Lu Yin watched Mu Zhu's retreating figure, and Mr. Mu's face surfaced in his mind.
That was ruthless.
He knew Mr. Mu was powerful; otherwise, he couldn't have escaped from his universe. But he hadn't expected this.
Lu Yin knew just how powerful Master Cao was. He hadn't been able to fight back at all. No one below the Eternal Life Realm should have been able to fight back, either. Master Cao barely needed to lift a finger to be invincible—that was the strength of the Eternal Life Realm.
Yet Mr. Mu had managed to leave the Eternal Life Realm expert in his universe injured. And he hadn't escaped alone; he'd brought Mu Zhu with him. Lu Yin wasn't sure he could measure up to that kind of strength.
Watching the starry sky from the bow of the Boundless gave Lu Yin the feeling that he could fight to the death at any moment, yet return at any moment, too.
This was the closest he'd been to home.
He missed home, but only for an instant. He'd set out expecting he might never return, and everyone aboard the Boundless had done the same.
The Boundless carried the legacy of humanity's civilization from the Primeval Space. Lu Yin hoped that by venturing out aboard it, he could bring a future to the Heavenly Origin Universe.
What troubled him most now was the Nine Heavens Transformation.
He and the Progenitor had figured it out and knew how to open the nine heavens, but Lu Yin didn't want to.
As he'd told Yu Shan, one either had someone open the nine heavens for them while they were still weak and had just embarked on the path of cultivation, or they had to master it themselves and open the nine heavens on their own.