“How did you force Forgotten Ruins God to reveal themselves?” the Chief Justice asked. No matter what Lu Yin might have believed, if Yuan Miaomiao had not been forced to make a move, no one could have been certain that she was actually Forgotten Ruins God, not even Arch-Elder Zen. The Seven Skygods’ greatest advantage over the Human Domain was their ability to hide perfectly.
Lu Yin looked towards the Crimson Prison. “There’s something that is driving the Neohuman Alliance crazy, and it should have something to do with what happened in the Horned Galaxy.”
The moment the Chief Justice heard those words, he immediately entered the dark red region of space.
Lu Yin had no concerns regarding the Chief Justice’s safety. Not even one of the Seven Skygods had been able to do anything to the Chief Justice, so there was really nothing in this place that could pose a threat to the man.
After the Chief Justice entered the Crimson Prison, only Lu Yin and Kui Luo remained outside.
“Where’s Madam Hong?” Lu Yin asked.
Kui Luo looked at Crimson Prison with open curiosity and distractedly answered, “I didn’t bring her with me.”
“What are you looking at?” Lu Yin wondered.
Kui Luo suddenly shouted, “I remember! If I’m right, that guy’s Qing Ping, right?”
Qing Ping was indeed the Chief Justice’s name, though Lu Yin had only learned of it during the Chief Justice’s fight with Forgotten Ruins God at the Divine Venom Dynasty’s imperial palace. No one had ever mentioned the name to Lu Yin before that, and he had not been able to find anything at all regarding the Chief Justice’s name when he had searched.
“How did you know?” Lu Yin was quite surprised.
Kui Luo sighed. “That guy’s one of the people who was sent to the Perennial World.”
The old man looked at Lu Yin. “You’ve been there before too, so you already know that the strength of this place can’t compare to that place. It’s not even close. Even your strongest powerhouses can’t even remotely compare to our best experts.”
“Are you talking about me and the four Junior Progenitors?” Lu Yin replied.
Kui Luo rolled his eyes. “You’re already an exception to the norm, and you aren’t even from this place originally.”
“I grew up here and cultivated from nothing here,” Lu Yin shot back.
Kui Luo was not happy with this argument. “Do you still want to hear the story?”
Lu Yin instantly shut up.
Kui Luo snorted. “Every once in a while, someone from the Forsaken Land will sneak into the Perennial World to steal some Origin Matter. A tremendous amount of time will pass between each incident, and it’s even to the point that even the Semi-Progenitors might end up forgetting about the possibility. This is why people weren’t too worried about you at first, as most people had forgotten about the possibility of trespassers.
“The time Qing Ping sneaked into the Perennial World was the last time that there were trespassers. Actually, no one ever learned about his existence except for the Lu family.”
This bit surprised Lu Yin. “Not even powers like the Celestial Frost Sect?”
Kui Luo shook his head. “Shouldn’t have. He was discovered by the Lu family’s scion of that generation, and the two fought when Qing Ping was in the Perennial World.”
Lu Yin’s eyes went wide and he stared at Kui Luo.
Kui Luo glanced over. “Qing Ping won.”
Lu Yin was not surprised. After all, the Chief Justice was someone else who had been accepted as Mister Mu’s disciple. Despite not being a Semi-Progenitor, the Chief Justice was still powerful enough to go up against the Seven Skygods and was bold enough to pass judgment on anyone. Even if the Lu family’s top youths were given countless resources and were considered peerless with the family’s absurd innate gift, that still might not be enough for them to defeat the Chief Justice.
This was just like during ZENITH. During the last battle, if Lu Yin had not been able to use the God of Death Transformation, he would never have been able to fight against Shang Qing, not even with his Champions’ Stage.
Shang Qing was just like Qing Ping had been in his youth.
“How do you know about this?” Lu Yin asked.
Kui Luo explained, “It was in the Lu family’s records. I put it together because of his innate gift. Back then, the Lu family’s youths referred to it as the genius Qing Ping’s Judgement of the Fifth Mainland. There was even a day when I fought with him against an enemy. At that time, you must realize that I was already an Envoy and was much, much older than him.”
Lu Yin’s eyes shifted. “Could you tell me about my Lu family?”
Kui Luo let out a sigh. “Learning about the Lu family is on you. All I’ll say on the matter is that the Lu family is domineering, but also gentle. Each of their descendants is crazier than the next, but more than that, they are all…” He searched for the right word. “Reasonable.”
“Reasonable?” Lu Yin found this odd. How could such a word be associated with the same people who were regarded as domineering?
Kui Luo started wracking his brain for the proper way to explain this matter. “How should I say this? Each of them has their own reasons behind their actions. I remember one of your Lu family ancestors once said that everything that’s written is bullshit and that people just needed to listen to him.”
Lu Yin blinked. He liked this reasoning; everyone in the Great Eastern Alliance should listen to him in this way. This made a great deal of sense.
“What about my parents? You should know my parents; what about them? Do I have any brothers or sisters? What about grandparents? There’s also my sworn siblings, the Seven Heroes, I-“
“Enough, enough! Figure it out on your own. How should I know about such brats?” Kui Luo had very little patience.
“What about my parents?” Lu Yin asked, looking at Kui Luo expectantly.
Kui Luo swallowed and gave Lu Yin a long look. “Your father’s a shameless bastard.”
Lu Yin was stunned and confused by this response.
“Anyway, just remember not to follow your father’s example; he’s an asshole.” Kui Luo recalled a bitter memory.
“Why?” Lu Yin asked out of reflex.fr?e?ℯ???ν??.?om
Kui Luo gritted his teeth. “Why? Even if I don’t mention anything else, the simplest example I can give you is that your mother was forcibly taken by your father when they were married. His excuse was that it’s easier to have kids that way.”
Lu Yin’s face grew blank. Easier- easier to have kids?
“Alright, I’m off. Don’t bother looking for me in the future. Oh, right, there’s going to be a good show in a bit. Those Sixth Mainland guys have a lot of secrets, and things are pretty interesting, hahahaha!” Kui Luo laughed and disappeared.
Even after the man left, his words continued to echo in Lu Yin’s mind: ‘easier to have kids.’
…
Lu Yin waited three days outside the Crimson Prison before the Chief Justice returned.
Lu Yin’s eyes flashed when he saw a huge black crystal in front of him. He quickly moved forward. “Senior brother, this looks almost exactly like the black crystal that shattered in the Horned Galaxy.”
The Chief Justice grew solemn. “This is a big deal, so I’ll be leaving now.”
Lu Yin snorted.
Before he left, the Chief Justice made one more comment, “Bluedome Elder was killed by Forgotten Ruins God, and from what was found at the site of his death, Bluedome Elder was not prepared for the attack.”
He then disappeared along with the black crystal.
Lu Yin started thinking; unprepared? This meant that Forgotten Ruins God and Bluedome Elder had either already known each other, or Forgotten Ruins God had another identity that had known Bluedome Elder. The second option was far more likely.
The Seven Skygods’ ability to conceal themselves was truly terrifying if not even Empyrean Imprinters could notice anything.
Bluedome Elder’s death had made the entire universe grow wary of the Neohuman Alliance. Lu Yin started thinking more about Yuan Miaomiao, no, Forgotten Ruins God. Had she told Aeternus Nation about what had happened in Venom Flowzone? If the Neohuman Alliance learned of such things, a war would likely engulf the Human Domain from the Outerverse to the Neoverse.
There was a soft beep, and Lu Yin looked at his gadget to see a message from the Chief Justice.
‘Have the Great Eastern Alliance search for these same black crystals in the Innerverse. As long as one is found, you can make any request of the Hall of Honor. The black crystal in the Crimson Prison and Forgotten Ruins God’s death will be considered partially your achievements, while your actions at Gaia’s Swamp canceled each other out. Liu Huang’s identity can be revealed, but he can never admit that he was imprisoned in Gaia’s Swamp.’
Lu Yin’s heart dropped; the Chief Justice knew the truth about what had happened in Gaia’s Swamp! He clearly had not before, or else the man would have recaptured Liu Huang and the Second Nightking long ago.
Could he have learned the truth at the Divine Venom Dynasty’s imperial palace? The Second Nightking had pretended to try to kill Lu Yin at that time, and Lu Yin had no idea how long his senior brother had been present before revealing himself on Divine Venom Continent. This seemed to be the most likely explanation, as anything else would have to be pure coincidence.
Because of Forgotten Ruins God, the Chief Justice would not arrest the Second Nightking even if he had noticed the powerhouse.
While others who had witnessed the events at the imperial palace could not see the truth, the Chief Justice would have instantly been able to see that the Second Nightking had not launched a true attack at Lu Yin, and could have then inferred that Lu Yin had some connection to the prison break in Gaia’s Swamp. Even though Lu Yin had not instigated or led the prison break, he had still taken the Second Nightking, Liu Huang, and Shui Chuanxiao away.
Lu Yin let out a sigh of relief. If not for the fact that they had been forcing Forgotten Ruins God to reveal themselves and that Lu Yin had then helped his senior brother to find the black crystal, the Second Nightking and the others who Lu Yin had rescued would definitely have been captured, and possibly tried, which would have been a huge problem.
This meant that Lu Yin could publicly deploy the Second Nightking and the others. This would make many things much easier as Lu Yin would not need to keep so many secrets.
If Qing Shaohuang knew that the Second Nightking was his, he would probably be mad.
Half a month later, Lu Yin had already returned to the Ross Empire’s mobile fortress to meet up with Ling Qiu and other Envoys who had been captured. The Second Nightking had returned just before Lu Yin.
At this moment, Lu Yin was the most curious about Ling Taizu.
No one had known before recent events that the Lingling clan had such a powerful expert among their numbers. Ling Taizu was actually almost as strong as Liu Qianjue.
Ling Taizu looked back at Lu Yin with calm eyes.
“You aren’t surprised?” Lu Yin asked.
Ling Taizu responded in an indifferent manner. “What is there to be surprised about?”
“Most of you seniors let out emotional sighs when they face me,” Lu Yin said.
Ling Taizu laughed. “I’ve seen more than a few of the ups and downs of the universe. I’ve seen it all before.”
“You’ve seen everything before?”
“Life and death are both casual matters, so there’s no need to even mention other things,” the old man replied. He then glanced towards the Second Nightking standing behind Lu Yin. “That person looks familiar.”
Lu Yin smiled. “Go through your memories; see if you can remember.”
Ling Taizu stared at the Second Nightking for a long time before his eyes went wide with disbelief. “Second- Second Nightking?”
Lu Yin let out a laugh. “So Senior can be surprised after all.”
Ling Taizu was truly shocked. “Second Nightking? Are you really the Second Nightking?”
He then turned to look at Lu Yin. “How could the Second Nightking be following you?”
Lu Yin shrugged. “The universe is full of ups and downs. You’ve already seen many incredible events, so why are you so surprised? I can also tell you that when you were fighting against Liu Qianjue and were attacked by a hidden sword, that attack was made by Liu Huang.”
Ling Taizu’s pupils instantly constricted to pin pricks. He had nearly lost his head to Liu Huang’s attack during that battle, and he had spent a lot of time recently wondering who had attacked him. He had known it was a powerful swordsman, but had not considered the possibility of them being Liu Huang.
Of course Ling Taizu was familiar with Liu Huang’s name. As the most outstanding genius throughout the entire history of the Sword Sect, even if the man had died, he would still be recorded by the various powers.
“Isn’t Liu Huang already dead? Could it be…” Ling Taizu felt that the Sword Sect must have deliberately hidden their strength as well.
Lu Yin gave a small smile. “You weren’t even surprised that the Sword Sect helped me, but only by the fact that the Second Nightking and Liu Huang are helping me. It appears that Senior treats matters regarding cultivation more seriously than other matters. This junior admires such an attitude.”
Ling Taizu was shocked. “Alliance Leader Lu, I just want to know how you were able to request the Second Nightking’s assistance?”
It was not odd at all for the Second Nightking to completely ignore even someone like Ling Taizu, and anyone who knew the Second Nightking’s identity would understand such things. After all, while Ling Taizu was very old, he was still a young junior to the Second Nightking.
Lu Yin smiled and waved a hand. Ling Qiu, Mountain God, Abel Phoenix, as well as their previous opponents, Liu Qianjue, Madam Yōu, and Liu Huang, all appeared. Almost ten powerful Envoys had been gathered in a small room, as well as the Second Nightking and Liu Huang, both of whom were matchless powerhouses.
