Chen Jian began giving instructions to the entire Starfall Megaverse, assigning tasks and telling everyone to pack their belongings, starting things with a few touches. He did not provide any specific reasons. He wanted to see the Human Trio for himself before he said anything more.
Soon, Lu Yin brought Chen Jian to the Trio. In that manner, the old man experienced the wonder of teleportation, witnessed the splendor of the Trio, and met Awe Gate, Blood Tower, and the other human Immortals.
He had never expected this human civilization to possess so many Immortals. This civilization was far, far stronger than his own Starfall Megaverse. Any possible lingering concerns fully evaporated with this visit. He could not wait to bring the people of his Starfall Megaverse over.
Finding a place for the newcomers would not be difficult. Although it was the population of an entire megaverse, there were countless parallel universes, and the Tianyuan, the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, and Spirit Nidus each had no shortage of room.
It was a pity that the Consciousness Megaverse had been reset; otherwise, the Starfall Megaverse’s people could have simply relocated there. That might have led to the establishment of the Human Quartet.
As Chen Jian looked at the prosperous Trio, he suddenly took out the Star Fist manual from his cosmic ring and handed it to Lu Yin.
Lu Yin accepted it, though he could not understand why Chen Jian was suddenly giving this to him. It was exactly the same as the copy that Jiang Feng had shared with him before. Everyone in the Starfall Megaverse cultivated this same battle technique and cultivation art.
"I believe you have already seen this. It seems ordinary, no?"
Lu Yin did not disagree with that. "I could not see anything special about it. Does it have to do with the Shattered Dipper?"
Without the Shattered Dipper, the Star Fist was effectively useless. This flaw in the battle technique was far too great. No matter how much fist intent the Shattered Dipper might be able to provide, as soon as a powerful enemy shattered the star, the entire civilization would be ruined. In a civilizational war, the Shattered Dipper was a fatal weakness.
Chen Jian nodded. "There is a legend in the Starfall Megaverse that claims that, by cultivating this Star Fist, one may comprehend the strongest fist in the cosmos and become invincible."
He laughed at himself. "The strength of my Starfall Megaverse does not deserve such a legend. I am already the strongest in my megaverse, and there is a truly immeasurable gap between me and the true peak of the cosmos.
"However, what if I told you that this legend originated from my masters?"
Lu Yin arched a brow. "Your masters?"
Chen Jian said, "My masters witnessed the era of humanity's most glorious civilization. They never told me the true glory of that era, but they remained absolutely certain that the Star Fist could be trained into a battle technique invincible throughout the cosmos. Whenever they spoke of it, their eyes betrayed reverence and awe. I will never forget that expression for the rest of my life."
He looked at the manual in Lu Yin's hand. "I know my masters well. They poured the efforts of their entire lives into me, and they died because their injuries were too severe. I was the only disciple they ever accepted. They would not have lied to me. If they said invincible, then it must truly be invincible.
"Lu Yin, believe me, my Starfall Megaverse is not worthy of that legend, but humanity’s glorious age was."
Lu Yin looked back down at the Star Fist manual. The strongest fist technique that reached invincibility? Could it be real? Could this Star Fist have originated from the Rampart Warden who used fist techniques? That was the only possibility that he could come up with. How could anything else, even if it came from the Nine Ramparts, lead to a truly invincible fist technique?
Humanity's peak had been the era of the Nine Ramparts, and each Rampart had possessed powers capable of astonishing an entire era. Of this, Lu Yin had no doubt.
But if the Star Fist was truly capable of becoming an invincible fist technique, then Obscura would not be ignorant of it. After all, Obscura had also fought in the war that had destroyed the Nine Ramparts, and they had to have encountered that so-called invincible fist. If it was truly the same battle technique, it should have been taken long ago, and the Starfall Megaverse would not have been labeled as a mere two-star threat.
Also, could such an invincible fist technique really have survived after being sent with a bait civilization?
Chen Jian did not know the truth of the past, and Lu Yin did not want to discourage him. He had already done that once before. "All right. I will try and see if I can comprehend it."
Chen Jian offered a bitter smile. "I know that you are merely trying to comfort me. That is fine. Believe it or not as you please. I am only fulfilling the duty as the transmitter of this inheritance. I could not comprehend it. I simply hope that those who come after me can.
"As for the Shattered Dipper, do not concern yourself with it. You are able to teleport and can go to it whenever you wish. If it disappears, then it disappears. There is no need to report the matter to us."
For countless years, the Starfall Megaverse had drawn their fist intent from the Shattered Dipper, and their feelings towards the star ran deep. Letting it go might sound simple, but it was no different from cutting away a piece of their own flesh.
Although Lu Yin had only spoken to comfort Chen Jian, he still began to earnestly learn the Star Fist while holding on to that one sliver of hope in ten thousand.
The Star Fist was very simple, surprisingly so. It was merely a kind of fist intent, yet that fist intent could connect to the Shattered Dipper.
He returned to the Starfall Megaverse and successfully used the Star Fist to draw upon the Shattered Dipper’s fist intent. When he threw a punch, the universe itself trembled.
At Lu Yin’s current level, whatever he cultivated, he could comprehend quickly and even soon surpass others who followed the same path.
The disturbance he created was noticed by countless people in the Starfall Megaverse, and they were stunned, as if they had laid eyes upon some divine being.
Their civilization had its own standards of measurement, and what Lu Yin had just displayed had clearly reached a certain level. That caused rumors to spread throughout the Starfall Megaverse.
It reminded Lu Yin of the shock that he had caused upon receiving Sevenfold Crimson robes from the Crimson Starshade Civilization.
This time, however, no one would come looking to cause him trouble because no one was even capable of finding him.
The Starfall Megaverse was preparing to relocate to the Three Megaverses, and Lu Yin eventually grew busy, transporting people away in batch after batch.
He also remained on guard against Obscura, just in case any unforeseen development appeared.
Because Obscura had given him the location of the Starfall Megaverse to begin with, they most likely would not interfere. Something as minor as the Starfall Megaverse was not worth Obscura's attention.
Chen Jian himself was not all that powerful. At most, he could fill the gap left by the deceased Kang Tian.
Thus, once the humans of the Starfall Megaverse were all taken away, the megaverse fell completely silent.
Lu Yin arrived atop the Shattered Dipper and observed the star itself. It was the faith of everyone from the Starfall Megaverse. Before they left, he would have never done something as rash as step on it.
Chen Jian was the only one who could step on the Shattered Dipper whenever he wished, but now, the star had been abandoned.
Lu Yin remembered how, before leaving, every person that he had taken away had knelt and bowed to the Shattered Dipper. Their reluctance was the helpless sorrow of losing their homeland.
If this had been an ordinary star, he could have taken it to the Three Megaverses, but it was on the verge of collapse and could not be moved at all. The moment he touched it, it would completely shatter.
After staring at it for a long while, he still could not see what was special about the Shattered Dipper. The only mystery was how a single star could gather such immense fist intent. The intent far surpassed Chen Jian's own, and Lu Yin had no idea where it had come from.
Could it be from the Nine Ramparts?
Lu Yin left, departing from the Starfall Megaverse. With his departure, the megaverse was left entirely devoid of all humans, but there were still other lifeforms.
Humanity's departure gave those other species a chance to occupy the megaverse. The River of Aeons would continue to flow, and if someone returned countless years into the future, the megaverse would be a completely different place.
If by that time the Shattered Dipper had not yet fully shattered, it would once again serve as the faith of all creatures, because it stood high above all.
***
In the Tianyuan, on the mountain behind the Heavens Sect, Long Xi arrived and poured two cups of tea before leaving.
Lu Yin lifted his cup and took a sip. "Try it."