The die slowly spun until it finally stopped and pivoted. A bag of snacks fell out with a clatter.
Lu Yin blinked. Snacks again? What a waste of time. He tapped again, and the second time was still pivoted. A piece of scrap metal fell out. Lu Yin pursed his lips and tried again. A third time, and the die slowly stopped spinning. Pivoted again.
Lu Yin was speechless. Why was he so unlucky today?
All pips?
In the void, a leaf floated down and fell to the ground.
Lu Yin's face twitched. A leaf?
Who put a leaf in their cosmic ring?
Hold on! His expression suddenly changed, and he picked up the leaf. His mouth fell open. Was this an origin item?
The moment Lu Yin picked up the leaf, the leaves that had already taken root in his upper wisdom pass swayed and exuded a vigorous vitality. The leaf in his hand swayed as well. It was sparkling and translucent, and it was very beautiful.
Lu Yin was stunned, as he had never imagined that he would obtain an origin item from rolling his die.
This must be a dream. Lu Yin subconsciously pinched himself, but it hurt. This wasn't a dream. Was it really an origin item?
The leaf emitted an obscure aura that gradually spread out.
He hurriedly put it away, feeling somewhat confused.
Pivoted had actually stolen an origin item from someone's cosmic ring. Whose was it?
Who could have an origin item?
The first person that came to mind was the few Ancestors. Was it one of them?
Or had Pivoted already reached the Cosmic Tree?
The Cosmic Tree definitely had many more origin items than the Fifth Mainland.
The four young ancestors had gone to the Ruler's Realm to fight for more than one origin item, as they had been schemed against by the Eternals. Normally, the trip to the Ruler's Realm would have lasted for a long time, and more than one origin item would have appeared.
The trip to the Ruler's Realm had been a test given by the Four Way Scales, and there was definitely a collection of origin items within. It was impossible for the four young ancestors to fail to obtain one.
Then who did this origin item belong to?
Did the Fifth Mainland's Ancestors belong to the Cosmic Tree?
Lu Yin swallowed, and excitement filled his eyes. No matter who it was, it was his, and he wanted to give it to Ming Yan.
Back in the black street, he had given Ming Yan two tribulation crystal pillars, which had allowed her to break through the lower and middle finger gates. Now that she had an origin item, she could break through the upper wisdom pass as well. She might even become a Progenitor in the future.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Lu Yin could not wait to tell Ming Yan this good news.
There was no rush. Ming Yan had not become a Hunter yet, and it was not yet time for her to break through. It would not be too late to wait until she became a Hunter before giving it to Lu Yin.
Lu Yin felt that today was his lucky day.
Raising his hand, the die appeared once more. This was the fourth time. He hoped that he could roll a 4.
When he saw the die slowly come to a stop at 4, Lu Yin was overjoyed. What a lucky day!
The scene in front of him changed, and he appeared in the Time Stop Space. He took out his tribulation fire without hesitation, as this was the primer for the Blaze Realm's Karmic Flame Sword. Even if it was used on its own, it was still quite powerful. It had been upgraded six times before, and now, it could release a high temperature tribulation fire with a power level of more than 700,000.
There was no point in keeping it, so he decided to use a Heavenfire Stone to absorb it and quickly increase his strength.
You can do whatever you want.
…
Extreme heat spread through his arms, and the entire Time Stop space was filled with liquefied star energy.
He had no idea how much time had passed, but the Sirius Art was still circulating on the surface of his body along with his golden battle force.
Without the support of his golden battle force, he would not have been able to withstand the high temperature of the tribulation fire.
After breaking through to the Enlighter realm in the Cosmic Tree Realm, he had reached thirty-two cycles, which had allowed him to surpass his peers in terms of realm. Now, he had reached thirty-three cycles, which had consumed a hundred million star essence. An ordinary cultivator might only have a million star essence, but the difference was too great.
This was the Lu family. Without enough star energy, it was impossible to support the Commander Appointment Platform's summons.
Lu Yin did not know what had happened to his body. Back when he was still Lu Xiaoxuan, he must have had quite a few Commander Appointments Platforms. Now, this platform had reappeared.
When that time came, would he be able to summon an Emissary as an Enlighter or even a Hunter?
Lu Yin's thoughts were all over the place as he continued to endure the high temperature flames.
As far as the eye could see, the Time Stop Space had turned red, and the liquefied star energy had almost formed a lake that was irrigating his body.
Thirty-four cycles, thirty-five cycles … Soon, the flames within the Heavenfire Stone were completely exhausted. After all, there was not much tribulation fire left. Fortunately, he could still use it one more time.
The tribulation fire that he had obtained from the Blaze Realm could be used three times, and this was the last time.
There was not much time left in the Time Stop Space, so Lu Yin cultivated the Sirius Art for a while before leaving. He waited for ten days before rolling his die again.
This time, it was much smoother, and he rolled four pips before continuing.
The Heavenfire Stone absorbed the star energy once more, and the high temperature filled the Time Stop Space once more.
After an unknown amount of time, the star energy in Lu Yin's body reached thirty-nine cycles, and the flames within the Heavenfire Stone completely disappeared.
Lu Yin let out a long breath and looked at his own body. Thirty-nine cycles meant that he only needed one more cycle to reach forty. He was getting closer and closer to becoming an Emissary.
From 32 to 39 cycles, Lu Yin had used up almost a billion star essence.
Lu Yin could not help but wonder how he would have obtained so many star essence if he did not have the ambition to unify the Innerverse and Outerverse.
How would he have cultivated?
It was simply unimaginable. Could he have robbed someone?
Had the Lu family been forced to leave the Monarch Tree Realm because of the star energy consumption that Lu Yin had consumed?
And this was just his own consumption of star energy. Lu Yin did not include the star energy he had used on his die, or else he would have consumed even more.
Up until now, he had consumed an astronomical amount of star essence. Even the eight great flowzones of the Innerverse might not be able to gather that much star essence.
He could not help but wonder what he would say if Ming Yan found out where his star essence had gone one day.
This was an unsolvable mystery.
After reaching thirty-nine cycles, Lu Yin's power had increased by quite a bit. He was now strong enough to solo an Emissary with a power level of 600,000. Even if he faced off against a powerhouse like Cang Zhou, he would not be easily defeated, and he would still be able to put up a fight.
Using up a billion star essence to cultivate was still quite a heartache.
He looked at the time and saw that there was not much time left. A year and a half had already passed.
He silently recited the Stonewall Scriptures while simultaneously cultivating the Sirius Art. When the time was up, he would go out and continue rolling his die. He had only been in seclusion for ten days.
At the same time, in a black street in the Neoverse, Ming Yan opened her eyes and sighed. "Yue Xingchen is really powerful. It's a pity that I can't teach Brother Lu."
She stood up and looked outside. The black street was gloomy, and it was a completely different world from where she was.
If she had not been able to control Old Futile, she would have ended up in a miserable state.
Ming Yan gradually sank into deep thought, and after an unknown amount of time, she suddenly thought of something. She took out a large and a small calamity crystal pillar, and her eyes lit up with joy. "Brother Lu gave this to me. He said that I could only use it after I became a Hunter. I really want to become a Hunter immediately and give Brother Lu a surprise," she muttered to herself. She seemed to gain some motivation, and she put the pillars away before continuing to cultivate.
Within the Ross Empire's stronghold, Lu Yin left the Time Stop Space and looked up to continue rolling his die. Aside from increasing his cultivation, he also wanted to use his die's three pips to upgrade a few other things, such as the Primordial Dazzling Stone that he had obtained from the Frigid Immortal Sect's ruins. He did not know if it could be upgraded, but it would be best if it could. After upgrading it, he would think of a way to integrate it into his miniature armor and raise its defenses to another level.
The die slowly spun until it finally stopped at six pips.
Lu Yin's eyes lit up. With his current strength, as long as he rolled six pips, any random person he integrated into his armor would be of great use. After all, they should all be Emissaries, which meant that they would be higher-ups wherever they went.
When he thought of this, he appeared in that strange space and saw many spheres of light. He picked the one that was closest to him and also the brightest.
What kind of feeling was this?
Lu Yin felt strange, and he opened his eyes. His surroundings were pitch-black, and he looked down. Hmm?
He could not see his own body?
Furthermore, was this body an astral beast?
This time, Lu Yin did not integrate with a human, but rather an astral beast. It was an astral beast that he had encountered before, one that had caused him trouble: the Yin Guai.
He had actually come to the Astral Beast Domain. Lu Yin was flabbergasted, and he clenched his fists. What great strength! This was the Yin Guai, one of the Astral Beast Domain's Twin Freaks. Together with the Sound Freak, they had always been successful.
Back at the border of the Erudite Flowzone, the Twin Freaks had caused Lu Yin quite a bit of trouble.
After integrating with the Yin Guai's body, Lu Yin finally felt how powerful this creature was. It should be at the level of an Emissary, and its power level should be less than 600,000. However, its strength was already quite great, and it was about the same as Lu Yin's. Lu Yin's strength was enough to suppress a powerhouse with a power level of 600,000.
Integrating with an astral beast's body was still very strange. Lu Yin looked around, and even though it was pitch-black, it was not a problem for an Emissary to see his surroundings.
The first thing that caught his eye was an incomparably large statue. Lu Yin looked up, but he could not see the top. He could only see the statue's four legs, which meant that it should be some kind of astral beast. He could not see anything further. This was not a problem with his vision, but rather because Lu Yin had suddenly read the Yin Guai's memories.
He was stunned at first, but then he was overwhelmed with shock as he stared at the statue in disbelief.
In the Yin Guai's memories, Lu Yin did not know the identity of this statue. He only knew that the Celestial Beast Empire's Imperial Tutor, Skymender, had often come to worship — no, to worship. He had knelt on the ground and sincerely worshipped the statue, which was a form of worship.
Lu Yin had heard of Skymender's name many times, even when he was in the distant Human Domain. Just like the Starsibyl Sect, this person could divine the future and was a very mysterious person. Even the Human Domain's Half-Ancestors feared him, but such a person was actually worshipping this statue.
Just who did this statue represent?
More and more memories appeared, and Lu Yin saw Skymender worshipping the statue. He also saw the Yin Guai's true duty here, which was to transport — transport — a human-shaped sourcebox.
After seeing the Yin Guai's memories of transporting a human-shaped sourcebox, Lu Yin did not know what to think. He continued to read the Yin Guai's memories, but this Envoy-level Yin Guai's memories only contained the human-shaped sourcebox and Skymender's worshipping of the statue. Anything further than that was its experience growing up.
It did not know who the statue represented, why it was transporting a human-shaped sourcebox, or what a human-shaped sourcebox was.