If the strategy in this dimension succeeded, it would be a great achievement for Shangcheng. As for Jiang Dongjian, he cared more about the thirteen-ring ability. He was the top genius of the Limitless Empire and was very close to the eleventh ring ability. Everyone was sure that he could control the twelve-ring ability and become the sixth cornerstone of the Optimus Prime. If the Empire developed a thirteen-ring ability, he was confident that he could use it.
At that time, the Ninth Princess would definitely be his. A protector who could use the thirteen-ring ability, even if she was a princess, was definitely worthy of him.
Fei Yan was glad that the Empire's decision gave him hope to save his son.
Only Shang Anan looked into the distance and felt uneasy. Was it really that simple?
She couldn't be at ease until she saw the Fifth Mainland clearly. She always felt that there was a pair of eyes staring at them.
"General Fei Yan, did father say who he would send reinforcements to?" Shang Cheng asked anxiously.
Fei Yan hesitated and said, "The crown prince, Shang Tianzong."
Shang Cheng's expression changed. If Shang Tianzong came, half of the achievements here would be taken away. Father didn't want him to surpass Shang Tianzong.
Damn it! "" Expedition Army Commander Bu Wu, Reserve Minister Hong Nian, Expedition Army General Ge Shan, and Empire Academy Vice Principal Liu Ling are all on the list, "Fei Yan said.
Jiang Dongjian was surprised. "Even Vice Principal Liu Ling is here?"
Shang Cheng said in a low voice, "Shang Tianzong must have asked her to help. The vice principal of the Empire Academy is so important. She isn't even assigned by the Empire, but she can come here to help. Other than Shang Tianzong, the student she cares about the most, no one else can ask her to help."
Shang Anan heaved a sigh of relief. "Ge Shan and Liu Ling are both eleven-ring masters. In addition to Shang Tianzong and Hong Nian, we already have General Fei Yan and Jiang Dongjian here. We should be able to deal with anything in this battle."
Fei Yan said, "The Empire has been on expeditions for so many years, and we rarely send out so many masters. Either we directly give up when we encounter a powerful master like the Divine Kingdom, or we send out several tenth-ring mechas to defeat them. In this situation, everyone, this battle will definitely be recorded in the history of the Empire. Please don't be careless."
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Limitless Empire was waiting for reinforcements, and when Lu Yin saw this, he relaxed. The temptation of the Thirteen Rings was too great for Limitless Empire to stay behind.
Actually, the Sixth Mainland didn't have many powerhouses, so it wouldn't be too difficult to subdue it. However, since the Limitless Empire was willing to do the job for him, Lu Yin was happy to be idle. Once the Sixth Mainland's Eternals were eliminated, he would continue to surprise the Limitless Empire. The stargate that led to the Fourth Zone of Calamity was still in his cosmic ring.
As for the thirteenth ring, it was not that easy to succeed. If it was that easy, the Limitless Empire would have been invincible long ago.
Lu Yin's current goal was to break through to the Ancestor Realm. With his current strength and various techniques, he could barely deal with an expert from the Sequence Laws. However, he was still far from being able to reach the level of the Seven Skygods. The first battle in the Disaster Region had left a deep impression on him, and he wanted to break through to the Ancestor Realm. At the very least, he was close to breaking through to the Ancestor Realm.
When others broke through to the Ancestor Realm, their inner world would transform into an ancestral world, and they would succeed if they could survive the Origin Tribulation. However, Lu Yin was different. Firstly, the astral source within his body was incomparably vast, and even he did not know what he would encounter during the Origin Tribulation. Secondly, he had four inner worlds, and none of them were simple inner worlds.
The Limitless Inner World was fine, as it seemed more normal. However, Flowing Light, which used space to chase after time, was something that Lu Yin had no idea about before. Now, after his journey to the Outer Realm, he had gradually found a direction, so he should be able to solve this problem.
However, the Worldly Textless Heavenly Tome would be troublesome.
He had no idea how to transform these two inner worlds into ancestral worlds, especially the Earthly Tome.
Even now, he still did not know how to use the Earthly Tome.
He had never used the Earthly Tome to fight an enemy before, so he was at a loss.
He didn't even know how to use it, let alone transform it into an ancestral world. Rashly breaking through to the Ancestor Realm would only result in death.
Lu Yin's head hurt, and he could not figure it out even after thinking about it for a long time. Feeling vexed, he walked over to the cauldron and looked over. The sapling had poked out and cutely extended its branches and leaves to rub Lu Yin's chin. Only then did his mood improve.
Oh, that's right, the Rosewood Essence.
It was the nine-headed bird's most precious treasure, and it was even more precious than a parallel universe with a different flow of time. However, Lu Yin did not know how to use it from the nine-headed bird's memories.
Lu Yin took out the essence and stared at it.
At that moment, the sapling's entire body poked out of the cauldron as if it was staring at the essence.
Lu Yin was astonished. "You like it?"
The sapling's leaves constantly flickered with a faint light, as if responding to Lu Yin's words.
Lu Yin was surprised. "How do you plan to use it?"
The sapling's leaf slowly approached the bottle, and Lu Yin opened the cap to pour a drop of the essence onto the leaf. The essence was immediately absorbed by the leaf, and the sapling grew excited. The leaf's green radiance grew even more dazzling, but it was gentle and not blinding.
Lu Yin looked at the leaves and noticed that the surface of the leaves seemed to have darkened.
Could it be that the essence's effect was to promote the growth of trees?
After thinking about it, Lu Yin brought the sapling outside of the Starfall Sea's horizontal black hole. "Come, let me see how big you are."
The sapling bounced away from Lu Yin and began to stretch out.
There were people from the Fifth Mainland entering and exiting the Starfall Sea, and they soon saw a giant tree that reached into the sky. Everyone was shocked. What the hell?
Lu Yin raised his head and sighed in admiration. The sapling had indeed become very large, but it was still very far from the mother tree. There was no comparison at all.
However, how long had the mother tree been growing? The sapling was only a few decades old.
Seeing that the sapling was no longer stretching, Lu Yin knew that it had reached its peak. "Mm, not bad."
The sapling heard this and swayed a little, causing the sky to shake and the earth to shake. The surrounding people were so frightened that they hurriedly fled and reported to the Above Heaven that a giant tree had appeared in the Starfall Sea.
Lu Yin poured out another drop of essence onto the sapling. The leaves at the top of the sapling received the essence, and as the essence merged with the tree, the tree grew even larger.
So that's what it was; it really did promote the growth of trees. However, what did this have to do with the nine-headed bird?
Why did it care so much?
The nine-headed bird was born from this wood, so could it be that the wood had accompanied it?
Or could it be that it could recreate another piece of wood from the essence of the wood? Did it think that it could create a nine-headed bird just because it had one more piece of wood? It was not impossible. Although these creatures were very smart, their biological nature had not changed. Their thinking was different from that of humans.
Lu Yin was about to pour out more essence when he suddenly slapped his head. He had forgotten that he had actually used it like that. What a waste! He should have used his die's three pips before giving it to the sapling to absorb.
Lu Yin patted the sapling. "Alright, turn back."
The sapling's body continued to shrink until it returned to its cute and petite form. It jumped into Lu Yin's embrace and rubbed its chin with its leaves like a child.
Lu Yin laughed. "Let's go. I'll take you home and let you grow up quickly."
The sapling grew even happier and continued to act like a spoiled child in Lu Yin's embrace.
After they left, in a certain direction of the Starfall Sea, a Star Sovereign opened her eyes. Had they left?
Ever since she had joined the Above Heaven Sect, she had initially stayed there, but she had later volunteered to guard the Starfall Sea. She did not want to interact with others.
After joining the Above Heaven Sect, she had been promised that she would stay behind to guard the Starfall Sea.
Lu Yin knew that the Star Sovereign was here, but he did not greet her. This woman had only wanted to protect her hometown and was not on the same side as the Above Heaven Sect, so it did not matter to him.
After returning to the Above Heaven Sect, Lu Yin began to roll his die. The first two times, he had rolled one pip and obtained something useless, but the third time, he had rolled three pips.
He took out the essence and placed it on the upper screen. Then, he began to frantically toss in star essence. The essence dropped, and it could be upgraded.
Lu Yin watched as the Gurgling Wood Essence continuously decreased, then increased, decreased, and increased again. A single drop of Gurgling Wood Essence had consumed 800 billion star essence, which was a rather exaggerated figure. It should be known that even Cheng Kong's Dreamscape had only cost him three trillion star essence to upgrade it to the point where it could deceive a powerhouse who had comprehended the laws of the Sequence.
As expected of something that even a creature like the Nine-Headed Bird cherished, this essence could be considered a supreme treasure on the level of the Sequence.
A bottle of essence still contained about twenty drops, and upgrading all of them would require more than a trillion star essence.
Lu Yin only had 74 trillion star essence on him, and he had used up so much in one go. His heart ached, but he had no choice. For the sake of the sapling, he had to be willing to part with it.
He took a deep breath and started upgrading.
Every time he upgraded a drop, he would toss that drop to the sapling, which it happily accepted and absorbed. Then, drop after drop, drop after drop. By the time all of the essence had been upgraded and absorbed by the sapling, Lu Yin was left with 56 trillion star essence.
Lu Yin looked at the sapling, which was still as large and adorable as ever. However, did it have an extra leaf?
Lu Yin blinked, as there really was an extra leaf, but he didn't know how old it was now.
He reached out to pet the sapling. "Are you happy?"
The sapling jumped up and almost bumped into Lu Yin, but he laughed and hugged it. "Alright, go play."
The sapling was reluctant to part, and Lu Yin played with it for a while longer before it returned to the cauldron.
It really liked the cauldron.
After playing with the sapling for a while, Lu Yin's mood improved. If he couldn't figure it out himself, then he would ask someone else.
The first person he thought of was the Fog Ancestor, as her Mountain Sea Battle Technique was especially suited for helping others. However, he had just met her, and he didn't know where she was right now.
Lu Yin could only look for Forefather Tianyi. With Forefather Tianyi's experience, he should be able to help him sort out his thoughts.
Forefather Tianyi had been injured considerably during the first battle of Calamity Region, but it wasn't to the point where he needed to go into seclusion to recover.
Lu Yin looked for him and asked about his four inner worlds.
Forefather Tianyi replied, "I've been thinking about this for a long time. You'll eventually break through to Ancestor Realm, and since that's the case, your inner world will transform into an Ancestral World. However, it won't be easy for your inner world to transform."
"My Lu family specializes in strength, and your first realm, an unlimited inner world, perfectly matches my family's strength. If you can complement it with the Direct Descendant Visualization Method, it'll be quite good."
Lu Yin was puzzled. "The Fifth Mainland's visualization method?"