Lu Yin's face grew somber.0

Ever since he had first met her, Progenitor Xi had been one of the individuals in Aeternus whom he was most wary of. Someone whom Astral Anura greeted directly and who could address the Great Sovereign as Tai Hong was not someone to be underestimated.0

During the battle when Sovereign Dou Sheng had been ambushed and surrounded, a single slash of Progenitor Xi’s sword had pushed Lord Xu back. That single exchange had shown Lu Yin how powerful the woman was, but he was now realizing that he had still underestimated her.0

A single person with a single sword had forced the Lu family to start reciting the Origin Sutra as a means of compensating for their lacking spiritual force. One only could imagine how much Ancestor Lu Yuan must have dreaded Progenitor Xi. She had to be someone on the same level as Lu Yuan, or possibly even someone in the process of overcoming Dukkha. That would explain why even Astral Anura treated Progenitor Xi as an equal.0

Mu Shen was the foundation that Lu Yin had prepared for the invasion of the First Scourge, while Sovereign Dou Sheng had been an unexpected addition. Unfortunately, not even the support of the two powerhouses had been enough for the human forces to suppress Aeternus’s known strength. On top of that, the Aeternals had been reinforced by Astral Anura, Arrow God, and Ancient God. After all that, Progenitor Xi had revealed herself...1