Chapter 3276: The Former Mirebound Artifact

"Why are you suddenly asking about this?" the Origin Progenitor asked in surprise.

Lu Yin shared what had happened after both Ye Zhang and Tian En had died. "Only the Immemorial Citadel’s flames and Uncle Jiang’s mirebound artifact were able to destroy those heaven characters. That made me wonder if the flames are also a mirebound artifact."

The Origin Progenitor praised him, "Pillar, you're very perceptive. Not only are the flames a mirebound artifact, but the Immemorial Citadel itself is also a mirebound artifact."

Lu Yin was shocked. "The entire Immemorial Citadel is a mirebound artifact?"

The Origin Progenitor looked up. "Well, it used to be a mirebound artifact. When we first arrived at the Immemorial Citadel, we confirmed that this city was a mirebound artifact. However, over time, with Aeternus's attacks and the flames constantly burning, the artifact has decayed. If it were still in its original condition, the Ossis Ark would have never been able to crash through the walls."

"Who does the Immemorial Citadel belong to?" Lu Yin asked eagerly.

The Origin Progenitor shook his head. "This megaverse has been home to more than just our human civilizations. There were other civilizations before us, but whether they were human, I can't say. The Immemorial Citadel isn’t from our era.

"Also, those heaven characters that you mentioned must be some method used by the Fated One to control the Boundary Guardians. I don't know how many more of this megaverse’s powerhouses are under the Fated One’s control."

Lu Yin left the underground chamber and looked at the bustling Immemorial Citadel. The people in the city were all excited. Victory was something that they had long regarded as an impossibility, and after achieving it, many of them were not sure where to go after leaving the Immemorial Citadel.

The various powerhouses had strong connections to various parallel universes.

Big Sis was relentlessly chasing after Ce Wangtian. She refused to stop.

Mimina sat alone atop a shattered wall. It was the place where Babal had used the nine-star technique, Restart.

Ancestor Lu Yuan, Wu Tian, and Chu Yi were engaged in a lively conversation.

Progenitor Ku sat beside Sovereign Dou Sheng, who, due to his severe injuries, was barely even able to sit upright as he chatted with Progenitor Ku.

It seemed as though everyone from the various parallel universes was able to find someone they were looking for in the Immemorial Citadel.

Many people stood on the city’s shattered walls, staring down at the flames while lost in thought. Too many had died and entered those flames.

Lu Yin looked out from the city at Burial Garden.

He saw people who had been in Burial Garden were also staring out at the Immemorial Citadel’s battlefield. Most of the people in Burial Garden were not qualified to step onto such a battlefield, including Shang Qing and the others.

They were not nearly strong enough to participate in such fights.

The Yellow Springs flowed around Burial Garden.

The Origin Progenitor had no intention of reclaiming his hand, so Burial Garden would continue to exist.

Lu Yin moved forward and entered Burial Garden. He went over to Progenitor Chen, who was nearby.

Progenitor Chen was staring blankly at the sea formed from the Yellow Springs, lost in thought. It was impossible to guess what was on the man’s mind.

"Senior, was that palm strike the battle technique that you developed to deal with True God?" Lu Yin asked.

Progenitor Chen looked away from the Yellow Springs and gazed at Lu Yin with a rather melancholic expression. "Yes. I thought it would be enough to deal with him, but it was still lacking."

"What do you call that technique?" Lu Yin asked. While he had not personally seen the attack, he had heard about how Progenitor Chen had obliterated Progenitor Xi with a single attack.

Progenitor Xi had been an Ortuser who had once been known as Qingluo Jiantian. Despite falling from the Origin realm for some unknown reason, she had still been strong enough to suppress entire battlefields and had altered the course of many wars and battles. It was incredibly difficult to kill such a powerhouse.

Despite that, Progenitor Chen had ended the woman’s life with a single palm strike. Even Lu Yin was not confident of doing the same, even with his improved strength.

Progenitor Chen showed a bitter smile. "That wasn’t my own strength, as I just borrowed it. As for a name, I never really thought of one. Let’s just call it Linked Palm."

"Linked Palm, huh? You’re pretty casual about naming it, but it also fits," Lu Yin commented.

Progenitor Chen looked at Lu Yin. "Do you want to learn it?"

Lu Yin did not hesitate. "I do."

He was eager to learn any kind of ability. His inner universe could encompass any power or technique. Lu Yin was not afraid of diversity, but rather scarcity.

Progenitor Chen laughed heartily. "Good! If you want to learn it, I’ll teach you. To be honest, I’ve never seen anyone who’s cultivated as many different powers as you, and each one has reached an impressive level. You are walking the widest path of all."

While learning Linked Palm was very difficult, teaching the technique was quite easy.

Even with Lu Yin's current abilities, he would need a bit of time before he could actually use Linked Palm.

"Senior, what happened with Forgotten Ruins God? Did you leave that mark on her face?" Lu Yin asked.

The mention of Forgotten Ruins God caused Progenitor Chen's expression to become solemn. "All of you have underestimated that woman."

Lu Yin agreed. He had originally thought that Forgotten Ruins God was just another one of the Seven Skygods, and possibly even the weakest of them all. However, during the battle at the Immemorial Citadel, she had survived several attacks. When Lu Yin had gone after the Ossis Ark, both Forgotten Ruins God and Wang Xiaoyu had mysteriously vanished, which was strange.

Lu Yin had no idea why, but he did know that Forgotten Ruins God was not nearly as simple as he had previously thought.

Progenitor Chen stared back out at the sea of Yellow Springs. "Wang Miaomiao is the progenitor of the Wang family. By all rights, she should not be nearly as strong as Ancient God or Corpse God, but the woman always manages to escape at the critical moment. I suspect that the reason why Xiaoyu betrayed the Fifth Mainland is because she was controlled by that woman. If Xiaoyu deliberately joined Aeternus to accomplish some purpose, then that woman may very well be her target."

"Was it worth it?" Lu Yin asked with a frown. If Wang Xiaoyu was investigating Forgotten Ruins God, then she had betrayed the Fifth Mainland and instigated a war with the Sixth Mainland in order to do so. That war had led to the fall of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas and the separation of the Perennial World. Such a cost hardly seemed worth it.

Progenitor Chen shook his head. "I can’t say. It is certain that Xiaoyu is no traitor. I believe in her as she’s kind. As for Forgotten Ruins God, even at my peak, I was unable to kill her. The best I could do was leave that mark on her face, which makes it easier to track her. If you ever run into her again, be careful."

Lu Yin looked out at the stars. Forgotten Ruins God could be injured, but while it seemed that she could be killed, she had survived countless battles and always managed to escape, even when fighting on the most dangerous battlefields in the megaverse. How was that possible? Could she really have survived with just the abilities of the Wang family? No, there had to be more to it.

If Wang Xiaoyu really had betrayed humanity because of Forgotten Ruins God, then perhaps Wang Xiaoyu already knew the answer and believed that her efforts were worth the cost.

Could there really be an answer that was worth starting a war between the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands?

From Lu Yin’s current perspective, both the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands were of vital importance. That had to have been even more true for Wang Xiaoyu, who had betrayed her people before even becoming a Semi-Progenitor.

𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Dao Monarch Lu, how is Xiaoyu?" Progenitor Chen finally asked. He had held back from asking this question for some time.

Lu Yin replied, "She’s missing."

Progenitor Chen was puzzled by the answer.

Lu Yin continued, "Neither she nor Forgotten Ruins God were on the Ossis Ark."

Progenitor Chen’s expression instantly fell. "I will leave Burial Garden in your hands."

"Are you going to go after Forgotten Ruins God and Wang Xiaoyu?" Lu Yin looked at Progenitor Chen.

Progenitor Chen nodded. "I have a promise to fulfill. I’m sorry."

With that, he turned to leave.

Lu Yin quickly called out to the man, "There’s something you need to know, Senior. Someone has merged with one of your clones."

Progenitor Chen’s eyes swept across space and locked onto the distant form of Ye Wu, who was standing on

Boundless

. "It’s him, isn’t it? I saw him use Heaven’s Furnace."

"What are your thoughts, Senior?"

"Leave him. That clone died a long time ago. If it can continue to serve humanity, that’s not a bad outcome."

Lu Yin nodded. This was the answer that he had expected. "Also, I have the body of your colossal giant clone. I took it from Corpse God’s Sixth Scourge."

Progenitor Chen let out a helpless sigh. "Having too many clones is difficult. There are just so many bodies scattered about. Burn it for me. Toss it into the Immemorial Citadel’s flames. If I don’t return from chasing Forgotten Ruins God and the others, consider it my funeral."

"You’re not confident, Senior?" Lu Yin stared at Progenitor Chen.

Progenitor Chen chuckled. "I’m always confident in my own strength, but I also know Xiaoyu. For her to betray us like this, there might be something even bigger behind it than what I can imagine. In any case, Dao Monarch Lu, keep in touch."

Lu Yin nodded as he watched Progenitor Chen leave.

Once the man was gone, Lu Yin took out the body of the colossal giant clone and tossed it into the city’s flames.

The fire flared brightly, rising up for a moment and illuminating many people’s faces before dying back down.

Lu Yin felt a heavy weight on his heart. He was well aware of Progenitor Chen’s strength, and even that man was not confident. What secret could Forgotten Ruins God possibly be hiding?

Lu Yin felt that there should no longer be any secrets in the megaverse, aside from the Fated One.

Feeling a bit irritated, Lu Yin looked around Burial Garden. He suddenly focused on a specific location, and with a step, he disappeared.

When he reappeared, he was at the ruins of the Rune Civilization.

This was the place where Lu Yin had once turned into a statue and experienced a breakthrough with cultivating Truesight. It was also where he had found Bi Rong’s body.

During the final battle at the Immemorial Citadel, the Rune Progenitor's remnant power had left from Burial Garden, and it had eventually been entirely used up.

The moment that remnant power had vanished, the Rune Progenitor had disappeared completely from existence, never to appear again.

Lu Yin looked at the statue of the man and offered a deep bow.

Much like Progenitor Chen, Lu Yin had benefited greatly from the Rune Progenitor’s techniques.

Far away, a figure was staring at the ruins.

Lu Yin turned and looked at the person.

They immediately bowed to Lu Yin, showing a mix of respect and fear.

The man was Mr. Lifeview, a cultivator from the Sixth Mainland. He had once entered Burial Garden, but his greed for Lu Yin’s blood-red bell had caused him to be trapped by Truesight and transformed into a statue. Only when the Rune Progenitor's last bit of power was used up had Mr. Lifeview been released.

He could only be regarded as very unlucky.

The man had once been Lu Yin’s enemy, but at the moment, he was just another cultivator from the Sixth Mainland, which placed him under the Heavens Sect.

Further away, in a city beneath the Yellow Springs, Mt. Microcosms’ First Protector stared blankly at Lu Yin. When he saw that Lu Yin was looking back at him, the old man gave an awkward smile.

The person that the First Protector had once needed to guard had become one of the most powerful humans alive. The old man could not fully comprehend Lu Yin’s strength.

Lu Yin scanned all the familiar faces, and then he looked at an astral beast that had the body of an ape and the head of an eagle. It walked across Burial Garden while carrying a palace on its back.

When Lu Yin had first entered Burial Garden, he had quietly followed the creature, gathering what fell from the palace. Among them had been a bloodstained piece of cloth that had once belonged to the God of Death.

The thought of the God of Death prompted Lu Yin to take a step forward. The next moment, he was standing on the beast’s back.

The creature did not even notice Lu Yin, and it simply continued walking along.

Lu Yin entered the palace. It was pitch-black inside and filled with bones that crumbled to dust from the breeze stirred up by Lu Yin’s passage.

His domain swept through the building. He raised his hand, and fragments of a scythe flew towards him. They were all pieces of the God of Death's scythe that had fallen inside of the palace.

Lu Yin brought out the scythe fragments that he already possessed. Combined, he nearly had the entire weapon.

He did not know whom the palace had belonged to, but it definitely had not been the God of Death.

The astral beast that carried the palace was certainly not weak, even as a wandering corpse. While alive, it had likely been as strong as a Semi-Progenitor or even a Progenitor. For the palace’s owner to force such a powerful creature to carry their palace for countless years, they must have also been quite the formidable expert.

It was also possible that the palace's owner had become another one of Burial Garden’s wandering corpses, or they might have died during the Immemorial Citadel’s last battle.