Lu Yin set foot on Jinling's soil, his gaze filled with emotion. Five years had passed, and everything had changed. The desperate place he'd once known was completely different; Jinling now looked much like a city on any number of prosperous planets.
He released his domain and immediately searched for Zhou Shan. Before long, his gaze settled on Zhong Mountain.
During Earth's apocalypse, Zhou Shan had been one of the Seven Saints and ruled over Jinling. He had settled on Zhong Mountain and commanded eighty thousand Evolvers. Although Jinling had since returned to prosperity, Zhong Mountain remained as it had always been, without a single change.
Lu Yin appeared on Zhong Mountain without concealing his arrival.
Inside Zhong Mountain, dozens of people stared blankly at a screen, watching Lu Yin stroll in without a care. One of them trembled as he said, "Th-this man looks so familiar."
"The savior—Lu Yin! He's Lu Yin, the regent of the Great Yu Empire!" another cried out, his gaze feverish.
Soon, everyone was excited. Someone immediately went to report to Zhou Shan.
After Lu Yin defeated Qing Yu, he became known as Earth's savior. Zhou Shan and the others had magnified his achievements beyond measure, and Lu Yin had amassed a large number of fanatical admirers on Earth. The Great Yu Empire's troops stationed there had also helped spread the story, making Lu Yin a god in the hearts of nearly everyone on the planet.
The Ten Academies Grand Competition had brought his image into the hearts of every person on Earth, and the Greatest Competition had truly deified him. Lu Yin himself had no idea how influential he was on Earth.
All the troops on Zhong Mountain quickly assembled. An alarm blared throughout Jinling, startling hundreds of thousands of people. Everyone looked toward