The Nine Heavens Universe's unwillingness to win over civilizations from the Outer Universe was also evident in what happened with Qi Xu. "Not of our kind, their hearts must be different"—that was the Nine Heavens Universe's attitude.
The Nine Heavens Universe trusted only humanity.
Although Lu Yin came from the Heavenly Origin Universe, he could still be accepted, even if he had arrived with hostility.
But no being in the universe could ever truly be accepted by the Nine Heavens Universe, no matter how sincere they were.
The Outer Beings of the Spirit Alliance, for example, had not been accepted. The Nine Heavens Universe had merely set aside a place for them to live. They were like an even higher class of slaves, nothing more.
"How did you find me?" Ur asked.
Lu Yin's consciousness merged with her again. He wanted to take advantage of the instant Ur saw him and was startled, to see if he could glimpse memories related to himself.
Memories surged into him.
The moment Ur saw Lu Yin, her first reaction was to run. After realizing she was under his control, her second thought was of the Red Hanging Coffin.
That was right—the Red Hanging Coffin she had taken with her when she fled earlier.
That Red Hanging Coffin was more important to her than her own life, because it belonged to Qi Xu, to The Unknown.
If he hadn't seen the shift in her thoughts the instant she saw him, Lu Yin really would have overlooked the Red Hanging Coffin.
After all, the Wangliang cultivators who had been used in the Spirit Seed fusion experiments were inside hanging coffins. Lu Yin had specifically examined those coffins, and there had been nothing special about them.
Hanging coffins were special in Lu Yin's mind, so whenever