When Lu Yin thought of the Boundless Battlefield, he remembered a civilization that fought with rocks strapped to their backs. As for grass, there were even more examples: Red-faced Mebis had once used a blade of grass to block the mist of time's erosion.
Elder Dan Gu was right.
Lu Yin bowed solemnly. "I've learned a great deal, Elder. Indeed, every civilization has its own unique path of development. I shouldn't let myself be constrained."
Elder Dan Gu chuckled. "Those weren't my words, but something a senior once said. Sadly, that senior died too—and died horribly. In the end, nothing can stand against that being."
Lu Yin hurriedly said, "Elder, my master once told me that everything is ordained by fate, and the universe has no limits. The being you speak of shouldn't exist either. I told you this the last time we spoke."
Elder Dan Gu let out a deep sigh. "I'm sorry, Lord Lu. I lost control of myself."
Whenever Elder Dan Gu spoke of that being, he lost control. Clearly, that being had long since become his inner demon.
That made Lu Yin reluctant to help him upgrade the Heavenly King Card. It wasn't that he looked down on Elder Dan Gu; it was that a card's power depended on its user. Elder Dan Gu's inner demon meant he was destined never to reach the Progenitor level. Even with a Progenitor-level card, he could at most fight someone at the Seven Gods Heaven level. Against a true Progenitor, he would only be asking for trouble.
Upgrading the card wouldn't help him. It would only harm him.
"My Lost Race has three Seven Star Primordial Cards: Heavenly King, Eternal Darkness, and Aurora. Aurora has yet to find a master. I am the master of Heavenly King, and you