Lu Yin stared at Mu Zhu’s back while picturing Mister Mu in his mind.
How vicious!
He had always known that Mister Mu was strong. Without strength, the man could have never escaped from his own megaverse. Even so, Lu Yin had never imagined that Mister Mu would have escaped in such a manner.
Lu Yin was well aware of how strong Master Qing Cao was. Lu Yin had been utterly helpless before the man. It should have been impossible for any non-Immortal to even fight back against an Immortal. Even without moving, Master Qing Cao was still invincible. That was the combat strength of an Immortal.
Despite that, Mister Mu had managed to injure the Immortal from his megaverse, and he also had not escaped alone—he had taken Mu Zhu with him. Lu Yin could not fathom just what kind of power that required.
As he stood at the bow of Boundless and stared out at the stars, Lu Yin felt as if, at any moment, he could either have a fight to the death or return home.
He felt the closest to home at such times.
While he felt homesick, it was only temporary. After all, he had left believing he would never be able to return home. All aboard Boundless had believed the same thing.
Boundless had been built to carry humanity’s legacy in the Origin Universe. He wanted the battleship to bring about a future for the Tianyuan Megaverse.
At the moment, what troubled Lu Yin the most was the Nine Heavens Transformation.
He and the Origin Progenitor had both studied the Nine Heavens Transformation and now understood the technique thoroughly. They also knew how to split apart the Nine Heavens, but Lu Yin did not want to do so.
As he had told Yu Shan, to split the Nine Heavens, a person needed to fulfill one of two criteria. They could either be weak and have just started cultivating so that someone else could split the Nine Heavens for them. Or, they had to figure out how to split the Nine Heavens on their own. Releasing the Nine Heavens was actually splitting one’s inner world into nine sections, each with a different type of power that could combine back together in a unique manner that was the technique’s hallmark. The Nine Heavens actually meant continuously cultivating nine different powers.
This was different from how the Nine Clones Secret Technique functioned, though there were certain similarities.
Unlike the Nine Clones, there was no risk of independent personalities appearing, or for the clones to search for their own techniques and methods. All that was needed was for a person to master enough powers that met the requirements, divide them into the Nine Heavens, and then continuously cultivate all of them.
The Nine Heavens Transformation was a method of fusing those nine powers, which could allow a person to instantly explode with terrifying strength.
Yu Shan was one demonstration, but the High Seraph’s increased power was even more exaggerated.
Rather than calling the Nine Heavens Transformation a battle technique, it was more of a cultivation method that needed to be constantly refined and perfected. It was like giving the power of a soul to nine different powers. This did not interfere with the person’s own cultivation and did not waste a single moment. When abruptly used in battle, the resulting transformation had no equal.
One could not deny that the battle technique was incredibly tempting to everyone. If Lu Yin had just been starting out as a cultivator, he would not have been able to refuse such a magical technique. However, at the moment, his inner universe had already taken shape. If he were to split apart the Nine Heavens, he would have to alter and reshape his inner universe. Would it be worthwhile?
He did not have any answer.
His inner universe was a true universe. If he split it into nine pieces to create the Nine Heavens and then continually cultivated and developed the associated powers, then logically, he would gain a great boost in strength. Unfortunately, he felt that doing this might not be worth the effort. When he considered doing this, he felt an ominous premonition, which prevented him from proceeding.
The decision of whether he should alter his already formed inner universe was his greatest dilemma at the moment.
There was no question that, as soon as he split the Nine Heavens and practiced the Nine Heavens Transformation, given the various powers he already possessed, his combat strength would experience a quick and dramatic leap in power. When he used the Nine Heavens Transformation to the limit, he was confident that he could directly go against the High Seraph.
This was also the precise reason for the dilemma.
Compared to the ominous feeling that kept poking the back of his mind, the power that he would immediately gain was extremely enticing.
The Origin Progenitor did not hesitate at all. His cultivation was not nearly as diverse as Lu Yin’s, so even if he did alter his Progenitor’s world, he would not sense the same sort of premonition that assaulted Lu Yin.
In fact, most cultivators would not suffer any such dilemma. It was extremely difficult for anyone to develop something like Lu Yin's inner universe. Not even he fully understood just what it was that he possessed.
He stared out at the universe.
Above and all around him was the universe, yet there was also a universe within him.
Why were universes always so vast? Why were they practically infinite and endless, with countless stars always spinning about?
Lu Yin drifted upwards into outer space, immersing himself in the universe. He emptied his mind and spread out his arms.
Compared to a megaverse, humans were so tiny. Even if he possessed the power to destroy a portion of the megaverse, what about the entire megaverse?
The Spirit Nidus wanted to reset the Tianyuan Megaverse, but they had to wait until the megaverse had enough parallel universes.
To protect their megaverse, the Origin Progenitor had the choice to either destroy a great number of universes or suppress the sequence strings.
Ultimately, only a megaverse itself could create a megaverse, and only the megaverse itself could destroy itself.
Humans could never truly control the existence or destruction of a megaverse.
Humans were creatures that were embraced by the megaverse. But before humans appeared, how many other beings that had once ruled over the megaverse had been similarly embraced? Why had they disappeared? Despite all of that, the megaverse itself had never disappeared.
The megaverse was the origin of everything, and it was also the end of all life.
If humans could not surpass the megaverse, then they needed to learn from it. Since the megaverse was so vast and Lu Yin’s inner universe was the same as the real universes in the megaverse, then why change it?
Lu Yin let out a long breath. If he changed his inner universe, there would be no going back.
His inner universe and the real universes in the megaverse were the same. He had struggled to reach this point. The idea of suddenly changing it brought about an inexplicable feeling of resistance. Where did the resistance come from? Could it be?
Lu Yin looked down. Could the resistance be coming from his inner universe?
It was possible that the universe did not want to change.
The Origin Progenitor could sense Lu Yin’s hesitation, and he did not interfere. No one could help Lu Yin progress down his path. Not even Mister Mu could help him. Lu Yin was walking a path that had never existed before, especially when his Karmic Dao filled his inner universe. That was not at all an ordinary power.
One day, two days, three days... Ten days passed.
Lu Yin was surrounded by darkness, and various experts from Boundless surrounded him in order to prevent anyone from approaching.
Some cultivated in seclusion, while others sought enlightenment through worldly experiences. But for someone at Lu Yin’s level, the entire universe was his only training ground—there was nothing above him but the vast cosmos itself.
One day, Lu Yin opened his eyes. He pulled out a Root of Intelligence from his cosmic ring and prepared some tea that he slowly sipped.
While the tea was no longer able to grant him enlightenment, he enjoyed it simply for its calming effects.
He did not want to give up on learning the Nine Heavens Transformation, but he also did not want to alter his inner universe. At this moment, his thoughts, contemplations, and various understandings all converged.
Several more days passed, and Lu Yin took out another Root of Intelligence and prepared another cup of tea that he slowly drank.