Old Yu ducked his head. He could not help but suspect that Lu Yin was testing him. “My apologies, Seraph Lu. It’s not that I wish to refuse, but rather that I simply cannot do this.”0

“Why not?”0

“As I’ve already explained,” Old Yu continued, “Only the Ru family was able to truly control Heavenspire. Lesser Sancte Yue Ya destroyed the Ru family, which is already a terrible crime against the Nine Odysseys Megaverse. He will not be able to answer for that easily. If he goes further and accepts my Wisdom Domain, then he would be adding to his existing crimes. His punishment from the Greater Sancti might end up being more than he can endure. He knows that I am aware of this, so if I still choose to join him, he will never trust me.”0

“Is it really so serious?”0

“It’s extremely serious,” Old Yu answered solemnly. The truth was that the Wisdom Domain did not hold any kind of significance to the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, and it did not really matter who the domain submitted to; the Greater Sancti simply did not care. However, Old Yu could never say this aloud, as doing so would reveal that it was far more reasonable to ally with Yue Ya than join Boundless. In fact, Old Yu had already joined Yue Ya.0

Lu Yin waved the old man’s concerns away. “I don’t care about any of that. Find a way on your own to...0