Supreme Lord Shocking Gate slowly said, "Death. Bringing death to other civilizations. The first time we became aware of that civilization, we knew the Nine Heavens Universe had suffered a great calamity. If we couldn't evade it, we could only fight to the death. Fortunately, we avoided it."
"Could we win?" Lu Yin asked.
Supreme Lord Shocking Gate chuckled. "Win? You're thinking too much. At the time, all we thought about was throwing the Heavenly Origin Universe out."
Lu Yin's gaze sharpened.
"When a civilization faces an unsolvable disaster, all it can do is find a way to survive. I believe you've also encountered situations in the Heavenly Origin Universe where you had to preserve a faction or a family. What we were considering back then was that same situation, only on the scale of all humanity."
"Even Blood Tower, that battle-crazed maniac, hadn't planned to fight. The only thing we could do was throw the distant Heavenly Origin Universe out. That was all."
At this point, Supreme Lord Shocking Gate looked at Lu Yin. "Actually, compared with the Spirit Numen, the Heavenly Origin Universe has been fortunate. Its resources haven't been plundered, its cultivation methods haven't been changed, and it hasn't been bound to the fate of others, where one's prosperity means everyone's prosperity and one's ruin means everyone's ruin. The Heavenly Origin Universe may seem the most distant, but it's both a barrier and, at times, our last chance. Lu Yin, you bore the Heavenly Origin Universe's burden as you fought the Spirit Numen and broke into the Nine Heavens. We admire you. That's also why we've always supported you. Otherwise, comprehending karma alone wouldn't have been enough for us to tolerate you so much. At the very least, you wouldn't have been allowed to keep the Eternal