Chapter 2883: The Might Of The Heavens Sect
Lu Yin looked at Xia Shenji. "The four ruling powers were wrong, and my Heavens Sect will pursue the matter to the end. However, you have aided me. You were the one who helped me expose the four ruling powers" conspiracy to frame me at the Tea Ceremony, and you were also the one to disable Bai w.a.n.gyuan and the others. You have accomplished deeds of note, and since you have repented for your past mistakes with sincerity and knelt down in contrition, I will pardon all your former sins. From this day forward, I hope that you will fight for humanity and protect us from the Aeternals."
Xia Shenji let a sigh of relief slip out as he replied, "Thank you, Dao Monarch, for your forgiveness. I will definitely fight for humanity."
"Rise and step forward."
Xia Shenji stood back up and looked up at the stairway. He then proceeded to climb it, ignoring the many looks of contempt that were directed his way.
Even Kui Luo looked down on the Progenitor, but so what? Within a few more years, all of these looks would change.
Xia Shenji deliberately stood behind the other Progenitors at the top of the Stairway to Heaven. Lu Yin had specifically asked the Progenitors to appear after Monarch Xing and Chen Le, and this was why.
Three Progenitors from the four ruling powers were joining the Heavens Sect. While Chen Le and Monarch Xing were neither enemies nor friends of the Heavens Sect, the three Progenitors had once been enemies, and their position needed to reflect that.
"Where is Bai Sheng?"
The Progenitor appeared, looking up at the top of the stairway at Xia Shenji. Bai Sheng had honestly not expected the previous scene to play out like that.
Xia Shenji’s unexpected actions had somewhat humiliated Bai Sheng.
The Progenitor arrived at the foot of the stairs and slowly bowed. "Bai Sheng is present."
"As a Progenitor from the four ruling powers’ Celestial Frost Sect, do you have anything to say?"
Bai Sheng hesitated briefly. "Yes."
"Speak."
"Speak."
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Bai Sheng took a deep breath. "The Celestial Frost Sect was wrong in their actions."
"What did they do wrong?"
"What did they do wrong?"
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Bai Sheng lifted his head. "The fault lies with Bai w.a.n.gyuan.
"Bai w.a.n.gyuan was the one who took action to exile the Lu family, and his actions have nothing to do with the rest of the Celestial Frost Sect. As the leader of the sect, no one dared to disobey Bai w.a.n.gyuan"s words."
Lu Yin stared at Bai Sheng. "As a Progenitor, have you ever persecuted the Lu family?"
"No. I, Bai Sheng, swear this on my life!" Bai Sheng loudly proclaimed.
Lu Yin nodded. "I will not wrongly condemn anyone. Bai Sheng, the Heavens Sect has investigated this matter and will allow you to join the Heavens Sect. Are you willing to live and die with humanity as we fight against the Aeternals, never backing down?"
Bai Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. He had been very worried that Lu Yin would force him to kneel as well, as he would not have been able to do anything about it.
Not everyone could let go of their dignity like Xia Shenji. The Progenitor was no longer the original Xia Shenji, but rather a clone, and this clone was also completely shameless.
"I am willing."
"Permitted," Lu Yin announced. He did nothing to try to embarra.s.s Bai Sheng. The man had truly never done anything to harm the Lu family, and it would not be realistic to judge Bai Sheng based on the fact that he had not helped the Lu family as a crime for which to judge him. That would be too ridiculous.
Bai Sheng climbed up the Stairway to Heaven. There were two rows of cultivators at the top, with Xia Shenji standing behind Chen Le. Bai Sheng stood directly behind Monarch Xing in the second row, refusing to stand behind Xia Shenji.
A cold glint flickered across Xia Shenji"s eyes.
"Where is Xia Qin?"
Countless people were staring at outer s.p.a.ce beyond the Heavens Sect. Was there really another Progenitor joining the Heavens Sect?
Xia Qin appeared in s.p.a.ce, an ugly expression visible on her face. Xia Shenji had completely embarra.s.sed the Xia family. If she had the strength to defeat him, she would have killed the man herself. This Progenitor clone was beyond shameless.
After arriving at the bottom of the stairs, Xia Qin glared up at Xia Shenji, refusing to acknowledge him as the true Progenitor Shenji.
While Progenitor Shenji had been a cruel and ruthless individual, he had also been stronger than his clone.
"Xia Qin is present."
"As a Progenitor from the four ruling powers’ Shenwu’s Sky, do you have anything to say?" Lu Yin asked.
Xia Qin gritted her teeth. "Yes."
"Speak."
"Speak."
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Xia Qin looked up. "Shenwu"s Sky was wrong, and the one responsible for this was Xia Shenji."
Xia Shenji"s expression changed slightly.
Many people watched with growing interest.
Xia Qin’s voice was cold as she mercilessly continued. "Xia Shenji, Bai w.a.n.gyuan, and the other leaders of the four ruling powers agreed to exile the Lu family. Their decision and actions had nothing to do with the rest of Shenwu"s Sky. All who harmed or persecuted the Lu family have already been punished by the Heavens Sect. Since we arrived here, an investigation was performed on behalf of the Dao Monarch. The Dao Monarch should not allow Xia Shenji to join the Heavens Sect so easily.
"He is one of the primary culprits."
Hearing this, Big Sis nearly let a laugh slip out, and she glanced over at Lu Yin.
Arch-Elder Zen, Mu Xie, and a few others openly laughed. This woman wanted to get revenge on Xia Shenji. The man had completely humiliated the Xia family, which meant that someone from the Xia family needed to seek revenge.
Xia Shenji gritted his teeth as he glared at Xia Qin. This b.i.t.c.h!
Lu Yin calmly replied, "The current Xia Shenji is not the Xia Shenji who made those decisions and performed those actions. Xia Qin, as one of Shenwu’s Sky’s Progenitors, you should understand the Nine Clones Secret Technique. The current Xia Shenji is a clone, not the original Xia Shenji who exiled my Lu family."
Xia Qin was unwilling to let up. "The secret technique Prison Lock that was used to banish the Lu family was performed by him!"
Xia Shenji snapped, "Xia Qin, I have already atoned for my crimes! Are you still not satisfied?"
Xia Qin glared up at Xia Shenji. The two Progenitors from the Xia family were having a public falling out before the entire Heavens Sect.
Lu Yin indifferently stated, "Enough."
Xia Shenji was startled, and he immediately broke eye contact with Xia Qin and bowed to Lu Yin. "Dao Monarch, please be appeased."
Xia Qin was reluctant to look away.
Lu Yin looked down at Xia Qin, his eyes growing colder and colder. "Are you unable to understand what I"m saying?"
Xia Qin felt a tremendous burst of pressure fall upon her. She found it difficult to breathe and could not understand where the pressure came from, even if it was clear that it was somehow connected to Lu Yin.
The man obviously had not taken any sort of action, but he was able to completely suppress Xia Qin in this manner.
How had he accomplished this?
Xia Qin finally looked back at Lu Yin again. She saw the coldness in his eyes and felt that this young man was becoming increasingly unfathomable. "Dao Monarch, please settle this matter."
Lu Yin"s expression softened slightly. "Have you finished what you wish to say?"
"I’m done."
"I ask you now, are you willing to live and die with humanity as we fight against the Aeternals, never backing down?"
Xia Qin temporarily shoved her hatred for Xia Shenji aside as she loudly replied, "I am."
"Permitted."
Xia Qin heaved a sigh of relief and looked up. She climbed up the Stairway to Heaven, eventually taking her place beside Bai Sheng.
Xia Shenji gave the woman a cold stare.
With this, five more Progenitor-level powerhouses had officially joined the Heavens Sect.
The sect erupted as countless people cheered. The Ghost Monkey shouted wildly and started yelping out cheers. He felt that it would be good to learn from Ling Que, and he thought of forming a cheerleading squad to cheer for Lu Yin.
The entire universe was cheering, and countless people called out that the Dao Monarch was invincible.
The people from the Sixverse a.s.sociation who were observing the ceremony had bitter smiles at this moment. The Heavens Sect had abruptly gained five more peak powerhouses, which brought their numbers to a terrifying nineteen Progenitor-level powerhouses. Even when the Progenitor of Bloodlines was excluded, there were still eighteen peak powerhouses under Lu Yin’s command.
Eighteen peak powerhouses was a terrifying number, and it was clear that their numbers were destined to rise.
One or two of the sect’s Semi-Progenitors should break through soon and become Progenitors as well.
Was it really possible for the current Heavens Sect to return to the glory of the past?
Lu Yin stood at the top of the Stairway to Heaven, the Origin Progenitor’s statue behind him as he stared out into the Origin Universe. An unprecedented sense of power and control welled up within him, wanting to be released as a roar.
At this moment, what human force could be his enemy?
What did the Great Sovereign matter? With Ancestor Lu Yuan on Lu Yin’s side, as well as the rest of the peak powerhouses, there was nothing to fear. The Origin Universe was undoubtedly the strongest universe in the Sixverse a.s.sociation.
Still, was it enough? No. It was still not enough.
"We pay our respects to the Dao Monarch."
"We pay our respects to the Dao Monarch."
"We pay our respects to the Dao Monarch."
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One by one, the powerful Progenitor-level powerhouses bowed to Lu Yin, as did the countless people throughout the Origin Universe. Lu Yin"s eyes filled with an even greater yearning. He desperately wanted to restore the ancient glory of the Heavens Sect.
The ancient Heavens Sect had had the Three Realms and Six Daos, and Lu Yin wanted to restore those t.i.tles. The ancient Heavens Sect had also had the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas, which he also wanted to restore. Who said that the current era’s people were not as good as the ancients? The ancients had indeed given birth to many outstanding experts, and the current era could do the same.
Lu Yin wanted to truly regain the glory of the ancient Heavens Sect, and even surpa.s.s the past with the present.
While the current Heavens Sect already had many Progenitor-level powerhouses and stood above the rest of the Sixverse a.s.sociation, that also meant that the Heavens Sect needed to take responsibility and lead the war against Aeternus.
Lu Yin ordered five peak powerhouses—Chen Le, Cloudflow, Bai Sheng, Xia Shenji, and Xia Qin—to help protect the rest of the Sixverse a.s.sociation. They were joining Progenitor Nong and Progenitor Smoke, who were already fighting within the other universes of the Sixverse a.s.sociation. The support of seven peak powerhouses was substantial.
While proportionately, the Origin Universe had only sent a rather small number of its peak powerhouses, less than half of them, who would dare to comment on that?
Lu Yin already had his own plans. The Sixverse a.s.sociation had been fighting against Aeternus for countless years, and the two sides had established a certain balance. Lu Yin wanted to find a way to use the Heavens Sect to create an advantage that would eventually become the final straw that crushed the Aeternals.
It was also a certainty that Aeternus was plotting to find a way to deal with the Heavens Sect.
From this point forward, there would be no peace.
The events that had transpired at the Heavens Sect quickly spread throughout the Sixvese a.s.sociation, which caused many people to marvel at the power of the sect.
They had never heard of so many peak powerhouses being gathered in one place before. In the past, the Cyclic Universe had been home to the greatest number of peak powerhouses, but they had only had the Three Sovereigns and Nine Sages.
The Heavens Sect had surpa.s.sed the Cyclic Universe in a shockingly short period of time.
Lu Yin"s goal for the ceremony had been achieved. Accepting Xia Shenji and the others into the Heavens Sect had been an opportunity to firmly establish the Heavens Sect’s status and power, and he had seized it. With this, the entire Sixverse a.s.sociation had seen the strength the Heavens Sect had acquired.
In the Arboreal Realm, Mr. Daheng looked upset. He had already received the news, and he knew that the Origin Universe had nearly twenty peak powerhouses now. That was a terrifying number. How could there be so many experts in the Origin Universe?
With so many powerful experts, there was no chance that Luo Shan would ever have the courage to try to take revenge on Lu Yin. Most likely, the man would not even dare to show his face.
"Wu Heng, find a way to locate Luo Shan on the Endless Frontier," Mr. Daheng ordered.
Wu Heng frowned. "It is not yet time for me to serve on the Endless Frontier."
Mr. Daheng retorted, "The fighting between us and the Aeternals has died down substantially. You’ll be fine, so long as you avoid the most dangerous parallel universes."
Wu Heng stared at the other Arborean. "Luo Shan is most likely hiding in the Three Monarchs Universe. That place is still very dangerous."
Mr. Daheng suddenly shot a glare at the other man. "I was not discussing this with you."
Wu Heng stared at Mr. Daheng. After a moment, he relented. "I will do my best."
Mr. Daheng looked away. It was not difficult to deal with Wu Heng. Even if the man was an Arborean, he did not have the corresponding att.i.tude and courage of such a cultivator. In contrast, Lu Yin was a th.o.r.n.y problem. As long as Lu Yin was around, Mr. Daheng would not be able to do anything about Chen Le.
Wu Heng left, but the moment his back was to Mr. Daheng, blazing killing intent burned in the man’s eyes. If Lord Lu goes after you, you won’t ever be able to recover. Just wait.
Old Mo had returned to the Endless Frontier’s Umbral Universe. He had also learned about the situation in the Heavens Sect. While most of those experts could not compare to him, there were a few exceptional cultivators among them, particularly the members of the Lu family.
With the return of the Lu family, it would be difficult for Old Mo to attack Lu Yin. Even so, the man had to obtain Heaven’s Sight, not to mention deal with that b.a.s.t.a.r.d, Lu Buzheng. Old Mo had to find a way.
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In a certain parallel universe, people wearing blue and white research uniforms were staring at a strange device with evident expectations, as well as a great deal of nervousness. At the front of the group was the leader of the Energy Research Group, the rather crazy old man. Beside him stood Zi Jing.
A short distance away stood two powerful individuals who possessed black energy converters. One was Wen Shi, who was the guardian of the Transcendent Universe, and the other was a man named Cong Si, who was responsible for the Energy Research Group’s safety.
Further away, apart from the crowd, stood Bai Qian.