Ever since the Heavens Sect had been reestablished, Lu Yin had tasked his people to collect humanoid sourceboxes. After all this time, all of the known humanoid sourceboxes had been gathered. The only ones that Lu Yin had not collected were the ones that Progenitor Hui had sealed away.
It was finally time for Wilderness God to be resurrected.
Before, Lu Yin had refrained from doing so out of fear that no one would be able to control the creature, but Lu Yin was already capable of overpowering Wilderness God on his own. That was not even taking into consideration those who had surpassed the Progenitor realm, such as Ancestor Lu Yuan, Wu Tian, Mister Mu, and the ancestor of the super giants. Wilderness God would not be able to cause any chaos on his own.
Lu Yin was even more interested in finding the God of Death’s body. If that man could also be revived, it would be perfect.
Nutjob Lu had claimed that, long ago, the God of Death had been so incredibly powerful that not even True God had been able to overpower him. The God of Death had been the first of the Three Realms and Six Daos to break through to the Origin realm, and the man had also possessed unmatched destructive power.
If the God of Death were still alive, he might even be as powerful as the Origin Progenitor himself.
For Lu Yin, the seals that Progenitor Hui had left behind were too weak, and they were easily broken.
He took away the entire collection of humanoid sourceboxes.
Behind him, Yao Di and Skymender exchanged glances.
Wilderness God was the ruler of all astral beasts. Without him, even if Lu Yin did not oppress them, the astral beasts would still lack confidence when they compared themselves to humanity.
However, was this really the appropriate time to resurrect Wilderness God? What was the reason for doing so? When he was resurrected…
The two astral beasts looked at each other. They had deceived Lu Yin, so how were they supposed to explain themselves?
Lu Yin next led the two to the Cosmic Sea, and they entered the Soldier Crew’s territory.
The Soldier Crew had always been patrolling a section of the Cosmic Sea, as they protected one of the sourcebox arrays that Progenitor Hui had left behind.
The Soldier Crew had once been an army that followed Progenitor Hui.
"I know that you are guarding the sourcebox array that Progenitor Hui put in place. However, that is no longer necessary. What Progenitor Hui sought to protect, I, Lu Yin, will also protect. I kindly ask that you step aside." To Lu Yin, the Soldier Crew might as well have been made of ants, but he respected them the same way that he respected Progenitor Hui.
A colossal warship approached, accompanied by thunder as the sky grew dark and the sea was overshadowed.
8,000 soldiers held spears and faced Lu Yin directly.
The Supreme Spear - Deathseeker—this was the Soldier Crew’s technique.
There was a pair of sly eyes staring at Lu Yin from among the Soldier Crew. They were filled with desire, excitement, and a hint of nervousness.
The eyes belonged to Hua Wu, who possessed the Man of My Word secret technique. He had once joined the Soldier Crew in order to survive, but he had later been coerced by Lu Yin into betraying the Soldier Crew, as he had revealed that they were guarding a seal. ꭆάNỘ฿Èś
Out of respect for the Soldier Crew, Lu Yin had left Hua Wu with them. The man had tried to escape once after, but he had been caught by the Soldier Crew. He had remained on the warship ever since.
Much had happened in the outside world; the Fifth Mainland had joined the Sixverse Association, Aeternus had been defeated, and even the Spirit Nidus had invaded them. But within the Soldier Crew’s territory, things had remained peaceful.
Hua Wu had moved on from his initial fear and anxiety to a state of near-calm.
Upon seeing Lu Yin once again, Hua Wu’s thoughts were racing. He wanted to leave the warship and get as far away as possible.
Thunder crackled, and the sea grew darker as the Soldier Crew confronted Lu Yin.
He calmly stared back at them.
After a while, the warship moved aside, exposing the seal that was hidden beneath the sea.
Lu Yin looked down at it, calmly waved a hand to break the sourcebox array, and took away the numerous humanoid sourceboxes.
As for the Soldier Crew, he took a moment to stare at the warship. "Progenitor Hui died fighting for humanity. If you wish, you can go to the Tower of the Fifth and stand guard over it. That is also something that Progenitor Hui wanted to protect."
With that, Lu Yin turned to leave.
Hua Wu could no longer restrain himself. "Lord Lu! Lord Lu, wait a moment!"
Lu Yin turned back around and was amused to see Hua Wu. "You’re still here."
Hua Wu carefully avoided the nearby soldiers as he rushed over to Lu Yin, while shouting, "Lord Lu, please, take me with you! I can't handle it here anymore! Every day is hell!"
Lu Yin arched a brow. "When I first saw you here just now, you seemed quite at peace. Why the sudden urge to leave?"
Hua Wu wailed, "I’d just grown numb! Lord Lu, please take me away! I want to leave."
Lu Yin shook his head. "There’s no need."
Hua Wu crumpled, overcome with despair, as he believed that Lu Yin was leaving him with the Soldier Crew again.
"Is my beautiful life really over already? I still need to explore the universe… Right!" He quickly looked up at Lu Yin. "I want to fight for humanity! What has Aeternus been up to? I’ve heard that some group called the Sixverse Association has appeared. Lord Lu, I’m willing to fight to the death for humanity! I have the Man of My Word secret technique. Lord Lu, believe in me!"
Lu Yin pointed behind the man.
Hua Wu turned around to see that 8,000 soldiers had already returned below decks. They were all completely ignoring him.
He was stunned. "What does this mean?"
"You can stay or leave. Their mission is finished," Lu Yin said before disappearing.
Hua Wu turned around. There was more that he wanted to say to Lu Yin, but the man was already gone. Hua Wu’s mouth dropped open, as he looked around just to make sure that the soldiers were not going to capture him again. After that, he dove into the sea, overcome with so much excitement that he nearly howled with joy. He fled, moving as fast as he could. He did not want to see any of those soldiers ever again. The farther he fled, the better. He vowed to never return to the Cosmic Sea again, so long as he lived.
His hopeless days had finally ended.
I, Hua Wu, have escaped!
As for Lu Yin, he led Yao Di and Skymender to the Royal Frost Continent next.
As he looked at the familiar five interlocking rings of snowflakes, Lu Yin could not even remember the last time he had visited this place. It had been too long.
Lu Yin’s arrival saw the Frost Emperor quickly leading people of the Royal Frost Continent out to greet the Dao Monarch.
"Greetings, Lord Lu."