Star Odyssey

Chapter 3255: Non-Existence

Tai Chu's expression changed as he looked upward. "You-"

Before he could finish speaking, an invisible attack struck out. It was a fist that punched sideways, tearing through the void. It shattered an entire side of the Immemorial Citadel, and the aftermath was terrifying, as the shockwaves nearly tore through to the True Void.

Whiteless God, who had survived the battle in the Second Scourge, but been outmaneuvered by Jiang Feng and Wu Tian, was no longer able to hide in her microscopic world. In the face of this attack, she instinctively retreated.

A person was standing in front of Tai Chu, and they lifted their head to look at Forgotten Ruins God.

The woman did not try to attack Tai Chu. It was clear that she was being cautious. "Origin Progenitor, I just came to say hi. Is all of this really necessary? Haha."

Woof!

A dog’s bark rang out. It was the Skydog.

No fewer than five attacks flew out from the Immemorial Citadel and struck the dog, but Skydog remained completely unharmed. Even Babal's Restart earlier had not done anything to the beast, despite the dog being within range of the nine-star technique. Skydog rampaged through the citadel, seemingly unkillable.

Suddenly, chains appeared. "A mere dog dares to act so arrogantly in the Immemorial Citadel? Watch as I cook you."

Woof!

Skydog looked at the chains snaking through the air and wrapping around it. They were controlled by Qiu, who was the first person that Lu Yin had faced during the Divine Selection when he had been posing as Ye Bo. Because he had failed to kill Qiu, Ye Bo had failed the first stage of the Divine Selection. As a direct result, Lu Yin had used Possession to injure Di Xia in order to take his place for the remainder of the selection.

Qiu was not a particularly powerful expert, but he was unkillable. He had been one of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas at the greatest height of the Heavens Sect era, and he practiced the same inherited battle technique as Progenitor Chen, which made the man essentially immortal. He had even invented a revolting 108 suicide techniques.

He had comprehended the Law of Imprisonment, and the chains made of sequence particles were almost impossible to escape from.

At the moment, the Ancient Lightning Locust was trapped by the chains, and now, Skydog was also being targeted, which caused the dog to let out a horrifying howl.

Far away, a flash of light tore through the chains, allowing Skydog to break free and escape.

Qiu’s expression turned grim as he looked in the direction of the attack. It was that man yet again.

There was a powerhouse within the Aeternals’ Ossis Ark who was Qiu's nemesis. That powerhouse specifically targeted Qiu during every battle, and it was utterly infuriating.

Elsewhere, flames swept through outer space to shatter a corner of the Immemorial Citadel. Qiu rushed over, only for a chill to suddenly creep up his back. It was that man again. Damn it.

More and more people looked towards the northwest corner of the city, where the walls had been breached and humanity was suffering heavy casualties.

The northwest corner was not the only place suffering. Pressure was mounting everywhere for the Immemorial Citadel. Even the Origin Progenitor, Tai Chu, had been attacked by Whiteless God. No part of the entire citadel had the strength to defend itself.

Huge cracks spread across the ground.

Tai Chu looked up through those fissures and stared into outer space. He was focused on the Great Sovereign, Tai Hong.

The woman was covered with blood, and her head hung low. Despite her appearance, she was still alive. If she had died, her Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm would have disappeared, and True God would have already entered the Immemorial Citadel. If that happened, the city would be completely doomed.

But at this moment, the crisis grew even worse.

Tian En, the butterfly of the Boundary Guardians, appeared. She spoke with a gentle voice that echoed across the battlefield. "Humanity, in your arrogance, you have defied the heavens. Now, the Boundary Guardians will protect the heavens and bring enlightenment. This Immemorial Citadel must fall."

Mister Mu, Tai Chu, the ancient super giant, and all the other powerful individuals looked at the butterfly with cold, intimidating glares.

The Aeternals were humanity’s enemy, and all of them deserved to die, but the Boundary Guardians were even worse.

Progenitor Ku leaped straight at Tian En. "The grudge from the past needs to be settled."

Tian En's voice remained as gentle as ever as she replied, "Ku Jie, your greatest sin is not dying."

Chu Yi stood atop the city walls. He took a deep breath and looked forward. "Master, your disciple is entering the Origin realm."

The moment he spoke, space shattered. Chu Yi had triggered his Origin realm breakthrough.

...

Still in the Second Scourge, Lu Yin was standing high in the sky. He stared at the image of the Lost Clan’s universe that was growing fainter. He only had a few minutes left. He needed to find a way to draw out that card again.

How had he summoned it in the past? He had done so by revealing his true thoughts.

At the time, he had only possessed a vague understanding of the megaverse. He had not known that it had boundaries, nor that other megaverses existed. Instead, Lu Yin had wanted to break through the false sky in order to see the true sky and the true universe, and for everyone to create their own rules and experience true freedom.

Looking back, while Lu Yin realized that his understanding of the megaverse had been unclear at the time, his thoughts had been surprisingly accurate, which was what had allowed him to draw out that card.

At this moment, how should he do so?

Speaking the same words would not work. Great Elder Shan Gu had already warned him about that.

Lu Yin stared up at the starry sky as time slowly trickled away.

Everyone watched him from the distance. No one tried to rush him. There were times when silence itself could be a kind of power.

Shan Gu was feeling quite anxious. Could that card really be drawn out? That legendary card had once managed to intimidate even that invincible being. If it truly appeared, the balance of the entire megaverse would shift.

Dao Monarch, you must summon it! You must!

The Lost Clan would never forget that they still had a home, and they always wanted to return and see it again.

The image of the Origin Universe on the other side of True God’s Dominion was growing fainter, and it was already nearly invisible. Lu Yin was almost out of time.

He let out a long breath, his eyes calm. "My vague speculations have proven true. This megaverse has boundaries.

"Who determines the boundaries of the megaverse? Who put a gate in that boundary?

"Who decides if we can leave or if someone can enter? Who binds us?

"It might be the one who calls themselves 'Heaven.'

"If this Heaven allows humanity as a whole to develop, following the natural course of survival of the fittest, then we will revere Heaven, love Heaven, and follow its path.

"But if this Heaven is unjust, destroying our development and stopping humanity from continuing, then we will fight them to the very end.

"I said before that I will one day shatter this false sky and allow everyone to see the true universe.

"One day, everyone will be able to create their own rules and be free.

"As for me, there is no one in this megaverse who can be called Heaven. Heaven represents freedom, morality, and justice.

"If someone really wishes to call themselves Heaven, then I will not allow such a Heaven to exist."

No Sky Above Me was the most powerful attack that the Royal Regent’s statue inside Heavenly King could launch. That attack had represented the powerhouse’s courage to conquer the megaverse. It had also represented the will of Shan Gu’s megaverse during their final battle. No matter if they won or lost, Lu Yin had been able to feel their determination to fight to the death.

He was willing to stand with those people and fight back against forces that should not control the megaverse so that everyone could regain their freedom.

The Great Elder’s eyes flushed red as he stared at Lu Yin. It was as if he could see the Royal Regent once again. That figure had once stood before everyone to charge at an invincible being. He had shielded his people from countless storms.

Royal Regent, if you are still alive, please protect us.

"I’ve realized that we’ve been overthinking things from the start," Lu Yin continued, as the card had still not appeared.

Shan Gu gave Lu Yin an odd look. Overthinking things?

Lu Yuan, Hongyan Mavis, Wu Tian, and the others all stared at Lu Yin as well.

The young man clasped his hands behind his back as he stared up at the sky. His voice suddenly grew softer, sounding both teasing and amused. "As long as something doesn’t exist in our hearts, it will never truly exist. The 'Heavens' is the origin of what nurtures humanity and the countless species throughout the megaverse. The Heavens are not a single creature. No being can ever be called 'Heaven.'"

There was a snap. Just as the image of the Origin Universe was about to completely disappear from the sky, a tremor erupted.

In the Lost Clan’s universe, the barrier opened up completely. A streak of white light appeared high in the sky, tearing through the Hollow across an unfathomable distance to instantly reach the Second Scourge.

It seemed as though there was no distance between the Origin Universe and the Second Scourge for this card. For this card, distance did not even exist.

Lu Yin's lips curved up into a smile. People always thought of the heavens and considered themselves below the heavens, but in reality, where was “below?” And just what were the heavens? Such concepts only existed because people had conceived them.

There was an invincible being supporting the Boundary Guardians whom they referred to as “Heaven.” To be the enemy of the Boundary Guardians was to rebel against that Heaven. However, why should others accept that notion?

Lu Yin did not see things the same way. That invincible being was just another living creature, not the Heavens themselves. Thus, they had no right to call themselves Heaven.

The heavens were the natural megaverse that had given life to countless creatures, not a solitary being.

This was what Lu Yin believed, and that aligned with what the card believed.

Neither had ever seen themselves as inferior to that invincible being. That being was just another enemy, nothing more.

Far away, Shan Gu heard Lu Yin's words, and the old man’s eyes glazed over. Was that it? The Royal Regent's No Sky Above Me had once seemed so profound, but to Lord Lu, 'Heaven' did not even exist. There was a being that was an enemy, nothing more.

Lu Yin summoned the card with that final statement. Great Elder Shan Gu looked up to see a corner of the card become increasingly clear. So, you think the same.

There were no inferior people, only those who felt that they were inferior.

When a person cast off their feelings of inferiority, their vision and outlook would change entirely.

These feelings had been the shackles of humanity, and Lu Yin had just broken those bonds.

Everyone stared at the sky past the stars. The card was becoming clearer. It seemed to overshadow both the Origin Universe and the Scourges. People could see it from both universes.

In the Heavens Sect, the Perennial World, the Lost Clan’s universe, and across the Sixverse Association, countless people stared up at the card that had suddenly appeared. They could not make sense of what was happening.

Lu Yin spread his arms wide. "Come."

The card fully revealed one corner as it descended towards Lu Yin. The moment the card touched True God’s Dominion, cracks appeared in the barrier before the card simply tore through it.

At the Immemorial Citadel, True God suddenly turned to stare. How was this possible? He waved a hand, and the six streams of divine energy that he had extracted from the Scourges roared and surged toward the Immemorial Citadel. "Destroy the Immemorial Citadel, quickly!"

On the other side, Chu Yi had already taken the three steps needed to enter the Origin realm, and the laws of the universe could no longer touch him as he fought against Ancient God.

The surge of divine energy painted the Immemorial Citadel red. The flames that surrounded the city were suppressed by the streams of divine energy, and they became dark red as two of the city’s walls shattered at once.

Ce Wangtian coughed up blood, both slippers in hand.

Big Sis fell to the ground. The image of the Abyssal King behind her was slowly fading away.

The ancient super giant had already fallen to one knee. He had been facing off against a bronze-skinned corpse king. The monster was one of the strongest creatures on the Ossis Ark, second only to the old freak, Yuan Qi.

The ground trembled and broke open as corpse kings entered the Immemorial Citadel.

The warriors of the city sacrificed themselves, like moths throwing themselves into the flames.

Humanity could not hold out any longer. There was nothing that they could do.