Xiang Siyu had seen the threads of fortune.
A smile blossomed across her face, making her already peerless beauty seem even more divine.
As she dodged Mi Ya's attacks, she looked at Lu Yin. "So this is why it can create life. This is the very thing that lets it surpass us."
"Lu Yin, you can see them too, can't you?"
"What do you call its connection to the universe?"
Mi Ya stopped and tightened her grip on her sword hilt. She had seen them too, having gained the most from the knowledge.
"Threads," Lu Yin replied calmly. What he had feared most had come to pass. To buy time to recover, Shi Chu had revealed its knowledge, allowing Xiang Siyu to advance further. He had no idea how things were going with Shi Jian and the others. By rights, they shouldn't have gained enough knowledge to see the threads.
But Xiang Siyu alone was already a handful.
The first person Lu Yin had gone to see after returning was Xiang Siyu, because she had a hidden card the other six Luminaries didn't know about. She should have used it in the previous era, during the transition between eras. He had wanted to find out what that card was, but Xiang Siyu hadn't given him the chance.
He would rather Shi Jian, Saint Shang, or even Wang Wen had gained the knowledge. He didn't want it to be Xiang Siyu.
"Threads? That fits." Xiang Siyu brushed back her hair, just as she had when Lu Yin first entered Outer Heaven and met her as a ruler.
"These threads can't be all that Shi Chu comprehended. It only revealed a little. How about we work together? Find it and destroy it."
Shi Chu was a shackle on Human Civilization, and a