Chapter 4159: Absolute Means

Lu Yin felt helpless. The essence of life, huh? Even at the peak of cultivation, one still could not surpass that, not without ceasing to be human.

Lu Yuan looked at Lu Yin. “The result is what it is. There’s no need to dwell on it. The real question now is: Little Seven, how will you obtain this innate gift?

“I originally thought that this newly grown innate gift of mine might slowly awaken in you over time, but we don’t time to wait. A gradual awakening could take hundreds, thousands of years... or even longer.”

Greater Sancte Blood Tower nodded. “This innate gift is of limited use on Lu Yuan. Unless he breaks through to the Immortal realm, it won’t be a decisive ability. However, if you obtain it, Mr. Lu, that would be completely different.

“You are able to see far, far further than Lu Yuan, and that’s not even considering the Heavenly Karmic Macrocosm. That allows you to look across the entire human civilization, which would allow you to instantly reach any location: wherever you can see, you can reach. Teleportation would become a decisive power throughout the entirety of human civilization and beyond, except when confronting Luo Chan. Even if an enemy Immortal is stronger than you, they will never be able to surpass your speed.

“We currently have too many powerful enemies. It’s best to ensure that you gain this innate gift as soon as possible.”

“Little Seven, you must have thought of some method to do so, so just do it,” Lu Yuan said.

Lu Yin coughed softly. “To be honest... I haven’t thought of anything.”

Greater Sancte Blood Tower both stared at him in a daze.

“You haven’t thought about it? And yet you still stirred up such a commotion?” Greater Sancte Blood Tower was stunned.

Everyone assumed that Lu Yin had carefully planned out each step of the process, assuming that everything was proceeding smoothly. But in truth, Lu Yin had not thought things through at all.

Lu Yuan was also stunned. This was completely unlike Lu Yin.

The younger man chuckled awkwardly. “I really haven’t thought of anything. I just wanted to give it a try. Like you, Ancestor, I believed that the innate gift might awaken slowly over time... or maybe it would appear in another one of your descendants. More importantly, I wanted to capture or eliminate Luo Chan. Honestly, just as your hopes weren’t very high, neither were mine.

“I never imagined that it would actually work.”

Greater Sancte Blood Tower rubbed his head. “So this is what it means to take things one step at a time.”

Lu Yuan’s eyes brightened. “Little Seven, it’s time you got married. Ten wives—no, a hundred!”

Lu Yin jumped in alarm. “Ancestor, don’t be ridiculous!”

Greater Sancte Blood Tower raised a hand to stop Lu Yuan, but then he turned to stare at Lu Yin with burning eyes. “He’s not wrong. Not at all. You need to have children, lots of them. The more you have, the greater the chance that one will awaken this innate gift of teleportation. In particular, with your unmatched talent, any child of yours would be among the most talented in all of human history, with a true chance of becoming an Immortal.

“Ten, a hundred, a thousand—just imagine it! Out of 1,000 children, how many would awaken an innate gift of teleportation? How many would become Immortals? If even just one did, it would be enough to raise up our entire civilization.”

Lu Yin was rendered speechless.

Lu Yuan chuckled. “I’ll pick out a few hundred women for you right away.”

Greater Sancte Blood Tower waved his hand. “First, we should get Xiang Siyu, and then those Seven Fairies and Qing Yun. None of them should be allowed to escape. Lu Yuan, how many can your Tianyuan provide?”

“As many as needed. The ones pining after Little Seven could form a line from the Nine Odysseys Megaverse and to the Tianyuan.”

“We still need to choose carefully. We can’t mistreat the children.”

“Don’t worry, none of them will be lacking. They’ll all be exceptional.”

“By the way, Mr. Lu, do you have any preference in regards to species?”

Lu Yin felt a burgeoning headache. “Let’s stop this right there. Don’t overthink things! I’m not a stud horse.”

Greater Sancte Blood Tower studied Lu Yin in a serious manner. “Mr. Lu, this is no longer about just you, but rather a matter that concerns all of humanity. The number of your descendants will directly affect the strength of our civilization. Their abilities will shape our future. This is no longer about your personal willingness. You must make sacrifices for humanity.”

“Little Seven, make this small sacrifice. Our Lu family needs to spread out its branches someday!” Lu Yuan laughed joyfully. What had once been his private wish had suddenly become humanity’s desire.

Lu Yin was speechless. Others struggled to balance family and duty; how had his situation become... this?

Do people even talk like this?

Yet... they did have a point, and he was tempted, though not by the women. He was tempted by the idea that, centuries in the future, he might have countless descendants. How many geniuses would be born? How many would awaken the ability to teleport? Even without that innate gift, just Investiture of the Gods and the Champions’ Stage would be enough for them to dominate their peers.

If one Lu Yin could do so much, then what about a hundred? What heights could their human civilization reach?

No wonder Greater Sancte Blood Tower had become so excited.

“I’ll go tell Senior Green Lotus right now,” Greater Sancte Blood Tower excitedly announced.

Lu Yin quickly stopped him. “I’ve thought of another way.”

“What other way? Do you want to pick your partners yourself? Then let me warn you: don’t set your standards too high.”

“I mean awakening the ability to teleport myself.”

𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

“That doesn’t matter.”

“Yes, it does matter.”

“It’s true,” Lu Yuan interjected, “It is important that Little Seven awaken the innate gift for himself, though that won’t stop us from helping him choose some partners.”

“That’s true,” Greater Sancte Blood Tower admitted, “Even if he has many descendants, there might not be enough time. Besides... it isn’t easy for someone at his level to produce offspring.”

Lu Yuan laughed. “But we have the Mirari Realm!”

Greater Sancte Blood Tower slapped his forehead. “You’re right!”

On the River of Aeons, Zhao Ran finally lost her patience. “This place doesn’t allow for such nonsense! What a mess...”

She immediately rowed her boat away.

Greater Sancte Blood Tower watched her leave, muttering, “She counts as one.”

Lu Yin could only smile wryly. Zhao Ran was not even human, and she cared for Progenitor Ku far more than she did Lu Yin.

He had visited Progenitor Ku several times during their time in the Mirari Realm, as had Greater Sancte Blood Tower, who had praised the man as a rare genius of great willpower and talent, someone with the potential to one day soar into the heavens.

After speaking of Progenitor Ku, the Greater Sancte had moved on to speak of Jiang Feng, Progenitor Chen, and a number of others, praising the Tianyuan’s potential and saying that it might even surpass the Nine Odysseys Megaverse one day.

Soon, Lu Yin and Lu Yuan sat down across from each other. They each raised a hand and sliced open their palms. Their blood floated up and merged. As that happened, Lu Yin released his Karmic Dao.

His Karmic Dao could spread far beyond the Tianyuan, but within the Mirari Realm, he restrained it to a small range.

A spiral of karma circled their joined blood. Where there was cause, there had to be an effect. Using the origin of his bloodline, Lu Yin used karma to search for how to awaken the innate gift. This was the method that he had come up with.

After growing his third innate gift, Lu Yuan could clearly sense that his descendants could also awaken it. That even included those who had already been born, as the very origin of their bloodline had transformed. Such was the nature of cultivation. If Lu Yin eventually became an Immortal, he could lift up the entire Lu family with him.

Lu Yin might eventually awaken the innate gift naturally, but he could not afford to wait that long.

The Mirari Realm lacked time, but its occupants could still feel its passage. They did not want to wait any longer.

Additionally, the hidden Immortal from Obscura was still an unpredictable threat.

Greater Sancte Blood Tower stood guard, watching as the blood merged and karma was used to search for an answer. He sighed. “The Lu family truly understands both innate gifts and karma. Even Senior Green Lotus might not surpass Mr. Lu in this field.

“Yes... he should unquestionably have children. Our civilization can afford it, and it’s important.”

As blood and karma intertwined, a green glow welled up within Lu Yuan and flowed into Lu Yin.

Lu Yin felt the green light, which was the power of the Immortal Lord. He saw the green stalk in Lu Yuan’s Progenitor’s world, as well as Yan Ruyu. Lu Yin could feel her emotions, and her devotion to him was so overwhelming that it nearly drowned him.

The green light traveled along the karma spiral into Lu Yin’s inner universe. There, a tiny green star took form. It was just a speck of light, and yet its presence was undeniable; it allowed Lu Yin to clearly sense Yan Ruyu’s existence.

If I can sense Yan Ruyu... then can I also sense the Immortal Lord?

Even as the thought formed, a strange sensation surged through him. The space around him shattered and reformed repeatedly as his eyes snapped open. His surroundings were completely unchanged, and yet it felt as if some invisible barrier had shattered. He was breathing more freely.

It was like a fish returning to the water. There was a sense of freedom without restraints.

Is this... teleportation?

Lu Yuan lowered his hand as Lu Yin withdrew his Karmic Dao.

Greater Sancte Blood Tower’s eyes remained locked onto the young man.

Lu Yin glanced at his hands and then around the area before instantly vanishing.

Greater Sancte Blood Tower turned to look at the bank of the River of Aeons. He let out a heavy breath, and then burst out laughing. “Congratulations, Mr. Lu!”

Tuo Lin and Yan Ruyu immediately cheered. “Congratulations, Master!”

Lu Yuan watched while smiling. It was done.

Lu Yin stared across the River of Aeons. He spread out his arms and embraced the void. Space rippled around him like waves.

He already had some comprehension of the power of space, but when he compared that to this new sensation, all of Lu Yin’s previous understanding became insignificant.

Space was no longer space, and distance was no longer distance. Anywhere his vision reached, he could touch. This was teleportation.

“Let’s head out.”

They soon exited the Mirari Realm, and Lu Yin immediately released his Karmic Dao, merging it with the Heavenly Karmic Macrocosm. He looked towards the Nine Odysseys Megaverse.

Because of how much his Karmic Dao had improved by, the time it took his perception to reach the Nine Odysseys Megaverse through the Heavenly Karmic Macrocosm had dropped from more than ten days to only five. After five days, Lu Yin looked at the megaverse. He saw the Mother Tree piercing the sky, the Sea of Karma, and Greater Sancte Green Lotus.

Green Lotus looked up and gave a faint smile.

Lu Yin suddenly vanished, instantly reappearing in front of the Immortal.

It felt like a dream.

When had traveling from the Tianyuan to the Nine Odysseys Megaverse ever been so fast?

Five days—it had taken just five days.

He would never forget that, when the Nest civilization had invaded the Tianyuan, he had been tormented for an entire year, waiting to travel back home while fearing that his home megaverse would be destroyed before he arrived. His hopes had risen and fallen so many times during that journey.

None of that would happen anymore. He could make the journey in five days, and as his Karmic Dao grew stronger, that time would further shorten. Someone like Greater Sancte Green Lotus only needed a few days to look at the entirety of human civilization, so just looking at the Tianyuan from the Nine Odysseys Megaverse had to be even quicker.

Of course, that could still not compare to Luo Chan.

However, Luo Chan’s teleportation had its own drawbacks. Had the bug been capable of the same kind of teleportation as Lu Yin and Lu Yuan, it might have sensed Greater Sancte Blood Tower when he was hiding near the Immortal beast, and that would have prevented the bug from being captured.

Every strength came with its own weakness.