Lu Yin subconsciously touched his cosmic ring, intending to take out the Skypiercing Pillar. With the combined power of many Half-Ancestors, as long as the Corpse God did not interfere, it was possible to seal the entrance to the Starfall Sea.
Suddenly, something appeared in his hand. It was a royal scepter that had appeared out of thin air.
Lu Yin saw it, and his eyes narrowed. What's this?
Ni Huang saw it and shouted, "Throw it away!"
Lu Yin wanted to throw it away, but the scepter was like a part of his body and could not be thrown away. "How do I throw it away?"
Kui Luo and the rest felt their scalps go numb. Ni Huang had been heavily injured by this scepter.
Lu Yin hurriedly used the rune lines from the candle to attack the scepter, hoping to cancel out the rune lines.
"Can you take the scepter?"
A voice sounded in his ears.
Lu Yin's body went cold as he stared at the scepter. The scene of Ni Huang being heavily injured kept repeating itself. If even Ni Huang was heavily injured, was he going to die?
He had not expected Wang Hou to be able to penetrate the egg's protection; this was the strength of the Twelve Marquises.
All of the Half-Ancestors stared at the scepter in Lu Yin's hand, almost as if they could see it shatter and turn into a ray of light that pierced through Lu Yin's body.
Lu Yin himself had been waiting for this moment, but he had no way of throwing the scepter away. He had already tried the Yu Secret Art, but it had been too late to ignite the candle. Was this the end?
Under everyone's gaze, the scepter shone brightly and then turned into a ray of light that rushed into Lu Yin's body.
Lu Yin stood in place in a daze, waiting to be heavily injured. His die appeared in his hand, and he was prepared to roll it as soon as he was heavily injured. He wanted to enter the Time Stop Space to operate.
However, his body was unharmed, and there was even an indescribably terrifying power accumulating within him. This was a power that Lu Yin had never felt before, and he looked at his palm. He had a feeling that he could kill the Second Nightking with a single strike, as long as he could do so.
Wang Hou looked at Lu Yin blankly. How could this be?
Ni Huang and the other Half-Ancestors all stared at Lu Yin.
"Brat, how are you feeling?"
Kui Luo asked, his lips parting. He was nervous, afraid that Lu Yin would be killed by Wang Hou.
Lu Yin gulped. "I feel … great. I've never felt so good before."
"Are you crazy?"
Lan Xian could not help but ask as she sized Lu Yin up. Even if he died, she still wanted to take some of his blood.
Ni Huang was shocked. "You feel great?"
Lu Yin was confused. "Yeah, it's better than ever. It's very powerful." He then turned to Xia Ji. "I feel like I can kill you with one punch."
Xia Ji's face twitched in anger.
"I understand now. Most people on this battlefield actually acknowledge that you have the potential to be a king," Ni Huang exclaimed.
Everyone looked at him blankly.
Ni Huang explained, "That's right. Wang Hou was the Sect Master of the Rainflower Heavenly Sect during the Daosource Sect's era. Legend has it that the Rainflower Heavenly Sect's Sect Master's innate gift was the Void Royal Scepter. No one knows how this scepter came into being, but it's known that it can sense everyone's thoughts within a given region. If the person who wields this scepter is recognized by the majority as having the qualifications to be a king, then that person will have the qualifications to rule over everything.
"If the person holding the scepter isn't recognized by the majority, the scepter will kill them instead. No one at the same level can solve it. This is the power of the leader of the Yuhua Heavenly Gate. Since the beginning of history, very few people who have been given the scepter by the leader of the Yuhua Heavenly Gate can be recognized."
Lu Yin finally understood. No wonder. He gave Wang Hou a strange look; this was the Fifth Mainland.
Wasn't using this innate gift against him just asking for a beating?
No one in the Fifth Mainland, not even the cultivators of the Sixth Mainland who were his enemies. This had nothing to do with whether they were enemies or not. Even Xia Ji, who wanted to kill Lu Yin, had to admit that Lu Yin had the power to dominate a region.
Most of the cultivators on the battlefield were from the Fifth Mainland, and they had heard of Lu Yin's name countless times. Especially since the Fifth Tower had been established, they had to acknowledge his existence regardless of whether they liked it or not.
Did that mean that he was Wang Hou's nemesis in the Fifth Mainland?
Lu Yin puffed out his chest. "Continue. Don't worry about her. She can't do anything to me."
Kui Luo shouted, "Let's go!"
The group of Half-Ancestors immediately reacted and pushed Lu Yin towards the entrance of the Starfall Sea.
Suddenly, the medicine immortal paused. A sourcebox array had appeared around him at some point, trapping him in place. Lan Xian, Drunkard, Xia Ji, and the rest of the Half-Ancestors were all trapped by this inexplicable sourcebox array.
A figure walked out in front of Lu Yin, raised a hand, and pressed it against the egg.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. "Bai Wushen."
Everyone had forgotten that the bodies of the Fifth Mainland's Seven Skygods had all died once, with the exception of Bai Wushen. Back when the burial garden had been sealed off, the Seven Skygods had been buried along with it. Bai Wushen had been the only one who had not acted. She had been the one who had caused the Fifth Mainland to lose its peace, always appearing at the most crucial moments.
Lu Yin had thought that he could ignore Wang Hou's attack and use the Skypiercing Pillar to push the Corpse God away and block the entrance to the Starfall Sea. However, he had been too naive.
Bai Wushen was the final barrier at the entrance to the Starfall Sea. She had used her sourcebox array to trap Kui Luo and the other Half-Ancestors. This was something that Wang Hou and even an Ancient God could not do.
Bang!
The scene in front of Lu Yin rapidly changed. Thanks to the egg's protection, he was not injured, but his body had been forced back by Bai Wushen.
All of their previous efforts had vanished into thin air.
Jiu Yao and the other Half-Ancestors' hearts sank. It was over.
At that moment, the royal scepter appeared in Xue Gui's hand, and Wang Hou's voice rang out. "Can you take this scepter?"
Xue Gui's expression changed, and he tried to fling the scepter away. However, even Ni Huang could not do so, let alone him.
The scepter transformed into a ray of light that pierced through Xue Gui's head.
A dignified Half-Ancestor had been killed before he could even activate his inner world.
Xue Gui's reaction had been too slow. If he had been able to activate his inner world in time, he would not have been killed in one blow. At most, he would have been heavily injured and trapped in the mind net.
Xue Gui's death stunned all of the Half-Ancestors, and they all looked at Wang Hou with apprehension.
Kui Luo subconsciously clenched his fists, afraid that the royal scepter would appear in his hands as well. Not everyone could ignore such a thing.
Lu Yin finally managed to stop himself from being pushed back, but Bai Wushen's attack pushed him even further away from the entrance to the Starfall Sea.
Under normal circumstances, this distance would not have mattered, but at this moment, the path was filled with thorns.
Lu Yin gritted his teeth. He could not give up no matter what, and he had to try. Suddenly, he heard a panicked shout. "Martial Ancestor! The Martial Ancestor's imprint is gone!"
There were not many people in the Sixth Mainland who had the qualifications to imprint a Martial Ancestor, but there were still a few who had done so. They were either former Realmlings, current Realmlings, or cultivators with status in the Sixth Mainland's Daosource Sect.
However, all of the cultivators who had imprinted a Martial Ancestor's power level instantly plummeted, and their imprints disappeared.
Lu Yin stared blankly as the panicked cultivators were killed by the Corpse King. Disbelieving shouts rang out in his ears. "The Martial Ancestor is dead!"
The Martial Ancestor was dead.
The Martial Ancestor was dead.
Countless cultivators from the Sixth Mainland trembled as they looked at the Starfall Sea in fear.
Jiu Yao also stared at the Starfall Sea the moment the Martial Ancestor's imprint disappeared. His face was unprecedentedly pale, and he could not help but spit out a mouthful of blood. "Ancestor!"
At the entrance to the Starfall Sea, a figure entered in a panic. It was the Blood Ancestor.
The Blood Ancestor glanced at the battlefield, but he did not say anything. Instead, he headed towards the Outerverse.
The Sixth Mainland's cultivators felt as if the sky had collapsed. They had been able to fight until now because of their firm belief in the Martial Ancestor and the Blood Ancestor. They had Progenitors fighting outside, so they had not been afraid. They had dared to fight for survival, but at this moment, even the Blood Ancestor had fled.
The entire battlefield darkened.
The Sixth Mainland's cultivators occupied half of the battlefield, and they outnumbered the Fifth Mainland's cultivators. Their emotions directly affected the entire battlefield.
No one could reverse this situation unless the Martial Ancestor was revived.
Elder Chan's face was filled with grief, and his voice echoed throughout the battlefield. "Everyone, retreat."
That one word represented the Fifth Mainland's complete defeat.
Lu Yin looked at Elder Chan. He did not want to retreat, but he could not see any hope of victory.
The longer a battle between Half-Progenitors dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for them. Even if the Starsource Universe had not been absorbed, they would not be able to defeat the Eternals with their current strength.
The Martial Ancestor had died, and the Eternals who had killed him might enter as well. The humans could not see any hope of victory.
Retreat, retreat, retreat.
That was the only word in everyone's mind.
In the distance, the Ancestral Turtle charged over, and Cloud Shadow Mavis shouted, "Alliance Master Lu, you're here!"
Lu Yin exhaled and leaped onto the Ancestral Turtle. Around him, the Great Eastern Alliance's cultivators gradually retreated.
In such a grand battle, it was not possible to bring everyone away. It was very difficult for all of the warships to withdraw from the battlefields on the surrounding planets.
Strangely, the Eternals did not stop them. Instead, they retreated as well.
Lu Yin recalled his previous conjecture, and his expression turned gloomy.
The Eternals' goal was to enslave the humans and establish their Eternal Kingdom. Given that they had an absolute advantage, they were more willing to develop the humans into Corpse Kings or join their loyalists rather than slaughter them.
It was not that they were kind, but that they had a more far-reaching plan.
After a full day, the Eternals finally withdrew from the battlefield. Aside from the Corpse Kings and the mechanical ants, there were no other battles.
The Ancient Gods quietly watched the humans retreat in three different directions. None of the Eternals' Half-Progenitors made a move.
"There are still quite a lot of people in the abandoned land. How many valuable Corpse Kings will appear if we control all of them?"
The Forgotten Ruins God smiled as she stared in the direction that the Ancestral Turtle had retreated. Her only regret in this battle was that she had not been able to play with that brat, but there would be plenty of opportunities.
Marquis Qing Zhu twirled his bamboo flute. "The Sixth Mainland is under control. In a few more years, countless Corpse Kings will be born. With the Fifth Mainland, there will be an endless supply of Corpse Kings for us to use."
"It's a pity that she was too heavy-handed. Those Half-Progenitors are all treasures."
The Ancient God calmly said, "Give them some time and let them gather together. Only then will it be easier to enslave them. We can't establish too many Eternal Kingdoms either, as there are too few of them. We can only establish five Eternal Kingdoms in this abandoned land."