“You’re lying!” Nightking Silo shouted in disbelief.
Nightqueen Yanqing, Nightking Gu, and all the other Nightkings glared at Lu Yin with blazing hatred, and even Zhuo Daynight looked at him with mixed emotions.
Lu Yin had just revealed the truth of the Nightkings to them. No matter how arrogant they might be, they were still slaves controlled by others.
“The First Nightking eliminated the truth about the Daynight clan, but I’ve revealed who you truly are. You should all feel thankful, as forgetting your own history is no different from betraying yourselves. The Sealed Cage Technique is in your very bloodline,” Lu Yin stated coldly. He did not care about how his words might affect the members of the Daynight clan at all.
Lu Yin sighed and glanced over at Zhuo Daynight in an apologetic manner. “Are you unable to accept this?”
Zhuo Daynight laughed bitterly. “So what? No matter if it was the Bai family or the Nightkings, we’ve always been under someone’s control! We are already familiar with the Sealed Cage Technique, so we just have a new person controlling us now.”
Lu Yin answered, “I will remove the Sealed Cage Technique for you and the Daykings.”
Zhuo Daynight turned towards Lu Yin. “Isn’t the foundation of this technique our bloodline itself? Is it even possible to remove it?”
Lu Yin fell silent. There was no use removing the technique from the Dayking clan, as it was something passed down within their very bloodlines. The only way to remove it was if Lu Yin had the strength of a Semi-Progenitor.
“Can you promise me something?” Zhuo Daynight looked at Lu Yin hopefully.
Lu Yin grew serious. “Tell me.”
Zhuo Daynight solemnly said, “The Sealed Cage Technique will cease to exist after you, and there will be no Nightkings after you either.”
Lu Yin’s eyes flashed. “Alright, I promise.”
The most pathetic thing for a clan was for them to be controlled by someone else. The only means to remove the control of the Sealed Cage Technique from the Daynight clan was to have the Sealed Cage Technique disappear forever. So while Lu Yin would use the Sealed Cage Technique to control the Daynight clan because they were his enemies, what about his descendants?
Zhuo Daynight did not want the Daynight clan to remain slaves forever and to be nothing but puppets to the Sealed Cage Technique. The Daykings had experienced that pain for too long already.
She would rather have the Nightkings and even the entire Daynight clan disappear rather than allow them to live under someone else’s control forever.
Lu Yin also did not like the Sealed Cage Technique, but he needed the Daynight clan’s assistance for the time being.
He had been thinking about this while practicing the Sealed Cage Technique.
It was possible that his Lu Elite Troops would not be sufficient for the upcoming war. He needed at least three armies. One would be the Lu Elite Troops, the colossal giants would be the second, and the third army would consist of his former enemies, such as the Daynight clan and the sylvan dragons. This third army would be known as the Redemption Army.
The Redemption Army would be formed from Lu Yin’s former enemies, which meant that they would be people he could not trust. However, things would change if the Daynight clan was incorporated into this army, as they would never be able to oppose Lu Yin. His control over them made them the most trustworthy people for the Redemption Army, and they would form the army’s core.
Once the three armies finished training, Lu Yin would have enough power to challenge the Perennial World. However, that did not guarantee victory, as it merely meant that he was qualified to challenge that place.
No matter whether or not the Daynight clan accepted the truth, their lives were in Lu Yin’s hands.
Nightking Yuanjing was the happiest person in the clan at this moment, as this meant that he would live.
Lu Yin had not planned to kill the man anyways, as he still had a use for Nightking Yuanjing.
Most of the Nightkings could not accept the fact that their lives were under the control of the Sealed Cage Technique, and they committed suicide. Still, there were a few who accepted the truth.
Only Lu Yin and Zhuo Daynight knew that he controlled the Daynight clan. Nobody else knew about this, not even Ku Wei, Liu Ye, or Fei Hua, as they had all been sent to act as guards within the Celestial Frost Sect’s ruins.
The Innerverse had been alerted to Lu Yin’s scheming methods after he attacked the Daynight clan instead of the Sword Sect. Elder Yuan Shou had also told Lu Yin that Ling Qiu had witnessed Elder Jiu Shen rescuing him, which meant that Lu Yin was aware that it would be difficult to maintain the lie about his relationship with the Cosmic Sect to Ling Qiu.
This meant he would have to face a united opposition from half of the Innerverse.
Fortunately, the grudges and conflicts that he had created during the war in Blazing Mist Flowzone were not things that could be erased quickly. Lu Yin needed to quickly seize control of Daynight Flowzone, though doing so would only further intimidate the other Innerverse flowzones.
Lu Yin was in the middle of discussing something with Wang Wen when he heard a wail ring out in the distance as blood filled the sky.
Lu Yin immediately looked over, only to see Long Yi’s runes decreasing rapidly. Worried, Lu Yin moved out and quickly headed over.
The huge sylvan dragon was hanging in the sky and bleeding profusely.
By the time Lu Yin arrived, Long Yi was already half dead. His head had been ripped open, and his wings had cruelly been sliced off.
Lu Yin looked around and saw a massive number of rune lines leaving the area. He was about to give chase when Liu Ye and Fei Hua appeared. “That person is very powerful.”
Lu Yin hesitated and carefully observed the rune lines. They belonged to Liu Qianjue. The man had not even tried to hide himself at all.
In addition to Liu Qianjue, Lu Yin also saw some runes that belonged to Ling Qiu and Mountain God in another direction. The three of them had worked together to instantly deal with Long Yi.
This was a warning to Lu Yin, and it also served to reduce the strength of the Great Eastern Alliance.
Lu Yin had been too careless, as everything had been going too well for him recently, and he had felt as though all of his plans were on the path to success. The leaders of the major flowzones would never allow Lu Yin to take control of the Innerverse, especially not after he had already taken over Blazing Mist and Daynight Flowzones. The major Innerverse powers had initially been shocked by Lu Yin’s actions, but they had started working together.
After putting down Long Yi, who was one of the Great Eastern Alliance’s Envoys, the three would definitely target another of the alliance’s Envoys.
Long Yi had merely been the first victim.
Lu Yin looked at poor Long Yi, who had been cut down so cruelly. The three were not only reducing the Great Eastern Alliance’s power, but they were also warning the alliance’s powerhouses.
After conquering Daynight Flowzone, Lu Yin was facing the worst case scenario: the Innerverse had united to work together and oppose him.
“By my name, I appoint a champion.” Lu Yin sent Liu Ye and Fei Hua away as he imprinted Long Yi onto his Champions’ Stage alone.
Even though Lu Yin had never fully trusted Long Yi, the dragon had still surrendered to him. Liu Qianjue had successfully managed to get to Lu Yin.
Lu Yin had Long Yi’s body delivered to Wang Wen.
Wang Wen merely said one sentence: leave Daynight Flowzone.
Only a handful of people were aware that Lu Yin had taken complete control over Daynight Flowzone. Wang Wen was one of the few people whom Lu Yin trusted wholeheartedly, which meant that the man naturally was aware of this fact.
With Lu Yin in control of the Daynight clan, there was no need to announce anything at all. Instead, by leaving Daynight Flowzone, he could successfully confuse Liu Qianjue and the other leaders of the great flowzones.
As an excuse for Lu Yin’s sudden departure, they used the Third Nightking.
A few days later, another group of people arrived at the Celestial Frost Sect’s ruins. These people were from the Cosmic Sect and the Court of Seven Names.
Lu Yin ordered the Great Eastern Alliance to leave Daynight Flowzone.
And like that, the Daynight clan seemingly returned to normal.
These orders astonished Liu Qianjue and the others. They were completely confused; why would Lu Yin leave after finally conquering Daynight Flowzone?
Everyone in the universe was confused by this news.
However, another bit of information quickly cleared any doubts: the Third Nightking was returning.
Liu Qianjue, Mountain God, Ling Qiu, and Wen Zizai gathered near the Celestial Frost Sect’s ruins as they watched the colossal giants and the Lu Elite Troops leave. They watched as the Daynight clan regained their freedom.
“They’re truly free. The powerhouses from the Great Eastern Alliance have all left Daynight Flowzone,” Mountain God warily observed.
Liu Qianjue frowned. “That’s impossible. Given Lu Yin’s personality, how could he possibly give up on the Daynight clan?’
“I also believe that it’s impossible,” Ling Qiu agreed.
Wen Zizai shook his head. “If the Third Nightking is really returning, then there’s no reason for Lu Yin to remain in Daynight Flowzone. We have all experienced the Second Nightking’s power, and rumour has it that the Third Nightking is even more talented than the Second Nightking.”
“I don’t know how the Second Nightking managed to survive all these years, but I don’t believe that the Third Nightking has also managed to survive while becoming even stronger than before. They’re both people from ancient times, and while they might have been powerful back then, they should be much weaker than before even if they did manage to stay alive with cryostasis. At most, the Third Nightking should only be comparable to us,” Ling Qiu said.
“Everyone, do you remember the incident that happened a few years ago when the Great Eastern Alliance defeated the Blaze Realm and then left?” Liu Qianjue asked.
Wen Zizai’s eyes lit up. “So you think that Lu Yin’s doing this intentionally?”
Liu Qianjue looked up. “We’ll know after seeing what he does next. If he leaves Daynight Flowzone but stays nearby, it indicates that he’s doing this deliberately. He already knows what our goal is after we killed Long Yi. We are after the Envoys working with him. We can remove Emperor Luo from the equation for now, but we absolutely have to eliminate Liu Ye and Fei Hua, who are his guardians. There’s also the people from the Sea King’s Dome who are hiding in the Outerverse, not to mention the giants’ chieftain. It’s possible that Lu Yin pulled back to protect himself.”
“So what if he retreats? We’ll still push on,” Ling Qiu sneered.
Liu Qianjue turned to Ling Qiu. “I hope that you will remember those words. I don’t know why you suddenly backed out from cooperating with us before, but you should know that this is our only option now. We can either wait for Lu Yin to gain control of the Innerverse, or we can defeat the Great Eastern Alliance and completely remove Lu Yin’s chances of ever entering the Innerverse.”
Ling Qiu snorted. She had said nothing to anyone about what had happened in the past, as it was simply too humiliating. She had been deceived by the Cosmic Sect, which meant that she was even more enthusiastic about dealing with Lu Yin than Liu Qianjue.
“There’s only one problem: there are always a few powerhouses who appear around Lu Yin,” Mountain God said.
Liu Qianjue coldly replied, “Everything’ll be fine as long as we don’t attack him personally. It’s time for us to visit the Divine Venom Dynasty and have a talk with Qing Shaohuang. He really thinks that he’ll be fine if he stays in the Venom Flowzone.”
The colossal giants and the Lu Elite Troops all made their way straight towards Blazing Mist Flowzone, though they only traveled at an average speed.
Lu Yin looked back. This was an impressive line up. If there were no Envoys present, the colossal giants working together with the Lu Elite Troops would be enough to sweep through the entire Innerverse.
However, their speed was too slow when it came to traveling, and Lu Yin lacked efficient means of transportation.
Liu Qianjue and the others were definitely keeping an eye on Lu Yin, but he did nothing at all. He had actually released the Daynight clan, though he had also made sure that nobody would ever learn about the Sealed Cage Technique.
To any outsider, apart from Nightking Dijiang’s death, nothing much had changed for the Daynight clan. However, there would be a change in the future, as the Third Nightking was returning.
Lu Yin had put a great deal of effort into finding an excuse that would make the Daynight clan a threat to him.
Beep beep!
Lu Yin turned to look at his gadget and was surprised to see that it was an internal call from Astral-10. Only teachers and pupils from Astral-10 were able to call Lu Yin using this internal method. When he took a closer look, he saw that it was a call from Old Cai.
OMA’s Thoughts
Translated By: WQ
Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox
TLC’ed By: OMA
