Star Odyssey

Chapter 1789: Blood Spilled Across The Universe

Sapling devoured five stellular energy pills, but it still looked eager to eat even after that.

"Don't worry. There’ll be more stellular energy pills for you to eat soon," Lu Yin comforted the little tree.

Sapling poked out a branch and rubbed against Lu Yin's chin. It was very happy.

A boom echoed throughout the garden as the big tree fell back down. It relentlessly tried to escape. Its persistence was impressive, but its actions also seemed to be an uncontrollable impulse.

Balaror held his head as he entered the garden. He moved over and crouched beside the big tree and whispered something to it.

The tree rose back up and resumed its attempts to escape.

Lu Yin found the whole thing quite entertaining.

His gadget beeped, and Lu Yin glanced at it. Brother Hui Kong?

"Brother Hui!" Lu Yin immediately answered the call.

"Brother Lu, you’re too reckless! You actually went to the Technocracy? No wonder you were asking me so many questions about that place!" Hui Kong was truly upset.

Lu Yin quickly apologized, "I’m sorry, Brother, but there was a reason that made it so that I had to go."

"Then why didn’t you just tell me that clearly? It would have been better for me to take you than for you to wander around by yourself."

"Brother, you’ve been in Technocracy for so long that you’d be instantly recognized wherever you went. I was trying to stay hidden."

"Fair enough, Brother Lu. I blaze like a sun when I’m in the Technocracy! I’ve already been to both First Edition City and Sky Creation Academy, so I really couldn’t have taken you to either of those places." After a pause, Hui Kong asked, "How was it? Did you run into any danger?"

Lu Yin said, "Nothing too bad. After all, the First Protector was with me."

"That's good. If you go back to the Technocracy again, make sure you tell me. Right, I almost forgot. Since you’re cooperating with First Edition City now, you’re going to be even more famous than me when you go back, haha," Hui Kong said with a laugh.

Lu Yin’s agreement to cooperate with First Edition City was not something that could be kept hidden from the overseers’ council. Naturally, if the overseers knew something, the Seven Courts would learn of it as well.

"I also heard that you went and trashed the Divine Venom Dynasty, right?" Hui Kong asked with great curiosity.

Lu Yin shared the story of what had happened while he had been in the Divine Venom Dynasty.

Hui Kong let out a long sigh. "I never thought that people from that mysterious Venom Flowzone would actually be working with the Neohuman Alliance. This was an oversight by the Hall of Honor."

Lu Yin had no desire to continue on this topic with Hui Kong, so he instead asked, "Brother, does your Hui family have any Roots of Intelligence?"

"Roots of Intelligence? Of course."

Lu Yin grew excited.

"But what we have aren’t the Roots of Intelligence from Progenitor Hui's era. My family’s grown them based on the instructions that Progenitor Hui left behind, and they aren’t nearly as effective as those old Roots of Intelligence. At best, they’re able to help people meditate, which isn’t very useful.”

Lu Yin was curious about this. "Why can't your Hui family grow Roots of Intelligence that match those from Progenitor Hui’s time?"

"Do you think that growing those things is easy? They don’t just require a certain climate and soil—they also need to be raised by peerless powerhouses. In short, I don't understand all of the details, but the simplest matter is that the soil needed to grow the real Roots of Intelligence no longer exists."

"Teardust?"

"You know about that? There are also quite a few other things needed as well, so teardust is just one of them. Actually, even more important than teardust is the heart of teardust."

Lu Yin arched a brow. "Heart of teardust?"

"Yeah. It’s basically the essence of teardust, but even a mountain of teardust will only have a speck or two of heart of teardust. It’s actually the best soil for growing the Roots of Intelligence, but that’s something that only Progenitor Hui was able to gather. How could his descendants manage to do that?" Hui Kong sighed.

Lu Yin remembered how the teardust had transformed after he had upgraded it. Could that be heart of teardust?

"Is heart of teardust all that’s needed?"

"It’s the most important one, but there are other ingredients for the soil that are just as rare. Basically, even if my family does our best, it’s impossible for us to grow any of the real Roots of Intelligence, so just forget about that possibility."

Lu Yin had a request. "I’d like to buy some of your family’s Roots of Intelligence."

Hui Kong laughed loudly. "You can want to buy them, but I won’t let you. I’ll just give you some."

"Brother, this-"

"Enough, don't say no. It’s no big deal. Just wait a bit, and I'll send someone to deliver some Roots of Intelligence to you."

With that, the call went dead.

Lu Yin lowered his gadget, a warmth filling his heart. Hui Kong was one of the very few people around whom Lu Yin could lower his guard and be himself.

…

The Outerverse’s Sourcepeak Weave had once housed the headquarters of the Outerverse Lockbreakers Society, but after the planet had been attacked, the society had been forced to relocate their headquarters to Frostwave Weave. At the moment, Sourcepeak Weave was occupied by the Sixth Mainland’s Di and Mojiang families, and they shared possession of the weave.

If Ancestor Di had not died, and the Di family would still have a Cosmic Imprinter as the head of their family, and it would have been impossible for them to share control of a weave with another power. However, their power and influence had greatly diminished, and the Mojiang family had fallen as well.

The matters that started with the incident in the Horned Galaxy had continued to escalate. Starting with the death of the true Ancestor Autumnfrost, the situation had progressed to the deaths of Bluedome Elder and even Corpse God, who was one of the Seven Skygods. This last death had set the entire Sixth Mainland on edge, and they were well aware that the Neohuman Alliance would absolutely retaliate against them.

On one particular day, on an inhabited planet that belonged to the Di family, Di Bao and others bowed to greet a young man. This young man was Di Luo, and he was one of the most recent Realmlings to emerge from the Sixth Mainland. He was actually the younger brother of the previous Realmling, Di Fa. The two brothers were both part of the Di family’s direct line while the ones bowing were merely members of a branch family.

Di Luo had stopped by this planet in order to replenish his resources as he was traveling.

As Di Bao and others were playing host to Di Luo, 10,000 meters below their feet, a pair of eyes suddenly opened, and a body stood up. The figure shot through the planet’s magma, pierced the crust, and stepped onto the surface of the planet.

Di Luo had been just about to leave when the ground started to crack beneath his feet, and the cracks quickly grew bigger and bigger.

He was quite startled.

Di Bao immediately ordered some people to investigate, and his gadget beeped soon after. It was actually showing a constantly rising reading of someone’s power level. "There’s an enemy!"

Di Bao was stunned to realize that the power level on the readings was coming from underground.

The power level reading continued to rise. It started at 10,000, but it quickly reached 120,000 and continued to rise.

Di Luo's expression grew solemn. This was a powerful Hunter, but fortunately, even if Di Bao’s family on this planet was nothing more than a branch family, they were still perfectly capable of dealing with a Hunter.

However, once the power level reading reached 210,000, Di Luo's complexion drastically changed.

Although Enlighters were not considered powerhouses within the Sixth Mainland, it was different in this place. The branch family’s strongest expert was only a Hunter, and it was unlikely for him to be capable of dealing with an Enlighter. It completely depended on the opponent’s combat strength.

There was actually a substantial gap in strength between the former Realmlings and their replacements. The difference was actually quite similar to the Fifth Mainland’s Ten Arbiters and the members of the Universe Youth Council who had replaced the Arbiters.

The Ten Arbiters had been able to easily challenge Enlighters and even defeat some while they had been Hunters, but such feats were beyond the members of the Universe Youth Council.

"Attack!" Di Bao shouted fiercely. Many members of his family started attacking the ground with their weapons, and the ground shattered. The planet itself trembled, and lava shot into the sky, only to be swept away by a wave of Di Bao’s hand.

A figure emerged from the lava and stepped on the ground. It proceeded to walk forward step by step.

When Di Bao and the others got a clear look at the future, their expressions all changed drastically. "A corpse king? No! Young Master Di Luo, RUN!"

Di Luo felt as though his scalp was about to explode; how could a corpse king be in this place? The Neohuman Alliance’s revenge had just started.

Di Luo and the others had absolutely no thoughts of fighting against a corpse king, and everyone instantly fled towards outer space.

The members of the branch family were so terrified that they immediately ran away. No one had even a single thought of trying to stop the corpse king.

However, the corpse king that was walking along the surface of the planet never launched a single attack. Instead, it stopped and stood still. This corpse’s eyes were actually black, which was completely different from a corpse king’s scarlet eyes with slitted pupils. If Lu Yin were present, he would have recognized this corpse as the same as the one that had once chased after him. That desiccated corpse was not actually a corpse king, and it had actually killed corpse kings; this figure was the exact same thing.

When Lu Yin had been pursued by Darkstar Gorge, he had stumbled upon a dried up corpse at the center of a planet that had been a Neohuman Alliance stronghold. The corpse had chased after Lu Yin and tried to kill him, though it had ended up being the reason why Lu Yin had managed to break through to the Explorer realm.

The corpse stood still for a while, and then its gaze turned to the west. "Ancient bloodline detected. Target acquired: kill."

As soon as the words were spoken, the corpse’s legs slowly bent. It seemed as though the figure had not moved in a long time and its bones had grown sore. There was a grinding sound as the dried up corpse jumped up and charged into space, making its way towards the west of the Outerverse at a very impressive speed.

Di Luo saw the creature as it blew past him. He thought that he was already dead, and yet he was not even attacked.

What had just happened? Di Luo was completely confused, and he sent a report to his family about what had happened.

Similar events occurred in many places across the universe at the exact same time.

The same thing happened in a place in Tyrannical Weave, where Millions City had once been located. The weave that had once been famous for being the wealthiest location in the entire Outerverse had been occupied by Justice Manor.

Justice Manor was led by Cemetery Keeper, who was a World Imprinter. The man controlled an entire weave, and no one dared to speak against such an arrangement.

As the name suggested, Justice Manor’s cultivators were able to control corpses. There were even some people who liked to roam about while carrying corpses on their backs. For example, Corpse Looter was the heir of Justice Manor, and he enjoyed collecting corpses. He also had a powerful attack that was known as Dead Man’s Palm.

A desiccated corpse emerged from underground on one of Justice Manor’s planets, and it happened to emerge right where an older Justice Manor disciple lived. The man stared at the corpse in amazement. He did not consider it to be a corpse king, as there were fundamental differences between corpse kings and this corpse. This was clearly more like a mummy, but why was a mummy moving?

"Alright, who’s here? Knock it off with the pranks and show yourself," the disciple ordered.

Justice Manor’s cultivators could control corpses, so naturally, this corpse was being controlled by someone. However, why did this dried up corpse have pure black eyes?

The corpse stood still, as those stunned.

"Which junior brother is it? Come on out and show yourself, and let your senior brother know if you need some help." The older disciple spoke up again, but he started to grow uncomfortable when there was still no response. "Since none of my juniors want to show themselves, I’ll offer my assistance by seeing how this corpse was created."

The man then approached the dried up corpse.

The desiccated corpse did not even seem to see the man, and it remained standing as though it were frozen.

The man pointed a finger against the corpse’s forehead, intending to examine it. Suddenly, the corpse raised its hand to grab a hold of the man’s arm. There was a slight move, and a scream rang out. The man’s arm had been torn open. The disciple instantly paled. "Stop! You-"

He was cut off as the corpse casually swung a hand, and the slap smashed the man’s head to pieces.

"Ancient bloodline detected. Target acquired: kill," the corpse muttered to itself before shooting off into outer space, clearly making its way towards a very specific direction.

Similar dried up corpses appeared all over the Outerverse, as well as the Innerverse, the Cosmic Sea, and even the Neoverse. It was as though the corpses had been summoned, and they all started moving at the same time.

In the Primal Zone, past Ironblood Weave, the corpse that had been stopped by Progenitor Wushang’s hide also started muttering, “Ancient bloodline detected. Target acquired: kill.”

"Ancient bloodline detected. Target acquired: kill."

Even though the desiccated corpse had found a target, Progenitor Wushang’s hide still prevented the corpse from moving.

On this day, blood spilled across the universe, as many people lost their lives to these dried up corpses. Each one actually had a power level of over 200,000.

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