Wu Cheng, Bai Xia, and the others nodded to Lu Yin as well before leaving.
They neither wanted to offend Lu Yin nor wished to get too close to him. He was capable and clever, which made him unsettling. Worse, their positions sometimes differed.
They also couldn't tell whether Lu Yin truly put humanity first. If one day he had to sacrifice either the Heavenly Origin Universe or the Nine Heavens Universe, what would he choose?
That day might well come.
At last, only Lu Yin and Lower Supreme God Dan Jin remained at Jing Que Tai.
Dan Jin gazed deeply at Lu Yin and slowly said, "I'll say it again: one Lu Yin is worth ten Heavenly Origin Universes."
Lu Yin raised an eyebrow. "You flatter me, senior."
Dan Jin looked away, her expression bitter. "Putting humanity first. What a fine ideal. I've always hoped to keep the Nine Heavens Universe stable. That's why I wanted to replace Yu Sang Tian and stabilize the Spiritualized Universe. Yet my perspective was just as narrow. Mr. Lu has looked beyond the universe and sees humanity. I still see only the Nine Heavens."
Lu Yin had more or less figured out the woman's thinking. She clung to her own convictions and was devoted to protecting the Nine Heavens. Before, she had thought she could abandon the restart of the Heavenly Origin Universe for her own sake, because her value exceeded that of the Heavenly Origin Universe. When she saved Xing Fan, she must have felt murderous toward Lu Yin, because he had tried to establish the Heavenly Origin Universe's authority at the cost of undermining the Nine Heavens. Now, his words had left her uncertain.
People with firm convictions feared uncertainty most. Of course, not just anyone could make them doubt themselves—and