Chapter 1004: End Of The Cosmic Phenomenon

It would seem that Arcane Art, Fatal Revival only needed to be successfully cultivated once and that afterwards, it would not be too difficult to do so again. Of course, that was assuming that one was not instantly blown to smithereens, at which point not even a Progenitor would be able to save that person.

All humans had some ability to heal and recover, but not only did Fatal Revival not activate that innate regenerative ability, but it actually also suppressed the body’s natural self-healing abilities, causing the person’s injuries to worsen. At the same time, this strange technique would transform the person’s potential into strength. If the person died, then everything would be gone. However, if they managed to survive, then this strength would return to their body. Additionally, when a fatally injured person entered a state where their recovery ability was completely suppressed, they would appear to be dead. Even if the Technocracy’s technological methods were more advanced, they still would not be able to detect if someone was using the Arcane Art, Fatal Revival.

Lu Yin was treated as another bit of space trash floating through the universe. The Technocracy did indeed detect him, but he was allowed to float along like a corpse.

The universe was the same in that every place was filled with unknown variables and strange phenomena.

Due to the Human Domain’s high population density, their powerhouses had used all sorts of methods to eradicate a great deal of strange phenomena. Thus, the Human Domain’s territory was generally more stable.

However, the Technocracy was different. Various phenomena often wreaked havoc within the domain at a moment’s notice, and at times, a phenomenon might even envelop the entire Domain.

Lu Yin floated through the Technocracy for more than ten days before he was finally caught by a draft of solar wind and thrown to the northern region of the Technocracy.

The Technocracy was not very large, and it was much smaller than the Human Domain’s Outerverse. Thus, a single phenomenon was able to easily cover the entire Domain.

Lu Yin drifted through space, propelled by one such phenomena, and nobody knew what the future would hold for him.

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Back in the Innerverse, as the Sixth Mainland invaders withdrew, the various powers of the Fifth Mainland began to return to their old haunts.

Gu Xiao'er was very excited at this time. Ever since he had fled after being scared out of his mind by the battle atop the Champions' Stage, he had found a quiet place to forge a second Champions' Stage. In his mind, the Champions' Stage would definitely be taken back by the Sixth Mainland, as nobody could take anything from the Daosource Three Skies. Thus, why not make a counterfeit stage? At the very least, this would give the Hall of Honor a way out from an embarrassing situation, and it was unlikely that they would expose him.

He puffed out his chest, stepped onto the new Champions' Stage, and began moving towards the Cosmic Sea. At the same time, he also activated his gadget, hoping to brag. However, he found that the signal was still not steady.

“Forget it, I won’t mention anything beforehand. Those people must all be crying right now! When they see me standing on this Champions' Stage, who knows what their faces will look like! Hahaha, I, Gu Xiao'er, made my way into the Sixth Mainland alone to steal this back. Right, how did I do it? I need to come up with a story.” Gu Xiao'er suddenly had a headache.

At that moment, a giant spacecraft appeared in the distance. Gu Xiao'er’s eyes lit up, and he immediately stopped in place.

Coincidentally, this ship was a transport vessel, and although the Champions' Stage was large, it could still be towed. As for the items that the transport vessel had originally been carrying, everything was unceremoniously tossed out by Gu Xiao'er. He was the young master of Smoke Eater Peaks, and he simply disregarded the people on the vessel who were from the Innerverse. He would act indifferently even if he had run into people from the Daynight clan or the Sword Sect.

The Champions' Stage was famous, but only a few had actually seen it since it had always been in the Cosmic Sea.

Gu Xiao'er was exhausted after forging his replica Champions' Stage, and he immediately went to the spacecraft’s restaurant to enjoy a good meal. There were quite a few cultivators on the ship who looked at him curiously. They had been hiding for a long time and had only dared to reveal themselves after they learned that the invasion was over. Now, they were preparing to transport resources.

Gu Xiao'er did not bother talking to anyone, as there wasn’t even a Cruiser onboard. To him, these people were all just passersby.

“Have you heard? Leon’s Armada of the Cosmic Sea has declared war on the Daynight clan! The crew says that they want to extinguish the Daynight clan.”

“We’ve obviously heard that. As soon as Arbiter Zhenwu exposed Lu Yin’s crimes, Leon’s Armada started making a scene.”

“Who exactly is Lu Yin? He’s able to cause one of the Four Pirate Crews to go against the Daynight clan!”

“A youth who’s incredibly talented. It’s said that, in the past, he was a peerless Limiteer.”

“Peerless Limiteer? That’s impressive. Too bad that he’s actually a traitor.”

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Gu Xiao'er had been munching on his food, but he suddenly blinked when he overheard the nearby conversation. Traitor? Lu Yin?

Gu Xiao’er thought back to his experiences, but Lu Yin did not seem to be a traitor! Besides, how had that guy even managed to create a relationship with Leon’s Armada? Was Lu Yin a pirate? How crazy!

“Actually who knows if he’s really a traitor? Some say that he is, but some say that he isn’t.”

“Of course he is. How else could a Cruiser manage to get one of the Sixth Mainland’s Daosource Three Skies to notice him? They were deliberately putting on an act to steal the Champions' Stage.”

“I don’t think that he is. I made some special inquiries the last two days. Supposedly, that Lu Yin offended the Daynight clan, and Arbiter Zhenwu is just asserting his dominance with this declaration.”

“That’s what a lot of people think. Actually, quite a few of the Ten Arbiters disagree with the claim that Lu Yin is a traitor, and the same goes for the Astral Combat Academy, the Lockbreaker Society, and even the Sword Sect! All of them disagree with the Daynight clan’s accusations.”

“Who knew that such a puny Cruiser would create such a huge amount of drama.”

“Actually, this has nothing to do with Lu Yin anymore. He might even already be dead. The real debate right now is that some say that Arbiter Zhenwu wants to make a move to stand above the Ten Arbiters. He’s claiming that Lu Yin is a traitor and that whoever objects to his accusations is an enemy of the Fifth Mainland. After all, the Nightking managed to seize the Champions' Stage, and apparently, that achievement comes with an amazing reward.”

“I heard about that too, but who knows what kind of reward they’re talking about. It seems to be related to some inheritance from some realm.”

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Gu Xiao'er blinked, and the meat that was in his mouth almost fell out. Arbiter Zhenwu actually managed to grab the Champions' Stage?

Gu Xiao’er slowly turned around and looked behind the spacecraft. Just what was he supposed to do with this replica Champions’ Stage? He felt completely embarrassed; had he just wasted his efforts for nothing?

There was a loud thump as Gu Xiao'er angrily shattered his table. He fiercely glared at the nearby cultivators who were chatting. “That Nightking Zhenwu fellow grabbed a fake Champions' Stage!”

He then stormed out. As for his counterfeit Champions' Stage, he simply left it behind for this group of bewildered cultivators.

Nightking Zhenwu had managed to recapture the Champions' Stage, and as such, he had been given the greatest reward from the Hall of Honor; he had received the unique qualification to receive an inheritance from the Astral Tower. At the same time, the Nightking clan had been given the title of an Honored Family. Thus, if anyone wanted to do anything to the Nightking Clan, the clan would be able to borrow strength from the Hall of Honor.

Arbiter Zhenwu’s name spread throughout the entire universe.

Although the Ten Arbiters were already famous, this moment was especially brilliant, as even the elites from the Neoverse had been overshadowed.

As for whether or not Lu Yin was actually a traitor, the truth was unable to be determined at the moment. Nightking Zhenwu had no concrete proof, and if anyone wanted to pass judgement on Lu Yin’s guilt, then not only Leon’s Armada, but the Astral Combat Academy would also be unwilling to let such a thing slide.

The Sixth Mainland had invaded the Fifth Mainland, and during the war, the Astral Combat Academy had revealed its terrifying strength to the rest of the universe. Each of the various headmasters was an Envoy, but the most terrifying of them all was Astral-10’s crazy headmaster, as he had swatted an Imprinter with a power level of 700,000 dead during a fit. That particular incident had occurred before the cosmic phenomenon’s suppression, but nobody dared to provoke Astral-10 any longer.

Lu Yin was someone who had come from Astral-10, and although its headmaster was often mad, he also had periods of lucidity. Nobody dared to offend a powerhouse who could swat an expert with a power level of 700,000 dead in just one slap! That was too terrifying.

There was also the Lockbreaker Society, which also enjoyed immense influence. After all, Lu Yin was a Lockbreaker, and before any concrete proof of his crimes were produced, the society naturally needed to protect their Lockbreakers’ reputations.

Although Lu Yin had not been convicted by the Hall of Honor, the Daynight clan, Xun Family, Blaze Realm, Ross Empire, and various other great powers continued to spread propaganda that ruined his reputation. Just as Nightking Zhenwu had said, Lu Yin would not be able to rest in peace even in death.

The Sixth Mainland left, but there were many things that still needed to be settled in the Innerverse, the Cosmic Sea, and even the Neoverse.

There were no longer any external enemies, so now was prime time for internal strife to erupt.

The matter concerning Lu Yin would remain newsworthy for a short while before he was simply forgotten. After all, he was just a Cruiser youth.

Only Leon’s Armada and the Daynight clan remained focused on this matter, and they became mortal enemies from that point forward.

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Time quickly passed, and soon, it had been a month since the Sixth Mainland had fully withdrawn. On this day, the cosmic phenomenon that had shrouded the entire Innerverse and half of the Cosmic Sea suddenly vanished.

It seemed that, as long as the Sixth Mainland withdrew, the cosmic phenomenon would also vanish.

Many people were worried that, since the phenomenon had vanished, the Sixth Mainland would instantly return in a swirl of dust. However, these worries proved to be overdone, as the deaths of two Empyrean Imprinters was a loss that the Sixth Mainland could not accept. They would not make such a high stakes gamble again unless they successfully invited one of their Progenitors themselves to participate. Short of that, they would not casually invade the Fifth Mainland again.

Progenitors would only be wary of another Progenitor. The more one understood that , the more misgivings they would hold. This was why Progenitors would not easily take action.

This time, it had been the Rune Progenitor. Next? It might be Progenitor Chen.

All of the Sixth Mainland’s cultivators who had invaded the Human Domain had withdrawn, though nobody knew about the situation in the Astral Beast Domain. After all, the Astral River had not receded, so the two domains were still isolated from each other.

The Astral Beast Domain had been able to stand against the Human Domain for countless years, and it had deeply hidden its strength as well.

Once the cosmic phenomenon disappeared, some people quickly discovered that the Astral River’s surging energy had also begun to wane, and it seemed to be receding at a much faster rate, which excited many people.

The Innerverse had greatly suffered from the Sixth Mainland’s invasion, and a great deal of resources had been pillaged. They urgently wanted to reconnect to the Outerverse, and as soon as that happened, the Innerverse’s various great powers would swarm the Outerverse like locusts.

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The Technocracy remained very quiet. The occasional giant piece of machinery passed through, and they would sweep up the floating space debris.

There were many research crews within the Technocracy, and each crew was the equivalent to a great power from the Human Domain. However, different from humanity’s great powers, these research crews of the Technocracy rarely waged war.

The Technocracy was the Human Domain’s enemy, but that did not mean that there were no humans within the domain. The Technocracy actually had both humans and astral beasts among its members.

For commoners, staying within the Technocracy was perfectly fine, and life there was much the same as living within the Human Domain. There was no real influence on the commoners, as the domains themselves did not bother themselves with the planets where commoners lived.

Lu Yin had been tossed to the northern region of the Technocracy, and he slowly floated through outer space, eventually drifting near a planet with multiple satellites orbiting it.

The planet was known as Duolun Star, and it was inhabited by humans. The planet’s civilization had only recently developed the technology to enter the greater universe, and it only had a dozen satellites around it. The planet was ruled by an empire, though its size was rather small.

Lu Yin’s path coincided with one of the orbiting satellite’s. Since the civilization would not allow floating space trash to damage their satellites, before long, a guided missile shot up from the planet at Lu Yin.

There was a blast as the missile exploded right on Lu Yin’s body. The people on the planet assumed that Lu Yin would be disintegrated by the explosion, but when the smoke cleared, they were all amazed. There was not even the slightest trace of injury on Lu Yin’s body, and he continued to peacefully drift through space.

The scientists on the planet were astonished at this scene. “Immediately get someone up there and test for any signs of life!”

“Report: no signs of life. The object is a corpse.”

All of the scientists felt their scalps go numb. How could a human body not be harmed in the slightest after being blasted by a guided missile?

Before long, the planet’s leaders with the greatest authority gathered, and they all stared at the image of Lu Yin. “Could he be wearing some sort of defensive equipment?”

“No, it’s just ordinary clothing, and it’s even tattered at that.”

“It looks as though he was beaten dead. There’s a lot of blood around his heart and abdomen. That missile wasn’t able to do anything to the corpse, so just what could do that to someone’s body?”

“Immediately bring that corpse down to study it. We may have discovered an alternate direction of evolution for humanity! This person was able to make his body extremely durable, and there may even be other people like this in the universe.”

“Bring him down immediately.”

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