On one particular day, the cultivators observing the Astral River discovered that, to their astonishment, the liquid energy of the river was receding faster than ever. Suddenly, the ambient energy near the Astral River surged. At that moment, a signal could pass through the Astral River, which meant that a connection could be reestablished between the Outerverse and the Innerverse. 

This news stunned the entire Outerverse, and Lu Yin learned of it first. “What was coming has finally arrived.”

The Innerverse also quickly discovered that signals could be transmitted, and people immediately reached out to the Outerverse’s network.

It did not take long for the Innerverse to be absolutely shocked. Their surprise was neither due to a signal being reestablished, nor because the Astral River was about to return to its regular state, but rather because Lu Yin was about to become the Outerverse’s king!

Throughout the countless ages of the Human Domain, throughout all the changes of the universe, the Outerverse’s seventy-two weaves had never once been unified. At its peak unity, not even half of the weaves had come together. This was not because nobody had ever possessed the ability to do so, but more so because the various great powers of the Innerverse would never allow such a thing to happen.

From the Innerverse’s perspective, the Outerverse was a massive pile of resources, and a scattered Outerverse was unable to mount any real pressure on the Innerverse, allowing...