Chapter 2552 – Voidchaos Territory
Shi Jiao frowned. "The Voidchaos Territory?"
"That’s right. My Voidforce Universe’s Voidchaos Territory is about to open. Xuan Qi will go there now in order to seek a suitable life-bound voidforce puppet," Xu Xiangyin said.
Shi Jiao"s expression turned cold. "To my knowledge, the Voidchaos Territory should not be opening already."
"You should thank Mu San. It’s thanks to him fighting with me for Xuan Qi that caused the Arboreal Sanctuary and the Voidchaos Territory to open early," Xu Xiangyin remarked.
"The Arboreal Realm has already given up on him, so the Voidchaos Territory should open according to the promised schedule.”
"Since the decision has already been made, there is no turning back. If I say that it will open, then it will open. If you don"t believe me, you can go see for yourself." Xu Xiangyin waved a hand.
Lu Yin looked at Xu Xiangyin. This guy was incredibly thick-skinned. He had clearly already promised Shao Qingfeng and the other students that the opening of the Voidchaos Territory would be postponed, but because of Shi Jiao, Xu Xiangying had reneged on his promise and still opened it early. Even so, his reasoning was solid, which made it difficult for Shi Jiao to argue.
Shi Jiao had no reason to refuse to let Xuan Qi go. She knew that there was a reason why Xu Xiangyin had insisted on opening the Voidchaos Territory early: once Xuan Qi obtained an excellent life-bound voidforce puppet, he might gain the notice of a peak powerhouse and be accepted as their disciple. Then, the Voidforce Universe would have the leverage to compete with Sage Stone.
However, even though Shi Jiao understood Xu Xiangyin"s motives, she could do nothing to thwart his plan. The decision to open the Voidchaos Territory early had been made several months before, and it had indeed stemmed from the argument between Xu Xiangyin and Mu San. At that time, she had not paid any attention to Xuan Qi.
"Xu Xiangyin, give Xuan Qi to me. My Stone Gate will owe you a favor," Shi Jiao said.
"I don"t need a favor!"
Shi Jiao"s tone instantly grew cold, "If Xuan Qi joins the Voidforce Universe, he will be taken in by a powerful individual, but that will have nothing to do with you. If you give him to my Stone Gate, then not only will you receive our favor, but Xuan Qi will also be grateful to you. The reason why he insists on joining the Voidforce Universe is to repay your kindness. As long as you agree to it, he can happily join my Stone Gate."
Xu Xiangyin looked at Lu Yin, his eyes filled with various emotions.
Lu Yin was at a loss for words. He had done nothing more than spout off a few random sentences that he had used as an excuse, so why was the old man so moved? He wouldn’t push Lu Yin to join the Stone Gate, right? Lu Yin did not want to go to the Cyclic Universe!
"Xuan Qi, what would you choose, if not for me?" Xu Xiangyin asked. As a senior, he was willing to leave this choice up to Xuan Qi. Xu Xiangyin understood that, if the Voidforce Universe were to lose this genius, he would have to bear the consequences.
Lu Yin said solemnly, "I will listen to you, Senior."
"Listen to yourself," Xu Xiangyin said.
Lu Yin shook his head, "I will listen to you, Senior."
Shi Jiao stared at Lu Yin, surprised by his stubbornness.
Xu Xiangyin smiled. "I never expected to come across someone like you. I know that you would rather inherit Sage Stone"s seat in the Cyclic Universe, but you also worry about burdening me, don’t you?"
Lu Yin arched a brow. Completely wrong!
"Go to the Voidchaos Territory. If you can obtain an excellent life-bound voidforce puppet there, then I will allow you to stay with us. However, if the events of the Arboreal Sanctuary repeat again and you are unable to acquire a good voidforce puppet, then you will join the Stone Gate. I will let you go." As Xu Xiangyin finished, conflicting emotions covered his face.
"Senior-"
Lu Yin wanted to say something, but Xu Xiangyin raised a hand to stop him. There was a piercing light in his eyes as he said, "I believe that you will obtain the greatest life-bound voidforce puppet. You are the person with the greatest talent for voidforce energy that has ever appeared in a foreign universe, a rarity throughout all of history. I am certain of what I"ve seen."
Shi Jiao looked at Xu Xiangyin, and her gaze softened slightly. "Since you aren"t continuing to stubbornly cling to him, my opinion of you has changed. What you are doing also motivates him to obtain a good life-bound voidforce puppet. I won"t oppose this."
Xu Xiangyin soon took Lu Yin away from the Cyclic School.
Jiang Xiaodao"s mouth hung open. He had heard what had been said. The Voidchaos Territory was opening ahead of schedule. What the h.e.l.l was with that? It had already been agreed upon that the opening would be delayed, giving him more time to cultivate voidforce energy. d.a.m.n it! Xuan Qi, you d.a.m.n b.a.s.t.a.r.d.
Several of the Sixverse Academy’s students received a notification, "Immediately a.s.semble in outer s.p.a.ce. We leave for the Voidchaos Territory."
Shao Qingfeng felt terribly confused. The opening of the Voidchaos Territory should have been delayed. He had suggested it, and Senior Xu Xiangyin had agreed, so why were they already heading there?
He Shu, Mu Mu, Luo Cang, and several others started making their way into outer s.p.a.ce one by one. The first thing that they saw was Xuan Qi, which instantly soured their expressions.
It was him yet again.
The moment the students laid eyes on Lu Yin, they were already able to guess what had happened. The Voidchaos Territory was opening early, and it was undoubtedly because people were fighting over Xuan Qi. This was not the first time that this had happened. After all, he was the reason why the Arboreal Sanctuary had opened early as well.
Shi Hong also arrived. She had transferred to the Cyclic School from the Voidforce School, which meant that she also cultivated voidforce energy now. Lu Yin had first taken an interest in the power because of Shi Hong’s demonstration in the Cloudflow Universe. She also qualified to enter the Voidchaos Territory.
The Voidchaos Territory was not a place that just anyone could enter. Shi Hong was also quite talented.
Out of the Sixverse Academy entire student body, only fifteen people qualified to accompany Lu Yin to the Voidchaos Territory. Aside from the familiar people like He Shu, about half were people whom Lu Yin had never met before.
The expressions directed his way mirrored what he had encountered on the way to the Arboreal Sanctuary. Xu Yue, Jiang Xiaodao, and many others looked at him with eyes filled with resentment. They had not adequately prepared for this opportunity.
"I wanted to prepare a bit longer, but you"ve forced me to come out early. Thanks a lot, Xuan Qi." Mu Mu’s words dripped with sarcasm.
Lu Yin replied, "You"re welcome. I’ve heard that Jiang Xiaodao has become able to fight you to a draw, right?"
Mu Mu"s face twitched, and she snorted contemptuously. "I also need to thank you for helping him by getting Arboreal Sanctuary to open early."
"Xuan Qi, we meet again," Luo Zang greeted.
Lu Yin smiled before ignoring the young man. Luo Zang had followed Lu Yin in the Arboreal Sanctuary and had deliberately tried to test him. He was a treacherous individual.
Lu Yin"s current demonstration of ability meant that he was able to ignore many people without appearing hypocritical, unlike before.
Luo Zang"s expression shifted slightly, and he looked elsewhere.
He Shu glanced at Xuan Qi. He had received instructions from He Ran to try and create a good relationship with this person. He Shu had also learned that Xuan Qi held a grudge against Lu Yin, which was quite interesting. He Shu also did not like Lu Yin.
"Joining the Stone Gate would be a good choice," He Shu casually stated as he walked past Lu Yin.
Lu Yin looked at Hu Shu’s back. Was this a warning?
Fifteen people gathered in outer s.p.a.ce. While far more of the Sixverse Academy’s students had successfully cultivated voidforce energy, only these few qualified to enter the Voidchaos Territory.
These people could all be regarded as geniuses. It needed to be remembered that not even Xu Xiangyin had qualified to search for his life-bound voidforce puppet in the Voidchaos Territory.
As Lu Yin entered the Voidforce Universe, he felt an unprecedented shock.
He could see voidforce energy filling the starry sky and every corner of the Voidforce Universe. At this moment, he finally understood what it meant to transform a universe. The entire Voidforce Universe was like a Progenitor"s world, though an even purer Progenitor"s world than Xia Shenji"s Shenwu World.
It felt as though a gigantic creature was sitting above the sky, casually manipulating the entire Voidforce Universe.
Upon seeing Xuan Qi’s astonished expression, Xu Xiangyin experienced a strong flush of pride. "Xuan Qi, welcome to our Voidforce Universe. How does it strike you?"
Lu Yin swallowed his saliva. "Mind-blowing."
The Voidforce Universe was filled with voidforce energy, much like how the Fifth Mainland was filled with star energy. To be fair, seeing the star energy in the Fifth Mainland for the first time was far more impactful than the Voidforce Universe. However, due to Lu Yin"s origins in the Perennial World and his time cultivating in the Fifth Mainland, he had never experienced that astonishment.
The closest thing that he had ever experienced to this was when Progenitors used their Progenitor"s world. While that was similarly able to transform a portion of the universe, it could only affect a limited area of the Fifth Mainland, not the entire universe.
In the Arboreal Realm, the sprawling branches that had spread across the entire universe did not release arboreal energy. They were simply branches, and green bubbles drifted about, which did not seem particularly remarkable. Only after arriving in the Voidforce Universe, with its vast amount of voidforce energy, did Lu Yin experience a huge shock.
The voidforce energy that filled the Voidforce Universe could be said to fill the entire universe. For people like Lu Yin who were arriving from a foreign universe, they would experience an unprecedented sense of oppression.
He was certain that a single thought from Lord Xu could make him simply disappear. He could not offer any resistance here.
Lord Xu, the ruler of the Voidforce Universe, had created this universe’s civilization. He clearly possessed unimaginable strength, far surpa.s.sing that of Xia Shenji, Bai w.a.n.gyuan, and the other masters of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas.
From this perspective, it was possible that the Sixverse a.s.sociation"s exclusion of the Perennial World was not actually maliciously targeted at them. When Lu Yin had first gained some understanding of the Three Monarchs Universe, he had felt that the Perennial World was being targeted, but after seeing the Voidforce Universe, there was not a single person in the entire Fifth Mainland who could compare to Lord Xu.
Lu Yin had to admit to himself that he had underestimated the Sixverse a.s.sociation. The Sixverse a.s.sociation was not only about the Cyclic Universe.
"The Voidchaos Territory’s domain is a vacuum that is devoid of any substance. Everything occupying this region is a voidforce puppet streaking through it like meteors. These voidforce puppets possess different amounts of voidforce energy. Some are weak while others have such incredible amounts of energy that they can shake even the strongest beings. It is up to you to discern the difference.”
"However, regardless of the amount of voidforce energy that the various puppets possess, all of them are currently within your reach. As your individual reserves of voidforce energy increase, you will be able to harness the power of these puppets. This is an ongoing process, and it is my Voidforce Universe’s cultivation method…" Xu Xiangyin led the group to the edge of the Voidchaos Territory as he explained.
"Life-bound voidforce puppets are our Voidforce Universe’s primary cultivation method. Additionally, we have battle techniques and other methods that have been developed to use voidforce energy that are in no way inferior to those of any other universe. You will come to understand this more in the future.
"Life-bound voidforce puppets are not mere lifeless objects. What you saw in the Voidforce School were nothing more than puppets that float about. The truly powerful voidforce puppets far surpa.s.s what you can imagine. Some of them possess power distinct from the Voidforce Universe. If you can obtain them, then that power will become your own as well."
After that, what looked like jade slips appeared in front of Lu Yin and the other students. Shao Qingfeng and the others grabbed theirs and put them away. Lu Yin held onto his and felt a warmth in his hand. It felt quite comfortable.
Xu Xiangying continued explaining. "This is a void nest. These are able to hold your life-bound voidforce puppet. After all, there are some voidforce puppets that are too large to be stored in a cosmic ring."
Lu Yin was surprised. Could these items actually store living creatures? Did that make them the same as Zenith Mountain? That was impossible. If that were the case, then the appearance of the subhuman at the secret auction would not have been such a huge sensation.
He put away his own void nest, deciding to study it later.
"In front of you is the Voidchaos Territory. You may enter it now," Xu Xiangyin said as he stared at the distant form of a ma.s.sive vortex in s.p.a.ce. Across the vortex was a region of s.p.a.ce that was devoid of any matter whatsoever. There were no planets, no stars, nothing at all that could be seen. It was impossible to differentiate the Voidchaos Territory from the Voidforce Universe.
Shao Qingfeng took a step forward and started moving toward the Voidchaos Territory.
The other youths quickly followed close behind.