nagpurpolice Chapter 2422: Hidden Divine Energy
Chapter 2422: Hidden Divine Energy
Chapter 2422: Hidden Divine Energy
“Lu Xiaxuan, just what is happening?” Xia Shenji angrily demanded. The four men stared at Lu Yin, waiting for an explanation.
Lu Yin dropped to the ground and calmly examined the fragments of the scarlet eye. “Aeternus’s Murkiness involves using the droplets of unknown liquid to drain all the stellular energy from the true universe and then release the absorbed energy. The released energies have been tampered with.”
“You knew about this?” Bai Wangyuan frowned.
Lu Yin answered expressionlessly, “Aeternus just told me that they would stop Murkiness if I stopped their cosmic door from being destroyed, but-” He stared at the four men. “How could I ever agree to that?”
Conflicted expressions appeared on four faces. How could Lu Yin have agreed? Even if he had agreed, they would have never agreed.
The destruction of the giant eye meant that Aeternus could no longer flood the known universe with an endless supply of corpse kings. Their obvious concern for the eyes showed just how important these “cosmic doors” were to the Aeternals. Constructing one could not possibly be easy. Even if they were able to return to the known universe and bring another scarlet eye, the destruction of the eye in the New World was still a terrible loss for Aeternus.
How could they ever abandon such an opportunity just to save the Forsaken Land?
Only a short bit of time had passed since Murkiness had been activated, and no one could say just how far this would go on for. It was possible that the current situation would only last for a short while, but it was also possible that the era of cultivation had already come to an end for the Fifth Mainland.
Lu Yin did not expect any answers from the four Progenitors. He knew that they only had one answer for him: no compromises.
He continued studying the shards of the shattered eye.
Bai Wangyuan and the other three also descended to the ground.
Without any warning, the fragments instantly dissolved, transforming into a beam of light that shot into Lu Yin’s heart while horror filled his eyes.
No one had anticipated such a change.
They only saw a stream of red light send Lu Yin’s body flying far away, where he eventually crashed into the ground.
The jiao sent a quizzical look towards where Lu Yin had landed.
Bai Wangyuan and the others exchanged wary gazes before moving over to where Lu Yin lay.
Lu Yin was on his back, his expression contorting in pain. The beam of red light had struck his chest dead center, and it had nearly pierced his body. There were deep cracks that had been cut into the ground as well.
Cough, cough!
Lu Yin started coughing up blood. He looked down to check his wounds and saw that his clothes were now bloodstained. He had not expected the shattered remains of the cosmic door to suddenly attack him. How unlucky.
Mu Xie arrived at that moment, and he squatted down next to Lu Yin and helped him up. “What happened?”
Lu Yin held his wounded chest. “Senior Brother, what brings you down here? I’m fine. It’s just a small injury.”
Mu Xie examined Lu Yin’s chest. The wound was clearly deep, and it had practically perforated his chest. However, it also was not a fatal injury, and would leave no lasting damage. The Progenitor sighed in relief and looked upwards.
Lu Yin followed his senior brother’s gaze, and his eyes grew wide. Planet Ominion was overhead. The star possessed a deep red color.
It was no wonder why Mu Xie had arrived. He had been constantly keeping an eye on Planet Ominion. Since it had appeared in the New World, Mu Xie had also arrived to ensure Lu Yin’s safety.
“He won’t attack me right now, will he?” Lu Yin asked. He looked directly at Bai Wangyuan and the others from the four ruling powers. Nutjob Lu had not yet been exposed as a Redback, and they would never believe such accusations without irrefutable evidence.
As soon as he exited the New Corridor, he saw the crippled state of the Fifth Mainland’s cultivators, as well as the visitors from the Perennial World. Regardless of their cultivation realm, as long as anyone had absorbed any bit of star or stellular energy, their energy reserves had started to flow in reverse. Forget fighting—even movement had become difficult for these people. Only those who possessed strength comparable to Arch-Elder Zen or Hen Xin were able to even remain standing.
Lu Yin moved through the Technocracy, the Innerverse, and finally arrived at the entrance to the Starfall Sea. The troops who had taken part in the assault on the Starfall Sea had not yet been dismissed, but they were also no longer the same as before. They were able to demonstrate a bit of strength due to their various tools and power vessels, but this was not enough to compensate for the fact that their cultivation had been crippled. Just a light touch would force them to collapse.
Lu Yin found Lu Buzheng, Cai Er, the Fifth Mainland’s other Semi-Progenitors, as well as the Progenitor of Bloodlines, but they were all in the same condition. Even Grandmaster Gu Yan, who had only spent a very short time in the Fifth Mainland, had been affected.
No one had been able to escape this disaster.
This was the true face of “Murkiness.”
It was only at this moment that Lu Yin understood why the true universe had been restored, why there had been a massive surge of stellular energy that had greatly aided the cultivation of Lu Buzheng, the other Semi-Progenitors, and everyone else’s. Absorbing that surge of stellular energy after their cultivation had stagnated for decades was far more beneficial than normally cultivating for dozens of years.
At the time, Lu Yin had not been able to understand the rationale behind Aeternus’s actions, and that confusion had continued until now. There was no way that the Aeternals would ever do anything that would benefit Lu Buzheng or any of the other human Semi-Progenitors.
Lu Yin had believed it to be a mistake or oversight on Aeternus’s part.
Unfortunately, it had become clear that there had been no oversight or mistakes. Regardless of how far Lu Buzheng and the other Semi-Progenitors might have been able to improve their cultivation, no one could escape after Murkiness was set in motion. So what if they became Progenitors? They would still be affected by this phenomena.
One could never underestimate Aeternus’s plots.
Lu Yin also finally understood why Mister Mu was so wary of Aeternus, and why he had been so eager to learn more about Murkiness.
If the current issue was not properly dealt with, Murkiness could very well end cultivation in the entire Fifth Mainland.
Lu Yin ordered the jiao to travel around the Fifth Mainland. He was hoping to find at least one person who was unaffected by the reversed energy circulation within all the cultivators’ bodies.
Unfortunately, not a single person could be found who was unaffected.
At this moment, the war on the rear battlefield had resumed its original ferocity. Aside from the people of the fourth array base, all the other people stationed on the rear battlefield were moving through the New World. They destroyed and reclaimed one city after another, while massacring corpse kings and rescuing the surviving humans who had not yet been transformed. Waves of good news continued to spread. It was almost as if the New World had already become human territory.
Half a month later, Lu Yin’s wireless jincan trembled. He was receiving a message from Bai Wangyuan.
“Are you still able to defend the fourth array base?” Bai Wangyuan asked. He understood the situation in the Fifth Mainland, but so what? Aeternus had been forced to retreat from the Perennial World, and the overall situation had changed repeatedly in recent years. At this particular moment, having the Fifth Mainland be crippled would greatly benefit the four ruling powers.
Lu Yin could hear the insinuations from Bai Wangyuan’s message, but Lu Yin was not very surprised by it. “What are you trying to say?”
Bai Wangyuan replied, entirely serious, “If you are unable to defend the fourth array base, you are violating the terms of our truce, and you should be fully aware of those consequences.”
“Relax, we have the strength. The fourth array base will remain protected,” Lu Yin sent back. With that, he ended the conversation.
However, Lu Yin’s expression fell. He had never expected Aeternus’s Murkiness to take place at this moment, of all times. Was this the Aeternals’ way of getting revenge on Lu Yin?
The moment that Murkiness was activated, the Fifth Mainland had been crippled. The timing coincided with Aeternus being ousted from the Fifth Mainland and the Perennial World, which meant that the four ruling powers were able to establish complete dominance. This was not good at all for Lu Yin.
West Mountain Tea King had warned Lu Yin about these exact consequences, and he had even given lu Yin time to consider his options. However, was there ever a need to even consider a deal offered by Aeternus?
There were times for a person to act selfishly, but even more importantly, a person always had to remain true to their own moral compass. If Lu Yin had allowed Aeternus to remain in the known universe to continue making trouble for humanity just because of his hatred of the four ruling powers, the resulting guilt would stay with him forever.
Lu Yin did not see himself as some selfless person, but there were still certain things that he simply could not force himself to do. Everyone had their own bottom line.