Star Odyssey

Chapter 3220: This Era

A momentary flash of brilliance could not beceternal. Di Qiong had erupted with a blinding radiance at the end of his life, but that brilliance was destined to fade away.

At the top of the black Mother Tree, True God remained as calm as ever.

After learning that Lu Yin cultivated divine energy, True God had already known that Di Qiong could not pose a threat to the young man.

One by one, Aeternus’s experts were falling, and it was all thanks to one man.

"The Seven Skygods once put tremendous pressure on my Origin Universe, and that was nothing compared to the despair that we felt when we first learned of the Six Scourges. Even so, what of it? We still endured.

"Humans are gifted at creation, despite our many flaws. When faced with a crisis that threatens the entire species, humans will always unite.

"Yong Heng, you are sure to lose. Even with the Boundary Guardians, you will still lose. Nothing can stand against humanity's determination to survive," Lu Yin declared as he stared at the black Mother Tree.

True God praised Lu Yin. "It tooka very long tand a great deal of effort to gather the Three Pillars and Six Skies, and yet you are killing them, one by one. Lu Yin, the Three Pillars and Six Skies are no match for you on their own.

"However, the stronger something becomes, the more easily it will break. You will eventually see the truth of this megaverse, and you will be crushed by despair. Humanity may survive, and my Aeternus may not be able to exterminate your species. However, you and your Heavens Sect, as well as everyone who supports you, will definitely cease to exist.

"That is a truth of this megaverse. You will be no different from Di Qiong—a momentary flash of brilliance. This era will indeed remember you, but the next will forget you."

A smile crept across Lu Yin's lips. "I'm not that easily killed. At least, I won’t die before your Aeternals are eradicated. My mission is to pave a path for humanity, no matter where that path may lead. Whether or not I’m remembered by this era doesn't matter. As long as someone cares and I'm still alive, it will be enough.

"Listen to the voices of countless people. They care about me, which is enough."

With that, the Investiture of the Gods appeared above Lu Yin’s head, and its golden light filled the Scourge. While many watched on in confusion, the golden light focused on Hongyan Mavis, creating a shadow behind her.

Lu Yin's voice rang out. "Hongyan Mavis, do you accept being conferred as a god?"

That was it. At this moment, Lu Yin was going to confer Hongyan Mavis as a summoned god.

He had once considered conferring many of the Heavens Sect’s experts, but he had realized that doing so would not make much of a difference. Ordinary Progenitors would only have a tiny impact on a battlefield like this one, and the Investiture of the Gods surely had limits, just like the Champions’ Stage. Because of that, Lu Yin had decided to wait and only confer true experts.

In the past, he had not been confident about conferring someone like Hongyan Mavis, who was one of the Three Realms and Six Daos.

Just because Lu Yin could defeat sof the Three Pillars and Six Skies, that did not mean that he could also defeat the Three Realms and Six Daos. There was a significant difference between the two groups.

Additionally, Lu Yin had lacked the opportunity.

But at this moment, he was confident that he would succeed. There were still many powerful Aeternals on the battlefield, as well as the Boundary Guardians. Humanity still did not hold the advantage, even with Di Qiong dead.

There was only one way to change that; confer a god.

Ancestor Lu Tianyi had conferred Progenitor Chen, Progenitor Ku, and the rest of the Daosource Sect’s Nine Mountains and Eight Seas, which had allowed the man to single-handedly stop the Aeternus and protect the Perennial World.

At this moment, Lu Yin wanted to confer the Three Realms and Six Daos in order to completely crush the Aeternals.

Seeing Lu Yin’s intentions, Progenitor Xi immediately attacked him with her sword. She would not allow Lu Yin to confer another god.

Mu Shen blocked the attack. After Fei had ambushed and killed Lan Lan, Mu Shen had been freed up. While there was almost no chance of him defeating Progenitor Xi on his own, by joining forces with Mu Ke and Emperor Shang, the three were confident that they could keep Progenitor Xi occupied. Unless the woman could release the power of an Ortuser and fully wield her spiritual force, the three men believed that they could restrain Progenitor Xi, especially since Kong Tianzhao had succeeded in doing the sin the past.

Hongyan Mavis looked over at Lu Yin and replied, "I never thought that I would be conferred by a member of the Lu family. Little Seven, remember this. Loam never conferred me, which means that you’re the first.

"I accept."

The shadow moved through the sky, making its way to the Investiture of the Gods.

Tian Ci roared, "Stop them!"

There was no need for him to say anything. Tian En had started taking action, but Wu Tian was even faster. Before Hongyan Mavis even answered, Wu Tian had already attacked Tian En, preventing the butterfly from interfering with Hongyan Mavis and Lu Yin.

Conferring one of the Three Realms and Six Daos. It was something that almost no one would even dare to imagine.

The Lu family had both their Champions' Stage and the Investiture of the Gods. One person as strong as a nation, one person lording over all. The two were incomparably powerful and terrifying innate gifts, and they had allowed the Lu family to rule over the Fifth Mainland.

From the Heavens Sect era to the present, while the Lu family had ruled over the Fifth Mainland with their two hereditary innate gifts, it had never caused a qualitative change that could transcend the Fifth Mainland. No matter how many summoned gods were conferred, they could not compare to the qualitative difference that Hongyan Mavis alone could make.

But at this moment, that qualitative change was taking place.

The fact that Lu Yin could confer the Three Realms and Six Daos meant that he alone was capable of wielding the strength of the Three Realms and Six Daos. When that was combined with his own strength, no one could estimate what Lu Yin’s combat potential would become.

Hongyan Mavis’s shadow reached the Investiture of the Gods, and her image appeared on it, surprising no one.

Lu Yin let out a breath when he saw that the golden light did not fade. An image of Hongyan Mavis stepped out at Lu Yin's command and charged towards Tian Feng.

Hongyan Mavis smiled wryly. "This is my first tworking with myself to fight against an enemy."

At this moment, golden light enveloped Wu Tian.

This was due to Wu Tian's own request. The moment he attacked Tian Feng, he had also asked Lu Yin to confer him as a god.

Lu Yin had originally only intended to confer Hongyan Mavis, but since Wu Tian had asked, Lu Yin had no reason to say no.

Countless people stared in stupefaction.

"Wu Tian, do you wish to be conferred as a god?"

A voice echoed across the Scourge.

Wu Tian looked up. "I accept."

Forgotten Ruins God, Lord Xu, Xu Wuwei, Ye Wu, and many others were completely stunned. Conferring two of the Three Realms and Six Daos in succession? This was completely mind-blowing.

If not for the fact that Ancestor Lu Yuan had already becan Ortuser, he would have likely also been conferred by Lu Yin.

Wu Tian's shadow moved to the Investiture of the Gods, and Tian Ci's eyes grew cold. This granted the humans two more top-tier experts.

A voice called out from within Tian Feng. It was Garan Zhiluo, who said, "First Blood, Big Thug, you guys are really ruthless. That kid is Loam’s descendant, isn’t he? Loam once shamelessly tried to confer all of us, and we drove him away with insults, but now you’re accepting being conferred by his descendant?"

Wu Tian gave a small smile. "He's not Loam, and if possible, even Loam would accept being conferred by him."

As Wu Tian's image appeared on the Investiture of the Gods, and then emerged from it again, Lu Yin took a step forward to charge at Tian Feng himself. "Senior Wu Tian, leave Tian Feng to me."

Wu Tian nodded. "Be careful. You need to free Garan."

This was precisely why Lu Yin intended to deal with Tian Feng first.

Garan Zhiluo was sealed within Tian Feng. Even if it was impossible to kill Tian Feng, Lu Yin needed to at least rescue Garan Zhiluo. If she could not be saved, then there was no question that she would be killed.

The gods from the Investiture of the Gods, much like the Champions' Stage’s champions, could not use their sequence particles, but against Ortusers, sequence particles meant nothing anyway. They were useless.

With Hongyan Mavis, Wu Tian, Lu Yin, and Garan Zhiluo all making a move, if it was still impossible to rescue Garan Zhiluo, then no one could save her.

As for Wu Tian, he went to help Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng was struggling greatly against Tian Ci. If not for his mirebound artifacts, the Lord of Lightning would have already been defeated. After all, he was not only fighting against an Ortuser, as Tian Ci was supposedly the strongest of the Boundary Guardians.

Hongyan Mavis continued to fight against Tian En, but she was being supported by Ye Wu and the Abandoned.

The situation had completely reversed for humanity. The addition of two more fights on the level of the Three Realms and Six Daos had changed everything.

At the bottom of the black Mother Tree, the Great Sovereign stared out at the battlefield. It was just like seeing the Heavens Sect during its most glorious era.

At that time, the Origin Progenitor had suppressed everything. The Three Realms and Six Daos had risen to power. The Nine Mountains and Eight Seas had been regarded as invincible as they swept away all before them. That era had been known as the Origin Era.

At the moment, if the current battle could end with the defeat of both Aeternus and the Boundary Guardians, it would be due to conferring two summoned gods in a single battle. This era would certainly be named after Lu Yin.

Nothing could stop humanity at this moment.

At this moment, Lu Yin had forgotten about the blood-red figure that had appeared in the Mirari Realm after Tian Fa died. He had forgotten about the invincible being that had been weighing on his heart so heavily. He had forgotten about everything. All that was on his mind was his desire to defeat Aeternus and the Boundary Guardians, providing an answer for his era.

They needed to do something for future generations.

The summoned Hongyan Mavis punched at Tian Feng, while on the other side, the summoned Wu Tian thrust a spear forward, piercing the void. As the summoned god took action, the pages of his Martial Scriptures swirled around him.

At the front, Lu Yin raised his hand, manifesting soil into columns that rained down like a storm.

Tian Feng seemed like a sourcebox. The being looked like an oval-shaped rock, and it gave off a sense of natural perfection.

Whenever Lu Yin attacked, the patterns on Tian Feng's surface would flicker. Each flicker caused Lu Yin to momentarily pause, along with the summoned forms of Hongyan Mavis and Wu Tian.

"Kid, this thing is called the Skyrender Glyph Array. I’ll tell you now that Tian Feng isn't actually a sourcebox, but rather a sourcebox array," Garan Zhiluo's voice reached Lu Yin.

He was caught off guard. "It’s a sourcebox array?"

"There are many strange creatures in existence. There are even sourcebox arrays that have developed consciousness. With the power of this sourcebox array itself, it's not impossible for it to reach this level of power. Even my master was trapped by this sourcebox array, which caused him to lose both of his hands. I chased this guy out of the Origin Universe, only to be sealed inside of it. Be careful. Over the years, this sourcebox array has continuously evolved, and I don’t even know how many of these there are anymore," Garan Zhiluo warned.

Tian Feng spoke up, "Garan Zhiluo, I truly admire you. You've endured the pain of being flayed, having your bones drawn out, complete disfigurement, and you still haven't died or gone mad."

"No matter what, I won't be killed by trash like you!" Garan Zhiluo snarled.

Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. She had been skinned and maimed. As Lu Yin stared at Tian Feng, his expression grew colder and colder.

He had heard legends about Garan Zhiluo. The Origin Progenitor had named her Flora because of how she had loved beauty and been more enraptured by it than anyone else. She had meticulously cared for every strand of her hair, and in that ancient era, her nhad been synonymous with beauty.

Since then, she had suffered the most painful torture one could imagine, and it had all been brought about by Tian Feng.

The four Boundary Guardians had attacked the Origin Progenitor, Tian En had almost killed Progenitor Ku, and Tian Ci had attempted to exterminate all of humanity in the megaverse. All of the Boundary Guardians deserved to die.

"The Skyrender Glyph Array is the foundation of the continuously evolving sourcebox array that is Tian Feng. It's invisible, but it can seal powerhouses of any level. However, there are two flaws to it. First, distance. The array can’t be activated from a distance, or else Tian Feng would have already taken control of all the humans on this battlefield.

"Second, it has to be directly facing you."