While the news outlet’s staff was working hard to create a glorious image for Lu Yin, the door suddenly swung open, and a female charged in with a panicked look. “Sister Ya, it’s bad! Look at the network!”
Xiao Ya immediately opened her gadget, and at the same time, countless other people in the Outerverse were also browsing the network, and they all saw a groundbreaking secret be revealed.
On Zenyu Star, Lu Yin arrived at the space station with the intention to head towards Armament Weave, as he wanted to personally supervise the final battle. He was still afraid that Wei Rong had other hidden arrangements, so he wanted to be the first to know about anything.
But at that moment, Gavin, Garope, and the other ministers all rushed over and blocked Lu Yin’s path with alarmed expressions on all their faces. “Your Majesty, quickly look at the network.”
Lu Yin’s heart sank, and he immediately activated his gadget. When he navigated to the network, his expression changed drastically. He had planned for all possibilities, but he had never dreamed that Wei Rong would actually uncover his deepest secret.
His personal history was strewn all over the network, from the time he had participated in Earth’s trial to when he had taken part in the Astral Combat Tournament after leaving Earth. These details were even known to the commoners, but these were not the details that Wei Rong had exposed. Instead, the hottest news on the network was the experiences Lu Yin had gone through before arriving on Earth, such as when he had been judged by one of the Ten Arbiters and the paper that listed seventy two people surnamed Lu.
That one paper listing people surnamed Lu had represented seventy two human lives, and it was what Lu Yin cared about the most. That paper was his main source of motivation to cultivate, and now, it had been revealed to the entire Outerverse.
It turned out that he, Lu Yin, was not someone whose primeval surname had a legal status. Rather, he had once been judged by one of the Ten Arbiters along with more than seventy other people. It turned out that he had only lived on Earth for one short year. The most important detail of the exposé was that Lu Yin had once been judged by one of the Ten Arbiters and that his primeval surname actually did not have a legal status.
The universe held an intense prejudice against people with primeval surnames. Anyone who had such a surname without a legal status would be treated like a street rat, scorned by all in the Innerverse. Once such a person was discovered, even though people would not go so far as to kill them outright, they would certainly be shunned.
Big Sis and the rest had left because Lu Yin’s surname was not legal, and he had been banished from the Innerverse as a result.
Although the Outerverse’s prejudice was not as extreme as the Innerverse’s, they still held an intense discrimination against those people with illegal primeval surnames.
More importantly, the Hall of Honor’s prejudice was even stronger against such people.
Everyone knew that Lu Yin had the Hall of Honor as his backer, but now that his history had been exposed, would the Hall of Honor continue to protect himself? Was there even any possibility of their relationship continuing?
Even if the Hall of Honor wanted to protect Lu Yin, the entire Outerverse knew about his illegal status now. How could the Hall of Honor continue supporting Lu Yin with so much attention placed on him?
What would those people who were fighting on his behalf in the Outerverse think? What would the various powers of the Great Eastern Alliance think? What would the soldiers of the Allied Forces think? How had someone with an illegal primeval surname become the Alliance Leader? What had they relied on to start the current war?
This was basically the equivalent of a thief trying to be an emperor; how could the royal aristocrats or intellectual scholars ever agree to such a thing?
Lu Yin had never imagined that Wei Rong would actually release such a secret.
Ever since Lu Yin had arrived on Earth, he had never revealed his secret to anyone, though it was not very realistic to expect to hide it forever. After all, people could always investigate it if they wanted to. However, no one had ever dug deep into Lu Yin’s history as his status had always appeared to be perfectly normal. Still, Wei Rong had exposed Lu Yin’s true personal history at this time.
The war in Armament Weave instantly stopped, and the Neo-Vestige Sect disciples did not make any more moves. They had received orders from their sect leader to remain in place and observe any changes that occurred.
Inside Armament Weave, people from various great powers from the Innerverse started to arrive, and they all joined the Wei family’s defenses to face off against the Great Eastern Alliance’s Allied Forces.
Some of these cultivators were from the Daynight clan, some from Northline Flowzone, and others from the Xun family and other such powers. Their objective was simple: to repel Lu Yin and maintain the universe’s prejudice towards primeval surnames.
The strength of the Innerverse was not something that the powers of the Outerverse could contest. Any random disciple from the Innerverse was decently strong, and so, the deterrence of these gathered Innerverse forces surpassed what the Dark Phoenix family had represented by itself even though the Innerverse forces were not supported by anyone at the level of Sall Phoenix.
Their presence represented the Innerverse’s attitude.
Many eyes were focused on Zenyu Star, as they were all waiting for the Hall of Honor’s response.
Wei Rong was pleased by this turn of events, as he had investigated and eventually discovered this secret after leaving Sourcepeak Planet. His habit was to learn about everything that could be understood about a given person when dealing with them.
He had not used this information this entire time, and he had never mentioned what he had discovered to anyone, all in anticipation for this moment. He wanted Lu Yin to ascend to the peak only to then fall to his death.
Only by releasing this information at the peak of a monumental war that had captured the attention of the entire Outerverse could Wei Rong guarantee that it would immediately spread throughout the entire Outerverse, which would practically force the Hall of Honor to abandon Lu Yin. If they had chosen someone to unite the Outerverse, then Lu Yin was indeed the most suitable candidate.
Of course, there was also some element of risk involved, as Wei Rong was gambling on how much importance the Hall of Honor placed upon illegal primeval surnames. It was just as Yi Feng had said—they needed to gamble a little.
Madam Nalan looked up at the sky with complex emotions in her eyes. She had long since discovered this secret, but she had never mentioned it. In fact, after so long, she had almost forgotten about it. She could have predicted that Wei Rong would eventually discover this secret, and she should have told Lu Yin about it so that he could prepare. However, it was too late now.
Nobody knew exactly what the problem with having an illegal status and a primeval surname was, but there was one thing that was known by all. The entire universe must repel the primeval surnames, and it was a memory that flowed in their very blood.
The Hall of Honor rejected people with illegal primeval surnames without exception, and this was a setback that Lu Yin could not easily overcome.
Lu Yin calmly observed the information on the network before returning to King Zishan’s palace.
Garope, Gavin, and the others all did not speak a single word. Instead, they continued bowing with solemn expressions on their faces.
Such a sudden blow had left them all rather shocked. If it was verified that Lu Yin had an illegal status, then everything connected to him would be doomed. In the worst case, he might even face a trial from the Hall of Honor. Furthermore, there was already an Enlighter from the Hall of Honor on Zenyu Star. Their faces went pale. Could it be that the glory of their Great Yu Empire was destined to be a brief flash in the pan?
Wendy Yushan looked at the information shared on the network, but she did not pay the status of his primeval surname any mind, since Lu Yin’s surname of Lu was not anything new to her. Rather, what stood out to her was the experiences that Lu Yin had lived through before. When he had first been taken to Zenyu Star, the Great Yu Empire had investigated Lu Yin’s background, but they have not found anything related to this recent bit of news. Wendy had never expected Lu Yin to have been judged by one of the Ten Arbiters in the Innerverse.
Ku Wei read all of this information with great interest. This war had been interesting to watch, as both sides had employed all sorts of tricks. Lu Yin and Wei Rong were not only battling with soldiers on the battlefield, but also with various plots and schemes off of it. This Wei Rong was not bad, as seen by how long he had forced the war drag on for.
Wei Rong had given Lu Yin a classic lesson: war was fought not just on the battlefield, but outside of it as well.
Generally, the information that Wei Rong had just exposed would be more than enough to cause Lu Yin to lose everything. Even if he did not die from it, there would be no possibility of him turning the tables. However, that was all disregarding the fact that his blood-red bell had been seen by Elder Lohar. Was Lu Yin afraid?
He calmly called Elder Lohar, and before long, the old man’s image appeared.
“Elder, Junior is dealing with some trouble,” Lu Yin respectfully told the elder.
Elder Lohar stared at Lu Yin with a strange expression. “How is Alliance Leader Lu planning on reacting to the newly released information online?” He was probing the youth because he did not know the exact details of Lu Yin’s status. However, what had been revealed on the network had to be false. How could a person with an illegal primeval surname possibly possess the Chief Justice’s emblem?
Lu Yin replied, “I implore Elder to help to clear up the legality of Junior’s status.”
“How?” Elder Lohar asked.
Lu Yin straightened up. “If Elder does not know how to clear it up, then perhaps this can help you.” Lu Yin pulled out the blood-red bell.
Elder Lohar’s expression changed drastically as soon as he saw the blood-red bell, and he blurted out, “You know what that is, right? You didn’t actually lose your memory.”
In a gloomy voice, Lu Yin answered, “Junior did lose his memory, and there are certain things that I can’t remember. However, I still have some impressions of them, such as-” He then pointed at the blood-red bell.
Elder Lohar hurriedly replied, “Alright, I got it. I’ll help Alliance Leader Lu clear things up.”
Lu Yin nodded. “Thank you, Elder.”
Only then did he put the bell away.
Elder Lohar disconnected from the call.
Lu Yin heaved a sigh of relief. His lies were becoming more and more exaggerated, but if he did not speak up at this time, then he would lose everything that he had gained so far.
The war with Armament Weave had paused with many people changing their attitudes towards Lu Yin. Someone with an illegal primeval surname status had to constantly hide themselves, and the only ones who could help him were those standing at the peak of humanity: the Hall of Honor.
The universe’s prejudice against illegal primeval surnames came from the Hall of Honor, and only that organization could help Lu Yin out of this predicament.
Elder Lohar was amazingly efficient, or rather, the Hall of Honor was entirely too influential within the Human Domain. In just one hour, all of the information related to Lu Yin’s past had been removed from the network, and at the same time, several influential people appeared and testified on Lu Yin’s behalf, seemingly proving that he didn’t possess an illegal primeval surname. On top of that, many powers were pressured by something. The winds suddenly started blowing in another direction.
The Hall of Honor would not publicly announce anything on the network. However, with their massive influence, they were able to forcibly avert the disadvantageous situation for Lu Yin.
Wei Rong had originally planned to unite the various powers from the Innerverse to rise against the Great Eastern Alliance after Lu Yin lost his prestige, or at the very least, allow his family to take care of their old enemy, the Six-Fingered Tribe. But these sudden winds of change were something that he had not predicted. After verifying the changes taking place , his heart sank into the abyss. He had made the wrong bet, as Lu Yin had also had a backup plan.
In the present Outerverse, only the Hall of Honor was able to influence all of the powers. Although the Outerverse had been cut off from the Innerverse, and even though the Hall of Honor’s power had fallen a great deal, they were still a terrifying force. Wei Rong had never thought that the Hall of Honor would be so steadfast in their support of Lu Yin as to not even care about his status.
Wei Rong was fully confident that he had uncovered the truth, but since the Hall of Honor had decided to side with Lu Yin, it meant that Lu Yin was protected from this scheme.
Wei Rong had the Wei family evacuate the ancestral planet as soon as possible, and he also called another of his contacts and said something. However, he did not sound as confident as he had in the past.
He then lowered his gadget and bitterly said, “I was still a little too anxious. I thought that I had all of my bases covered, but I ended up discovering that the enemy is vastly more powerful than I had imagined. Whether the Wei family can survive now depends completely on the will of the heavens.”
The various powers from the Innerverse immediately left Armament Weave after the situation changed once again. They did not even offer any sort of polite comments with their departure, leaving even more blatantly than the Outerverse forces like the Umbral Butterfly Tribe.
The Great Eastern Alliance’s Allied Forces spent two days reorganizing themselves before returning to the war efforts. This time, everyone was absolutely certain of the outcome of the war, as it could not be changed yet again. Wei Rong had attempted absolutely everything available to him, and if the outcome could still be changed at this point, then it would not be due to his schemes, but rather fate.
Lu Yin boarded a spacecraft that was headed for Armament Weave. He did not believe that Wei Rong could still have any more backup plans, and he intended to completely wipe out the Wei family, especially Wei Rong.
The Wei family was conducting their last-ditch efforts in space, but they would soon fade away.
The Allied Forces spent three days to breach the Wei family’s final defenses. During this time, Yi Feng led a group of Lockbreakers who were loyal to him to join the defense, but they were still eventually routed. The Allied Forces were now extremely close to the Wei family’s ancestral planet.
On Millions City, Qiong Xi’er sighed. “So they were still defeated in the end, unable to resist the great trend.”
