As soon as Lu Yin finished speaking, a golden light appeared, and a Champions’ Stage rose up from underground to slam into Tian Ci.

The man instinctively squeezed, trying to crush Shan Zheng and Xu Wuji’s skulls, but Lu Yin had already arrived with Inverse Step. Lightstream appeared in the form of a small boat, and it sailed through space to reverse time by one second. The Champions’ stage forced Tian Ci back, and Shan Zheng and Xu Wuji were both saved. While they had managed to survive, they were both unconscious.

Lu Yuan stepped out on the golden light. "That’s right, I'm that vile. What of it? We’re just facing a few beasts."

Hongyan Mavis, Sovereign Dou Sheng, Lu Tianyi, and the Heavens Sect’s other experts all appeared one after another.

As they revealed themselves, True God ordered, "Aeternals, assist the Boundary Guardians. Kill them all."

Ancient God was the first to step forward, already throwing a punch at Lu Yuan. The Skygod was singling out Lu Yuan, who was similarly focused on Ancient God. "Musclehead, let's fight to the death!"

𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Loam, you're no match for me."

"Bah, still as shameless as ever."

Arrow God loosed an arrow, and Sovereign Dou Sheng swung his golden cudgel to block it. The two instantly became locked in combat. Only the Sovereign could keep Arrow God occupied. If she were allowed to attack freely, she would end up controlling the entire battlefield.

Forgotten Ruins God let out a flirty little laugh as she released her Forgotten Ruins. She was targeting Lu Yin. "Little Lu Yin, will you play with big sister?"

Lu Yin did not move, but a surge of immeasurable voidforce energy shot forward forth. "Forgotten Ruins God, right? I’ll be your opponent."

The woman pouted. "Old man, this big sister doesn't like you."

In an instant, battle erupted between the Heavens Sect and the Aeternals. Once again, they were fighting in the Second Scourge. This was where Aeternus had previously lost Xu Jin, and there was no telling how many powerhouses would meet their ends in the Second Scourge during this battle.

Tian Ci was staring at Lu Yin. "Have you realized it? Even if you don't save the Lost Clan, humanity is still doomed. Your master, that old geezer Mu, is also from another megaverse."

Lu Yin stared at Tian Ci. "I promise that you will die a horrible death."

"Before that, I'll make sure that you’re dead." Tian Ci moved to attack Lu Yin. As an Ortuser, it should be easy to kill a mere Semi-Progenitor. Tian Ci might not know how Tian Fa had died, but he was certain that Lu Yin had not succeeded on his own.

At that moment, thunder cracked. The Lord of Lightning descended, his sword already drawn and slashing at Tian Ci.

Tian En's voice rang out, "Lord of Lightning, I invited you to join the Boundary Guardians, and yet you now act against us?"

Jiang Feng kept Tian Ci busy. The Lord of Lightning was entirely shrouded with lightning, as well as a purplish-black substance. "I don't want to become a beast."

Tian Ci's expression turned cold. "You're courting death!"

High above, Hongyan Mavis’s green grass was constantly fighting against the butterfly’s light. Hongyan Mavis was able to tell that there was clearly something wrong with the butterfly's light.

Tian Feng charged at Lu Yin, intending to seal him.

As the rock moved forward, slashes and sword qi swept across the Scourge; Mu Ke and Kong Tianzhao attacked in unison to stop Tian Feng.

Against an Ortuser, the laws of the universe had no effect. Mu Ke and Kong Tianzhao's abilities were already rendered useless. Patterns flashed across the surface of the stone that was Tian Feng, and both men were instantly sealed in place, completely unable to move. Р𝐚ɴÔΒÈS

A massive sword dropped from the sky, as Supreme had attacked.

However, even the enormous mecha was instantly frozen in place.

"I serve the heavens, sealing all who oppose it! How can you hope to compete with me? As soon as I've sealed this child, I'll deal with the rest of you." Tian Feng again turned back to Lu Yin.

Di Qiong and Di Xia charged at Lu Yin from another direction, as the Dao Monarch was standing at the center of this battlefield.

In the Third Scourge, Wu Tian looked up in surprise. "They actually started fighting against the Boundary Guardians? The Fated One has already targeted him. Well, in that case, so be it!"

Ye Wu and the Abandoned moved as one to stop Di Qiong and Di Xia.

The pages of the Martial Scripture appeared around Di Qiong, and its images flickered. Ye Wu was only allowed to attack once before he was pinned in place. Di Qiong passed by the man while glaring fiercely at Lu Yin. "Brat, prepare to die!"

The void twisted next to Lu Yin, and Wu Tian stepped out. "Di Qiong, you've learned a lot from me. Today, you will return it all."

Di Qiong was stunned, unable to believe what he was seeing. "Wu Tian? You?"

Lu Yin was equally shocked. Had Wu Tian actually left the Third Scourge? Even more shocking was the man’s strength. He had looked like he was on the verge of death in the Third Scourge, so how could he be so strong?

Wu Tian stopped Di Qiong, but Tian Feng remained unstoppable.

The stone possessed a unique power, and no matter who acted against the Boundary Guardian, they would be instantly sealed. This made it impossible for anyone to stop the charging rock.

"Dao Monarch of the Heavens Sect? Hmph! back then, I sealed Tai Chu's bloodline, which resulted in him losing both of his hands. Today, I'll seal your entire body!" Tian Feng declared.

Lu Yin's expression fell. So, this stone had caused the Origin Progenitor to lose his hands.

Lu Yin could not quite determine just what Tian Feng was, but it was clear that Lu Yin was no match for the stone.

For that reason, he did not hesitate to turn and race towards the Black Mother Tree. The battle had suddenly erupted because the Boundary Guardians had been actively trying to start a fight. Humanity was at a disadvantage as they were facing off against both the Boundary Guardians and the Aeternals. Even with the appearance of Wu Tian, there was nobody capable of stopping Tian Feng, and Hongyan Mavis was struggling to hold just Tian En off.

Lu Yin needed to break through and become a Progenitor. Of his four inner worlds, Infinity was in the best position to break through, but there were three pieces of Primaldust beneath the black Mother Tree, and they were a potential path for his Dust World to evolve. It was possible that this path was even more appropriate at the moment, but first, he needed to obtain them.

"Don't run!" Tian Feng gave chase.

Lu Yin used Inverse Step to move at the speed of time, but there were sequence particles being used in every part of the battlefield. They permeated the Scourge, which caused Inverse Step to repeatedly fail. Lu Yin’s figure flickered in and out of existence.

On the surface of Tian Feng, patterns flickered as it released more and more sequence particles. The stone created a net that spread across the ground. He was determined to capture Lu Yin.

Suddenly, Tian Feng stopped and started trembling.

Lu Yin looked back, puzzled. What was happening?

"You're still not dead? Impossible! I've kept you sealed for so long and even flayed and dismembered you! You can't possibly still be alive!" Tian Feng screamed in disbelief.

A crisp voice rang out from the patterns that covered Tian Feng's surface. "Kill me? It’s not so easy. I've waited far too long for this moment."

In the sky above, Hongyan Mavis, stared down at Tian Feng with a blank stare, despite being in the middle of a battle with Tian En. "Flora?"

From far away, both Ancient God and Lu Yuan looked over as their expressions changed dramatically.

Lu Yin was stunned. Flora? That was the name that the Origin Progenitor had given to Garan Zhiluo, the Dao Monarch of the Sixth Mainland. Was she also here?

No one had expected that one of the Three Realms and Six Daos, Garan Zhiluo, to have been been sealed inside of Tian Feng for so long.

No one knew what had happened to Garan Zhiluo, but there were many different theories. Some had believed the woman to be dead, while others thought that she must have betrayed humanity. Others even speculated that Garan Zhiluo might have become Whiteless God, and those were only some of the theories. After all, why else would the Sixth Mainland have become mortal enemies with the Fifth Mainland?

Still, with of all the proposed theories, none had turned out to be true. The disappearance of the Garan family had been somewhat understandable. Sky Garan had been the Sixth Mainland’s Dao Chosen during the Heavens Sect era, as well as the heir of the Garan family for his own generation. His disappearance had effectively put an end to the Garan family line, especially because the Garan family’s inheritance could only be received by a single individual from each generation.

However, there had never been any explanation for Garan Zhiluo disappearance.

Not even Ancestor Lu Yuan had had any idea how Garan Zhiluo had vanished.

Finally, after eons, everyone learned that Garan Zhiluo had been sealed inside of Tian Feng the entire time.

Tian En had tried to kill Progenitor Ku, Tian Feng had sealed Garan Zhiluo, and all the Boundary Guardians had worked together to attack the Origin Progenitor. The grudge that the Boundary Guardians had earned from humanity was enormous.

Tian Feng was still trembling. "So what if you're still alive? You'll just die today!"

"Who’s going to kill me? You? You four cowards who don’t have the courage to attempt to overcome Dukkha? Even if I'm not at an Ortuser, I'm not going to die at the hands of you four pieces of trash," Garan Zhiluo retorted, contempt oozing from her tired voice.

"Flora, are you okay?" Hongyan Mavis shouted.

From within the patterns that covered Tian Feng's surface, Garan Zhiluo's voice replied, "First Blood, just take care of yourself. You’re facing Tian En. That butterfly is the most insidious of them all! Don't let her deceive you. Watch out for her wings. Almost no one who’s not at least an Ortuser has any chance of escaping from her illusions. Always remember your pain.

"As for that one over there fighting against the lightning man, that’s Tian Ci. He’s the strongest of the Boundary Guardians and even has a mirebound artifact…"

Garan Zhiluo seemed to be quite well informed about the Boundary Guardians, and she constantly revealed information regarding the abilities of Tian Ci, Tian En, and Tian Feng, which caused the Boundary Guardians' expressions to grow increasingly grim.

The Lord of Lightning laughed heartily. With the information that they were receiving from Garan Zhiluo, humanity was finally confident that they could hold their ground, even against multiple Ortusers.

True God studied Tian Feng from the top of the black Mother Tree Feng as he thought to himself.

Garan Zhiluo, huh? That woman once loved to dress herself up. She went mad whenever there was even a single strand of hair was out of place. So, she’s still alive? She’s been skinned and dismembered, and being disfigured like that must be the worst torture imaginable for her, and yet she still lives. Tai Chu, you really did train up an exceptional group of disciples.

If I didn’t have Gu Yizhi under my control, he would have never betrayed humanity.

However, it did not matter how much humanity struggled, as the outcome was already determined. There were certain things that could not be reversed. Humanity's struggle had only become a slightly larger splash in the river of time, but things would eventually settle down, and the river would flow quietly again.

Lu Yin stared intently at Tian Feng, and then he turned and continued towards the black Mother Tree, eventually leaping down under the ground.

He could not make much of a difference in the current battle. He alone was not enough to shift the tides of the battle, which was why he had decided to focus on becoming stronger.

Three pieces of Primaldust. No matter if Lu Yin used them himself or returned them to the Origin Progenitor, they would be extremely useful.

At this time, countless cosmic doors opened, connecting to the Heavens Sect, and a flood of corpse kings poured through them. The battle was not limited to just the Second Scourge, as it had spread to the Heavens Sect, the Perennial World, the Sixverse Association, and even more places.

Aeternus threw out all of their corpse kings at this moment, including even the last few frenzied corpses. All the Progenitor-level corpse kings and the peak powerhouses who had betrayed humanity were also sent out.

At the Heavens Sect, Arch-Elder Zen, Master Shan, and the other peak powerhouses fought with their full power.

Ancestor Tortoise pulled its head in, feeling slightly nervous. The jiao bared its fangs and claws. It looked incredibly intimidating, but in truth, it was just as nervous as Ancestor Tortoise. Both beasts were overwhelmed by the scale of the battle before them.

Things grew even worse when the Star Devourer appeared. The jiao instantly grew terribly anxious, as this gigantic creature seemed extremely strong.

In the Second Scourge, the Ancient Lightning Locust appeared, instantly targeting the Lord of Lightning, Jiang Feng.

The man felt helpless. This Ancient Lightning Locust always appeared at the worst moment, trying to cause trouble.

However, humanity had also gained an additional powerhouse: Progenitor Ku.

The Progenitor had been sent to a universe with an accelerated flow of time to recover more quickly. While he had not fully recovered yet, he was certainly capable of using Extremes Must Be Reversed.

Progenitor Ku arrived on the battlefield and went straight for the Ancient Lightning Locust. The beast released a burst of lightning, which rained down on Progenitor Ku. The man’s body withered up, but he simply endured the lightning before looking elsewhere on the battlefield. "Butterfly, it's time to settle the score between us."

OMA's Thoughts

Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA