In the end, Thousand Machine Strange Performance broke the silence. "Great Palace Lord, your path's already been twisted beyond recognition. Why not tell us what it used to be like? We could use it as a reference."
Great Palace Lord snarled, "Get lost! If you've got the nerve, kill me."
Lu Yin left. The trip hadn't been a waste; what happened to Great Palace Lord was none of his concern. They were enemies, after all. But the encounter had broadened his understanding considerably.
Understanding was something you couldn't have too little of, but you could have too much. Since setting out on the path of cultivation, Lu Yin had cultivated all sorts of things. Once, in a moment of confusion, he'd even asked Mr. Mu whether cultivating so many things was of any use. He'd grown used to it by now.
He didn't mind having more understanding.
The next time he met a ruler, he could bring it up. It would surely get under their skin.
Time continued to pass.
Lu Yin was busy now. He'd stopped confirming the Consciousness Framework and left that task to the others. He went in search of Mother Trees instead, increasing the number of Green Light Spots.
The Seventy-two Realms of Outer Heaven had all received orders to submit their starry sky maps of the Cubic Distance in exchange for rewards.
Though the starry sky maps of these civilizations were nowhere near as good as those of the Master Clan, their sheer number could still prove useful.
Soon, eight hundred years passed.
With no enemies around, time flew by.
During that time, with the help of Instant Movement and some of the Universe Framework maps Lu Yin had given them, they finally finished identifying the Consciousness Framework points.
There were a total of 1,120