To be honest, if not for the Fifth Continent's Star Source Universe being devoured, Hen Xin's words wouldn't have shaken Lu Yin. But now, after everything that had happened, he actually found himself agreeing with Hen Xin.
Humans didn't need to rely on the outside world. Even in the harshest environments, they could still cultivate battle force and reach the pinnacle.
Hen Xin himself cultivated battle force and was confident he could break through to the Ancestral Realm. Even if he couldn't, he was still one of the Heavenly Sect's Twelve Heavenly Gate Masters, inferior to no one. His advantage was especially clear in an environment like the Fifth Continent, where there was no star source.
"According to what you're saying, Ancient Dao Master did something good for all of humanity, past and present," Lu Yin said.
Hen Xin smiled bitterly. "Although I don't know why the Dao Master betrayed humanity, back then, all he wanted was to create a path to the Palm Realm and forge a road truly suited to human cultivation. But that path was too difficult. After me, the Dao Master found hundreds of thousands of volunteers to cultivate, and had them try to fuse battle force with their bodies. They all failed, too. Not one succeeded."
"Perhaps this is a path that was blocked from the start, one humanity can't open."
Lu Yin was curious. "According to Ancient Dao Master's theory, if an Exploration Realm cultivator also cultivated battle force and fused it with their body at the deepest level, could they reach the Palm Realm—Indestructible Realm?"
"Yes." Hen Xin answered with certainty. "The Dao Master used that very example."
"Then how powerful would that Exploration Realm cultivator be?" Lu Yin asked.
Hen Xin replied, "According to the Dao Master's theory, they should have no