Star Odyssey

Lu Yin's eyes snapped open. Up above, something massive appeared and cast a shadow on the two men below. Feng Bo looked up in astonishment. "A continent?"

Lu Yin’s new visualization method had appeared in the sky above. This was the landmass from Lu Yin’s inner universe. A visualization method typically created an ethereal image that merely enhanced a person’s strength, but when Lu Yin released the universe from within his chest, he became isolated from the surrounding universe. At the exact same moment when the barrier of the Hollow appeared, the landmass had manifested and instantly merged with Lu Yin’s new visualization method.

Boom!

The ground shook, causing the entire Mirari Realm to tremble. Dust fell from high above; this was real dust from a real landmass.

The landmass fell down, slamming down on Feng Bo.

The old man tried to escape, but the landmass’s size could change at a thought. It could become small enough to fit within Lu Yin's heart, nearly imperceptible, or it could become large enough to overshadow every single place Lu Yin had visited in the Mirari Realm. Hongyan’s grass danced in the air, as she was afraid that the mist of time would affect Lu Yin’s strange new power.

However, the mist had no effect whatsoever.

Land would remain land, no matter how much time passed. The mist could not erode the landmass with the passage of time.

Feng Bo had nowhere to escape to. The only places he could flee to were the forbidden regions of the Mirari Realm that Lu Yin had never visited. However, if Feng Bo were willing to enter those places, he would have done so long ago, and he would not have waited for so long.

The massive landmass covered an enormous portion of the Mirari Realm, and then it plummeted from the sky.

Space continuously expanded all around Feng Bo as the landmass dropped, but the expanded space actually started compressing and twisting. At the center, Feng Bo coughed up blood, disbelief distorting his features. How was this possible? How could a mere lump of land feel so unstoppable? This was impossible! Even if the universe itself collapsed, Feng Bo should not feel this threatened.

Clearly, the thing falling down on him was not some mere landmass. But in that case, just what was it? What was he facing?

In the bamboo forest, Hongyan Mavis stared in awe at the landmass that had appeared. She could recognize the Origin Progenitor’s cultivation path.

She could not discern the cultivation path that Lu Yin was taking, as his path encompassed all powers and all methods. He could even use the power of time, and his other inner world might eventually be able to sail on the River of Time. On top of that, he was also walking down the Origin Progenitor’s path. Just how many paths was Lu Yin taking? How many powers had he cultivated?

Normally, cultivating too many different methods would cause a person to be confused, and they would run into a dead end.

In contrast, for Lu Yin, the more paths he incorporated into his cultivation, the better.

Even the Origin Progenitor’s path was simply one more among many.

This seemingly ordinary landmass was far from simple. After all, it was based on Lu Yin’s inner world, Dust World. This inner world had the ability to create earth, which was how all landmasses first formed.

Only earth could give birth to humanity. While it could be said that the universe had been born first, it was the appearance of earth that had given rise to sapient creatures, such as humans.

Feng Bo had never dreamed that he would one day be crushed by a landmass. He coughed up blood as he gasped for breath.

He let out a roar of fury, and the colossal figure emerged from Feng Bo’s body once more. The tower-like sword stabbed into the ground, holding the landmass back and granting the old man a moment of reprieve.

Feng Bo was breathing heavily. Far away, Lu Yin stared at the man with cold eyes.

"Kid, what on earth have you been cultivating?" Feng Bo growled through clenched teeth. He could not understand Lu Yin at all. When they had first fought, the young man had already been able to fight against Feng Bo, which already exceeded the limits of what a Semi-Progenitor should be capable of. However, in their subsequent battles, Lu Yin had revealed more and more strength, while also becoming more incomprehensible and mysterious to Feng Bo. Just what was happening?

From far away, Lu Yin released Infinity. The lines of strength collided in a chain reaction. Once the power reached Lu Yin’s limits, he confined his punches and released a hundred attacks as one.

Feng Bo had already anticipated this attack, and space expanded between the two men again, which dispersed most of Lu Yin’s punch into either the ground below or the landmass above. The impact shook the entire Mirari Realm.

Lu Yin regretted the fact that he was still unable to completely suppress Feng Bo. Not even the power of the landmass manifested through the visualization method was enough to overwhelm the old man, and Feng Bo was also still capable of dispersing the power from Lu Yin’s attacks.

Countless cracks had appeared in the landmass, and Feng Bo used them to escape and flee into the distance.

The landmass slowly disappeared.

Lu Yin remained standing in place for a long time before finally returning to the bamboo forest.

Another failure. The old man possessed truly formidable strength, and he was equal to any of the Seven Skygods. While Lu Yin was only a Semi-Progenitor, he was consecutively transforming his inner worlds. Any given punch launched with Infinity far exceeded anything that Lu Yin had been capable of using in the past, and a direct hit could even make a Skygod cough up blood. Lightstream had taken on the shape of a boat, and while it lacked any offensive abilities, it could traverse time and prevent enemies from using the power of time, which had left Feng Bo very wary. As for Dust World, Lu Yin had merged it with the continent of fatesand that was the foundation of his inner universe. That alone meant that Lu Yin had the potential to suppress everything.

While Lu Yin still had not experienced a true breakthrough and become a Progenitor, he had already reached that level of power, as far as other people were concerned. Despite that, he still could not defeat Feng Bo.

Lu Yin wanted the strength to instantly crush Feng Bo and his power.

He just needed a bit more. What could he be missing?

Lu Yin returned to the forest and sat down in front of the cabin. He started thinking.

He just needed a little bit more.

It was a small gap, but for a cultivator, such gaps were often no different from an insurmountable chasm. It might be possible to cross it, or it might never happen.

Hongyan Mavis stared at Lu Yin, impressed by his latest battle. "No Semi-Progenitor has ever managed to reach the same level of power as you, Little Seven. You are unprecedented in all of history. Even when my master had your level of cultivation, he might not have been as powerful as you.

"A Semi-Progenitor surpassing the strength of someone equal to the Three Realms and Six Daos? Who would ever believe that?"

Lu Yin gave a bitter smile. "Senior, there’s no need to comfort me. Feng Bo is definitely not at the same level as the Three Realms and Six Daos."

"Close enough."

"Far from it. Ancestor Lu Yuan dares to confront True God head on. The Aeternals’ Three Pillars and Six Skies were instantly overpowered by my ancestor. While it might appear as if Aeternus’s Three Pillars and Six Skies are comparable to the Three Realms and Six Daos, the reality is that Gu Yizhi might be the only one actually at that level. The rest of the Three Pillars and Six Skies could be taken down even if they worked together."

Hongyan Mavis’s expression grew complex. "Gu Yizhi? I never thought that he would ever betray us.

"I don't know how strong the other Three Pillars and Six Skies might be, but Gu Yizhi will be extremely difficult to deal with, unless someone as strong as the Three Realms and Six Daos steps in.

"Honestly, that man’s goals for his future cultivation were always the clearest of us all. He wanted to walk the original path of humanity to the extreme. He created the colossal giants and mastered his Wielder-realm battle force, which impressed even Master. Wielder - Indestructible alone makes Gu Yizhi a monster, and I have no idea what weakness he reinforced with the Origin Sutra."

Lu Yin's eyes flashed, and he looked over at Hongyan Mavis. "The Origin Sutra?"

Hongyan Mavis nodded. "You should already be familiar with it. Your Lu family used it to compensate for your lack of spiritual force. Do you know why?"

"Qingluo Jiantian."

"You’re pretty well informed. That’s right. After Loam treated Qingluo Jiantian poorly, she stormed into the Lu Sanctum and suppressed your entire Lu family with her overwhelming spiritual force. No one knows the results of that battle, but your ancestor Lu Yuan did go and shamelessly beg Master for the Origin Sutra to make up for his lack of spiritual force."

Hongyan Mavis reminisced as she remembered the past. "Everyone assumes that Qingluo Jiantian won that battle, but Loam never admitted to it. Instead, he always insisted that it was a draw. Who knows? He values his pride above all."

"Senior, you don’t know what Gu Yizhi used the Origin Sutra to compensate for?" Lu Yin asked.

Hongyan Mavis shook her head. "None of us ever knew, as he never revealed it."

Lu Yin grew even more wary. He had completely forgotten that Ancient God also knew the Origin Sutra.

The Three Realms and Six Daos were all disciples of the Origin Progenitor, and all of them had learned the Origin Sutra.

The Origin Sutra was an all-inclusive cultivation method, much like Lu Yin’s inner universe. This allowed it to compensate for any deficiency that a person might have. For example, the Lu family had used it to compensate for their lack of spiritual force. What could Ancient God have compensated for?

Ancient God had never revealed his own comprehension of the Origin Sutra.

Lu Yin needed to completely reassess the man's strength.

As the leader of the Seven Skygods, there was no doubt that Ancient God was the strongest of them all. He was also most likely the most powerful of the Three Pillars and Six Skies.

There was no need to consider Ancient God for the time being. Lu Yin looked beyond the forest. "Just a little bit more. My inner worlds are transforming, which has let my strength rise much like it will when I break through and become a Progenitor. Why am I still missing that last little bit?"

"You want to break through to the Progenitor realm?" Hongyan Mavis asked.

Lu Yin shook his head. "It's not time yet, but my inner worlds have almost all transformed, which increased my strength almost as much as a breakthrough in my cultivation. Even so, I still can't suppress Feng Bo."

Hongyan Mavis asked, "Does there have to be a connection between transforming your inner worlds and a breakthrough?"

Lu Yin grew puzzled.

Hongyan Mavis looked down at Lu Yin's heart. "Truthfully, your current strength is unbelievable. Others cultivate in order to strengthen their inner worlds, while you transform yours, which is a new path. It is certainly impressive, but that doesn't mean you've actually had a breakthrough. What's the biggest difference between a Semi-Progenitor and a Progenitor?"

"Vitality," Lu Yin answered immediately.

Hongyan Mavis smiled, but said nothing more.

Lu Yin instantly understood. That was it, he was missing vitality.

Any cultivator with enough talent could reach the Semi-Progenitor level and develop an inner world. However, the following breakthrough to become a Progenitor had a critical requirement: Origin Matter.

In order for a person to become a Progenitor, they had to first open the three meridian points, and one needed Origin Matter to open the third meridian point. One could not become a Progenitor without that.

After rising to a level where he was constantly facing experts such as sequence powerhouses, and even Ortusers from the six Scourges, Lu Yin had nearly forgotten that one of the prerequisites to become Progenitor was to open the three meridian points and obtain Origin Matter.

He had already done this, which meant that there was nothing stopping him from becoming a Progenitor, but these requirements also revealed a distinction between Progenitors and Semi-Progenitors.

Several of Lu Yin’s inner worlds had transformed, but they still lacked vitality, which made them fundamentally different from a Progenitor’s world.

To achieve the distinctive power of a Progenitor, vitality was absolutely critical.

After all, it was the presence of vitality that made a Progenitor's world.

Xia Shenji’s Progenitor's world was filled with creatures formed from blades.

Arch-Elder Zen’s Progenitor's world lacked living creatures, and yet it had vitality. While his lonely path was devoid of any visible lifeforms, it still overflowed with vitality from the Origin Matter that the man had absorbed.

No matter how Lu Yin’s inner worlds transformed, without the necessary vitality, they would always be fundamentally different from a Progenitor's world.

Yes, that was the piece that Lu Yin was still missing.

However, how could he introduce vitality into his inner worlds?

Lu Yin fell deep into thought.

Beyond the bamboo forest, Feng Bo's sense of danger was growing stronger. Every time Lu Yin attacked, he was noticeably stronger than before, and on top of that, escape seemed impossible. Waiting in the Mirari Realm felt like awaiting execution.

No, he could not continue waiting. He had to leave.

No matter what, he was out of options.

Feng Bo picked a direction and started moving.

In the forest, Hongyan Mavis shot to her feet and looked outside with a strange expression, which Lu Yin immediately noticed. "Senior, what is it?"

Hongyan Mavis solemnly replied, "Feng Bo just entered a forbidden region."

OMA's Thoughts

Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA