Red Hero's expression darkened. He spoke slowly. "If one day your Threefold Universe were to be destroyed, and the only way to save it were to betray humanity, I'd like to see what you'd choose." With that, he vanished.
Lu Yin gazed at the empty starry sky. It seemed he already had an answer to that. Hadn't he joined The Unknown?
Betrayal? That depended on what kind of betrayal it was. Joining The Unknown was also a form of betrayal: he had betrayed the predecessors who had fought to the death against The Unknown for humanity.
But his betrayal and Red Hero's were two entirely different things.
For a civilization to rise, someone had to bend their back, carry it forward, and bear it as they climbed, step by step, to greater heights.
"Mr. Lu, what happened?" Jiu Wen asked, puzzled. Red Hero's attitude had changed dramatically. Now, he seemed to regard Lu Yin as an equal. What had Lu Yin done?
Lu Yin told them about what had happened recently, leaving Jiu Wen and Xi Shangfeng stunned.
They had actually gone to war with the Xianling, and Lu Yin had actually killed more than one of them—Xianling who had mastered two laws. It was utterly unbelievable.
What was with this fellow? How had he managed to do that?
Even they, as beings of Eternal Life, couldn't understand it.
As for Azure Lotus Supreme and Nan Ling sealing themselves inside the Red Lotus Tomb, Jiu Wen let out a deep sigh. "Actually, that move was originally meant for Red Hero."
Lu Yin had guessed as much.
"But sealing Nan Ling away fits the situation better, doesn't it?" Jiu Wen said with a sigh. He looked into the distance, his gaze complicated. "Back then, when I told Azure Lotus about the