Star Odyssey Chapter 1971: God Of Disaster

The two people turned to stare at each other in shock. They were both part of Leon's Armada, and they
knew that they were backed by Eversky Island and had the support of a powerful Semi-Progenitor.
However, they had never seen that expert before. They bragged about being backed by a Semi-
Progenitor, but it was nothing more than talk. They had never actually thought that they would one day
see an elite powerhouse at the Semi-Progenitor level.

Unexpectedly, to build the Tower of the Fifth, Little Seven was even able to ask a Semi-Progenitor for
help.

As Ghost Doc had mentioned, the Fifth Mainland would survive regardless of if the Tower of the Fifth
was built or not. However, if it was built, then it needed to be a dazzling beacon for the entire Fifth
Mainland from the very start. Nothing could be more impressive and convincing than having a Semi-
Progenitor lay its foundation, especially when the powerhouse was Arch-Elder Zen himself.

Arch-Elder Zen was not merely a Semi-Progenitor, but also the master of the Hall of Honor. His identity
and status were so high that his intervention ensured that the Fifth Pagoda would not be ordinary. After
the foundation was set in place, the Tower of the Fifth would officially be recognized by the Hall of
Honor. It would be a place of training for all humans, and it would stand as an eternal symbol of the Fifth
Mainland.

At this moment, Leon's Armada, together with its seventh regiment and countless other ships from the
entire Cosmic Sea, were all waiting for Arch-Elder Zen to set the foundation in place. After that, they
would begin constructing the Tower of the Fifth.

"It's too bad that Liu Feng was trapped in Burial Garden and that he couldn’t get out. Now he can’t see
the Semi-Progenitor. What a pity," Kidney complained.

Ghost Doc calmly replied, "Everyone has their own fate. It’s possible that Liu Feng will have his own
adventure within Burial Garden."
Half a day later, Highsage Leon appeared with a massive blade in his hand, and he stared out across the
sea.

At this moment, everyone near the Abyss of the Sea was staring at it.

They could see that someone had appeared above the Eye of the Sea at this moment. They were all
looking at an old man, Arch-Elder Zen.

The Semi-Progenitor was standing in the air above the sea, looking down at it. He then opened a hand as
though he wanted to grab a hold of the entire Cosmic Sea. As the solitary hand descended, the universe
trembled. Everyone watching felt as though they were witnessing the end of the universe. Everything in
existence seemed to be trembling, and the vortex in the middle of the sea began to slow down as well.

Right after that, from a distance so far that no one could see where, a solid mass of dirt appeared, pulled
over by Arch-Elder Zen. It started to pile up at the center of the largest whirlpool in the Abyss of the Sea
that devoured untold amounts of seawater every day. More and more of the dirt appeared, and
eventually, it seemed as though an entire continent was flying through space.

There were strands of soil that connected the entire Neoverse. Apparently, this dirt was what was left
after the destruction of the Fifth Mainland. Countless cultivators in the Neoverse would find a place on
the dirt to cultivate, and supposedly, this was the only way for one to become a Progenitor.

This dirt was incredibly important to the Fifth Mainland, and yet it was being used as the foundation of
the Tower of the Fifth.

Arch-Elder Zen used a tremendous amount of power to pull the soil from the Neoverse in order to build
a foundation in the Abyss of the Sea. Eventually, the entire pit was filled with soil, which formed an
incomparably large island at the center of the Cosmic Sea.
Once Arch-Elder Zen finished, all of the dirt still in the sky miraculously returned to the Neoverse while
the soil that had been used to form the island solidified. Countless people could see that the Tower of
the Fifth’s foundation had been laid.

The vortex reappeared in the sea, but it could no longer devour any seawater. Instead, the currents
crashed against the foundation of the Tower of the Fifth, which caused more currents to emerge. Both
the speed and strength of the currents that appeared greatly surpassed what had existed in the Abyss of
the Sea in the past.

The climate of the Abyss of the Sea had completely changed.

Countless people were stunned by the sight. This was the strength of a Semi-Progenitor, someone who
could alter the universe at a whim.

Highsage Leon’s eyes tightened. A Semi-Progenitor was an unfathomably far level of strength, but he
was fully convinced that he would eventually be able to reach that level.

After this thought flickered through his mind, he looked back towards the new foundation and waved a
hand. “Let’s go, kids."

The members of Leon's Armada let out a loud cheer, but not because they were about to build the
Tower of the Fifth. These people were not that altruistic or selfless. They had no thoughts about
improving the overall strength of the entire Fifth Mainland at all. No, they were cheering because when
the Great Eastern Alliance had contacted Leon’s Armada about helping with building the Tower of the
Fifth, the pirates had been promised that they would be allowed to enter the tower first.

When it came to the members of Leon's Armada and the Great Eastern Alliance, Lu Yin would never be
inclined to treat them badly, and he was already planning to make some of the battle techniques in the
Tower of the Fifth readily available for those people.
The Tower of the Fifth contained both Lu Yin’s selfishness and selflessness. He truly did want to improve
the overall strength of humanity, as he had no desire to see the Fifth Mainland hold a weaker position in
the future, regardless of whether they faced the Perennial World or Aeternus.

Lu Yin had already left the hidden world that was Shamrock Enterprise’s headquarters. Not only had he
taken care of Leaf King, but he had also obtained astronomical amounts of wealth. Even more
importantly, Lu Yin had found a cultivation path to tread as he passed through the Envoy realm.

This thought caused him to pay even more attention to Sapling and feel more and more attached to the
plant, and he could not help but play with it a bit.

Sapling was happier than ever at the increased attention, and it kept jumping around on Lu Yin's
shoulders in its own little dance.

"It would be great if you could talk," Lu Yin said regretfully. He had not yet forgotten about the stellular
energy pills. Since Leaf King had been able to sense and control the pills, Sapling should be capable of
doing the same thing. However, Lu Yin had no idea how to convey this idea to Sapling.

Before leaving the hidden world, Lu Yin had looked at the list of Shamrock Enterprise’s seeds, and he
could not help but be impressed by Leaf King's capability. There were thousands of seeds and hidden
seeds, each of whom was a cultivator with an innate gift. His former classmate, Hei Xu, had been a seed,
and he had possessed an innate gift that allowed him to cause the void to explode.

Numerous hidden seeds had been sent to many of the Fifth Mainland’s major powers.

Lu Yin had already sent the list to Wang Wen, who would indirectly control the seeds through Shamrock
Enterprise, which meant that Wei Rong had been given a path into many of the major powers.
Taking over Shamrock Enterprise meant nothing less than also taking over everything that the company
had built up over countless years, which would provide incredible help in progressing Lu Yin’s forces.

For the foreseeable future, he needed to devote himself to overseeing the construction of the Tower of
the Fifth, as well as helping out whenever needed. He was certain that many people from various major
organizations in the Fifth Mainland were already preparing themselves to make a trip to the Cosmic Sea.
As soon as the Tower of the Fifth opened its doors, countless people would instantly charge towards it in
order to seize an inheritance.

The tower had to be completed before the Perennial World invaded the Fifth Mainland, or else his
intentions would most likely be uncovered when the Perennial World’s forces started hunting him
down. After all, that was when the Fifth Mainland would start feeling the pressure into turning Lu Yin
over to the invaders.

The Second Nightking’s expression was quite ugly as he carried a spaceship towards the Cosmic Sea. It
was not long before they left the Honor Zone and entered the northern region of the Neoverse.

Sapling was still bouncing around over Lu Yin's head as he stared off into space, thinking about how to
lure more people into the Tower of the Fifth. What about making a contribution memorial and placing it
next to the Tower of the Fifth? Whoever had the greatest contributions towards the tower would have
their name placed highest on the memorial.

There were many people who cared about fame and reputation, and the Tower of the Fifth would last
until the Fifth Mainland itself was entirely destroyed. That meant that the memorial would essentially be
preserved forever, and those listed on it would enjoy eternal fame. This was actually one way for people
to leave their names down in history.

The more he considered the option, the more realistic it felt to Lu Yin. He ended up sharing the idea with
Wang Wen to have the man handle the details.

Calling such a memorial the Contribution Platform would be too simple. It needed a more majestic
name.
As he was thinking about this, Lu Yin caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye,
but when he did a double take, the person had already disappeared.

The Second Nightking was moving too quickly through space, and they had already gone far past the
person that Lu Yin had seen.

"Stop!" Lu Yin called out quickly. “Go slightly back to where we were just now."

The Second Nightking felt rather puzzled, but he followed along with Lu Yin’s request.

Regarding the Second Nightking, Lu Yin was not certain if the man had truly been trapped in Leaf King’s
tree or if he had merely been pretending. Because of this, Lu Yin could not punish the old man.

Still, the timing of the old man’s escape from the tree had been too coincidental, as he had broken free
right when Leaf King had been about to escape.

No matter if the Second Nightking had truly been trapped or not, Lu Yin would never trust the man. As
soon as he found someone who could replace the Second Nightking, or as soon as Lu Yin’s own strength
reached a comparable level, he would no longer need to rely on the old man as much. If a similar
situation happened again, Lu Yin might simply kill the old man.

The Second Nightking quickly led Lu Yin back along the path they had traveled, and Lu Yin quickly looked
south. “Chase after the man who went that way."

The Second Nightking stopped retracing his steps, and instead shot southwards with the spacecraft still
in tow. In a blink of an eye, they saw a vessel that was rushing towards the Honor Zone at an incredible
speed. It was an oddly-shaped ship that was clearly a custom design.
However, Lu Yin’s eyes were not drawn to the ship so much as they were to the person lying on top of it:
Xuan Jiu.

Lu Yin blinked. "Grab the guy stuck to the spaceship."

The Second Nightking disappeared.

Stars and space were shooting past him, and Xuan Jiu gritted his teeth. Anger painted his features.
Rarely in his entire life had he ever felt so enraged.

He had been enjoying himself while wandering around, and he had recently decided that he would take
a trip to Mt. Microcosms to see if he could find anyone who shared a bit of fate with him. However, who
would have thought that he would suddenly be struck by a spaceship?

He had wanted to get out of the way, but after performing some calculations, he had found that getting
hit would apparently be a good thing. So, Xuan Jiu had remained where he was and been ingloriously
rammed into by a spacecraft. The impact had almost snapped him in half.

Fortunately, at that critical moment, he had managed to grab onto the ship, and he was determined to
hang on. They wanted to escape after hitting someone? What a joke! He was Xuan Jiu! When had
Grandpa Jiu ever allowed anyone to take advantage of him? Would he step back after being struck?
Impossible!

Xuan Jiu had originally wanted to use his own strength to cow the occupants of the vessel, but after
considering his latest divination, he decided to just let nature take its course. It was possible that the
ship would take him to a good place…

Regardless of where he ended up, his divination indicated that this was a wonderful opportunity.
As he rubbed his sore waist, he pulled his signboard out. Regardless of where he went, he could never
be without his signboard. It was a part of his identity!

As Xuan Jiu was imagining where the ship would take him, his vision started spinning and space
changed. Suddenly, the ship was gone, and so was his signboard! He was actually being dragged through
space by the neck like a chicken.

Xuan Jiu was utterly confused. What was going on? Where was he? What was happening?

He slowly looked up, only to see an expressionless face that caused Xuan Jiu’s mouth to fall open. "No,
No! The Second Nightking?"

The Second Nightking looked down, surprised to actually be recognized.

"It’s been a long time, Xuan Jiu." A familiar voice spoke from behind the old man.

The sound of it left Xuan Jiu positively terrified, and he slowly turned his head around. There was a smile
on the old man’s face that was uglier than any crying face he could possibly make. "Lu- Lu Yin."

Why did this person have to be the one who captured him?! Xuan Jiu cursed his recent fantasies of a
good opportunity awaiting him. What good thing? This was clearly the worst outcome possible! He was
with Lu Yin, the god of disaster himself! This was the end. Any involvement with Lu Yin would strengthen
the fate that lay between the youth and Xuan Jiu. There was a mystery behind this that Xuan Jiu could
not uncover.

Xuan Jiu had never expected his divinations to even deceive himself!

When he performed divinations for others, positive predictions could turn out to be terrible ones, which
was why Xuan Jiu had a horrible reputation as a fortune teller. However, he quite enjoyed his
reputation, though he had never thought that he would fall victim to himself.
On the other hand, Lu Yin was thrilled to run into Xuan Jiu.

Lu Yin had once thought that the old man was a fraud and a charlatan, as that was his reputation.
However, after Xuan Jiu had vomited blood when trying to perform a divination on Lu Yin’s family, his
opinion of the fortune teller had completely changed. Lu Yin had later learned from the Starsibyl Sect
that Xuan Jiu really had learned Heaven’s Enigma, though there had apparently been some issues with
the technique for a time. Lu Yin felt that Xuan Jiu was quite useful, and he had even asked the old man
to take on the role of national advisor for the Great Eastern Alliance during ZENTIH.

However, once the position became available, Xuan Jiu had disappeared. When Lu Yin had last heard
from the old man, it had been a call to Lu Yin when he had been at the mobile fortress in the Ross
Empire. At that time, Xuan Jiu had mentioned a very mysterious topic: Bad Luck and Destiny.

At this moment, Lu Yin was desperate to find the Starsibyl Sect and have them do some divinations for
him. He had not been able to find any traces of the Starsibyl Sect yet, but he had stumbled upon Xuan
Jiu.

The universe was beyond massive, and yet Lu Yin had managed to personally run into this old man. Lu
Yin felt as though his luck was truly heaven-defying.

In contrast, Xuan Jiu felt that his luck was simply the worst. His expression grew more and more
miserable as he looked at Lu Yin. "Lu Yin, what a coincidence. Um, can you let the Second Nightking let
me go? There’s something urgent that I need to take care of. Some child owes me a debt, but they tried
to run away, so I need to chase them down. I’ll visit you when I have the chance."

Star Odyssey Chapter 1972: Karmic Cause, Effect And Kindness

Lu Yin blinked. "Are you talking about the person in that spaceship just now?"

Xuan Jiu quickly nodded and agreed, "Yes!"

He then put on a show of being both sad and angry. "That damn kid didn’t offer any compensation after
running into me with a spaceship! It’s despicable! Hurry up and have the Second Nightking release me! I
want to chase them down!"

Lu Yin replied, "There’s no need for that. That vessel’s from the Light World. I recognize the emblem on
it, so let me just contact Yang Ji. Actually, let me call him right now and find out who it was for you."

Xuan Jiu's face grew pale. "Don't! Lu Yin, you don't understand! When it comes to matters involving
divination, it’s absolutely forbidden to let others intervene, as that will mess with the karmic cause and
effect. I need to go by myself."

"By yourself? Can you even handle this? We’re talking about the Light World, and Yang Ji has a power
level of over 700,000. Don’t worry about it, I’ll give you a hand. We’re friends, and we have a good
relationship." Lu Yin smiled at the old man as he enthusiastically offered to help out.

Xuan Jiu really felt like he was about to break down into tears. "Lu Yin, quit messing around! Don’t get
involved with my business, I’m begging you! Just let me go—I really don't want to get involved with you,
so why don’t we just pretend that we never saw each other, alright?"

Lu Yin pursed his lips. "What’s wrong? We’ve known each other for a long time and have a decent
relationship. If I’ve done something to offend you, just tell me so that I can fix things. There’s no need to
pretend that we don’t know each other."

Xuan Jiu’s voice grew bitter. "When we last spoke, I clearly told you that anyone who gets involved with
you is going to suffer terribly. Their future will be horribly unlucky. You’ve already established a great
connection with Destiny, and you’re being watched.”

The old man actually retreated a few steps. “Just telling you about that caused me to vomit blood!"

Lu Yin was left speechless. "What does you vomiting some blood have to do with me?"
"Destiny caused me to vomit blood! You must have drawn Destiny’s attention onto yourself!" Xuan Jiu
shouted through gritted teeth.

Lu Yin was somewhat convinced, as this reminded him of what had happened in Astral-10. The
Starmaster there had also mentioned that Lu Yin had likely triggered Destiny. Was that what Xuan Jiu
was talking about?

"Lu Yin, just let me go! Just act like we don’t know each other at all!" Xuan Jiu was actually begging. He
was genuinely afraid, and the more he came to understand Destiny, the more afraid of them the old
man became.

Lu Yin could see Xuan Jiu's fear, and he sighed. "Given the fact that we’re friends, if my future’s really so
terrible, don’t you want to help me out?"

Xuan Jiu could only say one thing, "I can't help, or else I wouldn’t try to run away from even seeing you."

"When we last spoke, you told me that, even if I don’t give you my fatesand, I absolutely can’t give it to
Starsibyl. You also mentioned that some people aren’t what they appear to be. What did you mean?" Lu
Yin asked.

Xuan Jiu was momentarily taken aback before being completely stunned. “I actually said that?"

"That’s what you told me."

Xuan Jiu shook his head. "You’re remembering things wrong. There’s no way I would say that. I couldn’t.
I’m Starsibyl’s ninth grandpa—how could a grandfather speak of their granddaughter in that way?"
Lu Yin was rendered speechless by this response. It seemed that Xuan Jiu really did regard himself as a
grandfather. "Either clearly explain what you said to me, or you can forget about leaving. I’m quite
happy to reunite with an old friend, and maybe you can help me figure out something regarding my
family, or something like that."

Xuan Jiu literally trembled at Lu Yin’s response, and a long-forgotten fear welled up in his heart. Anger
appeared in the old man’s eyes when he looked at Lu Yin. "Don't try to threaten me! I won’t divine
anything of that sort."

Lu Yin placed a hand on Xuan Jiu's shoulder. "My friend, you don’t get to decide if a divination is going to
be performed or not."

Xuan Jiu flushed red, and he stared at Lu Yin for a moment before finally dropping his head in a helpless
manner. "I should have known that running into you wouldn’t lead to anything good. Boy, you’re
building the Tower of the Fifth, which will help hundreds of millions of people, which should improve
your karma a bit. However, your personality is still as rotten as ever.”

Lu Yin's eyes lit up. "What do you mean? Will building the Tower of the Fifth make my future less
miserable?"

Xuan Jiu looked towards the Cosmic Sea before answering in a conflicted manner, "People talk about
karma, but what really is karma? Who can actually calculate karma? It's simply too mysterious. By
normal people's understanding, you reap what you sow, and that is karma.

"You’ve managed to conquer both the Outerverse and the Innerverse. You’ve acted on your ambitions
and defeated powerful enemies. You’ve become very powerful, but you previously demonstrated no
kindness or righteousness. If you faced a dilemma, who would step forward to help you?" Xuan Jiu
stared at Lu Yin. "However, things have recently changed. By building this Tower of the Fifth, the entire
Fifth Mainland now sees you as a benefactor, and if you face difficulties in the future, many people will
be willing to help you. This has practically eliminated the disaster looming in your future."

"Is this from a divination?" Lu Yin was stunned.

Xuan Jiu shook his head. "That’s unnecessary. People will help someone who helps the common man.
After all, kindness is relative. While I don't know your real reason for building the Tower of the Fifth,
your actions will help many people in the future, and there will be rewards for that."

After delivering these mysterious and profound-sounding words, Xuan Jiu turned around and moved to
leave.

Only to be ruthlessly dragged back by the Second Nightking.

An ugly expression appeared on Xuan Jiu’s face as he shot a dirty look at the Second Nightking. "Your
future is completely miserable."

A dangerous glint flickered in the Second Nightking’s eyes, and Xuan Jiu's legs went weak from fear. He
silently chided himself for being petty, and a hideous smile returned to his face.

Lu Yin stared at Xuan Jiu. He could not tell if the old man was trying to be deceptive or honest, but it
sounded that building the Tower of the Fifth would grant Lu Yin even more benefits than he had
anticipated.

Educating people was inherently good. Elder Zen was willing to help lay the foundation for the fifth
tower, and to a certain extent, he approved of the increase in Lu Yin’s reputation. This was the effect of
the Tower of the Fifth. Before, Lu Yin had been worried about the Outerverse being slaughtered, so he
had taken the initiative to bear the burden of the war against the Astral Beast Domain, allowing Zen Lao
to resolve his grudge against Lu Xiaoxuan's identity.

People should be kind to each other, but as Xuan Jiu had just said, kindness was relative.

Naturally, this did not mean that Lu Yin would change his mind regarding his enemies. He would still kill
them all as soon as possible. Still, these recent experiences have given him a sense of righteousness, and
he wanted to do his best to act in a more moral manner.
It did not matter what Xuan Jiu said, as Lu Yin simply wanted to live up to his own standards.

"You still haven't answered my question—what did you mean when you mentioned Starsibyl?" Lu Yin’s
eyes were fixed onto Xuan Jiu as he repeated the question.

The corner of Xuan Jiu's mouth twitched. "You misheard me."

"I already told you that you can forget about leaving until you answer me," Lu Yin replied. He then
suddenly smiled. "You just said that my future isn’t as bleak as it was before, so it shouldn’t be too bad
for you to stick with me, right? You just said so yourself."

Xuan Jiu felt quite aggrieved. "Saying so is one thing, but that still doesn’t mean that I want to get
involved with you. More importantly, I don’t want to get tangled up with Destiny. Destiny is the most
terrifying person to have ever existed."

"Worse than the God of Death I got my inheritance from?" Lu Yin countered.

Xuan Jiu sighed. "You don't understand. Honestly, I don't understand it myself, but only those who
explore the same mysteries as me can have any idea of how terrifying Destiny is. How can I explain this?
The God of Death was a powerful warrior while Destiny was an inescapable force. You can’t really fight
against Destiny, but at the same time you can”

Lu Yin understood nothing that the old man said. "That still doesn’t change anything. You won’t leave
until you’ve explained things clearly."

Xuan Jiu was trapped. “Fine, I’ll tell you.”

He let out a long breath, and his voice dropped low as he asked, "Do you know why I left the Starsibyl
Sect?"

"You were driven out," Lu Yin answered automatically.

Xuan Jiu glared at him. "I left on my own! There’s something wrong with the Starsibyl Sect."

"What?" Lu Yin asked, instantly solemn.

"I don't know the exact reason, but I do know that they’ve always had a single goal, which is to get in
contact with Destiny."

Lu Yin arched a brow, but he remained silent.

Xuan Jiu frowned. "The more one practices divination, the more they’ll come to fear Destiny. It’s
impossible to know for sure if Destiny ever truly lived, and I’d guess that Starsibyl told you that she
doesn't believe in Destiny."

There was a short pause. "The truth is that the members of the Starsibyl Sect believe in Destiny more
than anyone else. In the same way that each of the Seven Courts descended from different Progenitors,
the Starsibyl Sect believes that they are Destiny’s inheritors, which makes them incredibly dangerous."

Xuan Jiu was incomparably serious as he stared at Lu Yin. "Destiny’s mere existence is incredibly
dangerous, and things can end in an instant if you aren’t careful."

"Don’t you trigger Destiny whenever you perform your own divinations?" Lu Yin felt quite puzzled.

Xuan Jiu rolled his eyes. "When have I ever performed a divination?"
Lu Yin was stunned. While there was nothing wrong with these words, it sounded strange no matter
how the old man worded things. Was this any different from damning his own reliability?

"Hey, where's my signboard?" Xuan Jiu suddenly remembered something, and he started panting for
breath as he frantically looked around. "It's gone again!"

"You still haven't said why you want me to be so careful of Starsibyl," Lu Yin reminded the old man.

Xuan Jiu answered, "They believe that Destiny chooses their heirs, and you have fatesand. What do you
think?"

Lu Yin instantly understood. This was the same as the Specter clan and the God of Death. Even if the
Specter clan had made a show of submitting to Lu Yin and treating him as their lord, he did not believe
for a moment that an ancient power like the Specter clan would accept some random outsider as their
leader. If the Starsibyl Sect similarly believed that those who possessed fatesand were Destiny’s heirs,
then it was clear how they would view someone like Lu Yin who possessed so much fatesand. The
Starsibyl Sect likely regarded Lu Yin’s fatesand similarly to how the Specter clan viewed Lu Yin’s God of
Death’s inheritance.

Xuan Jiu looked up. "Don't overthink things. I don't really know what the Starsibyl Sect’s goal is, as how
else would I have been able to survive this long if I did?"

The man looked back at Lu Yin. "I've told you everything that I needed to, so let me go. I won’t see you
ever again in my lifetime.”

A smile spread across Lu Yin’s face. “It was very difficult to meet you this time, and yet you want to leave
this quickly?"

Xuan Jiu’s mouth fell open, and then he completely lost his temper. “Lu Yin, you said that you’d let me
go! Kid, don’t be a fool! Watch out, or else Grandpa Jiu will curse you to death!"
Lu Yin wrapped an arm around Xuan Jiu's shoulders. "Don't say that! Just do me a favor and do a
divination on a location. Then, you can leave."

Xuan Jiu glared at Lu Yin. "Don't mess with me!"

"Do you not want to leave?" Lu Yin arched a brow.

Xuan Jiu's heart dropped, and he let out a long sigh. All he could do was agree. “Where is this place?
Hurry up and tell me about it. There are some things and places that I can’t see, but I can try if you want
me to find your future wife or something like that."

Lu Yin lifted a hand and created an image out of star energy. It was an image of the place where Xia Ji
had taken Lu Yin after kidnapping him, the place with the massive pillars. "Find out where this is for me."

Xuan Jiu looked at the image. "Why do you want to know about this place?"

"That’s where Xia Ji took me when he captured me," Lu Yin answered openly.

Xuan Jiu was immediately taken aback. "The Seven Courts’ Semi-Progenitor? He’s actually connected to
Gods' Origin?"

"Gods' Origin?" Lu Yin was shocked.

Xuan Jiu nodded. "That place is God’s Origin’s Platform of Trials. You didn’t know?"

Lu Yin stared at the image that he had created for a long time. “Are you sure?"
Xuan Jiu replied, "I've been there before. Each of those pillars is huge, like the size of a mainland, and
the situation on top of each one is different, right?"

Lu Yin was surprised. Trials in sects and the wild were pretty common, which meant that they were easy
to learn about. Xia Ji should not have taken Lu Yin to such a place, unless being exposed was not a
problem for the Semi-Progenitor. However, if that was the case, then why had he knocked Lu Yin out
when he was bringing him to and from that place, eventually dumping him in the Cosmic Sea? Xia Ji
obviously did not want people to know that he had a connection with Gods' Origin.

In fact, according to Lu Yin’s basic reasoning, Xia Ji should have never exposed his connection to Gods'
Origin.

Star Odyssey Chapter 1973: One Word

"Are you sure that that’s Gods’ Origins’ Platform of Trials?" Lu Yin asked again.

Xuan Jiu grumpily answered, "Absolutely."

"Do a divination," Lu Yin commanded.

Xuan Jiu was speechless, and he stared blankly at Lu Yin. "Do you really not believe me?"

Lu Yin explained, "Xia Ji wouldn’t easily reveal a connection to Gods’ Origin if he had one. Even if there is
something, he’s not stupid enough to take me to a place as easily discovered as their Platform of Trials."
With this, Xuan Jiu understood. "You’re misunderstanding. This Platform of Trials is different from what
you’re used to. This one’s only available to Envoys."

Lu Yin was even more confused.

Xuan Jiu continued, saying, "The greatest difference between the Neoverse, the Innerverse, and the
Outerverse is that it’s not too difficult for the Neoverse powers to produce Envoys. Every Neoverse
power has their own Platform of Trials that’s exclusively reserved for Envoys. The Cosmic Sect, Eversky
Island, and the Hall of Honor all have one, and Gods' Origin is no exception. Even though I say that it’s
not too difficult to produce an Envoy, that’s only in comparison to the other places in the Fifth Mainland.
Even a place as large and powerful as Gods' Origin only has a few Envoys, so naturally, only a few people
have ever seen their Platform of Trials.

"If not for a certain coincidence, I would have never seen it. Then, you would not have been able to find
out where you were taken no matter how badly you tried."

Lu Yin understood that, in the Innerverse, Envoys were the top powerhouses. Even the Sword Sect only
had two Envoys, so it was impossible for the Innerverse powers to have a Platform of Trials dedicated
solely to Envoys. Another detail was that Xia Ji had not expected Lu Yin to injure him, escape, or leave
the Platform of Trials.

The strength of a Semi-Progenitor meant that Xia Ji should have had an easy time controlling Lu Yin on
the Platform of Trials. If he had not rushed away and moved away, he would have never known that he
had been atop an enormous pillar.

Xia Ji had actually been very cautious. Any other Semi-Progenitor who was even remotely more self-
confident would have simply taken Lu Yin to their own territory.

However, this information brought up a new question: what was the connection between Xia Ji and
Gods' Origin?
The fact that Xia Ji had taken Lu Yin to Gods’ Origin after capturing him showed that the Semi-Progenitor
was very familiar with Gods’ Origin. Was it possible that one of his clones held a high position in Gods'
Origin?

However, it was also not impossible for Xia Ji to have simply randomly chosen a relatively secure place
where he could question Lu Yin. The man was able to go wherever he wished as he was a Semi-
Progenitor. However, this idea was contradicted by the fact that Lu Yin had been knocked unconscious
and dumped in the middle of the Cosmic Sea when Xia Ji had been forced to release him.

If Xia Ji had simply chosen a place at random, he would not have cared if Lu Yin had found out that he
had been taken to Gods’ Origin, and he might have even revealed the information himself.

This was Lu Yin’s biggest question at this time.

It seemed highly likely that Xia Ji had a clone in Gods' Origin.

Lu Yin waved a hand to dismiss the image. Regardless of whether or not Xia Ji had a clone hidden in
Gods' Origin, Lu Yin still needed to visit the place. He also needed to take a look at their Platform of
Trials to check it out himself.

Lu Yin had been intending to visit Gods' Origin for some time now, and it seemed like this trip to the
Neoverse would settle everything that he needed to do there.

He had already visited the Seven Courts, the Mavis family, Aurora Enterprises, and the Cosmic Sect.
Right now, he was also quite close to Gods' Origin. He wanted to visit them not only to investigate his
capture and Xia Ji, but also to study Rune Technology. He had previously received a few invitations from
Gods' Origin.

"It looks like you’ve got quite a few enemies in the Neoverse. There’s that Semi-Progenitor from the
Seven Courts, and now also someone from Gods’ Origin. You’re not going to have an easy time of
things." Xuan Jiu sighed and remembered the divination that he had performed in the past. Lu Yin’s list
of potential enemies had been much larger in the past, but even the recent developments did not seem
to have been enough to remove all the hazards from the young man’s path.

Lu Yin shrugged. "It will probably be difficult, which is why I need help from my friends."

Xuan Jiu instantly grew wary when he heard Lu Yin’s words. "I'm leaving."

"Leaving?" Lu Yin looked confused.

Xuan Jiu’s face twitched. "You just said that as long as I divined a location for you, you’d let me go! I just
told you that that place is in Gods’ Origin. What? Are you not going to keep your word?"

Lu Yin smiled and settled an arm around Xuan Jiu's shoulders once again. "You told me that you’ve
already seen that place. You didn’t do a divination."

Xuan Jiu was stunned. "What does that matter?"

Lu Yin became very serious. "I asked you to help me perform a divination about a place, but you simply
told me about a place you’ve seen. You didn’t do any divination, so you’ve only fulfilled half of my
request."

Xuan Jiu raged, "Boy, you're toying with me! You didn’t care if I did a divination—you just wanted to find
out where that place is! You’re going too far, and you’re rotten to the core!"

Lu Yin shrugged. "There’s no need to quibble over who’s right or wrong. I just need you to do a
divination."

"Fine! Grandpa Jiu will do a divination for you and confirm what I already told you!"
Xuan Jiu was in a rush, so he prepared to do the divination immediately, but Lu Yin grabbed the older
man’s wrist. "There’s no need to get so worked up. We’re old friends who’ve fallen out of touch. That
doesn’t mean that I don’t believe you, but that I simply want to admire your Heaven’s Enigma. Tell you
what, I won’t embarrass you by asking you to verify your own words. Instead, you can just do a
divination on a single word. It doesn’t have anything to do with anyone, as I just want to see Heaven’s
Enigma at work.”

With Lu Yin holding Xuan Jiu's wrist, the man could not move his hand an inch. He stared at Lu Yin in
surprise. "Just one word? Alright, sure."

Lu Yin nodded. "Just one word, and since you’ve already completed the other half of my conditions for
letting you go, doing this much should be easy. You can also leave after this divination."

Xuan Jiu kept feeling like something was wrong, but there was nothing that he could pinpoint. If it was
only a single word, then what could the word possibly be?

"This word can’t be connected with a powerhouse, so no primeval surnames, or words like ‘Chen,’
‘Rune,’ or anything else. No connections at all, got it?" Xuan Jiu said as he stared at Lu Yin. He was not
going to let Lu Yin force him into doing a divination on a Progenitor, as that would not turn out well at all
for Xuan Jiu.

Lu Yin instantly agreed. "Sure, it doesn’t have anything to do with anyone at all. I just want to see
Heaven’s Enigma."

"That's easy to do. I’ll share the method with you, and you can do the divination yourself. That’s far
more exciting than watching someone else do a divination," Xuan Jiu gushed in a single breath.

However, Lu Yin refused. "How can anyone do a divination on themselves? Are you messing with me?"
Xuan Jiu felt more and more trapped. “If you just wanted to see Heaven’s Enigma, then I’ll just use a
random word that I choose."

"I want to be the one to pick," Lu Yin said. He was not giving Xuan Jiu any freedom in this matter.

"What’s the word?" Xuan Jiu asked helplessly. He still looked very wary, as the suspicion that something
was wrong would not leave.

Lu Yin wrote a single word in between them: Murkiness.

Xuan Jiu stared at the word, and he frantically tried to remember if this word had any connections to
any powerhouse at all. Murkiness, murkiness, murkiness…

He could not think of a single powerhouse, so the word did not seem to be related to anyone powerful.
Gods’ Origin’s God of Flames had a name that was somewhat similar, but it was different enough to not
matter.

Could it be connected to someone from so long ago that I don’t know about them? Xuan Jiu kept trying
to consider every option, as he did not want to be tricked by Lu Yin again.

Lu Yin remained still and perfectly calm.

Xuan Jiu stared at the young man. "What does the word mean?"

"Are you asking for the definition?" Lu Yin asked in confusion.

Xuan Jiu’s eyes narrowed. "Pick a different word."

Lu Yin became upset. "Now you’re messing with me! I asked you to divine a specific word, and now
you’re asking me to change it? No deal! I chose this word, and I won’t change it."

Xuan Jiu's eyes flickered. "Lu Yin, we’ve gotten to know each other quite well, so don't lie to me.
Divination is not some trivial matter. I’m going to ask you one last time—what does this word mean?"

Lu Yin answered somberly, "It really doesn’t have any special meaning to it. I chose it at random."

"For real?"

"For real."

"I don’t believe you."

Lu Yin looked offended. "Are you serious?"

The Second Nightking was bored of watching the two men’s interactions. In the nearby spacecraft,
Sapling was leaning against a window, and it looked eager to leave the ship.

Xuan Jiu swallowed. "It can't be the God of Death’s name."

Lu Yin stunned. "Did you think that the God of Death would have such a dirty name?"

"No idea," Xuan Jiu replied.

Lu Yin sighed. "Just forget it. If you don’t want to do the divination, then let’s head out. You can go with
me to Gods’ Origin, and then we’ll move on to the Cosmic Sea. I’ll ask you for a divination after I come
up with something that I want to check into."

Xuan Jiu gritted his teeth. "Fine! I’ll do it, but let me give you one last reminder that divination is no
small matter! When I did that divination on your family members, I instantly spat out blood, and it took
me an entire year to recover. I don’t want anything like that to happen from divining this word."

Lu Yin pursed his lips. "It’s just a random word that I thought of, so any accidents have nothing to do
with me."

Xuan Jiu puffed heavily. "Out of the way."

Lu Yin and the Second Nightking both stepped back to watch as Xuan Jiu divined the word “murkiness.”
Lu Yin was extremely nervous.

Did the word have a connection to a powerhouse? It absolutely did, but it was not the name of an
expert. Instead, it was the name of a plan. It was the name of Aeternus’s plan.

Mister Mu had been investigating this particular plan, but he had not been able to find anything about it
at all. If Lu Yin had guessed correctly, then not even the Seven Skygods were aware of this plan; if they
were, then there was no way for Mister Mu to not even have a clue about it.

How powerful was Mister Mu? How powerful was the person who had created this plan? It was possible
that both of them were much stronger than most Progenitors.

Lu Yin stared at Xuan Jiu's thin body. Old man, good luck!

Xuan Jiu was being extremely cautious. Before performing the divination, he made it a point to recall
everything that he could about anything related to the word “murkiness” to make sure that there was
no connection at all to any powerhouse. He could determine nothing special about the word, so he
proceeded with the divination.

However, he did not even do a divination on the word “murkiness” itself. Rather, he used Heaven’s
Enigma to calculate what was related to the word.

However, the moment Xuan Jiu started, he spat out blood and collapsed.

Lu Yin was startled by the sudden change, and he rushed forward to grab Xuan Jiu. Lu Yin found that the
man’s face was completely white, and his body was trembling incessantly. Terror filled the man’s eyes,
and cracks could be seen spreading across his body. It was as though he had been struck by an
unimaginable invisible power, like how Envoys were invisible to a typical Enlighter.

Lu Yin and the Second Nightking were both horrified, as neither of them had sensed a thing. Just what
had happened to Xuan Jiu?

Most of the blood drained from the man’s body, and yet he spat out another mouthful of blood.

"Xuan Jiu! Xuan Jiu!" Lu Yin yelled frantically while feeding the old man pills.

The Second Nightking’s eyes darted about. He had not sensed a single thing and could not find anything
nearby. A chill slowly spread across his body, and he could not help but nervously swallow.

Xuan Jiu was just a single breath away from death, and he struggled to stay alive. Time passed, and he
eventually stopped trembling. His eyes that had been glassy and unfocused regained some clarity,
though the absolute fear remained strong. "This- this-"

Lu Yin spoke in a very soft voice, "I'm sorry. You’re hurt because of me."
Xuan Jiu blinked and blankly stared at Lu Yin. The old man was initially confused, but then he was quickly
overcome by pure rage. He forced his weak voice out and started cursing, "You- you- you rotten goods!
You killed me! You killed me! I’m dead! Cough cough."

Lu Yin looked at the man apologetically. "I'm sorry."

Xuan Jiu just kept backing away until he reached the side of the spacecraft. His eyes never left Lu Yin,
and the old man never stopped dripping blood from his mouth. "You killed me! Do you have any idea
what just happened? I just touched an unimaginably powerful strength! That’s a level of power that you
and I can’t even fathom! Luckily, I was smart and didn’t try to directly divine that word with Heaven’s
Enigma, as that would have instantly killed me! You’re rotten goods! Nothing but rotten goods! Where
did you even find that word?”

Star Odyssey Chapter 1974: Never Seen Before

The word “murkiness” was perfectly common, and even ignorant children wrote it down as they were
learning how to write. However, Heaven’s Enigma was a divination method that focused on the most
important events in the universe that were related to whatever was being divined. Naturally, the most
important thing related to the word “murkiness” was Aeternus’s plan that Mister Mu had asked Lu Yin
to investigate.

"I just thought of it." Lu Yin felt quite guilty.

Xuan Jiu roared, "Are you still lying to me?! You rotten goods, you’ll really kill me one day! I’m leaving,
and I’ll never see you again in this life."

As the man spoke, he forced himself up while using the spacecraft as a support. Coincidentally, Xuan Jiu
came face to face with Sapling, which was in the vessel.
Xuan Jiu stared blankly at Sapling, and Sapling looked back. Neither moved for a bit.

Only when Sapling jumped up did Xuan Jiu return to his senses, and he turned back around to look at Lu
Yin. He pointed at the plant. "What is that?"

Lu Yin moved closer to Xuan Jiu. "I’m really sorry. I didn't expect this to happen, but what did you just
see?"

Xuan Jiu wiped away some of the blood on his body. "I already told you—I just felt an unfathomable
power that nearly destroyed me.”

He gave Lu Yin a very serious look. “I don’t care where you came across that word, but why did you ask
me to divine that one? I’ll be blunt. You should stay away from that word and anything connected to it.
Never, ever touch it. That’s not something that you can get involved with. I know that you’re being
watched and that you have a connection to Destiny, but this power is in no way weaker than Destiny or
the God of Death.”

“Boy, I’m not messing around this time. I’ll never see you again in this lifetime. See you in the next life."
Xuan Jiu then fled as fast as he could without altering his direction at all.

The man had been seriously injured, but he still forced himself to endure his injuries and flee. He wanted
to get as far away from Lu Yin as possible.

Lu Yin no longer made any moves to stop Xuan Jiu from leaving. He was genuinely apologetic to the old
man, though he had become envious after hearing Xuan Jiu’s warning. Murkiness was related to
Aeternus and Mister Mu. It was true that it was at a level that Lu Yin could not touch for the time being.

Still, that did not mean that Lu Yin would stop trying to get more information about Murkiness. This was
something that made even Mister Mu be serious about, and Xuan Jiu had just said that the divination
that he had performed showed that it was connected to an unimaginable power. Anything connected to
Murkiness was incredibly serious, and it could even be connected to the fate of all humanity. Lu Yin had
no desire to act like some sort of savior, but if humanity was destroyed, then what would his purpose be
even if he survived?

As for the Second Nightking, he was giving Lu Yin a very odd look. The youth had only given Xuan Jiu a
single word, so it seemed incredibly strange for Xuan Jiu’s divination to have had such a strong backlash.

At this moment, a cosmic ring flew towards the two from the distance. Lu Yin grabbed the ring, along
with a drop of Xuan Jiu's blood that had been sent back. Lu Yin used the blood to open the cosmic ring,
and in it he found three pieces of fatesand, as well as a note.

'Rotten goods, I’ve only managed to collect three pieces of fatesand, and I'm giving you all of them.
Don’t look for me ever again. We don’t know each other, and we won’t see each other ever again in this
life.'

Lu Yin quickly stored the fatesand away. It seemed that Xuan Jiu was completely serious this time. The
old man had originally tried to get Lu Yin’s fatesand from him, but he had just given away all the
fatesand that he had gathered over the years. This was simply because Xuan Jiu did not want Lu Yin to
try to find him ever again.

Fatesand carried a completely different meaning for Xuan Jiu than it did for other people. Whatever the
old man had seen in his divination of Murkiness had absolutely terrified him.

Would they really never see each other again in this life?

Far away, Xuan Jiu was still coughing up blood. He finally found a planet to land on, but after thinking
about things for a moment, he decided to keep moving. He could not allow those rotten goods to chase
after him.

What absolute godawful luck! I actually tricked myself this time. I was expecting something good, but
something so terrible happened. I even lost all of my fatesand. Still, that’s fine, as I also lost all of my
connections to Destiny, as well as any connections to those rotten goods.
As soon as he remembered the word that he had just divined, Xuan Jiu panicked yet again. The strength
that he had felt had surpassed anything that he could ever imagine. He had never known that such
terrifying power even existed in the universe, and he would make sure to never see those rotten goods
ever again.

The incident with Xuan Jiu made Lu Yin feel as though his future that had become a bit brighter because
of the Tower of the Fifth to be once more smothered in a haze.

Still, the good news was that the tower was apparently going to bring him some unexpected benefits.

In ancient times, the Progenitors had established the Daosource Sect, and at this moment, Lu Yin was
working to build the Tower of the Fifth. As the years passed, would both of these establishments be
spoken of on the same level? Lu Yin was eager to find out.

Sapling was jumping around on Lu Yin’s shoulders. He took out Zenith Mountain and took Sapling in
before looking for Long Xi.

Lu Yin was not able to take Sapling back for the time being, so he felt like it would be better to leave the
little tree with Long Xi, as she was the only person whom he felt comfortable trusting with Sapling.

Long Xi stared at Sapling, which was hiding behind Lu Yin, in surprise. "Can that tree move?"

Lu Yin had no fear of Long Xi ever figuring out what Sapling was, as the truth was impossible for anyone
to even consider due to how far-fetched it was. Who would believe that the little tree was actually
another Mother Tree?

Thinking of this caused a new question to pop up in Lu Yin’s mind: since Sapling was able to run about
and move, what about the original Mother Tree?
"Help me take care of it for a bit." Lu Yin grabbed Sapling and handed it over to Long Xi. It was an oddly
warm scene to anyone watching.

Long Xi did not agree. "Why should I take care of it? Are you going to die?"

"Of course not, but I’ll be going into seclusion for a while."

Sapling’s branches were tightly wrapped around Lu Yin's fingers, and its green leaves released a faint
light that was both beautiful and comforting.

Long Xi found herself quite drawn to the little tree after watching it for a bit, but she was always rather
cold. So, she completely ignored Lu Yin after receiving Sapling.

Lu Yin soon put Zenith Mountain back away. He looked ahead and saw that they had already arrived at
Gods' Origin.

Lu Yin and the Second Nightking had been in the northern region of the Neoverse earlier, so they had
been rather close to Gods’ Origin. With the Second Nightking’s speed, it had not taken them long to
arrive at all.

After arriving at Gods' Origin with the Second Nightking, the sight that met Lu Yin’s eyes left him
completely stunned.

Gods' Origin had been built atop the backs of enormous human statues, each of which was down on
both knees and showing devout expressions. The backs of the statues held mountains, rivers, and land.
There were rainbows in the sky, as well as clouds and mist, ringing bells, and numerous sights that Lu Yin
had never seen before. It was a beautiful place, with gorgeous birds and beasts frolicking about. There
was even a pleasant scent that drifted into outer space beyond Gods’ Origin.
The entire place looked like it was a heavenly palace or a paradise. It was no wonder why the place was
called Gods' Origin, and it also made sense for the occupants of such a place to be known as madmen.

Outsiders typically saw the members of Gods’ Origin as insane because the cultivators from the place
were arrogant beyond measure. They felt that it was reasonable to refer to themselves as gods given
the fact that they could create things from nothing. Even the elites of their younger generation were
referred to as the eighteen gods, which was an irritating title to others.

Originally, Lu Yin had not had any real opinions on the matter, and he had a rather decent impression of
God Taiyi, but the more Lu Yin learned about Gods’ Origin, the more he understood the prevailing
opinion of the place.

That understanding grew more than ever when he laid eyes on people facing Gods’ Origin and kneeling
on the ground. Some even knelt then bowed along the way.

In fact, the most common action that these people took was kneeling.

As Lu Yin looked at the massive statues, the countless people kneeling and worshiping the statues, he
could see that Gods’ Origin was a place where people had either a high status or a low status. The
difference between the two was much more exaggerated than normal.

The devout expressions of the faces of those kneeling perfectly mirrored the expressions on the
enormous statues.

These people were bent over in worship as though they were praying to true gods rather than the
disciples of Gods' Origin. Even a Limiteer realm disciple had many people kneeling to them, and each of
the disciples looked proud and satisfied with the treatment that they received.
Lu Yin did not like what he was seeing. He was absolutely certain that these worshippers would gladly
die for any of Gods’ Origin’s disciples.

It was no wonder why other people saw Gods' Origin as a place full of madmen.

Being raised in such an environment inculcated arrogance into these people from youth, and they would
undoubtedly see themselves as superior to all others. Actually, Lu Yin suddenly had a realization that
God Taiyi could actually be considered a very humble disciple from Gods’ Origin. Yao Hong, whom Lu Yin
had met in Skyraiser City, was a much more normal disciple from Gods’ Origin.

Actually, even that God of Wind was rather odd…

"What’s your impression of Gods' Origin?" Lu Yin asked the Second Nightking.

The old man softly replied, "What you see."

"Have you been here before?" Lu Yin asked.

The Second Nightking nodded. "Long ago, the First Nightking led my Daynight clan in an attempt to enter
the Neoverse, and we visited all of the greatest forces in the Neoverse, including Gods’ Origin. However,
we were not even allowed inside. They completely look down on all outsiders."

Lu Yin nodded. The incomparably miraculous cultivation system that the Rune Progenitor had created
allowed those who had mastered Truesight to create something out of nothing; in other words, they
could make their imagination come to life. Such an incredible ability could only be considered god-like,
especially by ordinary humans. Even cultivators found themselves drawn to the miraculous abilities
demonstrated by Gods’ Origin’s people, and it was understandable why these people referred to
themselves as gods.
From this more objective standpoint, it became easy to understand where Gods’ Origin’s arrogance had
come from.

"Knock on the door. I’ll get you inside this time," Lu Yin said indifferently.

The Second Nightking was normally a calm person, but this comment riled even him up. He needed
someone to get inside this place? There was no powerhouse in all of Gods’ Origin who could keep him
out!

Ripples spread out and quickly entered Gods' Origin.

While the ordinary disciples did not notice anything, God of Mirrors quickly rose to his feet, his face
solemn. This was a true powerhouse. He quickly moved out.

At the same time, God of Wind also noticed the ripples, and she moved out as well.

All of Gods’ Origin suddenly changed, and there was a reaction as if they were facing some kind of crisis,
which caught Lu Yin off guard.

Gods’ Origin had an incredible history and a strong foundation, and Lu Yin had no idea how powerful
God of Flames was. The strongest existence in Gods’ Origin had been in seclusion for many years
without revealing themselves. Many people even believed that God of Flames was dead, though he was
definitely still alive. It was said that he was inferior only to a Semi-Progenitor, though it was possible that
the miraculous abilities of Truesight could allow the man to cross realms and challenge Semi-
Progenitors, much like Lu Yin’s senior brother Qing Ping.

Two people emerged from the void in front of Lu Yin. They were God of Mirrors and God of Wind.

When they saw Lu Yin, both people let out sighs of relief.
God of Wind smiled and said, "So it’s Alliance Leader Lu. Why didn’t you let us know that you were
coming so that we could prepare to welcome you?"

Lu Yin smiled back. "I was just passing by and just happened to stop in to visit you."

God of Wind kept up her smile as she replied. "We would be honored to welcome you into Gods’ Origin.
Please, come in, Alliance Leader Lu."

As the woman spoke, all of the disciples turned to face Lu Yin, and they slowly bowed to him.

Lu Yin was shocked to see this.

God of Wind explained, "This is how we greet our distinguished guests. Throughout the history of my
Gods’ Origin, this etiquette has not been used very often."

"You’re being too polite."

Gods’ Origin was only being this polite to Lu Yin because they wanted him to share the location of the
statue that he had mentioned. They were much better with flattery than any of the Seven Courts’
families.

While members of Gods’ Origin were arrogant when dealing with outsiders, when they encountered
people or situations where they needed to lower themselves, they did so very quickly.

These people were not actually madmen.

The Second Nightking's eyes flickered. When he had visited this place with the First Nightking, the two of
them had traveled with the Dayking and the Third Nightking. But even then, they had not been able to
step through the door. This was not due to them having insufficient strength, but rather because Gods’
Origin had wanted to make their attitude clear and demonstrate that they would not welcome the
Daynight clan into the Neoverse.

At this moment, Lu Yin's Great Eastern Alliance had similarly shown intentions to enter the Neoverse,
but Gods’ Origin’s attitude was completely different from what the Second Nightking had encountered
in the past.

It all came down to the fact that there was a vast difference in strength. The Daynight clan of the past
had been far inferior to the current Great Eastern Alliance.

The disciples of Gods' Origin all bowed towards Lu Yin, and the ordinary humans knelt down completely
and kowtowed three times to Lu Yin, and then nine times more.

Lu Yin looked down at the crowds from high above as countless people bowed to him. It would be easy
to get caught up in such a feeling.

"Let's go. I’ve admired your Gods' Origin for a long time," Lu Yin said to God of Mirrors. He refused to let
himself be swayed by the people's worship.

God of Wind’s eyes flickered. "This way, please, Alliance Leader Lu."

Lu Yin nodded and did not refuse. He entered Gods' Origin.

Star Odyssey Chapter 1975: Gods’ Origin

"Senior God of Mirrors, do those statues of giants depict one of the giant races?" Lu Yin asked curiously.

God of Wind was the one to answer. "Of course not. Normal giants are not that big. Those are just giant
statues that we created from runes. They only hold a symbolic significance and have nothing to do with
giants."

Lu Yin stared at the kneeling statues that were holding all of Gods' Origin on their backs. "Each face is
different."

"Yes. The giants are symbolic, and the statues’ faces are those of my Gods’ Origin’s enemies. Every
enemy that we kill will be made into a giant statue to hold up my Gods’ Origin to serve as an atonement.
They can only be dismissed after many years have gone by, or when a greater enemy is killed and their
face is replaced," God of Wind explained.

Lu Yin frowned. This reminded him of the Lu family’s Champions’ Stage.

The Lu family anointed dead cultivators as champions of their Champions’ Stage in order to build up a
fighting force. It was not something that was done to purposefully humiliate people, or at least, not for
Lu Yin. However, the only purpose behind Gods’ Origin’s statues was to humiliate their defeated foes. It
was no wonder why people saw them as insane.

"If I one day accidentally become an enemy of Gods' Origin and end up dead, will I be treated in the
same manner?" Lu Yin asked with a smile.

God of Wind was taken aback, but she quickly replied, "Alliance Leader Lu, please don't create any
misunderstandings. How could you and my Gods’ Origin become enemies? Even ignoring your friendship
with God Taiyi, you’ve already met with God of Mirrors several times, and you’ve gained his admiration.
You aren’t our enemy, and you won’t become one in the future."

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Lu Yin smiled. "You’re being too polite, Senior. I was merely joking."

As they spoke, Lu Yin noticed the face of one of the giant statues. "Is that Jin Mie?"

God of Wind followed Lu Yin's gaze, and her expression fell. "Yes, that's Jin Mie, the traitor! My Gods’
Origin raised him and taught him Truesight, but he ungratefully stole our treasures, and he even went so
far as to try infiltrating God of Flames’ training place and spying on him. That traitor will remain there
forever to pay for his sins. He will never be forgiven!"

"I heard that God of Flames has been in seclusion for a very long time. Though, I would love to meet
him. I’ve heard that he’s a senior from the same generation as Arch-Elder Zen and that he’s in seclusion
to push for the Semi-Progenitor level," Lu Yin said as the entire group stepped onto a landmass held up
by one of the giant statues. There was a majestic palace floating in front of them, and the land and sky
was filled with various creatures that Lu Yin had never seen before.

However, there was a shared aspect among all of the creatures; they all gave off a sacred feeling, as
though they had stepped out of holy scriptures.

Gods' Origin gave off a vivid sense of both sacredness and ruthlessness with the paradisiacal land they
had created.

God of Wind was leading the way while God Taiyi and many other people of high status within Gods’
Origin had already gathered up and were waiting to greet Lu Yin. The eighteen gods were all present,
including Yao Hong, though she was standing at the back with her head hung low. She did not even dare
to look up at Lu Yin.

After hearing Lu Yin mention God of Flames, God of Wind grew apologetic. "My Gods’ Origin has nothing
to hide from you, Alliance Leader Lu, so I’ll be honest. It’s extremely difficult to become a Semi-
Progenitor, and although God of Flames has been in seclusion for a very long time and stated that he
would not return until he becomes a Semi-Progenitor, we have heard nothing from him this entire time.
We don’t know what’s become of God of Flames, though we do know for certain that he’s at least not
dead.”

Lu Yin's eyes flickered. The man was not dead? For some time now, rumors had been circulating that
God of Flames had died, but this was something that Gods’ Origin would never admit to. God of Flames’
mere existence allowed Gods’ Origin to remain a Neoverse behemoth. While God of Mirrors had a
power level of over 700,000, it was impossible for him to preserve Gods’ Origin’s status on his own with
such strength, regardless of how incredible Truesight was.

"Is it more difficult to become a Semi-Progenitor through Truesight?" Lu Yin asked.

God of Mirrors led Lu Yin into Gods’ Origin’s main hall as he replied, "It's very difficult. If you train
exclusively in Truesight, then let alone the Semi-Progenitor realm, it’s practically impossible to reach a
power level of a million. Out of everyone in Gods’ Origin, only God of Flames has managed to
accomplish that, and he’s reached the cusp of becoming a Semi-Progenitor with his incredible talent.
He’s already passed through eight tribulations, but it’s just too difficult to become a Semi-Progenitor.”

"From what we’ve learned about the Rune Civilization from our research, this might have something to
do with the Rune Progenitor himself. Originally, when the Rune Progenitor was present, there were
many powerhouses at the peak of the Rune Civilizations. However, after the Progenitor disappeared,
something seems to have gone missing.”

Lu Yin's pupils transformed into runes, and he started looking around. He instantly noticed that the odd
creatures, beautiful palaces, and everything else in Gods’ Origin had been created from runes. The
entire place was an odd world of runes, and the runes could even be freely altered. In other words, the
buildings, the mountains, rivers, land, and even the creatures could be transformed into other forms.

The palaces could transform into mountains or rivers. Water could become earth or fire, and the
creatures could be changed into white clouds. This was Gods’ Origin.

"Alliance Leader Lu, will the Tower of the Fifth house any inheritances related to Truesight?" God of
Mirrors asked.
Lu Yin shrugged. "While I wanted to include that as well, I have no idea how to go about it. I only started
training in Truesight and entered the Awakening level after climbing the Sky Platform in the Astral
Combat Academy."

"I can’t help but admire you greatly. The creation of the Tower of the Fifth will lead to the entire human
race enjoying incredible benefits. You are truly selfless. Even when it comes to your cultivation talent,
despite not being part of my Gods’ Origin, you’ve already reached the Knowing level of Truesight. Our
people spend all of their time focused on cultivating Truesight, and yet we can’t even match your speed
of comprehension." God of Mirrors first complimented Lu Yin before giving a comment that may or may
not have been made intentionally.

The man’s words were a bit vague, but it was easy to understand his intentions. He simply wanted to
negotiate with Lu Yin over the location of the statue with the Truesight inheritance that Lu Yin had
found. "Jin He was the most talented cultivator of his generation when it came to Truesight. He was the
first in his entire generation to reach the Knowing realm."

God of Wind's expression turned ugly. "He’s just another traitor! That traitor Jin Mie stole a treasure
from my Gods’ Origin, which was the only reason why he was able to reach such a high level. Without
that, hmph!"

"God Taiyi greets Alliance Leader Lu."

"God Qingguang greets Alliance Leader Lu."

"God Xiaobai greets Alliance Leader Lu."

"God of Windhua…"

…
The eighteen gods all had the word “god” in their names, and they were the most talented youths in
Gods' Origin. The elites of the older generation were the eight gods, and they consisted of God of
Mirrors, God of Magenta, God of Wind, and a few others.

Lu Yin made a point to ask if there were eighteen gods for each generation in Gods’ Origin, but it
seemed that only a few people were able to stand out to the very end.

For example, God of Wind had been exceptional among her past generation of the eighteen gods.

Lu Yin smiled and said, "It’s good to see you, Brother Taiyi. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen each
other."

God Taiyi lifted his head to look at Lu Yin and revealed a wry smile. "You’re moving ahead way too fast,
Alliance Leader Lu. This little brother can't keep up with you."

Lu Yin had a very good impression of God Taiyi. Regardless of Gods’ Origin’s reputation, Lu Yin had never
seen anything resembling insanity from God Taiyi, and the man had even helped Lu Yin in the past. In
fact, Lu Yin had learned about the Leo family working indirectly under Xia Ji’s orders as part of the
massive scheme to start a war in the Cosmic Sea from him.

During that same war, Lu Yin had managed to drag Gods’ Origin into the chaos precisely because of God
Taiyi.

"Well, I'm here now. If you’re free, I’d appreciate it if you could show me around Gods’ Origin, Brother
Taiyi," Lu Yin answered with a smile.

God Taiyi glanced over at God of Mirrors, and the elder gave a slight nod.
The young man then stepped forward with a smile. "As long as you don’t get bored, I’d be happy to do
so."

At the back of the gathered crowd, Yao Hong’s head was still hanging low. The arrogant attitude that she
had demonstrated in Skyraiser City was nowhere to be seen.

God of Wind had slapped the young woman’s face right in front of Lu Yin. After returning to Gods'
Origin, Yao Hong had been given even greater punishments, but what hurt her the most was that God
Taiyi had started to ignore her. In the past, they had been quite close, but Yao Hong had been cut off
because of Lu Yin.

It was only after all this that Yao Hong had finally understood just whom she had offended. Lu Yin stood
far, far above her.

The young woman had changed, and she now regretted how she had not dedicated herself to training in
the past, as well as her oppressive arrogance. At the same time, she was terrified that Lu Yin would want
to settle things with her once and for all.

However, Yao Hong was overthinking things. Lu Yin had already forgotten all about her.

With God Taiyi playing host to Lu Yin, God of Mirrors offered a few more polite words to Lu Yin before
leaving to entertain the Second Nightking. God Taiyi was much better suited for chatting with someone
of Lu Yin’s age than the old man.

God of Wind also left.

However, one other person followed behind Lu Yin and God Taiyi, God Xiaobai. She was a cute and
energetic girl, and she was the also the closest person to God Taiyi.
However, when he saw God Xiaobai trying to sneakily tag along, God Taiyi scolded her. "What are you
doing here? Go on back."

God Xiaobai stuck out her tongue and then begged, "Brother Taiyi, please let me come along! I want to
get to know Alliance Leader Lu."

God Taiyi glared at the girl. "Head on back. Don’t be a nuisance to Alliance Leader Lu."

God Xiaobai felt rather wistful, and she looked over at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin smiled at her. "Let her tag along if she wants. She’s a pretty girl, and she’s much better to look at
than you."

God Taiyi smiled ruefully and then he turned to warn God Xiaobai. "Don't cause any problems."

God Xiaobai was thrilled to be given permission. "You don’t need to worry about that!”

She then turned back to Lu Yin and smiled at him. “"Brother Lu, I'll show you around! Brother Taiyi
doesn't know anything about this place, but I'm different since I’ve explored it all."

"I just told you not to cause problems!" God Taiyi scolded the girl again.

Lu Yin replied, "It's fine. Brother Taiyi, you are being too serious. You weren’t like this before. Gu Xiao’er
even told me that you introduced God Xiaobai to him."

God Taiyi's expression instantly changed.

God Xiaobai’s eyes grew sharp, and she turned to stare at God Taiyi before asking in a dangerous voice,
"Brother Taiyi, is that true? Did you actually agree to introduce me to that idiotic Gu Xiao’er?"

God Taiyi was feeling very awkward. "It’s nothing. We just were making random conversation after
drinking too much."

"Hmph! Introduce me to Brother Lu if you got what it takes." God Xiaobai rolled her eyes.

Lu Yin was left speechless. Why did he get mentioned, too?

As Lu Yin’s strength and status continued to climb, his old friends and acquaintances had gradually
started to show different attitudes towards him. Luckily, this time, the awkward atmosphere had been
broken by a small joke, and with God Xiaobai present, God Taiyi was able to slowly relax and refer to Lu
Yin as Brother Lu once more, instead of Alliance Leader Lu.

Lu Yin did not care what God Taiyi called him. In the end, Lu Yin was happier to have more friends rather
than business partners whose interests aligned with his own.

Actually, after thinking about it, Lu Yin realized that he did not have very many friends, but his family
was quite large. There was Leon’s Armada, Wendy Yushan, Brother Hui Kong, his senior brother the
Chief Justice, and more. Lu Yin was not alone.

God Xiaobai was a bit different from the other eighteen gods, and she showed none of the arrogance
that the others possessed. She was basically a playful girl, and she was perfectly happy to give Lu Yin and
God Taiyi a tour of Gods' Origin.

"It looks like Gods’ Origin doesn’t have too many visitors," Lu Yin commented while watching God
Xiaobai prattle on.
God Taiyi nodded. "You know how most people view us, Brother Lu. There aren’t many people who like
the atmosphere of my Gods’ Origin."

Lu Yin pointed downwards. "That must scare away most people, but also, no one dares to offend Gods'
Origin."

Star Odyssey Chapter 1976: The Location

Lu Yin’s comment caused God Taiyi's expression to change. "Brother Lu, don't worry about what
happened with Yao Hong a little while ago. She’s changed since then, and she won’t cause you any
trouble when she goes out."

"Yao Hong?" Lu Yin took a moment to catch up, and when he finally understood God Taiyi’s comment,
Lu Yin laughed. "Who do you think I am? Why would I be bothered by her?"

God Taiyi replied, "I of course know that Brother Lu was never really put out by Yao Hong, but I still want
to apologize for what she did. Many of the disciples here in Gods' Origin aren’t bad-natured, but the
atmosphere has a clear distinction between those in superior and inferior positions. Thus, it becomes
very difficult to lose yourself.”

"If not for the competition during the Astral Tower that made me realize the truth of the matter, it’s
possible that Yao Hong wouldn’t have been the only one to offend you."

Lu Yin smiled. "It’s just a matter of fate. It means that you and I were destined to become friends."

God Taiyi's eyes lit up. "True enough! With you as my friend, I, God Taiyi, will have a life with no
regrets."
"Hey! What are you two tough guys talking about? Are you still trying to avoid me? Hurry up, Brother
Lu! I want to show you the biggest Platform of Trials here in Gods’ Origin." God Xiaobai waved at the
two men from a distance.

Lu Yin's eyes flickered—the largest Platform of Trials?

"Brother Lu, let's go with her. We’ll check out the Platform of Trials first, and then you can spend some
time practicing Truesight. I’ll take you to some of the ruins that we’ve gathered in a bit," God Taiyi
suggested.

Lu Yin nodded and then followed God Taiyi to catch up with God Xiaobai. The three of them made their
way to a region that was on the back of another giant.

It was not long before the three of them arrived at a screen of solid blue light. God Xiaobai started to
explain, "Brother Lu, this is the entrance to the biggest Platform of Trials in Gods’ Origin. Most people
aren’t allowed to see it, but I’ll show it to you."

The girl then picked up a foot and moved to step into the blue light.

However, God Xiaobai ended up striking an invisible barrier.

She was confused. "Why can't I go in?"

God Taiyi frowned and approached the entrance as well. He reached out with a hand and touched the
blue light with a finger, only for him to also be knocked back a few steps. He was quite surprised, and he
glanced over at God Xiaobai. Neither of them had ever encountered something like this before.

Lu Yin’s eyes flickered.

"I’m going to ask God of Wind to come out. The entrance’s broken," God Xiaobai said as she moved to
call her elder.

"There’s no need. I'm here." God of Wind stepped out from behind the light screen. She looked calm as
her gaze swept past God Xiaobai and God Taiyi to look at Lu Yin. She politely said, "Alliance Leader Lu,
I'm truly sorry, but God of Magenta has recently returned and is training on the Platform of Trials. So, it’s
closed to others for the moment."

God Xiaobai was surprised by the news. "Uncle God of Magenta is back?"

God of Wind confirmed it. "He’s back."

God Taiyi frowned. "The Platform of Trials is enormous, so even if God of Magenta is using it, he can
only use one section. I’ll show Brother Lu around from a distance. We won’t disturb God of Magenta's
training."

God of Wind looked at God Taiyi, a firm warning deep in her eyes. "The traitor Jin Mie that God of
Magenta was chasing after seriously injured him, and he cannot disturbed at all."

The woman then turned back to Lu Yin and gave him a slow bow. "My sincere apologies, Alliance Leader
Lu."

"We’ll just take a quick look, okay? I just told Alliance Leader Lu that we’d come take a look," God
Xiaobai begged.

God of Wind just bowed again. "Alliance Leader Lu, I'm sorry."

God Xiaobai shot a look of helplessness towards Lu Yin.

God Taiyi gave God of Wind an odd look, but then he turned to speak to Lu Yin. "Brother Lu, why don't I
show you the Rune Technology ruins for now?"

Lu Yin gave God of Wind a long look. “Sure, I don’t mind. Whatever you want."

"Brother Lu, let’s go this way." God Taiyi gestured for Lu Yin to follow him and started leading them
elsewhere.

After she saw that Lu Yin and the others were gone, God of Wind heaved a sigh of relief.

A figure wearing a purple robe stepped out of the blue screen of light behind God of Wind. This person
was God of Magenta. The man had left a deep impression on Lu Yin during the war in the Cosmic Sea
when he had fought against Jin Mie.

God of Wind turned around and spoke in a very respectful manner, "They're gone."

"Did they question anything?" God of Magenta asked softly.

God of Wind shook her head. "They shouldn’t have."

God of Magenta gave a word of caution. "Don't let your guard down. That kid is sharp. You can’t let him
see the Platform of Trials, and don't even let him access the buildings that might have any records about
the Platform of Trials."

"This disciple understands," God of Wind acquiesced.

God of Magenta frowned. If he had known that this day would come, he would have never taken Lu Yin
into Gods' Origin. He had assumed that the youth would never be able to escape from him, but he had
done just that. Even if Lu Yin had only been taken to the Platform of Trials that only elders and core
disciples of Gods’ Origin could enter that the ordinary disciples never saw, if Lu Yin ever got a single
glimpse of the place, he would instantly realize God of Magenta’s connection to Xia Ji, and that would be
a problem.

Lu Yin could never be allowed to see that place.

***

"Brother Lu, Gods’ Origin has gathered seventeen ruins that have Rune Technology, including cities,
battlefields, and worlds that were hidden in pocket dimensions or parallel universes. They were found
throughout the Cosmic Sea, Outerverse, Innerverse, and Neoverse. Do you want to just visit them one
by one, or is there something specific that you’d like to see?" God Taiyi asked.

Lu Yin was surprised. "Can I see them all?"

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God Taiyi suddenly looked solemn. "Of course. I can show you anything, as long as God of Mirrors
doesn’t outright object."

God Xiaobai jumped in, "I can show you around too, Big Brother Lu. God of Mirrors won’t say no."

Lu Yin nodded and then followed the two to visit the first of the ruins.

They entered an abandoned city that looked similar to the one that Lu Yin had seen in the Outerverse,
only larger and more complete.
He saw various weapons formed solely from runes. These weapons were simply casually laying around
on the ground, and disciples from Gods’ Origin could be seen wandering about from time to time, and
they would bow whenever they saw Lu Yin and the others.

"These ruins are essentially my Gods’ Origin’s equivalent of a battle technique catalog that other powers
might have. In these places, we can study and learn from the long-gone Rune Civilization. Even a broken
brick or a rag of cloth might be able to grant people inspiration, and the entire ruins are a treasure," God
Taiyi explained in a pious tone.

God Xiaobai nodded in agreement. "I spent a long time staring at a jade hairpin, and eventually, I was
able to reach the Clarity level of Truesight."

Comprehension and breakthroughs related to Truesight could not be accomplished with a single day in
the ruins, but Lu Yin did not expect to reach the Infinity realm anytime soon. He was visiting the ruins
more so because of his curiosity regarding the era when the Rune Civilization had flourished. It was
impossible to thoroughly explore all these ruins in a short amount of time.

Over the course of two days, God Taiyi took Lu Yin to visit four of the ruins, but Lu Yin did not continue
after that. This was not due to a lack of interest, but rather a lack of time.

It was certainly possible for him to reach the Infinity level of Truesight with the ruins in Gods’ Origin, but
that would not happen for some time.

On the third day of Lu Yin’s visit, God of Mirrors met with him to formally ask for the location of the
statue that Lu Yin had mentioned.

During the two days that God Taiyi showed Lu Yin around the different ruins. Lu Yin had noticed that
none of the ruins apparently had complete statues, and some had no statues at all. The statues that he
had seen were all broken, just like what he had seen in the ruins in the Outerverse.
"Alliance Leader Lu, you previously told me that you would share the location of that statue when you
came to visit our Gods’ Origin," God of Mirrors said.

Lu Yin remained silent.

God of Mirrors could not hold himself from continuing, saying, "Alliance Leader Lu, you’ve gotten to
know my Gods’ Origin a bit better these two days. Honestly, even if you don’t share the information of
that statue with us, for the sake of your friendship with God Taiyi, we will still allow you to visit all of the
ruins."

Lu Yin finally looked up at God of Mirrors. "I can tell you where it is, but I have one condition."

God of Mirrors became very excited. "Please tell me what it is!"

A short time later, God of Mirrors left, and God Taiyi and God Xiaobai returned to see Lu Yin. They had
hoped to continue touring around Gods’ Origin, but Lu Yin told them that he needed to leave.

"Brother Lu, why are you leaving so soon?" God Xiaobai was surprised.

Lu Yin nodded. "I need to go to the Cosmic Sea and oversee the construction of the Tower of the Fifth. I
can’t stay any longer given my current commitments."

God Taiyi was impressed. "Brother Lu, you’re building that Tower of the Fifth and opening a path to
allow the entire Fifth Mainland to grow stronger. It’s really admirable."

God Xiaobai started jumping up and down. "Brother Lu, can I visit the Tower of the Fifth?"
Lu Yin smiled at the girl. "Of course. It will have many inheritances, and even if you aren’t interested in
any of them, there will be many resources available."

"How could anyone not be interested?" God Xiaobai was extremely excited. "These are your
inheritances we’re talking about, Big Brother Lu! There’s the Sword Sect’s Thirteen Swords, Hollow
Palm, sourcebox arrays, and even your unique golden battle force that everyone’s so jealous of."

Lu Yin laughed. "That golden battle force is far from unique, and you’ll understand more once you get
there. The Tower of the Fifth will be open to everyone from the Fifth Mainland, but it won’t be easy to
grab any of the inheritances.”

"Alright, I need to head out. I’ll see you at the Tower of the Fifth."

God Taiyi nodded and solemnly bid farewell. "See you at the Tower of the Fifth."

God Xiaobai was reluctant to say goodbye. "Brother Lu, I’ll see you at the Tower of the Fifth as well."

After Lu Yin left Gods' Origin, all of the disciples offered him another bow, and the ordinary humans
knelt down and bowed towards Lu Yin.

Lu Yin was not used to such treatment, so he merely offered some polite words to God of Mirrors and
quickly left.

After Lu Yin and the Second Nightking were gone, God Xiaobai said, "Brother Taiyi, Brother Lu isn't that
bad. You made him sound like a villain."

God Taiyi’s voice grew emotional as he replied, "He sees us as his friends, but you’ll see his cruelty once
he faces an enemy."
God of Mirrors interjected, "Don't underestimate Lu Yin. He crushed and suppressed City Lord Qing. He
is someone who does not show mercy to his enemies."

The elder then turned to glare at God Xiaobai. "Especially you! Don’t go making a mess of things and
copy Yao Hong’s mistakes."

God Xiaobai stuck out her tongue. "I know."

God of Mirrors gave the girl another look of warning before returning to Gods’ Origin’s main hall.

A short while later, God of Magenta arrived. "Did Lu Yin tell you where that statue is?"

God of Mirrors nodded. "I spoke to him. Fortunately, God Taiyi showed him around the various ruins,
and I didn’t do anything to stop them. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have had such an easy time of things. The
Wen family’s still being strung along by that kid."

"Where is it?" God of Magenta had no interest in listening to God of Mirrors’ rambling.

God of Wind struggled with himself. "He told me, but he had a condition to sharing the information. He
insisted that no one know about it other than me. He made me swear to follow this condition."

God of Magenta's expression changed. "Are you saying that you won't tell me?"

God of Mirrors replied, "Don't worry about it. I’ll bring the statue back here as soon as possible, and
then you’ll be able to see it."
God of Magenta frowned. "Even if we’ve never been able to obtain a complete statue for Gods’ Origin,
you might not be able to succeed. Tell me the location, and we’ll go together."

God of Wind was getting annoyed. "I already told him that I would keep the information to myself, and I
even swore an oath. Breaking my word will impact my state of mind, so drop it. I’ll go fetch the statue."

God of Magenta's eyes turned cold, but he turned and left.

God of Mirrors frowned. God of Magenta was becoming more and more overbearing. He had spent all
of his time chasing after Jin Mie, making him absent from Gods’ Origin. The man had done very little for
their home, yet he was still so arrogant.

After spending a brief bit of time settling matters, God of Mirrors verified the location that Lu Yin had
given him, and he was ready to leave after just half a day.

At this time, God of Wind approached and respectfully said, "God of Mirrors, I need to report
something."

Star Odyssey Chapter 1977: Attack

"What's wrong?" God of Mirrors asked.

Suddenly, God of Magenta appeared as well. "You don't need to tell me where you’re going—I'll just go
along with you. As long as you don't tell me the location, you won’t be violating your oath."

God of Mirrors was becoming more and more upset with the other man. "God of Magenta, you-"
Right at that moment, God of Magenta's pupils transformed into runes as he stared at God of Mirrors,
weakening the man. As his eyes locked onto God of Mirrors and weakened him, something was
suddenly created out of nothing. A newly appeared blade stabbed into God of Mirrors’ heart so
suddenly that the man could not even react.

He simply could not believe what was happening.

At this same instant, all of the mirrors in Gods’ Origin shattered. God of Mirrors had been given his title
because his innate gift was Mirror World, and it allowed him to travel through mirrors.

God of Wind had destroyed all of the mirrors in Gods’ Origin.

God of Mirrors vomited a massive amount of blood as the sharp blade in the heart disappeared nearly
instantly. Truesight was truly a miraculous ability.

God of Magenta sneered, and as he did so, someone stepped out of the void next to him. It was a
person with a familiar face, a face that was hated by everyone in Gods' Origin: Jin Mie.

God of Mirrors' pupils shrank. His face was incredibly pale, and he struggled to remain standing on his
feet. He stared at Jin Mie, and then looked at God of Magenta. "You- why?"

Jin Mie sneered. "I told you that he’d be shocked."

God of Magenta stared at God of Mirrors. "Tell me the location. You don’t have to worry about your
cultivation being impacted by breaking your oath any longer. Tell me the location, and I’ll save you, and
you can join us. You will remain as you have been here in Gods’ Origin. Nothing will change for you, God
of Mirrors."
God of Mirrors gritted his teeth as he glared at God of Magenta. "You’ve betrayed Gods' Origin!"

He then looked back at God of Wind. "You’ve also become a traitor."

"She can’t be considered a traitor, as she’s always followed me," God of Magenta retorted indifferently.

God of Mirrors stared at God of Magenta. "Why?"

God of Magenta's eyes flickered. "Tell me the location."

"Why did you betray Gods' Origin? Why are you working with Jin Mie?" God of Mirrors started shouting
as his eyes flickered between God of Magenta, Jin Mie, and God of Wind. Both God of Magenta and God
of Wind took a step back, but half of God of Wind's body suddenly vanished, gone without a sound. It
seemed that she did not even realize what had happened to her body.

There had been no signs of an attack, but this was how Truesight worked and how those who followed
the cultivation system of Rune Technology fought.

Even an Envoy could disappear without a trace.

God of Magenta laid a hand on God of Wind's shoulder and started reforming her body. Meanwhile, Jin
Mie waved a hand, causing a sharp blade to appear. As the weapon moved to attack God of Mirrors, it
twitched and shifted back as though it was about to attack Jin Mie instead. Jin Mie grew serious, and the
blade started shifting back and forth between God of Mirrors and Jin Mie.

Cough!

God of Mirrors vomited more blood. God of Magenta stared at the man’s injury with a chilling light in his
eyes. Almost without notice, the wound on God of Mirrors’ chest started to grow, and the flesh and
blood there vanished as runes were erased. The man instantly utilized the absolute defense of the
Knowing realm of Truesight to block God of Magenta's attack.

While none of the people present were moving, they were in the midst of a chilling battle.

Most of God of Wind's body was restored, and she stood there, trembling and pale. She had almost
been unmade in that instant. If she had completely disappeared, she would have been gone forever.
Unless an even more powerful Truesight practitioner took action, it would spell her death.

Suddenly, God of Mirrors' injury worsened, and he started gasping for breath.

"How long can you endure?" Jin Mie sneered. He looked up, and sharp blades appeared all around God
of Mirrors, cutting off all paths of escape in the air and on the ground.

God of Mirrors stared at God of Magenta alone. "Why are you working with that traitor? God of Flames
never treated you badly."

God of Magenta said nothing.

"Why?" God of Mirrors roared. He still could not believe this bizarre development.

"Stop your ranting. Either tell us the location, or a traitor of Gods' Origin. Once you’re dead, your face
will replace mine," Jin Mie said impatiently.

God of Mirrors' expression changed completely. Having his face placed upon one of those giant statues
would label him as a traitor to Gods’ Origin, which was a shame that could never be erased. "Jin Mie,
you’re the traitor! All of you are traitors! Just wait! God of Flames will leave seclusion, and none of you
will be able to escape!"
Jin Mie just laughed. "God of Flames? You're overthinking things. I went to where he’s in seclusion to
see him, and let me tell you what I found there.”

As the man spoke, a smile appeared on his face. “There was no one. No God of Flames. No one in
seclusion there at all. He cultivated into nothingness and disappeared." Jin Mie smirked.

God of Mirrors' eyes grew large. "Impossible! God of Flames has been in seclusion to become a Semi-
Progenitor and to master a higher level of Truesight."

Jin Mie shook his head and glanced over at God of Magenta.

God of Magenta spoke up, "He’s really gone. If not, how would we dare to do anything here? God of
Flames failed to achieve his breakthrough, and he disappeared while in seclusion. Isn’t that what you
just tried to do to God of Wind? Make her disappear?"

God of Mirrors clenched his hands into fists. "I don't believe you!"

God of Magenta replied, "That’s enough. Give us the location and die easily, or you can join us and live.
Otherwise, you’ll die and be labeled a traitor to Gods' Origin. Even if Jin Mie is here, no one knows that
I’ve been working with him, so nothing will happen to us.”

God of Mirrors was mourning Gods’ Origin. At their peak, they had stood on the same level as the
Cosmic Sect and the Mavis family, practically peerless in the Fifth Mainland. No one had dared go
against them. However, one traitor had appeared after another within their midst, and it was possible
that God of Flames really was gone. If not, why else would Jin Mie and God of Magenta have the
courage to move against Gods' Origin?

"Brother Magenta, it looks like he still won’t agree, so just forget about convincing him. Besides,
Truesight isn’t your primary strength," Jin Mie said.
God of Magenta frowned as he stared at God of Mirrors. "Last chance."

God of Mirrors glared at God of Magenta with bloodshot eyes. "I just want to know why you betrayed
us. You were given everything here in Gods' Origin."

God of Magenta shook his head. "It looks like you simply want to die."

"He won't tell, but I will." A new voice suddenly spoke up, and hearing it caused both God of Magenta
and Jin Mie’s expressions to completely change. Everyone present turned to look in the same direction,
and they all saw that Lu Yin had appeared at some point in time, and he was simply leaning against the
wall, watching them as though he was enjoying a very interesting show. There was even a smile on his
face that reached his eyes.

God of Magenta's pupils constricted. "Lu Yin?"

Jin Mie's expression twisted, and his heart sank.

Lu Yin started applauding. "This was wonderful, really wonderful! I didn't expect to stumble upon such a
great show! This has been great!"

God of Mirrors had also not expected to see Lu Yin. He struggled to believe his eyes. “Alliance Leader Lu,
why are you here again?"

Lu Yin focused on God of Mirrors. "Do you want to know why God of Magenta betrayed you? That’s
because his name is actually Xia Ji."

God of Mirrors was stunned. He could not believe this at all. "The Semi-Progenitor from the Seven
Courts’ Xia family?"
Lu Yin turned to look at God of Magenta. "Isn’t that right, old man?"

God of Magenta's expression had soured, but he was frighteningly calm. “I don’t even know how to
respond to such nonsense."

Lu Yin clasped his hands behind his back. "Some time ago, I was kidnapped by Xia Ji himself, as he
wanted to force me to give him a secret regarding the Cosmic Art, and he even tried to pry the God of
Death’s inheritance from me. The place that he took me to was your Gods’ Origin’s Envoy-level Platform
of Trials, which is why God of Magenta ordered God of Wind to prevent me from visiting that place and
recognizing it. Am I right?"

God of Magenta's expression grew worse and worse as Lu Yin spoke. "Junior, it doesn’t matter if you
insist on accusing me of being Xia Ji, but why don’t you go confront the Xia family’s Semi-Progenitor to
get your revenge if you’re able? I won’t entertain your nonsense here."

The man then tore through the void as he and Jin Mie both entered the true universe in an attempt to
escape.

They would not care about Lu Yin if he were alone, but Lu Yin was never far from the Second Nightking,
and no one present was an opponent for that old monster.

However, one had to be capable of escaping before they could do so. A terrifying powerhouse who was
inferior only to Semi-Progenitors within the Human Domain was present while these two men only had
a power level that was slightly higher than 700,000. They were both instantly smacked out of the true
universe, and the Second Nightking appeared with a raised hand. The two men were locked in place,
unable to move at all.

Fury covered God of Magenta's face, and a terrifying aura erupted from him. His power level instantly
shot past 700,000, approaching a level of a million.
Jin Mie showed no surprise, and instead he turned to stare at Lu Yin. The man’s pupils transformed into
runes, and he attempted to erase Lu Yin from existence.

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Lu Yin had never lowered his guard. If God of Magenta was Xia Ji’s clone, then even if the clone was
weaker than the original body, his power level should still be at least a million. How could a Semi-
Progenitor’s clone only possess a power level of 700,000? Once God of Magenta revealed his full
strength, he started attacking the Second Nightking, which meant that Lu Yin was left with Jin Mie as his
opponent.

Jin Mie favored sneak attacks. He had first ambushed God of Mirrors, and he had also just tried to do the
same to Lu Yin.

God of Mirrors instantly retaliated, and the two men clashed with Truesight right in front of Lu Yin.
There was a blast of wind that ruffled Lu Yin’s hair.

Jin Mie shot a cold glare at God of Mirrors before decisively turning to run away. Regardless of how
much God of Magenta’s strength had surged, it was impossible for him to measure up to the Second
Nightking, so Jin Mie wanted to get as far away as possible.

Lu Yin raised a hand and released a Hollow Palm.

Jin Mie's entire body was protected by Truesight, and the Hollow Palm was instantly weakened when it
touched the protective barrier. Still, a portion of the palm strike landed on Jin Mie, causing him to
stumble.

The man was horrified. How had Lu Yin managed to become so powerful? He had clearly been a
weakling just a short time ago during the war in the Cosmic Sea.
Given Lu Yin's current strength, how could Jin Mie possibly escape?

An astral chessboard appeared beneath Lu Yin’s feet, and he suddenly disappeared. When he
reappeared, he was already in front of Jin Mie. The man had entered the true universe, but he was still
blocked by Lu Yin.

"Move!" Jin Mie screamed when he saw Lu Yin in his path. Blood and tears streamed down from man’s
eyes as he tried to erase Lu Yin’s existence.

Lu Yin just sneered as a horrifying surge of strength erupted from him. The number of Lu Yin’s runes
increased without end. While Truesight was a miraculous cultivation system, it was impossible to
surpass overwhelming strength. On top of that, Lu Yin also practiced Truesight, rendering Jin Mie’s
attack useless.

Lu Yin calmly raised a hand and lashed out again.

Jin Mie quickly tried to utilize the Knowing realm of Truesight, which was Truesight’s most powerful
defense.

Lu Yin's eyes lit up, and he stepped backwards. As he stepped backwards, he moved closer and closer to
Jin Mie.

The man was initially confused by what he saw, but when he realized that Lu Yin was getting closer, Jin
Mie sensed a bit of turbulence in space that made him uncomfortable. He was suddenly unable to
maintain the Knowing realm’s absolute defense.

Inverse Step had allowed Lu Yin to instantly shatter Jin Mie’s Knowing realm mastery of Truesight.

Jin Mie could not believe this sudden change. How could a mere movement technique shatter
Truesight?
In the past, Lu Yin had felt a similar sense of disbelief when Progenitor Chen’s clone had done the same
thing to his own defense erected by Knowing realm. However, Lu Yin was the one shattering Truesight
now. It was a wonderful feeling.

Boom!

There was a deafening sound as Jin Mie's body was blasted out of the true universe. Half of the man’s
body was crushed, and he smashed into the floor of the main hall of Gods' Origin. He could not even
pick himself off of the ground as he bled on the floor.

Jin Mie was pale, and blood leaked from his mouth as he stared at Lu Yin with eyes that could not accept
his situation.

Star Odyssey Chapter 1978: Revenge Will Be Exacted

Lu Yin looked down at the wounded man in a condescending manner. "You managed to escape in the
Cosmic Sea, but that was only because God of Magenta let you escape. This time, it’s over for you."

Jin Mie’s face twitched, and he answered in a hoarse voice, "I can submit to you."

Lu Yin lifted his head to look into the distance where God of Magenta was trying to fight against the
Second Nightking and escape. However, the difference between the two’s strength was simply too vast.
Even if God of Magenta was one of Xia Ji’s clones that had cultivated Truesight to the point where he
possessed a power level of almost a million, it still was not enough to stand up to the Second Nightking.

A power level of almost a million was completely different from actually achieving a power level of a
million. This clone of Xia Ji's was simply too weak.
However, even if God of Magenta was not the Second Nightking’s opponent, his mastery of both the
Knowing and Infinity realms of Truesight allowed him to drag out the fight with the Second Nightking.

"Come with me." The Second Nightking’s overwhelming power swept out, and God of Magenta was
pushed to his limit. He was about to fall.

Suddenly, a candle emerged, and God of Magenta lit it. The entire area was instantly filled with runes
that were entirely under God of Magenta’s control, and he shot a vicious attack at the Second Nightking.

Lu Yin's expression changed, and he shouted, “Retreat!”

He was able to see that the number of runes that had appeared were basically at the Semi-Progenitor
level.

The Second Nightking also sensed the danger that had suddenly appeared despite not being able to see
the number of runes. The oppressive sense of danger caused him to continuously retreat, and as he did
so, a tear appeared in space.

God of Magenta turned to shoot Lu Yin a vicious glare. A Netherworld River appeared beneath the
man’s feet, and he reached for the candle, clearly trying to flee.

Lu Yin arched a brow, and an astral chessboard reappeared beneath his feet. It spread out until it was
also beneath God of Magenta's feet. Lu Yin was not trying to move himself, as not even the Second
Nightking was strong enough to stand up to the level of strength of the runes that had just appeared.
There was no chance Lu Yin would be able to either.

He just wanted to steal that candle.

God of Magenta grabbed the candle with a hand and then turned around to flee. At this moment, Lu
Yin's eyes snapped wide open: Ce Secret Art: Board Manipulation.

Inexplicably, God of Magenta moved back where he had just been, and he let go of the candle he had
just grabbed.

He was utterly stunned by this change.

Time had not changed, but space had. The attack that God of Magenta had released with the candle had
only lasted for a split second, but as that attack ended, God of Magenta had failed to escape and had
even failed to grab the candle.

Lu Yin yelled, "Second Nightking!"

The Second Nightking spun around and pointed a finger forward: Nightking Advent Immortal Finger. The
cold froze even space.

God of Magenta was absolutely furious. He wanted to take that candle with him, but the Second
Nightking had already attacked. God of Magenta could not afford to hesitate, not even to take that
candle. However, it was also impossible for him to escape on his own.

In a moment of desperation, the man lit the candle to release the explosion of runes again and then
turned and fled with the Netherworld River in his hand.

It was impossible for God of Magenta’s speed to compare to the Second Nightking’s, but the
Netherworld River compensated for the difference.

Even though Lu Yin also had a Netherworld River, it only could increase his speed to match the Second
Nightking’s, which meant that it would be of no use at all to the Second Nightking.
Furthermore, God of Magenta had released a second attack from the candle to create an opening to use
to escape.

There was nothing that Lu Yin could do in this situation. In the end, God of Magenta was one of Xia Ji’s
clones, and such a powerhouse would never be easy to trap.

The Second Nightking was unwilling to see someone with a power level of less than a million escape, as
it was humiliating for someone at his level.

From beginning to the end, God of Mirrors was merely a spectator, never doing anything more than
suppressing God of Wind.

Lu Yin did not care about Envoys like God of Wind, as he could easily handle such people with a single
casual attack.

Lu Yin was instead focused on the candle that was still burning in space, staring at it in amazement. It
was able to release such an incredible number of runes the moment is was lit; just what was it?

God of Mirrors was also looking at the candle with a strong desire.

Lu Yin saw that, so he stretched out a hand. The candle was extinguished, and it fell into Lu Yin’s hand.
He then calmly put it away and turned to face Jin Mie.

God of Mirrors opened his mouth to say something, only to find that he did not know how to phrase
what he wanted to say.

All four of Jin Mie's limbs had been crippled, so he was lying on the floor in a miserable manner. His eyes
radiated fear, showing his desire to not die.
Lu Yin’s indifferent eyes looked down at the man.

Long ago, Xia Ji and the Ignition Crew had built up a blood debt by targeting people with the Lu surname
and ending seventy two lives. Jin He had already died, and the Ignition crew had been wiped out. At this
moment, Lu Yin had Jin Mie in his hands, which left only Xia Ji.

"Alliance Leader Lu, I surrender to you and will become a part of your Great Eastern Alliance! I’m far
from weak, as you already know," Jin Mie said. His words were cut short, and his voice was weak. He
was literally begging, as he did not want to die.

All the man had ever wanted to do was reach a higher level of mastery of Truesight. This was the reason
why he had not hesitated to betray Gods' Origin and had even risked his life to sneak into God of
Flames’ seclusion area. Jin Mie was nothing if not persistent in pursuing his ambition.

"You traitor! First you betrayed my Gods’ Origin, and now you want to betray Xia Ji and submit to
Alliance Leader Lu? What next? Will you betray the Great Eastern Alliance? Alliance Leader Lu, don't
believe a thing that he says!" God of Mirrors quickly spoke up as soon as Jin Mie started begging.
Someone who could change sides so casually would make anyone nervous.

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Jin Mie’s voice grew firm. "Xia Ji and I were only ever using each other, and I didn’t even know that I was
working with him at first. Ji Qiang was the person who asked me to work with him, and he told me to
help him destroy Leon’s Armada. I never imagined that he was actually Xia Ji from the very start. There
was something else to his plans, and the Semi-Progenitor was just using me. As for Gods' Origin, I only
ever wanted to gain a greater mastery of Truesight. I would never have betrayed you all, but you forced
me!"
God of Mirrors became furious. "You’re a traitor, and yet you still have the gall to blame us? You stole a
treasure from Gods’ Origin and even sneaked into God of Flames’ seclusion area! How do you explain
that?"

Jin Mie gritted his teeth. "Stole a treasure? I never touched any treasure that’s the God of Flames’."

God of Mirrors frowned. "What are you talking about?"

Lu Yin turned to look at Jin Mie.

Jin Mie was breathing heavily, and he coughed a few times before he replied. Blood was dripping out of
the corner of his mouth. "I- I snuck into God of Flames' training place, but God of Flames was not there!
I'm not lying! God of Flames disappeared a long time ago, and all that was left was a candle."

God of Mirrors looked over at Lu Yin, who pulled out the candle that he had just grabbed. "This candle?"

Jin Mie nodded and turned to face God of Mirrors. "You can’t have forgotten why God of Flames was
called God of Flames, right?"

Lu Yin glanced over. God of Mirrors’ expression instantly changed, and he forced himself to explain
when he noticed Lu Yin’s eyes. "He is called God of Flames because his innate gift is a candle. When that
candle is lit, it lights up the world. That’s why he’s called God of Flames."

Jin Mie agreed, "That's right! But God of Flames hasn’t been in seclusion at all, as only that candle was
left in his training location. I believe that he caused himself to be erased while training Truesight,
reduced to only the candle you see here."

Lu Yin looked at the candle in his hand and felt a moment of panic; was this thing God of Flames?
God of Mirrors stared at the candle in Lu Yin's hand and immediately begged, "Alliance Leader Lu, can
you give me that candle? If it really is God of Flames, it’s possible that I might one day be able to
resurrect him with Truesight."

Lu Yin arched a brow and then bluntly stored the candle away. Even though the idea was rather
frightening, God of Magenta had used that candle to release an attack that had forced back even the
Second Nightking. How could Lu Yin not want such a powerful treasure? "Senior God of Mirrors, I can
see how confused you must be, but tell me, how can a man become a candle?"

God of Mirrors realized that Jin Mie’s story sounded absurd, but he remained determined. "Truesight is
a miraculous system, and no one knows what level God of Flames might have reached. It’s possible that
he had already mastered Truesight to the Semi-Progenitor level, so it might not be impossible for him to
have become a candle."

Lu Yin still refused. "That’s ridiculous."

God of Mirrors frowned. He desperately wanted to get that candle back, but after seeing Lu Yin's
attitude, the man knew that it would be impossible. "Alliance Leader Lu, we can allow you to study all of
the ruins here in Gods’ Origin."

"You already told me that when I told you the location of the statue. Actually, the location I told you was
a lie."

God of Mirrors was stunned. "It’s fake?"

Jin Mie was also taken aback.

Lu Yin looked over at Jin Mie. "I already knew that God of Magenta was Xia Ji's clone, so I told you that
lie in order to lure him into making a move."
Lu Yin then turned to smile at God of Mirrors. “Your Gods’ Origin owes me a favor."

God of Mirrors was stunned. Lu Yin’s words sounded accurate, but something about them felt very
wrong.

Jin Mie felt worse than ever. He and God of Magenta had been tricked! The whole thing had been a
scam. It was no wonder why Lu Yin had given away the location of the statue so easily. Such behavior
was not at all in line with Lu Yin’s character.

Lu Yin was completely unconcerned with God of Mirrors’ feelings at this moment, as he was using his
gadget to call Big Sis.

It was not long before her image appeared on Lu Yin’s display. This time, she looked like a dwarf with a
long beard. Seeing her startled Lu Yin for a moment.

"Little Seven, what's the matter?" Big Sis asked as she flicked her beard out of the way.

Lu Yin did not know how to deal with her new appearance, so he simply shifted the video to show Jin
Mie. "Big Sis, look who I found."

Big Sis stared at the screen and quickly leaped to her feet. "Jin Mie?"

Lu Yin nodded.

Jin Mie stared at the display showing Big Sis, and his eyes started to dart about as he nervously asked,
"Are you- are you Lei Qingqing?"

Big Sis stare Jin Mie with cold eyes for a moment before sneering. "Little Seven, did you capture him?"
"How do you want me to deal with him?"

Jin Mie stared at Big Sis. "Lei Qingqing, what happened back then has nothing to do with me! We only
followed Ji Qiang’s orders! It was all his plan, and I had nothing to do with it!"

Big Sis’s eyes glinted as she tipped her head. She and her mercenaries had been chased through the
Innerverse, and even in the Outerverse. That terrifying experience was something that she would never
be able to forget.

The people who had left Leon’s Armada and the Cosmic Sea with Big Sis at that time had all been family
members, and she could still clearly see the faces of those who had died. Despite not saying a word, she
had never abandoned her pursuit of getting revenge on Jin Mie. Xia Ji might be the target of most of Big
Sis’s hatred, but the Ignition Crew had been the ones to actually take action against Big Sis and her
family.

Jin Mie had delivered the order to Jin He that had led to the judgment of the list of people surnamed Lu.

Big Sis would never forget the hatred that had risen from the helplessness, sadness, and despair that she
had felt at that time.

"Little Seven, it’s time to collect our debts," Big Sis stated indifferently.

Jin Mie's expression changed drastically, and he turned to Lu Yin. "Alliance Leader Lu, I can help you!
Don't kill me! I can help you reach the Infinity level of Truesight! I’ve hidden vast amounts of wealth! I-”

While the man was still talking, Lu Yin casually swatted out with a hand, ending the man’s life.
A powerhouse who would submit to him. The Infinity level of Truesight. Vast wealth that had been
hidden. These were certainly tempting conditions to even Lu Yin, but no matter what he was offered,
nothing could compensate for the seventy two lives that had been lost.

Lu Yin was the reason why Big Sis and her mercenaries had been driven out of the Innerverse, and if
they had abandoned him, nothing would have happened to them, and none of them would have died.
Lu Yin was the sole reason why those people had died, as he was the excuse that their enemy had used.
At the beginning, because of him, Big Sis’s mercenary group had merely been expelled from the
Innerverse. If those people were willing to give up on him, they would not have had any accidents, and
they would not have died so miserably. Those people had died because of him. He needed to repay his
debt.

Jin Mie had been dealt with, but that did not mean that things were finished. Xia Ji had been the one to
instigate everything.

"Big Sis, we will eventually get revenge on everyone," Lu Yin said.

Big Sis just looked away and ended the call.

The Champions’ Stage appeared in front of Lu Yin. "By my name, I anoint a Champion."

There was no longer any reason for Lu Yin to hide his Champions’ Stage. Those who knew about his
identity were already aware, and anyone who did not know would not understand.

God of Mirrors was one who did not understand, and he stared at the Champions’ Stage in amazement.
What was this thing?

God of Mirrors had wanted Jin Mie to be punished and executed by Gods’ Origin, but he had not dared
to say a word as he watched Lu Yin’s cold attitude while performing the killing blow.
Star Odyssey Chapter 1979: Comparing Strength

As Lu Yin stared at the image of Jin Mie that had appeared on his Champions’ Stage, he started
considering his champions. He had anointed quite a few now, including seven Envoys. The most
powerful of his generals should be Leaf King and Jin Mie, but neither of the two had a reliable form of
strength.

The Leaf King that Lu Yin summoned was one without the body that had absorbed that mysterious
substance from the Mother Tree. While the man had learned many battle techniques, there was no way
for the champion to possess the same level of strength that had allowed the man to fight against Lu Yin.

As for Jin Mie, the man had mostly cultivated Truesight, which was a cultivation system that could not
be used in many locations, such as Perennial World.

It would be wonderful if Lu Yin could anoint a top powerhouse as a champion, such as Xia Ji.

Of course, that was nothing more than a dream. Given the fact that Xia Ji was a Semi-Progenitor, even if
the man was dead, Lu Yin had no idea if he would be able to anoint the man as a champion.

Jin Mie’s death had unraveled an old knot in Big Sis’s heart, and the man had even been dealt with by Lu
Yin, which eased the woman’s feelings even more. As for the man’s corpse, Gods’ Origin might make
some sort of fuss about it, but that was none of Lu Yin’s business.

He said to God of Mirrors, "I'll give you Jin Mie's body, but your Gods’ Origin owes me another favor."

God of Mirrors had already recovered enough to respond. "Alliance Leader Lu, you just said that the
location of the statue that you originally gave me was false. Can you tell me where it really is?"
Lu Yin had wanted to leave Gods’ Origin hanging on for a bit longer, but after considering the situation,
Lu Yin had already used God of Mirrors to force God of Magenta to expose himself, and Lu Yin had even
taken away that candle that might be God of Flames. Lu Yin felt embarrassed by the idea of toying with
God of Mirrors any longer.

"I can do that, but that simply settles one matter. I’ll tell you the location to make up for lying to you
about it before, but what about the fact that I just saved your Gods’ Origin or helped you deal with Jin
Mie?" Lu Yin said.

God of Mirrors felt frustrated by Lu Yin’s attitude and was about to reply, but Lu Yin quickly continued.
"Actually forget that. I have a good relationship with Gods’ Origin, so let’s just treat this whole matter as
friends helping each other out."

God of Mirrors swallowed the words that he had been about to say. As for the candle, the man felt that
it would be too awkward to ask for it.

"The statue is in Burial Garden," Lu Yin stated.

God of Mirrors was surprised. "Burial Garden?"

Lu Yin nodded. "Whenever Burial Garden reopens, you can send someone in to look for the statue, but I
should warn you that there’s a true powerhouse trapped there. He’s at least as strong as the Second
Nightking, and he might even be a Semi-Progenitor. He was forced to kneel in worship and was
transformed into a statue worshiping the main statue, so you’ll need to be very careful."

God of Mirrors gave a wry smile. The statue was in Burial Garden? When would they even be able to see
it, let alone move it to Gods’ Origin?

Lu Yin might as well have not said anything at all.

A battle had been fought in the main hall of Gods' Origin, and all of the mirrors in Gods’ Origin had been
shattered. There was no way that the people outside the hall would not notice the commotion, but no
one had been able to enter the main hall.

After Lu Yin and the Second Nightking left Gods’ Origin for the second time, God Taiyi and the other
disciples were finally able to enter the main hall. When they saw Jin Mie's body on the floor, all of the
disciples were shocked. "God of Mirrors, is that traitor Jin Mie?"

God of Mirrors nodded. His face was still a little pale. Behind him stood God of Wind with her head hung
low. She had only managed to avoid execution because Gods' Origin could not afford to lose two Envoys
at the same time. If such a drop in strength became public, they would likely be targeted by their
enemies.

"Why is Jin Mie here?" God Xiaobai was terrified to see the man’s corpse.

The other Gods' Origin disciples who had entered the main hall all looked at God of Mirrors as well, and
the man gave a brusque answer. "I don't know how the traitor managed to sneak in, but he tried to
ambush me. I killed him, and we will hang his body outside Gods' Origin. Any traitor to my Gods’ Origin
will be treated as an enemy, and we will never let them go!"

"Yes!" All of the Gods’ Origin disciples became excited at the explanation that they were given.

God of Mirrors let out a long breath as he watched the excited disciples stream out of the main hall. Lu
Yin had left, but he had also taken the candle with him. It was critical for them to retrieve the candle,
but what could be done about it?

At the moment, Gods’ Origin was far weaker than the Great Eastern Alliance, let alone everything else
that was supporting Lu Yin.

"We will speak of your crimes later. What happened today cannot be leaked. Understand?" God of
Mirrors asked in a cold voice.
God of Wind dropped to her knees. "I understand."

Lu Yin left Gods' Origin without any delays this time, and he continued straight towards the Cosmic Sea.

He was well aware that Xia Ji had to be absolutely furious at the moment, and the Semi-Progenitor’s
hatred and desire to kill Lu Yin must have spiked to entirely new levels. However, this did not phase Lu
Yin at all, as Xia Ji could not do anything to him, and the man was also most likely worried that Lu Yin
would expose the secret of God of Magenta being another one of Xia Ji’s clones.

At the moment, the most important thing to focus on was the Perennial World’s invasion.

Lu Yin had already made every possible preparation, and his efforts to strengthen the Fifth Mainland
were proceeding according to plan. There was nothing critical that Lu Yin had to take care of at this
moment, and he simply needed to wait for the Tower of the Fifth’s construction to finish. At that point
in time, his name would ring out across the Fifth Mainland and be made known.

Also, while he was waiting for the Tower of the Fifth to finish, he could spend his time rolling his die.

As Lu Yin’s strength had increased, the value of Possession had become more and more noticeable.

The cultivation world was structured like a pyramid, and the higher one climbed, the fewer people there
were. Lu Yin’s current strength allowed him to Possess many top experts, which gave him access to
many of the universe’s secrets. He felt like he had a good chance of Possessing someone participating in
the Perennial World’s invasion, which could provide him with another opportunity to further delay the
invasion.

The Second Nightking was capable of incredible speed, and it was not long before they had covered a
vast distance and arrived at the Cosmic Sea.
The Tower of the Fifth was being built at the center of the Cosmic Sea in the middle of the Abyss of the
Sea

Already, construction on the Tower of the Fifth had started. Despite its massive size, it was being built by
cultivators from the Hall of Honor, Leon’s Armada, and the Great Eastern Alliance. It would only take a
month, or two at the most, for it to finish.

This was even after considering that the builders were being forced to wait for materials to be delivered.
If enough materials were readily available at the construction site, the Tower of the Fifth would be
completed even faster.

Powerful cultivators were capable of moving mountains to fill seas and shatter space, so using such
power in construction efforts was naturally quite efficient.

There were countless ships anchored around the Abyss of the Sea. As the Tower of the Fifth was being
built, many savvy people had started to build artificial islands, docks, and more. The Abyss of the Sea
was guaranteed to soon become one of the busiest and most prosperous locations in the universe.

Anyone with a brain would want to start a business in such a place, but everyone who wanted to do so
needed to pay a fee to Leon’s Armada. In the end, the Abyss of the Sea was within their region of
control. Actually, it was more accurate to say that the entire Cosmic Sea belonged to Leon’s Armada,
with the sole exception of the Soldier Crew’s territory.

None of the crews in the Cosmic Sea were allowed to bring people to the Abyss of the Sea, and doing so
would earn them the enmity of Leon’s Armada.

This was an ironclad rule that even the most powerful forces of the Neoverse had to follow.

Lu Yin landed on the deck of one of the warships belonging to Leon’s Armada with a bang. Everyone on
board grew wary at the sudden sound, but they warmly greeted Lu Yin as soon as they saw who had
arrived.
There was a whoosh as a massive war blade flashed out from a cabin.

Lu Yin was left speechless. "Captain, you really don’t need to do this every time we see each other.”

Even as he spoke, Lu Yin grabbed the war blade. Highsage Leon almost instantly appeared, and he also
grabbed the war blade as he tried to press it down upon Lu Yin.

Highsage Leon’s power level was comparable to the Sea King’s, and both men were also Realmbreakers
who were capable of challenging Envoys with power levels of 800,000 or even 900,000. At this moment,
Highsage Leon did not release his full strength, taking the affair rather casually.

While Lu Yin would be able to hold his own against Highsage Leon in an all-out fight, he felt powerless at
this moment, as he was being forced to compete in physical strength. Lu Yin’s physique had improved to
a level where even old monsters with power levels of a million might not be stronger than him.

However, he also needed to give his captain a bit of face. At this thought, Lu Yin took a step back, his
face flushed red. "Captain, I can't hold on any longer."

Highsage Leon suddenly whipped his war blade up and slammed it down onto the deck of the warship
with enough force to cause the entire Abyss to tremble. "Little Seven, since when did you become such a
hypocrite? You’ve already surpassed me."

Everyone who heard this statement was shocked, and they all turned to stare at Lu Yin in disbelief. How
old was Lu Yin, and yet had he already surpassed their captain?

Further away, countless people who had gathered outside of the Abyss of the Sea were staring at the
warship, and they saw an intimidating man three meters tall standing on the deck, as well as the
comparatively tiny Lu Yin. That little Lu Yin had already stepped past Highsage Leon to become one of
the most powerful figures in the Fifth Mainland.
Liu Shaoqiu was among those outside the Abyss of the Sea at this time, and he stared at the warship
within Leon’s Armada with complicated emotions. Long ago, he had competed with Lu Yin, but that was
no longer a possibility. There could be no competition whatsoever.

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Liu Shaoqiu was only present for the sake of the Sword Sect and to try to take the inheritance of the
Thirteen Swords away from the Tower of the Fifth.

Ling Gong was also present, but she kept herself hidden. She let out a cold snort as she stared across the
sea at Lu Yin. She had made the trip here to learn more about battle force. She had a great interest in
the power, as it matched with her spear skills extremely well.

Wen Sansi, Wen Qian'er, and many others from the Wen family had arrived in the Cosmic Sea as well.
They hoped to take away the Literary Prison inheritance.

The Tower of the Fifth had announced far too many inheritances, and there were countless people, both
famous and unknown, who had gathered in the Cosmic Sea from the Innerverse, Outerverse, and even
the Neoverse. All of them were waiting for the Tower of the Fifth to open.

Lu Yin had arrived at the Abyss of the Sea to the sight of the massive gathering. This was exactly what he
had been hoping for.

If the Perennial World did not force him to use this last resort, the Tower of the Fifth would be the
greatest contribution that he could offer to the Fifth Mainland. As Xuan Jiu had said, offering training to
the entire universe might alter Lu Yin’s future.

Everyone considered doing good deeds, but too few actually followed through on those thoughts. Only
after doing so could one understand just how wonderful the feeling was.
The Tower of the Fifth was still in its construction phase, but Lu Yin was already enjoying that feeling. He
merely hoped that he would not be forced to use his final card.

Everyone was selfish. Lu Yin could offer his abilities to the entire universe, but he also did not want to be
abandoned by them.

Lu Yin’s arrival caused Leon’s Armada to grow quite rowdy, and the leaders of the various regiments
started to gather.

"Captain, we haven't thanked Little Seven for what he did during that Cosmic Sea war yet. If not for him,
I wouldn’t be here any longer, and Leon’s Armada wouldn’t be ruling the entire Cosmic Sea! Little Seven,
here’s a toast to you!" In a cabin, the captain of the Merman Regiment, Brother Hao, stood and spoke.

Lu Yin quickly responded, "I'm also a member of Leon’s Armada, so it was only right for me to do that."

"Little Seven, your sister here has to offer you a toast as well. I also would have died during that war if
you hadn’t saved me." Sister Fei also stood, her beautiful face flushed, as she expressed her gratitude to
Lu Yin.

Lu Yin answered her as well. "It's just a pity that Elephant King and Rocky couldn't be saved."

He could still remember the simple and honest Elephant King whose birth had been accompanied by a
phenomena, as well as the man who had been covered with stone. Both of them had died during that
war.

"Life and death are both a matter of fate, and that was their fate," Ghost Doc said in his hoarse voice.
His back was as hunched as ever, but he gazed at Lu Yin in a very approving manner. “Picking you up
back then was the right choice."
"That damn girl Qingqing ran away in a huff back then, and she even dragged you away with her after
losing her temper. She almost wasn’t able to make it back to us," Sister Fei complained angrily.

Kidney just smiled. "Speaking of Qingqing, I heard that she’s been having a great time on Mt.
Microcosms."

Highsage Leon slammed his glass onto the table with a bang. "That damn girl! Don’t make me worry and
just stay where I can see you! She better not make trouble on Mt. Microcosms and get tossed out."

Sister Fei snorted derisively. "I’d like to see who has the guts to do that."

Lu Yin was surrounded by everyone's cheerful banter. He loved this sort of atmosphere.

Before too long, Highsage Leon waved everyone out of the cabin, but Lu Yin spoke up. "Wait a minute."

Everyone looked at him in a questioning manner, but he summoned his Champions’ Stage. "With my
name, I summon a champion."

Star Odyssey Chapter 1980: Multiple Possessions

Right after Lu Yin spoke, Jin Mie appeared in front of everyone, his body forming out of stellular energy.

Everyone was shocked. "Jin Mie?"

Highsage Leon’s eyes tightened and flickered with a dangerously cold light as he looked at the
summoned Jin Mie.
Even though it had been said that the deaths of Elephant King, Rocky, and the other people from his
regiments was fated to happen, how could anyone in Leon’s Armada not care about these deaths? They
had spent years together as a family, so it was naturally difficult for them to let go.

Cultivators might be ruthless, but they still had emotions. This was true of Big Sis, and of everyone else
in Leon’s Armada as well.

"Little Seven, what’s this?" Sister Fei was puzzled.

Highsage Leon replied, "This is Little Seven's innate gift. Jin Mie’s already dead."

"I happened to run into him right before I came here. It turns out that he was hiding in Gods' Origin," Lu
Yin explained in a deep voice.

Ghost Doc nodded. "Revenge. Revenge…"

He ambled out of the room while still talking to himself slowly.

Sister Fei and the others gave Lu Yin looks of gratitude before they also all left the cabin.

After the Champions’ Stage disappeared, Highsage Leon gave Lu Yin a serious look. "I don't know your
real reason behind why you’re building this Tower of the Fifth, but if you have any problems, you need
to tell us. Otherwise, you won’t be considered a member of Leon’s Armada any longer. Also, be careful
of that Second Nightking. A powerhouse like that won’t be happy serving someone like he’s been doing
for you."

Lu Yin solemnly answered, "I know."

After leaving Leon’s Armada, Lu Yin asked the Second Nightking to isolate a region of space on the
seabed close to the Abyss of the Sea. He needed to go into seclusion.

Lu Yin’s goal during this period of time was to Possess the body of a powerhouse from the Perennial
World’s invasion force and hopefully further delay their plans.

Before entering seclusion, Lu Yin brought Sapling out. "Behave yourself and absorb some stellular
energy."

Sapling’s branches tightly wrapped around Lu Yin, and it was clearly reluctant to leave him alone. The
light from the small tree’s leaves even flickered, as if it was contemplating Lu Yin’s words.

Lu Yin spent a bit more time coaxing Sapling to listen to him, and eventually, Sapling entered the true
universe and began to absorb stellular energy.

Regardless of whether or not Lu Yin would eventually get stellular liquid from Sapling, it would always be
good for the tree to absorb stellular energy.

After Sapling was taken care of and a region of space was isolated, Lu Yin set up a sourcebox array and
raised a hand. His die appeared, and he tapped it, internally begging six pips to appear.

When the die stopped, Lu Yin saw three pips.

Lu Yin pursed his lips and quickly rolled his die again.

He actually did have things to Enhance, but he could not do it here, as the Second Nightking might be
able to sense his actions. It was best to use Enhance in the Timestop Space.
Lu Yin’s second roll resulted in Pilfer, and a sword tumbled out. He picked it up and squeezed it lightly,
instantly shattering it. It was trash.

Continue.

The third roll was four pips, and the scenery changed around Lu Yin as he entered the Timestop Space.

After he increased his time in it to almost a year, Lu Yin began to train in the Cosmic Art.

Out of everything in Lu Yin’s repertoire at the moment, it made the most sense for him to train the
Cosmic Art. He was very eager to increase his mastery of the cultivation art and eventually be able to
use the pattern on the bottom of his foot. Then, he would find out what exactly Progenitor Chen had left
behind.

Time passed quickly as Lu Yin recited the Origin Sutra and practiced the Cosmic Art.

After he simulated 42,000 stars, he saw that he only had a short amount of time left before he would
leave the Timestop Space.

Lu Yin raised a hand and brought his die out. He tapped it, but he only managed to roll another Pilfer.

After resting the necessary ten days, his next roll was two pips, which was useless. Finally, after resting
again, he managed to roll three pips, and Lu Yin’s eyes lit up at this sight.

The two screens of light appeared, and he set the eggshell that he had received from Tian Dou on the
top screen. After getting more funds, Lu Yin wanted to Enhance as many defensive treasures as possible,
as he never knew when he might need to use them.
The eggshell could supposedly block an attack from someone with a power level of a million, so Lu Yin
expected even its first Enhancement to be quite expensive.

Sure enough, the first upgrade cost nearly seven billion star essence alone. It was a lot, but it cost about
as much as the upgrade for the Withered Bark or the Netherworld River that Lu Yin had already
Enhanced. All of these treasures could affect battles with experts with power levels of over a million.

The second upgrade cost almost 14 billion star essence, which made the total that Lu Yin had spent on
the eggshell come to around 20 billion star essence. There was no way that he could upgrade it a third
time.

As Lu Yin stared at the eggshell, he suspected that it would be able to defend against attacks with power
levels of almost 1.2 million. In other words, even the Second Nightking might struggle to break through
the eggshell after its Enhancement.

After putting the eggshell away, Lu Yin pulled out his Withered Bark that contained properties of time.
He had already upgraded it twice, and he was hoping to improve it a third time to see what would
happen to it.

After throwing out a river of star essence, the Withered Bark slowly fell through the two screens of light,
finally coming out the bottom.

Lu Yin stared at it and found that the power vessel had become rather blurry to look at. He reached out
to touch it, but it felt like his hand could not touch it at first. He realized that it was not distorted light
that was making the Withered Bark look blurry, but rather distorted time.

This was the property of time that the Withered Bark held.

After it had been Enhanced two times, Lu Yin had noticed that time itself had twisted around the
Withered Bark, even if it had not been by very much. Still, this was the power of time, which was beyond
the comprehension of even a powerhouse on the level of the Second Nightking. Just what sort of power
had Progenitor Ku left behind?

Thinking about this made Lu Yin want to Enhance the Withered Bark yet again.

However, he hesitated right when he was about to try. While he had obtained 100 billion star essence
from Shamrock Enterprise, just upgrading two items had depleted 40 billion. Another upgrade would
likely completely exhaust Lu Yin’s funds, and how would he be able to Possess anyone after that?

Feeling frustrated, Lu Yin put the Withered Bark away yet again. He needed to put it off until he ran into
another windfall. What a pity.

He soon left the Timestop Space, though only a second had passed in the outside world.

Lu Yin had managed to simulate 42,000 stars of the Cosmic Art, which was still less than halfway through
the cultivation art’s fifth level.

Neither Progenitor Chen, who had created the cultivation art, nor anyone who had ever trained in the
art, had ever managed to cultivate the Cosmic Art as quickly as Lu Yin.

He had only been training in the cultivation art for around twenty years, and in that short amount of
time, even a talented disciple like Qiu Shi could only simulate less than a thousand stars. Still, Lu Yin had
to admit that he had no idea how many stars Qiu Shi was able to simulate at the moment, but he was
absolutely certain that she had not perfected the fourth level of the Cosmic Art yet.

These thoughts drifted through Lu Yin’s mind and left him excited as he rolled his die again.

After spinning, it slowly came to a stop on six pips, and Lu Yin’s eyes lit up. He became excited as his
consciousness entered the strange space that was filled with orbs of light.
He looked around, quickly found a dazzlingly bright ball, shot over to it, and merged with it.

Lu Yin had Possessed many people, and given his experience, the brilliant orb that he had merged with
should represent an expert with a power level of over 900,000, possibly even approaching a million.
Such a person would be regarded as an expert wherever they went in the entire universe.

Lu Yin felt excited as his Possession started.

Countless memories flooded into his mind as Lu Yin’s eyes snapped open. He saw an unfamiliar place.
He was in the Meng clan’s territory in the Sacred Weave.

Lu Yin had managed to Possess Meng Fuzi. This man was the most powerful expert in the Meng clan, as
he was a five-tribulation Envoy. He was indeed an expert with a power level of over 900,000.

However, the Meng clan was a strange group, as everyone in it cultivated the Dream Sutra, which meant
that all of them spent most of their time sleeping.

This was also how the Green and White Sages had managed to infiltrate the Meng clan and defile so
many of their women.

Kui Luo had publicized their actions, which had sent a massive shockwave through the entire Sixth
Mainland. The Green and White Sages had fled from the Daosource Sect after their actions were
exposed, and no one knew where they had gone.

Lu Yin had Possessed Meng Fuzi, and when he came across the man’s memory of this recent event, he
felt the man’s hatred. It had not dimmed in the least.
The entire Meng clan had been investigated, and they found that the Green and White Sages had defiled
many of their women. The clan was full of people who did not actually possess the Meng clan’s blood.
This scandal had taught them a tragic lesson.

Lu Yin let out a long breath. Anyone who suffered such this level of disgrace and humiliation would
experience the emotions of the man that he had Possessed.

However, Lu Yin could not gain much from Possessing Meng Fuzi. This elder spent almost all of his time
sleeping and cultivating, which meant that he barely interacted with anyone.

Lu Yin quickly ended the Possession. After all, the more powerful the target was, the more costly the
Possession would be. He did not want to waste all of his star essence on Possessing such a person.

Additionally, Lu Yin had felt Meng Fuzi’s hatred for the Green and White Sages, and having the same
emotion well up within himself due to the Possession was a very uncomfortable sensation.

Still, Lu Yin had learned the Dream Sutra.

He recalled that this was the same cultivation art that Sleeping Prince, who had ranked 100 on the Top
100 Rankings of the Innerverse, had used. Lu Yin had no idea who had the more complete version of the
cultivation art, or how it had even managed to be distributed to both Mainlands.

His consciousness returned to his own body, and he quickly checked his cosmic ring, heaving a sigh of
relief when he saw that only around 3 billion star essence had been used.

While 3 billion star essence sounded like an astronomical sum, as far as Lu Yin was concerned, it was a
bargain for the opportunity to Possess an expert with a power level of over 900,000. Such a Possession
would burn through star essence at a shocking rate, and even a single second could use up hundreds of
millions of star essence.
Six pips was incredibly expensive to roll.

Lu Yin suddenly felt that the resources that he had taken from Shamrock Enterprise was not enough.

It was possible that the only forces in the entire Fifth Mainland that could support Lu Yin’s expenditures
were the Hall of Honor and the Mavis family.

After a brief recovery, Lu Yin raised his hand to continue rolling his die. He tapped it with a finger, and it
slowly spun around before eventually stopping on five pips.

Gift Copy was a useless roll, and this was also Lu Yin’s fourth roll, which meant that he needed to rest for
ten days.

He used this time to truly rest. When considering his time in the Timestop Space, he had been training
for almost an entire year, so a ten day break was not unreasonable.

Those ten days passed in the blink of an eye. Lu Yin lifted his head, watched as his die appeared, and
then resumed rolling.

As it gradually came to a stop, he saw three pips. Again. One pip. A piece of paper fell out, and Lu Yin
checked it. It turned out to be a loan agreement, but for a loan that had already been repaid. Why had
the contract not been returned to the client? What was their name?

Seeing that the name was merely a code, Lu Yin realized that he was wasting his time, so he tossed the
paper away and resumed rolling his die.

His next roll was Gift Copy again, which was still useless. Finally, he rolled Timestop, and he returned to
the Timestop Space.
With that, Lu Yin immediately resumed training the Cosmic Art. This cultivation art took an extremely
long time to master.

Almost a year later, Lu Yin exited the Timestop Space after managing to simulate 46,000 stars.

He had once again rolled his die four times, which meant that he needed to rest for another ten days.

A short distance away, the Second Nightking glanced over to where Lu Yin was isolated. This was rather
odd; if the youth was training, then why were there no stellular energy fluctuations?

The old man looked elsewhere at Sapling who had happily taken root in the true universe and was
contentedly absorbing stellular energy. Regardless of how much stellular energy the tree sucked up,
there was no reaction from the true universe at all.

Seeing this roused the Second Nightking’s envy. Who would not wish to be able to absorb stellular
energy so boldly?

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This sapling was so lucky.

The Second Nightking once again realized that Lu Yin possessed many bizarre treasures.

Ten days later, Lu Yin raised a hand and brought his die back out to continue rolling.

Three pips. Five pips. Six pips.

Lu Yin was just about to roll the die again when he realized that he had just rolled Possession. His
consciousness quickly returned to that strange space.

He looked around and quickly found a bright orb that was rather close by. This ball was neither too
bright nor too dim, and it most likely belonged to someone with a power level of about 800,000, which
suited Lu Yin perfectly.

Seeing this, Lu Yin did not hesitate to merge into the light.

Star Odyssey Chapter 1981: Sneak Attack

When Lu Yin opened his eyes again, he saw a massive fleet of spaceships surrounding him. The sight was
shocking, but just where was he?

Memories quickly started to pour into his mind, and Lu Yin’s expression changed drastically. He quickly
looked down and finally saw the body that he had Possessed. There were not many experts at this level
of strength, so it was not unexpected for Lu Yin to Possess someone he was familiar with. However,
beyond all expectations, he had actually Possessed the White Sage.

The Green and White Sages had been elders in the Sixth Mainland’s Daosource Sect. They had been
respected for both their humble lifestyles and their strength; both men were four-tribulation Envoys.

However, despite their gleaming reputation, the Green and White Sages had committed countless
terrible crimes by taking advantage of their Deep Meditation cultivation art. Still, their crimes had
eventually been exposed by Kui Luo, and they had subsequently fled and disappeared.

Lu Yin’s last Possession had been of Meng Fuzi, and he clearly felt the old man’s burning hatred for the
Green and White Sages. Lu Yin had not expected to Possess the White Sage with his very next
Possession. This seemed like fate.
"My lords, they are arriving now, so please pay attention," a voice spoke up from behind Lu Yin.

Next to him, Green Sage grunted. "Don't worry, we can already sense them.”

He then glanced over at Lu Yin—no, he looked over at “White Sage.”

"White Sage" nodded. "There are a lot of them."

There was an odd-looking mechanical lifeform behind the two men. They were at Sky Creation
Academy.

After the Green and White Sages fled from the Daosource Sect, they had gone straight to the
Technocracy and joined Sky Creation Academy. They had done this in order to avoid being chased down
and killed by Jiu Yao.

The Technocracy had actually been the two men’s only option.

More and more memories entered Lu Yin's mind, and his expression kept changing. The most
unexpected thing he learned was not regarding the Green and White Sages or that they had joined Sky
Creation Academy. Rather, it was that Sky Creation Academy had already finished its negotiations with
the Perennial World.

During his last seclusion, Lu Yin had Possessed Long Quan. He had used the man’s body to attack and kill
Sky Creation Academy’s ambassador to the Perennial World before committing suicide. At the moment
of the man’s death, he had also announced a massive lie in an attempt to delay the Perennial World’s
invasion of the Fifth Mainland through the New Corridor.
Lu Yin had thought that his efforts would have bought him half a year’s worth of time, but unexpectedly,
the Perennial World had already finished its negotiations with Sky Creation Academy after just a quarter
year. On top of that, the invasion force had already entered the New Corridor and was about to arrive in
the Fifth Mainland.

This was too fast! The Tower of the Fifth had not been finished yet, so it was impossible to unite the
Human Domain.

Lu Yin’s mind raced as he processed this information, and he caused White Sage’s body to move
forward.

Green Sage shouted, "Get back here. We need to wait here."

"White Sage" acted curious. "I want to see what this New Corridor is and where those people who once
abandoned the Fifth Mainland live."

Green Sage frowned. "Sky Creation Academy doesn't trust us, so we need to wait here. If we move any
closer, they’ll get suspicious of us. We can’t go back to the Daosource Sect, and I don’t want to get
kicked out of Sky Creation Academy."

"White Sage" did not like this restriction. "Sky Creation Academy doesn't trust these newcomers, so why
did they allow them to come here but leave us here to keep an eye on them? You should remember that
these people are also the Fifth Mainland’s true elites, as the ancient war between the two mainlands
was mostly fought against those primeval surnames."

Green Sage was completely unfazed. "So what? Countless years have passed since then, and the Sixth
Mainland’s actually moved into the Fifth Mainland. What’s more, the primeval surnames aren’t even
coming for the Sixth Mainland, but rather for some kid named Lu Yin."

"How can a youth be worth all this effort, even if they are from the Lu family?" "White Sage" wondered.
Green Sage looked over. "You’re talking a lot today."

"White Sage" looked back and shook his head. "It's just a pity that we were discovered after so many
years and that our reputations were ruined. If not for that, you and I might have been able to cross our
fifth or even our sixth tribulations in the Daosource Sect. Don’t forget that our goal was always to be
able to see that place."

Lu Yin had already seen White Sage's memories and the man’s past, as well as what the man had hoped
for while in the Daosource Sect. Furthermore, Lu Yin had seen the man’s deepest desires. Foremost
among them was the Green and White Sages’ desire to visit the core of the Daosource Sect, where not
even the sect’s elders were allowed to visit.

Actually, Lu Yin already knew what was in that place. Kui Luo had broken into the Daosource Sect, and
he had seen a statue in the sect’s depths, but this information had been kept secret from the Green and
White Sages.

For many years, they had frequently seen various people going into the depths of the Daosource Sect to
worship something, especially the three Progenitors, and this activity made the two men very curious.

White Sage’s words drew out a sigh from Green Sage. "That’s impossible for us now. If I had known what
would happen, I would have stopped long ago. It wasn’t the sex that drew us, but rather the excitement
of the unknown."

"Not to mention the thrill of seeing the various direct descendants of the big powers and knowing that
they’re your own offspring," "White Sage" replied. These were White Sage’s true feelings that Lu Yin was
speaking. The Green and White Sages had been born into bad circumstances and were bullied in their
childhood. Their cultivation path had been a difficult one, and they had frequently been oppressed by
people from various large families and powerful organizations. They had survived dire ordeals that
would be impossible for most people, and this was why they had started committing such crimes; they
wanted to take revenge on the various powerful forces.
Green Sage sneered. "Alright, that’s enough. Someone will arrive soon, so we should try to find a way to
earn Sky Creation Academy’s trust and then eventually pass through this New Corridor and reach that
other place. Then we will be able to be at peace."

"White Sage" nodded. "Let’s move closer so that we can get a good look at this New Corridor."

Green Sage said nothing, and White Sage continued to move closer and closer to the New Corridor.

There was a blurry line some distance away in space. From far away, it looked like a long snake moving
through space. Both its beginning and end were too blurry to see, but this was the passage that
connected the two places.

The New Corridor was not very large, and it was only wide enough for a hundred people to pass through
while walking side by side. However, it was not easy to traverse the New Corridor, and if one was not
careful, they could easily fall out of the passage and be torn up by the chaotic space around it. It was
important to be careful when passing through the New Corridor, and thus, people usually limited
themselves to only letting fifty people pass through at a time in order to avoid accidents that could easily
occur with larger groups.

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Green Sage and “White Sage” moved closer to the New Corridor, and their actions drew the attention of
the mechanical lifeforms from Sky Creation Academy. Still, the two humans stopped before they got too
close.

Even though Sky Creation Academy had put on a show of welcoming the two Envoys, it was just a show,
and the two were thought of as nothing more than hired guards. After all, experts with power levels of
over 800,000 were very useful, and thus the men had been given the basic level of respect, but they
were not allowed access to any sensitive information.
"White Sage" stared at the New Corridor and observed everything before him very carefully. The most
noticeable things around them was a nearby mechanical giant, which was actually the commander of
the Lost Course Army. It was an android as strong as an expert with a power level of over a million.
Additionally, there were some other androids around the commander, both humanoid and odd looking
ones.

For all of them to be arranged side by side, they should have around the same level of strength.

"White Sage" frowned. Their presence created a problem; how could the New Corridor be destroyed? It
was vital that the Perennial World’s invasion be delayed at least a bit longer.

Lu Yin started to get anxious when he saw a person appear within the New Corridor. Hurry up! Hurry up!

For every moment that he Possessed White Sage’s body, more and more star essence was being
consumed.

Before long, a person exited the New Corridor. They were Wang Shang, the Wang family powerhouse
who had first been sent to the Fifth Mainland through the New Corridor, only to be beaten back by Hui
Kong.

Behind Wang Shang appeared someone who was wearing the robes of an elder from the Celestial Frost
Sect. Even if the person was not a six-tribulation Envoy, they had to have at least passed four or five
tribulations.

One cultivator after another emerged, until more than sixty people had appeared.

The moment that Wang Shang appeared, he was greeted by the mechanical lifeforms of Sky Creation
Academy, and the two parties immediately started discussing something.
From everyone in the group who had arrived from the Perennial World, Wang Yun was the only person
aside from Wang Shang who had visited the Fifth Mainland before. Thus, most of the newcomers were
looking around with a great deal of curiosity. The members of the Wang family were the only ones who
were not particularly curious about the mechanical lifeforms, as they had a long history of interacting
with the Technocracy’s Sky Creation Academy as well as the mechanical lifeforms.

For most of the others, this was their first time seeing such bizarre creatures.

Everyone was completely focused on Wang Shang at this moment, and Lu Yin knew that he could not
wait any longer. He had no idea when his star essence stores would be exhausted.

There were numerous powerhouses around, so despite having a power level of over 800,000, it was
impossible for White Sage to do anything against the people from the Perennial World. The best option
given the current situation would be to assassinate someone after sneaking into the group without
being detected. Deep Meditation was a terrifying cultivation art used by most of the Sixth Mainland’s
assassination groups because of how it excelled in making people difficult to detect.

The Green and White Sages had managed to reach their current strength through Deep Meditation as
well.

By using White Sage's memory, Lu Yin easily used Deep Meditation with the Possessed body, and White
Sage instantly vanished.

The first person to notice anything at all was Green Sage. He glanced around in confusion; where had
White Sage gone?

Right after that, Wang Shang’s expression changed in the middle of his conversation with the
mechanical creatures from Sky Creation Academy. He suddenly turned to look over where Wang Yun
and the rest of the people from the Perennial World were gathered. “Be careful!"
Despite the elder’s sharp warning, Wang Yun and others did not react. "White Sage" attacked, slapping
down a hand upon an entire group of people from the Perennial World. None of those targeted could do
anything when attacked by an expert with a power level of over 800,000, including even an Envoy or
two who had only passed one or two tribulations.

White Sage’s descending palm froze in mid-air, and an angry voice growled, "My Sky Creation Academy
was kind enough to take you in, and yet you dare to act like this? You must want to die!"

"White Sage" violently spat out blood, absolutely stunned. As expected of the Technocracy—despite
releasing a full-powered attack as an Envoy with a power level of more than 800,000, he had been
instantly stopped and incapacitated.

Still, even though the attack had been stopped before it was completed, a powerful shockwave that
shattered space still rippled past many of the people from the Perennial World.

The first people sent over from the Perennial World were not weak by any means, as each of them was
at least an Enlighter. However, the shockwave that swept over them was the blocked attack of an Envoy
with a power level of over 800,000. Even if it was only a fraction of the attack’s full power, it still was not
something that Enlighters could withstand. In particular, it was far beyond Wang Yun’s capabilities. She
had been standing the closest to White Sage when he attacked, and she suffered the strongest part of
the shockwave. Her entire body had been crushed, and she had instantly died.

The rest of the shockwave had swept over the rest of the people from the Perennial World, and it killed
at least another dozen people, including even an Envoy.

Lu Yin was frustrated by the current situation. He had assumed that White Sage would be instantly
killed, which would have given everyone the impression that he was launching a suicide attack against
the Perennial World. Sky Creation Academy would then have a very difficult time explaining the
situation, and it would most likely destroy the agreement that had been negotiated.

Fortunately, Wang Yun had died, so it might be possible to stall the invasion for at least a short while.
After being captured, it was impossible for Lu Yin to commit suicide with White Sage's body even if he
wanted to. Lu Yin prepared to end the Possession, but suddenly, his expression changed. He had just
seen someone use one of the Lu family’s inherited techniques: the Hidden Needle.

Some distance away from White Sage, there was a man in the robes of the Celestial Frost Sect. The man
opened a hand, and a needle stabbed into his palm, which allowed him to recover from all of his
injuries.

Star Odyssey Chapter 1982: Lu Family Legend

That was clearly Hidden Needle! There was no chance that Lu Yin had been mistaken. The body that Lu
Yin had Possessed trembled as he stared at the man who had used the Lu family technique. Just who
was that man?

The Possession ended in an instant, and Lu Yin's consciousness returned to his own body.

He was not at all optimistic about the outcome of his actions in Sky Creation Academy as his attempt
had clearly failed. Instead, Lu Yin thought back to the man who had just used Hidden Needle.

Lu Yin had actually seen that man before, and while Lu Yin had no idea what the man’s name was, his
face was very familiar. The first time that Lu Yin had seen the man had not been in person, but rather in
Astral-10’s Stargazing Deck. At that time, Lu Yin had seen a dilapidated courtyard that had not been
cleaned in a long time. There had also been a Champions’ Stage, which Lu Yin had recognized, as well as
a man kneeling on the ground. That kneeling man was the same person that Lu Yin had just seen use
Hidden Needle.

Both in the vision and during his Possession, this man had felt very familiar to Lu Yin, but he seemed
unable to remember anything at all.
That man clearly had some sort of connection to both the Lu family and Lu Yin himself, as there was no
other reason for the man to seem so familiar.

This man was definitely connected to Lu Xiaoxuan, and yet he was also a member of the Celestial Frost
Sect. Thus, the man must either be a Celestial Frost Sect disciple who had left a deep impression on Lu
Xiaoxuan, or the man could have been a follower of the Lu family who had turned to the Celestial Frost
Sect. It was very possible that the man was a traitor.

Lu Yin had always believed that there was a group of people who had to have betrayed the Lu family, as
how else could they have been banished? The Lu family had previously suppressed all four of the
current ruling powers on its own.

However, it was also clear that, even if there had been traitors, the man whom Lu Yin had just seen did
not qualify to be one.

In that case, who was that man?

After mulling the matter over for a while, Lu Yin just stopped thinking about it. It did not matter who the
man was. He had entered the Fifth Mainland, so Lu Yin just needed to meet the man in person and get
the truth then.

Seeing the man had also reminded Lu Yin of Kui Luo.

Lu Yin created an image of the man that he had just seen and sent the picture to Kui Luo to see if the old
man might know who the man was.

Kui Luo did not reply, and Lu Yin had no idea where the Semi-Progenitor might be or what he was doing.

Lu Yin then nervously checked his cosmic ring. He had Possessed White Sage’s body for quite a bit of
time.
30 billion. He had consumed a full 30 billion star essence with this Possession.

While it sounded like an exorbitant sum, Lu Yin actually felt relieved, as he had feared that it had
bankrupted him again. He was lucky to still have more than 40 billion star essence remaining, which was
enough for him.

This relatively small expenditure was all thanks to the close proximity of those whom Lu Yin had
Possessed. Despite Possessing Long Quan for a short time, it had burned through 20 billion star essence,
so Lu Yin felt that trading 30 billion for that much time was perfectly acceptable.

Lu Yin had consumed nearly 100 billion star essence in the blink of an eye. Even if one looked through
the entire universe’s history, had there ever been someone who could spend money as quickly as Lu
Yin? Still, he was not too bothered, as no one else knew of his lavish expenditures.

However, if Lu Yin continued to act like this for too long, it was possible that he might create economic
problems for the Fifth Mainland. He really was using up far too much star essence.

There was a beep from his gadget.

Lu Yin quickly checked, and he saw that Kui Luo was sending him a response.

‘I don't know who that is. He looks like some weakling, so how should I have any idea who he is?’ Kui
Luo replied.

Lu Yin immediately called the old man, and after a short while, Kui Luo answered.

"You once promised me that you’d tell me everything about my Lu family after I became an Envoy," Lu
Yin stated.
Kui Luo answered with a chuckle, "Did you really believe me? I’ll be honest with you—I don’t actually
know much about the Lu family. They saved me and my brother, and they were the only reason why we
managed to survive for so long. However, given the tasks that we were entrusted with, we couldn’t be
seen with the Lu family. So, we really never learned that much about them. We only had some sparse
interactions with some of the top people in the family, such as the bastard who’s your father. Your
grandfather died long ago on the rear battlefield, and I have no idea about anyone from older
generations. I can’t even tell you how many direct descendants the Lu family had, as I only ever spoke to
a few people."

"That’s it?" Lu Yin could not believe what he was hearing.

Kui Luo shrugged. “Me and my brother were always kept hidden, as not even the Lu family would have
been able to protect us if those people from the Celestial Frost Sect had ever found out about our
connection to your family."

"Have you ever heard of Lu Tianyi?" Lu Yin asked.

Kui Luo's voice suddenly grew solemn. "He was one of your family’s most powerful Progenitors, and he
controlled one of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas. He should be one of your direct ancestors."

"One of my family’s Progenitors?" Lu Yin's eyes lit up. "Did we have more than one Progenitor?"

Kui Luo’s voice dropped low. "Of course. How else could your family have suppressed monstrous powers
like the Celestial Frost Sect, the Wang family, and the Xia family? Even when compared to those
monsters, your Lu family towered over them. There was always more than just one or two Progenitors
at a time. On top of that, the members of the direct family line have the Champions’ Stage innate gift.
It’s said that any Progenitor from the Lu family is exceptional even among Progenitors, so you can just
imagine how terrifying your family was.”

"If not for their trickery, even the united might of the four ruling powers would not have been able to
defeat your Lu family, and that’s not even mentioning that legendary figure in your family."
Lu Yin was getting more and more excited. The more powerhouses that there were in his family, the
more likely it was that they had managed to survive being banished. After all, they had been banished,
not killed.

Lu Yin had once believed that his entire family was dead, and he had constantly been on edge and
worried about them. However, he had since calmed down considerably. "What legendary figure?"

Kui Luo let out a long breath. "I don't really know how to explain that one to you, as no one knows if
they ever really lived or are just a myth. You know what, I’m not even gonna bother telling you for now."

Lu Yin got quite worked up at this. "Old man, you could choke to death if you leave things half-said!
Hurry up and tell me!"

Kui Luo just responded by rolling his eyes. "If they never even existed, then telling you will only be toying
with you. Leave an old man in peace. Not even your Lu family has ever been able to prove that that
person ever existed due to how long ago they were supposed to have lived. It’s just a legend that your
family used to defend their authority over others. Actually, now that I think about it, the four ruling
powers probably exiled the Lu family in order to stop being taken advantage of by you guys.

"Alright, enough with the questions. I’ve already told you everything I should. When your family was
around, me and my brother kept ourselves hidden, so I never really got to know your Lu family at all."

Kui Luo then abruptly hung up.

Lu Yin continued to stare at his gadget, feeling helpless. He had a rather decent understanding of Kui
Luo, and Lu Yin was clear that the old man would not say anything more on this subject no matter how
Lu Yin begged or pleaded.
Still, Lu Yin had been greatly inspired by the little bit that he had managed to get from the old man. Lu
Yin looked up towards the surface of the sea; his Lu family had more than a single Progenitor! Lu Tianyi
had been a Progenitor with a Champions’ Stage, and he had even been able to summon Progenitor
champions! Just how powerful had the Lu family been at their peak?

Lu Yin’s hands tightened into fists. He did not believe that a family as powerful as his Lu family would be
wiped out so easily. The day would come when Lu Yin would lead his family back to rule over the Fifth
Mainland and all of humanity. He would lead the human race in their war against Aeternus and suppress
all of the traitors.

The day was inevitable.

Excitement filled Lu Yin's eyes.

Far away, at the Technocracy’s Sky Creation Academy, Wang Shang had a terrible expression on his face
as he silently stared at Wang Yun's body.

A short distance away, White Sage was frantically screaming, "I didn't do it! I didn't do it! I didn't!"

Wang Shang was beyond furious, and he looked over at White Sage. A single hand lashed out, and half
of White Sage’s face was instantly pulverized. The man spat out blood. His eyes were bloodshot, and his
normally casual and laid back demeanor was nowhere to be seen. "I- I really didn’t! I didn’t do that."

A very common looking android suddenly appeared, but all of the mechanical lifeforms from Sky
Creation Academy in the area instantly bowed to them. “Headmaster."

This android was Headmaster Senn, the leader of Sky Creation Academy.
Headmaster Senn approached White Sage and stared into the man’s eyes that were brimming with pure
fear. "Head- Headmaster! I didn't do it! It really wasn’t me!"

The eyes of Headmaster Senn's android body were red, and they swept over White Sage. "There is
nothing wrong with your body."

White Sage fell into despair. "But I really don't remember doing anything at all! Some master must have
been controlling my body! I really didn’t do it."

Headmaster Senn looked to the side where Green Sage had been captured and subdued as well. The
man was glaring resentfully at White Sage. Why did that bastard attack someone from that place?! You
asshole!

When he saw Headmaster Senn looking over, Green Sage instantly panicked. "Headmaster, I was
completely ignorant of his intentions, and I have no idea why he attacked those people. He never said a
thing to me."

"Green Sage, I didn't do it!" White Sage roared.

Green Sage snapped back, "You did do it! Everyone saw you! Do you still want to argue about it, White
Sage? What’s wrong with you? Why did you do that? Do you even have anything against those people?"

White Sage vomited blood from his mounting rage. He could not even breathe properly.

Wang Shang's expression was terrible as he looked at both Green Sage and White Sage. He actually was
not concerned about White Sage’s sneak attack, as it was not a big deal if a few people died.
More importantly, Wang Yun had died. She had been Elder Wang Si’s favorite grandchild, and she was
not supposed to pass through the New Corridor in the first batch, but she had been to the Fifth
Mainland before, which was the only reason why she had been sent at all. Before the excursion had set
out, Wang Shang had been entrusted with ensuring Wang Yun’s safety. He had not expected the girl to
die before they even truly arrived.

What was Wang Shang supposed to say to Wang Si when he returned?

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The problems were only increasing. First, Long Quan had committed suicide after killing Sky Creation
Academy’s ambassador, and Wang Shang had been standing right next to the man. At this moment,
some bastard had killed Wang Yun while she was with Wang Shang. The man really wanted to cough up
blood. Why was he suffering such terrible luck?

"Elder Wang Shang, none of us wished to see this happen. Please rest assured that I will thoroughly
investigate this incident, and we will provide you with an appropriate explanation," Headmaster Senn
said.

Wang Shang's expression was truly ugly, and he was unwilling to even look at Headmaster Senn. It was
clear that Sky Creation Academy did not actually care about the deaths of those from the Perennial
World, but Wang Shang was in a position where he had to work with Sky Creation Academy in order for
the Perennial World’s invasion force to pass through the New Corridor.

They had already lost an Envoy.

The four ruling powers had had to pay a steep price to reach an agreement so quickly, and Wang Shang
was well aware of it. Given the price paid, he did not have the confidence to pursue the matter of the
sneak attack, as if he stirred up trouble, how would the invasion force be able to cross the New
Corridor? They really could not demand anything from Sky Creation Academy at this moment.
"I will inform the Great Elder of this matter, and I hope to hear an explanation from Sky Creation
Academy as soon as possible." This was all that Wang Shang could say, as he did not dare to show any
anger towards Headmaster Senn.

The android just nodded and looked back at White Sage.

This was a very strange incident, especially since White Sage did not seem to be lying. Even if the man
had a terrible grudge against the Perennial World, no one would be stupid enough to launch an attack at
this place. And where did his hatred towards the primeval surnames stem from? It didn’t make any
sense. Regardless, Headmaster Senn was determined to not get involved in any way.

However, if White Sage had not been the one to attack, then what had happened? Had the man been
controlled? Who could covertly control an Envoy while so close to so many powerhouses? After all, they
were in the Technocracy, which was a place that even Semi-Progenitors feared.

Unless, a Progenitor had taken action.

This possibility instantly left Headmaster Senn feeling wary. He remembered why the Green and White
Sages had sought refuge from the Sixth Mainland, but was it possible that the whole thing was a
conspiracy? Could the two men have been deliberately sent to the Technocracy? Could a Progenitor
have been controlling White Sage just now? Could there be an even bigger conspiracy behind
everything?

Numerous thoughts and vague suspicions flitted through Headmaster Senn’s mind. In the end, he
concluded that this incident was a Progenitor giving a warning to his Sky Creation Academy that the
people from the Perennial World were not welcome in the Fifth Mainland. If this was true, then there
were going to be problems.

Headmaster Senn suddenly hesitated. The threat of a Progenitor was not something that could be
ignored.
…

Star Odyssey Chapter 1983: That Place

After resting for ten days, Lu Yin forced down his excitement and rolled his die again.

He had no idea if he had used up his luck or what, but all four rolls turned out to be Gift Copy. He had
never encountered this situation before, and it was very unusual for him to not even roll Timestop.

Lu Yin had no choice but to rest for another ten days before trying again.

Ten days later, he watched as his die slowly came to a stop, revealing four pips. He quickly appeared in
the Timestop Space.

The only thing that Lu Yin needed to focus on in this space was cultivating the Cosmic Art. That was what
he most urgently needed to master.

Almost a year soon passed by, and the scenery before Lu Yin's eyes changed as he left the Timestop
Space.

He had managed to simulate 50,000 stars with the Cosmic Art, but it was still far from enough. He
needed to keep going.

His next roll was a Pilfer, and a colorful piece of paper fell out. It was covered with various printed
advertisements.
Lu Yin arched a brow as he tore the paper up. Who would store an advertisement in their cosmic ring?
Had it been saved because of nostalgia?

Another Pilfer, and a bottle of some sort of drink fell out.

Two pips. Worthless.

He had already rolled four times, so Lu Yin needed to rest for another ten days.

He had already been in seclusion for a month, and the Tower of the Fifth would quickly finish
construction as the workers were in full swing. A quick estimate said that it would be finished in about a
month or so.

While the construction was proceeding, battles had also broken out around the rising Tower of the Fifth.

Despite the numerous inheritances that would be available in the Tower of the Fifth, there were
nowhere near enough for everyone to receive an inheritance. To increase one’s chances of obtaining an
inheritance, it was best to eliminate as much of the competition as possible.

This was just like the Astral Tower competition that had occurred in the Mountains and Seas Zone
before, and battles were constantly breaking out around the rising Tower of the Fifth.

Many cultivators formed small groups that intended to enter the Tower of the Fifth together.

Little Mountain God, Kuang Wang, Yue Xianzi, and Ling Que, Xi Yue, and a few others were fighting a
fierce battle with another group of people. The second group was made up of people from the Cosmic
Sea. Some of the smaller crews in the Cosmic Sea had banded together.
Ling Que and the others had assumed that their opponents would be easily dealt with, but something
did not feel quite right.

"These guys are pretty difficult to deal with. A few of them are even using the same sort of attacks. They
don’t seem like they’re from the Cosmic Sea." As Ling Que spoke, his opponent opened his mouth and
let out a loud roar that forced Ling Que back.

Ling Que's expression turned ugly. "Damn, your mouth really stinks!"

The man just sneered as he shot towards Ling Que. This man was a Hunter, and he was pushing Ling Que
in an intense fight.

Ling Que was feeling rather frustrated. Even though he was still a Cruiser, he was just a single step away
from becoming a Hunter. With his high combat ability and innate gift, he was usually able to compete
with Hunters, or even hold out against Enlighters for a bit. Despite that, he was being overpowered by
this opponent.

Little Mountain God was also feeling pressured. He was fighting against two women, and they used
cooperative battle techniques that had sealed off any path towards victory. He was someone powerful
enough to compete with the Ten Arbiters, even if Little Mountain God was not at Ling Que’s level. “No,
these guys aren’t from the Cosmic Sea or even the Neoverse. They came from the north, which means
that they should be from the Sixth Mainland."

"Shut up, you stupid rock!" one of the women yelled as her assault on Little Mountain God grew even
more intense.

Little Mountain God just swayed to the side as he shouted, "Wait a minute, I'm right! Hey, come see
this! People from the Sixth Mainland are actually trying to steal inheritances from the Tower of the
Fifth!"
Ling Que also started shouting, "Everyone, come look at this! These guys are pretending to be a crew
from the Cosmic Sea! Look at this!"

Kuang Wang, Yue Xianzi, and the others in the group all looked completely confused. Were their
opponents really from the Sixth Mainland?

One of the women fighting with Little Mountain God became furious. "We’re from Jasper World! Stop
spouting shit!"

Little Mountain God sneered. "Blow it out of your ass! You’re from the Sixth Mainland!"

The woman became angrier than ever, and her attacks grew even more violent.

Suddenly, an old man appeared nearby. He was an Enlighter, and he stared at the woman lashing out at
Little Mountain God. "Girl, the Sixth Mainland is not welcome here, so leave.”

The old man then started to force the women back, and their expressions turned ugly, "You old bastard,
stop this shit!"

More and more people started to appear at this particular battlefield. "Go back to the Sixth Mainland!"

"Why are people from the Sixth Mainland here?"

"Leave!"

Just a short time later, the entire group was driven off.
Little Mountain God stood proudly, and Ling Que leaned closer. "Are they really from the Sixth
Mainland?"

Little Mountain God blinked absently., "How should I know? Isn’t that what you said?"

Ling Que was speechless. "You said it!"

Little Mountain God was confused. "Really? Eh, just forget about it. It’s not worth worrying about. Some
old farts will get involved and deal with it."

The old Enlighter was still nearby, and he easily overheard the two’s conversation. He turned to glare at
Little Mountain God.

Little Mountain God just sneered at the old man before turning back to Ling Que. "I'm not afraid of that
old man, but there’s also no reason to start another fight. I wonder what’s going to happen inside the
Tower of the Fifth."

Ling Que felt like he was seeing the real Little Mountain God for the first time. "I had no idea that
despite looking so honest and simple, you’re actually quite scheming and cunning. I’m glad that I didn’t
run into you during the war in Blazing Mist Flowzone."

Some time ago, there had been a war in Blazing Mist Flowzone, and the Sword Sect had cooperated with
Beast Tamers Flowzone to fight against the Lingling clan and the Wen family, so the two men had been
enemies during that time.

Little Mountain God rolled his eyes. "You aren’t good enough to challenge me, so go find your sister."

Ling Que sneered. "When my sister shows up, you’ll be done for."
Little Mountain God refused to accept his inferiority.

There were similar battles taking place everywhere around the Abyss of the Sea, as everyone wanted to
monopolize the inheritances that would be available in the Tower of the Fifth.

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However, it was not just youths who had gathered and were fighting. The qualifications for people to
enter the Tower of the Fifth still had not been announced, and many older experts had also appeared.
There were even Envoys hiding themselves as they anxiously waited for the announcement.

Lu Yin's inheritance was far too tempting for many people, especially the God of Death Transformation
that would be on the tower’s ninth floor. That technique would grant invincibility to anyone who
received it, and they would be able to sweep away all of their peers.

As for Extremes Must Be Reversed, no one even recognized the name of the technique, with the
exception of a few people from the Ku family, so almost everyone ignored it.

Still, it was something that had been placed on the ninth floor of the tower, so everyone still wanted to
get it.

Aside from reducing the competition for the inheritances, there was one other thing that had gained a
great deal of attention, which was the Inheritance Ranking.

This so-called “Inheritance Ranking” was actually the list of contributors that Lu Yin had considered
before. Everyone who provided an inheritance for the Tower of the Fifth was treated as making a
contribution to the Fifth Mainland. The Hall of Honor was keeping track of all this, and a list had been
made that ranked the contributors by the value of their donations.
This list, just like the Tower of the Fifth itself, would stand in the Fifth Mainland forever. As long as the
Fifth Mainland existed, so too would the Tower of the Fifth and the Inheritance Ranking.

This was a record that would last forever, and any who managed to get their name on the Inheritance
Ranking would leave their mark down in history.

There were many cultivators in the universe who had failed to find suitable successors and who were
reaching the end of their lives. The Tower of the Fifth had provided those experts with an opportunity to
pass their inheritance on to qualified successors while also letting them leave their names down in
history so that others could learn of their deeds.

The Inheritance Ranking had created an entirely new function for the Tower of the Fifth.

The appearance of the Inheritance Ranking meant that the Tower of the Fifth was no longer something
that belonged to Lu Yin alone, as it was now the entire Fifth Mainland’s legacy.

This Inheritance Ranking had elevated the prestige of the Tower of the Fifth even further than before.

Of course, the list was only composed of the names of individual people, and the names of sects and
other powers were not included. Instead, organizations had their names incorporated into the design of
the Tower of the Fifth itself, and the information regarding the tower and the inheritances that would be
available had already become famous throughout the universe.

However, the Inheritance Ranking had only just started, and it held no names. After all, the Tower of the
Fifth had not been completed yet.

Once the Tower of the Fifth was finished, the Hall of Honor would assign a specific person who would be
responsible for verifying the value of inheritances provided by individuals so that they could be ranked
on the Inheritance Ranking.
More and more people continued to gather in the Cosmic Sea, all of them waiting for the Tower of the
Fifth to be completed.

There were even many cultivators who left seclusion to look at the Cosmic Sea with eagerness. They
were all just waiting for the tower to open its doors.

It felt like ten days passed in a flash. Lu Yin looked away from the rising Tower of the Fifth and lifted his
hand to continue rolling his die.

This time, his luck was quite good, as his first roll was Possession.

Lu Yin was starting to run low on star essence. He wanted to Possess someone else from the Perennial
World’s expedition, but he also did not want to burn through too much of his finances, which was rather
contradictory.

His consciousness returned to that strange, dark space, and he saw orbs of light both near and far. He
immediately shot towards a bright ball of light that was rather close to him.

While this light was bright, it was not brilliant. Lu Yin felt that this person should be about as strong as
he was.

As his consciousness merged into another body, Lu Yin felt a chill enter him from his feet. He opened his
eyes, only to see a vast, white field of ice. Where was he?

"Master, we’ve received word from Xu Feng that Master Gui Junheng has already gone there to check
on things. We don’t need to go." Lu Yin heard a clear voice speak up from behind him. A woman who
looked quite young was speaking to him. Despite her apparent youth, she was already an Enlighter.

Lu Yin froze as memories started to appear.

Yi Dishui stopped moving behind Lu Yin, surprised at his behavior. "Master?"

There was no response.

Yi Dishui was taken aback, and she stepped forward to get a look at the old man from the front.
“Master? What’s wrong?"

Clarity returned to the old man's eyes, and he casually replied, "It's nothing."

Yi Dishui was caught off guard by the old man’s behavior, but she stopped asking any further questions.

Lu Yin let out a long breath, as he had just found out whom he had Possessed this time. He was in the
body of Hao Yue, who was a Realm Array Master from the Lockbreakers Society. This man was a very old
Realm Array Master.

Lu Yin had not expected to Possess a Realm Array Master. But more importantly, this old man was in the
location that Arch-Elder Zen had previously mentioned to Lu Yin when he had said that Lu Yin might
need to help out since he was a Lockbreaker himself.

Lu Yin lifted his head and stared off into the distance. The vast field of ice on which he stood was actually
the surface of a frozen planet. As he looked out, he could see that the field of ice continued far past the
planet; outer space around the planet was also frozen, and it spread out to distant planets, each of them
frozen as well.

Being on a frozen planet was not a big deal, but when Lu Yin looked down, there was a ferocious face
staring back at him from beneath his feet. As Lu Yin moved closer to the ice, bloodthirst and killing
intent were emanating from the face of the frozen person. The body was clearly frozen solid, but the
eyes were still ruthless and violent. The frozen body belonged to a corpse king.
Lu Yin looked up and examined the frozen field on the planet where he stood and beyond. Everywhere,
the ice sealed up other beings, and he could see faces and creatures that were frozen in place. There
were not only corpse kings, but also astral beasts and even humans.

This place had once been a battlefield that had been frozen for countless years.

Lu Yin would have been able to determine this even if he had visited this place in his own body.

However, this place was not merely a field of ice, as it was actually a sourcebox. After it had first been
discovered, the Lockbreakers Sodiety had posted Lockbreakers on the ice field to constantly work
towards unlocking the sourcebox, and multiple layers had been removed. However, after they reached
the final layer of ice, they did not have the courage to continue any further.

Corpse kings and astral beasts could clearly be seen within the ice, and no one knew what would happen
when the sourcebox was fully unlocked. Once the sourcebox was opened, it was possible that everyone
who had been sealed within it would die, but it was just as likely for them all to return to life.

This place was an ancient battlefield, and no one could guess just how powerful the beings frozen within
the sourcebox might be, but according to Hao Yue’s memories, Arch-Elder Zen and several other Semi-
Progenitors had visited this sourcebox before. During then, they had sensed that there were multiple
inner worlds frozen within the sourcebox.

The presence of frozen inner worlds not only meant that the ice sealing the battlefield was terrifying,
but it also indicated that there were at least two Semi-Progenitors sealed within the sourcebox.

This was a battlefield where Semi-Progenitors had fought, and this was why the Lockbreakers did not
dare open it. Most of the frozen bodies belonged to corpse kings, and who knew what would happen to
the Human Domain if so many of these creatures were released.

Even then, this was just one of the many reasons for the battlefield to remain sealed.
The fact that the entire battlefield had become a sourcebox proved that it was ancient beyond belief
and that it hailed from an age before even the Daosource Sect era. And back then, different materials
had been present, and the sealed creatures possessed items whose effects on the current universe were
impossible to know.

Star Odyssey Chapter 1984: A Lost Item

Ultimately, Arch-Elder Zen and the Human Domain’s other Semi-Progenitors had decided to seal off the
sourcebox, and the Lockbreakers Society was given the task of protecting the place and ensuring that it
remained a secret.

Everything had gone well, and as long as the battlefield remained undisturbed for a period of time, the
sourcebox would eventually recover. Even though that would take a tremendous amount of time, it was
still better than the risk involved in opening the sourcebox.

However, something had changed a bit more than a decade ago; the Neohuman Alliance had learned of
the sourcebox, and they had started trying to forcefully unlock the sourcebox and release the ancient
beings sealed within it.

The Neohuman Alliance had learned of the place through Geoffrey.

Lu Yin looked around. He remembered that the Lockbreakers Society’s Outerverse headquarters on
Sourcepeak Planet had been attacked after the Outerverse had been cut off from the Innerverse. During
the battle that had been initiated by Wei Rong, the Neohuman Alliance had made a move, and they had
stolen quite a few things from Geoffrey’s secret room.

Lu Yin had managed to pick up a page of True Insight from that hidden room, but the other items had all
been taken by a corpse king.
After the Innerverse reconnected to the Outerverse, Geoffrey had spoken to Lu Yin about the attack and
asked some questions, and Lu Yin had also been questioned by the Lockbreakers Society multiple times,
but Lu Yin had never been told anything about the other items that had been stored in Geoffrey’s
hidden room, though he had heard hints that there may have been a star chart of some kind.

He had not expected that star chart to be a map leading to this frozen place.

It was no wonder why Geoffrey had once commented that having the star chart stolen might prove to
be a blessing or a curse.

The Neohuman Alliance was hoping to open the sourcebox and release the beings sealed within, but no
one knew if doing so would be a blessing or a curse. It was possible that a powerful corpse king had
been sealed away and that its release would lead to the destruction of the Human Domain. However, it
was also possible that a powerful human had been sealed away and that releasing them would return an
ancient heritage to humanity. It was impossible to know for sure.

Arch-Elder Zen’s perspective was that he wanted to protect humanity, and thus, he was unwilling to take
such a risk. Just like when he had played the game of Chinese Chess with Lu Yin, the old man felt that
humanity could not afford to gamble.

"Master, is President Shang Yang still pushing to unlock the sourcebox?" The young woman in front of Lu
Yin spoke again. Her name was Yi Dishui, and she was Hao Yue's disciple. She looked young, but she had
already been cultivating for hundreds of years.

"Hao Yue" replied, "That's his business, and it has nothing to do with us."

Yi Dishui looked frustrated. "Master, you’ve been stationed here for so many years, protecting this place
and preventing anyone from unlocking it. If President Shang Yang can persuade President Xiu Ming to
open this sourcebox and release the creatures sealed within it, then won’t it make the years that you’ve
spent here be for nothing?"
"Hao Yue" ignored the younger woman and walked off on his own. As he gazed into the ice beneath his
feet, he saw countless creatures, some of which were so massive that he could not even see their full
forms. There was nothing but this frozen field of ice as far as the eye could see.

Could this battlefield be from the same time as when Xin Nü had been sealed away?

It did not seem possible. Xin Nü had been sealed during the Daosource Sect era, during the war between
the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands. That was not an ancient era, as that time was not much older than Arch-
Elder Zen and the Fifth Mainland’s other Semi-Progenitors. Thus, it could not be considered truly
ancient.

Also, the fact that Xin Nü had broken free indicated that she had merely been sealed away by some
technique whereas this entire battlefield had been turned into a massive sourcebox.

Just what was involved in the formation of a sourcebox? It was a process that took countless years to
finish.

Not to mention, this was an unbelievably massive battlefield that had been completely turned into a
sourcebox.

"Master, what will happen if this place really is unsealed? I heard President Geoffrey accidentally
mention that cultivation during ancient times was most likely very different from what we do now. Do
you think that’s true?" Yi Dishui asked curiously.

Lu Yin frowned. This woman was quite annoying, and he could not say anything to her.

"President Geoffrey once argued with President Shang Yang, insisting that releasing these ancient beings
could only be harmful or at best useless. President Shang Yang argued that releasing them could
become a turning point in human history. He claimed that humanity has been regressing and that
cultivators were much more powerful during ancient times than we are now." Yi Dishui continued to
hound Lu Yin, but he still did not respond to anything that she said.
Yi Dishui rolled her eyes. "Also, Master, what about Junior Brother Shan Ku?"

Lu Yin was taken aback by this question. Shan Kun? Why was that name so familiar? Lu Yin felt certain
that he had heard it before.

"That Great Eastern Alliance is too arrogant! They actually dared to imprison Junior Brother Shan Ku!
Regardless of what he might have done, Junior Brother Shan Ku is still a member of our Lockbreakers
Society! You should be the one to punish him for his mistakes, Master. What gives the Great Eastern
Alliance the right?" Yi Dishui ranted.

Only now did Lu Yin remember that Shan Kun was the Lockbreaker who had come out of one of Burial
Garden’s gates in the Great Eastern Alliance’s territory. He had tried to fight his way out, but he had
eventually been subdued and captured by Emperor Luo, and the Lockbreaker was still imprisoned within
the Great Eastern Alliance.

It turned out that Shan Ku was one of Master Hao Yue’s disciples, and Master Hao Yue was a Realm
Array Master, which was not a person easily dealt with.

Fortunately, Hao Yue had been stationed at this ice field for many years, and he never left the place. The
universe as a whole had almost no knowledge of the man. On top of that, while Yi Dishui had mentioned
Shan Ku’s situation several times after she learned about it, Hao Yue had never responded at all.

A Realm Array Master was only a single level below an Array Grandmaster. Both the Outerverse and
Innerverse presidents of the Lockbreakers Society, Geoffrey and Shang Yang, were Realm Array Masters.

Lu Yin closed his eyes and proceeded to completely ignore Yi Dishui as he started to review Master Hao
Yue's lockbreaking experiences. Before long, Lu Yin ended the Possession, and his consciousness
returned to his own body.
As Lu Yin had expected, a Realm Array Master was someone with incredibly extensive lockbreaking
experience.

It had taken Lu Yin some time to even access all of the man’s memories, and if he wanted to fully review
everything, it would take much longer. In fact, the longer Lu Yin spent reviewing the memories, the
greater his understanding of lockbreaking would become.

As Lu Yin’s cultivation had risen, the advantages of his die’s Possession were becoming more and more
apparent. This last Possession had even informed him of a place jointly guarded by the Hall of Honor and
the Lockbreakers Society that was held in utter secrecy.

If the day eventually came that Lu Yin became a Progenitor, would the universe still hold any secrets
from him?

As he focused on digesting Realm Array Master Hao Yue’s lockbreaking experience, Lu Yin did not rush
to roll his die again. Instead, he closed his eyes and reviewed his newly acquired memories and
experiences.

Several days passed before Lu Yin reopened his eyes. At present, Lu Yin was a two-star Boundless
Advanced Lockbreaker, but he had also already mastered multiple sourcebox arrays. His official ranking
could not properly register his lockbreaking abilities.

Lu Yin was severely lacking when it came to actual lockbreaking experience, but when it came to
sourcebox arrays, his mastery far surpassed what Boundless Advanced Lockbreakers possessed, and it
even encroached on the level of Realm Array Masters.

A Lockbreaker was required to master three sourcebox arrays to qualify as a Realm Array Master, and Lu
Yin fulfilled that qualification. However, his lockbreaking experience was terribly insufficient.

On the other hand, Hao Yue was a fully qualified Realm Array Master.
Reviewing Hao Yu’s memories and lockbreaking experience was basically a shortcut for Lu Yin, which
was why he had been so eager to absorb it all. Now, Lu Yin was fully confident that he qualified to be a
five-star Boundless Advanced Lockbreaker, so he needed to find the time and opportunity to officially
raise his ranking.

It was impossible to do so at the moment, as even if Lu Yin had the time to go take an assessment,
President Xiu Ming and all the other high-ranking Lockbreakers were all absent. There were not very
many powerful Lockbreakers who had stayed behind in the Lockbreakers World.

Also, Lu Yin had learned that, apparently, Wu Dan had been trapped in Burial Garden when it had been
sealed off, as Hao Yue had overheard President Xiu Ming mention the matter.

Lu Yin checked his cosmic ring and found that he had only used up about a billion star essence, which
was most of his remaining funds.

Lu Yin had learned that the amount of star essence consumed by his die’s Possession ability was not only
related to the distance between him and the body he Possessed, but also the strength of the person
who was Possessed.

When he had been in the Perennial World, he had Possessed San Liang when the man had been in the
Fifth Mainland’s Neoverse, but that Possession had burned through much fewer star essence than Lu
Yin’s latest Possession.

It was possible that if Lu Yin was able to Possess someone with a power level of over a million, it might
burn through hundreds of millions or even billions of star essence even when Lu Yin was right next to
the person he Possessed.

It seemed that Lu Yin’s die’s ability to devour his money had not been fully realized in the past, and all of
Lu Yin’s previous expenditures could only be regarded as a small warm-up.
He raised his hand, and Lu Yin’s die reappeared. It was time to continue rolling the die, as he might not
have the time to do so after the Tower of the Fifth’s construction finished.

He tapped the die and stared at it as it slowly came to a stop on one pip. A long gun fell out. Lu Yin
picked it up and exerted a bit of strength, which instantly caused cracks to cover the gun.

Lu Yin shook his head and returned his attention to the die.

Gift Copy. Worthless. Gift Copy again. Still worthless. Enhance.

Lu Yin lowered his hand, as he needed to rest for ten more days.

After that time passed, Lu Yin brought out his die again. All four of his previous rolls had been worthless,
and his current attempt still did not land on six, but his fourth roll did give him Timestop, which was at
least useful.

Sure enough, the more frequently Lu Yin used his die, the more difficult it was to roll Possession or
Enhance.

After almost a year of training in the Timestop Space, Lu Yin had increased his mastery of the Cosmic Art
to 54,000 simulated stars.

Intending to roll his die yet again, Lu Yin rested for the next ten days.

Lu Yin was fully invested in rolling his die during this time. The last time he had spent so much time
rolling had been in the Perennial World.

He tapped the die again and watched as it slowly came to a stop on four pips.
The scenery before him changed, and Lu Yin returned to the Timestop Space.

During this stint of rolling his die, Lu Yin had spent almost four years training in Timestop. While this
could not be considered a very long training session for most cultivators, it was a very long to Lu Yin.

By the time he returned from the Timestop Space, Lu Yin had managed to simulate nearly 60,000 stars.

He was slowly but surely approaching mastery of the fifth level of the Cosmic Art, and he was
anticipating completion more and more as time passed.

He reached out and tapped his die again.

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Three pips. Useless. Again. Gift Copy. Again.

Lu Yin felt like he had a very low chance of rolling Possession again, so it was a happy surprise for him to
see six pips on his die as it came to a stop on his fourth roll.

When his consciousness entered the dark space, Lu Yin looked around but found no bright balls of light.
He moved further in, but there was still nothing.

Despite searching for a while, Lu Yin failed to find any bright lights.

This was his first time encountering this situation, but the higher Lu Yin’s strength rose, the fewer people
there were at the same level of strength as him. This had not made much of a difference in the past, but
Lu Yin finally realized that when he achieved a power level of a million, or even became a Semi-
Progenitor, it would not be easy for him to find others with his level of strength to Possess.

Also, he was well aware that the longer he stayed in the strange dark space, the more star essence he
would burn through. Feeling trapped, Lu Yin simply merged into the brightest orb that he could find. It
was quite dim to him, but it was clearly the brightest light one around.

As his consciousness merged into a different body, Lu Yin felt a quiver before his vision cleared. He saw
many cultivators neatly lined up in front of him, looking towards him.

"If you really want to join the war efforts after you enter the Forsaken Land, you must make sure to keep
these people close to you at all times," a familiar voice spoke up.

Lu Yin was in a bit of a daze as he turned his head to look at the speaker and absentmindedly blinked
when he saw her. Yu- Yu Chen?

Lu Yin was standing next to Yu Chen, who had previously been Bai Shaohong's maid. On the other side of
the woman stood Liu Shaoge.

"Understood," Liu Shaoge answered Yu Chen with a smile tugging at his mouth.

The memories started to pour in, and Lu Yin’s fingers twitched as his eyes danced about for a moment.
Oddly enough, he had actually Possessed Elder Qing Xing's body.

Elder Qing Xing was no stranger to Lu Yin. When Lu Yin had first met Long Xi, Elder Qing Xing had been
present as a representative of the Celestial Frost Sect. At that time, the elder had deliberately made
things difficult for Lu Yin. The elder’s presence had also been the reason why Long Xi had falsified the
blood test to “prove” to everyone that Lu Yin was a member of the White Dragon Clan.
Star Odyssey Chapter 1985: The Hidden Earth Society’s Power

Actually, after thinking about how things had played out, Lu Yin became uncertain of whether or not he
should actually thank Elder Qing Xing instead.

The elder was a two-tribulation Envoy, but due to Bai Shaohong’s previous status, the elder had obeyed
Yu Chen, who was a mere maid.

When the assassins from Realmless had attacked Lu Yin in the Perennial World, Qing Xing had
apparently been the one to make the arrangements for Yu Chen.

Logically, Lu Yin should hold a grudge against the elder, but he had just received a startling memory:
Elder Qing Xing was actually from the Hidden Earth Society.

Indeed, it was the same Hidden Earth Society that Lu Yin was familiar with.

Lu Yin had once Possessed the body of an assassin who had been sent after a man named Lei Wu, but
the target had actually threatened the assassin with the Hidden Earth Society. In fact, Lei Wu had
claimed that even if the assassin hid on Dragon Mountain, he would not be able to escape from the
Hidden Earth Society’s reach.

In the Fifth Mainland, the Hidden Earth Society was a minor organization with almost no real influence
or power. However, they were apparently very powerful in the Perennial World.

This was because the members of the Hidden Earth Society were able to enter the Perennial World
through Jupiter and also because anyone in the Perennial World who came from the Fifth Mainland was
viewed as a trespasser. Any trespassers who were discovered would meet a bad end. Since people from
Earth had a much higher likelihood of awakening an innate gift for some mysterious reason, after
arriving in a place like the Perennial World that had an advanced cultivation culture, it was relatively
easy for talented people to stand out.
As time passed, the Hidden Earth Society had eventually inserted a large number of powerhouses into
the Perennial World. These people had a unique connection to the Hidden Earth Society, and their
existence had also given rise to a powerful secret society.

Lu Yin had actually thought that Lei Wu had merely been boasting. Would a person not be able to
escape from the Hidden Earth Society even on Dragon Mountain? How could that be possible?

However, after looking through Elder Qing Xing's memories, Lu Yin had come to understand just how
much influence the Hidden Earth Society wielded in the Perennial World.

The society truly did have people on Dragon Mountain, as well as within the other ruling powers,
Humility’s Gate, various powers in the Middle Realm, and even Root.

When people from Earth passed through Jupiter and entered the Perennial World, each of them would
arrive in a different place, which naturally led each of them to end up joining different organizations. The
Hidden Earth Society was the only unifying factor behind all of these people, but they made the society a
power that could not be ignored.

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The Hidden Earth Society did not have any sort of influence in the Fifth Mainland, but they had thrived in
the Perennial World. In particular, they were aware of the Perennial World's attitude towards
trespassers from the Fifth Mainland, so each member of the society kept themselves hidden better than
anyone could imagine.

Even Elder Qing Xing, an Envoy from the Celestial Frost Sect, did not know the identities of any other
members of the Hidden Earth Society.

Lu Yin found this incredibly funny. What a bizarre coincidence. He had never thought that there would
come a day when he would be able to use the power of the Hidden Earth Society.
Also, after going through Qing Xing’s memories, the question of why the people of Earth had such a high
likelihood of gaining innate gifts deepened even further. Why were there so many families with primeval
surnames living there? What was the connection between the Primeval Surnames Alliance and the
Perennial World? Lu Yin had actually forgotten all about the Primeval Surnames Alliance.

"All of the guards who protected Jade Valley have been taken away and sent to the rear battlefield.
What should we do about Jade Valley?" Liu Shaoge asked.

Lu Yin glanced around.

Yu Chen’s expression soured. "Our young master is dead, so there’s no longer any need for Jade Valley
to exist."

The woman then turned around and left without another word.

Liu Shaoge stared at Yu Chen’s back as she left and then glanced over at Elder Qing Xing with a sharp
glint in the young man’s eyes. "We need to keep an eye on her. She’s too smart, and it’s possible that
she’s noticed some of our activities."

"Elder Qing Xing" was taken aback. "Does she already know?"

Liu Shaoge’s voice dropped low as he answered, "I'm not sure, but she has her guard up around me
now. She must either know that our Hidden Earth Society's been making moves, or it must be because
of Elder Xi Zi."

Lu Yin kept filtering through Elder Qing Xing’s memories, and the more Lu Yin saw, the more shocked he
became. He gave Liu Shaoge a long look.

This guy truly was gifted. He had managed to join the Celestial Frost Sect by relying on nothing more
than his own talent. Then, he had deliberately exposed his scheming nature to Yu Chen in a gamble to
get closer to the maid. After that, Liu Shaoge had taken advantage of information that he had received
from the Hidden Earth Society to connect with Elder Qing Xing, and eventually, not only had Yu Chen
come to believe that Liu Shaoge was connected to many members of the Hidden Earth Society, but she
had also become convinced that Liu Shaoge was able to act as the society’s representative to a certain
degree.

After Bai Shaohong died, Yu Chen had fallen out of favor with the senior elders of the Celestial Frost
Sect. In the end, she was nothing more than a maid. Liu Shaoge had taken advantage of that developing
situation to grab Elder Xi Zi’s attention, and the elder had ordered Liu Shaoge to keep an eye on Yu
Chen. Liu Shaoge had even managed to meet with Semi-Progenitor Bai Laogui once.

Lu Yin was absolutely certain that if Yu Chen died, Liu Shaoge would take her place and soon gain the
status of a high-ranking disciple within the Celestial Frost Sect. With the support of both Elder Xi Zi and
the Hidden Earth Society, Liu Shaoge would have an easy path to success in the Perennial World.

This was proof of Liu Shaoge’s abilities. Out of everyone who had left Earth, he was the most cunning
and resilient of them all. Lu Yin had tried to kill Liu Shaoge on several occasions, but all of his attempts
had failed.

Out of everyone that Lu Yin had met on Earth, aside from Silver, Lu Yin was the wariest of Liu Shaoge.
Even Bai Qian, who was considered the most talented Earthling, was greatly inferior to Liu Shaoge as far
as Lu Yin was concerned.

The man was smart and cunning, and while it seemed like his luck was not very good, he was always
able to keep himself alive.

However, right now, Liu Shaoge was in the open, while Lu Yin remained hidden. This meant that Lu Yin
would be able to deal with Liu Shaoge regardless of whatever schemes he might employ.

"How has Elder Xi Zi been treating you?" "Elder Qing Xing" asked.
Liu Shaoge replied, "Very well. I’ll keep working hard to make sure that I become his disciple. As for the
jade butterflies-” As Liu Shaoge continued, he glanced over at the thousands of cultivators. “I actually
want to treat them as members of the Hidden Earth Society."

"Elder Qing Xing" was rather puzzled by this decision. "What do you mean by that?"

Liu Shaoge grew serious. "While our Hidden Earth Society has a lot of influence in the Perennial World,
everything is kept hidden and secret. It’s time that we built up some forces that can be seen and
acknowledged in the open."

"But all of them are part of the Celestial Frost Sect," "Elder Qing Xing" countered.

Liu Shaoge laughed. "All of them have been raised and trained in the Jade Valley since they were born.
They have almost no connection or loyalty to the Celestial Frost Sect. This war will be the best
opportunity for us to hide them away for our own use."

Liu Shaoge suddenly glanced over to look at Elder Qing Xing before continuing in a somber manner. "I
know that all of you want to keep yourselves hidden and avoid attention, but this can’t continue on
forever. More and more people from the Hidden Earth Society come here from Jupiter every year, and
how many of those people have risen to power? After all, you were lucky enough to climb to your
current strength and status, but if we can have a place to train and house people who arrive from Earth,
it will only help them more.”

"Elder Qing Xing" was torn by indecision. "If we do that, it will be much easier for us to be noticed and
found. The Hidden Earth Society has only been able to grow and develop to its current status by
remaining hidden. If we’re exposed, we could be easily wiped out. Let me think this over for a bit."

Liu Shaoge nodded. "I understand."

"Do you think that this will lead to war?" "Elder Qing Xing" suddenly asked.
Liu Shaoge stared off into the distance where there were densely packed cultivators milling about. “That
all depends on what sort of status Lu Xiaoxuan holds in the Fifth Mainland. If the Fifth Mainland is still
willing to protect him, then war is inevitable. However, I feel that the strength that the Perennial World
is sending will prove overwhelming. The Fifth Mainland might not be willing to protect him.”

"Still, it would be great if I could use this opportunity to visit Earth and take a look at things there."

Lu Yin twitched. Liu Shaoge was too devious. He had managed to win over the trust of many members of
the Hidden Earth Society due to his impressive acting of how much he missed his home of Earth, which
resonated with many of the people.

"Elder Qing Xing" patted Liu Shaoge on the shoulder. "You’ll get a chance once the fighting starts, so
take care of yourself."

Liu Shaoge answered in a gentle voice, "I know."

With their conversation concluded, Liu Shaoge left. Lu Yin continued to browse through Elder Qing Xing’s
memories before ending the Possession and returning to his own body.

This Possession had been a complete surprise. Lu Yin had learned the method to make contact with
members of the Hidden Earth Society in the Perennial World, and this would allow him to make use of
the members there.

When Lu Yin had Possessed White Sage in the Technocracy, the trouble that Lu Yin had caused had
caused the delicate agreement that had been brokered between the two parties to be canceled. What’s
more, Headmaster Senn was the one who had taken the initiative to revoke the agreement.

While Lu Yin had no idea why the headmaster had made such a decision, it had worked out well for Lu
Yin.
Lu Yin’s eyes were gleaming as he thought, Liu Shaoge, Liu Shaoge, I really hope that you can keep doing
well in the Perennial World.

Lu Yin was absolutely certain that Liu Shaoge would stay hidden in the Perennial World during the
invasion of the Fifth Mainland, as he had to keep himself hidden. There were too many obvious
weaknesses that Lu Yin could employ to take control of Liu Shaoge.

A smile spread across Lu Yin's face. Liu Shaoge would give him a lot of help.

Also…

Lu Yin quickly checked his cosmic ring. He had spent more time controlling Long Quan and making the
man kill himself, and that Possession had cost about 20 billion star essence. Therefore, Lu Yin felt that
this Possession should be a bit cheaper.

17 billion star essence had been used, which was acceptable.

This meant that Lu Yin only had 24.5 billion star essence remaining. During his seclusion, Lu Yin had
consumed over 100 billion star essence. This was a terrifying sum, as it was equivalent to all the profits
that the mammoth company Shamrock Enterprise had managed to accumulate after operating in the
entire Fifth Mainland for so long.

Lu Yin’s remaining funds could not be considered too much or too little, but he decided not to continue
staying in seclusion. He felt it would be best to keep his remaining funds in reserve for emergencies.

He stood up and left the isolated space that he had created.

In the Second Nightking's perspective, Lu Yin had only been in seclusion for about three months, which
was nothing to an old freak who had remained in seclusion practically since the Daosource Sect era.
Still, Lu Yin had undergone tremendous changes over this time, regardless of whether one considered
his battle techniques, equipment, or lockbreaking experience. He had improved in many different
aspects. Unfortunately, none of this was visible to the Second Nightking.

It had been two months since Lu Yin had checked on the Tower of the Fifth’s construction progress. He
looked up from the bottom of the Cosmic Sea and observed the Abyss of the Sea.

There was a massive tower standing tall at the center of the Abyss of the Sea. Even though the tower
only occupied the center of the Abyss of the Sea and blocked the massive vortex that had once existed
in that place, it was still thousands of times larger than any of the nearby islands.

Eight floors of the Tower of the Fifth had already been constructed, and it looked like an enormous
monster that looked down upon the Abyss of the Sea.

The entire tower was colored a lustrous black. All of the materials used to build it had been provided by
the Hall of Honor, and everything was strong enough to withstand Hunter-level attacks without suffering
any damage. As for the interior, not only had tough and rare materials been used, but various screens
with different types of technology had also been incorporated to weaken people’s attacks and further
reinforce the structure of the tower.

Furthermore, the entire tower was being constantly monitored.

The entire place was a seamless combination of technology and cultivation.

At first, after the Tower of the Fifth had been announced, the overseers’ council had discussed the
design, and a proposal had been put forth to purchase hidden worlds from the World Alliance and have
each floor act as a separate hidden world. This would allow the trial takers to fight without having to
hold back while also keeping the tower safe.
However, one problem with this idea was that the Tower of the Fifth would be built in the middle of the
Cosmic Sea, which meant that using hidden worlds would violate the Hall of Honor’s regulations that
restricted hidden worlds to only the Honor Zone. Another was that Lu Yin was unwilling to use this
option.

After all, if each floor was a separate hidden world, then how would he keep track of everything?

More importantly, he would have no means with which to enact his final option.

The proposal was ultimately rejected by the council, and not a single overseer voted in favor of it. Even
Yang Ji, who had proposed using hidden worlds, voted against it after seeing Bu Laoweng and all the
others oppose it. Even the new overseer, Xia Sheng, voted against using hidden worlds.

Yang Ji was aware that Bu Laoweng and other overseers all belonged to Lu Yin.

Lu Yin did not worry at all about Xia Sheng, as one person could not create any real issues on the
overseers’ council. Even a senior overseer like Nan Yuan had been removed from his position by Lu Yin,
and there were rumors that the former overseer was suffering greatly, as the Xia family was dissatisfied
by his performance as an overseer.

Star Odyssey Chapter 1986: Borrowing Money

Despite being the Seven Courts’ representative on the overseers’ council and even being rumored to be
Xia Ji’s illegitimate son, Xia Sheng had surprised Bu Laoweng and the other overseers by showing a
friendly attitude towards Lu Yin. It had even surprised Lu Yin.

Despite being aware of Xia Sheng’s friendliness, Lu Yin did not really care much about it. There were too
many people who wanted to use him or take advantage of him, and it did not matter if there was one
more. Even if this person was an overseer, it made no real difference.
As the Tower of the Fifth neared completion, more and more people gathered in the nearby Cosmic Sea.

Anyone who was capable of reaching the Abyss of the Sea was not an ordinary cultivator.

The Cosmic Sea remained the same Cosmic Sea as ever, and it would never become gentle just because
of the number of people inhabiting it.

If the monstrous powers from the Neoverse did not send out a powerhouse to lead their disciples, their
only way of crossing the Cosmic Sea was to rely on one of the various crews that roamed about the sea.
The Cosmic Sea was a cruel place, and at this moment, almost all of the native crews were waiting
around the Abyss of the Sea. How could any of them have the spare time to escort more cultivators
across the Cosmic Sea? The crews were also all eager to be among the first to enter the Tower of the
Fifth and receive an inheritance. The fewer people present, the less competition there would be upon
entry.

Given the current situation, the only way to arrive at the Abyss of the Sea was without the guidance of a
Cosmic Sea crew. However, one could only imagine the struggles and sacrifices needed for such people
to reach the Abyss of the Sea.

Lu Yin had already foreseen this situation.

While the purpose of the Tower of the Fifth was to educate humanity and improve the overall strength
of the Fifth Mainland, not everyone was qualified to enter. The Cosmic Sea was the first obstacle that
needed to be passed. Just reaching the Abyss of the Sea itself was an indication that people had passed
the first trial, and the next trial was to cross over the Abyss of the Sea and enter the Tower of the Fifth.
This was yet another challenge.

However, at the moment, surviving the battles raging just outside the Abyss of the Sea could be
considered the second trial before they could enter the Tower of the Fifth to seek an inheritance.

Everyone was hoping to eliminate a few others, so the fighting never ceased.
It was also worth mentioning that the Mavis Bank, Aurora Enterprises, Shamrock Enterprise, and other
similar mammoth corporations had already established branch offices just outside the Abyss of the Sea.

After Lu Yin rose up from the seabed, his first task was to visit the local branch of the Mavis Bank that
had been built on a new island just outside the Abyss of the Sea.

There was the same towering tree as always, decorated with universal currency that fluttered in the
breeze. The bank radiated a feeling of peerless wealth.

Lu Yin still remembered the first time that he had seen one of the Mavis Bank’s branch offices in the
Great Yu Empire on Zhenyu Star. His shock at beholding such a sight remained fresh in his memory even
after so many years.

During his first visit to the Mavis Bank, the sight of seeing them literally throwing money away had been
such a foreign concept that he could not understand it at all. However, tossing around cash for others to
pick off of the ground did indeed exude a sense of abundance and nobility.

At the current moment, the tree covered with cash somehow seemed ordinary to Lu Yin.

Given the exchange rate between star essence and universal currency, the people who were able to
reach the Abyss of the Sea could not be bothered to pick up the money that littered the ground on the
island.

Every single branch of the Mavis Bank gave off the same atmosphere as all the others. Lu Yin emerged
from the void to step into the bank, only to see that there was not a single customer in the building.

Lu Yin's arrival caused everyone in the Mavis Bank to rise to their feet in surprise, and they all looked at
him with admiration and respect.
"Lu Yin?" someone exclaimed.

Lu Yin turned his head and gave a small smile. "Lulu, I didn't expect you to be running this place."

Lulu Mavis was the one who had called out to Lu Yin, and she was accompanied by another familiar face:
Grandini Mavis.

The two of them had been put in charge of this branch of the bank.

"Student Lu, it’s been a long time." Grandini Mavis greeted Lu Yin with a smile.

Lu Yin nodded. "So are you two in charge of this place?"

Lulu rolled her eyes. "I have no idea what the elders are thinking, giving the two of us responsibilities
like this."

Grandini Mavis just laughed. "Of course they’re worried about you being inexperienced, which is why
I’m here—to keep an eye on you."

Lulu bared her teeth. "I'm already overseeing more than twenty branches! Do you want to start a fight,
Grandini?"

The older girl rolled her eyes.

Lu Yin found the entire exchange rather funny. He had not seen the two young women together since
their time in the Astral Combat Academy. "I'm here to make a withdrawal. What’s the maximum
withdrawal that this branch allows?"
Lulu and Grandini both turned to look at Lu Yin. "How much do you want to take out?"

"What’s the limit?" Lu Yin repeated.

Grandini Mavis replied, "A billion star essence."

Lu Yin was taken aback. "That much?"

It was already impressive for a typical branch office of the Mavis Bank to allow someone to withdraw
100,000 star essence, and the main branches in each of the Innerverse’s eight great flowzones allowed
withdrawals in the tens of millions. Even most of the important branch offices only allowed someone to
take out a few tens of millions of star essence in a single transaction.

However, this branch had a limit of one billion star essence per withdrawal.

Lulu explained, "We’re next to the Tower of the Fifth, which is currently the most popular place in the
entire Fifth Mainland. Countless people have flocked here from all over the Fifth Mainland. It’s only
natural that we’ve gathered enough liquid assets here to avoid the possibility of our funds here being
overdrawn. So? What’s it going to be? Is a billion star essence enough for you?"

Lu Yin smiled as he pulled out the gray crystal card that he had received from Yunying Mavis. "I'm sorry,
but that’s not going to be enough."

"A gray crystal card?" Grandini exclaimed.

Lulu was also caught off guard. She had been visiting the Ancestor Tortoise when Yunying Mavis had
given this crystal card to Lu Yin, so she had not seen it before.
"This card had 5 billion star essence on its account, and it also allows one to take out an emergency loan
of 20 billion. I want all of that. By the way, could you ask Elder Yunying Mavis a question for me? What’s
the maximum loan that I can take out from your bank given my status?" Lu Yin asked as he clasped his
hands behind his back.

Every number that he mentioned left the girls in shock, and even the bank employees eavesdropping on
the conversation were stunned.

Everyone sent to this particular branch had been selected because of their experience and capabilities.
They routinely handled tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and even millions of star essence, but
Lu Yin was casually discussing a transaction over billions of star essence as soon as he arrived. This one
person could potentially clean out the entire branch’s funds.

Lulu grew serious. "Are you sure that you want to take out that much?"

Lu Yin nodded. He did not really have a choice, as his expenditure rate was just too excessive. "Please
ask for me."

Lulu nodded before turning and leaving around.

At this moment, fighting could be heard from outside the Mavis Bank.

Lu Yin's domain spread out. Given his current strength, there were few people who could detect Lu Yin’s
domain.

He found there were quite a few people fighting outside the bank, as well as an acquaintance: the Wen
family’s Wen Yao.

Lu Yin grew curious after seeing Wen Yao, so he moved over to the bank’s entrance. An employee
moved behind him to set up a table and some chairs before preparing some tea.
Lu Yin accepted the courtesy and sat down.

The Second Nightking remained hidden in the void, but Grandini accompanied Lu Yin.

"Do you not mind that people are fighting right outside your bank?" Lu Yin asked.

Grandini shrugged. "It happens far too often. Everyone wants to get rid of some of the competition, and
right now, every place around the Abyss of the Sea is a battlefield. There are times when the fighting has
even spilled over into my bank."

Lu Yin found this quite entertaining.

Just outside the bank, Wen Yao was facing off against a middle-aged Enlighter. While the man’s
cultivation was at a similar level to Wen Yao’s, he was overpowering Wen Yao. In fact, if not for the
Literary Prison, Wen Yao would have already lost.

Within the range of his domain, Lu Yin could not see anyone else from the Wen family who could use
Literary Prison aside from Wen Yao. The battlefield was quite chaotic, and it looked like it was mostly
filled with independent cultivators.

Grandini spoke up to say, "The Wen family is the only Innerverse power from any of the eight great
flowzones that hasn’t joined the Great Eastern Alliance. They’ve started cooperating with independent
cultivators who’ve gathered around the Tower of the Fifth to form a common interest group. Right now,
they’re fighting against people from the World League."

Lu Yin found this surprising. "The World League? The cooperative formed from the 3,000 hidden
worlds?"
Grandini nodded. "Do you see that young man just outside the battlefield with two maids next to him?
That’s Yan Chen from the Red Prism World. He’s typically called Prince Yan."

Prince Yan? Lu Yin had heard this name before, as it had been mentioned during a fight in Skyraiser City
that had taken place between Xi Gu's granddaughter, Xi Shuang, and some people who belonged to
Prince Yan.

"The World League is rather united, and given the competition surrounding the Tower of the Fifth,
they’ve fully banded together. They aren’t relying on any of the major Neoverse powers, but they also
aren’t afraid. As for the Wen family, they can't rely on the Great Eastern Alliance, so their only option is
to try to pull over the independent cultivators. There aren’t many powerhouses, but there are a lot of
average cultivators among the independent cultivators, and they also have a great number of eyes and
ears. There are a lot of other groups that have come together around the Abyss of the Sea so far, both
big and small. The largest one is the Great Eastern Alliance’s group," Grandini said, while glancing over
at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin found this unexpected. "There’s even a group from the Great Eastern Alliance?"

He truly had not known about this, as he had already provided the means of the Overlaying Stacks Path
and battle force cultivating method to many of the high-ranking members of the Great Eastern Alliance.
However, after the Great Eastern Alliance had dominated the Outerverse, countless organizations had
joined it since, but may not have been directly managed by the Great Eastern Alliance as core members
However, they would all unite when faced with outsiders.

"The group from the Great Eastern Alliance is currently the largest group in the Abyss of the Sea. While
their overall strength isn’t very impressive, no one dares to move against them. After all, you’re the
leader of the alliance, and also the one who started the Tower of the Fifth," Grandini explained.

The battle outside the bank ended rather quickly with Wen Yao and others being defeated. Many of the
independent cultivators had been seriously injured or had even died. Wen Yao himself had been forced
to run away.

Outside the battlefield, Prince Yan sneered at the outcome. "Just a mob."
One of the beautiful maids behind him quickly handed him a piece of fruit while complimenting the
young man.

"Prince Yan, after we clean things up, you can proceed." The middle-aged man who had fought against
Wen Yao approached Prince Yan and spoke to the young man in a very respectful manner.

Prince Yan was dismissive. "They were just unlucky to run into us. Keep an eye on the Wen family. If
they dare to offend this prince, they’ll never be allowed to enter this branch of the Mavis Bank ever
again."

The middle-aged man nodded.

Prince Yan moved towards the Mavis Bank step by step. A bit of universal currency drifted down, carried
by the breeze, and landed on his head. He simply reached up and tossed it aside. To someone like Prince
Yan, universal currency was no different from simple paper. No, it was worth even less, as paper could at
least be used for writing and still had a bit of use.

As Prince Yan moved closer to the Mavis Bank, his eyes were instinctively drawn to a young man who
was sitting in the lobby and casually sipping on some tea. Prince Yan frowned at this sight; who was
arrogant enough to watch his business?

However, after he caught a clear view of the lounging man, Prince Yan’s body trembled, and all of the
arrogance disappeared from his eyes. He spoke softly and dismissed both of his maids before hurrying
into the bank. He approached the man sipping on tea and respectfully greeted him. “So Alliance Leader
Lu is here. Yan Chen offers his greetings."

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Lu Yin looked at Prince Yan. The World League oversaw the 3,000 hidden worlds, and there were various
Envoys and powerhouses among those hidden worlds. In fact, Prince Yan's father, Lord Yan, was one of
them.

An Envoy was a powerhouse in the Fifth Mainland, so it was perfectly normal for someone like Prince
Yan to be rather arrogant.

"I've heard of you several times before, Prince Yan." Lu Yin stood up and calmly observed Yan Chen.

Yan Chen was startled by this admission, and although he looked terrified, he remained respectful
towards Lu Yin. “I am honored that you have heard of me, Alliance Leader Lu."

Grandini glanced at Yan Chen. Prince Yan was absolutely insane. He acted arrogantly when visiting the
Mavis Bank, and even going so far as to disregard Grandini and Lulu. This was the first time that Grandini
had seen the young man act so humbly.

Lu Yin smiled. "Just now, you…"

He hesitated in the middle of speaking, and Yan Chen dropped his head even lower. He nervously looked
at Lu Yin's feet, as he had no idea what Lu Yin was about to say.

Star Odyssey Chapter 1987: The Teachings Of A Half-Master

Yan Chen believed that he had just insulted the Wen family, and the Wen family was a power that
reigned over one of the Innerverse’s eight great flowzones. It should be a given that the Wen family had
a closer connection to Lu Yin than Yan Chen, which was what worried the young man.
Still, the Wen family had not joined the Great Eastern Alliance, which was the only reason why Yan Chen
had dared to push them around as he had.

The middle-aged man was currently standing behind Yan Chen, and the other people from the World
League were all growing nervous, as they were terrified that they might have accidentally offended Lu
Yin.

One sentence from Lu Yin could shake the entire World Alliance.

"…didn’t do too badly," Lu Yin finished in a casual tone.

Yan Chen's eyes lit up, and he grew excited. "Thank you, Alliance Leader Lu, for your praise. Your little
brother knows what to do."

Lu Yin nodded and patted the man’s shoulder.

Yan Chen was truly excited, as he understood that Lu Yin was encouraging him to move against the Wen
family.

The Wen family was the only remaining power in the Innerverse that had not yet joined the Great
Eastern Alliance. It appeared that Lu Yin was not very happy about the situation.

Grandini quietly watched the exchange take place, feeling that Lu Yin had just sentenced the Wen family
to death. They would need to either join the Great Eastern Alliance, or else they would no longer have a
place in the Innerverse.

As long as Lu Yin voiced dissatisfaction towards the Wen family, there would be countless people from
the Outerverse, Innerverse, Cosmic Sea, and even the Neoverse who would be willing to act as his
pawns to deal with the Wen family. The Wen family would essentially become an enemy of the entire
Human Domain with a word from Lu Yin. Grandini was a member of the Mavis family, and she needed to
assess the risks associated with what she had just seen and submit a report to her family. They needed
to settle the Wen family’s accounts as soon as possible to prevent the Mavis Bank from suffering losses
when the Wen family was destroyed.

In business, it was important to bet on people rather than transactions. The more savvy the
businessman was, the more they understood how to read people and the better they were at
communicating and seeing the flow of the times.

Only by being able to see the overall current of the entire universe was it possible to generate a profit.

Was Lu Yin frustrated with the Wen family? Of course he was. As long as the Wen family did not join the
Great Eastern Alliance, the Innerverse could not truly be considered united. Lu Yin had no time to deal
with the Wen family, and that had not changed. So, he would just leave that task for others to handle.

Once the Wen family's path was blocked, where would they be able to turn?

"Are you also here for a withdrawal, Prince Yan?" Lu Yin asked.

Yan Chen quickly answered, "Yes. This little brother is planning to take out some star essence to serve as
an emergency stash."

"This is quite embarrassing, but you won’t be able to. I’m a step ahead of you, and I’ve already taken out
all the star essence that this branch has right now," Lu Yin said.

Yan Chen was startled, as he had heard that this particular branch of the Mavis Bank had made it a point
to pad their coffers extensively, and it was said that they had around a billion star essence here. Had Lu
Yin taken everything?

Grandini spoke up as well. "I apologize, Prince Yan. Please wait for just a few days. At this moment, all of
our star essence has truly been taken by Alliance Leader Lu."
Yan Chen answered with a smile. "In that case, I’ll just wait a bit. I’m not in any particular hurry.”

The young man’s eyes then moved back to Lu Yin. "If you need help with anything, Alliance Leader Lu,
just let me know. I have some star essence with me to use.”

Lu Yin looked at Yan Chen with greater appreciation in his eyes. "There’s no need for that, as I have
enough for now. I appreciate the offer. Put in greater effort after you enter the Tower of the Fifth so
that you can gain a greater inheritance."

Yan Chen quickly gave a bow. "This little brother understands and will never let down Alliance Leader
Lu's expectations."

The young man left soon after that, and everyone else from the World League left with him. The
moment they exited the Mavis Bank, Prince Yan asked the middle-aged man to make more trouble for
the Wen family. Yan Chen did not try to hide what he said, which made it clear that he intended Lu Yin
to overhear.

Lu Yin showed a slight smile. "He's pretty interesting."

Grandini responded with her own little smile. "If he wasn’t speaking with you, he would have been a
completely different person."

Lu Yin glanced over. "It’s useful to have such an ability, isn’t it?"

Grandini gave Lu Yin a long look.

She had not had many interactions with Lu Yin after they both left the Astral Combat Academy, but it
seemed that he had changed a great deal since that time. He actually gave the impression that he had
become a new person.

The energetic youth who had once been a student had now risen to become a powerful figure at the top
of the Human Domain. He had risen to a level where even her Mavis family had taken the initiative to
form an alliance with Lu Yin.

"By the way, where’s Yuhua Mavis? Did she not come?" Lu Yin was curious.

Grandini Mavis replied, "Sister Yuhua is in seclusion right now. My Mavis family has our own cultivation
art, so we don’t need to bother other people about getting anything from the outside world."

These words reminded Lu Yin of the Ancestor Tortoise. The Mavis family held many secrets.

It was at this moment that Lulu returned. "Elder Yunying said that in addition to the 20 billion star
essence that you can borrow with that crystal card, she’s also willing to lend you an additional 80 billion
star essence, interest free."

Grandini was not surprised to hear this. Their family had already formed an alliance with Lu Yin, so how
could they charge him interest on a loan?

However, Lu Yin was considering a different detail: he could borrow 80 billion star essence without
having to pay back any interest. This indicated that handing out 80 billion star essence would not put
any pressure on the Mavis Bank.

What did this mean? It meant that the Mavis Bank’s funds were beyond ridiculous. Ridiculous enough
that they could lend out 80 billion star essence as a mere favor.
Lu Yin was able to casually receive 100 billion star essence from the Mavis Bank. That was the same
amount as the profits that Shamrock Enterprise had accumulated from years of profit.

Sure enough, the Mavis Bank was the richest organization in the universe.

Lu Yin's eyes lit up. "When will I be able to collect the money?"

This was even Lulu’s first time facilitating such a large transaction. "The clan will send someone to
deliver it to you, but it will take a while."

Lu Yin smiled. "I understand. I won’t be leaving the Cosmic Sea anytime soon."

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With that, he left.

Grandini was stunned ever after Lu Yin was gone. "Lulu, why do you think he wants so much money?"

Lulu mouth curled upwards to show a smile. "I have no idea, but from what our family’s calculated, from
the time he first started cultivating until now, he’s publicly obtained more than ten billion star essence,
but it’s also clear that most of his income has not been recorded. There’s speculation that he’s gathered
hundreds of billions of star essence, and yet he’s still trying to get more from us. Who knows what he
wants with it?"

Naturally, it was impossible for anyone to guess what Lu Yin did with his wealth.

The Perennial World was in the process of launching a massive attack in a bid to force the Fifth Mainland
to hand Lu Yin over. Naturally, Lu Yin was doing all he could to reap every benefit he possibly could in
the event that his efforts to prevent that from happening proved fruitless and the Fifth Mainland really
did try to give him to the Perennial World.

Wang Wen was the only other person in the entire Fifth Mainland who was aware of the crisis facing Lu
Yin at this time.

It was also time to speak with Wang Wen, as he was the one responsible for designing the tests for the
Tower of the Fifth’s inheritances.

After the display popped up on Lu Yin’s gadget, he saw Wang Wen wearily opening his eyes. It looked
like the man had just woken up. "Alliance Leader, you really know how to pick the times you call me."

Wang Wen was clearly exhausted, and Lu Yin apologized to him. "You’ve been working hard for a long
time."

Wang Wen rubbed his eyes and then quickly flashed a bright smile. "Hard work is just hard work. This
has been an interesting and challenging task."

Lu Yin leaned forward. "How have things been going?"

"Are you asking about the Tower of the Fifth or about the preparations for the upcoming fight?"

"The Tower of the Fifth."

"Hey, aren’t you interested in our war preparations?"

Lu Yin's eyes flickered. "Our enemy is hidden while we’re out in the open. I gave you an opportunity to
prepare as much as possible, and there’s no reason to expect you to disappoint me, and there’s also
nothing that I can add to what you’ve been doing. Are Wei Rong and Shui Chuanxiao aware of things?"
Wang Wen let out a long breath. "I haven’t let them in on it yet. Wei Rong’s too cunning and
manipulative, and I don’t think he’s actually changed at all over all these years. I can’t be sure of what
he’s thinking. As for Shui Chuanxiao, he’s too worried about the bigger picture, so we can’t tell him. All I
can tell either of them is what you told me from the beginning: an enemy will show up from Sky
Creation Academy."

Lu Yin nodded. "What about the trials for the inheritances of the Tower of the Fifth? Construction’s
almost done."

Wang Wen lifted his head high. "There are numerous tests that need to be created, but I won’t bore you
by going over them all. I’ll just make a few points instead.” Wang Wen paused for a moment as he
organized his thoughts and planned out what he wanted to say. “The Tower of the Fifth is going to be
our last resort, which is why it’s so important, but only you and I know about this. The most obvious
purpose behind building it is to improve the overall strength of the Fifth Mainland’s cultivators, so the
tests can’t be overly hard. Still, we can’t make things too easy.”

"After considering everything, regardless of who enters the tower, anyone who wants to take an
inheritance needs to leave one as well. It doesn’t need to be something of the same value, as it’s
impossible for most people to have anything comparable to what’s in the Tower of the Fifth. My reason
behind wanting this exchange is because I don’t want anyone to feel like they’re getting something for
free, or that they’re taking advantage of our Great Eastern Alliance. If they get used to receiving hand-
outs, once we stop doing so in the future, we’ll create a massive amount of resentment.”

Lu Yin understood this aspect of human nature. If people were freely given things for a long time and
then were suddenly cut off, not only would the recipients feel entitled an as though they no longer
needed to repay the favor, but they would also resent and hate the ones who stopped the hand-outs.
After all, those gifts had been too easy to acquire.

"Also, while the Tower of the Fifth can be a means of improving the strength of the entire Fifth
Mainland, we can also use it as a means of strengthening our Great Eastern Alliance. I plan to send the
Lu Elite Troops into the tower to act as a part of the trials for some of the inheritances. To get those
inheritances, a person will need to defeat one, two, or multiple soldiers in the Lu Elite Troops, though
they will all be fully decked out in their new equipment, which includes the new universal armor with
the white smoke, microarray technology, the wireless Gu, and even the Money Bombs.”

"A fully-equipped member of the Lu Elite Troops is able to easily defeat even geniuses at a comparable
cultivation level, and they can even surpass their cultivation realm to defeat those stronger than them,"
Wang Wen explained.

Lu Yin's eyes lit up as he heard this. "Not only will this help train our troops, but it will also help us
recruit more people."

Wang Wen clapped his hands. "Exactly! Anyone who sees the Lu Elite Troops’ equipment will become
envious, and joining the Great Eastern Alliance will become something that they want and yearn for."

Lu Yin was impressed. "Smart."

Wang Wen just rolled his eyes. "This will only make people intrigued and consider joining the Great
Eastern Alliance. It might not be enough to cause that many people to enlist. After all, any of the
disciples from powerful organizations won’t be interested, so don't have too high a hope. This will really
be nothing more than an opportunity to train our troops a bit, though we will likely be able to recruit a
few people with some potential."

Lu Yin smiled. "There are too many cultivators in the Fifth Mainland, and all of them from every part of
the universe are going to make their way to the Tower of the Fifth. Just getting there will cause them to
suffer and endure. All of them will become elites during the journey, so all of them will be worth
recruiting."

Wang Wen nodded in agreement. "There’s one more important detail.”

He leveled a focused gaze onto Lu Yin. “You established the Tower of the Fifth, so there needs to be a
statue of you outside of it. This isn’t optional. You’re the one providing the core inheritances on each
floor of the Tower of the Fifth, and you’ll be viewed as half a master to anyone who acquires those
inheritance."

Lu Yin was stunned. "Half a master?"

Wang Wen nodded. "That's right. This statue will be built to show you as a partial teacher for those who
obtain an inheritance, so it’s not just to glorify your achievements."

Lu Yin had never considered being thought of as half a master to anyone. He had cultivated for years,
and despite his strength, he had never acted as a teacher. While Ku Wei was technically Lu Yin’s disciple,
Ku Wei was really just a lackey whom Lu Yin had never taught a thing.

As for his own teachers, Lu Yin had only ever recognized Mister Mu as his master. Still, Lu Yin could
count his interactions with Mister Mu on two hands, so he did not have a profound understanding of a
master-disciple relationship.

Star Odyssey Chapter 1988: Completion And Opening

The truth of the matter was that regardless of the person or the place, the teachings of one’s master
created a unique bond. It was invisible, but carried tremendous weight.

Betraying one’s master was not a crime, but it was a terrible disgrace. Anyone who did such a thing
would become a universal outcast when others learned of their actions.

The bond one had with their master was very similar to the bond one had with their own family, and
both relationships could be used to judge a person’s character.
The relationship with one’s master also formed the very foundation of the existence of a sect. Without a
master teaching their disciples, how could a sect even start? How could traitorous disciples even exist?

An elite family was bound by their shared blood, while a sect was bound together by the shared
teachings of a master. Both carried equal weight.

"By providing training and teaching people techniques and providing them with inheritances, it’s really
not too much to see you as a half-master to anyone who benefits from the Tower of the Fifth. Unless
they are pushed into a corner, those people also won’t be willing to become your enemies, and even if
they do try to cross you, they’ll be sneaky about it. This gives us an absolute advantage,” Wang Wen
continued. “Don't underestimate people’s sense of righteousness. Everyone has their own drive and
ambitions, whether they pursue power, wealth, or something else. Still, everyone also has lines that
they won’t cross, even though those lines are different for everyone. Regardless, being seen as a half-
master is enough for a great number of people to feel morally bound to not betray you."

Lu Yin understood what Wang Wen was saying. The Astral Combat Academy’s mentors were not true
masters to the academy’s students, but also teachers who were considered half-masters. However, if Lu
Yin was ever asked to attack the mentors, he would not be able to force himself to do it. Unless the
mentors betrayed humanity, Lu Yin would never be able to attack them.

Furthermore, if Lu Yin was able to force himself to attack the mentors, his reputation would be
permanently ruined. No one would ever willingly follow such an untrustworthy person, as no one would
be willing to even associate with someone who had betrayed their teacher.

Dealing with people was simultaneously both complicated and simple.

"Is it possible to set me up as a half-master to the people to receive inheritances from the tower?" Lu
Yin asked.

Wang Wen scratched his head. "It's more tricky than impossible. So long as no one objects, it’s easy
enough to handle, but if some powerhouse speaks against it, things become very difficult. After all, this
would be making you a half-master to potentially countless cultivators, not just one or two. In particular,
powerful sects and families are not very likely to allow their youths to admit to such a thing, as it would
place too many restrictions on them.

"Building the Tower of the Fifth will already ensure that your name goes down in history forever, and
there are other benefits you’ll reap from it as well. If you also try to be recognized as a half-master to
those who gain inheritances from the tower, there will be people who aren’t able to accept it."

Lu Yin waved a hand dismissively. "Whether or not they can accept it, let’s go for it and get this done
before anyone has a chance to object. We won’t need to deal with everyone’s objections."

Wang Wen nodded. "That was what I was thinking as well. Even if someone does try to object, it will
take a bit, and during that window of opportunity, the most talented people will already have entered
the Tower of the Fifth and gotten their inheritances, and there will definitely be some who pick up your
inheritances. Being acknowledged as those people’s half-master will already be enough."

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Lu Yin smiled. "I'm really looking forward to this."

Days passed one after another, and soon, half a month had already passed. The most important thing
that happened during this time was that the first batch of the new universal armors were delivered by
Aurora Enterprises.

There were only a hundred outfits in the first batch, but the second batch would be delivered in another
half a month.

Aurora Enterprises had actually intended to finish producing all of the armors for Lu Yin before
delivering them to him, but Lu Yin was not able to wait any longer. As soon as the Tower of the Fifth was
completed, it would be open and the trials for the various inheritances would need to be activated. The
Lu Elite Troops with their new equipment were intended to participate in some of the trials. As Wang
Wen had mentioned, this would provide the Great Eastern Alliance with an opportunity to train their
troops while also recruiting new soldiers.

One day, Yuhua Mavis arrived just outside the Abyss of the Sea. She found Lu Yin, and delivered a
massive amount of money: a total of 105 billion star essence.

"I have no idea why you bothered asking for so much money, but the Great Elder asked me to remind
you to not destroy the economy." Yuhua Mavis had a cold expression on her face as she confronted Lu
Yin.

Lu Yin replied, "I don’t have any interest in something like that. Also, aren’t you supposed to be in
seclusion? How do you have the time to make this trip?"

Yuhua Mavis looked the same as the first time Lu Yin had seen her, and grass grew everywhere she
passed, which left quite an impression. “I came to see this Tower of the Fifth and the inheritances you’ve
left there."

Lu Yin's eyes lit up. "Are you interested in one of them?"

Yuhua Mavis expressed her surprise at Lu Yin’s actions, "You’re not exactly a selfless person. Are those
inheritances real?"

"Of course they’re real! The Hall of Honor is supervising everything. What? You think I managed to bribe
the Hall of Honor or something?" Lu Yin snapped back. It was possible that Yuhua Mavis remembered
being crushed by Lu Yin on Zenith Mountain, as she did not sound very friendly towards him at this time.

She stared at Lu Yin in a daze, before frowning. "Bribe the Hall of Honor…?"

Lu Yin was left speechless. "You really think I’d do that?"

Yuhua Mavis's eyes drifted down to Lu Yin's cosmic ring. This was actually the only possibility she could
come up with for why Lu Yin might need such an incredible amount of liquid assets. Even though it was
well within the Mavis Bank’s means to provide such a loan, that did not mean it was easy to get one. As
for those who did qualify for such a loan, people could not spend so much. It was impossible for ordinary
people, and even for Semi-Progenitors, so there was no need to even consider Lu Yin. After all, he was
an Envoy, and he needed to cultivate with stellular energy, not star energy.

Star energy carried almost no value for Envoys. Furthermore, Lu Yin was the leader of the Great Eastern
Alliance, and the Great Eastern Alliance owned Continental Shipping, as well as controlled Giant
Consortium and the Outerverse’s four great corporations. This was enough to provide financial security
for the entire alliance, so there was no need for their leader to search everywhere for more money.

The more Yuhua Mavis considered Lu Yin’s situation, the stranger she found it.

Lu Yin was amused by the obvious speculations. "Don't try to be stupid. Would 100 billion star essence
be enough to buy off the Hall of Honor? Not even a trillion would be enough."

Yuhua Mavis calmly turned her head away. It had merely been a sudden thought, and not anything she
considered actually possible. Even if Lu Yin was able to bribe the overseers, it would be impossible to
bribe Arch-Elder Zen.

Three days after Lu Yin received the money from Yuhua Mavis, the Tower of the Fifth was officially
completed.

All of the fighting around the Abyss of the Sea had stopped a few days before the tower was finished,
and everyone had simply waited for it to open. They were all anticipating the mysterious trials that they
would face, and so no one wanted to make any trouble or take any risks. Everyone felt as though they
were only a single step away from receiving an inheritance.
The Wen family was the group suffering the worst at this moment, as both the World League and the
Great Eastern Alliance had worked to make trouble for the Wen family. Almost all of the independent
cultivators they had managed to recruit had fled, and the Wen family had been left with no path but
that of retreat.

They had not been intimidated by the World League, but the Great Eastern Alliance was a different
animal. Even though the people who had targeted the Wen family had only represented a few of the
smaller powers in the Great Eastern Alliance, they were still official members of the Great Eastern
Alliance.

While the Tower of the Fifth was being built, many people had arrived from the Great Eastern Alliance,
including the Giants’ Army and the lesser giants. Man Li was in charge of all of them, and he glared at
everyone around the construction site, terrifying many people.

The moment there was news that the Tower of the Fifth was finished, the Abyss of the Sea instantly
grew quiet. Everyone stared at the center of the sea with blazing eyes. They could see the massive tower
that stood there, as well as a statue of Lu Yin that stood in front of it.

Lu Yin stepped out and stood in front of the tower. He looked around the area from high in the sky. "I
know all of you have been waiting for the Tower of the Fifth to open its doors so that you can get its
inheritances and raise your strength to new heights, but there are a few things I need to say first."

No one dared to make the slightest sound, not even any of the Envoys who were hiding themselves.

Lu Yin clasped his hands behind his back and raised his head up proudly. "I am human! The most
intelligent species in the universe! We also believe ourselves to be the most powerful, and despite any
differing opinions, I, Lu Yin, believe this to be true!. Despite our race’s strength, we face outside
enemies. Stepping into the Tower of the Fifth will give you access to information that you would not
normally have access to, such as the identity of humanity’s enemy. This place will expand your
knowledge, as I want all of you to understand why I built the Tower of the Fifth.

"This tower was established to increase the power of all of humanity! This place was not merely built for
you, but also for all future generations. The foundation of humanity lies within our inheritances. I, Lu
Yin, graduated from the Astral Combat Academy. I have provided an inheritance of all that I have
learned to train and raise up anyone who can accept it. My wish is that those who enter this tower will
not be selfish and simply take an inheritance away, but that you will also leave an inheritance behind.
Not to improve the Tower of the Fifth, but to strength the entire human race.

"I, Lu Yin, swear here and now that even if I want to obtain any of the inheritances within the Tower of
the Fifth, I must pass the trials put in place for them."

Lu Yin then dropped down to the ground.

Many of the people gathered around the Abyss of the Sea glanced at each other. They were expected to
leave an inheritance in order to take an inheritance? What was the meaning in that? If they possessed
something with the same value as the treasures within the Tower of the Fifth, why would they even
think of challenging the tower?

"Hurry up and check the rules and trials! They’ve been released on the Tower of the Fifth’s page!"
someone exclaimed. Everyone quickly checked their gadgets and the network.

Elsewhere, Lu Yin returned to the sea. The Tower of the Fifth was officially open.

He stared up at the huge tower. Only half a year had passed since he had first conceived the possibility
of building the tower, and at that time, had he had any idea of the massive impact such a colossal
endeavor would have? He had merely intended to entice some talented cultivators and create a final
resort that he could use if he was backed into a corner, but as time had passed, everything that Lu Yin
thought, saw, or experienced told him that the Tower of the Fifth was vitally important.

It was possible that this was the same way that the original Daosource Sect had been established!

Ce Wangtian had managed to create the Ce Secret Art and Board Manipulation simply because he
wanted to brazenly cheat when playing chess with others. Many of humanity’s greatest achievements
had been motivated by similarly petty reasons.
This was true of the reason the Tower of the Fifth had been built, it might also be true of the Daosource
Sect.

Lu Yin had no idea what would eventually become of the Tower of the Fifth. It might be able to stand for
a thousand years, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of millions of years. As for humans living
hundreds of millions of years in the future, they might regard the Tower of the Fifth as the legacy of the
current era, just as humanity currently viewed the Daosource Sect era.

Lu Yin might have just created a new era by his own ambition and his own actions.

"Arch-Elder Zen, when will Senior Jiu Chi arrive?" Lu Yin called Arch-Elder Zen to check on this matter.

Arch-Elder Zen laughed as he replied, "Soon! Since that old man agreed, he’ll definitely be there. He
hopes to be able to help train some people."

"That's good."

Arch-Elder Zen continued, "This can only be seen as the initial opening of the Tower of the Fifth, and can
even be treated as a test run. Things will only truly start once more and more people start adding their
own inheritances to the tower. The day will come when the Inheritance Ranking will hold countless
names, and only then will it be a true success. Do you understand?"

Lu Yin answered solemnly, "This junior knows this."

As Lu Yin spoke to Arch-Elder Zen, the people surrounding the Abyss of the Sea had started to move
towards the Tower of the Fifth.
Anyone who wanted to enter the tower was first required to swim through the Abyss of the Sea to reach
the tower. No one who traveled through the sky would be allowed entry.

Lu Yin lowered his gadget and stared off into the distance. Countless people were swimming towards
the Tower of the Fifth from every direction. Because the Abyss of the Sea was filled with vortices, the
sea water was chaotic and turbulent. Most cultivators were not able to deal with the power of the
currents, and they were either thrown out of the Abyss of the Sea, or sucked under the Tower of the
Fifth towards its foundation.

For a time, the air was filled with the screams of countless people.

However, there was a limit to the strength of the currents in the Abyss of the Sea, and soon, the first
person managed to step onto the foundation of the Tower of the Fifth. The first person was none other
than Ku Lei.

Ku Lei’s entire reason for challenging the tower was to reach the ninth floor and take away the
inheritance related to Extremes Must Be Reversed.

Star Odyssey Chapter 1989: Rules

The Ku family had reached out to Lu Yin when they had learned that Extremes Must Be Reversed was
available on the ninth floor of the Tower of the Fifth, but that conversation had not gone very well.

When Lu Yin had visited the Ku family, he had clearly stated that he had no idea how to teach anyone
else how to learn Extremes Must Be Reversed, and yet he had placed that technique on the final floor of
the Tower of the Fifth. Was this some kind of joke?

However, Lu Yin had given a very simple answer: the tower would not hold the actual technique. Any
who received that inheritance would not receive the technique, but rather Lu Yin’s promise that he
would teach them the technique when he was able to. Nothing that Lu Yin had told the Ku family had
been a lie.

This was why Ku Lei had traveled to the Tower of the Fifth. He needed to climb to the ninth floor and get
Lu Yin’s promise that he would teach Extremes Must Be Reversed in the future. The Ku family had to be
the first and only ones to receive that promise.

Ku Lei was the first person to climb onto the base of the tower, and he immediately started walking
towards the entrance. There was an enormous statue of Lu Yin in front of the tower, as well as a lesser
giant sitting cross-legged on the ground. It was Man Li.

Lu Yin had not been able to fully trust Man Li after the lesser giants had taken refuge from the Sixth
Mainland with the Great Eastern Alliance, which was why Lu Yin felt that it would be best to send Man Li
to act as the gatekeeper of the Tower of the Fifth.

There was no reason to fear that Man Li would try to steal any of the inheritances in the Tower of the
Fifth, as the true guardian of the place would be Semi-Progenitor Jiu Chi. On top of that, Liu Ye and Fei
Hua would also be hidden protectors of the tower.

Ku Lei glanced at the statue of Lu Yin before walking straight into the Tower of the Fifth without showing
any respect for the statue.

Right after Ku Lei entered the tower, Xing Kai jumped out of the water and also made his way into the
Tower of the Fifth.

After that, many other famous people entered the Tower of the Fifth one after the other, including
Yuhua Mavis. There were also various people who appeared who no one could name, and these people
were clearly older cultivators.

When one certain middle-aged man stepped onto the base of the tower, Man Li’s eyes finally opened.
"Do you know the rules?"
The middle-aged man looked at the lesser giant. "I do."

"Goal?"

The middle-aged man immediately answered, "The experience on how to obtain golden battle force."

He then proceeded to walk into the tower.

Several more people had already risen from the sea behind the man, and one of them was surprised to
see the middle-aged man enter the tower. "Isn't that Senior Guan?"

"Who?" Another person had no idea who that was.

The first person replied, "Senior Guan’s an Envoy from the Neoverse. He was asked to join the Hall of
Honor a few times, but he refused and insisted on remaining an independent cultivator."

"I know that there are very few independent cultivators who are able to become Envoys. I heard he
refused to join the Hall of Honor just to be able to remain unaffiliated because there are so many
independent cultivators who look up to him."

"That's right. That was him just now."

"I didn't think that even people like Senior Guan would come here. I have no idea what he might want.
The access each realm of cultivators have to the Tower of the Fifth is different, and Envoys have to deal
with a lot more restrictions. For one, they can’t interact with anyone who’s not an Envoy. Also, it seems
that they have to report which inheritance they are after, but even if they get it, the inheritance they
leave behind has to be one of sufficient value.”
"That's right. The Tower of the Fifth is pretty harsh on Envoys, but that’s only normal. Envoys are already
powerhouses in the Fifth Mainland, and it would be too much if they were allowed to enter the tower
and fight for everything in it without restrictions. Who would be able to compete with them? I wonder
what Senior Guan might be after."

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"Probably the golden battle force inheritance. There are rumors that he managed to become an Envoy
by gradually improving his battle force and using that. He’s an independent cultivator, so he doesn’t
have any powerful battle techniques or skills, so all he’s been able to rely on is his battle force."

"That's got to be it. I’ve never seen golden battle force before. Who knew that there was another level
beyond nine lined battle force? Let’s head on it. There’s information about battle force available on the
first floor of the tower, so maybe it will explain some things about the different levels."

"Right, let’s hurry up."

There were no age restrictions on who was allowed entry to the Tower of the Fifth. The lack of this
restriction was stated to be absent so that any cultivator would be able to gain strength from the tower.
Still, there were restrictions placed on the strength of those allowed entry, as well as how many times a
person could enter the Tower of the Fifth. All of this had been established by Wang Wen.

It was impossible to allow anyone to freely enter the Tower of the Fifth, and Envoys in particular were
given a great number of extra rules, as well as very different trials for the different inheritances.

Lu Yin was not afraid of people publicizing the inheritances they picked up from the Tower of the Fifth.
For starters, all of the inheritances were recorded onto slips of jade, so there was no written record of
anything. Second, people were selfish. Who would put forth all of the effort needed to pick up an
inheritance from the tower just to make it public?
A screen popped up just outside the Abyss of the Sea, and it showed what was happening inside the
Tower of the Fifth.

Every part of the tower was under surveillance. Fights to the death and murder were forbidden within
its walls. Lu Yin had established the tower for his own benefit and to strengthen the Great Eastern
Alliance, not to give other powers an opportunity.

For example, if the descendants of the Seven Courts worked together, who would be able to stand up to
them?

Additionally, any Envoy challenging the tower would be closely monitored, but there should not be any
Envoys entering quite yet.

Wait, there was an Envoy?

Lu Yin was surprised to see an Envoy had entered so quickly. He checked the man’s entrance on a part of
the display. The man was looking for the golden battle force?

Cultivating battle force was dependent on breaking free of certain restrictions that limited a person’s
heart. While it was possible to cultivate battle force in the Fifth Mainland, because it was common
knowledge that nine lined battle force was the limit, even determined people with strong wills were
unable to break past that level. If people did not know there was another level available, how could they
reach it?

Lu Yin had managed to surpass nine lined battle force because he had managed to prove himself
stronger than all of his peers, and he had not consciously done anything to break through to a higher
level of battle force. However, how many people throughout history were capable of matching such a
feat?

The middle-aged Envoy had likely achieved nine lined battle force long ago, which was why he hoped to
learn how to push on to obtain golden battle force.
The fact of the matter was that the Envoy only needed to acquire the introduction to battle force that
was available on the first floor of the tower, as that information included information about the
existence of aurelian force.

There was a great deal of information available on the first floor, and it covered topics like Aeternus, and
the histories of the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands. As Lu Yin had said when he had spoken in front of the
tower, he wanted the people who entered the tower to learn why humanity needed to raise their
overall strength.

The golden battle force inheritance was available up on the fifth floor of the tower. Theoretically, an
Envoy was plenty strong enough to reach that level, but climbing to a higher floor of the tower required
both strength and luck.

Most people who challenged the tower would first need to find the stairs to the next floor, and then
have the strength to climb it and break through the barrier that restricted each floor.

As Lu Yin was considering this, the screen showed Ku Lei inside the tower.

The unlucky young man had been the first person to enter the Tower of the Fifth, and he had also been
the first person to break through the barrier separating the first and second floors. His strength had
allowed him to easily step onto the second floor. At this moment, Ku Lei was about to challenge the
second barrier that blocked passage to the third floor. This was already a challenge some people would
never be able to see.

Right when Ku Lei was about to break through the barrier to the third floor, his body froze, as did space
around him. This was Ye Gui’s innate gift. This innate gift had caused Lu Yin a bit of suffering in the past,
and at this moment, Ku Lei needed to deal with it.

Ku Lei looked down to see sword qi mysteriously appear. It was powerful, and extremely fast. It was
actually stronger than some Enlighters’ attacks.
Still, the attack did not exceed the power of an Enlighter. A chill appeared in Ku Lei’s eyes, and lightning
flashed and instantly shattered the approaching sword qi in an instant.

At that same time, a person emerged from the void in front of Ku Lei and slapped out with a palm strike.
It was impossible to see what this person looked like, as they were entirely hidden within a universal
armor.

Ye Gui’s innate gift was not enough to keep Ku Lei trapped, and he turned to face his mysterious
opponent’s palm strike, and retaliated with a Finger Tap.

Finger Tap was not only a terrifyingly powerful attack, it was also able to eliminate a person’s
motivations and desire to fight.

There was a bang as the person was struck down by Ku Lei, but he let out a gasp as he watched the
person fall. The universal armor had not been broken?

Ku Lei was powerful enough that even his casual attacks were as strong as most Enlighters’ full-strength
attacks, and the fact that he had not been able to destroy the universal armor showed just how
impressive it was.

Hidden beneath the floor, Ye Gui let out a sharp breath as he looked up in surprise. This first challenger
was already so powerful? While Ye Gui knew that whoever was at the forefront had to be a talented
cultivator, this person had been so young that Ye Gui had not really cared about him. This had caused Ye
Gui to lose the advantage.

"Interesting." Ku Lei's body flickered, and only lightning could be seen in the air. His body was already on
the ground. He grabbed a hold of Ye Gui, and said, "Let me see who you are."

Ye Gui raised a hand, and a Money Bomb appeared that fired straight at Ku Lei.
Ku Lei casually swatted at the attack. A Money Bomb only had the firepower of an Enlighter with a
power level of about 200,000, which was no threat to Ku Lei. "You have a lot of toys."

At this moment, several more sword qi attacks appeared in the distance, and each one shot towards Ku
Lei.

The young man frowned and kicked Ye Gui away with a foot before turning to confront the sword qi
attacks. A hand rose, and lightning flashed. It tore through the sword qi, and Ku Lei waved a hand. A gust
of wind shot out with enough force to twist the void. It seemed that all of the sword qi attacks carried
the strength of an Enlighter, but where had it all come from? Why were there so many Enlighter
swordsmen?

Five more people appeared before Ku Lei, each of them wearing a universal armor.

As Ku Lei tore through the sword qi, these five people raised their hands in unison to reveal a Money
Bomb in each hand, and five Money Bombs blasted at Ku Lei.

Attacks with a power level of only 200,000 were not enough for Ku Lei to even care about, but he was
extremely concerned with the fact that these five people were only Explorers. Explorers were able to
use items to not only release explosions with the strength of an Enlighter’s attack, but could also
unleash sword qi attacks with the same level of strength? This was very odd.

"I want to see who you are." Ku Lei pointed out five fingers on a hand, and lightning shot out. Each bolt
of lightning pierced through the void and smashed into the five cultivators.

The universal armors were instantly torn open. Ku Lei possessed a level of strength that was on par with
the Ten Arbiters, which he had shown during the Astral Tower competition in the Mountains and Seas
Zone. He was able to defeat an average Enlighter with a power level of over 400,000. How could these
universal armors withstand his attacks?
Ku Lei shot towards the five people, only to watch as they raised their hands again and mysteriously
released five sword qi attacks.

Ku Lei's pupils shrank. How was this possible? They could release sword qi from their hands? What the
hell was this?

As far as Ku Lei was concerned, Explorers were nothing more than ants, and yet these strange universal
armors allowed such ants to not only endure his attacks, but also to retaliate. This flew in the face of
everything Ku Lei knew.

There was something off with these armors.

Ku Lei sternly shouted, "Leave me be!"

As he shouted, lightning wrapped around his body before shattering the approaching sword qi attacks,
and Ku Lei then grabbed his opponents.

Ye Gui felt frustrated. This was the strength of a Neoverse expert. Ye Gui and those with him were quite
good, but they could never be such a person’s opponents.

At this moment, the air in the distance filled with flames, and a phoenix’s cry rang out. Serati Phoenix
appeared, wielding the flames. The blaze clashed with the lightning, and the lightning was forced back.

Ku Lei stared at the young man who had just appeared. "Serati Phoenix? What is one of the Ten Arbiters
doing here?"

Serati Phoenix just gave a hint of a smile. "I’m one of the Tower of the Fifth’s trials.”
He was a member of the Phoenix clan, and his clan had already joined the Great Eastern Alliance. Wang
Wen had recruited Serati and many other members of the Great Eastern Alliance to act as examiners for
the trials in the Tower of the Fifth.

Star Odyssey Chapter 1990: Uncovering An Inheritance

Serati Phoenix’s words caused Ku Lei to sneer. "So that's how it is. In addition to the barriers here,
there’s also you people working as the trials in this Tower of the Fifth."

As he spoke, he glanced at the people behind Serati, and then over at Ye Gui. “So who are these people?
More from the Great Eastern Alliance?"

"Ku Lei, if you want to get an inheritance of the Tower of the Fifth, you must pass the trials in place. Are
you confident that you can defeat me?" Serati answered indifferently.

Ku Lei remained as disdainful as ever. "Lu Yin is such a hypocrite! While he puts on a show of using the
inheritances in this tower to improve the strength of humanity, he has you people here to stop us from
getting anything. Why didn’t he just send out the Second Nightking to stop me?"

Serati shook his head. "All prizes must be paid for. There will be people who benefit from the
inheritances in this Tower of the Fifth, and there will be others who leave with nothing. This is perfectly
normal. In particular, people like you who aim for the top floor alone, you’ll be forced to pass more
difficult challenges than normal."

"You want to stop me by yourself? Just try!" Ku Lei roared and lightning erupted, shooting straight for
Serati Phoenix.

A smile spread across Serati’s face as his flames surged through the air and clashed with the lightning.
Just outside the Abyss of the Sea, Lu Yin was observing everything on the display. There were certain
people who wanted to demand fairness, but fairness never existed anywhere. The Tower of the Fifth
was no different. There would be lucky people who would be able to easily grab an inheritance while
strolling along, while others would not be able to get one no matter how hard they tried. Ye Gui had
actually attacked just because he did not like the looks of Ku Lei. Lu Yin had not given any specific orders
to the man.

The Tower of the Fifth operated under its own rules to give out its inheritances, but it was clear that Ku
Lei wanted to break those rules. Thus, he needed to be driven out.

If the middle-aged Envoy had attempted to charge straight for the ninth floor, someone would have
appeared to stop him as well. However, the Envoy had proven himself to be quite smart, and he had
remained wandering about the first floor. If he was lucky, he would eventually find the stairs to the
second floor, and this was why no one would show up to stop the man from ascending.

However, once a person rose to the sixth floor or higher, things changed. At those levels, a price needed
to be paid for anyone to obtain an inheritance.

Lu Yin was able to observe a few weaknesses of the Lu Elite Troops through the brief exchange with Ku
Lei. While the soldiers were able to cross realms to challenge average cultivators with greater strength,
geniuses who had received excessive resources, such as Ku Lei, remained untouchable.

The defensive capabilities of the universal armors needed to be further improved, as it should take at
least an Envoy to break them.

Wang Wen had done quite well, as this was excellent training for the troops.

While Lu Yin was examining the Lu Elite Troops' weaknesses, he was ignorant to the fact that Ku Lei was
feeling extraordinarily frustrated at this moment.
Who was Ku Lei? He was one of the top geniuses of the Neoverse! He was a direct descendant of the
Seven Courts’ Ku family! He had been able to ignore even the Ten Arbiters. He stood above almost
everyone in his generation and could crush all, aside from his few peers.

However, he had not been able to quickly defeat an average Enlighter, albeit with an odd innate gift, and
five Explorers! They had even been able to counter attack during the brief battle! Such a situation would
have always been impossible to even consider, and yet he had just experienced such a fight.

More importantly, Ku Lei had not merely seen manufactured Realmbreakers, but the possibility of doing
such on a massive scale. All five of those people had worn the exact same universal armor and had
released the exact same attacks. What if there were not just a few people given such equipment, but
dozens, hundreds, or even thousands? Who would be able to fight against the Great Eastern Alliance?

The Great Eastern Alliance would be absolutely invincible beneath a certain level of individual power.

Despite being in the middle of fighting Serati Phoenix, Ku Lei was growing increasingly curious about his
former opponents.

Finally, he went ahead and asked.

"The Lu Elite Troops?" Ku Lei pulled back a full thousand meters, utterly shocked. Troops? An army?

Flames spread out behind Serati Phoenix. "That's right. They’re soldiers from the Lu Elite Troops, which
is an army composed entirely of cultivators at the Explorer realm or above. They’re one of the Great
Eastern Alliance’s strongest armies."

Ku Lei's eye twitched. "How many are in the army?"

A smile appeared on Serati's face. "Ask them yourself."

There was no reason to bother hiding the Lu Elite Troops. Making the army more well known was
actually another of Wang Wen's goals, as their fame would work as yet another deterrent to the various
powers in the Fifth Mainland, while also encouraging more people to enlist.

The entire focus of the Lu Elite Troops’ participation in the Tower of the Fifth was both training and
recruitment.

Lu Yin had no interest in watching the battle between Ku Lei and Serati Phoenix. The two had similar
levels of strength, though Ku Lei might hold the edge in a fair fight. However, Serati Phoenix had also
been outfitted with a universal armor that included the standard white smoke, Money Bomb, microarray
attacks, and more. There was no chance Ku Lei would be able to win.

Lu Yin had made the right decision to have Ban Jiu create the battle simulator after learning that the
microarray technology had been perfected in Aurora Fortress. The simulator had allowed the Lu Elite
Troops the opportunity to practice with the armors so that they were able to effectively use them as
soon as they obtained their new equipment. There was no need for a lengthy training program to adjust
to the new equipment.

Instead, Lu Yin’s attention was drawn elsewhere.

He focused on a scene from the first floor of the tower, where someone had already found an
inheritance.

There were numerous inheritances throughout the Tower of the Fifth, as how would the tower help to
enhance the strength of humanity itself if there were not enough opportunities available?

Lu Yin had been extremely generous. On the first floor alone, there were tens of thousands of copies of
the information about battle force, as well as thousands of copies providing 30 Stacks of the Overlaying
Stacks Path. Still, the most common things that could be found on the first floor of the tower were
hundreds of thousands of information packets that provided an introduction to the existence and
importance of tribulation crystals, Aeternus, and various details regarding the history of humanity. As
long as one’s luck was not terrible, nearly everyone who entered the tower would encounter these
information packets.

At this moment, the first person lucky enough to run into an actual inheritance had appeared, and they
had even stumbled upon the first level of the Cosmic Art.

The core inheritance on the first floor of the Tower of the Fifth was nothing less than the full first level of
the Cosmic Art, which would allow a person to simulate up to eight stars at full mastery. This exact
cultivation art had been what Lu Yin had relied on the most when he had first started cultivating. There
was no denying that he had benefited greatly over the years from learning the Cosmic Art.

This cultivation art could be useful to anyone who obtained it, even Hunters or Enlighters.

There were only a few hundred copies of the Cosmic Art scattered across the first floor of the tower, and
yet one of them had been found so quickly despite requiring a truly odd means of finding it: digging in
the dirt.

There was a man with a simple and honest looking face on the first floor of the Tower of the Fifth,
breathing heavily. He kept glancing down at a jade slip on the floor, and then in front of himself.

He was the lucky person who had discovered the first copy of the Cosmic Art by digging in the dirt. In
front of the man was a soldier from the Lu Elite Troops.

"Well, I dug that up, so let me have it, alright?" The simple-looking young man scratched his head as he
looked at the armored figure.

In front of him, the soldier was rather speechless. He was supposed to act as one of the inheritance
trials, and he was responsible for guarding this copy of the Cosmic Art. The copy had been stored on a
slip of jade that would move about randomly beneath the ground, and the soldier remained hiding
beneath the slip of jade. His task was to challenge and attack whoever found the jade.
Not all of the inheritances actually had trials that needed to be passed. Was the man who had found the
first copy of the Cosmic Art lucky or unlucky? The soldier could not decide.

It was unbelievable that the man had been able to find an inheritance by randomly digging in the
ground, which could only be seen as lucky, and yet there was no possibility of the man passing the trial
to actually obtain the inheritance. Was this lucky or unlucky?

"Just leave. You can’t get this inheritance," the soldier said rather sympathetically.

The simple-looking young man shrugged. He possessed a rather impressive level of strength for his age.
He was already an Explorer, and had even managed to be ranked within the top fifty of the current Top
100 Rankings. This was the strength that had allowed him to travel to the Tower of the Fifth.

The armored figure before the young man was smoking, and though he did not know what that smoke
meant, the person in the armor seemed powerful, and their absolute confidence was disturbing.

He could not afford to give in to fear, as there was an inheritance right in front of him! If he did not fight,
he would regret it for the rest of his life.

"I want to try." The young man shot towards the soldier while taking out a large net from his cosmic ring
that was thrown forward. The net was absolutely covered with what looked to be shellfish. The young
man had picked this net up at an auction, and each of the shells could release a powerful suction force
that made it very difficult to escape the net once a person fell into its range. If someone was caught
within the net, how would they be able to fight back?

The net was massive, but the result surprised the young man. He had used this same trick many times
before, and it was extremely difficult for Explorers to break free of the net.

However, the soldier did not even want to run away. When he saw that the net was about to fall on him,
his white smoke filled the air before him and stopped the net. The soldier then took a few quick steps,
moving so quickly that the young man was not even able to see where the soldier had gone.
The young man was startled; this person was so fast?

This was the speed provided by the newly designed universal armor. They allowed the users to move at
a speed that Explorers could not even track, even if they were in the top fifty of the Top 100 Rankings.

Boom

The honest-looking young man was caught off guard when a punch landed on his back. It even carried
three Stacks, as many of the soldiers in the Lu Elite Troops had trained in the Overlaying Stacks Path.

The blow sent the young man to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood as he fell. He felt as though
his body was about to break apart.

The soldier stood quietly where he was. "I already told you that you can’t get this inheritance."

Outside the Abyss of the Sea, Lu Yin's eyes were blazing. He had already found out who that young man
was as he had checked as soon as possible.

This exchange proved that not even the talented youths in the top fifty of the Top 100 Rankings were
able to fight against the Explorers in the Lu Elite Troops, which was very reassuring for Lu Yin to see.

The young man bared his teeth as he looked up at the soldier from the dirt. He had been defeated
without this armored figure even using any battle techniques. "Who are you? You’re someone with a
high status in the Great Eastern Alliance, right? To think that an elite from the Lu Elite Troops was sent
to guard this inheritance. Your leader is certainly excessive."

A cold light glinted in the eyes of the soldier. "Don't talk about our leader so flippantly. I’m just a soldier;
one of the basic grunts."
The young man sneered at this answer; A grunt? Who’d believe that! You’re clearly an expert, probably
a hidden one, and your cultivation is definitely more than being an Explorer. Given your strength, you
might even be one of the heirs from a big sect or something. However, I’m not weak!

At this time, three people appeared some distance away, making their way closer. The young man saw
the people, and he quickly called out to them, "Hey, you guys! Get over here! There’s an inheritance!"

The three far-off people had simply been curious about the fight, but after hearing the young man’s
words, they glanced at each other and hurried closer.

There were two men and a woman, all Cruisers. These people were not youths, but did not seem to be
very old, either.

The moment they saw the jade slip on the ground, their eyes lit up.

"That's the inheritance! The first floor’s core inheritance! We can get it if we work together to defeat
this person." The young man was no idiot, and he immediately tried to get the three people to attack
the armored figure.

The two men and the woman all warily measured the soldier from the Lu Elite Troops. "Who are you?"

Despite being confronted by three Cruisers, the soldier was still fearless. "I’m the guardian of this
inheritance. It will only be yours if you can defeat me."

"Attack!" one of the men yelled, without any hesitation. These three were from the Neoverse, and they
believed themselves to be superior to people from other regions of the Fifth Mainland. They were
already dismissing the young man who had called them over, and the three of them planned to take the
inheritance for themselves after defeating the soldier.
The universal armor increased the soldier’s speed to a level that even the three Cruisers struggled to
keep track of their opponent. Still, they had much better success than the young man. At the very least,
they would not go down easily.

Lu Yin watched everything, becoming more and more invested in the situation. An Explorer from the Lu
Elite Troops was using his new armor to battle three Cruisers. Obtaining a victory would not be difficult,
as the armor included microarrays and Money Bombs, but those sorts of attacks were too powerful to
use in the current situation and would cause casualties. Lu Yin was eager to see the effectiveness of the
armor in a battle without all of the provided boosts.

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Star Odyssey Chapter 1991: Request

Cruisers from the Neoverse were not weak, especially when three of them worked together to watch
every direction. Regardless of how quickly the soldier from the Lu Elite Troops could move, he would not
be able to get behind these three people, which hamstrung his combat strength. His best option was to
use the white smoke to incapacitate the three Cruisers, which simply led to a draw.

The soldier had wanted to use his Money Bombs to deal with these Cruisers, but had been ordered not
to. He had no choice but to try his best with what he was allowed to use.

None of the four people noticed that the young man had already disappeared, and by the time they did
notice, it was already far too late.

The three Cruisers and the soldier were all stunned.

The soldier was especially startled, as he discovered that his hiding place had disappeared.
There should have been a hollow stone in the ground, which was his base while within the Tower of the
Fifth. He was supposed to remain hidden within it until challenging someone who found a jade slip, but
even if the soldier lost and the jade slip was taken, new ones would be added to the first floor of the
tower, and so his job would continue. His job was to be the trial to obtain a jade slip.

It turned out that the young man who had such an honest face had hidden within the hollow stone. That
stone was made to move about randomly, so it had taken the young man away, along with the hollow
rock and the jade slip.

The three Cruisers were absolutely furious. "Who was that bastard?"

"I saw that he’s ranked forty-seventh on the Innerverse’s Top 100 Rankings. Apparently he’s rather
famous around the Abyss of the Sea."

"We’re going to find him! He actually had the balls to trick us!"

The soldier from the Lu Elite Troops was rather dumbfounded, but with the inheritance gone, there was
no longer any reason to fight.

The soldier watched the Cruisers leave and wondered where he was supposed to go.

Lu Yin found the whole thing hilarious. That young man had a face that looked so simple and honest, but
the youth was actually quite cunning and his appearance was rather deceptive.

This was only to be expected of someone capable of entering the Innerverse’s Top 100 Rankings.

The young man had been thrown into an impossible situation, and yet he had managed to get out of it.
This had been through a combination of luck and intelligence, but it had given him the first level of the
Cosmic Art, which would allow him to go farther than ever before. It was possible that he might become
someone famous in the entire Human Domain in a few more years.
A short while later, the young man burst up out of the ground. He glanced around, but found no one. He
let out a sigh of relief and took off.

He excitedly checked the jade slip he had picked up. His eyes glittered, despite not knowing what the
jade actually held. Realizing this, he quickly pushed some star energy into the jade, only for a strange
expression to appear on his face.

The teachings of a half-master?

He had learned from the jade slip that it held the first level of the Cosmic Art, but that if he wanted to
obtain it, he first needed to accept that receiving Lu Yin’s teachings made Lu Yin a half-master to the
recipient. Essentially, by learning the Cosmic Art, the young man was acknowledging Lu Yin as his half-
master.

After a moment or two to think about it, the young man grinned. "A half-master is a half-master. It’s
true that I got the inheritance from him, and-”

The young man had no desire to leave the Tower of the Fifth so quickly. The place held too many
inheritances, and he wanted to explore it and fight for more. Maybe make his way up to the second
floor, where the Ce family’s Seven Swords and the First Sword from the Sword Sect’s Thirteen Swords
could be found. There was so much available in the tower.

In addition to accepting Lu Yin as a half-master, the young man also left behind one of his own battle
techniques. This was another of the rules of the Tower of the Fifth: take an inheritance and leave one
behind.

The young man’s heart ached a bit as he looked at where he had buried a bamboo slip. After a moment,
he shook his head and put it out of his mind.
Given the fact that he was in the top fifty of the Top 100 Rankings, the young man had not left behind a
weak inheritance. It was impossible to know who would find it and take it from the Tower of the Fifth.

In the sea outside the Abyss of the Sea, Lu Yin’s attention shifted away. The young man had
acknowledged Lu Yin as a half-master and had also left behind an inheritance of his own. The Tower of
the Fifth had officially started fulfilling its task of strengthening the Fifth Mainland.

As soon as Yuhua Mavis entered the Tower of the Fifth, her eyes flickered and she started moving with a
speed that far surpassed what most Enlighters were capable of. She snatched up a jade slip with a hand,
but it only held information about cultivating battle force.

It seemed like learning the cultivation of battle force did not have the requirements to acknowledge Lu
Yin as a half-master, or to leave an inheritance of their own behind.

Yuhua Mavis had already visited the Perennial World, and so she was already aware that there were
levels of battle force above nine lines, but this jade slip did not hold any information regarding how to
reach such levels, and that was what she was searching for.

She opened her hand and dropped the jade slip. She then looked up towards the second floor. She
jumped up and easily entered the second floor, and also casually continued on to the third floor without
any difficulty.

But right when Yuhua Mavis was about to continue on to the fourth floor, something appeared to block
her path: arrows shot at her from far away.

Yuhua Mavis avoided the attacks. When she observed her attacker, he seemed to be a lesser giant
Enlighter with a power level of more than 400,000.

Yuhua Mavis had neither the desire to fight the lesser giant, nor to rush upwards to the fourth floor. She
was happy to just wander about the third floor.
Only a few days had passed since the Tower of the Fifth had opened, and yet already over 10,000 people
had entered the tower. More than a hundred inheritances had also been picked up by various people.

Additionally, public knowledge of the Tower of the Fifth had greatly increased, and the strength that the
soldiers of the Lu Elite Troops could exhibit with their equipment had roused the envy of countless
people. Many people were already eager to get such equipment for themselves and were eager to join
the Great Eastern Alliance.

Some people had already received the Cosmic Art, and they had exhibited a noticeable increase in
strength. The most visible example of this was the young man who had picked up a copy of the Cosmic
Art first. He had been ranked forty-seventh on the Top 100 Rankings, and yet he had already defeated
the fortieth ranked person, which had boosted his rankings by nearly ten places, which was
unbelievable.

Other people had picked up some of the star essence available in the tower, as well as the Overlaying
Stacks inheritances, and much more.

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As all of this had happened, some people had also acknowledged Lu Yin as their half-master.

This particular detain had triggered intense debates on the network. There were people who felt that Lu
Yin was going too far by asking to be acknowledged as a half-master. He had indeed established the
Tower of the Fifth to strength the entire Fifth Mainland, which had gained him the admiration of
countless people and the support and recognition of the Hall of Honor. Still, asking to be seen as a half-
master was too much, as far as these people were concerned.

There were others who felt that Lu Yin was perfectly entitled to such an honor. Not everyone who
possessed or acquired inheritances was willing to share them with others, but the inheritances that Lu
Yin had donated to the Tower of the Fifth would strengthen numerous people, and that number would
only rise as time passed.
The other matter that had incited the most attention was actually the information from the ancient
times that Lu Yin had made available. The people of the Fifth Mainland had already learned that there
were forms of battle force above nine lines, as well as the spirit manifestation and the void god realms
of mastery of a domain. Even more importantly was the fact that people had learned that humanity’s
greatest enemy was not the Astral Beast Domain, nor was it the Technocracy, but Aeternus.

The Hall of Honor made no moves to suppress this spread of information. In the past, the Aeternals had
been a distant threat, and thus the Hall of Honor had not wanted most people to worry about such
matters, and so the information had been kept restricted. However, the Progenitor of Secret Arts’
betrayal had changed everything. No one knew how long the Aeternals would be kept in the Starfall Sea
despite the countless people who had been stationed there to defend the sole passage.

Disaster would befall the Fifth Mainland as soon as the defenses in the Starfall Sea fell. It had become
better for people to learn the truth so that they would be aware of the approaching danger.

The Tower of the Fifth was not only intended to strengthen humanity, but also to educate them and
expand the perspective of the people of the Fifth Mainland so that they would become aware of some
of the truths of the universe.

The completion of the Tower of the Fifth introduced a new era to the Fifth Mainland. Ignorance had
become a thing of the past, and humanity needed to be aware of the crisis they faced so that they could
prepare for the difficulties facing them.

During this new era, humanity would either be eradicated, or they would rise to new heights.

The greater the crisis, the more potential that could be forced out.

Another half a month passed. Lu Yin had no idea what was happening at Sky Creation Academy. It was
possible that another agreement had already been reached!
The second batch of the universal armors had been delivered during this time as well. Production had
sped up a bit, though not by much. Lu Yin was given almost 200 new sets of armor.

The Mother Tree’s bark that had been acquired from Leaf King had been enough to produce tens of
thousands of the new armors, which would be enough to equip the Great Eastern Alliance’s entire Lu
Elite Troops.

Unfortunately, Lu Yin had been too optimistic about things. It was impossible for him to keep all of the
best things for himself. There were already a debate raging online over whether or not Lu Yin should be
acknowledged as a half-master to those who acquired his inheritances from the Tower of the Fifth, and
more and more people had started objecting to the matter. After that picked up momentum, Lu Yin
received a call from Zi Jing. She reached out to Lu Yin to ask him about the Lu Elite Troops’ new armor,
and particularly about the microarrays that were incorporated in them.

Lu Yin had already known that he would not be able to monopolize the microarray technology for very
long. There was no chance that the Hall of Honor would do nothing after they learned of it. No matter
what, it was a technology that could change an era.

Zi Jing's call had only happened because Arch-Elder Zen had asked her to.

Reluctantly, Lu Yin went ahead and called Arch-Elder Zen on his own.

"No wonder. So this is the culmination of Aurora Enterprises’ years of dedicated research?", Arch-Elder
Zen sighed. Naturally, he had been aware of the fact that Aurora Enterprises had been running a secret
research project, but he had not known any of the details of the matter.

Lu Yin said, "Microarray technology is able to bring about a new era, though there’s a serious shortage
of the required materials."

"Then it needs to be used where it will be of the best use, such as dealing with outside enemies," the old
man replied.
Lu Yin’s thoughts were the same, though the two men were thinking about different enemies. Arch-
Elder Zen had to be referring to Aeternus, while Lu Yin had been thinking about the Perennial World.

"Lu Yin, do you have any idea how many people have gathered to defend the passage to the Starfall
Sea? All of those people have only one mission: do whatever it takes to stop the Aeternals from entering
the Fifth Mainland," Arch-Elder Zen said softly.

Lu Yin said, "Arch-Elder Zen, I understand what you’re saying, but microarray technology hasn’t been
perfected quite yet. Even if all of those defenders are decked out with microarrays, it won’t be
anywhere near enough."

"I’ve already learned that tens of thousands of microarrays can be made with the materials that are in
Aurora Fortress, and that means tens of thousands of defenders can soon be capable of releasing four
attacks with the power of an Enlighter. Those are numbers that can wipe out a tremendous number of
Aeternus’s corpse kings. Lu Yin, it’s most important that the bigger picture be focused on. I will promise
you that your contribution of these microarrays will be enough for my Hall of Honor to protect your
Great Eastern Alliance. You want these microarrays to strengthen your Great Eastern Alliance, but this is
a strength that my Hall of Honor can utilize better," the old man replied.

Lu Yin frowned, but could not think of anything to say to counter what the Semi-Progenitor was saying.
Lu Yin could not say anything about the fact that the Perennial World was about to invade, and it was
even more impossible for him to admit that he did not trust the Fifth Mainland not to hand him over to
the Perennial World.

Lu Yin believed that he had to have gratitude, but he also felt it was best to always prepare for the worst
possible outcome.

"At this time, a rule has been implemented in the Fifth Mainland that all of the best equipment needs to
be sent to the Starfall Sea. Once Aeternus comes, that place will be our first line of defense, and they
will also be the first to die," Arch-Elder Zen continued.
"I know of your agreement with Aurora Fortress, so my Hall of Honor will buy the armors from you."

Lu Yin sighed. "I understand."

Arch-Elder Zen nodded. "Thank you."

Lu Yin had done enough that it truly was proper for the old man to express his thanks.

"However, the best way to use the microarrays is with the new universal armor that have been
developed. The Lu Elite Troops have spent several months training to use their new armors. Even if the
universal armors are sent to the defense forces in the Starfall Sea, they won’t be able to use them.
Because of this, I’ve already asked Ban Jiu to share the training simulator with the defense force so that
the defenders can have a few months to train and prepare for the new equipment. During this time, the
armors that are produced will continue to be shipped here to the Tower of the Fifth. How does that
sound?" Lu Yin countered. He was hoping to buy a bit of time, and even just a few months should be
enough. The Perennial World would not be able to wait longer than that.

Arch-Elder Zen could not understand Lu Yin's intentions. Was there any reason to buy a few more
months?

"If you insist, that will be fine." Arch-Elder Zen was already feeling rather bad for Lu Yin because of what
he was having to do to the young man, and this minor request would not make any difference. Aeternus
would not be able to break through during these few months, and even if the defenders had the
universal armors, it would not benefit them at all. The armors were only of use to cultivators beneath
the Enlighter realm, but they were not at all easy to adapt to.

On top of that, even the addition of the universal armors would not change much on that battlefield. It
was impossible to gain the upper hand against the Aeternals. Still, every little bit added up.
Arch-Elder Zen was right, and regardless of whether it was the Fifth Mainland or the Sixth Mainland, all
of the best equipment and medicines were given a priority status and sent to the Starfall Sea. This was
the new rule.

Star Odyssey Chapter 1992: Attitude

Right when the old man was about to hang up, Arch-Elder Zen remembered something else. "One more
thing; someone has mentioned their opinion about you being treated as a half-master to the people
benefiting from the Tower of the Fifth."

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Lu Yin's heart dropped. The tower had only been open for half a month, and yet even Arch-Elder Zen
had already become concerned about this matter. "Who?"

"Xia Ji."

Lu Yin instantly had a headache. It would be useless if almost anyone else objected to Lu Yin’s actions
and wanted to make trouble, but Xia Ji was different. He was a Semi-Progenitor.

"Senior, are you asking this junior to stop asking for those who receive my inheritances to treat me as a
half-master?" Lu Yin asked.

Arch-Elder Zen smiled. "That had been my intention, but you just agreed to donate tens of thousands of
universal armors, so I’ll handle this for you."

Lu Yin was surprised. "You’ll handle it for me, Senior?"

Arch-Elder Zen sighed. "Throughout human history, who else has selflessly offered up the inheritances
that they have gathered? Founding this Tower of the Fifth is similar to when the Daosource Sect was
created in ancient times. Its existence acts as an incredible benefit to mankind. So what if it involves a
relationship of a mere half-master to those who benefit from the inheritances."

Lu Yin had not anticipated to receive an unexpected benefit. He had not planned on giving away the
universal armors, and it would be impossible to ask Arch-Elder Zen to return the armors when the
Perennial World invaded, which had been why Lu Yin had already been scheming to find a way to keep
the armors, which was why he had tried to delay the delivery by a few months.

This development made Lu Yin feel a bit uncomfortable about his plotting.

No, forget it. If the Fifth Mainland did not turn on him, then the armors would all be given to the Hall of
Honor after the matter with the Perennial World was resolved.

"Thank you, Senior," Lu Yin replied while feeling torn.

Arch-Elder Zen just laughed. "Your existence is creating more and more changes to the universe. Let’s
assume that the incident with Leaf King never even happened."

Lu Yin remained calm. He had already known that this matter could never be kept hidden from Arch-
Elder Zen. "Thank you, Senior."

"However, I do want to remind you that Shamrock Enterprise can’t change. They are the largest supplier
of medicines to the Starfall Sea, and those shipments cannot stop," Arch-Elder Zen warned in a serious
manner.

Lu Yin replied, "This junior understands. The absence of Leaf King will be the only change that Shamrock
Enterprise will experience. There is no need for you to worry about this, Senior."
"That's good."

With that, Arch-Elder Zen hung up.

Lu Yin lowered his arm and stared up at the sky. The attitude that Arch-Elder Zen had demonstrated had
made Lu Yin feel more confident in the Fifth Mainland. He desperately hoped he would not be forced to
use his last resort.

However, Xia Ji was going to remain a huge problem.

Lu Yin's eyes grew cold. He needed to deal with this issue permanently, but only a Semi-Progenitor could
hope to deal with a Semi-Progenitor.

From the moment Lu Yin had first started cultivating, he had offended countless people as he had raised
his strength. He had become extremely skilled at diverting problems.

At the moment, Xia Ji, much like the Daynight clan in the past, possessed enough strength to leave Lu
Yin without any strength to resist. However, a lack of strength did not mean that there was no way to
handle such an issue.

A figure emerged from the void just outside the Tower of the Fifth. Their appearance caused many of
the people swimming through the Abyss of the Sea to look up; how dare anyone break the rules of the
Tower of the Fifth?

Man Li’s eyes opened, a dangerous light igniting in their depths.

However, the person in the sky did not land on the tower’s base, but instead raised a hand and threw
out something that landed close to the Tower of the Fifth. Then, the man simply turned and left.
Shortly after that, the first name appeared on the Inheritance Ranking: De Yi. He had offered up a battle
technique known as Lightning Sealing Technique.

De Yi was the first name to appear on the Inheritance Ranking. This was not because no one had wanted
to get their name listed, but because none of the donated battle techniques had been of a high enough
quality to justify such a thing.

Not just any battle technique that was offered to the Tower of the Fifth could get a person’s name on
the Inheritance Ranking.

After being evaluated, De Yi’s Lightning Sealing Technique was determined to be no less valuable than
the Ce family’s Middle Sky Technique. The technique was quite famous throughout the Cosmic Sea, as
even Highsage Leon had taken note of it before.

De Yi was similarly famous for being an independent cultivator in the Cosmic Sea who was at the cusp of
becoming an Envoy.

Getting one’s name on the Inheritance Ranking of the Tower of the Fifth was incredibly appealing, but
very few people were willing to freely share their own inheritance. Doing so took a tremendous amount
of courage, and on top of that, even if someone was willing, their donation might not qualify to get their
name on the Inheritance Ranking.

Lightning Sealing Technique was the first battle technique to qualify for an entry on the Inheritance
Ranking.

Countless people focused on the name De Yi.

Highsage Leon stood on the deck of one of his warships and stared at De Yi’s back as the man
disappeared into the distance. Leon had actually tried to recruit the man in the past, but unfortunately,
De Yi was dedicated to protecting the island where he had been born, and he was unwilling to join up
with any organization at all. The man was quite stubborn, which was a pity. Having the man join Leon’s
Armada would have eventually given them yet another Envoy.

Things continued in the Tower of the Fifth; people found and received inheritance, others passed
various trials, and the first name and battle technique had appeared on the Inheritance Ranking. With
the help and support of Arch-Elder Zen, Lu Yin was able to withstand all of the various pressures from
the outside world, and everything was proceeding apace according to plan.

It was at this time, unbeknownst to anyone, that Wang Si arrived at Sky Creation Academy.

A few months had passed since Lu Yin had Possessed White Sage’s body and attacked and killed some of
the people in the first batch to arrive in the Fifth Mainland from the Perennial World. He had even
managed to eliminate Wang Yun, which had instigated further friction between Sky Creation Academy
and the Perennial World, stalling the invasion for several additional months.

However, Wang Si had arrived as part of the second batch of the invasion force to be sent to Sky
Creation Academy. Her appearance demonstrated the four ruling powers’ determination to kill Lu
Xiaoxuan, as well as take the inheritances in Burial Garden and intimidate the Forsaken Land with a
show of absolute power.

No matter what happened, the four ruling powers were not longer willing to delay. They had been
waiting for too long already.

Lu Yin was soon informed of Wang Si’s arrival, as First Edition City sent him a message.

Lu Yin lowered his gadget and took a deep breath. The expected event had finally come. Wang Si’s
arrival meant that the four ruling powers’ full-force invasion would soon be sent, and they would
immediately start pressuring the Fifth Mainland to turn Lu Yin over to them.

Lu Yin looked up to stare at the sky. Would the Fifth Mainland offer him up?
Lu Yin had spent a tremendous amount of effort preparing for this day. He had moved to fight a war
against the Astral Beast Domain, built the Tower of the Fifth, helped to eliminate much of the
Neohuman Alliance’s power, helped develop new universal armors, and more. Everything he had done
had been in preparation for this day, and it had finally arrived.

Lu Yin had no idea how the Fifth Mainland would choose to react.

It was only at this moment that Lu Yin realized that all of his preparations were still not enough. Could
the Fifth Mainland gather the will to fight against the Perennial World just because of what Lu Yin had
done for the Fifth Mainland? Would the Tower of the Fifth be enough to counter the pressure the four
ruling powers would bring to bear on the Human Domain? That was not certain.

People always needed to rely on themselves, so it was important to act first.

"Initiate the plan," Lu Yin spoke three words into his gadget.

...

The Innerverse’s Erudite Flowzone was ruled by the Wen family.

This flowzone was the only one of the eight great flowzones to still not join the Great Eastern Alliance,
and they had managed to endure a great deal of pressure from the Great Eastern Alliance.

Wen Zizai received daily reports informing him that Erudite Flowzone cultivators were constantly being
harassed by people from the Great Eastern Alliance. Erudite Flowzone had been completely cut off from
the rest of the Innerverse. Trade, finance, supplies, nothing at all could be sent to or from Erudite
Flowzone. No one was allowed to cross the border.

Every single member of the Wen family was nervous, as they all felt as though they were surrounded by
wolves. Even the Mavis Bank had moved to settle the Wen family’s accounts.
Wen Zizai was personally sweeping the grounds. It was impossible to know what thoughts were in the
man’s head.

The Wen family’s Han Lao and Lu Jing stood atop a distant mountain, and one of them let out a sigh. "I
don't know how much longer the Wen family can hold out."

Lu Jing was a scholar who was part of the Wen family, though he had a primeval surname. The Lu
surname was rare in the Fifth Mainland, but this man had no connection at all to Lu Yin. “The Great
Eastern Alliance has grand ambitions, and they already have a powerful connection with Highsage Leon.
That means that they must already have their sights on the Neoverse, but the Wen family must join
them before they move on the Neoverse, or else there’s no telling what sort of tragic fate awaits them."

Han Lao frowned. "The Daynight clan was Lu Yin’s enemy, and they were almost wiped out. Now, that
ancient powerhouse the Second Nightking himself acts as Lu Yin’s bodyguard and is treated as basically
a slave. The Divine Venom Dynasty’s emperor tried to act against Lu Yin, only to be taken to the
Interstellar Supreme Court to be interrogated. He’s been sent to the Starfall Sea, and he will never be
able to return to his position as emperor. On top of that, the Divine Venom Dynasty has officially joined
the Great Eastern Alliance. No one in the Innerverse can avoid becoming part of the Great Eastern
Alliance, and that includes the Wen family."

"The patriarch has his own plans. It’s possible that he just wants to get a better deal."

"The layered Literary Prison?"

"That depends on whether or not Lu Yin is willing to negotiate."

Han Lao looked away and coincidentally saw something odd. "That’s Wen Zhaocheng."
Lu Jing followed the other man’s gaze, and saw Wen Zhaocheng bent over in the shadow of a distant
mountain. He was bowing to a young man whom both Han Lao and Lu Jing had met before, but he was
just an ordinary disciple of the Wen family who had a different surname

The two old men glanced at each other to see similar wariness and surprise in each other’s eyes.
Something about this scene was wrong.

In the distance, after another half an hour, Wen Zhaocheng turned and left, and the other young man
took his leave as well. At that moment, Han Lao took action and captured the young man, startling him.
When he saw that he had been captured by Han Lao, the young man’s pupils shrank. "Elder?"

Han Lao stared at the young man. "Who are you? Why are you able to command Wen Zhaocheng?"

The young man looked at Elder Han with confusion. "I don't know what you are speaking of, Elder."

Han Lao frowned. "You’re still wanting to play dumb?”

Suddenly, a thought occurred to the old man, and his eyes instantly widened. “You’ve been sent by Lu
Yin, haven’t you?"

The young man rolled his eyes and lifted his head. "Exactly. This disciple belongs to Alliance Leader Lu.
Elder Han, the Wen family had shown that they’re determined to not submit to the Great Eastern
Alliance. Wen Zhaocheng and I know each other, and we’ve already reached an agreement. You need to
stop being delusional; Alliance Leader Lu isn’t going to let things slide."

Han Lao's expression fell. If this person really did belong to Lu Yin, he would refer to Lu Yin as “our
alliance leader,” not “Alliance Leader Lu.” This was a simple difference, but it showed how a person
subconsciously viewed Lu Yin. This young man had referred to Lu Yin as “Alliance Leader Lu” twice,
which was not right.
Lu Yin appeared from the distance. "Someone’s controlling Wen Zhaocheng. His expressions are stiff,
and he’s clearly been poisoned. There’s something wrong with this youth you’ve captured."

As soon as the man finished speaking, the youth attacked Han Lao. "Celestial Being Shows the Way."

A wave of Han Lao's hand tore the young man's arm apart, and his body slammed against the side of the
mountain where he spat out blood. The young man gritted his teeth as he glared at Han Lao. "You dare
attack me? Alliance Leader Lu won’t let you go! Your Wen family will be buried with me!”

After shouting his threat, the young man’s eyes turned dim and he crumpled to the ground.

Lu Jing hurried over. "Not good!"

He picked the young man up by his neck, but the youth was already dead.

"Poison. The kid was only an Explorer, and he wasn’t able to last for even a second."

Han Lao approached. "I didn't think Lu Yin would already have a mole planted within the Wen family."

"You really think this was Lu Yin?" Lu Jing retorted.

Han Lao frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Let's report this to the patriarch first."

One day later, Wen Zizai, Han Lao, and Lu Jing were confronting Wen Zhaocheng.
Wen Zhaocheng looked completely confused. "Patriarch, why am I here?"

"Do you remember what happened yesterday?" Wen Zizai stared intently at Wen Zhaocheng as he
asked the question.

Wen Zhaocheng shook his head, but then frowned. "Yesterday? I had a dream. Three words kept
repeating over and over."

"What were they?" Han Lao asked.

Wen Zhaocheng hesitated a moment. "Celestial Frost Sect."