Star Odyssey

Chapter 1416: A Mysterious Place

Crown Prince Gui Qian remained calmly standing where he was.

Wang Dashuai kept pleading with the young man, but Crown Prince Gui Qian refused to budge at all.

Wang Dashuai looked towards the Wang family's Junior Progenitor Planet, hoping that the elders protecting the planet would chase Crown Prince Gui Qian away. However, there was no movement from the Junior Progenitor Planet.

Crown Prince Gui Qian was powerful, but no one would be willing to allow anyone from Specter Abyss join their team to the Dominion Realm.

Not even Yu Chen was willing to invite Crown Prince Gui Qian, which showed how wary everyone was of him.

Wang Dashuai was still pleading with the prince, when suddenly he helplessly said, "Crown Prince Gui Qian, my Junior Progenitor is inviting you to join her."

Crown Prince Gui Qian turned around and walked towards the Junior Progenitor Planet. He had remained calm the entire time, as if everything had always been within his control.

Wang Dashuai gritted his teeth; why had such a person appeared?

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On the White Dragon Junior Progenitor Planet, Lu Yin was devouring star energy within the magma, and liquified star energy crashed onto him. This liquid star energy transformed into a gas that he absorbed, and the entire time, his whole body was being burned.

A normal person would be able to break through very quickly as soon as they use this method of cultivating. However, Lu Yin had star energy reserves that were 200 times those of a normal cultivator. Thus, if a normal person would only need a single day to break through, Lu Yin would need 200 days.

If he took that long to break through, both Long Tian and Long Xi would realize that something was wrong with him.

Thus, Lu Yin used the Skyblaze Stone to absorb the heat of the magma while he absorbed star energy into his body.

He wanted to absorb enough heat to be able to train himself in the Timestop Space, which would shorten the amount of time he would need to break through.

He had a few million star essence still in his cosmic ring, which should be just enough to complete his next cycle. He did not really want to use his own money since he could use the star essence all over the planet.

A few days later, Lu Yin opened his eyes within the magma. His die appeared. It was time for him to complete his seventeenth cycle so that he could avoid arousing suspicion.

He placed his cosmic ring right next to him and tapped his die. The die landed on Possession, and Lu Yin appeared within the mysterious space. He saw numerous balls of light, and he immediately went to the nearest one. This light was extremely dim, which meant that the person Lu Yin would be Possessing had a lower power level than him. Lu Yin did not have much time to be observing others at this time, as he was afraid of being detected.

The scenery changed before his eyes, and he appeared within a training ground. His body was crouching low to the ground, and blood dripped from his arm. There was a sword pointed right at his throat.

Lu Yin was speechless; just what was going on? Memories surged into his mind, and his expression grew calm.

"I already told you that you're not my opponent. You should give up." The person pointing the sword at Lu Yin sneered. He looked quite impressive as he threatened Lu Yin, and the people watching nearby were all in awe.

Lu Yin had possessed an elder of a small family that lived under the Bifrost. The elder had been fighting with a rival clan over some resources, but had been defeated by the rival clan's heir. However, none of this was overly important to Lu Yin, as he did not care at all about conflicts between small families. On top of that, this elder had only just become an Enlighter.

Lu Yin was much more interested in the elder's memories. Since Lu Yin had possessed the man, he decided to immediately try to search for memories regarding the Lu family.

The person holding the sword looked at the elder with a bit of confusion; why did this elder suddenly seem dazed? However, the heir was not suspicious for long, as it was normal for an elder who had cultivated for more than 100 years to be stunned after being defeated by such a youth.

"Since you now know the difference between us, you can leave. This mine belongs to my family!" the young man shouted arrogantly.

The elder's confused expression suddenly grew solemn and he vomited blood. His head exploded and his blood splattered across the young man's face.

The young man was stunned; he had not done a single thing! No, this old man's death would definitely lead to a war between their families.

The conflicts between such small families had not affect on Lu Yin, and he returned to the dark red magma. His eyes were filled with shock.

What had just happened right then? He had hoped to find memories regarding the Lu family, but had suddenly felt an excruciating pain in his head the moment he had tried to do so. The more he pushed to access those memories, the greater the pain. Moments later, the elder who Lu Yin had Possessed had died. Lu Yin had just experienced death yet again, and the death energy in his body slightly increased.

Why had this happened? Why would memories related to the Lu family cause that elder to die? Had his memories been sealed by something? However, the elder's memories had been complete, and so Lu Yin had managed to glean a lot of those memories during the brief time he had Possessed the elder. The only memories that had been unclear were the ones related to the Lu family. The only scene Lu Yin had managed to see before the elder had died was of red petals falling from the sky upon the entire Perennial World.

This had been the only memory Lu Yin had been able to see, and this memory had also been what had caused the elder's death.

Lu Yin fell into deep thought. This had to be related to the Lu family. When the surname Lu had appeared in the elder's memory and Lu Yiin had attempted to read those memories, Lu Yin had been able to clearly feel the elder's terror and awe. Something major must have happened in this Perennial World.

The billowing red petals that had covered the sky had been beautiful, yet also deadly. They were from a flower that Lu Yin had never seen before.

After a while, Lu Yin looked up. Although he had seen the red petals, he had not managed to learn anything further about the Lu family. Despite that failure, he felt certain that powerful members of the Lu family had once existed in the Perennial World.

He sighed and suppressed the complex emotions that he was feeling and went to roll his die again. The most important thing now was to raise his cultivation.

The Possession he had just experienced had used almost ten million star essence, but Lu Yin did not mind since they had been star essence from the planet.

He rolled his die again, and it landed on Possession again. How could he have such luck? The scenery again changed before his eyes.

Lu Yin was experienced in this change, and he knew that the slower he integrated with a light ball, the more star essence that would be used up. Although the star essence did not belong to him, there was no reason for him to Possess someone far away, as they would not be able to help him.

Lu Yin immediately raced for the brightest ball of light and merged with it.

Before he could even open his eyes to take a look at his surroundings, he felt something weird about the body he had Possessed.

After opening his eyes, Lu Yin looked around and immediately saw a pillar of tribulation crystals that was a hundred meters tall.

Lu Yin's mouth fell agape as he stared at the pillar in shock. It was a real tribulation crystal pillar, and it was enormous.

This pillar was ten times larger than the one Long Ding had used. Lu Yin had just experienced having his head explode when Possessed the elder a few moments before, and this time he was astonished to see a tribulation crystal pillar.

Lu Yin looked down at his hands and his eyes narrowed. Something was wrong. This body had no vitality or star energy. The organs in the body were empty. This was a corpse, but how could he have Possessed a corpse?

Wait, Lu Yin suddenly thought of something, Where're the memories?

This body had no memories.

Lu Yin looked around. His surroundings were dark. He was not able to see anything clearly, and he also had no memories he could access. The only thing he could see at this moment was the crystal pillar. Hmm? Was that a leaf on top of the pillar?

This was a bizarre situation. There was a hundred meter tall crystal pillar and a leaf in a dark and empty space. Lu Yin tried to make the body stand up, but he was unable to control it. This was the first time he had ever not had control during a Possession.

What was going on?

His vision changed once again, and Lu Yin was dragged back to the mysterious space. He saw numerous balls of light as he returned to his own body. He looked over and saw that all of the star essence in the magma had been used up.

He had rolled Possession twice in a row, and he had experienced two bizarre situations, especially when he had Possessed a corpse. That crystal pillar he had seen was enormous, and would definitely astonish even the four ruling powers.

Lu Yin sighed; if only he could find that place again. What a shame he had not been able to control the body.

Given that he had not been able to control the body, that body clearly had no consciousness. However, he had still been able to Possess it. This indicated that the body was being controlled by someone, just like the machinery ants in the Technocracy he had once Possessed.

There were too many secrets in the universe. Lu Yin scratched his head regretfully. He looked up and rolled the die once more. He would need to go out to get more star essence after completing his seventeenth cycle.

This roll was also a failure, as it landed on one pip: Pilfer, and the item that fell out was burned to ashes by the magma before Lu Yin could even get a look at it.

He felt annoyed and tried again.

The die slowly spun before stopping on Timestop.

Lu Yin sighed in relief. Finally, he would be able to enter the Timestop Space.

He was no longer anxious after entering the Timestop Space. He increased his time in the space to half a year and pulled out the Skyblaze Stone. It was time to complete his seventeenth cycle.

Even though he was capable of completing multiple cycles in the Timestop Space, Lu Yin had decided not to do that as it would easily trigger Long Tian's suspicions.

After completing his seventeenth cycle, Lu Yin clenched his fists. He had already opened his lower meridian point and had also absorbed dragon saliva, so he was much stronger than he had been during ZENITH. Now, he had also completed his seventeenth cycle. With his current strength, he was capable of easily defeating Wang Yi or Wu Taibai without using the God of Death Transformation. He even felt that he could definitely compare to Shang Qing.

Despite his improvements, it would still be hard for him to defeat Shang Qing's Tri-Yang Technique, as Shang Qing must have also improved after ZENITH.

He still had some time left in the Timestop Space, but Lu Yin had already considered what to do with this time. He intended to train with his battle force, as he had not yet tried out his golden battle force.

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Lu Yin leaped out of the magma with an explosion. Star energy surged around him; he had clearly completed his seventeenth cycle.

He looked around, but there was nobody nearby. He immediately used his communication crystal to call Long Tian.

"I've completed my seventeenth cycle," Lu Yin reported.

Long Tian was unfazed. "Keep going."

The call ended.

Lu Yin was unbothered by Long Tian's attitude, but it clearly indicated that a qualified powerhouse had arrived, or else Long Tian would not have been so cold to Lu Yin. Lu Yin could not allow this.