Chapter 1082: Qualification

Highsage Shenwei’s words caused Highsage Leon to grind his teeth. “Senior, I don’t even have a son! Where would an illegitimate son come from? Stop making random guesses! You must have trained until you became an idiot. Be careful or else I’ll tell Grand Senior that you’ve been bullying me.”

Highsage Shenwei grinned. “Grand Senior isn’t a child. Do you think that he’ll stand up for you?”

“Why don’t we see?”

“No, let’s just talk about matters properly,” Highsage Shenwei quickly said as he looked at Lu Yin. “Child, just now, we heard what you told those other kids. Are you facing some trouble?”

Lu Yin did not remain polite, as his mindset concerning these people had already changed. They were all part of his family, so there was nothing he couldn’t bring up to them.

“Junior lost his qualifications to compete at the Astral Tower,” Lu Yin explained.

After listening to Lu Yin’s explanation, Highsage Shenwei was surprised. “You’re an Honor Chosen? Who’s Chosen?”

“Yuan Shi’s,” Lu Yin replied.

Highsage Shenwei marveled, “The same Yuan Shi who has as many disciples as dogs?”

Lu Yin’s face twisted, as he felt that the description was not very polite.

“Little Yin, don’t pay any attention to him. This Senior always talks like that,” Big Sis whispered to Lu Yin.

Lu Yin looked at Big Sis in astonishment. “Big Sis, you actually know how to comfort people?”

Big Sis’s eyes narrowed. “It’s been a while since we last saw each other. Is that why your skin’s itching for a beating?”

Lu Yin smiled drily.

“Who knew that Yuan Shi would actually pick a Chosen? Interesting. But since your status as a Chosen has been stripped away, it really isn’t possible for you to go to the Astral Tower,” Highsage Shenwei mumbled.

Highsage Leon nudged his senior.

Highsage Shenwei suddenly grinned. “How about this? Kid, are you willing to come with me to Eversky Island and become a nominal disciple? That way, you can use your status as a disciple of Eversky Island to go to the Astral Tower.”

Lu Yin was pleasantly surprised. “Will that work?”

Highsage Leon laughed. “Of course! Eversky Island is our home, and as the saying goes, it’s easy to deal with things as long as you have the right people-”

“Shut up! Don’t say it so crudely!” Highsage Shenwei was irritated.

Highsage Leon complained, “That’s the saying! Senior, you’re becoming more and more like Grand Senior.”

Lu Yin was afraid that the two would bicker endlessly, so he hurriedly added. “But Junior already has a master.”

Highsage Shenwei shook his head. “It’s not a big deal. You’ll just be a nominal disciple, and it’s not like you’ll actually join Eversky Island. Besides, even if you wanted to, Master might not take a fancy to you.”

“What are you saying? Master will definitely fancy him!” Highsage Leon was unhappy.

Highsage Shenwei’s mouth twitched.

Both of them were old monsters with power levels above 500,000 and Highsage Shenwei’s was even over 900,000. However, the two were currently bickering back and forth like children.

Experts at their level greatly valued proper behavior and putting forth a dignified appearance, so this was Lu Yin’s first time seeing such experts behaving in this manner.

Eversky Island, huh? He was curious to see what it looked like.

“Alright, if there’s nothing else, then let’s go. I don’t want to stick around here any longer. That Nightking Dijiang was about to leak water from his face,” Highsage Shenwei said impatiently.

Lu Yin looked at Highsage Leon. “Cap- captain, after this battle, there’s no way that the Daynight clan will leave things be. What about the Outerverse?”

Big Sis replied, “Relax, we’ll watch over things for you. Nothing will happen to the Outerverse. Anyways, didn’t you gain control over the Astral River Ark? Just hide it, and we’ll also help you out by taking the Dayking bloodline members to the Outerverse. The most important thing right now is the Astral Tower.”

Lu Yin was grateful. “Thank you, captain. Thank you, Big Sis. Also, thank you all, captains.”

Highsage Leon shook his head. “Don’t bother with that. Just follow my Senior into the Neoverse; we’ll await good news from you there.”

Lu Yin nodded and exchanged glances with Zhuo Daynight, who weakly said, “Thank you.”

Lu Yin nodded, but then he looked into the distance once again, where he could see Ellen Gale’s corpse. The Fireplume Tribe’s fate was simply too tragic.

In truth, this was simply the way of the universe. If Lu Yin had not faked being King Zishan’s descendant in the past, then he would have suffered the same fate as everyone else on Earth. All of the cultivators would have lived out their days hoping to die while the commoners would have been captured and forced to work as miners.

The strong feasted on the weak.

Even after reaching his current level, against the monstrous powers of the Neoverse, everyone else was just a bug.

Even though Lu Yin had united the Outerverse, he still had no choice but to rely on Eversky Island’s strength to flip Daynight Flowzone on its head. It was impossible to do so with just the Outerverse.

He had visited many places in the universe, and now, he was headed for the Neoverse.

Lu Yin heaved a sigh of relief. He had cultivated for twelve years, and his earliest memories were of the Cosmic Sea. After that, he had gone to the Innerverse and then the Outerverse. However, he had never been to the Neoverse. Neoverse, here I come.

Countless eons had passed since ancient times, but Daynight Flowzone had never experienced a calamity on the scale of what it had suffered this day.

Nightking Planet, the Daynight clan’s ancestral grounds, and the entire Daynight Flowzone was in chaos.

And everything had happened because of Lu Yin.

The fight between Lu Yin and Nightking Zhenwu had already been recorded down in history, though there were many details that could not be explained, such as how Lu Yin had dealt with the poison, why his power level had surged at one point, or what exactly Nightking Zhenwu’s innate gift had been.

Nightking Zhenwu had been killed during the battle, and Nightking Planet was completely silent as Highsage Leon cooly led away the people who had stirred up so much trouble in the Daynight Flowzone. Cool Sis, the androids that had attacked the Daynight clan’s ancestral grounds, and all the members of the Dayking bloodline moved out.

This incident had caused the Daynight clan’s strength to take a drastic hit.

Still, there was no one who dared to underestimate the Daynight clan. Nightking Dijiang’s true strength had been exposed, and his power level was actually above 800,000, which was horrifying to others.

As long as Nightking Dijiang was alive, the Daynight clan would remain a colossal pillar of the Innerverse.

Also, through this campaign, Lu Yin had become someone whom the various great powers of the Innerverse were wary of. A single person’s connections had been enough to practically tear apart all of Daynight Flowzone.

Everyone now knew that offending Lu Yin meant offending the entire Outerverse as well Leon’s Armada. Those who knew a bit more might even know about Lu Yin’s connections to Eversky Island.

The other powers were still manageable, but Eversky Island was an existence that not even the Hall of Honor wanted to cross. In the Neoverse, although Eversky Island could not be said to be one of its colossal powers, it was still an absurd existence. Despite it not going out of its way to create trouble, Everysky Island was never afraid of getting into trouble.

There was a piece of common knowledge in the Neoverse, which was to not provoke people from Eversky Island. The main reason was that Eversky Island fiercely protected their own, even when they were the ones in the wrong.

Planets quickly passed by as a lone spacecraft shot through the dark universe, headed towards the Cosmic Sea at a speed that normal people could not even imagine. It was so fast that the ripples even caused the void to tremble.

This miniscule spacecraft could not carry more than ten people.

At this moment, Lu Yin was within this vessel, which was an eonlight-grade Aurora. He had only ever seen a vessel of this caliber once before. Aurora Enterprises’ Outerverse manager, President Qi, had owned one, but it had gone missing after President Qi died during Endless Weave’s border defense.

Before this, the fastest ship that Lu Yin had ever traveled in was a blackhole-grade Aurora, which had a hundred times the speed of an ordinary spacecraft.

This vessel belonged to Highsage Shenwei.

Lu Yin truly could not understand why a powerhouse with a power level of over 900,000 who had the ability to transcend endless space and time with but a thought would want to sit in a spacecraft.

Highsage Shenwei was actually a little lazy. “A spacecraft is so nice, and there’s no need to move to get to where we want to go. There’s no need to hurry, and it’s quite peaceful.”

After giving an explanation, his body sank deep into a hot tub. He had actually installed a small jacuzzi in the spacecraft, but it could only fit him.

Lu Yin could tell that this person knew how to enjoy life to the fullest, as there was nothing but fine liquor and exquisite delicacies laid out beside the hot tub.

“Right, do you want to get in for a soak? This water is all spring water that was given to me by Azure Mansion,” Highsage Shenwei casually offered.

Lu Yin blinked. “Azure Mansion?”

Highsage Shenwei smiled. “That’s right, Azure Mansion. The name really is a little too commonplace.”

Lu Yin tried to recall where he had heard this familiar name before. After thinking about it, he realized that he had heard it back on Starlight Island, when he had participated in the Sixth Mainland’s pre-battle strategy meeting. At that time, he had heard people mentioning something about some flying brothel.

“Senior, is Azure Mansion from the Neoverse?” Lu Yin was curious.

Highsage Shenwei nodded. “Azure Mansion is a power of the Neoverse, and there are nothing but beauties there. They all work in the business of pleasure, and they receive guests from all over the Neoverse. No matter if someone is from the Hall of Honor, the Cosmic Sect, Aurora Enterprises, or some other organization, every organization has members that have visited Azure Mansion. Those women should not be provoked, and I’ll take you for a visit when there’s time.”

“Prostitution?” Lu Yin was astonished.

Highsage Shenwei was instantly irritated. “What prostitution? That’s so coarse! It’s a service.”

Lu Yin understood.

“Do you want to get in for a bath? Everyone from Azure Mansion uses this kind of water to bathe, and it’s why their skin is so soft and gleaming.” Highsage Shenwei cupped some of the spring water in his hands as he marveled.

Lu Yin was puzzled. “Gleaming? Isn’t that an indication that the physical body has reached a certain level of power?”

Highsage Shenwei pursed his lips. “Can your brain process anything besides cultivation?”

“Haha! Seventh Bro, this monkey has a premonition that this senior will take you to see a whole new world,” the Ghost Monkey said with a snicker.

Lu Yin felt helpless, as where did he have the luxury to think about such things? At this moment, he was more focused on the upcoming competition at the Astral Tower.

“Senior, can you tell Junior more about the contest at the Astral Tower?” Lu Yin asked.

Highsage Shenwei replied, “We’ll talk about that after we get to Eversky Island, as you won’t be the only one representing Eversky Island at the Astral Tower competition. We’ll discuss things further then.”

Lu Yin nodded. “Does Senior have any advice concerning this contest?”

“Are you trying to find out about your opponents?” Highsage Shenwei arched a brow.

Lu Yin nodded. “Know your enemy, and know yourself.”

Highsage Shenwei responded in an irritated tone. “This is something that concerns you kids, and I don’t know much about it. So. I can only give you some common knowledge.”

He paused for a moment before continuing on. “First off, there’s the Cosmic Sect. This sect is a colossal monster even in the Neoverse. I’m not too clear on what kinds of elite disciples the current generation has, but there is one important detail of note.” Highsage Shenwei’s expression grew serene. “Every disciple of the Cosmic Sect is a Lockbreaker, and the most elite disciples are likely to be Advanced Lockbreakers who have comprehended a sourcebox array.”

Lu Yin instantly thought of Qiu Shi, who was known as the All Rounder Fairy. Back in the Whitecliff Region, she had shown off a rather normal performance, but in the end, she had used a sourcebox array to throw the Champions' Stage, along with Bu Kong and others, off of the miniature mainland. If not for her, the Champions' Stage might have been taken back, and the subsequent events following the capture of the Champions’ Stage may have never occurred.

For the All Rounder Fairy, her sourcebox array could be considered one of her techniques while her cultivation was another. So what were her other two ultimate techniques?

“Gods’ Origin is similarly a colossal organization from the Neoverse, and they are just a bunch of nutjobs who refer to themselves as gods. The truth is that they’ve inherited the cultivation method of the Rune Progenitor, allowing them to weaken others’ attacks and even create objects from nothing. You seem to know this technique as well,” Highsage Shenwei explained.

Lu Yin nodded. “Junior knows a little of it.”

Highsage Shenwei continued, “Don’t flaunt it in front of the experts. Gods’ Origin has researched Rune Technology for countless years, and the power within their grasp has absolutely surpassed yours, so be careful.”

[1] This nickname indicates that she is strong in 4 different areas/specialties.