Lu Yin felt a heavy weight settle onto his shoulders. The strength hidden within the Ossis Ark was comparable to that of the Immemorial Citadel, which was home to many of humanity’s most powerful experts. If the remnants of Aeternus united with the Ossis Ark, not even the Heavens Sect would be able to endure their combined might.
“I’ll try again.”
A short time later, Lu Yin descended once more. He still was unable to find a solution. The only possibility was if he mastered Dominion.
Wait. He looked around, examining the different Scourges and the cracks that riddled the ground. Rivers of divine energy had once flowed across the Scourges, and supposedly, True God’s three ultimate techniques were hidden beneath those rivers. Where had they gone?
Lu Yuan and the others would eventually be able to break free from Dominion if they worked together, but doing so would take a long time—far longer than they could afford to spend.
Even Lu Yin’s help would only save them a negligible amount of time. It would take far too long to break the barrier.
Frustrated, Lu Yin released his inner universe from his chest and spread it across the entire Second Scourge. His current strength meant that his inner universe could fill all six Scourges.
He wanted to see if he could find True God’s three ultimate techniques which were supposedly hidden in the Scourges.
He had already learned the Natural Art, but not yet mastered it. There were still two techniques remaining.
As his inner universe continued to expand, stars spun out across the dark Scourges. It was as though the universe was lighting up the Scourges, illuminating them with the light of the cosmos.
Nothing was found anywhere in the Second Scourge, nor in the Third or the First. Then, as Lu Yin’s inner universe reached the Fourth Scourge… Wait, is that Wei Shu?
Lu Yin’s eyes snapped open, and he suddenly vanished.
Deep underground in the distant Fourth Scourge, Wei Shu was curled up. He did not dare to move. His eyes were closed, and there was no energy within his body at all.
His cultivation had fallen, and he was no longer a peak powerhouse. Nothing at all stood out about him.
This was Wei Shu’s way of staying alive. If he had not done this, he would have died long ago.
The sudden battle between the Heavens Sect and the Aeternals had caught the man off guard, and he had not had any chance to escape. He had believed that such a battle was in the distant future, but it had erupted without any warning.
As soon as the fighting started, Wei Shu had fled underground. He had never had any intention of joining the battle. The fighting had been fierce, and the Scourges had been torn apart. The black Mother Tree had swayed, and had even tilted. Wei Shu had trembled in fear, ecstatic that he had not joined the battle.
The fighting had taken place everywhere, both above and below ground.
He had been waiting for the moment when a victor would be decided. He firmly believed that Aeternus would win because their foundation was so deep, but the actual results of the battle left the man in despair; Aeternus had lost.
When the Aeternals were defeated and True God was trapped in the Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm, Wei Shu had made a decision: he would disperse his power and fall from being a peak powerhouse in order to protect himself.
There had never been any chance for Wei Shu to escape, from the moment the battle had started. It had been impossible for anyone to leave the Scourges. Even after the fighting had ended, escape had still been impossible.
He was certain that, the moment he tried to tear open the void, those terrifying human powerhouses would sense his actions and instantly crush him like a bug. It was inevitable.
By dispersing his cultivation, as long as Wei Shu remained unnoticed underground, he would not only be able to stay alive, he would also be able to continue searching for True God’s ultimate techniques.
The rivers of divine energy had all been drained away, but Wei Shu knew that True God’s ultimate techniques were not hidden in the rivers themselves; they were hidden in the riverbeds. This was something that he had learned after years within Aeternus. He had made countless connections and exhausted every resource available.
Wei Shu continued to wait. He was waiting for the Aeternals to be completely defeated and for humanity to secure total victory. He was waiting for the Scourges to be left as an abandoned wasteland. At that time, there would be no one to compete with him. He would be able to freely search for True God's ultimate techniques and then use them to climb back up and join the ranks of truly top-tier powerhouses.
A peak powerhouse? That level had once been impressive, but it had since become redundant.
After mastering True God's ultimate techniques, even a Semi-Progenitor could become invincible. Just look at Lord Lu. What kinds of battles had he fought while only a Semi-Progenitor? After his breakthrough to the Progenitor realm, he had become one of the most powerful individuals in the entire megaverse.
Wei Shu did not intend to compare himself to someone like Lu Yin, but if he compared himself to others, he was more than capable.
He would sleep for countless years as he waited for the ideal opportunity. This was not the first time Wei Shu had done such a thing.
Content in his slumber, Wei Shu never imagined that he would be discovered. The battle had finished, and no one would visit the barren Fourth Scourge.
When a dim light shone down on him, Wei Shu opened his eyes. He stared blankly up at a figure above him. The man grimaced, and his expression looked worse than if he were crying. "L-Lord Lu?"
Wei Shu had never even considered that Lu Yin himself might find him.
While Wei Shu had considered the possibility of being discovered, there was no chance of him being found by the most powerful man in the megaverse. There was no need for Lord Lu to bother with someone like Wei Shu; he was just an insignificant ant.
Lu Yin also had not expected to find the man.
Wei Shu had been something of an oddity in the Fourth Scourge. He had avoided any sort of fighting, and he had instead focused on searching for True God’s ultimate techniques. The man had even created a map of the rivers and lakes of divine energy across five of the Scourges, which was quite impressive.
No one else in Aeternus was as skilled at making connections as Wei Shu.
Looking down at the man, Lu Yin said, “You really know how to hide.”
Wei Shu trembled as he kneeled down, overcome with a sense of despair. “Lord Lu, I’m just a nobody. I’ve never done anything to harm humanity. Please, don’t kill me. Give me a chance to change, Lord Lu! I beg you!”
Lu Yin had no time to waste. “Where are True God’s ultimate techniques?”
Wei Shu was momentarily stunned, and he stared at Lu Yin in confusion. “True God’s… ultimate techniques?”
“You’ve been searching for them for so long, don’t you have any leads?” Lu Yin pressed. He had searched all six Scourges with his inner universe, but had found nothing.
Wei Shu blinked. “I… I don’t know.”
Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed.
Seeing the change in Lu Yin’s expression, Wei Shu quickly continued, “I may not have found them, but I know how to look for them.”
“Go on.”
“Dig.”
“Dig?”
“Yes. Supposedly, Lord Xu Jin found an ultimate technique by digging it out. Long ago, something happened in the Second Scourge. All of the corpse kings, as well as the humans from the Aeternus Kingdoms, were digging. Lord Xu Jin raised up entire sections of the rivers of divine energy and dredged the riverbeds. Ultimately, they found nothing.
“However, we now know that Lord Xu Jin learned True God’s Natural Art. He must have found it while digging.
“And as for Lord Di Qiong, he was given an ultimate technique by True God himself.”