Star Odyssey

Lu Yin gazed at the Divine Eagle. "How long did you follow the Origin Progenitor for?"

As soon as the Origin Progenitor was mentioned, the coldness in the Divine Eagle's eyes instantly faded. There was a brief fluctuation, and then the bird resumed staring off into the distance.

"The Origin Progenitor developed the first path of cultivation for humanity, protected them, and created the glorious Heavens Sect. You and the Ancestor Python are both part of his legacy. Now that the Origin Progenitor is gone, are you two really going to do nothing?" Lu Yin asked.

The Divine Eagle continued to stare off into the distance, its expression unchanging.

Lu Yin felt a headache growing. The Divine Eagle had its own thoughts, but it was not human. It was possible that the bird only cared for the Origin Progenitor. However, if that was the case, then why had it not followed the Origin Progenitor to the Immemorial Citadel?

"Why are you here in the Fifth Mainland?" Lu Yin inquired.

The Divine Eagle did not react.

Lu Yin let out a long breath and then smiled at the Divine Eagle. "Feathered idiot."

The Divine Eagle's eyes abruptly twitched and moved to stare at Lu Yin. Fury filled its gaze.

Lu Yin glared right back, clearly upset. "I asked you a question. Even if you don't want to help humanity, can't you at least respond? Do I have to insult you to get a reaction? You need a beating, don't you?"

The Divine Eagle finally moved, and the branches of the Mother Tree shook as the bird’s eyes grew colder than ever. It was clearly about to attack.

Lu Yin was prepared. He did not want to be ignored by the Divine Eagle, and even being attacked would be better than being treated as a statue. If he could subdue the bird, it would be ideal. The Divine Eagle and the Ancestor Python were both incredibly powerful, though they were absolutely not as strong as the Three Realms and Six Daos or the Seven Skygods. If they were, the Ancestor Python would not have merely trapped Undying God, but rather killed him.

With his current strength, Lu Yin was confident that he could suppress both beasts.

At this moment, a figure emerged from the void. Lu Yin looked over in surprise. "Ancestor?"

The newcomer was none other than Ancestor Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan’s arrival caused the Divine Eagle to bristle. Its talons flexed as it stared at Lu Yuan with eyes even colder than when Lu Yin had insulted it. The beast looked ready to attack.

Lu Yuan was surprised to see Lu Yin confronting the Divine Eagle. After a moment, he sighed. "Little Seven, why are you bothering with these two stubborn beasts?"

The Divine Eagle let out a screech and raised its talons to strike Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan rolled his eyes. "My descendant is right here, and yet you’re still being so reckless? If you embarrass me, no one will come out of this looking good."

The Divine Eagle's talons abruptly stopped just short of Lu Yuan and Lu Yin. It then pulled its talons back and glared at Lu Yuan before flying away, obviously frustrated.

Lu Yin was astonished. "Ancestor, what just happened?"

Lu Yuan sighed. "The two beasts are powerful, but if I was able to make them take action, I would have done so long ago. Unfortunately, there's some bad blood between us. They're both very vindictive and refuse to help our family at all, and there's nothing we can do about it. Little Seven, just act like the two don't even exist."

Lu Yin grew exasperated. "Ancestor, given their strength and the fact that they followed the Origin Progenitor, it's hard to simply ignore them. Is there really no way to get them to help us?"

Ancestor Lu Yuan sighed heavily. "That’s my fault. When I was young and reckless, I offended both of them quite badly. There’s really nothing to be done."

Lu Yin felt curious. "Ancestor, what did you do to offend them so badly?"

He had always suspected that the reason why the Ancestor Python had spat at him when he had sought the snake’s help against Undying God was because of some ancient grievance with Lu Yuan. Of anyone from the Lu family, only Ancestor Lu Yuan seemed capable of provoking such a strong reaction from the beast.

The only other member of the Lu family with the strength to offend the Ancestor Python was Lu Tianyi, and Lu Yin did not feel like the man had the personality to offend Ancestor Python.

Lu Yuan looked rather embarrassed as he answered, "Let's just say that the two are quite foolish. You don't need to know any details."

The more Lu Yuan avoided the matter, the more curious Lu Yin became.

At that moment, Hongyan Mavis appeared. "What’s wrong? Are you too ashamed to tell your descendant about your past?"

Lu Yin turned to Hongyan Mavis. "Senior, what brings you here?"

Hongyan Mavis smiled. "I just wanted to see some old friends. It’s been years since I’ve seen the Divine Eagle or the Ancestor Python. I didn’t think I’d ever have the chance again."

She turned to look at Lu Yuan again. "He’s the current Dao Monarch of the Heavens Sect, and he’s responsible for everything. The Divine Eagle and Ancestor Python are powerful assets, and it’s a waste to not resolve old grudges and put them to good use, isn’t it, Lu Yuan?"

Lu Yuan's expression fell, and he coughed. Lu Yin continued to watch curiously as his ancestor reluctantly said, "It’s nothing serious, it’s just a few small matters. They’re just overly sensitive."

"What kind of small matters?" Lu Yin was intrigued.

Hongyan Mavis laughed as she stared at Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan glared at Hongyan Mavis before slowly explaining. "When it comes to the Divine Eagle, I might have plucked a few of its feathers."

Lu Yin arched a brow, but he continued to stare at his ancestor.

"I made a fan out of its feathers and gave it to Master as a gift. He was very pleased with it and he praised me for being filial. So then, I almost plucked the bird bald," Lu Yuan admitted awkwardly.

Lu Yin blinked as he tried to imagine the Divine Eagle stripped of almost all its feathers. Considering the beast’s current majestic appearance, such a thing was hard to picture. It made sense for it to hold a deep grudge.

Hongyan Mavis chided, "Master didn’t need that fan. He just appreciated your gesture because it showed that you were thinking of him first. But you took things too far. You chased after the Divine Eagle to pluck its feathers, and it became so scared that it wouldn’t show its face and clung to Master’s shoulder, which exhausted him."

“It’s just a small matter, nothing big,” Lu Yuan said with a laugh as he tried to cover up his embarrassment.

“Nothing else? Go ahead and share all of your glorious accomplishments with your descendant,” Hongyan Mavis pressed.

Lu Yuan shot another glare at the woman. “Nope, there’s nothing else. That was all.”

Hongyan Mavis sneered. “What about how you taught the Arkfish to tease the Divine Eagle?”

Lu Yin was startled. There was more? If there was something the Divine Eagle hated the most, it had to be the Arkfish. The Origin Progenitor had originally used the Arkfish to train the Divine Eagle, but the Arkfish had been too slippery an adversary. The Divine Eagle had never been able to catch the fish, which had proven to be quite humiliating.

“The Divine Eagle could have caught the Arkfish, but your ancestor here thought that things weren’t entertaining enough, so he taught the Arkfish how to dodge and tease the Divine Eagle. The Arkfish got the hang of things, and the Divine Eagle couldn’t figure out how to deal with it. After that, there was a mischievous fish and an eagle that could never catch it,” Hongyan Mavis explained.

Lu Yin was stunned. “Ancestor, you’re quite the prankster.”

Lu Yuan laughed awkwardly. “They’re just small matters, nothing much.”

“Then why did the Ancestor Python spit at me?” Lu Yin asked out of reflex. He suspected that his ancestor might have treated the Ancestor Python even worse than the Divine Eagle.

Lu Yuan instantly grew furious when he heard Lu Yin’s comment. “What? That old snake dared to spit at you? I’ll skin it and make shoes from it!”

Hongyan Mavis burst into laughter and nearly doubled over. “It spat at you? Hahaha! Yes, it should have spat at you. It was already being polite by not smacking you. Do you know? Your ancestor used the Ancestor Python as bait when fishing for the Arkfish. He also drained the snake’s blood, claiming that it was good for digestion. He also stuffed its mouth with socks before using the Ancestor Python to whip the Divine Eagle. There were so many incidents! I can’t even count all of his pranks.”

Lu Yin was stunned. This explained everything. It was no wonder why the Ancestor Python had spat at Lu Yin after confirming that he was a member of the Lu family. If he were the Ancestor Python, spitting would certainly be regarded as being polite.

Lu Yin’s ancestor had been too wicked.

Lu Yin suddenly remembered something the Origin Progenitor had mentioned; of his disciples, Loam had been the most mischievous. Sure enough, Lu Yin’s ancestor had acted up quite a bit.

Lu Yuan rolled his eyes. “Why did you have to bring those matters up?”

Hongyan Mavis just warned Lu Yin, “I would suggest that you don’t bother either of those two. They’ll never listen to you, not even if you beat them to death, hahaha!”

Lu Yin sighed. “Ancestor, you really knew how to have fun.”

Lu Yuan grew even more awkward. “Well, Little Seven, some of these things weren't my fault. I was just… bored.”

Lu Yin had nothing to say to that. Being bored was no excuse to mess with others, and Lu Yuan’s actions meant that the two powerful beasts would not interact with humans at all.

Lu Yuan left, and so did Hongyan Mavis. The Divine Eagle had flown off in disgust after seeing Lu Yuan, which left Lu Yin alone at the top of the Mother Tree, and he stared out at the empty branches. It seemed that trying to communicate with either the Divine Eagle or the Ancestor Python would be completely impossible.

Especially with the Ancestor Python. Lu Yin’s ancestor had gone too far, even in Lu Yin's opinion. It would be impossible to resolve the grudges that the two beasts held towards Lu Yuan.

Lu Yin thought for a moment. If a direct approach would not work, then could an indirect method work? After all, there was still that mischievous fish, right?

Also, there was Wilderness God.

That reminded Lu Yin of something, and he quickly went to the Lu Sanctum.

Lu Yuan had only just returned himself when he saw Lu Yin approaching. The old man’s expression soured. This brat was being too disrespectful to his ancestor. What was he doing? Coming to taunt Lu Yuan even more? It was true that things were Lu Yuan’s fault, but did his descendant need to chase after him?

Lu Yuan decided to go into seclusion, and he refused to see Lu Yin.

Lu Yin had not gone to the Lu Sanctum to taunt his ancestor, but rather to ask about Wilderness God. Since he was unable to speak with Lu Yuan, Lu Yin turned to Hongyan Mavis instead.

"Are you saying that Yellowy isn't dead?" Hongyan Mavis asked in shock.

Lu Yin nodded, his expression serious. "He used a method that can resurrect him. It’s called the Wilderness Sutra, and the Astral Beast Domain has been collecting humanoid sourceboxes in order to resurrect Wilderness God. These humanoid sourceboxes…"

As Lu Yin explained the situation, Hongyan Mavis's smile slowly slipped away. It looked like she was remembering something.

Lu Yin did not rush the woman. After all, what he was telling her was a rather heavy matter.

Lu Yin did not know how the Fourth Mainland had been destroyed, but Hongyan Mavis certainly did. Wilderness God had used his Wilderness Sutra to control the humanoid sourceboxes, while disguising the Stone Reversal Technique as a means of controlling the people frozen in the sourceboxes. However, the truth was that the Stone Reversal Technique would resurrect Wilderness God himself. The fact that Wilderness God had used the Wilderness Sutra to scatter himself among countless astral beasts which were then frozen in sourceboxes suggested that Wilderness God might not have given his all during the battle that had destroyed the Fourth Mainland. Lu Yin felt that Wilderness God might have even intentionally allowed the Mainland to be destroyed in order to free astral beasts from the enslavement of humans.

From Wilderness God's perspective, such an action would have made sense. Astral beasts were astral beasts, while humans were humans. If it was possible for astral beasts to break free from their bondage to humanity, then whether or not humanity survived would not matter to the astral beasts. However, Lu Yin and Hongyan Mavis were both human, and their perspective was different. They had to consider Wilderness God's possible actions.

After a long period of silence, Hongyan Mavis softly said, "We can't allow him to revive."

Lu Yin was not surprised. "You also think that reviving Wilderness God would be a bad idea, Senior?"

Hongyan Mavis sighed. "Yellowy was the Origin Progenitor’s disciple, but he was still an astral beast. The Origin Progenitor took Yellowy as a disciple in order to ally humanity with the astral beasts. Back then, there were too few human powerhouses. While the Origin Progenitor was formidable, or even invincible, it was not an option to annihilate all the astral beasts in our universe, and a war with them would have been disastrous for humanity, just because of their sheer numbers.

"So, the Origin Progenitor took Yellowy in as a way to form an alliance with the astral beasts. Master used his unbeatable strength to buy time for humanity to grow stronger. It was only after the Heavens Sect was established that humanity was able to stand on the same level as the astral beasts."

OMA's Thoughts

Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA