Chapter 3150: Improvement
This was the first time that Lu Yin had seen Jiang Chen show such anger. Whitecloud City had a very strong relationship with the Five Spirits Alliance, which was why Aeternus had been so certain that instigating a conflict between the Five Spirits Alliance and the Luna Alliance would force Whitecloud City to get involved.
After enacting a Divine Commandment, Aeternus had grown even more brazen than ever, and their sole goal was to eliminate as many enemy powerhouses as possible.
Whitecloud City could not recklessly invade the Scourge without making any preparations, as they could easily fall into a trap.
Lu Yin believed that Aeternus had already made preparations.
A Divine Commandment was not merely a war; each one was a crusade for an entire era. A Divine Commandment might only last a few days, or it could last for tens of thousands of years.
During the Heavens Sect era, the destruction of the four Mainlands had not occurred overnight. An extremely long time had pa.s.sed between the destruction of each Mainland, and yet all four had been destroyed during the first Divine Commandment.
Countless years lay between the Heavens Sect era and the Daosource Sect era where Progenitor Chen and the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas had stood strong. There were almost no records of human history during that period, though there were still some. The Lu family possessed such records, but little else remained of that time. In the Origin Universe, aside from the Daosource Sect, Shenwu’s Sky, and the Celestial Frost Sect, everything else had been wiped out. Lu Yin knew nothing about those ancient organizations as there were no survivors.
There had been heroes worth commemorating and remembering, yet there were no longer any inheritances from those people.
That was the result of the second Divine Commandment.
Aeternus had now declared a third Divine Commandment.
During each Divine Commandment, Aeternus had always seized the initiative, no matter if it was starting the conflict or even triggering each battle. Lu Yin believed that Aeternus enjoyed many more advantages than humanity.
However, after learning from their two previous experiences, humanity would no longer remain pa.s.sive.
Lu Yin had already thought of a way to learn about the Megalith Poison: rolling six pips with his die.
Six pips was Possession, and after devouring the Chiliagonist’s consciousness, Lu Yin was able to perceive an invisible barrier in the mysterious dark s.p.a.ce of consciousness. That barrier separated parallel universes from each other. Initially, Lu Yin’s consciousness had not been strong enough to push through the barrier, but that had changed after usurping Xu Jin"s consciousness. Even though he still needed a great deal more time to fully digest the power, Lu Yin felt like his consciousness power was already strong enough to break through a few barriers.
He used energy to roll his die, and then he would use his consciousness to break through the barriers that separated the parallel universes. This was something that only Lu Yin could do.
Lu Yin knew that the brightness of the light orbs in that dark s.p.a.ce represented the relative strength of individuals that he could Possess. If the light was brighter, the person was stronger than Lu Yin. Given his current strength, such a person would have to be one of the Three Pillars and Six Skies or someone else at the level of the Seven SkyG.o.ds. Any of those people would likely know about Megalith Poison.
Lu Yin had already once Possessed Xu Jin, but he had not had the time or opportunity to thoroughly review its memories. Even if Lu Yin had, he might not have seen anything regarding the Megalith Poison due to the sheer number of Xu Jin’s memories.
This time, Lu Yin intended to specifically look for information about the Megalith Poison. Even if he only Possessed one of the Seven SkyG.o.ds for a brief moment, he should at least be able to glean some information.
With this thought in mind, Lu Yin returned to the mountain behind the Heavens Sect and ordered that he not be disturbed by anyone. He raised his hand, and his die appeared. Slowly, he released divine energy from his body, allowing it to become visible, much like when star energy coalesced into star essence. This allowed divine energy to power the die when it was rolled.
With a tap of his finger, Lu Yin watched as the die slowly stopped spinning to reveal four pips: Timestop.
Lu Yin did not waste any time after he entered the Timestop s.p.a.ce, and he immediately extended the time to almost a year and then began cultivating. This time, he focused primarily on his consciousness, which he would soon need.
He had not stayed in the Mirari Realm long enough. If he had stayed there for another significant period of time, he could have fully digested the consciousness that he had usurped and placed it entirely under his control.
As the scenery changed around him, Lu Yin reappeared in reality, after which he rolled his die again. This time, it landed on three pips: Enhance. He had an incredible amount of wealth on him, but he had not decided what he should upgrade next.
Suddenly, he remembered his seven star Immemorial card, Evernight. Could the card be Enhanced?
The card had been created by the Lost Clan, and since it was something that had been made, it implied that it could be improved. If Lu Yin Enhanced Evernight, could it become a Primeval card?
He immediately decided to give it a try.
He placed Evernight on the upper screen of light and started tossing out star essence.
He had attempted this once before, but he had not been able to determine whether Evernight could be enhanced. Even if it was possible, the amount of star essence required to do so was far, far beyond what he had possessed in the past, and he had not been able to make the card so much as twitch. This had led Lu Yin to believe that the Lost Clan’s cards could not be improved, but he wanted to try again.
As the star essence was thrown out, Evernight started to move. Lu Yin went bug-eyed with excitement. The card really could be Enhanced, which meant that he could improve it from a seven star Immemorial card to a Primeval card.
His breath quickened. According to what he had heard from the Lost Clan’s Great Elder, a Primeval card was at the same level as an Ortuser. This meant that Lu Yin might be able to obtain a tool that could counter an Ortuser.
Instinctively, he immediately wanted to Enhance Evernight, but he forced himself to stay calm. Enhancing the card might not be the right solution. Even with a Primeval card, what could Lu Yin do against an Ortuser? He knew that this was reasonable and logical, but as he stared at Evernight, which was right in front of him, Lu Yin found it hard to suppress the urge to Enhance it.
He felt a wave of regret for not training more with Evernight in the past. The card contained traps in its own pocket dimension, and only the true master of Evernight could wield the card’s power. Despite being the master of the card, Lu Yin had never tried to master its abilities, and he had instead believed that the Primeval card that he had seen a mere corner of was his true card. He merely saw Evernight as a tool that the Lost Clan’s Shan Gu had given to him to hide what had happened. Lu Yin had not thought of the card as truly belonging to him.
It was only at this moment that Lu Yin finally realized that he had been underestimating Evernight.
Evernight had only ever been used as a shield when facing sequence powerhouses or for laying an ambush, but never as a means of direct combat. This had been Lu Yin’s oversight.
However, mastering Evernight would not be easy at all. The Lost Clan"s combat style did not suit him in the least. They relied on traps to pull their enemies into their cards, and then they would fight using preset traps within that card.
In contrast, Lu Yin excelled at direct combat.
If he encountered an opponent who necessitated the use of ambush tactics, a single Immemorial card would not be enough to trap such an enemy. Any of Lu Yin’s opponents that he was cautious of would have the strength to easily escape.
Even if he Enhanced Evernight into a Primordial card, it still would not be able to trap an Ortuser. After all, Lu Yin himself was not at that level, and he would not be able to trap such a powerful opponent.
However, it might be possible to trap opponents who were beneath the Origin realm.
Lu Yin clenched a fist. The enemies he faced were not Ortusers—they were the Seven SkyG.o.ds and the Three Pillars and Six Skies.
Realizing this, he decided to proceed with upgrading the card.
Still, the decision was only one thing. Another matter entirely was the cost of the Enhancement.
After silently calculating the cost, Lu Yin felt a twinge of pain.
Upgrading Evernight even just once would deplete half of Lu Yin’s wealth.
He currently had 226 trillion star essence. This was likely more than what the Lu Sanctum had ever possessed at the Lu family’s peak. In fact, the only organization in the entire Sixverse a.s.sociation that could compare to Lu Yin’s wealth was the Merchant Exchange. Even so, it would take half of Lu Yin’s wealth, over 100 trillion star essence, to Enhance Evernight. This was almost as much as what the four ruling powers combined had possessed.
Individually, none of the four ruling powers had ever possessed such an astronomical amount of wealth.
If Lu Yin spent this amount of money in the Perennial World, it would trigger a war, as such wealth would drive countless people mad.
And he would have to use all of this just to upgrade Evernight.
It was no wonder why his previous attempts to Enhance the card with star essence had not made the card budge the slightest.
Lu Yin"s heart bled at the thought. The Merchant Exchange was already the last source that he could use to gather a ma.s.sive amount of funds. It was impossible for him to find another similarly wealthy organization. On top of that, Lu Yin was holding the greatest amount of money that he had ever possessed, as well as the most that he had ever obtained from a single source. It was incredibly painful to use it all up at once.
There was no other choice.
Lu Yin gritted his teeth, and his eyes grew bloodshot as he stared at the two light screens. He started to frantically throw star essence out and watched as Evernight slowly fell.
Once the card finally dropped out from the bottom, Lu Yin let out a long breath. His back was drenched with sweat.
In the past, the most expensive Enhancement he had ever done had been to repair the Origin Progenitor"s Sword, and that had cost him 12 trillion star essence. Upgrading Evernight had far exceeded that cost.
As he stared Evernight, he muttered, "I hope you’re worth the cost."
He picked the card up.
The moment it fell out from the bottom screen of light, nothing seemed to change in the Origin Universe. However, in the Lost Clan"s universe, something incredible occurred.
All of the cards that were out and exposed started to tremble uncontrollably.
Great Elder Shan Gu was shocked. What was happening? He immediately took out his own seven star Immemorial card, Heavenly King, only to find it was also trembling. This was a phenomenon that should only occur when an Immemorial card was in the presence of a Primeval card.
Where was the Primeval card? He looked up into outer s.p.a.ce but saw nothing at all.
Could a Primeval card have silently arrived in the universe? If so, where had it come from? Who had brought it? Had someone from their home arrived?
Shan Zheng approached. "Great Elder, our cards-"
Shan Gu raised a hand to stop the other man. "I know. Keep this a secret. Don’t let anyone know about it."
Shan Zheng nodded. He noticed the Great Elder’s unprecedented seriousness, and a hint of hidden excitement could be seen on the elder"s face.
The anomaly within the Lost Clan went unnoticed by the Origin Universe. The two universes had only recently connected, and their inhabitants were still unfamiliar with each other. The Lost Clan was very isolated, and it would take a long time for them to open up to the people of the Origin Universe.
Lu Yin was also unaware of the disturbance that he had caused by upgrading Evernight.
When he entered the card’s pocket dimension, he noticed that things did not seem to have changed very much. The darkness was still overwhelming and suffocating. It was a darkness that surpa.s.sed even Old Mo’s sequence particles, and it was even more profound than the Hollow.
Lu Yin believed that if the Old Mo entered Evernight again, even his sequence particles would be consumed.
Still, that alone was not particularly useful to Lu Yin. He needed to truly master how to use Evernight, or else the upgrade would be a waste.
Also, the fact that Evernight could be upgraded meant that the Lost Clan’s other cards could as well.
The Great Elder’s Heavenly King could also be Enhanced, though it would cost just as much as it had to upgrade Evernight. However, Enhancing Heavenly King would mean that, with his card, Shan Gu would have the strength to fight against Ortusers.
There was no doubt that this was good news, but whether or not Lu Yin should upgrade the man’s card was another matter.
The Lost Clan kept almost entirely to themselves, and Shan Gu had experienced tremendous despair. While he had been persuaded to join the Heavens Sect in the war against Aeternus, Lu Yin was not certain just how far the Lost Clan would be willing to go for the sake of the humans of this megaverse.
Should Lu Yin upgrade Shan Gu’s card? It would use up all of his remaining resources. Would it be better to save that wealth for Lu Yin’s own usage? He needed to decide.
After considering the question for a bit, Lu Yin decided to hold off on making a decision. After all, he still needed to use Possession.
Possessing powerhouses at the level of the Seven SkyG.o.ds would consume a tremendous amount of resources. Even if Lu Yin did decide to help the Great Elder upgrade his card, Lu Yin needed to make sure that he reserved enough star essence for his own use