Star Odyssey

Chapter 1023: Huge Sinner

Given Lu Yin’s current position, he either had to receive the inheritance presented to him and learn Night Advent or exit the corridor.

Lu Yin did not want to leave, but there was also no need for him to advance any further. Given the level of his current spiritual force, he would not be able to advance any farther; in other words, he had to learn Night Advent, which would allow him to perfectly display the strength of his spiritual force as this technique greatly surpassed the Daynight Punch.

A day passed, and back in the Daynight clan’s ancestral grounds, Zhanlong Daynight opened his eyes. When he looked up at the stone plaque, he found that Lu Yin’s image had already surpassed his own.

There was nothing that Zhanlong Daynight could do, but he was also still unwilling to admit defeat. For the moment, he planned to keep persisting and comprehending inheritances until he overtook Lu Yin.

Nightking Zhenwu was summoned once again by the guardians beneath the stone plaque. This emmissary immediately ordered Nightking Zhenwu to find people to surpass Lu Yin. However, if that was possible, then Zhanlong Daynight would have long since done so under the pressure of the Nightking clan. Since even Zhanlong Daynight could not beat Lu Yin, Nightking Zhenwu had been left without a choice in this matter.

He was reprimanded, and he also was given a punishment by the clan. After being chastised due to Lu Yin’s actions, Nightking Zhenwu felt so frustrated that he vented his frustrations. To that end, he slaughtered more than a hundred people from the Dayking bloodline in front of Zhuo Daynight.

“If you want to hate someone, then hate him, as you were the one who let him go. If not for him, you wouldn’t have been forced to expose Night’s End, Daybreak, and you would have still had a glimmer of hope to win back the freedom of the Dayking bloodline. Instead, everything was destroyed by him. If not for him, these people wouldn’t have had to die. Hate him, as this is all because of him.” Nightking Zhenwu spoke simple words to her before turning to leave.

Only Zhuo Daynight was left behind, grieving for the hundred dead members of her clan.

On Zenyu Star, in the secure room within King Zishan’s palace, Lu Yin suddenly opened his eyes. His face was deathly pale, and he instantly fell asleep. The Daynight stone of inheritance fell to the floor with a crisp sound.

“How audacious!” a voice cried out, prompting Lu Yin to suddenly open his eyes and stand up. He had experienced that same dream once again, where a finger descended and tried to crush him to pieces while an unsuppressable feeling of indignation had been roused within him, waking him.

Lu Yin had slept for ten days this time since he had essentially exhausted all of his spiritual force in order to comprehend Night Advent. More accurately, he had only barely managed to wake up after ten days of sleep.

After he awoke, Lu Yin was immediately accosted by a splitting headache, as if he had exhausted himself by rolling the die too many times. In fact, that had also caused him to dream of that finger.

Even at Lu Yin’s current level, he was still unable to understand that finger’s origins. During the battle in the astral cemetery, if not for the jade talisman that he had received from Mister Mu, Lu Yin would have died.

That finger definitely belonged to an actual person, and their strength could not even be estimated, but at the very least, their strength surpassed that of Yuan Shi and the other top powerhouses who had been present at that battle. Why would such a powerful character want to kill Lu Yin? And why was he unable to stop himself from shouting out “audacious” in response?

Sweat dripped off of him as he recalled the scene from back then. After calming himself, Lu Yin stored the stone of inheritance away, closed his eyes, and then let out a deep breath. He had successfully comprehended Night Advent.

His shortcoming felt from his spiritual force attack had been taken care of, and he no longer only had just the Daynight Punch to use with his spiritual force, as that attack was too obvious whenever he tried to use it. Those who had even a little experience would instantly know that it was a Daynight clan battle technique. On the other hand, Night Advent was different.

Lu Yin wondered who he should test this battle technique out on first. Perhaps it would be Lan Si, as they had an impending duel that had already been agreed upon.

Initially, Lu Yin had wanted to cultivate with the Skyblaze Stone after exploring the inheritance stone, but with this crippling headache, he decided to rest for a while instead.

He stepped out of the room and was welcomed by Zhao Ran.

“Your Highness, you’re out? How about a cup of tea?” Zhao Ran asked him happily.

Lu Yin nodded. “Alright.”

Within the garden, Lu Yin enjoyed a rare moment of peace, but the weaves in the western region of the Outerverse were currently in turmoil.

A few days ago, Lu Yin had prompted Wang Wen and the others to use his authority as the Outerverse Allied Forces’ Commander to make some problems for the weaves and guiding powers that had been antagonistic towards the Great Eastern Alliance in the past. The Outerverse was no longer at war, and in the foreseeable future, there would not be any war that involved the entire Outerverse, but it was always good to plan for the future.

Wang Wen, Wei Rong, En Ya, and the others had thus used his authority as commander to shift around the resources of many organizations within the western weaves. They had also begun construction of a military route for the Allied Forces, established an Allied Institute, and carried out a dozen other orders, all of which had badly scared those various guiding powers.

These actions were obviously targeting the western weaves’ guiding powers, but it could not be said that these actions had been done entirely to their detriment. If the entire Outerverse was once again swept into a desperate war, these actions would allow an allied Outerverse to demonstrate a much greater level of strength.

This made the western weaves’ situation awkward, as it would be pointless even if they complained to the Hall of Honor. The Allied Forces’ Commander truly did have the authority to carry out such actions, and they were not even being forced to work for free, as the Great Eastern Alliance was willing to pay for all of their expenses.

If it had only been these few matters, then everything would have still been fine, but the order to transport resources to a designated location was something that these powers were unable to accept. This command had clearly been given so that the Great Eastern Alliance would know where various resources were stored. In addition, the western weaves’ guiding powers would not be able to move their resources away from these designated locations.

This move was completely tyrannical, and all of the powers in the western weaves felt the same way. It was as if all of their intelligence and planning had been overpowered by brute strength, in such a way where they could not even offer up the slightest resistance.

Fortunately, once everything started, Wang Wen and the others made sure to restrain their efforts so that they did not go overboard. Their next step was to transfer various troops around and train the Allied Forces in various battle formations. At that time, all pretenses of cordiality would be shed. In addition, they could also influence various matters related to the weaves’ economy and military. All of these actions were overbearing enough that no one could endure them for long.

All of these actions were allowed under the special authority granted by the position of the Allied Forces’ Commander, but every action was obviously targeting these powers. They also did not have any sort of moral high ground, as these changes were indeed truly beneficial to the integration of the Outerverse’s Allied Forces.

The various powers in the western region were only able to reluctantly accept the orders delivered by Wang Wen, but Shamrock Enterprises could not accept such things.

When the war in the Outerverse had called for all forces to mobilize, everyone had to obey the summons. The Outerverse Allied Forces’ Commander’s authority could even give orders to colossal organizations like Shamrock Enterprises and the Mavis Bank.

From the very beginning, En Ya had never forgotten about the humiliation that she had suffered in the past. Thus, she had given Shamrock Enterprises several direct orders to prepare some common medications and place them at a designated location for emergency usage.

These orders had been rejected by Shamrock Enterprises the moment they were given.

Lu Yin only learned of this matter several days later.

During these days, Lu Yin had been taking his time resting. He had taken a small break to head to the small tavern and have a drink.

“Your Highness, please forgive me.” En Ya bowed respectfully as she stood before Lu Yin.

Lu Yin drank a cup of scented tea and simply replied, “It’s not a big deal. We have the authority to send orders to Shamrock Enterprises.”

En Ya said, “Your subject used that authority for her own personal means.”

Lu Yin smiled as he looked at En Ya. “I told you that, one day, we would get revenge for you, and that time has been delayed for quite a while. It’s now time.”

En Ya was moved. “Thank you, Your Highness.”

She did not actually care about the humiliation that she had suffered herself. Rather, she wanted to get revenge on Shamrock Enterprises because Yu Mu had mocked Grand Marshal Shui Chuanxiao. En Ya held the greatest respect for that man, and she would not allow others to mock him.

Lu Yin looked at En Ya. “Do you remember the first time we met?”

En Ya nodded. “Your Highness was a student from the Astral Combat Academy, and you were participating in a training session at the border warfront. You also made huge contributions there, which the Grand Marshal rewarded you for.”

“At that time, you took me to Planet Cangyuan over on Erudite Flowzone’s border. Each of those planets had an Explorer overseeing it, and the battles there were not overly intense,” Lu Yin commented.

En Ya replied. “The border war in Erudite Flowzone truly was not overly intense, which was why the Astral Combat Academy sent students over to participate there for training. Otherwise, the students would have never been allowed to participate. It’s similar to how, after the Outerverse was isolated, its students were unable to make any meaningful contributions to the battles in Ironblood Weave, Endless Weave, and also the Sixth Mainland’s invasion.”

Lu Yin understood, as Ironblood Weave and Endless Weave were both terrifying battlefields where even Hunters had to rely on luck to survive.

No, on those battlefields, even the survival of Enlighters depended upon luck.

Of course, there was also that battle in the Cosmic Sea that Lu Yin had recently experienced which had been similarly cruel.

“I remember you telling before that Grand Marshal Shui intentionally lost so that the universal network would span the entire Human Domain. That’s why he allowed half of Endless Weave to fall into the enemy’s hands, and that is also why he was sentenced to be imprisoned in Gaia’s Swamp for 10,000 years.” action

When Lu Yin brought up these details, En Ya’s expression dimmed. “For every day that the Human Domain’s universal network was not complete, many things were left unaccomplished, and it was even impossible for the Hall of Honor’s orders to be quickly passed down. Your Highness should have experienced the truth of this, as if not for the completed network, we might not have received reinforcements in time to defend the attack on Ironblood Weave.”

Lu Yin had indeed experienced the effectiveness of the completed universal network, as it was how he himself had been forcibly conscripted. The same situation had played out when Endless Weave had been attacked. If the universal network had not spanned the entire Outerverse, it would have been impossible for the Hall of Honor to send out mandatory conscription notices.

Grand Marshal Shui Chuanxiao’s courage was in no way inferior to the Sea King’s. The Sea King had used the entire Fifth Mainland as his gambling stakes whereas Grand Marshal Shui Chuanxiao had staked himself.

The fates of these two shocking gamblers were unknown.

En Ya suddenly dropped down on one knee. “Your Highness, please obtain justice for Grand Marshal Shui.”

Lu Yin hurriedly picked her back up. “There’s no need for any of this.”

En Ya refused to rise, and her eyes had turned red as tears dripped down from them. “Your Highness, the Grand Marshal has always shown me great kindness, and if at all possible, En Ya is willing to serve his sentence in his place. Right now, in both the Innerverse and Outerverse, there is no one aside from Your Highness who can help the Grand Marshal.”

Lu Yin fell silent. Although Grand Marshal Shui Chuanxiao had made huge contributions that had allowed the universal network to span the entire Human Domain, it was also a fact that he had caused the Human Domain to suffer a bitter defeat. His actions had even sent half of Endless Weave’s population to their deaths. He was still a huge sinner.

The Hall of Honor had not acted incorrectly in this matter, as the man had not been framed.

En Ya sobbed. “Your Highness, the Grand Marshal has made incredible contributions to the Human Domain, and he has also made his share of mistakes. However, having him serving his sentence does not negate any of his mistakes. Grand Marshal Shui is the most brilliant battle strategist in our domain’s history—shouldn’t he be allowed to use the ability that he possesses? Even if he’s only a lowly pawn on the battlefield, that’s still better than having him quietly serve out his sentence to old age.”

Lu Yin’s eyes lit up, as En Ya’s words had reminded him that Grand Marshal Shui Chuanxiao’s brilliance was too valuable to be simply wasted. The Hall of Honor had long since made its position clear, but Grand Marshal Shui Chuanxiao’s mind was still the most strategic in all of human history.

This person had sent half of Endless Weave to its death, but he still had not been executed. This showed just how reluctant the Hall of Honor was to eliminate this person, or rather, how impressive his contributions to humanity were.

Leaving such a person to serve out a life sentence in Gaia’s Swamp was simply too wasteful.

At the moment, Lu Yin had Wang Wen and Wei Rong as tacticians, but he lacked a military strategist, and Grand Marshal Shui Chuanxiao was naturally the best candidate for such a position.

En Ya had come to understand Lu Yin quite well after interacting with him for several years. She knew that her few words were enough to move Lu Yin. Otherwise, why would Lu Yin be willing to pay a steep price to rescue Grand Marshal Shui Chuanxiao?

The Grand Marshal’s sins were too great, and En Ya was not entirely confident that Lu Yin would be able to rescue the man, but Lu Yin was also her only hope. Once Lu Yin united the Outerverse, he would essentially become the ruler of the Outerverse, and at that time, his status would transform into something completely different. If he truly accomplished such a feat, it would no longer be a mere dream to rescue Grand Marshal Shui Chuanxiao from Gaia’s Swamp.

“Your Highness, do you agree?” En Ya looked expectantly at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin muttered to himself for a moment before replying, “We can give it a tentative attempt.”

En Ya was ecstatic. “Thank you, Your Highness. Thank you!”

Lu Yin hurriedly had En Ya stand back up.

“Your Highness, your subject will definitely help you unite the Outerverse as soon as possible,” En Ya spoke with a fervent determination. As she stood there, her golden hair fell down in a cascade that gave her a feeling of a gentle beauty.

Once Lu Yin made his attitude clear, he was the type of person who would definitely see his goals be realized.

Grand Marshal Shui Chuanxiao’s value was enough for Lu Yin to put in his full effort.