Confronted by the overwhelming power of Xiu Ci's rain of palm strikes, Xu Heng and Xu Leng simultaneously used their own battle techniques. Their Scorching Sun and Heart Frost converged, and they channeled the fused power through the Yin Yang Sword. The sword catalyzed the transformation of Yin into Yang and Yang into Yin to deflect the palm strikes.
Xiu Ci's eyes went wide. "Good!"
As he shouted, countless more attacks shot through his Formless Barrier, but Xu Heng and Xu Leng’s merged power of Yin and Yang cooperated to deflect all of the incoming attacks.
Venerable Xuyi had never considered facing the immensely powerful Formless Barrier directly, and he had instead thought of ways to weaken or deflect those attacks.
A strange scene unfolded in outer space. Countless attacks collided, alternating between blazing heat and freezing cold. A storm of voidforce energy roiled and swept westwards, though some aftershocks also spread out in every other direction. The watching crowd started to pull back until all of them were out of sight of the battle.
Lu Yin felt that he was witnessing the wisdom of the ancestors of the Voidforce Universe. Venerable Xuyi had not only been incredibly talented in cultivating the universe’s traditional manner with voidforce puppets, but also incredibly gifted at developing battle techniques.
The Fifth Mainland had given birth to powerhouses like Progenitor Chen, Progenitor Ku, the Rune Progenitor, and more, but equally extraordinary individuals had similarly risen in various parallel universes. If Venerable Xuyi were still alive, he might not be any weaker than Xu Wuwei.
Just the shockwaves from the duel were able to force the audience to retreat. Aside from Xu Wuji, no one was able to clearly make out what was happening.
Half a day later, the battle ended.
Lu Yin was not able to get a clear look at the final stages of the battle. He could not reveal any Progenitor-level strength next to Xu Wuji. "Senior, how did things end up?”
Xu Wuji remained silent for a moment. "A tie.”
Lu Yin was surprised. "A tie.”
Xu Wuji proceeded to elaborate, clearly impressed. "Venerable Xuyi tried to compensate for his shortcomings by developing battle techniques, while Senior Xiu Ci worked to remove his weakness when it came to the amount of voidforce energy that he could use. The results of their efforts led to a draw, which should not be a surprise. Maybe this is even the best outcome, as it shows that there is no particularly superior path of cultivation in the Voidforce Universe.”
Lu Yin looked ahead. It was true, there was no single path that was objectively better than all the others, and that did not change between the Voidforce Universe and the Origin Universe.
In the Origin Universe, stellular energy filled the universe, but in addition to stellular energy and star energy, there were as many dazzling and impressive energies as the stars themselves. There were runes, death energy, the Cosmic Art, Lockbreaking, and so many more. There was no need for a person to focus solely on cultivating stellular energy.
Xiu Ci's laughter echoed throughout outer space, which led many spectators to believe that he had won.
"Heirs of that old ghost Xuyi, you have won! Hahaha!" Xiu Ci roared in laughter.
Xu Heng quickly replied, "It is clear that victory is yours, Senior. We are ashamed that we were forced to cooperate against you."
"Hahaha, this is exhilarating! Completely exciting!" Xiu Ci continued to laugh as he left, and his laughter echoed off in the distance.
Before long, Lu Yin reunited with Xu Heng and Xu Leng.
"Junior Brother, we will be returning home to treat our wounds, so if you need anything, come find us with our clans," Xu Heng said.
Lu Yin nodded. "Absolutely."
A duel that had remained unfinished for countless years had finally reached a conclusion. Even though the results had further justified what each party held to be true and was far from a death match, the duel still stirred up quite a commotion in the Voidforce Universe.
Some claimed that Xiu Ci had won, while others insisted that Xu Heng and Xu Leng had won. However, most believed that the fight had ended in a draw.
Regardless of who had won or lost, Xu Heng and Xu Leng had certainly made a name for themselves.
The Voidforce Universe only had a few Void Supremas, and Xiu Ci was regarded as one of the universe’s most powerful experts. He was considered second to only ultimate powerhouses like Xu Wuwei. The fact that Xu Heng and Xu Leng had managed to fight Xiu Ci to a standstill, despite only recently becoming Void Supremas themselves, had made the Void Yang and Void Yin clans famous throughout the entire universe. This fight would shift the balance of power in the Voidforce Universe.
The most important detail was that the clans had retrieved their Yin Yang Sword. Barring any unforeseen developments, it was almost certain that their clans would continue to produce more Void Supremas for generations to come, and that was a truly terrifying thought.
As the person who had helped the clans find the Yin Yang Sword, Xuan Qi was naturally mentioned whenever the matter was discussed. Many people believed that Xuan Qi was a rising star in the Voidforce Universe.
Soon after the duel concluded, Lu Yin started to move, and he began arresting spies throughout the entire Voidforce Universe. No one dared to resist or obstruct either him or the Bureau. It was known that Xuan Qi was supported by both the Void Yin and Void Yang clans, as well as Xu Wuji and Xu Wuwei; in total, four Void Supremas stood behind Xuan Qi. No one in the Voidforce Universe would dare to provoke such a power.
Lu Yin acted with extreme precision, and people took his actions to mean that he had obtained information from Yi Jun and Cheng Feng’s confessions.
It did not take long for the overall atmosphere in the Voidforce Universe to take on a nervous energy. No one dared to ignore the Bureau, and wherever their officials appeared, the situation would quickly turn chaotic.
Over the course of just half a year, the Bureau arrested hundreds of spies, which sent shockwaves rippling through the Voidforce Universe. The Sixverse Association was stunned by these developments.
People were not only shocked by Xuan Qi’s ruthlessness, but also by the sheer number of spies that had been found hiding in the Voidforce Universe.
This number was nothing more than the spies that had been found from the confessions of either Yi Jun or Cheng Feng. Who knew how many more spies remained hidden in the shadows?
Lu Yin continued to raise his reputation as Xuan Qi within the Voidforce Universe. To the members of the Bureau, his word was law. Even Xu Wuji did not contest Lu Yin’s decisions.
…
In the Voidforce Universe, spacecraft were constantly landing and taking off of a rather busy planet.
Suddenly, alarms started to blare.
"Young Master, we must leave now! People from the Bureau are on their way!" An old man's nervousness was nearly palpable. A golden dagger floated over his shoulder. It was his voidforce puppet.
In front of the old man, a young man's expression fell. "So what if they come? I am not a spy, so what do I have to fear?"
"Young Master, you may not be a spy, but your father is," the old man stated anxiously.
The young man instantly whirled around to face the old man, fury filling his eyes. "Why didn't you stop my father? He betrayed humanity by becoming a spy. What on earth is he trying to do? Get us all killed?"
"If he had not done so, our family would have been ruined long ago. How else do you think we obtained this planet? Your father paid for this place by becoming a spy. We need to leave now, Young Master." The old man again tried to take the young man away, but was resisted.
"Where is my father?"
"Master- Master…" the old man sputtered and failed to reply.
The young man's eyes flickered. He stared at the old man who was struggling to find words, and the young man’s voice became strained. "He ran away, didn't he?"
The old man sighed.
"He left me behind and escaped… Ha, and here I thought that he actually cared about me," the young man said with a bitter smile.
After a moment, he waved his hand. "You can go too. There’s no need for you to concern yourself with me."
Yet again, the old man pulled at the young man. "If I’m leaving, Young Master, you're coming with me. Let's go."