In front of him was a giant that was ten meters tall, glaring at Lu Yin with large eyes. He carried a bow on his back and was dressed in simple cloth clothes. He looked like a savage, but this person gave Lu Yin a great sense of danger. This giant's power level was at least 600,000 or 700,000.
"You're that kid from the Fifth Mainland called Lu Yin?
I heard that the Temple of Tai Mo listened to you and allowed them to join my Arrow Sect. Today, I can let you go, "the giant said in a loud voice.
Lu Yin raised his head. "If I inherit the Nine Cauldrons' battle techniques, will you let me go?"
The giant grinned, raised a hand, and smacked the cauldrons. "What's the use of this thing?
Is it as powerful as my arrows?
If not for you, I wouldn't have come here. Give me an answer. Do you want your life or the Temple of Tai Mo? "
"I want your life!" Lu Yin barked, raising his hand to attack with an empty palm.
An invisible palm shot through the void and landed on the giant's body. The giant's body only trembled slightly, and he looked down. "Not bad, but it's useless." He then took out his bow and aimed at Lu Yin.
At that moment, Lu Yin's scalp went numb, and the void around him seemed to be frozen. There was a soft sound, and the Star Scattered Chessboard appeared beneath his feet. He couldn't move at all, and there was a thump as his body was struck by the giant arrow. He spat out a mouthful of blood, and his face went pale. His miniature armor had blocked the arrow, but it couldn't block out the shockwave, especially when the arrow was five meters long.
Lu Yin was struck by the arrow, and the enormous force pushed him back to the entrance of the Nine Cauldrons' space. Behind him, the giant walked out of the Astral Source Universe and slapped out. "Brat, you're courting death!"
Lu Yin's eyes went wide, and he roared. He used his golden battle force and immense strength to push away the arrow with great difficulty. Behind him, the giant's palm had already landed, and Lu Yin took out the referee's token and waved it.
Ding ding ding!
The crisp sound shook the void, and the giant's body froze as if it had been frozen. It swayed a few times before collapsing to the ground.
Lu Yin panted heavily as he looked at the giant. This fellow was not any weaker than the giant Corpse King on the other side of the Astral Tree World, and it was not a powerful enemy that Lu Yin could deal with. Fortunately, he had made sufficient preparations, or that arrow would have killed him.
Lu Yin coughed and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He walked over to the giant's head and pressed down with one hand, causing the Overlaying Stacks to vibrate violently.
He didn't know how long the chief judge's order would knock the giant out, but it shouldn't be too long. He had to do it himself. It would be best if he could kill this giant. Even if he couldn't, he had to make it sleep for a while longer.
Using Overlaying Stacks consecutively, Lu Yin found it difficult to break through the giant's defenses with his own strength, but he was still able to knock him out.
This fellow came from the Arrow Sect. From his words, it was clear that the Arrow Sect had an extraordinary desire for the Hall of Tai Mo.
Now that he had taken care of the giant, no one else would enter the Nine Cauldrons' space. Lu Yin leaped into the cauldron and began to absorb the cauldron qi.
This was the third cauldron. Hopefully, it could be completely absorbed.
Because there were powerhouses standing guard, no one from the Sixth Mainland dared to approach the Nine Cauldrons' space. This allowed Lu Yin to safely absorb the energy for more than half a month until the third cauldron shattered and fell down.
He looked at the shattered third cauldron on the ground and raised his hand to feel the flow of cauldron qi. It was an ancient and weathered feeling that made him feel as if he had traveled through time and space, returning to the earliest days of humanity.
The scene of him comprehending the Nine Yang Cauldron Transformation battle technique once again appeared in his mind.
Yin shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He leaped into the fourth cauldron and began to absorb the energy. From this moment on, he could manifest four suns.
Outside the Nine Cauldrons' space, two people appeared. They were the new Realmlings, and they had arrived together.
Lu Yin's comprehension of the Nine Cauldrons' battle technique had caused a huge uproar amongst the upper echelons of the Sixth Mainland, and this had also given the Sixth Mainland's geniuses some hope. Regardless of whether they were Realmlings or the top heirs of the various great powers, they all had the qualifications to enter the Nine Cauldrons' space to comprehend the battle technique.
As the two Realmlings entered, they were greeted by the sight of the shattered earth and the giant that had collapsed on the ground.
The two were shocked, and one of them quickly retreated from the Nine Cauldrons' space. The other reacted a beat slower, and a domain swept over him, causing him to collapse to the ground.
Inside the fourth cauldron, Lu Yin felt that it was a pity that one of them had managed to escape. What a fast reaction! Lu Yin had already taken action when he had discovered that the two had entered, but one of them had reacted too quickly.
It didn't matter. Time was almost up!
Half a day later, the Realmlings who had reacted quickly entered and even brought the Imprinter with him. Lu Yin, on the other hand, had already left. His time was up.
The Imprinter was furious when he saw the shattered third cauldron, but he also rejoiced. Even the powerhouse from the Arrow Sect had been defeated. If he had encountered Lu Yin, he would not have had a good ending. Now that Lu Yin had left, it was a good thing for him.
"Report this immediately. We cannot allow any more accidents to happen here," the Imprinter said in a low voice as Lu Yin's name repeatedly appeared in his mind.
In reality, they had not announced that Lu Yin had accepted the Nine Cauldrons' inheritance, and only a few people knew about it, especially the Fifth Mainland. They were worried that the Fifth Mainland would support Lu Yin and send experts to help him. Now, the Imprinter guessed that the Fifth Mainland's experts might have already appeared. Otherwise, how could a youth like Lu Yin defeat an expert from the Arrow Sect?
The giant from the Arrow Sect had an advantage over ordinary people. Although this giant had not reached the level of a World Imprinter, he was very close. A single arrow would have been enough to kill him, so the Fifth Mainland must have sent an absolute powerhouse.
Lu Yin opened his eyes and appeared in King Zishan's palace. He raised his hand, and four suns appeared.
With the appearance of the four suns, a strange aura swept across Zenyu Star. No one could sense it, but their blood flowed faster, as if there was a resonance.
Even the two experts, Liu Ye and Flying Flower, did not sense it.
The Nine Yang Cauldron Transformation required cultivation, and so did the Sirius Art.
Now that the outside world's attention was drawn to the war in the Blazing Mist Flowzone, Lu Yin continued to cultivate. As for the Wen family, he still had not decided on his conditions.
He raised his hand and his die appeared. The cultivation of the Sirius Art required time, so he could only roll the die. Once he started cultivating, it would take years.
When the die stopped rolling, it showed six pips. Lu Yin's eyes lit up as he appeared in that mysterious space. He immediately merged with a very bright ball of light not too far away, and his body shook as various memories flooded into his mind.
Hmph, hmph!
'Lu Yin' looked up and saw a pig in front of him. A giant pig.
When the pig saw 'Lu Yin' open his eyes, he was startled and became very vigilant. He let out an even louder whimper.
'Lu Yin' looked at him with the same gaze as before. The pig had seen this gaze for many, many years, and he could not even remember how many years it had been.
This was Earth's Swamp, the largest prison in the Human Domain.
"Talk?
Why aren't you talking?
Your gaze has changed. Strange, "the pig said with a trembling voice. His huge butt shook as he stared into 'Lu Yin's' eyes.
'Lu Yin' looked back at him calmly.
After a while, the pig left. It was Deputy Hell Lord Earth's Swamp, and people called him Lord Pig.
After Lord Pig left, 'Lu Yin' lowered his head, unable to hide the shock in his eyes. He had actually merged with a prisoner, and this prisoner was not simple at all.
This was Earth's Swamp, and there were three thousand chains that locked up three thousand prisoners. Each chain could trap one person.
The prisoners were pressed underground in Earth's Swamp, and the surroundings were filled with a poisonous gas that corroded every prisoner. This gas could cause a person to lose their minds and even turn them insane. Only a few people with special treatment were not exposed to the gas, but most of the other prisoners would go crazy and die. Their corpses would then be thrown into Earth's Swamp to become nutrients.
This gas was death qi.
The person that Lu Yin had merged with had his limbs pierced through by chains, and he had been imprisoned here for many, many years. His memories were vast, and Lu Yin could not absorb them all in one go. Even so, even a small amount of memories was enough to shock him.
This person's name was Liu Huang, and he had been an extremely talented elder of the Sword Sect many years ago. He could have become the sect master, but because he was too stunning, he had attempted to create the Fourteenth Sword and ended up committing suicide. He was a pitiful genius that would be recorded in the Sword Sect's history.
Liu Huang was like Liu Shaoqiu in that he had been born with a sword. He had easily grasped the Twelfth Sword when he was young, and he had traveled the universe and experienced many emotions. Finally, he had grasped the Thirteenth Sword at the age of twenty, becoming a genius who could display the Thirteenth Sword even though his cultivation had not reached that level. He was a genius that had never appeared in the Sword Sect's history, and the Sword Sect called him a genius who could suppress the First Nightking.
The First Nightking had founded the Nightking bloodline and led the Daynight clan to the peak of the Innerverse. Liu Huang was also considered by the Sword Sect to be a symbol that could lead them into the Neoverse.
He was the ruler of the Sword Sect's future.
Liu Huang did not disappoint the Sword Sect. In just a few decades, his cultivation had broken through to become an Emissary, and his Origin Tribulation had been unprecedented. It was as if a sword had been slashed out from ancient times. That sword had shocked the other Emissaries who had been watching, and after that, his meteoric rise had made him an unparalleled powerhouse in the Sword Sect in the shortest amount of time.
However, Liu Huang had been too arrogant, and he had firmly believed that the Thirteenth Sword was not the limit. He had decided to go into seclusion and create the Fourteenth Sword.
Many years later, the current Sword Sect Master had fallen, and Liu Huang had been elected as the new sect master. Unfortunately, he had been discovered to have died in seclusion. This news had shaken the entire Fifth Mainland, and even the Hall of Honor had sent people to mourn the death of this genius.
Who would have thought that not only had Liu Huang not died, but he had also been imprisoned in Earth's Swamp? Not even the Sword Sect knew about this.
This was a huge secret, and the people who had captured him were the Hall of Honor.
Lu Yin had seen Liu Huang's memories and experienced his pain, grief, and deep hatred for the Hall of Honor.
Lu Yin had not offended the Hall of Honor, and he could only blame himself for being too much of a genius. He was so talented that he could lead the Sword Sect into the Neoverse, which was something that the Hall of Honor would not allow.
Everyone believed that the Hall of Honor did not interfere in the disputes between the powers because it was fair. However, no one knew just how many things the Hall of Honor had done in secret.
In order to maintain the peace of the Neoverse and maintain the balance between the various powers, the Hall of Honor would rather capture Liu Huang and imprison him in Earth's Swamp so that he would never see the light of day again. Aside from Liu Huang, the Hall of Honor had captured one person after another over the countless years who could possibly break the balance. They wanted the balance between the Innerverse and the Outerverse, the Cosmic Sea, and the Neoverse, not people who could break the balance.
The Hall of Honor was carrying out what they believed to be their duty.