Chapter 2431: Divine Light

Chapter 2431: Divine Light

“Members of the Lu family always possess an abnormally large reserve of stellular energy, but even so, this is quite excessive,” Progenitor Smoke exclaimed.

Mu Xie commented, “Even if we consider Semi-Progenitors, I’ve never seen anyone absorb so much stellular energy after passing a stellular tribulation.”

“This is more than what even some newly ascended Progenitors are able to absorb,” Progenitor Smoke said with a bitter smile.

Elsewhere in the Outer Realm, Bai Wangyuan's expression fell. The difficulty of a person’s stellular tribulation reflected the threat that they posed to the true universe. Everyone had expected Lu Yin to either fail his stellular tribulation or be killed by it. But to their utter shock, he had successfully passed it. This unexpected outcome had greatly increased their wariness towards the young man.

Lu Yin greedily absorbed all the stellular energy surging towards him. It looked as though he was going to consume every last scrap of stellular energy from the Middle Realm. The four Progenitors exchanged uneasy glances. They could not allow this person to reach his full potential.

After a long time, Lu Yin finished absorbing all of the stellular energy. Not only had the massive influx drastically increased his cultivation, but it had also significantly enhanced the other aspects of his strength.

Lu Yin's already overwhelming physical strength was merely the most noticeable aspect that had been improved.

In the past, Lu Yin had to be cautious when fighting against Semi-Progenitors, but at this moment, he felt confident that he could deal with a Semi-Progenitor with just his physical strength alone. If he also used his Wielder - Indestructible, then he would be able to easily defeat a Semi-Progenitor.

Progenitor Smoke, Mu Xie, and the other Progenitors all continued to watch as the stellular tribulation’s vortex gradually vanished. This time, the tribulation was truly over.

The entire Perennial World had gotten caught up in a single stellular tribulation. Even some of the stellular tribulations to enter the Progenitor realm were not this widespread.

Mu Xie returned to Lu Yin’s side. “Junior Brother, it’s finally over.”

Lu Yin inhaled deeply and looked up at the fading vortex of his stellular tribulation.

"Let's see what you have in store for me next time," he muttered challengingly.

He had truly been forced to his limit. Everyone, including the observing Progenitors, felt that this stellular tribulation had gone too far. Not even Semi-Progenitors could have passed this stellular tribulation.

Progenitor Smoke arrived as well, and she commented, "That was an impressive stellular tribulation, but you were even more impressive. What did you do to provoke such a freakish tribulation?"

Bai Wangyuan and the others arrived, and they surrounded Lu Yin.

Mu Xie looked at Bai Wangyuan.

Progenitor Smoke glanced around at the four men. “What’s this? Are you guys planning to attack?”

The jiao roared, but it kept its distance. On its back was Lu Jian’s Champions’ Stage.

Lu Yin slowly asked, “Do the four of you intend to break our truce?”

“Lu Xiaoxuan, you are the one who provoked us,” Xiao Shenji answered coldly.

Together with Wang Wen, Lu Yin returned to the Fifth Mainland.

This time, Mu Xie accompanied him.

Lu Yin wanted to confer the Progenitor into his Investiture of the Gods.

“Senior Brother, will being conferred affect you in any way?” Lu Yin asked.

Mu Xie replied, “It won’t have any effect on me, though most people are unwilling to allow others to make a copy of them. Who knows—maybe they’ll eventually become enemies?”

“Just like the four ruling powers and Progenitor Lu Tianyi,” Lu Yin muttered.

Mu Xie replied, “That whole incident is very strange to me too. Only a few select individuals from the four ruling powers fully understand just what happened that day. Logically, as long as Progenitor Tianyi used his Investiture of the Gods, no one could ever touch him. He was capable of confronting two Skygods on his own, but they still managed to somehow exile him.”

Lu Yin had gleaned some knowledge regarding parallel universes from Marquis Lan's memories, and those memories had led him to believe that his family’s exile was somehow related to parallel universes. Just like how there was enmity between him and the four ruling powers, it was possible that the parallel universes themselves were not united either. When two distinct universes intersected, they could become either allies or foes.

From what Lu Yin had learned from Marquis Lan’s memories, none of the parallel universes had any human forces as powerful as the Lu family, and only a handful possessed as much power as the four ruling powers. In fact, most of the universes that the marquis knew about only needed to defend against a single Progenitor-level corpse king at most. Furthermore, very few of those universes were even aware of the Seven Skygods' existence.

Eventually, he returned to the Fifth Mainland.

Lu Yin first dropped Wang Wen off at Sky Creation Academy, and then he found a deserted location that was suitable for conferring Mu Xie.

During Lu Yin’s stellular tribulation, he had greatly regretted not conferring a Progenitor into his Investiture of the Gods beforehand. If he had done so, then he would have had a much easier time dealing with Progenitor Wen’s manifestation by simply overcoming every part of the tribulation.

"I’ve never personally witnessed the process of conferring a Progenitor. Senior Tianyi conferred the masters of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas, but I was not present at that time, and it only happened that one time. You will have to do this on your own," Mu Xie explained.

Lu Yin nodded. “I understand. Thank you, Senior Brother.”

The success rate of conferring a Progenitor was dependent on two factors: the cultivation level of the one with the Investiture of the Gods, and the willingness of the Progenitor being conferred. Without the Progenitor’s consent, it was impossible to successfully confer them into the scroll. This was unlike the Champions' Stage, which did not require consent. After all, anointed champions were already dead.

While the two techniques were fundamentally different, the ultimate outcome was the same. Both greatly increased the strength of the Lu family’s members, and it had allowed the family to dominate the Fifth Mainland.

Lu Yin and Mu Xie stood a hundred meters apart, both with their eyes closed. After a brief pause, Lu Yin waved his hand, and a cloth scroll appeared. As it unfurled, golden light burst out and illuminated the entire Technocracy with its glow. The light continued to spread further, and it eventually spread across the entire Fifth Mainland. It looked as though a deity had arrived.

Numerous people knelt down and began to pray to the light. The Investiture of the Gods not only radiated a golden light, but also a divine aura that resonated with the Fifth Mainland.

The only thing that could be seen on the scroll were the words, “Investiture of the Gods.”

The light from the scroll shone down on Mu Xie’s face, accentuating his solemn expression. He had once expected to be conferred by Progenitor Tianyi.

Lu Tianyi was one of humanity’s first lines of defense against Aeternus, and he had proven himself by single handedly charging deep into Aeternus’ forces.

Lu Yin certainly had not been the first human to have seen the giant scarlet eye; Lu Tianyi was the first. However, it had been too difficult for the man to destroy it when he saw it, as Lu Tianyi would have had to fight past multiple Progenitor-level corpse kings, as well as the Seven Skygods just to reach the eye.

When Lu Tianyi disappeared, so had the Investiture of the Gods. A long time had passed since this ability’s last appearance.