What exactly was Chu Heizi doing? He had helped Lord Mi ambush and kill Lu Yin, yet he had also helped Lu Yin come back to life. There was so much Lu Yin didn't know.
Lu Yin took a deep breath. "There are some things even I don't know how to explain."
The Progenitor asked, "Was Chu Heizi really trying to kill you?"
"Yes," Lu Yin answered without hesitation.
The Progenitor looked at him. "He really wanted you dead?"
Lu Yin nodded.
"Then why did he preserve your corpse? And why did he show up here?"
"Because I contacted him."
"How could you contact him? After we learned that he'd helped Lord Mi ambush you, we cast him out of Human Civilization. He vanished without a trace for countless eons, and no one could contact him. Also, if he meant to preserve your corpse, how could that ambush countless eons ago have been real?"
Lu Yin gave his answer. "Whether it's the Three Laws or the Mitian Grand Plan, the ultimate goal is to reach the summit in this era. And the most important thing in reaching the summit is to Deceive the Heavens and Cross the Sea. Whether it's a ruler, Lord Mi, or Wang Wen, who cultivated in the previous era, none of them can reach the summit without completely deceiving the universe."
"But how can the universe be deceived? You and I were both born of the universe. If our words and actions are false, they can't possibly deceive it. That final step of the Three Laws, Deceive the Heavens and Cross the Sea, is nothing but self-deception."
The Progenitor's eyes widened. "So that's why Chu Heizi helped Lord Mi ambush you. Then what about Lord Mi?"
"Lord Mi really did kill me, and Death God really