Lu Yin might be enemies with the Perennial World’s forces, but their presence would still be a great help if Aeternus decided to fight with Lu Yin in Earth’s solar system. On top of that, if they traveled to the Perennial World through Jupiter, they would all end up in random locations. Regardless of how thoroughly they searched for him in the Perennial World, he would remain safely hidden with his Mask of Death.

A thought popped up, and Lu Yin turned to Ancestor Tortoise. What should he do with this guy?

Ancestor Tortoise was simply too big. Lu Yin had no options but to leave the creature in the Fifth Mainland. Besides, not even the Seven Skygods were able to do much to the tortoise.

…

Aside from the fighting that still raged at the border of the Technocracy, the fighting had mostly died down in the Fifth Mainland. However, the more peaceful things became, the more on edge humans became.

Another month passed. At this point, two months had passed since the great battle.

The mechanical ants had already been completely wiped out, but Aeternus had not pushed to invade the Technocracy. Instead, they had been busy replenishing their numbers. They had taken control of a stretch of the Innerverse’s western flowzones all the way to Chaos Flowzone, and they maintained a careful watch on the rest of the Fifth Mainland.

As many had already guessed, the Aeternals did not conduct a wanton slaughter of humans....