At first, the Heavenly Sect kept the border war secret and didn't let anyone else know. But as the war spread, especially after Meng Sang massacred the Tenth Academy, word gradually got out.
Now that the border war had been won, Lu Yin didn't want people making needless guesses, so he announced the war to the entire universe.
Everyone was shocked by the invasion from another universe, but when news of their first victory spread, they were just as emboldened. No matter how the war turned out, they would fight to the end.
There would certainly be fear, but with no way to avoid this, they could only fight to the death.
Lu Yin sent the elite prodigies from the Spiritualized Universe aboard the War Boat to the Fifth Tower, where they became a form of inheritance. Anyone who entered the Fifth Tower could challenge them and learn about cultivation in the Spiritualized Universe.
That was all those elite prodigies were good for. It was impossible to learn much about the Spiritualized Universe from them.
Lu Yin had no intention of interrogating them. He had a simpler method: make them cultivate a unique power, then roll the die and merge with them to read their memories directly, just as he had done with Mao Qiu and Qing Xian. Those memories couldn't be false, and this was far more efficient than interrogation.
Palace Mistress Yao was different. The woman was impervious to both threats and inducements, unafraid of death, and unwilling to cultivate any kind of power.
By comparison, Old Yuan Qi Monster was much more cooperative. He answered every question. As he put it, the Heavenly Origin Universe was bound to lose, and he hoped to survive long enough to see it happen. As for how much trouble or damage