Star Odyssey

Chapter 2924: That Person

The Aeternals were most likely searching for those three treasures as well.

"During their last attack, the Aeternals wouldn’t have found the three treasures even if they managed to use Planar Conversion onto Earth. However, you happened to be there, and you even returned with a powerhouse who follows the Lord of Lightning and who has the strength to eliminate one of the True God Guard Captains. This has changed everything. If I’m right, the Aeternals might have already known that those three treasures are in a parallel universe that reflects Earth. But now, they know that that universe is the same one home to Whitecloud and the Lord of Lightning.

"If the Aeternals don't give up their search for those three treasures, then they’ll definitely go after Whitecloud." Lu Yin shared everything that he suspected to be true.

He was not idly speculating. The True God Guard Captain had not attacked the Heavens Sect, but instead Earth. Why? Earth was also an objectively odd planet. Every so often, the planet would suffer a disaster that erased all civilization from it, and Lu Yin had never been able to understand the reason behind this cycle.

In order to keep the cycle hidden, the Hidden Earth Society had started occasionally attacking other planets that were home to families with primeval surnames. The only reason for this was to obfuscate Earth’s destructive cycles. The truth of the matter had nothing at all to do with the primeval surnames.

Lu Yin felt that this entire affair was very likely related to the three treasures.

Even the Aeternals wanted to obtain those three treasures, and yet they had somehow ended up on Earth. This could actually explain many mysteries.

The Impious Sutra had also been searching for those three treasures, and the Impious Sutra had been a power from the Heavens Sect era.

Jiang Chen's expression grew solemn upon realizing that Lu Yin's suspicions were most likely true. If so, then Aeternus would absolutely go after Whitecloud.

The reason why Whitecloud had been left rather untouched by the Aeternals, as well as the reason why they had not wanted to kill Jiang Qingyue in the Sixth Mainland was merely because they did not want to fight the Lord of Lightning head-on. However, if the Lord of Lightning possessed something that the Aeternals were determined to obtain, everything would change.

Whitecloud already had its own enemies, so if the Aeternals took action against them as well, Whitecloud would not be ready.

"Thanks for the warning. My sister and I will head back now," Jiang Chen informed Lu Yin.

Jiang Qingyue nodded as well, knowing that they needed to go warn their father.

Just as Jiang Chen was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something, and he looked back at Lu Yin. "Do you want to go to Whitecloud with us?"

Lu Yin was stunned. "Can I also go?"

Dragonturtle shrugged. "Master isn’t there."

Jiang Chen then remembered. "Right, Dad’s not there."

"Which is unfortunate, because it would be good for Master to meet his son-in-law… The Lord of Lightning and the Heavens Sect’s Dao Monarch. How grand is that…" Dragonturtle muttered softly.

Jiang Qingyue gritted her teeth, grabbed Dragonturtle, and then threw him over to Jiang Chen. "Get that thing out of here!"

Jiang Chen grabbed Dragonturtle and said, "Sister, do you not want him to protect you anymore?"

"Take him away!" Jiang Qingyue had lost all patience with Dragonturtle.

The beast shouted, "Young Mistress, I won't say anything more! I definitely won't say a thing after this! Young Master Chen, please help me beg your sister for mercy. I can't leave the young mistress, as she will be in danger if she’s left alone!"

Jiang Chen had no choice but to place Dragonturtle on the table. "I need to go back and warn Dad. Sister, just put up with it for now."

With that, the young man left.

Dragonturtle directed a pitiful look at Jiang Qingyue.

Lu Yin laughed. It would be nice if that stupid jiao was even half as smart as Dragonturtle. Oh, right, the jiao.

"Has the Lord of Lightning ever attacked the jiao?"

Jiang Qingyue took a sip of her coffee. "Your mount?"

Lu Yin nodded.

Jiang Qingyue shook her head. "I don't know."

Lu Yin glanced at Dragonturtle, but the small beast also shook his head. "While I did travel with Master for a bit, I was not with him all the time. Kong Tianzhao knows more about certain things."

"Kong Tianzhao?"

"He’s the swordsman who defeated the True God Guard Captain. He’s Master’s eternal rival, as well as the best swordsman in Whitecloud. While he has lost several times to Master, Master did once mention that, when it comes to pure swords skills, he is not Kong Tianzhao’s match. One day, Kong Tianzhao will be able to reach the pinnacle of the sword," Dragonturtle explained.

Lu Yin was impressed. "Whitecloud has many great powerhouses."

Dragonturtle was speechless. "How can we compare to your Heavens Sect?

"It's not easy to become a Progenitor. There are only a few people from Master’s generation who are still around, and…"

Dragonturtle paused and glanced over at Jiang Qingyue.

Jiang Qingyue calmly stated, "My master killed another one of himself."

Lu Yin was left quite confused. "What does that mean?"

Dragonturtle sighed. "There can be the same people in different parallel universes. In two different universes, Master established Whitecloud. And in both universes, there lived a man by the name of Kong Tianzhao. In order to complete his Progenitor breakthrough, Kong Tianzhao fought a decisive battle against his alternate self from another parallel universe who similarly wanted to break through.

"Ultimately, the breakthrough happened, but only by one of them killing the other, completing the transformation."

Lu Yin nodded. Although he had not witnessed the matter for himself, just hearing about it was quite tragic. He could not imagine what it would feel like to kill himself.

"The Sixverse Association consists of multiple parallel universes, but I’ve never seen two versions of the same person from different universes," Lu Yin commented.

Jiang Qingyue looked up. "There are simply too many parallel universes, and each one develops a bit differently. The chances of the same person appearing in multiple universes is extremely small. At least, that is according to my father."

Lu Yin did not dwell on the matter. Instead, he invited Jiang Qingyue to visit the Heavens Sect. She preferred to continue wandering about Earth, so Lu Yin left on his own.

Once Lu Yin was gone, Dragonturtle lamented, "Young Mistress, you really won’t be able to find another man like him. Can’t you pursue a bit of romance?"

Jiang Qingyue ignored him.

At this moment, the young man from before returned. He smiled gently at Jiang Qingyue. "Beautiful lady, I’m sorry to interrupt you again, but could I interest you in a visit to Jinlin?"

Dragonturtle looked over. "We want to go visit the Heavens Sect."

The man's face alternated between green and white. They wanted to visit the Heavens Sect? Was there something wrong with this turtle’s head? Was the Heavens Sect a place that people could even visit? Not to mention the young man himself, but not even his father dared to approach the Heavens Sect, and that man was welcome to enjoy tea with Lord Zhou Shan.

Not long after Lu Yin returned to the Heavens Sect, someone arrived with a message from Lu Tianyi. Nutjob Lu wanted to see Lu Yin.

Lu Yin quickly went to the Lu Sanctum. First, he met with Lu Tianyi.

"He asked to see you half a year ago, but I stalled for time. Ancestor will deal with Nutjob Lu when he emerges from seclusion, so there’s no need for you to see him. However, his madness has grown worse in recent days," Lu Tianyi explained.

Lu Yin grunted. "I'll go see what he wants to say."

When it came to Nutjob Lu, even if Lu Tianyi were not reluctant to deal with the man, the only choice was to wait for Ancestor Lu Yuan to leave seclusion.

Soon, Lu Yin met with Nutjob Lu.

The man grinned as soon as he saw Lu Yin arrive. "So, you finally gathered the courage to come see me."

Lu Yin indifferently asked, "Why wouldn’t I?"

Nutjob Lu sneered. "You didn’t dare to come see me, and yet here you are now. You are also a spy."

Lu Yin shook his head. "We’re in the Lu Sanctum. No one in this place will believe such a thing. I’m a spy? The entire Sixverse Association will laugh at such a joke."

"This is the Aeternals’ most sinister scheme!" Nutjob Lu roared.

Lu Yin stared at the madman.

The two gazed at each other, but the madness did not fade from Nutjob Lu's eyes at all. Pressure mounted as he radiated a violent aura, and the chains that bound him gently clinked. "You have divine energy."

Lu Yin was startled. How did Nutjob Lu know that?

The man continued, "When we fought in the Lu Sanctum’s Treasury, you saw me use the Corpse King Transformation, which convinced you that I’m a spy. However, I also saw you use divine energy. Since I know that you can use divine energy, how can you still try to say that you are not a spy?"

Lu Yin clasped his hands behind his back. "People may be good or evil, but the power that they wield is not."

"Hahahaha, naive! The power that people cultivate is neither good nor evil? You have Heaven’s Sight and can see sequence particles, so how can you still say something so absurd?

"Some people create energy that is derived from their very thoughts, and divine energy comes from the thoughts of the True God. Using it will invariably cause a person to fall under the True God’s influence, giving him the power to drive you insane, kill you, or even transform you into someone else entirely.

"You have used divine energy, so how can you not know this? Are you even still yourself?"

Lu Yin frowned. "Enough! What did you want to say to me? If you want to threaten me, then just forget about it. Even if Ancestor Lu Yuan and the others learn that I have divine energy, they still won’t ever believe that I am a spy."

Nutjob Lu stared at Lu Yin. "You can never be free of the True God. Even if you are not a spy right now, one day, his power will take you over, and you will become the greatest traitor in the history of humanity. The higher you climb, the more harm you will eventually do to mankind. The more power you gain, the more damage you will do to the Lu family.

"This is fascinating. The person upon whom the Lu family has pinned all of their hopes of rising back to greatness will eventually shove the entire family into the abyss, hahahaha!"

Lu Yin turned around and left. He had expected the madman to have something to say. If Nutjob Lu really wanted to expose Lu Yin’s cultivation of divine energy, then he would do so. At worst, Lu Yin would explain the matter to everyone.

His divine energy had always been a thorn in his heart. When he had seen his future in the merged Books of Destiny, he had become completely convinced that he could change it.

"Don't you want to know who saved your life by pushing my palm away when I attacked you on the rear battlefield?" Nutjob Lu called out.

Lu Yin froze, and then slowly turned around to look at Nutjob Lu.

The man sneered. "Do you know who that was? Do you want to know?"

Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed.

While Lu Yin had been on the rear battlefield, Nutjob Lu had once tried to kill Lu Yin with his Champions’ Stage. At that time, Lu Yin had been unable to move and also unable to use his strength. It had been impossible for anyone to save him. However, before Nutjob Lu’s attack could land, the power of time had appeared, and a hand had appeared and knocked the Champions’ Stage away. Lu Yin had no idea who that hand belonged to, or what era the person who had taken action belonged to. He only knew that the hand had passed through time to block the Champions’ Stage and save Lu Yin’s life.

Since that time, Lu Yin had been wondering who had saved him, as that solitary hand had been one of his greatest rescues.

"Do you know who it was?"

The madness faded a bit from Nutjob Lu's eyes. "At the time, I didn't, but I spent a great deal of time considering who could have intervened at that moment. I thought about it for a very, very long time.

"Finally, I figured it out." He stared at Lu Yin. "The person who protected you was not from this era. Throughout everything, I have considered who could have taken action across time, as well as what sort of price they must have paid to save you.

"I don't know why that person was so desperate to save you, nor why they chose to pay such a high price, but boy, you owe more than your life to that hand. That is a debt you can never repay.

"You owe that person too much, as he paid too high a price to save you."

"Who was it?" Lu Yin shouted.

Nutjob Lu cackled. "You think that I’ll tell you?"

"Do you think that I’d believe whatever you tell me?" Lu Yin retorted.

Nutjob Lu snorted. "Whether or not you believe me is up to you."

Lu Yin stared at Nutjob Lu. Was the madman telling the truth? Logic suggested that the man was most likely lying, but Lu Yin was desperate to learn who that hand belonged to and who had saved him. He had wondered about it for years, but he had never been able to find an answer.

OMA's Thoughts

Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA