"Ancestor, what was Destiny’s name?"
"Can you guess?"
"How could I guess that?"
"The Fourth Mainland's Wilderness God was called Yellowy."
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"Ancestor, I'm still curious about Destiny."
"Guess it on your own, and go in weird directions. You need to understand that there really wasn’t much to human civilization back then. It was easier to get by with a simple name."
It suddenly registered with Lu Yin that the Wilderness God’s name was previously Da Huang, and he suddenly exclaimed, "The Origin Progenitor was so simple! So, what did he call Destiny?"
"I’m not going to tell you. That woman’s got her own secrets, and she’ll definitely show up again some day. So, I’ll just let her tell you herself, hahahaha. It’s going to be hilarious! I can’t wait for you to learn her name, hahahaha!"
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"Ancestor, did you also change your name?
"Hey, Ancestor, where did you go? Let's keep talking..."
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Ancestor Lu Yuan ignored Lu Yin and left. Once the man was gone, Lu Yin took out his Wordless Heavenly Book and took a deep breath. "As the Dao Monarch of the Fifth Mainland, I hereby write down these people to be shunned. From this day forward, these people will be shunned and not be accepted by the Fifth Mainland. This is witnessed by hundreds of millions of inhabitants of the Fifth Mainland. By my name, Lu Yin."
After speaking, Lu Yin raised his hand, pressed it to the Wordless Heavenly Book, and wrote the first name: Bai Wangyuan.
Once the name was fully written, far away, in a corner of the Endless Frontier, Bai Wangyuan felt his heart palpitate as chills covered his whole body. He felt as though he had just lost something, though he could not understand what he had lost.
What had just happened?
He was confused by the sensation and thought that there might be a nearby enemy, but there was no one.
Bai Wangyuan sat down cross-legged and carefully examined himself. He could find no problem or hidden injury. What was going on?
The vague feeling of loss grew stronger and stronger, until his entire being seemed somehow broken.
Could something have happened to the Perennial World?
Bai Wangyuan's expression turned grim. They had been deceived by Lu Yin and condemned to serve on the Endless Frontier by the Great Sovereign. As soon as they arrived on the Endless Frontier, the Tea Ceremony had been attacked. The Aeternals’ Seven Skygods had invaded the Cyclic Universe, and the condemned Progenitors had almost instantly learned of the assault.
However, Bai Wangyuan, Wang Fan, and Xia Shenji had all made the same decision, which was to not return and reinforce the Tea Ceremony. Since they had been sent to the Endless Frontier by the Great Sovereign, they would fight there.
The Endless Frontier had also been attacked, and a large number of Progenitor-level corpse kings had invaded the various parallel universes.
Proximity had continuously sent out new information, and while the fighting on the Endless Frontier had been brutal, it was much better than a direct confrontation with the Seven Skygods at the Tea Ceremony.
Even while fighting on the Endless Frontier, Bai Wangyuan had paid attention to all of Proximity’s updates. If he had received word that the Great Sovereign and the others were truly unable to hold out, Bai Wangyuan would need to prepare himself in advance.
However, the battle had eventually ended, and the Aeternals had retreated without causing almost any damage at the Tea Ceremony. This was because the Lu family had returned.
When Proximity received word of the Lu family’s return, the news had struck Bai Wangyuan like a hammer. He had been completely stunned. The Lu family had actually returned. Lu Xiaoxuan had become a Semi-Progenitor and brought his family back, driving back Aeternus’s invasion.
Bai Wangyuan had always known that the return of the Lu family was inevitable, as it simply depended on when Progenitor Lu Yuan woke up. That man’s strength, as well as Lu Tianyi and the terrifying strength of the rest of the Lu family, was enough to frighten the entire Sixverse Association, let alone the four ruling powers. On top of that, Lu Xiaoxuan had infiltrated the Sixverse Association for a long time and received the support of various peak powerhouses. The Heavens Sect had also obtained a great number of peak powerhouses, and all together, Lu Xiaoxuan represented a massive force.
Bai Wangyuan had instantly understood that the four ruling powers were done for, and the only option available to them was to continue living in the Sixverse Association.
The Sixverse Association was the best source of protection for the Progenitors, and if even that failed, then well, Bai Wangyuan had already started considering other alternatives.
First, he needed to meet up with Wang Fan. The four ruling powers needed to unite.
As for Xia Shenji, the thought of that man caused Bai Wangyuan’s eyes to turn cold. The real Xia Shenji had to have already disappeared. The current Xia Shenji had helped Lu Xiaoxuan, which suggested that a clone might have taken over. There was no need to consider the Xia family anymore. Only the Bai and Wang families needed to work together.
It would be difficult to return to the Perennial World any time soon. After all, Bai Wangyuan was unable to locate the Perennial World from among the myriad parallel universes. Still, given what the Progenitor knew of the Lu family, the Celestial Frost Sect and the Wang family had mostly likely survived. Bai Wangyuan could only wait for an opportunity to gather the descendants of his family some day in the future.
Besides, the entire Celestial Frost Sect knew that the Lu family’s return meant that they needed to escape.
Bai Wangyuan stayed at a data center for days, paying close attention to any news that Proximity released.
How the relationship between the Sixverse Association and the Origin Universe developed would determine the fates of Bai Wangyuan and Wang Fan.
Elsewhere on the Endless Frontier, Wang Fan experienced the same sensation as Bai Wangyuan. The Progenitor instantly felt like he had just lost something, but he could not determine what he had lost.
In the Cyclic Universe, Bai Xian'er’s eyes snapped open, and she stared out at the stars. "Was I just shunned? Brother Xiaoxuan, you are truly ruthless."
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At the top of the mountain behind the Heavens Sect, Lu Yin looked at the three names that he had just written down in his Wordless Heavenly Book: Bai Wangyuan, Wang Fan, and Bai Xian'er.
They were the first names that he had written down after learning that the Dao Monarch wielded the will of the Fifth Mainland. More names would definitely be added in the future, no matter how badly he hoped that there would be no more.
After dismissing the Wordless Heavenly Book, Lu Yin stepped forward, tearing through the void and making his way to the Transcendent Universe.
If Lu Yin had not received the help of Lord Xu, Great Elder Shan Gu, and several others, Lu Yin would not have been able to successfully force Bai Wangyuan and Wang Fan into trying to frame him during the Great Sovereign’s Tea Ceremony. Things had only succeeded because of the help that Lu Yin had received, and he needed to repay the favors that he had received.
Ancestor Lu Yuan had already visited the Lost Clan, but that still left Lord Xu and Lord Wei.
The Voidlord did not need much to be said. The man had already helped Lu Yin on a few other occasions, and he and Lu Yin were quite familiar with each other by now. There was no need for Lu Yin to go out of his way to express his thanks and try to improve their relationship.
As for Lord Wei, Lu Yin found things to be very strange. There had never been anything between Lu Yin and Lord Wei, and that was because Lu Yin had been actively plotting against Lord Wei.
Lu Yin was the one who had captured He Ran, and he had also set various matters into motion with Zi Jing from the very beginning. Lu Yin wanted to seize the sequence particle research and use it to study cultivation methods, but the amount of help that Lu Yin had received from Lord Wei did not feel quite right.
He needed to talk to the ruler of the Transcendent Universe.
It had been a long time since Lu Yin had last visited this universe.