Lu Yin had never been one to passively sacrifice himself. The Great Eastern Alliance had taken over the Sixth Mainland's role in waging war against the Astral Beast Domain, and both sides had suffered losses. This was a fact that Lu Yin was willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of the people of the eastern weaves. He did not flaunt himself as a saint, but rather because he was human and because those people had once worshipped him, praised him, and followed him.
Taking over the war was one thing, but it did not mean that he had to suffer losses. No matter how difficult the situation was, there would always be a chance to turn things around. There was no such thing as a hopeless situation, and this was the moment to reverse the situation.
The Sixth Mainland had thought that they had control over the Great Eastern Alliance and had been watching the show for months. Countless people from the Innerverse and Neoverse had mocked and cursed Lu Yin, and the Celestial Beast Empire hated him to the core. The Great Eastern Alliance's losses in every war were astronomical, and Lu Yin's heart was bleeding. Now, the initiative was in his hands.
When he thought about this, Lu Yin's lips curled up, and he laughed heartily.
Elder Jiu Shen walked in, puzzled, and looked at Lu Yin strangely. "Kid, are you crazy?"
Lu Yin faced the elder and smiled. "Senior, I still don't understand the Sirius Technique. Why don't you stay here and teach me?"
Elder Jiu Shen was furious. "You want to keep me here? Kid, don't go too far."
Lu Yin hurriedly replied, "Senior, you misunderstand. There's no more war. I just reached an agreement with Xu Qing, and the war between the Great Eastern Alliance and the Astral Beast Domain has stopped."
Elder Jiu Shen was shocked. "Stopped?
Are you sure? "
Lu Yin nodded. "The war has stopped. Whether you stay here or return to the Sirius Sect, it's the same. Why don't you stay here and guide me in my cultivation of the Sirius Technique? I guarantee that my progress will be very fast, which is what you want as well. When the time comes, we can …" He then moved his feet.
Elder Jiu Shen's face twitched, and he wanted to vent his anger, but there was nowhere for him to vent. In the end, he sighed. "If there's anything you don't understand, just ask."
Lu Yin's eyes lit up. "What is the Freedom Realm?"
Over the next few days, Lu Yin consulted Elder Jiu Shen. Besides the Sirius Technique, he also asked the elder to help him deduce the Overlaying Stacking Technique.
Although Elder Jiu Shen was not proficient in the Overlaying Stacks Path, it was not too difficult for a super powerhouse who was second only to a Half Martial Ancestor.
Elder Jiu Shen wasn't willing to help Lu Yin with the derivation, only hoping that Lu Yin would be able to master the Sirius Arts as soon as possible. But under Lu Yin's request, he eventually helped him derive the Overlaying Stacks Path to the Thousand Stacks Path.
A Thousand Stacks was the limit of what Elder Jiu Shen could deduce. Any further would require an expert with a battle prowess in the millions. This was because even a fourth or fifth Origin Tribulation expert might not be able to reach the level of a Thousand Stacks, let alone someone who had just become an Emissary. This was a terrifying transformation.
Elder Jiushen had originally thought that Lu Yin's Overlaying Stacks would be able to reach five or six hundred stacks at most, which was already an overestimation. After all, Lu Yin had only been able to reach three hundred stacks before, and even if he improved, he would only be able to reach around four hundred stacks. Gaining a hundred stacks after stepping into the Emissary realm was already an exaggeration, and the Overlaying Stacks would only become more and more difficult to cultivate.
But who would have thought that Lu Yin would actually be able to endure the Thousand Stacks Elder Jiu Shen had deduced? This made Elder Jiu Shen look at Lu Yin as if he were looking at a monster.
If Lu Yin had just broken through to become an Emissary normally, then he would not have been able to endure such an exaggerated Thousand Stacks Path. However, he had absorbed four Astral Cyclones during his Origin Tribulation and had just survived it. Absorbing Astral Cyclones could improve one's physique and transform one's body. This was a process that Enlighters would definitely go through when they became Emissaries, and this was the fundamental reason why they were able to step into the Astral Source Universe.
This was because, after each Origin Tribulation, one's body would undergo a small transformation.
This was the rule of the universe, and there were punishments and rewards.
However, Lu Yin had absorbed four Astral Cyclones during his Origin Tribulation, which had continuously improved his physique. It was equivalent to someone who had undergone four Origin Tribulations and transformed their body. This was the reason why he had been able to forcefully absorb one Origin Tribulation's destructive power. That power was not something that Lu Yin could contend against, as he had broken the rules of the universe, which meant that the Astral Source Universe would be destroyed. Even so, there was still a sliver of hope that he could rely on external objects or even someone else to resist the Origin Tribulation.
Lu Yin did not have anyone by his side to help him resist the Origin Tribulation. This was because, according to other people's worldviews, the Origin Tribulation did not allow external forces to interfere, or else it would be even more terrifying. Thus, even Half-Ancestors and Progenitors would not help Lu Yin. Fortunately, Lu Yin had a corpse that could withstand the Origin Tribulation, which allowed him to successfully survive.
This was the reason why he had undergone such an unimaginable transformation.
Even Elder Jiu Shen was amazed by the Thousand Stacks Path. A single palm strike could cripple a powerhouse with a power level of 700,000, and even a powerhouse with a power level of 800,000 would not dare to take it head-on.
Lu Yin had already surpassed the common understanding of ordinary people, and now, he had become even more unfathomable. Even Elder Jiu Shen looked at him as if he were a monster.
Aside from the massive increase in Overlaying Stacks due to his physical body's transformation, Lu Yin believed that the amount of death energy in his body that he could absorb would also transform. He did not know what the Death Transformation's transformation would be like, but he had to find some time to absorb the death energy. There was no more death energy in his body.
Suddenly, he thought of something very unfortunate: he did not have the Enlightened Sword King. What a pity, what a pity.
However, the war would still continue. Lu Yin looked towards the west. The Sixth Mainland was at war with the Astral Beast Domain, and many experts would die. Perhaps he could sneak into the battlefield and summon those who had died to replenish the Enlightened General Stage. He would let the Fifth Mainland know what it meant to have a single person for a country.
No one was surprised that Lu Yin had gone into seclusion. After breaking through to become an Emissary, one would definitely go into seclusion to consolidate their current strength. Astral energy cyclones and star energy revolutions were completely different, and their battle methods had to change as well. The most obvious change was that the Astral Source Universe could not detect the presence of astral sources, or else they could be forcefully sucked away.
He raised his hand, and his die appeared. There was no better way to go into seclusion than to enter the Time Stop Space. As he thought about it, he tapped out three pips. Lu Yin looked at the two layers of screens and rubbed his cosmic ring. He had a root of wisdom inside, but he did not know what would happen after it was upgraded. It probably would not reach the level of wisdom that Ancestor Hui Zu had left behind. They were different species, but it was not impossible to give it a try. After all, he had five roots, and Hui Kong had asked Hui Santong to give him five roots of wisdom.
Lu Yin thought about it and tossed the root of wisdom into the upper screen. He then threw down a million star essence, as this amount of money was nothing to him.
The root of wisdom immediately dropped, and Lu Yin's heart sank. Sure enough, it was a fake.
Back then, the withered root of wisdom had cost him ten million star essence to upgrade. The less this root of wisdom was consumed, the lower its value. He looked at the star essence on the screen and saw that it had not even been fully consumed. It did not even cost a million, which left him speechless. Lu Yin sighed, picked up the root of wisdom, and tried again.
It dropped the second time, but it did not drop the third time. He had upgraded it to its peak.
The third upgrade had cost him exactly one million star essence, which was about the same as Death 91's Poison of Life. However, it had been upgraded one more time.
Five roots of wisdom had cost him a total of five million star essence.
He looked at the five roots of wisdom that were flowing with brilliant colors. They looked good, but they were still far from being a true root of wisdom. Still, they were definitely much more effective than the Hui family's roots of wisdom.
It was said that the Hui family's root of wisdom could only calm one's heart, and Lu Yin hoped that this would be even more effective.
Lu Yin raised his hand, and strands of astral source converged. He placed the root of wisdom on it and brewed some tea. He took a sip, and his mind cleared up. His emotions were much calmer, and he felt a sense of clarity.
Sure enough, it could not compare to a true root of wisdom that allowed one to see through everything, but it still felt pretty good.
This root of wisdom had already been upgraded, and its effects were barely acceptable to Lu Yin. He could imagine that the Hui family's roots of wisdom would not have any effect on him, as Hui Kong had said the same thing back then.
He continued to roll his die.
He tapped it, and a simple box fell out. Lu Yin's eyes lit up, and he opened it. There was a piece of metal inside, and he crushed it with just a bit of force.
The fact that he could crush it with just a bit of force meant that this piece of metal was as hard as an Enlighter's. It was very precious to most cultivators, but unfortunately, it was useless to Lu Yin.
He rolled his die again, and the scene before him changed in the Timestop Space.
When he arrived at the Timestop Space, Lu Yin immediately extended the time for almost a year. Stars revolved around his body as he recited the Primogenitor's Scripture and began to cultivate the Sirius Art.
After breaking through to the Star Emissary level, his cultivation of the Sirius Art would take another step forward. Elder Jiushen had been explaining it to him in great detail over the past few days, and he was eager for Lu Yin to cultivate the Sirius Art to its peak.
This was a treatment that all of the Sirius Sect's disciples were envious of, and only Lu Yin was able to enjoy it. There was no other way around it, as the soles of his feet were too hard.
During his battle with Progenitor Chen's clone, even though Progenitor Chen had been an Enlighter and could not control as many stars as Lu Yin could, that was because Progenitor Chen had created the Sirius Art himself. His understanding of the Sirius Art far surpassed Lu Yin's, and he had reached the realm that Elder Jiushen had called the Unrestrained Astral Body Realm. That battle had given Lu Yin a new understanding of how to control the stars, and with Elder Jiushen's explanation, Lu Yin was certain that he would be able to cultivate the Sirius Art to a higher realm.
A year passed, and Lu Yin left the Timestop Space. He rested for ten days before continuing to roll his die.
Not long after, Lu Yin entered the Timestop Space once more, then exited, and repeated the process over and over again.
A month had passed, and he had entered the Timestop Space five times. In total, he had cultivated the Sirius Art for five years, which had increased the number of stars he could control to a terrifying 90,000.
In the past, even with the support of the Primogenitor's Scripture, a year of cultivating the Sirius Art would only increase the number of stars he could control by 4,000. Now, however, he had gained 80,000 stars in five years, which meant that he had gained more than 10,000 stars in a single year. Aside from the fact that he had broken through to become an Astral Envoy, the comprehension he had gained from the battle with Progenitor Chen's clone, and Elder Jiushen's explanation, he had also gained the support of the Primogenitor's Scripture.
After breaking through to become an Astral Envoy, the number of words he had to recite from the Primogenitor's Scripture had increased, and the effects of the scripture had increased as well.
90,000 stars was not far from the limit of the fifth level of the Sirius Art, which was 99,000 stars. As long as he entered the Timestop Space to cultivate again, he would be able to break through the fifth level of the Art of Sirius and reach the sixth level.
He wondered if he would be able to benefit from the diagram on the soles of his feet.
He would never forget how Elder Gong had piously asked him, "How can you be sure that the planet you are on does not originate from the Sirius Art?"
That one sentence had changed Lu Yin's understanding of the universe. When a technique was cultivated to its peak, when the cultivator reached the pinnacle of strength, they could change the heavens and the earth. They could even turn the stars in their orbit into reality.
This was the greatest treasure that Progenitor Chen had left behind for the Sirius Sect. It was the pinnacle of the Sirius Art.
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