Arch-Elder Zen’s voice grew contemptuous. "I’d sooner believe that Junior Lu will become a Progenitor before me than you."

The man quickly gave Lu Yin an odd look. "You won’t actually get there faster than us, right?"

Lu Yin rolled his eyes. "I'm not that fast. If I were to guess at who’ll be the fastest, I’d put my money on Brother Qing Ping."

Arch-Elder Zen sighed in agreement. "Yes, Qing Ping will reach that level very soon."

Kui Luo grinned. "He’s a monster who came out of absolutely nowhere. An Envoy who can go against Semi-Progenitors… When he actually becomes a Semi-Progenitor, I’d assume that even Hen Xin and the other gatemasters might not be his opponents."

"Definitely not!" Lu Yin affirmed. While the ancient gatemasters from the Heavens Sect, like Hen Xin, were incredibly powerful and ranked at the very top of the Semi-Progenitor realm, Lu Yin felt confident that when he became a Semi-Progenitor—no, even before that—he would be capable of fighting against such experts. As for his senior brother, Qing Ping, the man’s talent was at least equal to Lu Yin’s own, as both of them had been acknowledged by Mister Mu and accepted as his disciples. Lu Yin was eager to see how powerful his senior brother would become when he became a Semi-Progenitor.

It was truly a pity that all the stellular energy had been stolen from the true universe. Even if Lu Yin’s senior brother wanted to break through and become...