Star Odyssey

Chapter 3070: Setting Sun

The sudden sealing of the Third Scourge caused Lu Yin's heart to sink. Not only was he unable to return to the Origin Universe now, but he also could not even leave the Third Scourge.

While it was possible for Lu Yin to simply tear through the void, doing so would take time, and Di Qiong would easily be able to find Lu Yin and attack him.

What had happened to make Di Qiong seal off the Third Scourge?

As Lu Yin was wondering, Di Qiong made an unexpected appearance.

Lu Yin was startled. Was Di Qiong going to attack him?

Di Qiong stared at Ye Bo. "This particular Divine Selection is crucial to me. I don’t have the time to let you slowly develop your power. I need to choose between you and Fei now. So, Ye Bo, show me just how impressive your talent for divine energy is. Show me that you’re worth nurturing."

With that, the man grabbed Lu Yin and flung him into a lake of divine energy.

With a splash, Lu Yin sank into the lake.

Di Qiong stood at the side of the lake, looking contemplative. If Ye Bo’s talent for cultivating divine energy proved insufficient, Di Qiong would instead focus on helping Fei recover from her injuries and improving her combat strength as much as possible.

Xu Jin had cornered Di Qiong. Wu Tian could not be given to anyone else. Di Qiong was the only one who deserved to be Wu Tian’s captor.

What would the Third Scourge even be without Wu Tian?

As Lu Yin sank into the lake of divine energy, he silently cursed. What had gotten into Di Qiong? Only recently encouraged, he had Ye Bo to cultivate as much divine energy as possible, but now, he had suddenly placed a ridiculous amount of pressure onto Ye Bo.

The lake contained nothing aside from divine energy. As Lu Yin sank further down, he had no choice but to absorb the energy. Regardless of his intentions, the lake’s divine energy entered his body. This was how the frenzied corpses were created.

Divine energy surged into Lu Yin from every direction, racing towards the universe in his chest.

Lu Yin forced himself to calm down and focus on absorbing divine energy. However, a lust for violence and death sprouted in his mind. It was a desire that came from the divine energy in the lake, which was overwhelmingly abundant.

Lu Yin did not dare to recite the Origin Progenitor's Sutra at this time, as he could not risk being noticed by True God. So, Lu Yin could only rely on his own abilities to absorb divine energy while maintaining his sanity.

Lu Yin believed that he could handle this much. He did not think that even the entire lake of divine energy could saturate his universe. Besides, Di Qiong would not force Ye Bo to stay in the divine energy for too long. His intention was to assess Ye Bo’s talent for cultivating divine energy, not create another frenzied corpse.

Time faded away while Lu Yin remained submerged in the lake of divine energy. He grew disoriented and lost all track of time.

Suddenly, some power reached into the depths and dragged him upwards.

When he emerged from the lake, his hair, skin, and even his eyes were tinted red. His condition perfectly mirrored Mu Ji’s state when he had been retrieved from the lake of divine energy.

Unlike Mu Ji, who had soaked in a lake for more than a century, Lu Yin had only been submerged for a short period of time.

Di Qiong was surprised as he studied Ye Bo. "Sure enough, your talent for divine energy is impressive. You’ve managed to absorb so much in just a short bit of time. If I left you to become a frenzied corpse, you might become the most powerful one ever produced. Unfortunately, frenzied corpses are of no use to us."

Lu Yin stared at the ground. His pupils were erratically dilating and contracting. He seemed to be unconscious, and his entire body was trembling.

A mist of divine energy was present, and it formed a vortex around him.

Di Qiong continued to speak to Ye Bo. "You’re in the process of becoming a frenzied corpse. Ye Bo, if you can hear me, you need to recover on your own, or else you will become nothing more than a frenzied corpse."

The man then grabbed Lu Yin and threw him towards Ye Bo’s tower before leaving.

Di Qiong intended to test Ye Bo's limits. If he could survive the ordeal, it would prove that it would be better to nurture Ye Bo rather than Fei for the upcoming Divine Selection. In fact, Ye Bo might even become the Third Scourge’s secret weapon. On the other hand, if Ye Bo became just another frenzied corpse, he would lose all value.

For the time being, Di Qiong needed to help Fei recover from her injuries and improve the woman’s combat strength as much as possible. There was little hope for Ye Bo as he was.

Lu Yin slammed into the wall of the tower after being thrown by Di Qiong. He collapsed to the ground, curling up in a fetal position as he fought against the pervasive impulses stemming from the divine energy.

A day passed, then two, then three. Only after three days did Lu Yin stop trembling, as he assumed that Di Qiong was no longer observing Ye Bo.

The entire thing had been an act. While beneath the lake of divine energy, Lu Yin had absorbed so much divine energy that the star of divine energy in his universe was now approaching the size of the other stars. When Lu Yin had first arrived in the First Scourge under the guise of Ye Bo, there had only been a single point of divine energy in Lu Yin’s universe. That star had since grown and developed to an exceptional degree.

Lu Yin realized that he was approaching the same amount of divine energy as what the Seven Skygods themselves had cultivated.

After absorbing so much divine energy, it was only natural for a few anomalies to appear.

Di Qiong assumed that Ye Bo was struggling and at the edge of sanity, but the truth was that Lu Yin had only suffered from murderous impulses and crazed thoughts while submerged in the lake of divine energy. As soon as he was pulled out, he had returned to normal.

He sat up and let out a deep breath. He was incredibly thankful that the lakes and rivers of divine energy across the entire Scourge were all interconnected, or else Di Qiong might have realized just how much divine energy he had absorbed.

However, concealing how much divine energy Ye Bo possessed was not a solution.

It was true that Lu Yin had absorbed a great deal of divine energy, but how Ye Bo was supposed to use it to meet Di Qiong’s expectations? Lu Yin had no idea. He had not intended to join the Divine Selection, and yet he was being forced to.

He also could not approach Wu Tian without his every move being watched, as Di Qiong was completely preoccupied with Wu Tian.

Lu Yin stood inside his tower and stared at the Wu Tian Observatory. Slowly, he activated Heaven's Sight while staring at Wu Tian.

At this time, Wu Tian was once again hanging from the chains above the Wu Tian Observatory.

He opened his eyes right as Lu Yin activated Heaven's Sight.

Inside his tower, Lu Yin's forehead burned. The world started spinning as his vision grew blurry. His mind seemed to soar out of his body, beyond the Scourge, past outer space, and beyond anything that he could see. Confused, Lu Yin instinctively tried to stop using Heaven's Sight.

"Child."

Lu Yin froze, bewildered.

"Throughout my life, I’ve loved studying various weapons and battle techniques, which is why I took the name Wu Tian for myself. My greatest achievement throughout my entire life are these memories of the pinnacle of martial techniques, which I hope can help you."

Lu Yin stood there, frozen in a daze. It was as though his mind had entered a higher state of being. Everything around him disappeared from his awareness. There was no Scourge, no Aeternus, no divine energy. Everything dissolved into a darkness that surrounded him.

Suddenly, the sky was torn open, and the Divine Eagle released a loud cry.

Lu Yin's expression changed. The Divine Eagle?

From high above the sky, the Divine Eagle swooped down, its fierce claws reaching for Lu Yin. Before he could react, the talons pierced him, and the eagle continued diving downwards. Lu Yin immediately turned to look down, and he saw that a lake had appeared. The Arkfish leapt from the water, and as the Divine Eagle struck the water, its claws tore through the void while also freezing it.

The fish swam through the void, drawing strange curves that shattered the frozen expanse before it dove back into the depths of the lake.

The Divine Eagle’s talons scraped across the surface of the lake, leaving deep gouges in the water before it reluctantly returned to the sky.

Lu Yin tracked the eagle’s flight. When the bird had attacked the lake, its talons had seemed to erase space itself. What sort of attack was that?

Before Lu Yin could consider the matter any further, the Divine Eagle shattered. Black streaks swirled by, piercing through the broken body. The black swirls transformed into a scythe that slashed sideways.

Lu Yin's pupils constricted. The God of Death?

The God of Death wielded his scythe, leaving behind a trail of death energy across the sky. He released an attack that caused the universe itself to tremble.

The scythe was aimed straight at Lu Yin. His hair stood on end. There was nothing he could do to defend himself from this attack. It would tear him apart.

The scythe passed through Lu Yin, chilling him to the bone. He reached out to grab it, but mysteriously, the weapon vanished, and his hands grabbed hold of nothing.

At that moment, the tip of a sword blade appeared in the distance. It shot forward, stabbing Lu Yin through the head. After that, it disappeared just as quickly as the scythe had.

Lu Yin stood frozen in place. He understood. This was a scene that Wu Tian had once witnessed. Everything that Wu Tian had seen and studied came together to form a vast martial heaven, and Lu Yin was guided by the memories while also being allowed to see everything just once.

Everything he saw were techniques that Wu Tian had cared about.

Lu Yin remained rooted in place as he witnessed various battle techniques either pass through his body, sweep by in front of his eyes, or vanish partway through. He was spellbound, and his eyes grew unfocused as he simply watched everything play out before him.

He saw the Python Ancestor slithering about. He saw Qingluo Jiantian and studied the Mavis family’s power. He saw Destiny’s threads, and he also witnessed the First Mainland’s shattering. It was a place that had given birth to countless geniuses and powerhouses.

The moment the First Mainland shattered, Lu Yin abruptly regained consciousness. He felt as though he had fallen into an abyss. With a thud, he fell to the floor, and he stared blankly at the ceiling of his tower.

In his mind, every battle technique he had ever used throughout his entire life started to play out. Some were simple, while others were complex.

Lu Yin watched as another version of himself stood up and performed all the battle techniques he had just witnessed in Wu Tian's memories.

What constitutes a martial technique?

Was it movement? Strength? Art of killing? Struggling against fate? A battle to take control of one's own body? Countless thoughts circled through Lu Yin's mind, leaving him increasingly confused as he lay sprawled out on the floor, staring upwards at nothing, and yet seeing everything.

Days passed, and Lu Yin remained as he was. He had no idea how much time had passed. It could have been a single day or hundreds.

One day, Lu Yin's vacant eyes suddenly lit up with vitality. He rose to his feet and then instantly appeared at the top of his tower. He stretched out a hand towards the distant horizon and slowly swung his arm. "With one move, the setting sun descends, sharing its last glow with the ends of the earth!"

In the Third Scourge, the last light of the setting sun suddenly appeared on the horizon. The light was obscured by clouds, but the red light shone down on the land, drawing countless eyes to it.

Since when did the Third Scourge have a sun?

Also, why was the sun setting?

As Lu Yin’s arm swung, the setting sun slowly faded away, and the Scourge returned to its former state.

As the light disappeared, Di Qiong looked over at Ye Bo, a rare expression of surprise covering his face. Was this a comprehension technique?

As Lu Yin lowered his arm at the top of his tower, he finally fully regained consciousness. He picked his hand back up and stared at his palm, puzzled. What had just happened? What was that battle technique?

Di Qiong suddenly appeared, and he stared at Ye Bo in utter astonishment. "Ye Bo, did you just create that comprehension technique?"

Lu Yin grew nervous, as he had unconsciously performed the technique. It really was something that he had created, but not even he understood how he had created it. It felt as though his understanding of battle techniques had sublimated into another form. It was the manifestation of all of his understandings throughout his entire cultivation journey.

Unexpectedly, this technique had drawn Di Qiong's attention.

"Yes, I did."

Di Qiong stared at Ye Bo. "Do you know what sort of battle technique you created?"

Lu Yin shook his head. "While I was in the lake of divine energy, the divine energy was corroding my mind and body, and I could only see scenes playing out that I never saw before. I honestly don’t know how I created that technique, so please enlighten me."

OMA's Thoughts

Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA