Chapter 3090: Shock
Since the Nine-Star Civilization was able to fend off the Second Scourge, their strength was quite impressive. If civilization joined as another ally, the war against Aeternus would have gained even more hope.
"Whether it"s cooperation or an alliance, it still helps us both. The Aeternals are marshaling their strength so that they can wipe out the civilizations that are opposing the various Scourges, one after another. Your Nine-Star Civilization is also in danger," Lu Yin remarked.
Kakawen and Mimina were startled, "Marshaling their strength to attack?"
Lu Yin nodded. "Have you ever heard of G.o.d"s Domain?"
The two showed confused expressions, so Lu Yin explained, "G.o.d"s Domain is another civilization that Mister Mu guided me to, though I had actually already made contact with them before. Their civilization was quite strong, as they had five sequence powerhouses. Senior, you should understand that level of power."
"Of course."
Lu Yin went on, "These five sequence powerhouses were able to repel or even kill any enemy who approached G.o.d"s Domain. The nation kept their borders sealed, and I was nearly driven away when I first encountered them. That civilization was recently destroyed. Four of their sequence powerhouses died, and the fifth was crippled."
Kakawen"s heart sank. "Is this true?"
Lu Yin solemnly replied, "If I’ve spoken any falsehood, then may I be condemned by all."
G.o.d"s Domain had indeed been destroyed, and the four elephants had all been killed. Only the Divine Maiden had survived, but she was no longer able to wield the power of the four elephants, which rendered her useless.
Kakawen"s eyes flickered. By the Nine-Star Civilization’s standards, sequence powerhouses possessed the power of seven-star techniques. However, those techniques were not the same as actual sequence powerhouses.
For example, Mimina was able to utilize seven-star techniques, though not easily. Sequence powerhouses had no such restrictions.
The truth was that the only expert in the Nine-Star Civilization who was truly at the sequence powerhouse level was Kakawen, who could use eight-star techniques. He was the only one equal to sequence powerhouses.
In other words, G.o.d"s Domain had been much stronger than the Nine-Star Civilization.
However, Kakawen"s ability to unleash a nine-star technique exceeded the abilities of most sequence powerhouses, as not even the Second Scourge’s Xu Jin could match that level of power. From this perspective, the Nine-Star Civilization appeared to be the stronger of the two human civilizations.
In the end, they were two very different societies, though there was no way to claim that G.o.d"s Domain had been much weaker than the Nine-Star Civilization.
Even so, the civilization had been utterly defeated.
Lu Yin"s expression grew solemn. "The destruction of G.o.d"s Domain was partly the Sixverse a.s.sociation’s fault. When we invaded Aeternus"s First Scourge and suppressed them, it prompted the other Scourges to aid the First Scourge. For them to do so, they need to first eliminate their own opponents, and that led one of the Three Pillars and Six Skies to destroy G.o.d"s Domain. It was the ruler of the Third Scourge, Di Qiong."
Lu Yin"s tale about G.o.d"s Domain instilled a sense of urgency into Kakawen.
If G.o.d"s Domain had been destroyed for such a reason, then if the Sixverse a.s.sociation united with other civilizations to fight against Aeternus and gained the upper hand, then the Second Scourge would also need to send support. For them to do that, they would need to settle their own matters first, which included eliminating the Nine-Star Civilization.
Mimina"s voice turned dry. "Mr. Lu, we"ve agreed to cooperate. There"s no need for such intimidation."
Arch-Elder Zen spoke up. "Do you believe this to be intimidation? Should we show you the ruins of G.o.d"s Domain?"
Lu Yin said, "We don’t need to use intimidation. This is only common sense. Given the fact that there are six Scourges, if one of them faces a crisis, the others will intervene, but that means that they have to first handle their own affairs. This has nothing to do with intimidation."
Mimina fell silent, and she looked over at Kakawen.
The old man was staring at Lu Yin. "You mentioned that the Aeternals are planning to gather their strength so that they can attack the various civilizations which stand against them. Is this true?"
Lu Yin’s eyes glinted. "If I were Aeternus, it’s precisely what I would do."
Kakawen felt helpless, as Lu Yin was essentially confirming things as fact. Aeternus was not run by fools. On the contrary, the Aeternals were both cunning and very intelligent. Kakawen was fully aware of this.
With the First Scourge suppressed by the Sixverse a.s.sociation, it was not impossible that the Aeternals would gather their forces in the other Scourges and attack different civilizations.
What Lu Yin had mentioned was a distinct possibility.
"Mr. Lu, we understand. Rest a.s.sured, whenever help is needed, our Nine-Star Civilization will certainly do our best," Kakawen promised.
Lu Yin was quite satisfied. If he had said everything from the start, Kakawen and Mimina might have believed that Lu Yin was exaggerating. Even if there was logic and reasoning to his words, making such exaggerated claims without first having established some level of trust would not have the desired effect. However, given that they had already agreed to cooperate, the impact of Lu Yin’s warning changed.
At least, Kakawen"s att.i.tude was more sincere.
The old man was still looking at Lu Yin. "Since we are cooperating, we should share our own knowledge of Aeternus with you. For instance, Xu Jin."
"I"m all ears," Lu Yin replied somberly. Xu Jin was one of the Three Pillars and Six Skies and the ruler of the Second Scourge.
While Lu Yin was undercover as Ye Bo, he had once seen Xu Jin. The creature looked like nothing more than a dark cloud.
However, Lu Yin knew very little about Xu Jin"s strength, and any information regarding the Three Pillars and Six Skies was vitally important. In the future, battles might depend entirely on the details of such intelligence.
Kakawen had fought against Xu Jin more than once before, and he possessed a fair understanding of the creature.
The old man shared everything he knew with Lu Yin. Of course, Xu Jin had to have kept some of his cards hidden, but Kakawen was unable to force such things out without using his nine-star technique, Restart.
In the past, when the Great Sovereign, Ancestor Lu Yuan, and the others had fought against True G.o.d and the Seven SkyG.o.ds, they had not been able to force the Seven SkyG.o.ds to reveal all of their hidden cards.
Everyone kept their ultimate lifesavers hidden for as long as possible.
In addition to Xu Jin, Kakawen also shared what he knew about Lan Lan and Qi’s abilities. The two had represented the Second Scourge for the Divine Selection, but while Lu Yin had seen some of what the two were capable of at the Immemorial Citadel’s battlefield, it was comparatively very little.
He had no interest in learning about Qi, as the living cloth would never reappear again. However, he was quite curious about Lan Lan.
"Lan Lan may look like a small child, but she"s actually an ancient trickster. We had to first pay a terrible price in order to understand her ability. It can be summarized in just two words: Virtual Reality," Mimina stated.
"Virtual Reality?" Lu Yin was puzzled.
Mimina nodded. "She sees all of existence as a game, with every living creature described in game-like terms. She can customize settings and then act according to them, which means that, for her, fights are much like fighting monsters in a game. Our Nine-Star Civilization also has some technological abilities, so we"ve studied games quite extensively.
"Lan Lan"s Virtual Reality grants her an advantage, but the settings that she can manipulate are not invincible. Every time we face Lan Lan, we send many people to the fight so that we can figure out her current settings. After all, when it comes to games, you can only outplay an opponent by understanding the settings better than them.
"After we managed to learn about Lan Lan"s ability, we"ve experienced both victory and defeat against her, but we are longer completely suppressed."
Lu Yin had not antic.i.p.ated that Lan Lan would possess an ability like Virtual Reality. It sounded like some sort of fantasy power. If Lu Yin fought against the girl, what kind of setting would she create to fight him?
It sounded both dangerous and intriguing.
"And then there’s Qi. Qi is quite strange. They-"
"There’s no need to discuss Qi. They’ve been dealt with," Lu Yin interrupted.
Kakawen and Mimina grew puzzled.
Lu Yin said, "Aeternus recently held a Divine Selection. Qi will never reappear."
"Did that thing run into trouble at the Immemorial Citadel?" Kakawen asked.
Lu Yin was impressed. "Senior, you know about everything, even that the Divine Selection takes place at the Immemorial Citadel."
Kakawen proudly replied, "After all, some of our people are at the Immemorial Citadel as well."
"Are you referring to Babal?"
"Exactly. He is only slightly weaker than me."
Mimina threw a subtle glance at Kakawen, but Lu Yin noticed. He understood that Kakawen was exaggerating things a bit. However, as the master of the Nine-Star Civilization, it was not unexpected for the old man to know a bit about the Immemorial Citadel.
This was much like the Sixverse a.s.sociation’s Great Sovereign. While she had not gone to the Immemorial Citadel herself, that did not mean that she knew nothing about it.
Lu Yin suspected that the Great Sovereign was able to visit the Immemorial Citadel at any time, but chose not to. This was likely because, while the Immemorial Citadel dealt with Aeternus’s Ossis Arc, the Great Sovereign opposed True G.o.d himself.
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Mimina followed Lu Yin to Aeternus Nation, as she needed to leave a marker on the coordinate seal there in order to facilitate communications with the Origin Universe.
"Is this your Origin Universe?" Mimina asked as she curiously looked around.
Arch-Elder Zen smiled. "Of course not. This place was once an Aeternus Kingdom, which we captured. We now use it as a transit point for traveling to the Origin Universe, as it isn’t safe to directly bring people to the Origin Universe itself."
Mimina understood this reasoning.
Lu Yin soon led Mimina into the Fifth Mainland itself and took her to the Heavens Sect.
When the woman saw the Heavens Sect, her shock left her speechless.
The Heavens Sect was a colossal thing that filled outer s.p.a.ce. Just looking at it placed one under a terrifying pressure. On either side of the sect were the jiao and Ancestor Tortoise, both of which were enormous creatures.
Mimina could sense that the two creatures were as strong as herself, though she was not certain whether they could contend with her seven-star techniques.
The Nine-Star Civilization had very few individuals that were capable of comparing to a Progenitor.
"Mr. Lu, how many six-star experts, or as you call them, Progenitors, does your Heavens Sect have?" Mimina asked.
A smile crept across Lu Yin"s face. "Dozens."
"Dozens?" Mimina was stunned. How was it possible for there to be so many?
"That"s also not all," Lu Yin continued as he clasped his hands behind his back. "When the Origin Universe and the rest of the Sixverse a.s.sociation are taken into consideration together, along with the powerful external civilizations we have allied with, there are over a hundred peak powerhouse. These experts are our core forces in the war against Aeternus, and your Nine-Star Civilization will be included among them.
"Knowing this, do you feel more confident about facing Aeternus?"
Mimina suppressed her shock. "Mr. Lu, may I learn about your own deeds?"
Lu Yin had not expected Mimina to suddenly ask about his own accomplishments.
Lu Yin had greatly underestimated the impact he had on others. The stronger the Heavens Sect, the more impressive its leader became. Learning about Lu Yin would grant even greater insights into the Origin Universe.
Everything that Lu Yin had done in the Origin Universe had practically become myths. Mimina wanted to know the true story, which was not easy to uncover. Since the Nine-Star Civilization was bound to interact more with the Origin Universe in the future, Lu Yin promised to share its recent history with the other universe.
As Lu Yin led Mimina into the Heavens Sect, countless people greeted Lu Yin: Envoys, Semi-Progenitors, and even Progenitors. Mimina was left dizzy by all that she saw.
When they arrived at the bottom of the Stairway to Heaven and she looked up, she saw the statue of the Origin Progenitor.