Warden no longer dared to even consider Lu Yin’s level of strength. After all, even his mount had the strength of a Progenitor.
Progenitor… It was a word that intimidated all who heard it. The Warden did not even dare to dream of reaching such a level, and yet Lu Yin had such a powerful creature as his mount!
Anyone who considered this matter would feel as though Lu Yin was completely invincible.
Inside the castle, Lu Yin was sitting quietly with Lǜ Cha standing beside him. Regardless of Lǜ Cha’s personal feelings regarding Lu Yin, she maintained a very respectful attitude toward him.
The Warden also entered the castle, though he did not know why Lu Yin was there.
"Come, have a seat." Lu Yin took out some wine. "This is what I offered to share with you last time."
In the past, the Warden had laughed with Lu Yin, and they casually swore during their conversations. Overall, the giant had been very laid back and casual, and he had even been willing to beat Lu Yin with aurelian force to help him train. However, although the wine and the location were the same, the Warden did not reveal the same level of familiarity as before.
Lu Yin smiled as he poured some wine for the Warden.
The giant automatically drank the offered wine.
"Does it taste the same as last time?" Lu Yin asked.
The Warden nodded, despite the fact that he had not been able to taste anything at all.
"Have you ever gotten in touch with the Giants Army’s colossal giants?" Lu Yin suddenly asked while looking up at the Warden.
"No."
Lu Yin did not press the issue. Everyone had their own personal matters, and it was possible that the Warden regarded himself as the only true colossal giant.
"Progenitor Chen's blood allowed you to become the only individual in the entire Fifth Mainland who managed to achieve aurelian force with your battle force, but things have changed recently, and aurelian force is no longer the peak of battle force. You’ve been left behind, and you can’t keep up with the current times," Lu Yin bluntly pointed out.
The Warden responded quietly, "The changing times do not matter to me. All I want to do is protect Gaia's Swamp."
Lu Yin shook his head. "You can’t protect Gaia's Swamp. How can you protect anything if you encounter someone like Jue Yi again?"
Lǜ Cha cut in. "With the Dao Chosen ruling our universe, such a thing will never happen again."
Lu Yin laughed, and he looked over at Lǜ Cha. "You’ve changed. You aren’t as cold as before."
Lǜ Cha remained silent.
Lu Yin took out a bottle of Progenitor Chen's blood from his cosmic ring, and he immediately opened it. An invisible pressure descended upon all of Gaia's Swamp, though the person most strongly affected was the Warden, as his blood started boiling. He felt like he had lost control of his own body.
He stared at Lu Yin in shock.
Lu Yin’s eyes flickered as he caused the blood to leave the bottle and fly towards the Warden. The giant instinctively absorbed the blood, causing his body to flush red and start to steam. The Cosmic Sea itself trembled as a wave of pressure swept towards the Innerverse.
Everyone in Gaia's Swamp was badly startled.
Lu Yin had not expected the Warden to have such a powerful reaction, but it was exactly what he had wanted to see. After all, Lu Yin had not visited Gaia’s Swamp only hoping to see the God of Death again. He had also wanted to see the Warden.
Lu Yin had recently remembered that, while he needed blood with traces of Progenitor Chen’s blood to Enhance, that did not mean that Lu Yin had to use Ku Wei's blood. Other people who had absorbed Progenitor Chen's blood would also work, and while the Giants Army was not an ideal option, given the fact that their bloodline was far more diluted, the Warden was different. He had also absorbed Progenitor Chen's blood before, and when it came to matters of purity, it was possible that the Warden’s blood was at least comparable to Ku Wei’s.
Ku Wei was only so big, and he could only produce so much blood, but the Warden was different. He was a true colossal giant, and he possessed enough blood to form an entire river.
This was one of the primary reasons for Lu Yin’s visit.