Star Odyssey Chapter 3277: The Past

Chapter 3277: The Past

Lu Yin arrived back at the entrance of the palace and swept his domain across all of Burial Garden. This place could no longer hide anything from Lu Yin, and most of the wandering corpses were gone. Without them, certain areas, such as the mountains of tea bushes, looked quite beautiful.

Lu Yin’s domain instantly exposed everything useful to him.

Scythe fragments, humanoid sourceboxes, and other items all surfaced.

Soon, Lu Yin held all of the fragments of the G.o.d of Death’s scythe in his hands.

A black light swept over Burial Garden, carrying the cold bloodl.u.s.t that was unique to death energy. All of the creatures that felt the energy shuddered.

Even the people who were outside of Burial Garden or in the Immemorial Citadel sensed the energy.

Lu Yuan and his companions looked towards Burial Garden in surprise, and then excitement covered their faces as they all entered Burial Garden together, where they found Lu Yin.

"Little Seven, is that Blackie's weapon?" Lu Yuan asked.

Faced with several of the Three Realms and Six Daos, Lu Yin just nodded silently and handed the G.o.d of Death's scythe to them.

The G.o.d of Death had taught Lu Yin, and he had even saved his life, but for the Three Realms and Six Daos, the G.o.d of Death was part of their family. It was more fitting for them to keep his weapon.

Far below the Immemorial Citadel, the Origin Progenitor's eyes looked up at the scythe in Burial Garden, and he sighed. "All of them are such good children."

There was a complicated expression on Lu Yin’s face. He had expected to find the G.o.d of Death’s remains in Burial Garden. Someone had once claimed that the G.o.d of Death’s body had been dismembered and scattered throughout Burial Garden, but Lu Yin had not been able to find anything.

He really wanted to see the G.o.d of Death again. Lu Yin looked at Lu Yuan and the others, who were all muttering among themselves. He knew they were even more eager to learn that the G.o.d of Death had survived than Lu Yin.

Later, the scythe was returned to Lu Yin, as he had cultivated death energy. He had inherited the G.o.d of Death’s power, which meant that it was better for him to use the scythe rather than bury it.

After leaving Burial Garden, Lu Yin went to visit the black Mother Tree.

The Megalith and the Pridebeast were still holding onto the tree.

When they saw Lu Yin, both of the behemoths gave him simultaneous thumbs-ups.

"Good job," Lu Yin complimented.

Both beasts grinned widely, revealing bright white teeth that shone in the light.

However, as soon as the Megalith started grinning and bared its teeth, its energy-devouring ability activated, which created a small stir near the Immemorial Citadel, though things quickly calmed back down.

When the creature saw Lu Yin’s disapproving look, it quickly and frantically gave him another thumbs-up.

The Pridebeast joined in with its own frantic thumbs-up. The two creatures were clearly supporting each other.

Lu Yin had no time to bother with the two and simply started absorbing divine energy from the black Mother Tree.

According to True G.o.d, the black Mother Tree was from the Spirit Nidus. Yong Heng had injured himself in order to move the tree to the Immemorial Citadel’s battlefield before starting the final battle. This demonstrated that the tree had to have a significant purpose.

The more the Aeternals wanted to protect something, the more Lu Yin wanted to destroy it.

Destroying the tree was the right choice.

Besides, Lu Yin was in dire need of more divine energy.

He released his inner universe and started to absorb the black Mother Tree’s divine energy.

The process was much, much faster than in the past. The black Mother Tree withered visibly, and its branches started to fall off, one after another, as cracks opened up along the trunk.

There was a loud crack, and the Pridebeast looked down at its hand, which had sunk into the tree’s trunk. The beast had not even used any strength; how could the tree have become so weak?

On the other side of the tree, the Megalith plunged headfirst into the black Mother Tree, with only its tail left wagging outside.

The Pridebeast moved over and pulled the Megalith out. The two enormous creatures exchanged bewildered looks.

The star of divine energy in Lu Yin’s inner universe spun, growing larger, darker, and redder as it expanded and took up more of the universe.

From the distance, Wu Tian and the others watched.

"Absorbing divine energy like that won’t hurt him, right?"

"It shouldn’t."

"Pillar is already able to fight Yong Heng directly. How could Yong Heng’s power affect him?"

Deep beneath the Immemorial Citadel, the Origin Progenitor watched as Lu Yin absorbed the divine energy. "Old Mu, you're not going to stop him?"

"He is following his own path," Mister Mu replied.

The Origin Progenitor remained concerned. "If he absorbs too much of Yong Heng’s power, it might affect him."

"No power can escape the limits of the megaverse," Mister Mu replied.

"You’re really laid back."

Bark continued to flake off of the black Mother Tree. Its branches had already all fallen off. There was a loud crash as the ma.s.sive tree split in two, revealing a hollow trunk that should have been filled with divine energy.

At this moment, the star of divine energy in Lu Yin’s inner universe had grown far larger than any of the other stars. It was a ma.s.sive, dark-red giant.

Lu Yin’s eyes turned blood-red, and he dropped his head low as murderous thoughts ran rampant in his mind. He felt a rising desire to slaughter everyone, and it threatened to consume him.

He took a deep breath. Currents of power swirled around the star of divine energy. On the landma.s.s down below, the ocean of stellular energy stretched up into the starry expanse to form a vast river through the universe that suppressed the star of divine energy.

How could a single star in Lu Yin’s own universe possibly influence him?

A long time later, the bloodl.u.s.t gradually subsided.

Lu Yin stood up. It was time for him to rest for a while. Not only did he need to suppress the newfound bloodl.u.s.t introduced by the divine energy, but he also needed some time to adjust to his new strength and abilities after becoming a true Progenitor.

He had merged his four Progenitor’s worlds into his inner universe, but it would take some time before he could fully integrate them.

...

In the blink of an eye, more than a year had pa.s.sed.

Lu Yin had spent this year fis.h.i.+ng and enjoying tea on the mountain behind the Heavens Sect. It was a peaceful time for him.

Elsewhere, Aeternus’s defeat had introduced drastic changes to the megaverse as a whole. Just the fact that powerhouses were able to return to their home universes from the Immemorial Citadel introduced unprecedented changes.

None of it disturbed Lu Yin.

It was only at this time that the full power of the Heavens Sect was truly revealed.

Chu Yi, Mu Zhu, Ce w.a.n.gtian, Yi Wei, and many of the most powerful cultivators from the Immemorial Citadel had officially joined the Heavens Sect, instantly filling the positions of the Three Suns and Six Rulers.

Previously, the Three Suns and Six Rulers had included Lord Xu, Mu Shen, Shan Gu, Lu Tianyi, and Sovereign Dou Sheng. Ce w.a.n.gtian, Mu Zhu, Progenitor Chen, and Progenitor Ku were added to those ranks.

Additionally, Chu Yi had returned as one of Three Realms and Six Daos.

This was not even considering Mister Mu or the ancestor of the super giants.

While Yi Wei and many of the other survivors from the Immemorial Citadel had returned to their own parallel universes, there was no doubt that they would a.s.sist the Heavens Sect if they were ever called upon.

The two ma.s.sive astral beasts, the Pridebeast and the Megalith, were also just as strong as the Three Suns and Six Rulers.

Finally, there was Lu Yin, who had become a true peak powerhouse.

At this moment, the Heavens Sect had managed to surpa.s.s its former glory.

While not all nine of the Three Realms and Six Daos had returned, if war ever broke out again, the modern Heavens Sect was stronger than its ancient self.

The Divine Eagle and Python Ancestor had both made their way to the Immemorial Citadel to be with the Origin Progenitor.

Humanity entered a second golden age.

However, there were many who were unable to witness this.

Everything that humanity had gained had been bought with the sacrifices of countless lives.

Lu Yin stared out at the calm surface of the lake. The star of divine energy in his inner universe had stabilized a great deal. After more than a year of suppression, he had finally adjusted to the changes.

One day, Xi Wei arrived at the mountain to see Lu Yin.

"Have a seat," Lu Yin offered. He looked quite relaxed. He had quite enjoyed his year of peace.

Xi Wei observed Lu Yin as he fished. "How nice it would be if these days could continue."

Lu Yin looked at her curiously. "Is there something bothering you?"

"You should be the one with all the worries," Xi Wei replied. While she was not at the level of knowing about Aeternus’s true goal or the existence of the Spirit Nidus, she still understood that things were not yet truly peaceful.

Lu Yin shrugged. "People need time to relax. You can't always stay tense, or else you'll break down.

"By the way, what brings you here?"

Xi Wei stared out at the lake. "I’m not here for me... It’s for my master."

This answer startled Lu Yin, and he set down his fis.h.i.+ng rod. "Progenitor Xi?"

"Yes."

"Isn’t she dead? Didn’t Progenitor Chen kill her?" Lu Yin asked.

Xi Wei shook her head. "No, she didn’t die, and my master also wants to meet with you."

Lu Yin had not expected Progenitor Xi to still be alive. While it was hard to accept for an Ortuser to be killed by a single attack, even if her strength had fallen, Lu Yin understood that Progenitor Chen’s Linked Palm had pulled on the Immemorial Citadel’s flames, which was the true source of his attack’s destructive power, rather than the man himself. In theory, it was possible to use such a method to kill an Ortuser.

Those flames had burned the Books of Destiny and suppressed the Heaven character. It was certainly not impossible for them to have incinerated Progenitor Xi.

However, was Progenitor Xi not actually dead? Had Progenitor Chen misjudged it?

"Let her come see me."

Xi Wei remained silent.

Lu Yin turned so that his back was to the woman as he gazed out at the lake. "So, she’s already here. My apologies, I didn’t notice."

Xi Wei, or rather Progenitor Xi, spoke to Lu Yin’s back. "Dao Monarch Lu, I took a great risk to come see you here."

"Give me a reason to not kill you," Lu Yin stated bluntly.

He was not actually speaking to Xi Wei, but to Progenitor Xi. The woman had disguised herself as her disciple in order to infiltrate the Heavens Sect. Progenitor Xi was already with Lu Yin.

"Just listen to my story. You may find it to be of interest." Progenitor Xi started slowly, and she recounted her past. This was a story that was new not just to Lu Yin, as no one in the entire megaverse had ever heard Progenitor Xi’s story.

This was because the woman was not from their megaverse. In fact, she was not even human.

"I come from another megaverse. My home was facing an unprecedented enemy, one so powerful that we were on the verge of destruction. Desperate, I followed our enemy to your megaverse. Here, I witnessed humanity’s flouris.h.i.+ng Heavens Sect, as well as Tai Chu’s power and his Three Realms and Six Daos.

"At that time, my only goal was to expose the location of our enemy’s megaverse to your people, in hopes of inciting a war between the Heavens Sect and our enemies in order to save ourselves. However, as soon as I arrived, I learned something shocking: your Origin Progenitor, Tai Chu, had locked the Mirari Realm in place.

"The Mirari Realm does not belong to any single megaverse, but rather moves between many of them. Tai Chu was too brazen. In order to benefit this megaverse’s cultivation, he anch.o.r.ed the Mirari Realm to this place, preventing it from traveling to other megaverses. This showed me that humanity isn’t much better than our enemy’s megaverse. I hesitated, uncertain if I should lead you all to them or not.

"In the end, I decided to continue as planned. If I didn’t, there was no doubt that my people would be destroyed by our enemy. Leading you to them would at least give us a chance.

"However, just as I decided to reveal our enemy’s location, Tai Chu was ambushed and then disappeared. The First Mainland was destroyed. I knew that I was too late. While I didn’t know who had attacked Tai Chu, I was certain that his fall would leave the Heavens Sect with no one who could oppose our enemy's megaverse.

"Helpless, I had no choice but to join Aeternus. I watched as the Heavens Sect’s Mainlands were destroyed, one after another. I watched right up until now."

It was a short story, but it had a profound impact on Lu Yin. He stared at Progenitor Xi for a long time. "What is your megaverse called?"

"The Consciousness Megaverse. We aren’t humans, but rather creatures of pure consciousness, or spiritual force. We’re rather similar to your Origin Universe’s Celestial Demons, but we are far more powerful than them.

"You’ve probably already guessed who our enemy is."

"The Spirit Nidus?" Lu Yin frowned.