Star Odyssey

At the same time that Lu Yin moved himself, he also moved Shang Qing over in front of Wang Yi by using a Teleportation Formation.

Although the two youths had never worked together or even met before, at this moment, their cooperation was flawless. Wang Yi swept by, and attacked with Four Arts: Celestial Blade.

After that, a shocking thing recurred: Shang Qing was again completely uninjured.

Wang Yi could not believe what he saw. Suddenly, Shang Qing was blasted back. An invisible palm attack had struck: Vacuum Palm.

Shang Qing was launched 100 meters back, flipping over and finally landing in a half-crouch on the ground. Blood could be seen at the corners of his lips, and a deep palm print could be seen on his torso.

Just what was going on?

Everyone watching was confused. Lu Yin's strongest attack and Wang Yi's Celestial Blade had both been useless, so why had a Vacuum Palm managed to hurt Shang Qing?

Lu Yin let out a breath and gave a smile. "So I was right; you've been using an innate gift. Even though I don't know exactly what it is, it is impossible for you to deal with attacks from both of us at the same time. Your innate gift can make you immune to one of our attacks at a time, but not both of us, right?"

Wang Yi also stared at Shang Qing.

The summoned Progentor Chen stood quietly in front of Shang Qing as he stared at Lu Yin. "As expected of one of my Hall of Honor's Honor Chosen. Yes, you're very close."

Lu Yin's gaze grew sharp; this person was very difficult.

Lu Yin was not alone, as everyone was having the same thought.

Since ZENITH had first begun, Shang Qing had revealed one ability after another. Each successive revelation had boggled people's minds. Shang Qing's innate gift had only been uncovered from teamwork between Lu Yin and Wang Yi. Also, the most important detail was that Shang Qing had still not summoned a Progenitor from the third strand of ancestral qi that swirled around him. This was truly terrifying.

Wang Yi clenched a fist. To think that this starry sky had actually given birth to such a monster.

Shang Qing stared at Lu Yin, and then looked over at Wang Yi. "You can hurt me by teaming up, and this is also the last fight. Since that's the case, I'll let you see the full and complete power of the Tri-Yang Ancestral Qi Technique."

Everyone staring at the broadcast felt speechless; Shang Qing had still been holding back?

Below, Ku Wei was speechless. "Seventh Bro, just forget it."

Outside Zenith Mountain, Mu En was feeling quite satisfied. This was the strength of the invincible powerhouse that the Hall of Honor had been carefully raising. With the power Tri-Yang Technique, Shang Qing would always be invincible among his peers no matter what level he climbed to.

No, not only that, Progenitor Chen had been an invincible Progenitor whose power had been unmatched in both the ancient and modern times. Still, they had no idea just how strong Progenitor Chen had been when he had been a Semi-Progenitor. It was possible that at that time, he had already been comparable to an ordinary Progenitor. It was true that while even the idea of someone being a Realmbreaker at such a level was inconceivable, it was not entirely impossible when one considered Progenitor Chen.

If this turned out to be true, then the moment that Shang Qing became a Semi-Progenitor, he would have the power of a full Progenitor and would be the Fifth Mainland's first powerhouse to reach that level of strength since the fall of their Daosource Sect. If Shang Qing became Progenitor, his strength might actually surpass that of Progenitor Chen in the past.

Everyone stared at Shang Qing, even ancient powerhouses felt a touch of pity for Lu Yin and his peers at this moment. Many of them were talented and powerful enough to dominate an entire era, but the current era would never belong to any of them. This was to be Shang Qing's era. It would belong to the Tri-Yang Technique, which essentially meant that this era belonged to Progenitor Chen.

The youths were to be pitied for when they had been born.

Atop Zenith Mountain, the last strand of ancestral qi moved away from Shang Qing's body, and it began to take on the form of a person. Everyone in the universe was staring carefully as the figure began to form. There were no gods, but watching this scene made people feel as though this person held heaven and earth in the palm of their hands.

The man who appeared was handsome, and had a bit of a scholar's demeanor. He stood there with his hands behind his back, and it felt as though he had suffered from the vicissitudes of life.

The moment this man appeared, on another part of Zenith Mountain, Hui Santong's pupils shrank sharply. At the exact same time, in the territory of the Seven Courts, within Nature's Manifestation, Hui Zhi, the Hui family's patriarch, lost his voice. "Patriarch?"

In the Technocracy, in the middle of a magnificent city plaza, Hui Kong shot to his feet in excitement. "Ancestor?"

Shang Qing's third strand of ancestral qi had taken on the form of Progenitor Hui, the one who had created a scheme that had transcended history and time in order to protect humanity.

Progenitor Hui, the person who had founded the Technocracy, one of the three powers of the current Fifth Mainland. No one knew why Progenitor Hui had formed the Technocracy, not even his descendants, the Hui family, who still lived in the Neoverse.

The greatest impression that most people had of Progenitor Hui was the Technocracy, and the other was of the Root of Intelligence. However, that was in the past. At the moment, the greatest impression that the top powers of both the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands had of Progenitor Hui was how he had plotted against the Sixth Mainland in a scheme that spanned eons.

If one asked who the Sixth Mainland hated the most at present, it was none other than Progenitor Hui. If not for Progenitor Hui, the Fifth Continent would have been invaded by monsters and destroyed instead of the Sixth Mainland.

Progenitor Hui had managed to peer down the long river of time and forcefully divert a disaster for the Fifth Mainland over to the Sixth, and had even made all of the arrangements in a time that had long been forgotten.

Throughout human history, Progenitor Chen was known as being invincible and possessing strength unparalleled throughout time. The Rune Progenitor had created a unique civilization that history had not dared to record or remember. However, Progenitor Hui had looked far into the future and laid plans to unfold long after he was gone.

It was hard to determine who was the stronger or weaker among these three Progenitors, but it was undeniable that the Progenitor who everyone admired and respected the most was Progenitor Hui, as he had saved all of humanity within the Fifth Mainland.

No one had expected Shang Qing's third strand of ancestral qi to take the form of Progenitor Hui. After all, despite the fact that Progenitor Hui had laid plans that spanned eons, no one had any information concerning his combat strength.

Wang Yi stared at the summoned Progenitor Hui with eyes full of fear. A powerful person was not one to be feared, but rather the person who was both powerful and intelligent. Even though this Progenitor Hui had been formed by a strand of ancestral qi and had no intelligence, Wang Yi was not sure why, but this third summon terrified him. He felt as though this person could see straight through him.

Lu Yin had the same feeling. If the summoned clones of Progenitor Chen had been a powerful body, then the arrival of Progenitor Hui felt like a soul had been added to that body. Also, Lu Yiin had access to some information that others did not know: Progenitor Hui had been a Lockbreaker.

What Lu Yin had seen on the Royal Frost Continent had explained a lot, and Lu Yin knew that Progenitor Hui had been a powerful Lockbreaker, but that did not say anything at all about how powerful Progenitor Hui had been when he had been an Enlighter.

Progenitor Hui's appearance left the mountaintop silent for a while, and not even Wang Yi had the courage to seize the initiative, and instead took a defensive stance.

Lu Yin's fingers twiteched before and smacked a hand forward.

There was a bang, and half of Progenitor Hui's body was destroyed and reverted back into a strand of qi.

Lu Yin was stunned, Huh? Did that actually work?

Wang Yi was also stunned; had that attack actually hit?

Everyone else felt similarly stunned at what they had just seen, as this looked far too easy!

The qi swirled around for a moment before merging back to reform the rest of Progenitor Hui's body. The summoned Progenitor Hui looked up, and then moved his hands and feet as he took a step. After that, the peak of Zenith Mountain started surging. There was a sense that the area was being disturbed by something, and the void in the entire area warped.

Lu Yin was shocked. As he watched, the star energy of the entire peak, no—the entire mountain—started moving. It was not only the void and the ambient star energy, but also star crystals and the star energy within people's bodies that started moving.

Lu Yin had reached the Worldliness realm of star energy control, but even he was not able to control the star energy within someone's body.

Wang Yi felt the same surprise, and his face had gone pale. This was Progenitor Hui.

At the bottom of a staircase, Liquor Hero set down her wine and looked up. She was not particularly concerned about ZENITH, but at this moment, she had become serious as she stared at Progenitor Hui. Liquor Hero had reached the Creation realm of star energy control, and yet even her star energy was being influenced at this moment.

Since even Liquor Hero was being affected, clearly when Progenitor Hui had been an Enlighter, his control of star energy had surpassed even Liquor Hero. That was truly terrifying.

Many people suddenly thought of something; thus far, Lu Yin and Wang Yi had only been facing two of Progenitor Chen's clones, and though they were terrifyingly powerful, they did not represent the full strength of Progenitor Chen. On the other hand, Progenitor Hui had been just as renowned as Progenitor Chen, though apparently a bit weaker. However, was it truly possible that Progenitor Hui could not even compare to two of Progenitor Chen's clones? For Progenitor Hui to have been on the same level as Progenitor Chen, Progenitor Hui had to be able to at least stand up to the united nine clones of Progenitor Chen.

This meant that the summoned Progenitor Hui facing Lu Yin and Wang Yi represented the full power of a Progenitor when he had been an Enlighter.

This thought sent a chill through both youths' hearts.

Progenitor Hui made a move. Unlike Progenitor Chen, Progenitor Hui approached only Lu Yin, and then circled around.

An astral chessboard had already appeared beneath Lu Yin's feet, but he held back from using the secret technique, as Progenitor Hui had still not attacked, leaving Lu Yin a bit confused.

Wang Yi's figure flashed, and he again charged at Shang Qing at top speed, only to be blocked by Progenitor Chen.

Lu Yin attacked Progenitor Hui, and bombarded him with Vacuum Palms. Lu Yin wanted to force the summon back to being a stream of ancestral qi, as Progenitor Hui left Lu Yin feeling a bit panicked.

However, Lu Yin's attacks did not land as easily as they had before, and Progenitor Hui disappeared.

Lu Yin felt a chill on the back of his head and he whipped his head around. Lu Yin saw Progenitor Hui behind him; staring at him. Those empty eyes left Lu Yin feeling horrified. When had Progenitor Hui shown up there? The astral chessboard was still under Lu Yin, and he moved.

There was a bang. Lu Yin was not able to move away. The void twisted around him and isolated him from the rest of the universe. He had been trapped.

Lu Yin was incredulous. He had just tried to use a secret technique to dodge, but had failed. That was a secret technique, so why had it not worked?

Progenitor Hui disappeared once again, and he moved about the top of the mountain without attacking Lu Yin or Wang Yi. It looked like he was just wandering about.

Lu Yin raised a hand and attacked the twisted void with a palm. His hand sank deep into the void, but he could not break the barrier.

Lu Yin suddenly thought of something, and his pupils transformed into runes as he looked around. He suddenly saw a sourcebox array, and he was trapped within it. This was what had managed to stop his secret technique.

In the Neoverse, in the Lockbreaker World, Xiu Ming's expression was solemn. "One of the thirty-six arrays from True Insight: As If Closed."

For a long time, no one knew who had created True Insight, with the sole exception of a few people like Xiu Ming. They knew that True Insight had come from Progenitor Hui's time, as he had been the one to create True Insight.

Originally, True Insight had had seventy-two pages, though only thirty-six pages remained. The other half of the book had been lost in the passage of time.

There were only thirty-six pages remaining, and a good portion of them had been stolen during the original war between the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands. The Sixth Mainland also had copies of True Insight, but even the copies used the same contents as the original copy.

It could be said that Progenitor Hui was the ancestor of all modern Lockbreakers, as they had all benefited from his accomplishments. All of the most powerful Lockbreakers in recent times had also been inspired to one degree or another by True Insight.

However, Lu Yin did not believe for even a moment that Progenitor Hui had managed to create an original sourcebox array when he had been just an Enlighter. When Xiu Ming had seen Progenitor Hui use a sourcebox array from the pages of True Insight, he believed the same as Lu Yin, and assumed that Progenitor Hui had not been the creator of this particular array. Even Progenitors received legacies from their ancestors.