Lu Yin was surprised to see that the injury that the Frost Emperor had inflicted upon Leader Hong was so severe; it was no wonder why Leader Hong had never dared to use his full strength as an Envoy.
The Frost Emperor was also an Envoy, so he naturally used stellular energy as well. Thus, the moment Leader Hong used stellular energy, the cold energy would flare up and wreak havoc on his body.
Leader Hong had not expected the Frost Emperor’s cold energy to be so powerful either, and it had slapped him down as soon as he tried to use the strength of an Envoy. He collapsed halfway to his knees, panting heavily. He coughed another mouthful of blood, but it came up as red ice this time. His blood had started to coagulate, and there was also a faint trace of black within it.
Lu Yin heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his plan of taking advantage of the Royal Frost Continent had succeeded. Otherwise, the Enlighters in the Frostgate Army might not be a match for Leader Hong even in their prime.
Leader Hong stared at the ground and smiled miserably. Defeated. He had been defeated. The blood in his body congealed, and his stellular energy surged. The flame that he had just swallowed burned his internal organs, and at this moment, even if Lu Yin did nothing at all, Leader Hong would still be burned to ash by that sputtering flame.
Those flames had come from his master, the previous Realm Master of the Blaze Realm. To seize power, Leader Hong had revolted against his master and assassinated the previous Realm Master.
“Master, are you getting revenge? This is heaven’s will, heaven’s will,” Leader Hong muttered to himself. He was bleeding from all seven orifices, and flames constantly leaked out of his mouth. It enveloped his entire body, consuming the cold energy even as it incinerated the Envoy himself.
This scene was extremely tragic. The dignified Leader Hong, master of the Blaze Realm, a powerhouse who had roamed the universe for countless years, had tragically met his end here.
Lu Yin stared at Leader Hong from a distance, on guard against the Envoy making a desperate final attack.
Leader Hong stared at Lu Yin with resentment, pain, and hatred filling his eyes. This image engraved itself within Lu Yin’s mind as Leader Hong spat out, “You will also suffer this fate one day. There will definitely come a day.”
Lu Yin took a deep breath. “Even if that’s true, you won’t be able to see it.”
Leader Hong’s skin burned and peeled off one layer at a time in a terrifying scene. The Envoy stared at Lu Yin with his hideous face and croaked, “I will wait for you in the afterlife. You will go there too. Sooner or later, someone will give you a worse death than mine, and you will suffer even greater pain than me.”
Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed as he looked at Leader Hong who had turned into a burning man while complicated emotions ran amuck in Lu Yin’s heart. This was the universe. It was truly cruel, and not even the master of the Blaze Realm could escape from this fate.
At this moment, two people arrived on the scene. They were two women, and one of them was Lilyrose. The other woman looked somewhat similar to Lilyrose, but she was even more mature and enticing. The older woman looked extremely flustered, and she was constantly trying to break away from Lilyrose, but the younger woman kept a firm hold of the woman as she approached Leader Hong.
Leader Hong saw the two women. His skin had already burned away, but his eyes still worked.
“Who is my real father?” Lilyrose asked loudly as she stared at Leader Hong.
The woman who was being held captive by Lilyrose stared at Leader Hong in fear, trembling. She had entered a state of shock from the sheer terror in her heart.
“Tell me! Who is my real father?” Lilyrose sharply asked once again, still staring at Leader Hong.
One of Leader Hong’s arms fell off, incinerated. His legs gradually disappeared, and half of his body collapsed to the ground. Despite all of this, his eyes remained intact. He first looked at Lilyrose and then looked at the woman who she had captured. A sinister smile spread across the dying man’s face. “You will never, ever know. You betrayed the Blaze Realm, and you and that woman will always be sluts.”
Lilyrose’s eyes grew bloodshot. “So you really aren’t my father.”
The woman who had been caught by Lilyrose kept twisting her body. “Let me go! Lily, I’m your mother! Let me go!”
Lilyrose’s eyes went wide even as her hand holding the woman was bruised.
Lu Yin quietly watched as things played out, but at this moment, a person tore through the void to appear on the scene: Madam Lan.
There was blood dripping down from the corner of her mouth, and her abdomen had been frozen and pierced through. Her entire back had also been frozen, and Shao Yangxun appeared soon after, clearly chasing after Madam Lan.
When she arrived, Madam Lan saw that Leader Hong was being burned away and that there was only half of the man’s body left. She smiled miserably and rushed over to him.
Shao Yangxun wanted to make a move, but Lu Yin stopped him.
So, Shao Yangxun stood behind Lu Yin and kept a wary eye on Madam Lan.
Duane Daynight also landed from where he had been watching in space. What he was witnessing caused complicated emotions to surge through him, as he was witnessing the pathetic end of one of the Innerverse’s dignified overlords.
Madam Lan moved over in front of Leader Hong and looked down at him. “Did you ever consider that this day would arrive? Back then, you burned Master alive.”
By this point, only Leader Hong’s eyes could move, and he could no longer speak.
Madam Lan took a deep breath and raised her left hand to touch the flames that were devouring Leader Hong. The next moment, her body also burst into flames.
Leader Hong’s eyes shot wide open in disbelief.
“I couldn’t stop you from killing Master back then, but today, I’ll join you in atoning for your sins.” As she spoke, she suddenly shot towards Lilyrose. Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed, but he stopped right after he prepared to intercede.
Madam Lan did not attack Lilyrose, and instead, she grabbed the woman that Lilyrose had captured. The flames attacked and covered the woman.
The woman let out a shrill scream.
Lilyrose was startled.
“Stop!” Lu Yin suddenly appeared behind Lilyrose and held her. “Don’t touch her, or else you’ll die.”
“No!” Lilyrose shouted. Even though she hated her mother, the woman was still her mother.
The woman screamed and reached out to grab at Lilyrose. “Save me! I’m your mother! SAVE ME!”
Lu Yin dragged Lilyrose away as she helplessly wept in despair.
Madam Lan was being consumed by the flames, but her voice was cold. “You’ve served him for so many years, so let’s go together now. Didn’t you say that you loved him?”
The woman’s scream grew increasingly miserable, but she only lasted for a few more seconds before she turned to drifting ash. She had not nearly been strong enough to hold back the flames at all. She had died much faster than Leader Hong, but her ending was also not nearly as terrible as Leader Hong’s.
There was a snap as Leader Hong’s two eyes fell down, but before they could land, they were burnt to ash and drifted away. The master of the Blaze Realm had disappeared from the universe.
Madam Lan was also burned away and gradually turned to ash.
Lilyrose slumped to the ground in anguish as she blankly stared at the space where her mother had been consumed by the flames.
Lu Yin clasped his hands behind his back and looked around. He did not know what he was feeling at the moment, but it was certainly not simple. What’s more, Leader Hong’s words were still echoing in Lu Yin’s mind.
In order to deal with Leader Hong, Lu Yin had first schemed to get the Royal Frost Continent involved and had taken advantage of the Frost Emperor’s power to inflict severe injuries upon Leader Hong. Then, Smoker had been sent out to sneak around the Blaze Realm to find and steal the Karmic Flame. Lu Yin had planned out every possible step to make Leader Hong suffer serious injuries, but in truth, if not for the cold energy that the Frost Emperor had left within Leader Hong’s body, Lu Yin would have been forced to beg an Envoy for assistance.
Lu Yin had won, but he could not take credit for this victory.
Still, that did not matter, as from this day forward, the Blaze Realm belonged to Lu Yin.
This was fundamentally different from the Great Eastern Alliance. Although the Outerverse had been united, Lu Yin only truly controlled Frostwave Weave, Grandtop Weave, Northcastle Weave, and Armament Weave. Only these four weaves had been conquered while the rest of the Outerverse’s weaves had merely allied with Lu Yin. However, he had now conquered the Blaze Realm as well.
Through iron and blood, he had seized a place within the Innerverse.
Was it tough? It had been incredibly difficult. Before this, Lu Yin had only been able to imagine what predicaments he might encounter when attacking the Blaze Realm.
Within the Hall of Honor, the major powers of the Innerverse did not wish to allow Lu Yin to succeed, and yet, he had still done so, though it had everything that he possessed.
If not for their fear of who and what stood behind him, the people in the Hall of Honor who were from the Blaze Realm would definitely have created trouble for Lu Yin.
If not for Leon’s Armada, Lu Yin also firmly believed that the Ross Empire and the sylvan dragon clan definitely would have taken action as well.
No one particularly cared about war within the Innerverse, but Lu Yin was a different matter altogether. He was essentially the master of the Outerverse and officially the leader of the Great Eastern Alliance. It had been a great struggle for him to temporarily stop the Purge, but he had managed to succeed.
Thirteen years, it had been a full thirteen years since Lu Yin had gone from a regular, ignorant person to his present self. He had experienced far too much after he started cultivating, and he had brushed against death multiple times. In fact, he had even died several times, but Lu Yin had still managed to rise to this step.
It was a pity that the flames that had consumed Leader Hong had been too hot, as Lu Yin had not been able to touch the man and anoint him as his Champion, which was truly unfortunate.
Shao Yangxun stepped back slightly and slowly said, “Congratulations, Your Highness, for taking control of the Blaze Realm.”
Those words prompted Duane Daynight to come to his senses and look at Lu Yin with sincere admiration in his eyes. What shocked the elder the most had been the battle between Lu Yin and Leader Hong. Although Lu Yin had used various items during the fight, that still was not something that just anyone could do.
Lu Yin’s future was truly unimaginable.
From the void, Smoker formed some words as well. “Congratulations, Your Highness, for taking control of the Blaze Realm. Can you show your appreciation with some natural treasures?”
Lu Yin admitted that Smoker had greatly contributed to this battle. If not for Smoker, Lu Yin would have never found the Karmic Flame, and if Leader Hong had used the Karmic Flame Sword, then the outcome would have been completely different.
This thought spurred Lu Yin into tossing out fifty upgraded natural treasures over to Smoker. “Here’s your reward.”
Smoker was overjoyed, and the white smoke distorted before forming more words. “Thank you, boss.”
Lu Yin still had thirty natural treasures in his cosmic ring. Each of them had come from Bushtree Planet and could be upgraded to the point where they could sense and avoid danger. Ten of them had already been upgraded.
Looking at the smoke, Lu Yin suddenly asked, “What’s your relationship with the Neoverse’s Smoke Eater Peaks?”
Smoker did not answer, and the smoke slowly dissipated.
Lu Yin looked behind and to the right. “If you don’t want to answer, then it’s not a problem. However, if you ever need any help, just say the word.”
The white smoke disappeared. Smoker had left.
Actually, during the Sixth Mainland’s invasion, Lu Yin had already guessed that there was a connection between Smoker and the Smoke Eater Peaks after seeing Gu Xiao’er’s smoke. How else could Smoker have traveled deep within the Blaze Realm to repeatedly attempt assassinating Leader Hong? The only possibility was that the smoke was something truly special.
Smoke Eater Peaks’ smoke had even been capable of resisting Zhi Yi’s Vitality Qi, and it had helped Gu Xiao’er stay alive when being attacked by Corpse Beast. The smoke was truly amazing, and it was this smoke that allowed Smoker to sneak attack Leader Hong so many times. Although the attempts had been useless, they had somewhat helped, as Smoker had created an amazing reputation for themselves.
Planet Red had been shattered and almost burned away to nothingness. Lu Yin was currently standing on a broken piece of the planet.
The Frostgate Army appeared in the distance, and then the Great Eastern Alliance’s Allied Forces approached.
Wei Rong saw Lu Yin standing there from within a battleship, and he became overjoyed. They had won.
At this moment, the Great Eastern Alliance had officially taken over the Blaze Realm.
All of the Blaze Realm’s millions of disciples were captured, though many of them fled with spacecraft scattering in all directions, leaving the territory in chaos.
There was no need for Lu Yin to worry about announcing the results, and he intended to leave such matters to Huan Sha, Wei Rong, and the others. At this moment, what Lu Yin needed to do was take control of the Blaze Realm’s wealth, which meant all of the region’s resources.
Elder Tan trembled before Lu Yin, and spoke in a very respectful tone. “Sin- sinner Little Tan greets the leader of the alliance.”
Lu Yin was momentarily stunned, and then he gave the Enlighter a strange look. “Little Tan?”1
Elder Tan answered in terror, “Ye- yes.”
Lu Yin laughed. “You know how this works, huh?”
[1] This man is referring to himself in the exact same manner as Ku Wei. As a reminder, this is a term traditionally used by eunuchs, so quite submissive. ☜
