Chapter 2923: Guessing The Purpose  

The Endless Frontier was regarded as the Sixverse Association’s slaughtering fields. Even if the Cyclic Universe’s Three Sovereigns and Nine Sages entered together with the Great Sovereign, they still would not be able to conquer the Endless Frontier. However, Lu Yin had done just that.

He had accomplished the most appropriate task at the most appropriate time. And for his efforts, he had received the most appropriate reward.

Soon after returning from the crusade, Lu Yin quickly announced to the Sixverse Association that he would launch another crusade. His announcement ignited the bloodlust of countless people across the Sixverse Association, and everyone who had joined the first crusade hoped to return to the cheers of all humanity after their great victory.

The first crusade had not suffered that many losses, especially since most of the weaker cultivators had been able to follow behind a number of peak powerhouses. The entire expedition had been like a dream for many people.

It was entirely possible that the second crusade would far exceed the scale of the first one.

"As long as we achieve another great victory, every part of the Sixverse Association will put their faith in the Dao Monarch alone," Wei Rong commented in a respectful tone.

Lu Yin was sitting in the Heavens Sect’s main hall. "These crusades are hard on those fighting at the frontlines, but those of you who stay behind don’t have an easy time of things either."

Wei Rong bowed low. "We are far from comparable to the Dao Monarch, who risks his life while fighting."

"Where are Jiang Chen and the others?"

"Still on Earth."

Lu Yin stood up and left the Heavens Sect, making his way towards Earth.

Dragonturtle had blocked Ju Ji's attack on Earth. Even though the planet had suffered from the oppressive aura of a peak powerhouse, luckily, very little real damage had been done.

A huge statue stood in a large square. Around it, a group of people had gathered to show their respect for Lu Yin.

Some distance away, inside a rather stylish coffee shop, Jiang Chen and Jiang Qingyue were sitting across from each other. Dragonturtle was lazily lounging on Jiang Qingyue's shoulder, looking as though he might die at any moment.

"The crusaders have returned, which means that Lu Yin should be here soon. Sister, are you nervous?" Jiang Chen teased.

Jiang Qingyue had a cold personality, but she always drew everyone's attention.

In fact, as soon as Jiang Chen finished speaking, a man approached and offered a flower to Jiang Qingyue, bringing it out like a magic trick as he flashed her a handsome smile. "Beautiful young lady, this is for you."

Jiang Qingyue did not even look at the flower.

Dragonturtle opened his mouth, yawning.

Jiang Chen stirred his coffee while watching with interest.

The man was not the slightest bit embarrassed that he had been ignored. It was quite clear that he was quite experienced with such situations.

He pulled out another flower. The first blossom had been a rose, but the second flower was more uncommon. "Beautiful lady, I personally planted this flower in the garden of my home in Jinlin. This particular flower comes from Great Brocade Island in the Cosmic Sea. The flowers of this planet are not worthy of your beauty. Only this flower can reveal your true self."

The man was very particular with his words, and he naturally revealed his true identity.

Jinlin was the most exclusive city on Earth. Every inch of land there was priceless, and it was very impressive for the man to have a house large enough to have a flower garden. On top of that, the flower that he had offered Jiang Qingyue had come from the Cosmic Sea, which demonstrated the man’s strength, apart from his financial means. There was nothing about the man that could be disparaged.

These very words were the foundation behind the man’s confidence to successfully ask out many different girls.

He confidently gazed at Jiang Qingyue, quietly waiting for her reply. No woman would reject him. It was not possible.

However, Jiang Qingyue still did not respond to the man.

Dragonturtle eyed the flower, opened his mouth, and chomped down, swallowing the blossom in one gulp.

Jiang Chen laughed.

The man stared at the bare stem in his hand, more than a bit confused. Despite his many years of experience, he had never once considered such an outcome.

Just as he was about to lose his temper, Dragonturtle spoke up. "Is that what the flower tastes like? Bah."

The flames of the man’s rising temper were immediately extinguished, and he carefully observed Dragonturtle. This was a talking astral beast. Such creatures were not indigenous to Earth, which meant that the beast and these people had come from elsewhere in the universe.

This woman was not simple.

It was no wonder why she could ignore the man.

With this thought, the man smiled again. "I must have disturbed you, beautiful young lady. I'm sorry. Your meal will be on me, so please just sit and enjoy it."

The man then smiled at Jiang Chen as well before returning to his own seat. From start to finish, the man had behaved in a polite, refined manner.

Jiang Chen was impressed. "That guy isn’t bad. He is handsome, discerning, and tolerant. Sister, why don't you consider him too? Don't worry about whatever you’re currently cultivating. You know that Dad doesn't need you to think about such things."

Jiang Qingyue frowned and looked over at Jiang Chen. "When did you start spouting so much hot air?"

Jiang Chen rolled his eyes. "I don’t have a choice. Only interesting people can win the love of a young lady. Just being handsome is useless."

"Well said, Young Master Chen," Dragonturtle praised.

Jiang Chen drew himself up in his seat, even more proud.

"What’s got you so happy?" Lu Yin arrived at the table. He was wearing simple clothes, making him look like an ordinary person.

The sight of Lu Yin caused Jiang Chen's eyes to light up, and he pointed to a chair across the table. "Sit down."

Lu Yin glanced at the table. Next to Jiang Qingyue?

Jiang Qingyue instantly shot a cold glare at Jiang Chen. "Keep this up, and we’ll be ‘sparring’ for half a month."

Jiang Chen was taken aback, but then he laughed. "It was just a joke, Sister. I'll take that seat. I’ll move over."

He quickly gave up his seat and moved over to sit next to Jiang Qingyue, giving Lu Yin the other chair.

Lu Yin sat down and looked at Jiang Chen. "It’s been quite some time."

Jiang Chen looked back at Lu Yin and sighed. "It's been a very long time since we last saw each other. The last time was when you gave me that gardener."

Lu Yin smiled. "You showed up at the perfect time. If not for you, I would have been in grave danger."

Jiang Chen angrily retorted, "Every time I run into you, nothing good happens. Still, I keep repaying such evil with kindness, and we even saved your Heavens Sect this time. Tell me, how are you going to thank me?"

Lu Yin indeed needed to thank Jiang Chen and the others. If not for them, both the Heavens Sect and the Origin Universe’s Earth would have been doomed.

And Lu Yin cared greatly for Earth.

"I'll treat you to this meal," Lu Yin offered.

Jiang Chen stared at Lu Yin with widening eyes. "I risked my life to help you by asking Uncle Kong to fight the Aeternals off, and you want to thank me with just a meal?"

Lu Yin shrugged. "You’re the Lord of Lightning’s son. I can’t offer you anything that you don’t already have. So, there’s no need to go overboard and waste time while trying to be pretentious."

Jiang Chen scoffed. "I agree, but you’re still too shameless about it. What? Are you becoming even more miserly? I’ve heard that Dao Monarch Lu is greedy for money, which isn’t very good."

"If you already know that I’m greedy for money, you should understand just how much it means for me to offer to cover your meal," Lu Yin joked.

Jiang Chen rolled his eyes. "Sister, I find that I won't be able to make it very far down the path of mooching off my brother-in-law."

Dragonturtle poked his head towards Lu Yin. "Young Master Chen lacks for nothing, but I am different. Lord Lu, I greatly helped protect Earth. If not for me, this Earth would have undergone Planar Conversion."

Lu Yin’s joking demeanor fell away, and he faced the three across the table with a solemn expression. "I, Lu Yin, on behalf of Earth, want to thank you three for saving this place. I will always remember your kindness."

Jiang Qingyue looked over at Lu Yin. "We come from a parallel universe’s Earth, but regardless of the universe, this place is still Earth. We will always protect it when it’s in danger. There’s no need to thank us."

"There's just one thing I'm curious about. Why did the True God Guard Captains attack Earth?" When asking this question, Jiang Chen grew serious as he looked at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin had considered this matter for quite a bit before meeting with Jiang Chen and Jiang Qingyue, and he had even started forming a guess. "I’ll address that question in a bit. First, I have a question of my own that I hope you can answer."

Jiang Chen and Jiang Qingyue glanced at each other. "In your universe, Earth is the home of the Lord of Lightning, isn’t it?"

Jiang Qingyue nodded. "That’s right. An apocalypse struck Earth, which is when my father rose to power. Because of his ability to travel through parallel universes and the fact that some universes’ times flow at different speeds, my father was able to achieve his current strength. If not for that, I would be nothing more than an ordinary human living on Earth, and there would be no Lord of Lightning in a parallel universe."

"Do the Aeternals know about this?" Lu Yin asked.

Jiang Chen grew puzzled. "Know about what? Of course they know that Dad is the Lord of Lightning."

Lu Yin explained, "I mean, do the Aeternals know that the Lord of Lightning lives in a parallel universe that reflects this Earth?"

Jiang Chen and Jiang Qingyue glanced at each other again. "They should. Dad’s been fighting against Aeternus for many years. They know us very well."

"I didn’t know," Dragonturtle suddenly interrupted.

Three pairs of eyes turned to look at him.

Dragonturtle looked thoughtful as he murmured, "When I accompanied Master to explore parallel universes, we always used “Whitecloud” as the planet we hail from and never once spoke of Earth. When Master fought against the Aeternals, he was already as strong as a Progenitor, and it was only after that that the Aeternals failed to defeat Master in several battles. Later on, after Master came into contact with the Sixverse Association, the Aeternals became unwilling to provoke him.

"As the years passed, Master’s battles have ceased to be against the Aeternals themselves, but rather shifted to the outsider powerhouses who are allied with them. Those allies are not human, and they only know the name of Whitecloud and Master’s name. None of them know anything at all about Earth.”

Jiang Chen was surprised. "Wait, really? Dad’s never mentioned Earth to any outsiders?"

Jiang Qingyue spoke up, "There’s never been any need, as Whitecloud was founded by Father. Compared to Whitecloud, Earth is just a random planet that we came from. It means nothing at all in the scope of the entire universe."

At this point, she turned to look at Lu Yin. "Is there something wrong?"

Lu Yin's expression fell a bit. "It’s as I expected, and it only supports my guess."

He looked up at Jiang Chen. "The first time we met, you told me that you have the ability to travel through parallel universes, and you also mentioned that you were chasing a rabbit. That rabbit came into contact with the Lord of Lightning at some point and also gained the ability to travel through parallel universes, right?"

Jiang Chen nodded, but then he impatiently said, "Just tell us what's going on. Stop beating around the bush so much."

Lu Yin's eyes flickered. "Do you use some sort of power vessel to move between parallel universes?"

"A bead," Jiang Qingyue replied.

Lu Yin cautiously mentioned, "In addition to a bead, the Lord of Lightning should have two extremely powerful objects at the same level of power and age as that bead."

"Wait, how do you know about that?" Jiang Chen was stunned.

Dragonturtle was also surprised. "Master has never mentioned this matter to any outsiders while roaming through parallel universes."

Lu Yin took a deep breath. "In this universe, there was once a man known as Undying Yushan. He was the emperor of the Great Yu Empire here in the Fifth Mainland. His true identity…"

Lu Yin then shared how Undying Yushan had been controlled by the Impious Sutra and searched for three treasures. An important detail that he especially noted was the oddness of Earth. Undying Yushan had focused intently on Earth, and he had shared everything that he knew with Lu Yin before dying. When Lu Yin had first heard Undying Yushan’s final words, his first thought had been of Jiang Chen, and he had even started to form a guess at that time. More recently, the Aeternals had suddenly attacked Earth in the Origin Universe.

What could Earth possibly have that warranted such attention? The only possibility was the three treasures that Undying Yushan had been searching for under the Impious Sutra’s influence. It was clear that those treasures were not on the Fifth Mainland’s Earth, but rather the one in the Lord of Lightning’s universe, where Whitecloud was. A different universe changed everything, especially when it involved the Lord of Lightning.

Lu Yin believed that the Lord of Lightning’s rise to power was connected to those three treasures, much like Lu Yin’s own innate gift that was connected to his die. Without such an advantage, no one could rise to power so quickly, no matter how talented they might be.