Skydog returned to the Scourge. Big Sis did not try to stop the dog at all. She was unable to beat the dog, but Skydog was similarly unable to harm Big Sis.
Woof!
Marquis Wu returned just a bit before Skydog.
Progenitor Xi was still looking at the sky, focused on two of the cosmic doors. These led to the universes that Dual Bladeform and Ye Bo had gone to. Neither had returned yet.
Even Skydog had returned, but the other captains had not, which meant that something must have happened.
There had to be a traitor among the seven True God Guard Captains, but not even Progenitor Xi was certain was to who it might be.
Mu Ji had never cultivated with divine energy, and in theory, he could be a traitor. According to what the Aeternals knew, it was impossible for anyone who had cultivated divine energy to betray True God. However, Mu Ji's innate gift had let him survive against even Mu Ke. Mu Ji was incredibly talented, and he had managed to retain his sanity even after being submerged beneath the lake of divine energy. Even if he was the traitor, Progenitor Xi still wanted Mu Ji to cultivate divine energy and turn on the humans.
The Aeternals did not target traitors, because they had a number of human traitors among their ranks. It would not be surprising to have such people also try to betray Aeternus.
There was also no guarantee that Mu Ji was the traitor. If he was not, then which of the other six captains could it be?
Aeternus could tolerate the existence of a traitor, but they could not tolerate not knowing who the traitor was. They had to find out the traitor’s identity.
"It seems that they can't return. Two more captains have died," Progenitor Xi said while looking at the remaining True God Guard Captains. "Please return to your own towers and wait for your next mission."
Hearing this, Zhong Pan and the other True God Guard Captains all left.
Mu Ji also held his chest as he left.
Progenitor Xi appeared calm. She had obtained some additional information. The frenzied corpses were being dealt with quite quickly. She had tried to launch an all-out war and had used the frenzied corpses to keep both the Five Spirits Alliance and the Luna Alliance occupied so that Aeternus could immediately seize the advantage. Unfortunately, the frenzied corpses had all been dealt with quite quickly, which was unexpected. This disrupted all of Progenitor Xi’s following plans.
Lu Yin? How on earth was he capable of eliminating the frenzied corpses’ divine energy?
As far as Progenitor Xi was concerned, this detail was far more important than her failed strategy.
However, there was also nothing that she could do about Lu Yin for the time being. Rather, she needed to send all the remaining frenzied corpses at the Sixverse Association.
In many ways, Lu Yin was very similar to the Lord of Lightning. Both of them were people who wanted to hold the initiative. Since Aeternus had just suffered a setback, it was very likely that Lu Yin would attack the Scourge. Give the current strength of the Heavens Sect, that was not at all impossible.
Lu Yin had already sent aid to the Five Spirits Alliance and the Luna Alliance. If he led an attack on the Scourge, Aeternus would likely suffer at least as badly as when the Lord of Lightning had led the invasion.
Before long, Lu Yin eliminated all the frenzied corpses that had been sent to the Luna Alliance. This also meant that he had anointed thirteen new Progenitor-level champions to his Champions’ Stage. That was a terrifying number. Lu Yin did not plan to anoint any additional champions for the time being. He wanted to try summoning the ones that he had and needed to understand just how many champions he could bring out at once.
Suddenly, he received word that more frenzied corpses were appearing in the Sixverse Association. These new ones were not attacking the borders, but had rather appeared within the member universes of the Sixverse Association.
Lu Yin was taken aback by this news. What was Aeternus doing? Sending frenzied corpses to the border warfronts could keep the Sixverse Association’s powerhouses occupied, but why were they sending more frenzied corpses? There was no way they thought that the Sixverse Association could not handle such an attack.
Lu Yin's expression turned gloomy. Had the Aeternals already guessed that he wanted to attack the Scourge?
At this time, he received another report, and this one made Lu Yin certain that Aeternus had already guessed at his intentions. This meant that there was an Aeternal spy hidden in the Five Spirits Alliance or the Luna Alliance. It also had to be someone who knew of the plans to launch a counterattack against Aeternus.
Forgotten Ruins God was hiding in the Inorganic Universe on the Endless Frontier that had been severed.
Undying God was in the Transcendent Universe.
Why had they suddenly received this information?
While no one could be sure where the information originated from, Lu Yin knew that Aeternus itself had released the information, possibly Progenitor Xi herself. It was clear to Lu Yin why the information had been released; he was being given a choice. Did he want to attack the Scourge, send out powerhouses to help the Sixverse Association deal with the frenzied corpses attacking, or seize the opportunity to go after more of the Seven Skygods?
This was Lu Yin’s choice, and it was being offered by Progenitor Xi.
The Five Spirits Alliance and the Luna Alliance also received this information at the same time.
The Aeternals wanted everyone to see what Lu Yin chose.
He had already negotiated with the Five Spirits Alliance and the Luna Alliance, and they had agreed to attack Aeternus. This was not only to help the Heavens Sect uncover Aeternus’s true strength, but also to help Whitecloud get revenge for the all-out war that Aeternus had launched against them. With this new information that had suddenly appeared, if Lu Yin decided to not attack the Scourge, it would impact his reputation within the Five Spirits Alliance and the Luna Alliance. This would greatly reduce the chances of them cooperating to attack the Scourge with the Heavens Sect in the future.
If Lu Yin continued with his plan to attack the Scourge, what would the Sixverse Assocation say? The Great Sovereign was in seclusion, which meant that Lu Yin was the decision maker for many of the Sixverse Association’s matters. If he did not rescue the Sixverse Association and the various parallel universes suffered heavy losses, his reputation there would be negatively impacted.
While everyone could talk about seeing the bigger picture, it was not something that most people could truly accept.
At this moment, Lu Yin should attack the Scourge so that he could get a clear picture of Aeternus’s strength. However, would that be enough to offset the damage that Lu Yin’s reputation would suffer within the Sixverse Association by making that choice? It was a question without an answer.
Lu Yin would lose all the prestige that he had built up with the crusade to conquer the Endless Frontier, and there was no telling how long it would take for him to rebuild his reputation.
A blood debt was the hardest to repay.
The Aeternals excelled at playing with people's hearts. They believed that emotions were a failing of humanity and that emotions were essentially worthless. For that reason, the Aeternals had no issue in toying with human emotions or using psychological warfare.
"Dao Monarch Lu, since the Sixverse Association is facing trouble, let's deal with the frenzied corpses there first," Yue Shen told Lu Yin. She admired the young man a great deal. He had risen to a very high position despite his youth. He had also achieved this not because of the Lu family, but rather despite them. He was the one who had returned the Lu family from their exile.
The three women, Yue Shen, Moon Fairy, and Moon Ghost, were all quite arrogant. They might not even show such respect to the leaders of the Five Spirits Alliance, who were also sequence powerhouses. Despite that, the women were amazed by Lu Yin.
Lu Yin stared up at the endless starry sky, a smile touching his lips. "Only children make choices. I want everything."
The three leaders of the Luna Alliance were left confused. What did this mean?
"Everyone, please prepare yourselves. Our plan continues unchanged," Lu Yin announced. He then promptly returned to Aeternus Nation and to the Fifth Mainland from there. He went straight to the Perennial World.
Lu Yin went to the Lu Sanctum to meet with Lu Tianyi.
"Ancestor, come with me to the Cyclic Universe."
"You want to go to the Cyclic Universe right now? What do you want there?"
"I want to wake up the Great Sovereign."
"What?"
When Lu Yin and Lu Tianyi arrived in the Cyclic Universe, it was something that no one had expected or even imagined.
"Little Seven, are you sure that you want to wake the Great Sovereign?" Lu Tianyi hesitated. The Great Sovereign and the other rulers of the Sixverse Association had fought against True God and the Seven Skygods, and everyone involved in that battle had subsequently gone into seclusion. The idea to attack the Scourge was only viable because True God was in seclusion. According to Lu Tianyi’s understanding, disturbing the Great Sovereign at this moment would delay her recovery, which was no small matter.