What kind of person was Yong Heng? If he attacked, then it meant that he had already confirmed that his target was the God of Death himself.
For the God of Death to make preparations in this kind of situation, there was only one possible explanation: the God of Death had known about the plot between the Spirit Nidus and Yong Heng, and he had known that they would attack.
Lu Yuan and the others’ expressions changed yet again. This was impossible. If Blackie had known that Yong Heng and others would attack their master, how could he have not given a warning?
That period of time had been very chaotic. Wu Tian had personally witnessed the Origin Progenitor being attacked by the Boundary Guardians and sensed the gaze of fate, but he had not necessarily known that there was a connection to Yong Heng.
And at that time, Aeternus and humanity had already gone to war after the first Divine Commandment was issued.
Too many things had happened far too suddenly.
The First Mainland had shattered, Garan Zhiluo had disappeared, and Mister Mu had taken the Origin Progenitor away. The God of Death most likely had not been immediately informed.
Moreover, Yong Heng had attacked the God of Death right after the Origin Progenitor’s disappearance. The two events had occurred practically without pause. Even if someone had warned the God of Death right when the Origin Progenitor was attacked, he might not have had any time to prepare.
The only possibility was if the God of Death had already known something beforehand.
The Origin Progenitor had been attacked by the Boundary Guardians, who had actually been ordered to keep an eye on the Tianyuan by the Spirit Nidus. Among the Boundary Guardians, there was Tian Ci. Right, Yuan Qi.
Lu Yin was suddenly reminded of Yuan Qi. During that period, there had been another person from the Spirit Nidus present: Yuan Qi.
He immediately summoned the old man.
“I just remembered, Blackie did have some dealings with Xia Chan,” Lu Yuan suddenly said.
Wu Tian also recalled. “Are you talking about that battle?”
Lu Yuan nodded. “While Xia Chan was not one of the Three Realms and Six Daos, he was still considered a remarkable figure back then. He belonged to the Fifth Mainland, but he roamed everywhere. He and Blackie fought once, and Blackie was the one who broke his blade.”
Lu Yin was surprised. “The broken blade that was pinning the jiao down at Shenwu’s Sky?”
Lu Yuan grunted his affirmation. “Blackie rarely ever interacted with others. Apart from us, he had no other friends, which is why I just remembered that incident now. If we’re trying to understand where he learned the Nine Clones Secret Technique, he must have received it from Xia Chan, as that man created the technique.”
Chu Yi sighed in admiration. “When I first heard about the Nine Clones Secret Technique, I praised it and hoped that more people would be able to create similarly powerful battle techniques. I never thought that Blackie would have learned it as well. He was proud and arrogant. For him to choose to learn another’s technique, he must have truly valued it.”
Lu Yuan added, “Do you really believe that? There’s absolutely no way that Xia Chan willingly taught Blackie the Nine Clones Secret Technique.”
No one argued against that statement. They were all too familiar with Blackie’s personality. While the man might have given off the impression of being indifferent, the reality was that he had been more scheming than anyone else.
Garan Zhiluo said, “But he also wouldn’t have forced him.”
“He would have just stared Xia Chan down. If Xia Chan had refused to teach him, Blackie simply wouldn’t have left. Who could endure that?” Lu Yuan added.
Lu Yin grew puzzled. “Ancestor, how do you know that?”
Wu Tian and Chu Yi exchanged glances with Lu Yin, their faces clearly stating what anyone could have guessed.
Lu Yin was speechless. Just how did the Three Realms and Six Daos see the God of Death?
Yuan Qi made his way across the Tianyuan and to the Heavens Sect.
He was nervous, as he did not know why Lu Yin had suddenly summoned him.
The man was no longer free, but he also had no plans to try to flee. In the known cosmos, human civilization consisted of the Tianyuan, the Spirit Nidus, and the Nine Odysseys megaverses. The Spirit Nidus was fully under the Nine Odysseys Megaverse’s control, and its resources were constantly plundered. Yuan Qi had no desire to return to that megaverse. Given his strength, there was no doubt in his mind that the Nine Odysseys Megaverse would target him, and he did not dare imagine the consequences of that.
As for the Tianyuan, unless he went to an empty parallel universe, everything was under the Heavens Sect’s influence.
There was no longer any meaning to trying to run away.
Not to mention, if he was recaptured, his fate would likely be grim.
There was yet another reason: the Nirvana Tree Path. Yuan Qi longed to receive that cultivation path’s true method.
What Lu Yin had universally shared was only the experience of the Nirvana Tree Path. Very few were able to truly cultivate that path. Yuan Qi wanted that, even if he knew that his chances were slim. Still, he had seen the illusory tree that Lu Yin had created. When that young man broke into the Immortal realm, his broad perspective of wanting to protect the entire human civilization might very well prompt him to share the true Nirvana Tree Path with Yuan Qi.
The old man’s current cultivation method gave him absolutely no hope of ever reaching the Immortal realm. His spirit seed could be stripped from him by the Nine Odysseys Megaverse at any moment, and that insecurity tormented him. He longed to step onto another path. Even if it would not allow him to achieve Immortality, he would at least be free from the Nine Odysseys Megaverse’s control.
All in all, the man felt bound to the Heavens Sect.
It was possible that Lu Yin felt the same way, which was why he had not kept Yuan Qi under a strict watch.
But why had he suddenly been summoned?
It did not take long for Yuan Qi to arrive at the mountain behind the Heavens Sect. There, he saw Lu Yin, the Three Realms and Six Daos, as well as the God of Death’s corpse.
Once Yuan Qi arrived, Lu Yin carefully focused on the man. There was no reaction when Yuan Qi saw the God of Death’s corpse, which caused Lu Yin’s eyes to flicker. Was it really possible that Yuan Qi was not connected to the man’s death?
“Yuan Qi, do you recognize this man?” Lu Yuan asked while pointing at the God of Death’s corpse.
Yuan Qi first bowed to Lu Yin and then looked back at the corpse. He shook his head. “I’ve never seen him before.”
“When did you first arrive in the Tianyuan Megaverse?” Wu Tian asked.
Yuan Qi considered the question, but he was unsure of how to answer.
“When you arrived in the Tianyuan, did the Heavens Sect still exist?” Hongyan Mavis changed the question.
Yuan Qi reflexively shook his head, but then he suddenly remembered something. “It... it still existed.”
Lu Yuan frowned. “The way you hesitated... you’re hiding something.”
Yuan Qi’s voice grew bitter. “I’m not hiding anything. I just reacted out of habit.
“The truth is that, while I’ve always claimed that it took me a very long time to travel to the Tianyuan, that’s not the truth.
“I made the journey even faster than if I had used manufactured springboards. The entire journey only took a few years.”
“How is that possible?” Lu Yuan and the others could not believe it.