A low growl came from the distance; it was another Primordial Xi Xiu. It quickly flew past, startling Lu Yin.
Lu Yin respectfully asked Mu En, "Presiding Judge, may I contact my family and friends?"
Mu En shook his head. "You can't contact anyone before the test results are out. Besides, you're in the Glory Realm, so you can't contact anyone even if you want to. It's too far away."
Lu Yin felt helpless.
"But don't worry. Someone from Everlasting Island has already rushed over to the Glory Realm and will personally witness your test. There won't be any accidents, and no one will target you."
Lu Yin was grateful. "Thank you, Presiding Judge."
Mu En smiled. "I'll do my best to protect you. After all, I have a good relationship with the Sea King, and you're his prospective son-in-law."
Lu Yin laughed dryly. Son-in-law?
He had forgotten about that.
Right, when Fazi's position had been taken away, an elder from the Sea King's Dome had contacted Mu En and spoken up for him. From the looks of it, Mu En could be considered one of Lu Yin's own people, and he was also Lu Yin's helper in the Interstellar Arbitration.
The Glory Realm seemed barren, but according to Mu En, that was because it was too big, and the people here lived in different environments. Lu Yin did not understand this.
The Primordial Xi Xiu was rather frequent in the Glory Realm, and Lu Yin had already encountered several of them in such a large area.
Those who could ride the Primordial Xi Xiu were not ordinary people. They either had illustrious backgrounds or were powerful enough. After all, the Primordial Xi Xiu belonged to the Hall of Honor, and one had to pay to ride one.
The Primordial Xi Xiu was the highest form of transportation, and there were other forms of transportation below it, including flying, burrowing, and so on. Lu Yin saw an enormous bird-like creature fly past, and its size was comparable to the centipede he had seen in the Northline Flowzone.
"That's a country," Mu En said. He was very patient with Lu Yin.
Lu Yin was surprised. "A country?"
"That's right. It's a country that lives on the back of a creature. That bird is called Never Falling. It will never fall. It will always fly in the Glory Realm, from east to west, from south to north. It has been going back and forth for many, many years. That country is called the Never Falling Nation," Mu En said.
"Unfalling Unfalling Country sounds powerful," Lu Yin muttered.
Mu En smiled and said, "That's just what it sounds like. A truly powerful force wouldn't be exposed like this, as it would be very easy for them to be attacked."
Lu Yin nodded, though he did not fully understand. After coming to the Neoverse, rune lines were no longer as useful. After all, this was the Home of the Gods, and everyone in the Neoverse knew the methods of the Home of the Gods. The Home of the Gods would also prevent rune lines from spying on them. Thus, Lu Yin could not always rely on rune lines to determine a person's strength.
A shocking battle could be heard in the distance, and when Lu Yin looked over, he could tell that it was a battle between three to four hundred thousand Enlighters. However, the battle disappeared in an instant, as the Primordial Xi Hou was simply too fast.
Not long after, Mu En stopped the Primordial Xi Hou and pointed at a giant abandoned machine in the distance. "There's a world over there."
Lu Yin was surprised and stared at the abandoned machine.
The abandoned machine was huge, even larger than the Primordial Xi Xiu, and that was just the parts that were above ground. If the parts that were buried underground were included, the machine's size would probably exceed any large spacecraft that Lu Yin had ever seen. "World?"
Mu En smiled, and the star energy at his fingertips turned into a beam of light that he pointed at a certain spot.
Lu Yin followed the star energy beam and saw a sphere embedded in the machine. If one did not look closely, they would not have noticed it at all. It was just a component.
"That's the world," Mu En said as he pointed his star energy at the sphere. Space rippled, and his star energy disappeared. A moment later, a man wearing strange clothes appeared in front of the sphere, and the man bowed towards Mu En. "Greetings, Presiding Judge."
Mu En nodded.
Lu Yin was astonished, as it really was a world. "Is this a folded space?"
Mu En shook his head. "This hides the entire world."
Lu Yin was stunned. "A world?
Hides it? "
"That's right. For example, your Great Yu Empire can store the entire space of the Great Yu Empire when you reach a certain level. It's just like when you create a cosmic ring, and it can be attached to an object or transform into a strange shape. There are no less than three thousand such worlds in the Glory Realm," Mu En explained.
Lu Yin was stunned, as this was the first time he had heard of such a thing. Storing a world like a cosmic ring?
Inconceivable. Three thousand worlds.
Mu En had a complicated expression. "The Glory Realm is very dangerous. Even though it's under the rule of the Hall of Honor, it can't control everything. Where there are people, there will be conflicts. The competition between the powers here is no less than in the Innerverse and Outerverse. There are also natural phenomena and strange creatures. Thus, many powers do not expose themselves in the Glory Realm. Instead, they store the entire world and hide it."
Lu Yin did not understand. "There are more than three thousand worlds. Does that mean that all of them have powers that surpass the Sword Sect and the Daynight clan?"
Mu En laughed. "Of course not. There are very few powers that can compare to the Sword Sect and the Daynight clan."
"If that's the case, then why don't the Sword Sect, Daynight clan, and other Innerverse powers enter the Neoverse?
Don't they want to? "
Lu Yin asked. This question had been bothering him for a long time. He had thought that it was because they could not enter, but when he thought about the Smokescreen Mountains and the brothels, he felt that the Sword Sect would not be any weaker than them.
Mu En replied, "There are limited resources. Do you think that the Sword Sect would be willing to hide?
They're like the Celestial Sect, they must have their own part of the starry sky. Only when they have their own part of the starry sky can they establish themselves in the New Universe. The New Universe can't give them that part of the starry sky, so they can't take it. "
"What's the point of just entering the Glory Realm and hiding?
It's very difficult for them to even recruit disciples. These hidden worlds have limited resources, and it's too difficult for them to produce exceptional geniuses. As time passes, they will only decline. "
Lu Yin understood. If the Sword Sect transformed itself into a spatial zone and hid, then they would only be able to recruit disciples from their own world. How many people could they possibly recruit?
It should be known that they could recruit the entire Innerverse and Outerverse.
Although it was difficult for these three thousand worlds to recruit exceptional geniuses, there were still some that would occasionally appear. These people belonged to the Hall of Honor.
Lu Yin's thoughts were complicated as he looked at the spherical space in the distance. He did not know how to describe it, but he felt that if he had to hide away with the Great Yu Empire and live like this forever, he would not be satisfied. Perhaps this was just the pursuit of survival.
Mu En looked at Lu Yin and smiled. "What I just told you is just one situation. There's another." He then had the Primordial Xi Hou continue towards the Hall of Honor.
"Another situation?" Lu Yin was curious.
Mu En explained, "Hiding one's own spatial world is a separate world. However, transforming one's own spatial world into other forms is not necessarily a hidden world. There are also those who can travel through the Glory Realm or even the Neoverse. Those worlds are not simple, and they do not fear anyone."
Lu Yin was shocked. "You mean that a world can travel through the Neoverse?"
Mu En nodded, and his gaze traversed the boundless space. He suddenly had the Primordial Xi Hou stop again, and he tapped lightly with a finger. The void rippled and rippled, filling the entire world. Within these ripples, a ball of light was fixed in place, and a voice was heard. "Presiding Judge Mu En?
Why are you stopping us? "
Lu Yin looked at the ball of light in surprise; it was the ball of light that was speaking.
Mu En's tone was not as casual as when he had spoken to the spherical space. He was rather solemn. "I'm just bringing a junior to broaden his horizons."
"Junior?
That child? "
Lu Yin felt like he was being watched, and he felt a chill run down his spine. He stared at the ball of light, and the next moment, his gaze traversed through space to see a strange world. This world was completely made of light, and every ray of light had many people living in it. There were also cities, mountains, plains, and even planets. This was not light, but rather a universe of stars. Finally, he saw a pair of eyes that were filled with dignity.
Lu Yin woke up in an instant, and beads of sweat dripped down his forehead.
Mu En placed a hand on Lu Yin's shoulder.
"Not bad, not bad at all. Your Hall of Honor really knows how to find talents. This child is definitely not any weaker than your methods. In fact, he might even be stronger. Aside from the Shangqing, no one else is his match."
Mu En smiled. "He is my Hall of Honor's method."
"How troublesome. I thought that you'd be generous and open up the competition for the slots instead of secretly observing us. You were even willing to hold the Supreme Tournament, but it seems like we're not fated with it. I thought that we would have a chance, but it's a pity."
Mu En continued, "The tournament is open to the entire universe, and your Child of Light can participate as well. You'll have to rely on your own strength to obtain a slot. Try to nurture him as much as you can since there's still some time."
"Hmph, that kid beside you is way ahead of the Child of Light. How are we supposed to compete with him? I'm leaving."
Lu Yin watched the ball of light disappear and looked at Mu En in confusion.
Mu En explained, "This is also a world of its own, and it's different from the spherical space. He runs around in search of resources, and his strength is naturally on a completely different level from the spherical space. Although he can't compare to the Sword Sect or the Daynight clan, he's not far behind in many aspects. If he was thrown into the Innerverse, he would be able to compete with the top powers of the Eight Great Flowzones."
Lu Yin sighed. This was the Neoverse. The Glory Realm had more than 3,000 great worlds, and this was the core of the Human Domain.
When the Sixth Mainland had invaded, if these 3,000 great worlds had all sent people to attack, then the Sixth Mainland might not have been able to invade even if they gathered all of the Nine Filaments.
"Senior, what's the Supreme Tournament?" Lu Yin asked.
Mu En replied, "This is a secret that only the upper echelons know about, but it's fine to tell you in advance." He paused for a moment before continuing solemnly, "The Supreme Tournament is a tournament that the Hall of Honor, the Astral Beast Domain, the Technocracy, and the Sixth Mainland hold for the younger generation. The goal is to boost the morale of the human race and unearth elite geniuses. It's also to determine the ten strongest youths so that they can obtain supreme opportunities."
Lu Yin blinked. Why did this sound so familiar?
Right, the competition between the Five Children of the Stars … Wait, the Sixth Mainland?
"The Sixth Mainland?" Lu Yin exclaimed.