Chapter 2104: The Only Dao Chosen
At this point in time, even Wu Da felt sympathetic towards Heluo Mavis and the other former Dao Chosen. "What terrible luck that you arrived in the same era as Lu Yin. Clearly, this was not what you needed."
If the sourcebox had been unlocked sooner, it was quite possible that the Dao Chosen would have already become Semi-Progenitors, or even Progenitors by now. But unfortunately for them, the sourcebox had been opened too late. To the ancient Dao Chosen, Lu Yin held the same position as Progenitor Chen had to his peers. Both were regarded as legends, and all who lived during the same era could only be suppressed. They could have been released before or after Lu Yin’s era, but this was fate.
However, the most furious creature at this moment was the fish that rode around on top of Xi Qi"s head. It kept yelling at Chu Yuan. "Lord Fish gave you strength, and yet you still lost? Stupid! That two-legged beast is too stupid! Hurry up! Lord Fish is going to go deal with him, so hurry up!"
While the fish was ranting, it was constantly smacking Xi Qi’s head, leaving the girl feeling particularly aggrieved. "I- I don’t dare to go over there! Big Brother Lu’s too scary."
"What are you afraid of, you stupid two-legged beast? Lord Fish can win with just one move! There’s nothing dangerous about it. Lord Fish even taught that other two-legged beast back then- Hey, wait. What was Lord Fish just saying? Who did he teach? Two-legged beast, repeat what Lord Fish just said."
A glint of cunning flashed through Xi Qi"s eyes. "You said that those two-legged beasts aren’t bad and that they’re good enough to be mounts."
"Yes, that"s exactly what Lord Fish just mentioned! All of them are rather decent, at least good enough to be Lord Fish’s mounts! Hahahaha."
Xi Qi let out a small sigh of relief, as she had been terrified that the horrible fish would force her to join the Dao Chosen selection, which would be terrible. Given the power of the contestants, if any of the people still in the plaza even accidentally sneezed in Xi Qi’s direction, she would die.
Lu Yin moved past the plaza, continuing towards the Heavens Sect’s gate. Behind him, Heluo Mavis slowly rose to her feet. While Lu Yin’s last attack had nearly severed her at the abdomen, she had already fully recovered. In the span of time that it took Lu Yin to take a hundred steps, she had fully recovered by using the Wheel of Life.
If not for the fact that Lu Yin’s attack had been imbued with death energy, Heluo Mavis would have fully recovered by the time Lu Yin only took ten steps.
Lu Yin stopped and turned around as he looked at Heluo Mavis in surprise. "Is this an ability of the Mavis family? This is definitely impressive enough to belong to the family that reigned over the Second Mainland."
If Chu Yuan or Sky Garan possessed this same level of resilience, Lu Yin would have needed to spend a good deal more time and effort dealing with the two.
Heluo Mavis took a deep breath and then charged Lu Yin once more. A punch shot out, and she resumed her full-powered a.s.sault.
Lu Yin shook his head. His pupils transformed into runes as he stared at Heluo Mavis and began to weaken her.
Heluo Mavis’s punch landed on Lu Yin’s chain, but her strength instantly dissipated as she was quickly trussed up once again. Lu Yin raised a hand, and his scythe slashed out sideways, the same basic attack that he used before. Heluo Mavis was sent flying back to where she had landed before, blood scattering in her wake.
Countless people grew frightened. This time, she definitely seemed dead.
Yunying Mavis swallowed and then urged Yuhua Mavis to take care of Heluo Mavis. The young woman could not be allowed to die.
However, after Lu Yin took just over a hundred more steps, Heluo Mavis reappeared in front of him. She used the same full-powered punch as before, fully relying on her near immortality provided by the Wheel of Life.
Chu Yuan had mentioned that Heluo Mavis was extremely difficult to actually kill, and Lu Yin had finally understood that matter for himself. His second time attacking her had been with an attack that surpa.s.sed the first attack, and yet she was still able to recover.
However, it could also be seen that Heluo Mavis was exhausted by the process. Regardless of what means she used to survive, it was not easy to recover from such terrible wounds.
Already, Heluo Mavis"s punches were much weaker than when Lu Yin had first started carrying the statue.
At this time, even if she managed to repeatedly target the exact same location on the chain, she would still have an incredibly difficult time breaking one.
The scythe slashed out once more, sending the desperate woman flying into the distance.
Next, she only appeared after Lu Yin took 300 more steps, and her face was still pale.
She was almost instantly flung away.
It took her even longer this time, and Lu Yin walked a thousand steps.
Again and again, she stood to block Lu Yin’s path, and each time ended with Heluo Mavis being badly wounded. Her desperation moved many people.
Lu Yin saw Heluo Mavis in a completely different light than he did Chu Yuan or Sky Garan. This woman’s tenacity was truly terrifying. Every attack she suffered essentially killed her, and only a few rare people possessed the courage to continue charging forward towards such an inevitable fate.
Despite all of Heluo Mavis’s desperate efforts, in the end, Lu Yin still placed the statue of the Origin Progenitor in front of the Heavens Sect’s gate.
There was a deafening roar when the statue stood tall in its proper place, as this signaled the appearance of the new Heavens Sect’s sole Dao Chosen.
Heluo Mavis was lying on the ground as blood from her stomach painted the ground red. In the end, there was no way to avoid this outcome.
Chu Yuan closed his eyes. They had completely lost.
Sky Garan"s eyes were flushed bright red. He had been defeated.
Each of them had been fully confident in overpowering the other two Dao Chosen and becoming the only Dao Chosen of the modern era. Not one of the three had given any true consideration for the people of the modern era, and yet, they had lost to one such person.
Even if the former Dao Chosen were not satisfied with the results of the Dao Chosen selection, they were each completely convinced of their own defeat. Lu Yin’s strength was not something that any of them could face. It was a true invincible power. In fact, there was no need to even limit Lu Yin’s invincibility to just his peers—even Semi-Progenitors were intimidated by the power that Lu Yin had revealed when he defeated Chu Yuan.
Lu Buzheng shouted from the audience stands, "Let’s hold the conference of the Heavenly Gates now. The Dao Chosen has been determined. We must formally establish the Heavens Sect now."
Hen Xin’s eyes flickered as he looked over at Lu Buzheng. This was a completely different outcome from what Hen Xin had expected, as the result was a Dao Chosen from the Lu family.
Jue Yi was still staring blankly at Lu Yin. He did not even care about matters such as the Dao Chosen being determined or establishing the Heavens Sect. All he cared about was the G.o.d of Death’s inheritance. He still could not understand why someone in the modern era had been able to inherit the true power of the G.o.d of Death, allowing them to actually produce death energy.
"There’s nothing that needs to be verified—Lu Yin is the Dao Chosen. My Divining Heavenly Gate accepts him. He will represent the heavens." Destina’s voice was heard once more, and it echoed throughout the entire Heavens Sect.
Hen Xin instantly focused on Destina. "Isn"t it a bit hasty to simply give a junior such authority, Destina?"
There was no answer.
Arch-Elder Zen said, "Since the Dao Chosen selection has come to an end, it is indeed time for us to hold the Heavenly Gates conference. There are many things that we need to discuss."
"That"s true, and this junior has quite a few things that need to be addressed in this meeting," Lu Yin said, as he looked over at Hen Xin.
Only Semi-Progenitors qualified to partic.i.p.ate in the Heavenly Gates conferences, and even then, they had to be a gatemaster of a Heavenly Gate. Even if the Dao Chosen had been appointed and was given the authority to rule the heavens, it was impossible for them to stand equal to the gatemasters of the Heavens Sect. There was too great a gap between the statuses.
And yet, when Lu Yin spoke up, no one found it inappropriate. There was an att.i.tude of acceptance, as though Lu Yin was completely qualified to hold a conversation with a Semi-Progenitor.
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The Heavenly Gates conference had been held three times in the past, which made the current conference the fourth meeting.
The first three meetings had been held to determine the new political structure of the Fifth Mainland, as well as the status of the six Heavenly Gates.
Every meeting had involved only three people, but there was one addition to the current Heavenly Gates conference.
Each of the previous meetings had been held on Earth, as it was the closest inhabited planet to Jupiter, and the fourth conference was no different. Unless the Heavens Sect was fully and truly reestablished, the location of these meetings would not change.
Seven people stood on top of Mount Tai on Earth. Lu Yin smiled as he glanced at the six gatemasters of the Heavenly Gates who stood on either side of him. "Were all the Heavenly Gates conferences in the past this quiet? If that’s the case, then this junior will throw bricks to attract jade so that there’s something for you seniors to discuss.
"To begin with, do any of you seniors have an issue with this junior holding the position of Dao Chosen and representing the heavens?"
Lu Yin looked at each person in turn. While he already knew there would be no issues with either Lu Buzheng or Arch-Elder Zen, he gave Destina an odd look.
Destina had always maintained the appearance of a white cloud when interacting with people, but for this particular meeting, she had finally revealed her true body. She was a beautiful girl, as she did not have the appearance of a woman, but rather that of a young, fourteen or fifteen year old girl. If she were placed in almost any other location in the universe, no one would know that this young girl was actually Destiny’s heir and the gatemaster of one of the Twelve Heavenly Gates from the Heavens Sect era. Not only that, but she had been the most intimidating of all of the twelve gatemasters.
After Lu Yin saw Destina’s true appearance, Lu Yin could not help but wonder if she used the appearance of a white cloud because she was tired of looking too young for people to take her seriously. That white cloud appearance not only hid her true appearance, but it also gave her a certain mystique.
Destina turned her head to meet Lu Yin’s eyes, and she gave him a tiny hint of a smile. She’s pretty cute.
Lu Yin was left speechless by his own thoughts. He had actually used the term “cute” to describe a Semi-Progenitor! Lu Yin could not believe that he had even thought such a thing within his own mind.
"I accept Lu Yin as the Dao Chosen, and I support his right to represent the heavens," Destina spoke. Everyone heard the same sweet voice as before, but when paired with her true appearance, the voice had an added hint of innocence.
Lu Yin looked over at Jiu Yao.
In the absence of the Progenitor of Bloodlines, Jiu Yao was the acting gatemaster of the Bloodlines Heavenly Gate. Actually, Jiu Yao had always held that position, as the Progenitor of Bloodlines had always been absent from the Heavenly Gate.
Being reminded of the Progenitor of Bloodlines felt rather uncomfortable for Lu Yin, as he felt a bit of admiration for the man. Surprisingly, Lu Yin had never imagined that he would one day admire someone from the Sixth Mainland.
Every race and group of people would have both good and bad individuals, and the Progenitor of Bloodlines’ actions deserved everyone"s praise and admiration.
Jiu Yao considered the matter for a moment. "Since it"s something that we already agreed upon, I have no objections."
Lu Yin looked at Jue Yi.
The man stared back with dark eyes that held great depths. "Yes."
Hen Xin also agreed. "I have no objections."
Lu Yin nodded. "Alright, then since I’ve received approval for my position from all of you seniors, it looks like this junior will be fine performing my duties for the time being."
He then looked at Arch-Elder Zen. "Senior, is there anything that you need to bring up?"
Arch-Elder Zen replied, "I"ll bring up some issues first, and I believe the most important question at this time should be directed to Gatemaster Hen Xin: do you intend to release your battle force cultivation method?"
Hen Xin replied, "I already admitted to my team’s loss during the challenge, so I will indeed make the cultivation method public. However, I would like to first find out just who captured Hen San."
Lu Buzheng sneered. "What does Hen San’s capture have to do with releasing the cultivation method? Are you trying to play tricks?"
Hen Xin’s voice dropped lower, "I will warn you know—whoever captured Hen San, they had better return him. Otherwise, I can’t be blamed for being ruthless."
At this moment, he pointedly glanced at Lu Yin, who remained one of Hen Xin’s top suspects due to the fact that Lu Yin had cultivated Truesight.
Lu Yin remained both calm and silent.
Arch-Elder Zen brought up many different topics that needed to be addressed, and Lu Buzheng and Jiu Yao followed after him. Various matters were brought up, though they were mostly about conflicts. At the moment, all of humanity from both the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands had been integrated under the reestablished Heavens Sect. However, it was impossible for people to simply let go of past hatreds, so it was perfectly normal for various conflicts to continually erupt.
There were some conflicts that were not difficult to deal with, but others were impossible. One particular matter was that Hen Xin had proposed for all native Earthlings to be transferred to other locations and that Earth itself be reserved exclusively for the Heavens Sect’s elites and their families. This suggestion was strongly opposed by Lu Buzheng.
"We’ve already discussed this issue three times! Most of Earth’s inhabitants are rather pathetic and not worth any real attention. If humanity wants to endure, then we need to focus on our elites," Hen Xin argued.
Lu Buzheng did not truly care about the Earthlings and had merely protected the planet due to its special place in Lu Yin"s heart. However, if a cultivator was too soft-hearted, they would never be able to rise up to become a true powerhouse.
Arch-Elder Zen also refused the suggestion. "The sourcebox array has already been in place for quite some time, and it"s constantly being improved and refined. If anything happens, reaching Jupiter is a quick shift, so there"s no need to relocate the Earthlings. We can"t just forcefully move these people away."
On the other hand, Jue Yi agreed with Hen Xin. "Last time, you objected on the grounds that you feared triggering some change in Jupiter. That Hidden Earth group has some connection to Jupiter, but we"ve captured many of them over the years. All of those sourcebox arrays are useless in letting us to escape though Jupiter, and we still have no idea how we can open the pa.s.sage.”
"Moving the natives out of Earth is the best choice, even if just to see any potential changes to Jupiter. If it doesn"t work, we can just try forcing the matter, but even that is better than just waiting around and pa.s.sively watching the planet."