What, then, had brought the Mitian Grand Plan into being? Had Mr. Free and Easy created it, or had it arisen in response to the universe?
If Mr. Free and Easy had never existed, would someone else have devised a strategy to balance the Three Laws?
At that moment, Lu Yin was more inclined to think someone would have. It was something the era needed in order to change. An era could never truly be locked in place—not even by a Master.
There would always be a way for the era to change.
From that perspective, the Three Laws were bound to fail.
The Masters were bound to fail.
Thinking this, Lu Yin returned to Xiang City with Death God and met with Destiny, Chu Yi, Old Ancestor Lu Yuan, and the others.
The same scene played out again, but the atmosphere around Death God's return was completely different from when Destiny had returned.
"Well, if it isn't Chu Heizi. I thought you really were dead."
"I'd sooner believe anyone else was dead than him."
"Wouldn't surprise me if he was cursing us all to die along with him as he breathed his last."
"Chu Heizi, look at you now. Master clearly told you not to Cross Tribulation, but you faked your death and went off somewhere else to cultivate. What a traitor to your teacher."
"I'm an honest man. Don't say that about me."
"Cut the act. Who knows what you're cursing us with in your head right now?"
"Where'd that ruthless streak go—the one you had when you clubbed the Great Celestial Venerable over the head?"
"Wasn't that your idea, Fertile Soil? Why are you blaming me?"
"Now you're trying to pin it on me. You blamed me back then, too."
"Character tells the whole story. Divine Eagle