While there was no confirmation that a Progenitor had transformed into the Champions’ Stage that Progenitor Lu Tianyi had left behind, the Lu patriarch would not have left anything weaker behind. Progenitor Hui also would not have accepted anything that could not protect the Fifth Mainland from Progenitors.

However, if the Champions’ Stage really was Lu Jian, and he had not become a Progenitor, then why was he able to anoint Progenitor-level champions?

Also, there had been no one from the Lu family aside from Lu Jian who had cultivated Truesight to such a high level.

The whole thing was strange, very strange.

"It looks like this Champions’ Stage really was Lu Jian. As far as I know, after Old Fu became a Progenitor, even though a lot of people started using his cultivation method, very few powerhouses used it, let alone people from your Lu family. Everyone from your family was famous throughout the entire Fifth Mainland, even if they were from one of the branch families, and out of everyone alive back then, only Lu Jian was obsessed with Old Fu’s power. On top of that,” Progenitor Smoke paused as he let out a breath, "Lu Jian hated the blood giants more than anyone. He even threatened to exterminate them and erase the entire race of blood giants."

Lu Yin was caught off guard. "Why?"

Progenitor Smoke explained, "Blood giants are nothing more than a scourge. As countless years passed, different races of giants developed. Some became as...