Lu Yin could feel Hui Kong's sincerity toward him, so he naturally returned it in kind. That was completely different from how he had dealt with the Original Pure Night King. Even when he called the Original Pure Night King Grandpa, he had only been using him—and the Original Pure Night King had been using him in turn.
His relationship with Hui Kong was pure.
He didn't have time to dwell on such things now. Ahead of him, the void suddenly split open, and an immense force of devouring swept toward him.
Lu Yin used his physical strength to dodge at top speed. He barely escaped before another force of devouring descended. Anyone below the Enlightenment Realm would have little chance of getting away, and this force was close to three hundred thousand combat power.
Lu Yin was at a loss. Who had said that reaching the Enlightenment Realm would make someone unafraid of the celestial phenomena along this route? An ordinary Enlightened cultivator might not be able to withstand them. Had the route grown stronger?
He had only been speculating, but when Lu Yin saw the enormous rift in space ahead, splitting the entire starry sky in two, he knew the truth: this route had mutated.
The celestial phenomena along this route had always been unpredictable. In fact, when Lu Yin had first learned that it was possible to cross from the Technology Starfield into the Inner Universe, he had wondered about it.
There was no way the Technology Starfield could have overlooked anything, and even if something had escaped notice, it should have been discovered long ago.
Now he understood. Perhaps this wasn't a loophole at all, but a route that simply couldn't be crossed. The exploration team that had reached the Inner Universe safely might have just