Chapter 2658: The Hidden Enemy

Chapter 2658: The Hidden Enemy

For a long time after the call ended, Chen Le just stared silently at the communication crystal in his hand.

Everyone had been underestimating the Origin Universe this whole time. The Three Monarchs Universe had thought that they were colluding with Xia Shenji against the Origin Universe, but they had not known that the Origin Universe had already sent someone into the Sixverse Association long ago.

Xuan Qi just what is that mans status in the Origin Universe? Hes already been a part of the Sixverse Association for some time, and he even attended the Sixverse Academy before joining the Voidforce Universe, where he arrested many spies. Just what is that man planning? Hang on, wasn't he here in the Three Monarchs Universe when Monarch Mu disappeared?

Chen Les knowledge of Xuan Qi caused the man to suddenly start suspecting the young mans connection to the missing Monarch Mu. That meant that Monarch Mu's disappearance might be related to the Origin Universe. In that case, was there really any connection to the You family at all? Chen Le had absolutely no idea.

Lu Yin stood in his courtyard, calmly staring off into the distance.

Given a choice, he would not have dropped such a big hint about his connection to the Origin Universe so early to Chen Le. However, something was happening to the passage that connected the two universes. There had to be some specific reason why Monarch Luo was confident that the passage was about to open, and that had pushed this matter to become Lu Yins top priority.

The passage could not be allowed to open. If it did, the Fifth Mainland would instantly be forced into a war on two fronts, as they would be forced to deal with both the Three Monarchs Universe and the Perennial World, which would quickly overwhelm the Fifth Mainland. Furthermore, given Aeternuss presence in the Three Monarchs Universe, the Fifth Mainland would face even more trouble if the Three Monarchs Universe became unable to hold the Aeternals off.

Lu Yin did not want to see the Fifth Mainland be crippled by the Three Monarchs Universe.

For that reason, he found the risk of exposing his true identity to Chen Le to be worth the stakes involved. Unless the man wanted to die or was confident that he could remove both the Death Seal and Mu Xies energy from his body, Chen Le would not betray Lu Yin.

After spending half a day considering the situation, Lu Yin decided that he would not let his future be decided by fate. He needed to be prepared for Chen Le's possible betrayal.

There was no question that the Sixverse Association had various individuals who were capable of removing the energies that had been left within Chen Le. The Great Sovereign was only one of those people.NewW novels updates at novelhall.com

Everything depended on whether Chen Le would choose mutual destruction.

There was no perfect plan. Lu Yin had only started to leverage Chen Le, and yet he had already been forced to partially expose his real identity. In the megaverse, countless beings complemented and restricted each other. Nothing could ever run smoothly forever. It was essentially a universal law.

Having just become a peak powerhouse, Chen Le had obtained a status equal to the three Monarchs themselves. He had become a target of admiration for countless people in the Three Monarchs Universe, and even other peak powerhouses from other universes in the Sixverse Association had sent the man their congratulations for his breakthrough. He was unwilling to jeopardize everything that he worked so hard to obtain.

At the very least, not for the time being.

Chen Le was not loyal to the Three Monarchs Universe. If he were, he would have never joined the Liberation Palace. With Monarch Mu missing, the Three Monarchs Universe would be taking a rather large gamble in challenging the Origin Universe, but that did not really matter to Chen Le. The only thing that mattered to him was regaining his freedom.

Both Lu Yin and Chen Le considered many things.

The following day, Chen Le appeared at the location of the passageway, where he ran into Xia Shenji.

The Progenitor had not expected Chen Le to come, and he asked, "What brings you here?"

Chen Le looked confused. "Senior, shouldnt you be at the rainbow wall fighting against Aeternus? Why are you here at this passage?"

Xia Shenji replied, "Thats none of your business. Monarch Luo knows where I am. What brings you here?"

Chen Le casually mentioned, "I was just passing by."

Xia Shenji frowned as he stared intently at Chen Le, and the Monarch quickly left.

Xia Shenji immediately informed Monarch Luo of what had happened, only to be told not to worry about it. Monarch Luo would ask Chen Le about what had happened.

Chen Le soon received a call from Monarch Luo. "I heard a bit from Old Bo about how the passage will soon be opening, so I went over to confirm things for myself. This matter is of the utmost importance, and we cannot afford to allow foreigners like Xuan Qi to learn of it."

Monarch Luo complimented the man. "Well done. Its always best to err on the side of caution. Does Xuan Qi know about this passageway?"

Of course, Chen Le wanted the energies within him to be removed as quickly as possible, but what Lu Yin had said was not wrong. Once the passage opened, he would need to return to the Origin Universe to protect it from invaders. At that point in time, his identity as Xuan Qi would become useless. Whether he tried to maintain it or not would become irrelevant. The Sixverse Association had never been friendly towards the Origin Universe, and on top of that, if Chen Les suspicions were correct, the young man was directly involved in Monarch Mu's disappearance. Who knew if the Monarch was even still alive? This youth was definitely able to threaten the Sixverse Association.

As soon as the passage opened, Lu Yin would be able to threaten the Sixverse Association, or at the very least, he would be able to threaten the Three Monarchs Universe. It would be better to wait until after the matter of the passage was settled.

As long as the passage remained closed, the identity of Xuan Qi would remain useful. Lu Yin wanted to keep using his facade of Xuan Qi, so he would remove the energies in Chen Le.

"Of course, removing those energies is one thing, but I will also need you to swear to not expose my real identity under any circumstances, Senior. Violating this vow," Lu Yin paused as his eyes grew ice cold, "Will result in you being completely annihilated."

Chen Le stared at Lu Yin for a moment. "Fine, we will each make a vow: I won't compromise your Xuan Qi identity or share my speculations about you, and you, Xuan Qi, will not reveal my relationship with the Liberation Palace. From now on, we will be cooperating with each other."

Lu Yin nodded.

Chen Le left after sharing what he had learned about the situation at the entrance to the passage.

Lu Yin immediately understood why Monarch Luo was so certain that the passage would be opened. The person who had been chatting with Xia Shenji was none other than one of the Perennial Worlds four Array Grandmasters: the youngest Grandmaster, Mu Shang.

Lu Yin had his own grudges and history with Mu Shang, but he had never considered the possibility that Mu Shang would actually travel to the Three Monarchs Universe to help them open the passage to the Fifth Mainland.

The Shenwu Continent was being protected by Senior Brother Mu Xie, and for that reason, the Perennial World had given up any hope of opening the passage from the Fifth Mainland. They had instead redirected their attention to the other end.

Could Mu Shang undo the Sealing Path sourcebox array from the Three Monarchs Universe? Lu Yin could not say for sure, but he did not dare to take the risk. While Mu Shang was no match for Grandmaster Gu Yan, the endless years of preparation that the Three Monarchs had set up to force their way through the passage had not been for naught. It was also possible that the Sixverse Association could have sent another Array Grandmaster to assist their efforts. The safest course of action was to prevent anyone from trying to unseal the passage.

At the rainbow wall, Arch-Elder Zen was unaware that the Three Monarchs Universe intended to open the passage to his home.

He had dedicated himself entirely to fighting against Aeternuss invasion. Even without the conflict between the Origin Universe and the Sixverse Association, he would have still spent his days protecting humanity from the Aeternals.

Suddenly, his wireless jincan trembled.

Wireless jincans were able to communicate across any distance, provided that there were two in the same universe. This meant that Lu Yin was able to directly communicate with Arch-Elder Zen without having to worry about being monitored.

Using the wireless jincans, Lu Yin informed Arch-Elder Zen of the current situation and told the Progenitor to leave the frontlines.

Days later, Aeternus launched another attack on the Three Monarchs Universe. The fighting was intense, but without giving any warning at all, Arch-Elder Zen suddenly left his post.

The moment Monarch Luo received the news, he started accusing Arch-Elder Zen of being a traitor who cared nothing for the safety of humanity as a whole.

After all, Arch-Elder Zen's absence created a large hole in the Three Monarchs Universes defenses.

Unsurprisingly, a Progenitor-level corpse king appeared, instantly targeting Arch-Elder Zen's empty position at the rainbow wall. Seizing the opportunity, Forgotten Ruins God started attacking Monarch Luo and Monarch Xing, preventing them from moving.

The rainbow wall teetered on the edge of being overtaken.

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