Azure Lotus Supreme stared intently at Lu Yin. "Do you know what you're doing? The slightest misstep could make you betray all of Human Civilization. Do you think the human form is no longer suited to survival?"
"Of course not." Lu Yin knew Azure Lotus Supreme had misunderstood.
Eternal Life Realm creatures could easily abandon their original forms and choose superior ones to survive, like that Eternal Life Realm beast.
Azure Lotus Supreme had mentioned this to him before as a warning.
Now, seeing Lu Yin calculate the possibilities of a different life form, he naturally thought of that.
Lu Yin explained, "This junior is calculating the possibility of humans surviving as consciousness while retaining their physical bodies."
"Consciousness and body—you want to separate these two forces and have them exist independently?"
"Yes."
"You've thought of this too."
"Who else has?" Lu Yin asked in surprise.
Azure Lotus Supreme sighed. "Mijin."
Lu Yin was astonished. "Mijin Supreme thought of letting human consciousness and the body exist independently?"
Azure Lotus Supreme nodded, his gaze wistful. "He said that if humans could separate consciousness from the body, they would have two lives. If consciousness died, the body would remain; if the body died, consciousness would remain. And the body itself would gain another life through Spirit Seeds. That would give humans three lives—a sure way for Humanity to stand tall among the civilizations of the universe."
"Unfortunately, he couldn't do it."
"Separating a single consciousness is easy. If the person agrees, you can simply extract it. But how could you do that with ten, a hundred, a thousand, or even tens of thousands or hundreds of millions?"
"Separating consciousness from the body without consent is no different from forcibly ripping it out, and that would severely harm the body."
"And how would