With a bang, a bubble popped, and Lu Qi's body turned red. The powerful pressure instantly turned into a scorching heat that spread and evaporated the entire Zhongping Sea, causing it to boil. Countless dead fish floated to the surface as they were cooked.
Shockwaves surged, and the air was distorted by the high temperature. Countless cracks formed, and the Topmost Realm shook. The pressure whizzed out from below, blasting the sky.
Not far away, Cheng Kong was shocked. This?
What kind of power was this?
Lu Qi's clothes were incinerated, revealing his wounded body. There was not a single part of his body that was unscathed. The terrifying pressure shocked even Cheng Kong, but it did not crush him.
"Where did this rat come from? How dare you ambush me?
Don't you know that I'm called the Undying Lu Qi? "Lu Qi looked for Cheng Kong, but the latter had already disappeared.
Since his attack had failed, he naturally had to leave.
Cheng Kong felt that this was absurd. He had failed, and this was not the first time.
All along, his ambushes had always failed when the other party was on guard and unable to control them. Once the other party was controlled, he would most likely be able to deal with them. However, first it was Lu Yin, then it was Lu Qi. Both father and son had failed. What was going on?
This Lu Qi was clearly not that strong.
Lu Qi did not know that Cheng Kong had left and was still searching.
At that moment, figures rushed out from under the Zhongping Sea. "Scalded. Who is it? How can they be so uncultured?"
"I was almost cooked."
"Who is it?
Come out. "
"Shh, keep your voice down. It might be someone we can't afford to offend."
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Lu Qi stared blankly at the many figures that appeared on the sea. He was familiar with all of them. Other than the cultivator from the Square Scale who had just been punished with the Hundred Thousand Waterways, the others were the ones he had been in charge of guarding the Hundred Thousand Waterways.
They had all come out.
The Hundred Thousand Waterways had been destroyed.
The Eternals.
Above the sea, mist rose and obscured one's vision.
Lu Qi waved his hand, and the mist dispersed. He looked at the crowd, and they looked at him.
Someone immediately shouted, "Lu Qi, you lied to us. Where are the resources?"
The others also glared at Lu Qi.
They were all in a sorry state, and some were even skinny. It was obvious that they had been hungry for a long time.
In order to prevent the Eternals from finding the Hundred Thousand Waterways, the Lu family had hidden them. If the Eternals could not find them, they would not be able to leave.
Originally, the Lu Clan would send them resources for cultivation every once in a while. However, the Lu Clan was suddenly exiled, and they had not received any resources for many years.
Lu Qi had come to Zhongping Sea with the intention of delivering resources to them, but he had not gone yet. He was thinking about what to say.
The Lu Clan was exiled?
It was too embarrassing, and he couldn't say it out loud. Then what should he say?
Before he could make up his mind, the Eternals destroyed the Hundred Thousand Waterways and released them.
The Lu Family's Water Dao concealment could fool ordinary cultivators, but it couldn't fool the Eternal Progenitors. The Eternal Progenitors hadn't dared to enter when the Lu Family had been around, but now they were charging in like crazy.
On the surface of the sea, everyone stared at Lu Qi.
There should have been at least 100,000 Enlighters in the 100,000 Water Paths, but there were still more than half of them left. Including the Four Way Scales, there were less than 100,000 cultivators.
Even so, this number still shocked a considerable number of people.
For example, Lu Yin and the others had sensed that something was amiss in the Central Realm while they were at the back of the battlefield, and they had immediately rushed over. They saw tens of thousands of cultivators at or above the Enlighter realm surrounding Lu Qi, and they all looked as if they had been starving for many years. It was a spectacular sight.
Everyone was waiting for Lu Qi's explanation.
Lu Qi's face twitched. "All of you, shut up."
Everyone's hearts trembled. Only now did they realize that Lu Qi had changed. Was he a Progenitor?
On the surface of the sea, everyone slowly descended. The Progenitor Realm was the peak of human cultivation. That bastard Lu Qi had actually broken through?
In front of a Progenitor, no one dared to be impudent, and their gazes became much more restrained.
Lu Qi pointed at Bai Qi. "You, explain it to them."
Bai Qi's expression changed.
She was about to speak when Lu Qi waved his hand. "Go away. Don't let me see their faces."
Not long after, the people guarding the 100,000 Water Paths all left. Once they heard the explanation, they would continue to guard the Water Paths, and some of them would be able to return when their time was up.
Lu Yin arrived at the island. "Father, what happened?"
Lu Qi was annoyed, and he recounted what had happened.
Lu Yin was shocked. "Cheng Kong ambushed you?"
"So he's called Cheng Kong. I'll remember this." Lu Qi snorted.
Lu Yin felt a lingering fear. It was all empty, and it was all empty again. The threat that this person posed was infinitely greater than before.
"Jiang Sheng is dead. The Great Stone Saint also died at Cheng Kong's hands," Lu Yin said in a low voice.
Lu Qi's expression was solemn. "It's a pity that I couldn't find him. He's just a rat, or else I would have burned him to death."
Lu Yin was curious. "Father, how did you break free from Cheng Kong's control?"
Lu Qi blinked. "I didn't. He can't hurt me."
Lu Yin was confused.
Lu Qi was definitely weaker than him. Lu Yin was certain that Lu Qi had not grasped the Sequence Laws with his Heaven's Eye. Those who had not grasped the Sequence Laws were not Lu Yin's match. This was Lu Yin's confidence, but even he himself might not be able to break free from Cheng Kong's control. Or rather, he might not be injured by Cheng Kong.
Lu Qi gestured for Lu Yin to sit down and thought for a moment. "I have a nickname. It's called the Undying Lu Qi."
Lu Yin was confused.
"How should I put it? When I was young, I accidentally came into contact with Progenitor Chen's Heaven and Earth Furnace, and the pressure entered my body. Fortunately, Progenitor Chen discovered it in time and stabilized the furnace's pressure. He then joined forces with Forefather Tianyi to save me. However, after so many years, there has always been a pressure in my body. This pressure causes me pain, but it also allows me to escape death many times in battle.
"If not for this pressure, my family would have been exiled, and I would have died along with the Forefather and the others."
Lu Yin was surprised. "Progenitor Chen's Heaven and Earth Furnace?"
Lu Qi grinned. "You haven't seen Progenitor Chen, so you don't know how terrifying the furnace is. It's an innate gift of one of Progenitor Chen's nine clones, and it crushed a Progenitor to death in the Sixth Mainland. Think about it, how terrifying was that power that could crush a Progenitor to death? Father was able to withstand it.
Lu Yin was impressed. "Amazing."
Of course, he knew about the furnace. When he had faced the Emissary's Origin Tribulation, he had drawn out Progenitor Chen. Eight of Progenitor Chen's clones had fought against him, and one of them had been the furnace. If not for Lu Yin's many methods and the fact that things would move in the opposite direction when they reached an extreme, he would have been crushed to death.
His father's words were simple, but only he knew how painful it was to have such pressure in his body.
"Father, where's your Commander Appointment Platform?" Lu Yin suddenly asked.
Lu Qi was stunned, and his eyes flickered. "Commander Appointment Platform?
There's no need for that. The main thing is that I haven't found that rat yet. Otherwise, I would have crushed him to death. "
Lu Yin looked at Lu Qi. "I want to see Father's Commander Appointment Platform."
Lu Qi's eyelids twitched. "Well, I'm tired today. Next time, I'll show it to you."
Lu Yin's tone was low. "It shattered."
Lu Qi was shocked. "How did you know?"
Lu Yin bitterly replied, "It shattered to save me."
"Did Forefather Tianyi tell you?"
"Back in the Food Paradise, that power headed for you. The reason you didn't die was because of the Heaven and Earth Furnace's pressure?"
Lu Qi looked at Lu Yin as if he had seen a ghost. "How did you know?
I didn't even tell Forefather Tianyi. Little Xuan, how did you know? "
Lu Yin exhaled. "Thank you." He paused and looked at Lu Qi. "Father."
Lu Qi stared at Lu Yin in a daze. His heart softened when he heard Lu Yin call him father. It was as if he was seeing the Lu Xiaoxuan of the past, smiling brilliantly as the seven heroes waved at him and called him to drink. How long had it been?
It hadn't been long, but it felt very distant, yet it also felt very close.
For a moment, Lu Qi's eyes reddened, and he hurriedly took out a flask of wine and took a swig.
Lu Yin got up to leave.
"Little Xuan, don't think too much. Everyone wants you to live well," Lu Qi said solemnly.
Lu Yin swallowed. Yes, everyone wanted him to live well, but he also wanted everyone to live well. Why was such a simple wish so difficult?
Sometimes, the simpler a wish was, the harder it was to realize.
Lu Yin left the Central Calm Sea and returned to the battlefield at the back.
The Eternals had invaded in large numbers, but there weren't many powerhouses.
"Forefather, these Eternals seem to be the vanguard," Lu Yin said.
Lu Tianyi's expression was solemn. "Their appearance is more like a distraction for Cheng Kong to ambush the Hundred Waterways."
Lu Yin's gaze turned cold. "We can never underestimate the Eternals."
Lu Tianyi nodded. "Even the glorious Above Heaven's Sect was destroyed. At that time, the Eternals weren't as strong as Above Heaven's Sect, but they could still destroy those continents one by one and incite people like Wu Xing, Wang Miaomiao, and Gu Yizhi to rebel. The Eternals are no longer the same as before, so we naturally can't underestimate them."
As he spoke, Lu Yin looked up. The Sovereign Realm, Senior Brother Mu Xie, and Master Shan had arrived. Thus, the Above Heaven's Progenitors were spread out.
Chen Le, Liu Yun, Bai Sheng, Xia Shenji, Xia Zhen, Nong Yi, and Misty Ancestor Xi Wei defended the Six Paths Society. Lu Tianyi, Master Shan, Mu Xie, and Lu Qi guarded the Tree Protector Galaxy. Above Heaven's Sect was guarded by Big Sis, Elder Chan, Leng Qing, Starlord, Shaochen, Prison Dragon, and Ancestor Turtle.
It wasn't exactly impregnable, but it was close.
For more than ten days, no Progenitor Realm Corpse King appeared.
Lu Tianyi walked down from the array base and headed towards the new continent. He wanted to see who was leading the Eternals to the battlefield at the back.
The results disappointed him, as there really weren't any Progenitor Realm Corpse Kings. Not to mention the Seven Skygods, there weren't even any True Divinity Guard captains.
Any Progenitor could easily wipe out these Corpse Kings.
Lu Tianyi directly destroyed the stargate.
This was the second stargate that the Eternals had destroyed in the Tree Protector Galaxy.
With the stargate destroyed, the Eternals could no longer bring the Corpse Kings into the battlefield at the back. The five array bases were all mobilized, and in just a few days, all of the Eternals' Corpse Kings were eliminated. Of course, Lu Yin had also taken action.
After eliminating all the Corpse Kings that had invaded the battlefield at the back, the Eternals showed no reaction.
No more powerful Progenitor Realm Corpse Kings appeared with a stargate.
It had been very difficult to destroy a stargate, and the one in the Fifth Mainland's Starfall Sea had even attracted the Corpse God. Stargates were undoubtedly important to the Eternals, but how could this one be destroyed so easily?
No one could figure it out until a piece of information reached Lu Yin's ears.
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