The battle within the Nine Cauldrons' Space quickly ended. Di Luo had been severely injured by Xiao Bai, but he discovered that Tong Zhan had disappeared. He searched everywhere and finally found Tong Zhan.
When he saw Tong Zhan's miserable state, Xiao Bai coldly asked, "Who did this?"
In the distance, the Tong family's cultivators were furious.
"I don't know, but it should be one of the Fifth Mainland's Ten Arbiters. He wants to know when and where the two ancestors tore through the Astral River, but I didn't tell him."
Xiao Bai coldly replied, "It doesn't matter if you tell him. The Outerverse can't stop them, and they only have one Master Yuan. It's useless."
Tong Zhan snapped, "I'll definitely find him and take revenge."
Xiao Bai placed a hand on Tong Zhan's body and muttered to himself, "There are traces of the Overlaying Stacks Path. Although this person did not use it, they were unable to completely cover up the traces. This person should be proficient in the Overlaying Stacks Path."
Tong Zhan's eyes went wide. "Overlaying Stacks Path? One of the Ten Arbiters? I know who it is. It's Lan Si."
"You were in the Starfall Sea, so you didn't know Lan Si?"
"He changed his appearance. He's probably worried that the Daosource Three Skies will appear. It has to be him. Aside from Lan Si, no one else can suppress me that easily." Tong Zhan was furious.
Xiao Bai did not say anything else. Whether or not it was Lan Si, they were still enemies, so there was no point in asking.
Elsewhere, Lu Yin once again found someone to lead him to the Initiation Platform. Aside from the Nine Cauldrons' Space, this was the only place in the Daosource Sect's ruins that had attracted him.
He was looking forward to meeting Xin Nu again this time!
He quite liked interacting with Xin Nu. This girl did not speak much, but she gave him a very comfortable feeling. It was different from the feeling Ming Yan gave him. The feeling Xin Nu gave him was more like caring and giving. It was very strange, but he could understand this feeling.
However, Xin Nu did not appear this time, and Lu Yin relied on his increased strength to break through the white mist and ascend to the Initiation Platform.
Every time he broke through the white mist, he was worried that there would already be someone on the Initiation Platform.
Only Realmlings could break through the white mist and ascend to the Initiation Platform, and it would be troublesome if he ran into one.
Fortunately, his luck was pretty good.
Lu Yin took a few deep breaths and then began reciting the Stonewall Scriptures. There were still twenty days, and he could only leave when the time limit, so there was no point in thinking about anything else.
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When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a secret room within King Zishan's palace.
During this trip to the Beginning Unlock Platform, he had absorbed two strands of gray mist, and his lockbreaking ability had improved by quite a bit. However, there was still a long way to go before he could reach Boundless Advanced.
After leaving the secret room, Lu Yin immediately contacted Elder Big Drum and requested an audience with Master Yuan.
Elder Big Drum had purposely said a few words, implying that Lu Yin should try his best not to start a war. However, he had not mentioned anything about restraining himself. This gave Lu Yin some confidence that the Hall of Honor did not care about his desire to unify the Outerverse, and they might even support him.
"Elder, this junior's request to see Master Yuan has nothing to do with the unification of the Outerverse," Lu Yin said.
Master Yuanshi had a gadget, but he basically didn't use it. Sometimes, he couldn't even send out a signal, so Lu Yin couldn't contact him and could only contact Elder Big Drum.
Elder Big Drum nodded and immediately headed towards Master Yuan's location. He was one of the few people who knew that Lu Yin could enter the Daosource Sect's ruins, and he knew that Lu Yin might have some important matters to discuss.
Soon, Master Yuan's image appeared on the screen.
Lu Yin's expression changed.
He then told Master Yuan about the conversation that happened in the space of the Nine Cauldrons.
Master Yuan's gaze turned cold. "If two Cosmic Imprinters were to use their full strength, then they would indeed be able to tear apart the Astral River. As for the suppression of astronomical phenomena, the Astral River is not part of that suppression."
"Are you saying that they can directly enter the Astral River?" Lu Yin was astonished.
Master Yuan did not answer, as this was the only possibility.
Lu Yin thought about it and realized that Master Yuan was right. Just because the Astral River's energy had increased dramatically did not mean that it could not be traversed. The Innerverse's tributaries had increased dramatically in energy, and they had separated the various major Flowzones, which had also been torn apart. With the Cosmic Imprinters' strength, they could definitely enter the depths of the Astral River and tear it apart.
"Do you know the exact location?" Master Yuan asked.
Lu Yin shook his head. "I didn't manage to find out. However, I didn't kill Tong Zhan because I wanted him to inform the Tong family's ancestor that our Outerverse is aware of this matter. To the Sixth Mainland, they would rather destroy all of the Outerverse's resistance forces in one fell swoop than create a situation where resistance forces are everywhere like the Innerverse, as that wouldn't be beneficial to them.
"Their goal is to seize resources and destroy cultures, and our existence is an obstacle. Since both sides know about this matter, I believe that they will choose a place that both sides know about to attack. For example, the astral graveyard."
Master Yuan looked up and muttered to himself, "There is no war at the borders of the Technocracy, but a war has broken out in the Astral River. How long will this war last?"
Lu Yin could not answer, as there was only one answer, but it was too cruel. To the Sixth Mainland, destroying all of the Fifth Mainland's resistance forces would mean the end of the war. They had not done anything to the commoners, and the two sides simply had different standpoints, not different races. Once these resistance forces were destroyed, the Innerverse and Outerverse would return to peace, and the Innerverse would become a resource field for the Sixth Mainland. They would forever be suppressed by the Sixth Mainland, and the Innerverse might change again, just like before the Sea King had broken through the Three Upper Gates.
It was impossible to defeat the Sixth Mainland in their current situation, so Lu Yin's only hope was the Neoverse that he had never heard of before. The Yu family's elders had mentioned that the Fifth Mainland was not as simple as it seemed, and this' not simple 'most likely referred to the Neoverse.
"Pass down my orders. Gather all of the Outerverse's living forces and station them at the astral cemetery. Prepare for the upcoming war," Master Yuan ordered.
Regardless of whether Lu Yin's information was true or not, Master Yuan still needed to be prepared. Furthermore, he believed that Lu Yin would not have the guts to lie to him. Now, Master Yuan could only hope that the two Cosmic Imprinter families would not attack the Outerverse because of other matters. Otherwise, Master Yuan really did not have the confidence to face off against the two Cosmic Imprinters.
Master Yuan's orders represented the Hall of Honor's orders, and the Outerverse was once again being forcefully conscripted. Regardless of whether it was powerful cultivators or spaceships, all of the weapons with offensive power were to gather at the astral cemetery.
Four of the Great Yu Empire's Thirteen Imperial Squadrons' captains had gone, and the leaders of the Great Eastern Alliance's various powers, such as Meng Tianlong and Mu Nichang, had all gone. Not a single Enlighter was able to escape, and anyone who had shown their faces had been forcefully conscripted. For example, Endless Borders' Wind Flower Team, Stone Team, Aegis' black-masked assassin, the child-like assassin, and so on.
Similarly, the Sea King's Dome, the Elders, and the others had also been forcefully conscripted. Even Level Mountain Dojo's Elder Iron, Lan Si, and the others had been forcefully conscripted as well. They were all required to gather at the astral cemetery.
The entire Great Eastern Alliance's express response force had been forcefully conscripted as well.
Ever since the Great Eastern Alliance had expanded to cover half of the Outerverse, the express response force's numbers had increased exponentially. For the time being, there were twelve Hunters and forty Cruisers.
However, there were now eight hundred Explorers, and this force, in addition to Lu Yin and the Enlighter called Ye Gui, was enough to rival the group from Level Mountain Dojo.
Furthermore, this was just the Great Eastern Alliance's rapid response force. The Great Eastern Alliance had six Hunters, more than 500,000 Sentinels, and nine million ordinary Seekers. They also had 1,500 warships, which was a terrifying force to be reckoned with.
Fortunately, the Great Eastern Alliance's Allied Army had not been forcefully conscripted, as there had been an even more unlucky group, which had been the Central Weaves' Allied Army.
In order to resist the Great Eastern Alliance, the Central Weaves' Allied Army had sent over ten thousand warships. Even though the Saintia Weave, the Umbral Butterfly Tribe, Sourcepeak Weave, and other regions had joined the Great Eastern Alliance, causing the Central Weaves' Allied Army's strength to plummet, the Western Weaves' Allied Army had been able to maintain this force, and it had even grown stronger. Now, there were close to twelve thousand warships, and there were more than twenty-five Hunters, which had shaken the Outerverse.
This force had originally been used to intimidate Lu Yin so that he would not casually interfere. However, it had attracted the attention of the Hall of Honor, and the entire Allied Army had been forcefully conscripted.
Many people from the Central Weaves' Allied Army, as well as those from the Western Weaves, sought out Elder Big Drum, hoping to retain this force, but they were all firmly rejected. In Elder Big Drum's words, the Outerverse had already been destroyed, so there was no point in keeping this force.
However, in order to appease the Western Weaves, Elder Big Drum still issued a forceful conscription order for the Great Eastern Alliance's Allied Army to head to the astral graveyard.
The people from the Great Eastern Alliance were helpless.
Lu Yin did not mind. When he had first wanted to unify the Outerverse, he had indeed wanted to join forces to resist foreign enemies. Regardless of whether it was the Sixth Mainland, the Astral Beast Domain, or the Technocracy, they were all foreign enemies. Now, they could join forces to resist the Outerverse, which was in line with his original intentions.
Compared to resisting foreign enemies, internal struggles were not that important. This was Lu Yin's bottom line.
He did not know when the two Cosmic Imprinters from the Sixth Mainland would make their move, but the Hall of Honor forcefully conscripted the Allied Army to head to the astral graveyard as quickly as possible.
The warships were not radiant-grade Auroras, so they could not travel that quickly. The Outerverse Allied Army could not all ride on Auroras, either. Even though they had gathered as quickly as possible, it still took them more than a month to reach the astral graveyard, and this was even after they had used the military express route.
Speaking of which, it was all thanks to Lu Yin that the Western Weaves and the Central Weaves had been secretly constructing military express routes. Otherwise, it would have taken them twice as long to gather.
The Great Eastern Alliance's Allied Army was the furthest away from the astral graveyard, but they had taken about the same amount of time to reach the astral graveyard. This was because the Great Eastern Alliance's military express route was more complete, and the Great Eastern Alliance had also borrowed the military express routes from the Central Weaves and the Western Weaves under the Hall of Honor's orders. This had caused the various major powers in the Central Weaves and the Western Weaves to be wary of each other.
Doing so would be tantamount to exposing their military plans.
However, they could not refuse, and they could only decide to tear down the original military express route and rebuild it once the threat had been dealt with. This was equivalent to spending too much money.
Someone suggested that they ask Lu Yin for reimbursement, but this suggestion was laughable, and it was immediately rejected by the rest.
Lu Yin had finally witnessed how powerful the Outerverse's combined forces were.
He looked at the warships that filled the starry sky, countless space-exploring powerhouses, and all sorts of weapons. A single volley of attacks was enough to cover the entire region of space that could be seen with the naked eye, and it was enough to shatter an entire region of space.
Although the attack power was not very strong, this kind of might was still acceptable.
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