For now, their focus had shifted away from the Primordials.
Going Against the Ancient was actually just a concept.
No one knew whether it could succeed. There had been countless Primordials, yet there had never been a precedent for success. It was only theoretically certain to succeed. They might not even know what existed at the source of the River of Time behind them.
Compared to the crisis at hand, the Primordials no longer seemed that important. Of course, that was also because the Primordials could hardly truly pass through the entire Time Ancient City.
Not long after, Life Master returned to Outer Heaven.
It was shocked the moment it emerged.
Where was Outer Heaven? Where were the ruins of the Mother Tree's collapse? Where had they gone?
When it returned to Time Ancient City, the Mother Tree had been collapsing. Logically, even if Outer Heaven had completely disintegrated, the ruins of the Mother Tree's collapse should still have been there. Yet now, only countless scattered branches floated through the starry sky, along with those enormous roots. Everything else was gone.
What was going on? What had happened?
It released its life force, directly enveloping the entire root system as it searched for Lu Yin.
Lu Yin should have been crushed beneath it. Even if he was not dead, he still had Armed Celestial Phenomena inside his body and could not have escaped.
Yet Lu Yin was gone.
Life Master searched the surroundings but could not find Lu Yin.
It did not connect the disappearance of the Mother Tree's ruins with Lu Yin. No one could possibly have imagined that such a thing could happen. Even Karma Master had been left speechless by the sight, let alone guessed the truth.
Especially since it knew very well how severe Lu Yin's