Xia Ziheng frowned. "Divine Master Gu Yan cares so much about this disciple that he won't give him any face at all?"
"He said that he's researching sourcebox arrays, and that once he succeeds, he might become the next Limitless Motivation. That's why he doesn't want to go anywhere."
Xia Ziheng snorted. "That's just an excuse. What Limitless Motivation? Does he think he's Progenitor Hui?
Since ancient times, there has only been one Progenitor Hui. Even during the Above Heaven Sect's era, there was no Lockbreaker who surpassed Progenitor Hui. Although Divine Master Gu Yan is the current number one Divine Master, he's still far from Progenitor Hui. "
Xia Xing said, "Forget it. Since he's not willing to come, we won't force him. As long as Yu Hao is in our hands, Divine Master Gu Yan will only help us. This will not change."
Xia Ziheng nodded. "The ancestral ceremony is approaching. Since Yu Hao is willing to join my Shenwu Plane, we don't need to worry about him. However, we still need someone to keep an eye on those three old things. I'll do it. I'll have to trouble Sect Master with the ancestral ceremony."
"It's my duty," Xia Xing said, and then watched as Xia Ziheng headed towards the valley where Lu Yin was.
There was a Half-Ancestor sitting on each side of the valley. If news of this spread, it would shock countless people. Who could receive such treatment?
Even the Four Young Ancestors could not do this.
Lu Yin was currently enjoying the treatment of being surrounded by four Half-Ancestors.
When Nong Siniang came looking for him, she was so scared that she ran away.
Finally, the Food God arrived as well. He was worried that the Four Way Scales would force Lu Yin, so he had come to help.
Lu Yin had originally wanted to stay alone. He could ignore the four Half-Ancestors, but he couldn't just leave the Culinary God outside the valley. Left with no other choice, Lu Yin could only invite the Culinary God in. However, the four old fellows refused, as they were afraid that the Culinary God would instill some negative ideas about the Four Way Scales in Lu Yin.
The Food God and the Four Way Scales had always been at odds.
The Food God had no choice but to stay outside the valley.
To put it bluntly, this valley was one of the safest places in the entire Shenwu Plane, second only to the top of the Hellwyrm's head.
Lu Yin was somewhat flustered by being surrounded by five Half-Martial Ancestors. Fortunately, the Mist Ancestor was the one who was covering for him, which gave him ample confidence. In the Mist Ancestor's words, forget five Half-Martial Ancestors, even fifty of them would be useless. They wouldn't even be enough to flick her pinky finger. Lu Yin hurriedly flattered her.
Outside, Shenwu Plane was bustling with activity as they made arrangements to pay respects to their ancestors. Yi Xian Academy's students were guided by Shenwu Plane's cultivators to visit a few places while Lu Yin stayed quietly in the valley. Just like that, ten days passed, and it was time to roll the die again.
He took a few deep breaths. He had to get it, he had to get it.
With that thought in mind, he raised his hand and pointed at the die. The die spun slowly. Six points. His eyes lit up. Was his luck that good?
His consciousness instantly appeared in the dark space, and he looked around. His eyes landed on the ball of light to the right in front of him. The other balls of light were too dim, and only that one was extremely bright. It was about as bright as Celestial Master Qiuling's ball of light, which meant that the owner of this ball of light was at the peak of Envoys.
Lu Yin didn't even think about it before rushing over. This ball of light was the limit of what he could fuse with, and it was something that could only be found by chance. Although it wouldn't take long for him to fuse with it, his gains wouldn't be too bad.
Not a single peak Envoy was a passerby.
However, there was one thing that Lu Yin was puzzled about. Although his cultivation hadn't increased during his time in the Cosmic Tree Domain, his Inverse Steps and battle techniques had improved significantly. He should be able to wrestle with a Half-Ancestor if he unleashed his full strength, so why was it so difficult for him to fuse with six points?
This question flashed through his mind.
As his consciousness fused with the ball of light, Lu Yin opened his eyes and saw a boundless sea with stars swaying in it. Above his head, there were stars and islands all around him. His surroundings were dark, as if it was night.
Lightning struck the surface of the sea, causing a terrifying explosion. Soon, fish floated up and were turned into charcoal by the lightning.
Lu Yin looked around as memories flooded into his mind, and a strange expression appeared on his face. He had actually fused with Hen Ye's body.
Hen Ye was one of the Twelve Elysium Sect Masters from the Anzac era and Hen Xin's subordinate. He was the commander of Team Yi, and he had been unsealed from an ancient sourcebox.
Every member of Team Yi had been carefully selected by Hen Xin, and there were nine of them in total. Every one of them had great willpower, and they had no innate talent. Their cultivation relied solely on their willpower, which was why Hen Mo hadn't been able to join them back then.
The fact that Hen Ye had been able to become the commander of Team Yi spoke volumes.
Not only did he have the strength of a peak Envoy, but he had also cultivated his domain to the Void God Realm, which allowed him to manipulate the void and forcefully strip it away.
As more memories flooded into his mind, Lu Yin's eyes grew brighter and brighter. Hen Ye's domain had reached the Void God Realm, which was exactly what Lu Yin needed. He was only one step away from the Void God Realm.
As he thought about it, he immediately searched through his memories regarding domain cultivation.
Fusing the Cosmic Tree Realm into the body of a cultivator from the Fifth Mainland would consume a ridiculous amount of star essence due to the distance. However, the consumption of resources was meaningless in the face of the Void God Realm, so Lu Yin didn't even consider the consumption of star essence. He only focused on searching through his memories regarding domains.
Both Hen Ye's cultivation and control of his domain far surpassed Mr. Tang's, and the memories Lu Yin obtained from him were the same as walking down Hen Ye's path.
Lightning continuously struck down, but Hen Ye's body floated motionlessly on the surface of the sea.
After a while, Lu Yin exhaled and looked at his hand. He casually waved his hand, and the void was mysteriously sliced apart. His body vanished from where he had been standing, and he reappeared somewhere else. The void had been obliterated. This was the Void God Realm.
Hen Ye's understanding of domains definitely surpassed Mr. Tang's, as he had Hen Xin's guidance.
From Hen Ye's memories, Lu Yin also learned that the Void God Realm was not the end. Just like the Warring States Period where there was a method to cultivate the dark purple substance, there was also a realm above the Void God Realm called the Void Palm Realm.
This was a realm that Hen Ye and Hen Xin could not touch upon. Even Gu Yizhi, the ruler of the Third Mainland, did not know of this realm. It only existed in legends and had been calculated by Gu Yizhi.
Hen Ye had once heard from Hen Xin that Gu Yizhi had once said that regardless of whether it was the void or spacetime, all cultivators would eventually reach the same destination. They all originated from a realm and eventually reached a realm where one could cultivate spacetime, control the flow of time, and see through the void. Cultivating the void would eventually allow one to touch time or even chase after it.
Gu Yizhi had calculated this realm, but it was too difficult to cultivate it. At the very least, Hen Xin had told Hen Ye that it was too difficult, to the point that it was unimaginably difficult.
Even Gu Yizhi, the ruler of the Third Mainland and an existence comparable to the Lu family's Ancestor, had only studied battle force to the extreme. He did not have the time to study domains.
Of course, this was only Hen Xin's impression. They had been sealed in ice long ago, and they did not know what had happened after that. Perhaps Gu Yizhi had created an extreme realm of domains, or perhaps he had not. Perhaps he had joined the Eternals and become one of the Seven Deities.
No one knew that it was created by the Seven Heavenly Empresses.
Through Hen Ye's memories, Lu Yin had seen Gu Yizhi's glory as the ruler of the Third Mainland. He had seen many Progenitors and Half-Progenitors, but he had not seen any of the rulers of the other mainlands. His level was too low, and he should be able to see them if he merged with Hen Xin's body.
The one he wanted to see the most was the Lu family's ancestor.
He looked up. This was the Cosmic Sea, and Hen Ye had come here because he had received orders from the Above Heavens to search for the remaining Eternals.
Lu Yin had used Progenitor Chen's strength to unify the Fifth Mainland and establish the Above Heavens. He had become a Dao Disciple and the true ruler of the Fifth Mainland. Even Hen Xin and Jue Yi had been thrown to the Astral Beast Domain, and no one in the Fifth Mainland dared to oppose him.
He had come to the Starry Sky of Trees, but in the eyes of many, he was in seclusion studying the left arm of the Grim Reaper. Lu Buzheng was the one who took his place in the Sect Above Heaven. Although Henye was the commander of Team Yi, he could not disobey the orders of the Sect Above Heaven.
He had already checked and found that there were no Eternals in the Cosmic Sea. They were on their way back to the Neoverse, and Lu Yin had coincidentally merged with them.
Lu Yin had obtained many memories, and he estimated that he would be able to cultivate his domain to the Void Deity realm. Just as he was about to withdraw from the fusion, he suddenly realized that this was where the Corps was located.
The Corps had once been one of the Four Hegemons of the Cosmic Sea. Following the destruction of the Immortal Squadron and the Longevity Squadron, the Cosmic Sea had been dominated by Leon's Armada. The Corps had never cared about worldly affairs, as long as they did not invade their territory.
Before the Cosmic Tree Expeditionary Army had arrived at the Fifth Mainland, Lu Yin's next step had been to help Leon's Armada unify the Cosmic Sea and then enter the Neoverse. The Corps had been his goal, but his plans had been disrupted by the Cosmic Tree Expeditionary Army. Then, the Eternals had invaded, the Astral Source Universe had been devoured, and people from the Above Heavens era had appeared. One thing after another had caused him to forget about the Corps.
He did not know what had happened to the Corps.
Logically speaking, the Eternals had used that liquid to devour the Astral Source Universe, and the Fifth Mainland had been divided into several parts. The Corps had not gone anywhere, so it should have been destroyed by the Eternals. However, Lu Yin had not heard any reports about the Corps since he had returned.
He looked in the direction of the Corps and controlled Hen Ye's body to disappear. He had been in his body for a long time, so he did not care about this little bit of time.
Using Hen Ye's body to display the Void Deity realm, he was like a fish swimming in water, free and unfettered.
Lu Yin instantly arrived at the Corps' territory. This was where no one was allowed to enter.
Back then, he had ridden the Arcadian Arrow Crew's ship and had come into close contact with the Corps. At that time, the Corps had given him the feeling that they were soldiers that had walked out of blood and fire. They were filled with killing intent and numbness.
If he had not been delayed by various matters, he would have come to the Corps long ago.
He controlled Hen Ye's body to appear above the army's sea region. He released his domain and swept through the entire sea region. Suddenly, his gaze fixed in a certain direction. There, an ancient warship had appeared. On the ship, there were soldiers with cold and emotionless expressions staring at him.
The next moment, all of the soldiers raised their long hairs and then abruptly swung them down.
Thousands of spears smashed down, but there was only one sound. It was exactly the same as the one he had heard before: a deterrent.
Unfortunately, their deterrence was useless against Lu Yin.
Lu Yin continued to control Hen Ye's body to step out of the void and land on the Corps' warship. Before he could say anything, all of the soldiers in front of him raised their long hairs at the same time and abruptly thrust them forward. "Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
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