Lu Yin's question made Shocking Gate Supreme Lord shake his head. "Not everything can be explained. Maybe it was an internal factor, or maybe outside forces were involved. No one knows."
"In any case, we should deal with these bugs first. There may not be any Eternal Life Realm bugs, but there are far too many of them. You need to reinforce the Consciousness Universe. The Western Region's forces and families are fighting there, but you wiped out the Cheng Clan, and Cang Tian City went through a major upheaval. Many families relocated, weakening the Western Region's forces as a whole. You're partly responsible for that."
Lu Yin didn't refuse. Although he wanted to return to the Heavenly Origin Universe, dealing with the bugs was the priority right now.
If they spread throughout the entire Nine Heavens Universe, the thought of bug nests cropping up everywhere sent a shiver down his spine.
More than anyone, he wanted to wipe the bugs out.
The Bug Nest Civilization was the only truly terrifying Outer Universe civilization Lu Yin had ever encountered. The wars between civilizations were the grandest and most brutal of all.
Besides, the Consciousness Universe was somewhere he wanted to visit. The Progenitor was still there, and this was the perfect chance to see him.
Master Cao let out a long sigh. "I'd planned to use the Heavenly Origin Universe as a shield, but it turned out the Heavenly Origin Universe had outmaneuvered me. Shocking Gate, doesn't that feel dramatic?"
Shocking Gate Supreme Lord replied coolly, "No one is an absolute shield. Have you forgotten the crisis back then? Even if we used the Heavenly Origin Universe and your Spiritualized Universe as shields, they wouldn't have been enough. If we hadn't managed to conceal ourselves that time, the Nine Heavens