Before the Nine Lights had made their decision, Old Man Nong had already dismissed the surrounding cultivators. He knew that the final outcome would not be good for them, as this involved Lu Yin, an existence that could suppress the entire Fifth Mainland by himself.
"My Sixth Mainland lacks a Lu Yin," the Nine Lights lamented before disappearing.
Old Man Nong sighed in relief. He just wanted to live well, and it didn't matter who they were. The stronger Lu Yin was, the safer they would be.
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On Zenyu Star, Lu Yin was still unaware of what had happened in the western weaves.
He opened his eyes and looked at Wendy Yushan, only to see her cultivating with her eyes closed. He felt helpless, as he couldn't sense the existence of time, let alone use it.
His left hand was still holding onto her right hand, but because too much time had passed, he couldn't help but move. That soft touch appeared once more, but it also woke her up.
Wendy Yushan opened her eyes and looked at Lu Yin. "How is it?"
"Nothing." Lu Yin was disappointed.
Wendy Yushan replied, "Me neither."
Lu Yin was stunned. "You didn't either?"
Wendy Yushan nodded. "At first, I felt the flow of time, but it quickly disappeared. After that, I couldn't sense it anymore. I can't use time every time I cultivate, or else I wouldn't be at my current strength."
Lu Yin smiled bitterly. "If you can't sense time, then I can't either. Maybe I'll be able to sense it when you can cultivate smoothly."
"Yeah." Wendy Yushan agreed. At that moment, the two simultaneously looked at their clasped hands.
Lu Yin couldn't help but move again.
Wendy Yushan quickly retracted her hand, her face slightly red. "I'm going to cultivate on my own. You can do whatever you want." She then turned and left.
Lu Yin coughed. "I'm leaving too." Just as he finished speaking, the wireless gu in his pocket vibrated. He connected to it and was overjoyed. "Let's go!" He stepped into the void and disappeared from Zenyu Star.
The Technocracy's resources had finally arrived. 200 billion star essences! That was 200 billion star essences! What an enormous fortune! The most he had ever obtained in one go was only 100 billion. This was the most he had ever obtained in one go.
Lu Yin returned to the Sect above Heaven as quickly as possible. After waiting for half a day, Little Bear and the other androids arrived.
They did not feel anything about the grand scale of the Heavenly Sect. After all, they were modified humans and had different thoughts from humans.
"Alliance Master Lu, these are all the resources we have." Xiao Xiong handed over about 200 cosmic rings, each of which contained a billion star essence.
This kind of cosmic ring was too small. If it was Lu Yin's ring that could hold more than a hundred billion crystals, then two would be enough.
Lu Yin excitedly accepted them and checked each one. He suppressed his excitement under Little Bear's calm gaze. "Many thanks. Many resources that the Human Domain doesn't need will be transported to the Technocracy. You can also obtain resources from the Astral Trees in the name of hunting me down. Of course, that will have to wait until the New Void Corridor is repaired."
"We know that," Xiao Xiong replied.
"Oh right, where are the talents?
Where are Little Leo and the others? "
Lu Yin asked. He had not only asked for resources from the Technocracy, but he had also asked for technology talents who could help the Aurora Fort research microarrays.
Little Bear replied, "Little Leo and the others rejected it."
"Why?"
Lu Yin did not understand.
Little Bear replied, "The reason is that they don't want to be too far away from the Technocracy. But rest assured, Alliance Master Lu, your research on microarrays can be connected to the Technocracy, and it won't be too difficult. After all, the threat of the Eternals has been eliminated, so no matter how far away they are, it won't affect our joint research."
Lu Yin was dissatisfied. "That's not the result I wanted. Distance will definitely hinder the research."
Little Bear replied, "Then I'll go back and apply again, but there's not much hope. No one wants to be too far away from their home. Little Leo and the others will come to the Human Domain as guests, but they definitely won't stay here."
Lu Yin was helpless. "Alright, I understand. Then I'll have to trouble you."
There was no need to be too polite with these androids from the Technocracy. They did not understand and left after giving Lu Yin the resources.
Lu Yin looked at the two hundred cosmic rings excitedly. He was rich, completely rich! However, this money did not belong to him alone, as it was the Technocracy's support for the Human Domain. He wanted to use this money for the Human Domain.
He had already thought of how to use this money, and that was to first create an invincible army. At the very least, this army would be able to determine the outcome of a battle if the top experts kept each other in check.
Not only would this be useful on the battlefield, but such an army would also be beneficial to the entire Human Domain.
The wireless gu vibrated again. It was Wei Rong, and he told Lu Yin about what had happened in the Western Weaves.
Lu Yin did not care, as such a small matter was not worth his attention, even if it involved the Nine Luminaries.
He was now the ruler of the Fifth Mainland, and a single word from him could determine the life and death of everyone.
After obtaining the star essence, Lu Yin could not wait to enter seclusion. He wanted to take the first step towards his dream of becoming the Sect above Heaven.
The reason why the Sect above Heaven had been so powerful and why the Human Domain had flourished was because of the strength of the Three Realms, Six Daos, and Nine Mountains and Eight Seas. It was also because of the Twelve Heavenly Gates, which included the Envoys and Enlighters.
It seemed impossible for the Sect to regain its former glory, but as long as there was enough time and resources, it might not be impossible.
Since the Three Realms, Six Daos, and Nine Mountains and Eight Seas were temporarily unable to do so, then he would first make a realm invincible. The first step was naturally to become an Enlighter.
When the Technocracy had agreed to give him 200 billion star essence, Lu Yin had already made arrangements to prepare the best miniature armor, Money Bombs, microarrays, and so on. They had all been delivered half a month ago.
Lu Yin raised a hand and tapped the die, causing it to slowly spin before stopping at Enhance. Four pips, which was the Time Stop Space.
After entering the Time Stop Space, Lu Yin took out all of the items that he needed to upgrade and rolled his die once more. After resting three times, he rolled three pips. Only by ensuring that he had enough resources would three pips be meaningful.
It seemed that he had not upgraded anything in a very long time.
The first item that he needed to upgrade was his miniature armor.
He looked at the armor in his hand. Although the materials used were slightly inferior to the ones that he had used in the past, they were sufficient for the time being.
He tossed the armor onto the upper screen and began to crazily toss star essence into it.
After spending 100 million star essence, the armor had been upgraded to its peak. Lu Yin touched it and was satisfied. This set of miniature armor had a defensive power level of about 700,000, which was quite good. Due to the appearance of the Above Heaven Sect's frozen people, the number of powerhouses in the Human Domain had increased, but there were still only twenty of them.
How much star energy had there been before the end of the year?
There were only a few Innerverse powerhouses, and the Cosmic Sea only had the Four Hegemons. Although there were more in the Neoverse, there were still less than thirty people in total.
Lu Yin placed a hundred sets of miniature armor in front of him, which meant that he wanted to create an army of a hundred people, all of whom would be equipped with miniature armor. This would be equivalent to a hundred cultivators who could survive an attack from an Emissary with a power level of 700,000. And this was just the beginning. As time passed, he would even be able to obtain resources from the Cosmic Tree Sect, and the miniature armor would be further upgraded until it surpassed a million power levels.
This would allow these hundred cultivators to have the strength to face an Emissary with a power level of a million. At that time, no one below Half-Ancestor would be able to compete with this army.
This was the first step. Lu Yin wanted to create an army that would be invincible among the Enlighters. The next step would be the Emissaries, and then the next step would be the Half-Ancestors. He firmly believed that as long as he had enough resources and time, he would be able to bring the Above Heaven Sect back to its peak and crush the Eternals.
After the miniature armor was the Money Bomb. Twenty years ago, Lu Yin had asked Old Cai to research an even better Money Bomb. Although Lu Yin had disappeared during that time and was rumored to have died, Old Cai had not given up and had continued his research. He had even created quite a number of Money Bombs. Of course, the power of his research was not that great, but because of the improved materials, Lu Yin could use his die to increase the power of the bombs by three pips.
Lu Yin tossed the Money Bomb onto the upper screen and began to toss star essence into it.
The amount of star essence that a Money Bomb consumed was far less than the miniature armor, but ten million star essence was enough to upgrade a single Money Bomb to its peak. Lu Yin tested it out, and its destructive power was equivalent to that of an Emissary with a power level of 500,000. It was not enough, but there were many of them. An army of a hundred soldiers would each be equipped with twenty Money Bombs, which would be enough to intimidate the Human Domain.
There were a hundred sets of miniature armor, which cost ten billion star essence, and twenty Money Bombs for each person, which came to a total of twenty billion star essence. The next step was to upgrade the materials used to assemble the microarrays. Every soldier in the army would be equipped with at least five array combinations, and Lu Yin's research on these combinations was more or less complete. The power of these combinations was equivalent to a power level of 700,000. Once they were fully equipped, a single person in this army would be able to threaten an Emissary with a power level of 600,000 to 700,000.
Finally, Lu Yin had to add the smoke that he had obtained from the Smoke Gulp Mountain Range. Lu Yin had asked the Mist Ancestor about this before, and the Mist Ancestor had generously taught the Smoke Gulp Mountain Range the improved smoke production method that he had come up with after being trapped for so many years. Lu Yin believed that this new smoke would be quite powerful.
Lu Yin was looking forward to the appearance of this army, and he had even thought of a name for it: the Celestial Army.
A hundred soldiers was just the initial scale, and it might grow to a thousand or even ten thousand soldiers in the future. The average power level would also continue to increase.
This era did not have as many experts as the Above the Sky Sect era, so Lu Yin had to use his resources to make up for the numbers. One day, he would be able to match the true Above the Sky Sect era.
Creating the Celestial Army had cost him less than forty billion star essence, and he still had around 240 billion star essence on him. Lu Yin silently took out the slipper.
He felt a little uncomfortable holding it in his hand, but he had to admit that this toy was quite powerful.
Lu Yin tossed the slipper onto the upper light screen and spent a hundred million star essence on it. The slipper fell off a little bit, and it was really just a little bit. It was just a tiny bit, but it was nothing compared to the distance between the upper light screen and the lower one.
Lu Yin pursed his lips and put the slipper away. He did not have enough money on him to upgrade the Celestial Army, and it would be best to upgrade both of the slippers at the same time.
Since the slipper could not be upgraded, Lu Yin took out the needle. This needle would sometimes have miraculous effects, and it was still very useful.