Star Odyssey

Chapter 1570: The Man Behind The Scenes

Lu Yin would never forget all the benefits he had reaped from continuously Possessing people in the Perennial World. He had discovered Liu Shaoge’s presence in the Perennial World, uncovered clues to the Hidden Earth Society, learned information about Yu Chen’s jade butterflies, and even managed to travel to the Cloud Shuttle with Xia Ru. All of that had only been possible because of Possession. Given his previous results, Lu Yin felt that he might as well try it in the Neoverse as well.

If he was able to Possess everyone in the universe once, then he would essentially become the absolute master of the universe.

The scenery changed before his eyes, and Lu Yin reappeared in that strange space. He glanced around and then immediately merged with the brightest light orb that was around him.

Given Lu Yin’s current strength, anyone he Possessed would undoubtedly be important, which meant that he would always gain valuable information.

As his vision changed once again, Lu Yin almost ran into a planet that was in front of him. There were two people fighting each other, and Lu Yin recognized them both: Nan Yanfei and Di Fa.

Was he in the Sixth Mainland? No, this was the Outerverse.

Almost all of the survivors from the Sixth Mainland had been relocated to the Outerverse, and Realmlings like Nan Yanfei and Di Fa were no exceptions. They had also participated in ZENITH.

Shang Qing’s summoned Progenitor Chen had smacked Nan Yanfei down to the base of Zenith Mountain, and that one blow had eliminated him from the competition. Di Fa had suffered even more. First, he had been hit by Shang Qing’s secret technique, Banish, and later, he had been smashed down to the foot of the mountain by Lu Yin. Di Fa had even failed to climb back up the mountain after being sent to the bottom of the mountain, and his ranking in ZENITH had been truly pathetic.

At the moment, the two were fighting against each other on a planet in the western region of the Outerverse.

Lu Yin had Possessed an Imprinter from the Blood Homage Realm. In other words, Lu Yin had Possessed an Envoy. With his current battle strength, a bright orb had to represent an Envoy, as anyone weaker would be much dimmer.

This was not Lu Yin’s first time Possessing an Envoy, but that had been an extremely injured Envoy whose stellular energy vortex had been destroyed. Only then had Lu Yin been able to Possess that powerhouse.

This meant that the Imprinter that Lu Yin was currently Possessing was the first full strength Envoy that Lu Yin had ever Possessed.

This experience allowed Lu Yin to truly understand the difference between an Envoy and an Enlighter. Envoys used stellular energy to cultivate and had to create a vortex of stellular energy within their body. The body then became a container for that energy while the stellular energy was like a gas that filled the body. The stellular vortex was like a galaxy slowly rotating in space. Thus, Envoys had entered a different realm of cultivation, and they were unimaginably more powerful from when they had been Envoys. Envoys were people on a completely different path of cultivation from Enlighters.

Envoys needed to absorb stellular energy from the true universe in order to slowly expand their stellular energy vortex within their body. From the memories of the Imprinter that Lu Yin had Possessed, he learned that the stellular energy vortex had to grow to a certain point before it transformed. However, the transformation process was very lengthy.

Lu Yin remembered how Semi-Progenitor Liu Hua had been poisoned by Vitality Poison in the Perennial World’s New World when they had been defending the Folded Mountains. Marquis Xiang had said that the poison was engineered to destroy the Semi-Progenitor’s inner world. Did that mean that stellular vortexes eventually developed into inner worlds?

The Sixth Mainland’s Envoys were different from the Envoys of the Perennial World and the Fifth Mainland as they cultivated imprints.action

Lu Yin had always believed that cultivating imprints was the wrong path of cultivation, as it made it incredibly difficult to reach the ultimate level of power. Still, Lu Yin had to admit that imprints were by far the best method for Envoys to survive stellular tribulations. The Sixth Mainland had many more Envoys than the Fifth Mainland, and it was all because of their imprints.

Usually, Envoys had to struggle to survive each tribulation, but the Sixth Mainland’s Envoys had imprints, and that extra boost of strength gave them a much better chance of surviving stellular tribulations. In fact, their success rate was so high that, in some ways, the Sixth Mainland could compare to the Perennial World.

There was a sudden bang; off in the distance, Nan Yanfei had brought out his imprint of the Bluedome Elder. Across from him, Di Fa had also unleashed his imprint of the Bluedome Elder, and their battle quickly escalated.

Lu Yin did not have time to focus on the Realmlings’ battle as he was entirely focused on processing and filtering the Imprinter’s memories. Another person’s cultivation path would become Lu Yin’s own invaluable experience.

In the Imprinter’s memories, Lu Yin saw a countless number of Aeternal’s monsters wreaking havoc upon the Sixth Mainland. He saw countless people die, he saw the mainland itself collapse, he saw the three Progenitors fighting with all they had, and he saw the blood of countless powerhouses stain the ground red.

As time passed, Lu Yin saw memories of the Imprinter fighting against other families within the Sixth Mainland, and he even saw the incredible power of Bluedome Elder. Suddenly, an image flashed, and Lu Yin's pupils shrank. Was that Qing Tan?

He had never expected to see Qing Tan appear in this Imprinter’s memory.

According to the Imprinter’s memories, the powerhouse had been visiting a statue of the Bluedome Elder, and Qing Tan had been standing beneath the statue. Lu Yin carefully studied the memory, but he found absolutely no information regarding Qing Tan’s identity, only that the Imprinter was certain that the woman had a close relationship with the Bluedome Elder.

Qing Tan had to be someone from the Sixth Mainland who followed the Bluedome Elder.

This meant that the power behind Qing Tan was the Sixth Mainland! It was no wonder why she had been able to easily control one of the Hall of Honor’s overseers.

In terms of both top powerhouses and overall number of experts, the Sixth Mainland far surpassed the Fifth Mainland. In fact, the Fifth Mainland had only been able to stand on the same level as the Sixth Mainland due to the foresight and preparations of their former Progenitors, but if it came to a true battle, then the Fifth Mainland was not the Sixth’s opponent.

The Sixth Mainland seemed to be unwilling to accept only taking the Outerverse, and they also had had plans to take over the Neoverse. As it turned out, part of that plan was to seize control of the overseers.

It was even possible that old man San Shang was not the only one of the nine overseers to have fallen under the Sixth Mainland’s control. The others might have already been compromised as well.

"Nan Yanfei, there's no point to the two of us fighting—let's find some people from the Fifth Mainland," Di Fa loudly suggested.

Nan Yanfei replied, "Do you want to go to the Innerverse? Forget it! Just calm down for now."

"There’s no need to go to the Innerverse. Have you forgotten about the Daosource Sect’s ruins? Even though you and I aren’t a part of the younger generation anymore, there’s no rules that say that we can’t go back. After all, the universe has changed," Di Fa said.

"That’s true. I’ve heard that the Fifth Mainland’s Ten Arbiters still show up in the Daosource Sect’s ruins sometimes."

"That sounds like a plan."

…

Lu Yin ended his Possession, and his consciousness returned to Black Street. When he checked his cosmic ring, he was relieved to see that he had not used much of his funds. Only a few million star essence had been consumed, which was not very much.

Lu Yin immediately wrote a note to Wei Rong, informing the man of Qing Tan's identity and asking Wei Rong to focus his investigation onto those lines and to keep an eye on Qing Tan.

If the Sixth Mainland had started moving against the Neoverse, then there was no way that Qing Tan was their only person. Lu Yin could not startle the hidden snake, but since he had already uncovered Qing Tan’s background, she would not be able to escape.

Lu Yin then continued rolling his die, but his next roll was a one, and a weapon dropped out. He used a bit of his strength, and the thing broke. He just tossed it away and rolled the die again.

Finally, he rolled four pips, which was perfect.

After entering the Timestop Space, Lu Yin took out the materials that he had received from Ming Yan. After that, he continued rolling his die.

As long as he was in the Timestop Space, he could get any roll he wanted, no matter how long it took.

His next roll finally landed on two pips.

Lu Yin had frequently gotten this roll in the past, but while it had mostly been useless back then, it was exactly what he needed at this moment.

As soon as Lu Yin saw the black hole appear, he used some star essence to increase its duration and then started processing the materials.

While the wider universe had achieved a state of advanced technology, there were still certain processes that were impossible. For example, there were some materials that could not be separated after being mixed together.

However, Lu Yin's innate gift was able to separate all materials into their base components, which was what gave him the confidence of extracting something valuable.

As he watched the various bits of materials be separated into their raw components, Lu Yin saw that some glowed while others were impervious to his physical strength. He knew that all of these materials had to be invaluable.

Nothing that ended up in the Neoverse’s landfill could be reused or recycled.

After some time passed, the ground was covered with raw materials that could not be refined any further. Lu Yin was quite satisfied with what he had accomplished, and he stored everything away.

He wanted to speak with the people that he had imprisoned on Zenith Mountain, but he felt that it would be better to do that after leaving Black Street. This was mostly because Long Xi was still on Zenith Mountain, and Lu Yin would feel guilty if he saw her while Ming Yan was around.

When Lu Yin left the Timestop Space, only one second had passed in the outside world.

Lu Yin waited a bit, and when white-haired Ming Yan returned, she threw a cosmic ring over to him. "This is everything for now."

Upon inspection, while the items within seemed like garbage, they all gave off a very ancient-like aura.

Lu Yin put the ring away, and then he turned to look at Ming Yan. However, before Lu Yin could say anything, white-haired Ming Yan coldly informed him, “Don’t even bother saying it. I’m not leaving."

Lu Yin shrugged. "The Neohuman Alliance really is much more than what you think."

"Since the Hall of Honor has always managed to keep the Neohuman Alliance suppressed, then there must be a way to defeat them. If that’s the case, then why can’t I go after them?" Ming Yan retorted. "This is my revenge, and I will take it for myself."

Lu Yin knew that he would not be able to convince the white-haired Ming Yan, but the black-haired Ming Yan was fine to deal with. Since Ming Yan would never agree with what Lu Yin asked, it would be better for Lu Yin to simply stay silent. The white-haired Ming Yan had an expression filled with both stubbornness and sereneness when she had bluntly refused Lu Yin’s unspoken request.

"Are you sure that the Vitality Poison will help you?" Lu Yin asked.

Ming Yan’s eyes lit up. "Do you have some? Give it to me."

At that moment, Lu Yin remembered Semi-Progenitor Liu Hua. That woman would be furious if she heard such a request. The Vitality Poison had almost destroyed a dignified Semi-Progenitor, and it had left her badly wounded at the very least. This poison had been strong enough to remove a Semi-Progenitor from the battlefield behind the Mother Tree. This was a large part why many cultivators refused to fight against corpse kings in close combat, and yet Ming Yan wanted to actually ingest that terrible poison.

"Are you sure that you’ll be ok? The Vitality Poison that you had before was very weak—it was only ranked No. 91. The most powerful Vitality Poisons can even badly wound a Semi-Progenitor." Lu Yin tried to caution the woman.

The white-haired Ming Yan revealed a rare expression of excitement. "The stronger the Vitality Poison, the more useful it is for me."

Lu Yin blinked. They were seeing the same thing from two completely contradictory viewpoints.

"If you eat food, then in the worst case scenario, you can overeat and get bloated to death. But does that make food poisonous?" Ming Yan asked. Lu Yin had no idea how to reply.

Vitality Poison was something that even Semi-Progenitors feared, but Ming Yan saw it as nothing more than sustenance. At worst, she would suffer from overeating.

"So do you have any?"

"No."

"Then find some! As much as possible. The more of that poison that I eat, the stronger I’ll become."

"Alright, I'll do my best."

Beep, beep, beep. Ming Yan’s gadget sounded with an alert, and her expression changed when she saw it. "The Neohuman Alliance is contacting Bu Laoweng."

Lu Yin's expression grew focused, and he looked over.

Lu Yin saw a line of text appear on the gadget’s display: Go to Lu Yin and devote yourself to him completely.

These few words left white-haired Ming Yan in a state of shock, and she gave Lu Yin a very odd look.

When Lu Yin saw the message, he instantly knew it had come from Shaman God. That old monster wanted to help Lu Yin build up his power in the Fifth Mainland for when the Perennial World launched their attack. Aeternus wanted to trigger a civil war within humanity in order to weaken them.

Lu Yin turned to face Ming Yan’s eyes, and he said, “It’s rather complicated, but I can promise that I'm not a member of the Neohuman Alliance."

"I know," Ming Yan replied.

The first thought that would occur to anyone who saw that message was that Lu Yin was a member of the Neohuman Alliance and a high-ranking member at that. Why else would the Neohuman Alliance help him?

"Do you really believe me?" Lu Yin actually wanted to explain himself, but he did not know where to even begin. The Neohuman Alliance was certain that Lu Yin could lead the Fifth Mainland against the Perennial World; who would believe such a claim?

However, this message also told Lu Yin that the Perennial World was preparing to invade the Fifth Mainland and kill him. There was no other reason for Shaman God to spare no effort in assisting Lu Yin to gain a better foothold in the Fifth Mainland.

It would not be long before war broke out between the Perennial World and the Fifth Mainland. Lu Yin needed to hurry.