Lu Yin stared blankly at the world before him, where seven-colored light mingled with the deep darkness of the starry sky. Hope and despair.
"The end of civilization is destruction. All you can do is delay it—that's all. Human Civilization is now one link in the ecological chain of this stretch of Cubic Distance, and that's long been set in stone. The Unknown stands in your way above you. That's a good thing. If you force your way past The Unknown, what awaits you is the crushing force of an entire ecosystem of civilizations," the mountain's voice slowly reached Lu Yin's ears.
Lu Yin recalled everything he had encountered since beginning his cultivation. It seemed there was always an enemy waiting ahead. He defeated one, and another came along, each stronger than the last, because he had entered a wider world. But Cubic Distance was boundless. Who could guarantee that he would defeat the next enemy?
The end of civilization was destruction?
Was that true?
Before coming here, he had thought of many reasons to persuade the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad Clan, but now he couldn't say a word.
To persuade someone, you had to know more than they did. But when it came to Cubic Distance, who could know more than this old monster?
Lu Yin hadn't even considered the things it spoke of, much less reached the point where he needed to.
Even Azure Lotus Supreme might never have considered them.
It had defined the relationship between civilizations as an ecological chain, and the relationship between The Unknown and itself as a form of protection. Human Civilization had never thought of it that way.
There was no way to argue against it.
In front of the mountain, Lu Yin was too insignificant. He really was just a little