Star Odyssey

Chapter 3250: I Am Tai Hong

Lu Yin’s expression changed drastically. Wu Tian and the others were similarly stunned.

They all understood what True God was about to do. He was about to use the final level of the Corpse King Transformation that Di Qiong had developed. It was a level that Di Qiong had only reached at the cost of death: the Martial God Transformation.

Di Qiong’s Martial God Transformation had allowed an individual to achieve an unimaginable level of physical strength, even reaching the same level as what Lu Yin currently possessed. This was almost at the biological limit of strength. If Di Qiong had not died and been completely conscious, Lu Yin would not have been able to absorb his divine energy, and with that, even a corpse would have been impossible to defeat.

If Di Qiong had been so powerful, then just how terrifying would True God become after he underwent the Martial God Transformation?

The man was far stronger than Di Qiong, both physically and with his divine energy.

The idea of True God undergoing the Martial God Transformation incited fear in everyone.

An overwhelming aura appeared, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm warped.

Lu Yin’s eye twitched. True God’s strength surpassed Lu Yin’s own.

Physically, the most powerful creatures in the megaverse were the Megalith and the Pridebeast, both of which approached the limits of physical strength. At this moment, True God had actually reached that theoretical limit.

He embodied the ultimate level of physical strength, which was impossible for any human to withstand.

True God struck with a palm strike, distorting the Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm and nearly tearing it apart.

He lashed out again. No one doubted that the man could forcibly tear apart the Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm.

However, if Yong Heng was capable of doing this, then why had he not done so during the battle in the Second Scourge? There had to be some sort of limitation.

The Origin Progenitor’s words echoed in Lu Yin’s mind once again. ‘There are no absolutes in existence. If an absolute does appear, it can only appear by paying a price.’

Lu Yin could not determine what price True God had paid, but it was clear that the Great Sovereign’s Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm would not endure for much longer.

Wu Tian and the others were unable to do anything. They did not dare to enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm, as facing True God directly at this moment would be no different from committing suicide. All they could do was watch.

Above, the dark-red shroud painted everyone red. It looked like they were in hell.

The Great Sovereign stood up and calmly looked up at True God. “I sacrifice my life to the Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm.”

As she spoke, countless sequence particles surged from around the Great Sovereign and into the Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm. Accompanying them was her stellular energy and her Progenitor’s world. The woman’s face grew pale, and she even staggered, looking like she was about to collapse.

True God shouted angrily, “Tai Hong, do you really want to die?”

“Even if I do, I’ll drag you down with me! Yong Heng, I know that it’s impossible for me to overcome Dukkha, but no matter what, I’ll take you down! At the very least, I’ll ensure that you are never able to overcome Dukkha!” the Great Sovereign’s voice echoed across the sky.

True God struck the Great Sovereign with a palm, and her body was flung about like a boat on the waves of a storm. She spat out blood as she went flying.

Her veil fell, and a stunningly beautiful face was exposed.

Blood trickled from the woman’s lips, but they smiled like a withering flower that was about to die. “Yong Heng, you’ve paid a steep price for that power, haven’t you?”

It had to be a steep price, or else the man would have acted much sooner.

Just as True God was about to attack again, his skin cracked open, and blood splattered everywhere.

“Attack!”

Progenitor Xi, Ancient God, Forgotten Ruins God, and Arrow God all simultaneously attacked the Great Sovereign.

The woman was powerless to fight back, and she allowed all the attacks to rain down on her.

Lu Yin's eyes grew cold and he used Inverse Step to charge forward. Wu Tian and the others did not hesitate to barge into the Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm.

"Get out!" the Great Sovereign ordered with a sharp shout.

She whirled around to glare at Lu Yin and the others. "Begone! Who do you think you are? This is a fight between me and Yong Heng. You have no right to interfere!"

"You crazy woman, you're going to die!" Lu Yin shouted back.

The Great Sovereign scoffed. "Die? You don't get to save me. I owe your Lu family nothing, and I never will! Do you think that these weaklings can kill me? Ridiculous.

"Do you know who I am? I am Tai Hong! During the Origin Universe’s Heavens Sect era, I was the Origin Progenitor’s peer. I am senior even to the Three Realms and Six Daos. All of them call me senior. Do you think that I need your help? Leave!"

The endless assault continued to rain down on the woman.

The Great Sovereign turned her back to Lu Yin and the others to face the barrage of lethal strikes. Her face could no longer be seen, but her blood stained the sky.

"Yong Heng, you will never be rid of me! You can’t escape! This is my obsession, and no one can interfere with my Dukkha!" she declared.

The Great Sovereign’s voice echoed across the universe.

For the first time, Lu Yin realized that the madwoman did not deserve to die. She held to her own convictions, and she had no need to answer to anyone.

True God's face was as red as blood, and he was panting heavily. It was clear that he was suffering the price of his increased strength. He growled between his gritted teeth, "If you want to die, then I'll oblige you. I'll force Tai Chu to watch you die!"

Yong Heng clenched a fist and gestured at the black Mother Tree. "Rise!"

An unbelievable power ripped the towering black Mother Tree from the ground.

The tree continued to carry the Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm as it turned into a dark-red streak of light that shot into the sky.

Lu Yin immediately tried to stop the black Mother Tree from leaving, pressing down with the landmass from his inner universe. At the same time, Wu Tian, Hongyan Mavis, and everyone else present took action as well. Even Lu Yuan appeared, and he used his Investiture of the Gods to try to block the tree from leaving.

All of their efforts were useless. Every attack was blocked by the dark-red barrier that hung over the Scourge.

Lu Yuan's expression changed drastically. "True God's Dominion?"

The black Mother Tree and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm vanished entirely, hidden by Dominion. There was no trace to be found.

Lu Yin and the others turned their attacks to Dominion, but it seemed indestructible.

"Stop. This is True God’s Dominion. It can trap even Origin realm powerhouses for a while," Lu Yuan said gravely as he looked at where the black Mother Tree had just stood. "What happened?"

The people standing guard in the Scourge rotated regularly, and Lu Yuan had just happened to not be present.

However, his presence would not have changed the outcome at all.

No one could oppose True God when he unleashed his strength to the limit. No one could have stopped him.

Lu Yin explained everything that had happened to Lu Yuan.

The man’s face fell. "That crazy woman is still the same. Luckily, you didn't go in, or else you would’ve died for sure.

"Don't worry. Even at his peak, Yong Heng is incapable of breaking the Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm. It should be able to hold him for a while longer. Right now, no one knows where they’ve gone."

Wu Tian looked up. "They went to the Immemorial Citadel."

Lu Yuan frowned, and his heart dropped even further.

This was the worst-case scenario. True God and the powerhouses with him had gone to Immemorial Citadel, which was the location of the greatest battlefield. At the same time, Lu Yin and many human powerhouses remained trapped in the Scourge. Unless they could break Dominion, no one would be able to leave.

“We need to get to the Immemorial Citadel! We have to break this Dominion quickly. If the citadel falls, this megaverse will be doomed,” Hongyan Mavis said.

Lu Yin knew something even more terrifying; if the Immemorial Citadel fell and all of the sequence strings were broken, the megaverse would reset.

It would destroy all of humanity.

With this thought in mind, Lu Yin punched Dominion, but it had no effect.

At the moment, Lu Yin, Lu Yuan, Wu Tian, Hongyan Mavis, Mu Shen, Sovereign Dou Sheng, Fei, and Ye Wu were all trapped in the Scourge. They made up more than half of the Heavens Sect's combat power. Even worse, the barrier allowed entry into the Scourge, but not exit. Anyone else who entered would be similarly trapped.

Lu Yin and the others tried many different things, but nothing allowed any of them to get past Dominion.

“This is one of Yong Heng’s three ultimate techniques. It creates a barrier of divine energy that completely surrounds a region of space, allowing for entry but no exit. There’s no way to forcefully break it, unless if Master were here,” Wu Tian stated solemnly as he stared at the sky. He was trying to find a weakness in the technique.

Lu Yin took out a Peaks and Rivers Rock. “What about the Mirari Realm?”

“We can’t access it right now,” Lu Yuan replied.

“This entire region is sealed off with divine energy. We can’t even tear the void open, let alone use some dust particles as a guide.”

“There is one way to break it.” Wu Tian looked at Lu Yin. “Absorb the barrier’s divine energy.”

Lu Yin’s eyes lit up. “That’s right! I can absorb Dominion’s divine energy.”

Hongyan Mavis shook her head. “Do you think that absorbing the energy powering a technique is that simple? It’s impossible, unless you can understand the technique itself.”

“That doesn’t matter. Let’s at least try things out first.” Lu Yin leaped up and started trying to absorb divine energy from Dominion.

At this same time, the entire Immemorial Citadel shook violently within the burning flames that surrounded it.

After fighting a fierce battle, several figures returned to the city, all of them breathing heavily.

“Brilliant, brilliant! Hahaha, Ku Jie, you really know how to take a beating. You faced five sequence powerhouses and didn’t lose! That’s impressive!” Ce Wangtian praised as he stood atop the city wall. The flames burned down below, and the man was feeling quite at ease, given that he once again had two slippers.

A short distance away, Ku Jie commented, “Senior Ce, those slippers of yours pack quite the punch. You kicked two corpse kings to death. Are those your weapons?”

Ce Wangtian’s expression grew very uncomfortable, and he glanced down at his slippers.

Old Zhong Tou arrived from the other direction. “I’m getting old, so old. Couldn’t you all have waited for me? If I hadn’t been able to move, I would have died out there.”

Ce Wangtian rolled his eyes. “Old Zhong, acting old won’t work on us.”

Old Zhong Tou chuckled as he stroked his beard. “Ancestor Ce, do your slippers still fit? You sure cursed the one who stole them so viciously back then.”

Ce Wangtian was speechless. “After he stole my slippers? Cursing was the least I could do!”

Ku Jie felt a bit curious, but he did not ask any questions.

Ku Jie had been taken to the Immemorial Citadel by the big tree during the battle in the Second Scourge. Since then, the Progenitor had fought numerous battles. The fighting had been endless and unrelenting.

While he was at the Immemorial Citadel, he had faced many enemies, some of whom were even as strong as him. Aeternus’s Ossis Ark contained too many powerful hidden beings, and no one knew where they had all come from.

Old Zhong Tou chuckled. “Ancestor Ce, what’s the deal between you and that woman Big Sis? Care to share?”

Ce Wangtian’s eyebrows rose, and he silently cursed his rotten luck. He had not expected Yōu Ming to suddenly show up at the Immemorial Citadel. He had seriously offended the woman years ago, and trouble had finally caught up to him.

Elsewhere, Kong Tianzhao was staring at the sword in his hand in a daze. He was still lacking. He needed just a little more, just one small step further. This time, he was determined to have a breakthrough before Jiang Feng.

The people of Whitecloud City followed their own cultivation path, and it was one that others typically could not see easily.

Kong Tianzhao stared off into the distance. This was a place that he had dreamed of. He would either die fighting on this battlefield, or break through and reach a new level.

Big Sis was on the opposite side of the city as Ce Wangtian. The two needed to be kept separate, or else they would start fighting each other before the Aeternals even showed up.

Chu Yi warily glanced over at Big Sis, worried that the woman might run off to another section of the walls in order to cause trouble for Ce Wangtian. It would not be the first time...