After defeating Lord Mi, Death Lord seized Ye Zhi in front of him and gouged out his eyes.
Outer Heaven was gray because what they were seeing was the past in the flow of time.
But even if it hadn't been the past, this scene would still have been gray in Lu Yin's eyes—dark and bleak, without a glimmer of light.
Ye Zhi's eyes had been gouged out. Death Lord said something to Lord Mi, who shot into the sky and continued attacking him. He fought for his life. Even Death Lord was wary of a Lord Mi who fought desperately, and had no choice but to abandon Ye Zhi and face him.
Lord Mi grew more and more battered, but Death Lord fared little better.
The battle continued until Karma Master arrived and said something that finally brought it to a halt.
Lord Mi's voice was calm, as if recalling the past, yet he spoke as though telling someone else's story. "Saint Shang told me that Main Dao had known about the Nine Bastions for a long time, and had been keeping watch over us."
"It gave me two choices: submit to Main Dao, or destroy the Nine Bastions."
Lu Yin was puzzled. "This is what I can't understand. At the time, the Nine Bastions weren't strong enough to threaten Main Dao. Even during the war that came later, the Masters could have easily wiped out Human Civilization if they'd intervened. So why did things get so bad?"
Lord Mi replied calmly, "If you were faced with a civilization you could completely control and exploit, would you wipe it out so easily?"
Lu Yin's eyes widened. Control. Exploit.
"For Main Dao, as long as the Nine Bastions had no Master, they could be completely controlled and turned into a