Chapter 4417: Taking You Back For Revenge

The deaths of Lan Meng, Qi Xu, and the other Obscura members had made Lu Yin grow careless. The bottom line was who of those invited into Obscura did not possess hidden strength and powerful methods? None of these beings were simple.

"Hehe, Qiu Huang's final brilliance has faded as well. Ba Se, we are leaving now."

"We're leaving. I never expected to witness Qiu Huang's power."

"But even that could not overcome divine energy."

One member of Obscura after another departed.

Ba Se spoke, "Yellow has been melted down, and its divine energy has returned to the Divine Tree. If any of you know of suitable beings, you may invite them to join us."

"What? Getting anxious?" Furball teased.

Ba Se replied, "If none of you know of any candidates, I will make the invitations myself. Obscura will soon be replenished."

Lu Yin's expression changed. Obscura is going to be replenished? That’s going to be a problem.

"Soon? How soon?" the Immortal Lord suddenly asked.

"Hehe, are you asking on behalf of that human brat?"

"I'm curious," Immortal Lord replied.

Ba Se said, “Any invitation will be announced in advance. Also, the melted substance from Flying Fish belongs to Orange as compensation.”

Hong Xia did not respond. Whether he had already left or not was unclear.

Lu Yin glanced at the melted liquid below the Divine Tree. Once it solidified, even if it no longer retained the same defensive power that Second Furball had wielded while alive, it would still be far from ordinary. At the very least, an ordinary Immortal would not be able to break it.

"Ba Se, I also took action against it," he commented. He wanted to obtain a bit of that liquid. With his scythe in one hand, he would not mind having a shield as well.

Ba Se replied, "You are obligated to deal with any member of Obscura who breaks the rules."

"What do you want?" Black suddenly asked.

Lu Yin instantly withdrew. After what had happened to Second Furball, he was far warier of Obscura. It was true that he could reap immense benefits from the other Obscura members, but the price that he would have to pay might allow his enemies to gain even more.

He was still young. There was no need to rush.

After leaving Vestigium, Lu Yin went back to Crimson Starshade, where he saw Hong Xia standing before the Blood Tower. The man was clearly waiting for Lu Yin.

He showed himself, and Hong Xia looked over.

Lu Yin's expression sharpened. "Congratulations. You have one less enemy scheming against you."

"And congratulations to you as well. You are seeing the reality of the situation more and more clearly," Hong Xia replied. As he spoke, he smirked, even as his eyes grew cold. "What chances do you think your Trio has of dealing with me now?"

Lu Yin sneered back. "Do you mean after you’ve had seven parts of your Path of Dispassion broken?"

Hong Xia shot back, "The moment that Obscura's protection period ends, if you dare to break seven parts of my Path of Dispassion, I will slaughter my way through your Trio. We’ll see who there can stop me. Whether it is my Crimson Starshade Megaverse or your own, what sort of chances do you think you have of stopping me?"

Lu Yin's eyes instantly flared. "Go ahead and try. So what if Second Furball is dead? We never counted on others helping us."

Hong Xia directed a cold glare at the young man for a moment longer and then simply left.

Lu Yin stared at the man’s departing figure. He was a traitor who had used threats to force Senior Jiu Wen and the others to not break seven parts of his Path of Dispassion. After all, if the situation devolved into a true fight to the death, with the hidden mastermind no longer a concern, Hong Xia would be able to sweep through the Human Trio. After all, Green Lotus was still sealed, and if Senior Jiu Wen died, humanity would have absolutely no one capable of stopping Hong Xia.

Their only choice was to refrain from breaking seven parts of Hong Xia’s Path of Dispassion and instead use that threat as leverage to maintain a stalemate.

That was the best situation for everyone concerned, and it was also what Hong Xia wanted. He was well aware that Lu Yin would never let him go and that Jiu Wen would never abandon an opportunity to break seven parts of Hong Xia’s Path of Dispassion.

"We cannot give him that opportunity. Since he dares to threaten us, he may very well already have a way to neutralize the damage that he has suffered from having anchors of his Path of Dispassion broken," Jiu Wen spoke up.

Lu Yin nodded. "I know. Senior, can you think of what method he might use?"

Jiu Wen shook his head. "The mastermind who was scheming against him has been exposed, leaving him with no further concerns. We were too rash in this matter."

Lu Yin did not see things in that light. If that hidden mastermind had not been uncovered, should they have allowed a hidden enemy to lead them around forever?

The results suggested that they had indeed been impulsive, but before knowing the truth, no one could say with certainty whether they should or should not have taken action.

As soon as Second Furball was exposed, the situation had become completely clear. Otherwise, even if they had joined forces with that shield to attack Hong Xia, they would still have needed to deal with Second Furball afterward. That shield had not only seen Hong Xia and the Plume Immortals as enemies, but also humanity as a whole.

Furthermore, Second Furball's death was not without value. At the very least, it had allowed Lu Yin to see a part of Hong Xia’s hidden moves and had also revealed a path towards invincibility.

Even if there was no guarantee that Lu Yin could walk that path himself, since he had already comprehended the Starfist Manual, it should at least be possible.

He suddenly remembered something, and he opened Heaven's Sight to use Manifestation Beyond the Pupil. He then stared at a black scale. This one recorded half a set of coordinates, which Ancestor Shan claimed indicated was where invincible power could be found. Could that be the Tai'a Star? It was not impossible.

Both Second Furball and Ancestor Shan had participated in the war of the Nine Ramparts. Perhaps they had both seen the invincible power of the Sixth Rampart and left something behind because of it.

Why else would there be so many references to things being invincible?

Wait, that also doesn’t seem quite right. There were quite a few legacies of the Nine Ramparts that seemed to have the word “invincible” attached to them. For example, among the heart techniques of the Fifth Rampart, there was also an invincible technique.

Lu Yin rubbed his head. Just how arrogant had humanity been during the era of the Nine Ramparts? They had dared to call everything invincible.

If those legacies had truly been invincible, they should have at least left something behind that people could actually find. What was the use of leaving behind nothing more than the word invincible?

For the time being, the stalemate with Hong Xia would hold. That man was afraid of having his Path of Dispassion broken, while Lu Yin and the Trio feared that doing so would provoke the ancient powerhouse into a frenzied retaliation. The Trio currently had no one capable of stopping Hong Xia, and Lu Yin did not want to sacrifice Senior Jiu Wen under such circumstances.

There was nothing else to be done for the time being.

It was a pity that he had not obtained Second Furball's divine energy line. One more line would grant Lu Yin one more chance.

He looked towards the Red Dust region. It still existed as Hong Xia had not destroyed it. Is he still preserving a sliver of hope for himself?

Since it was able to break his Path of Dispassion, perhaps it can also be reconstructed.

Lu Yin mentioned this possibility, but Jiu Wen immediately said that that was impossible. If an anchor of the Path of Dispassion were so easy to restore, Hong Xia would not fear having them destroyed.

That logic did make sense, but Lu Yin still stared at the Red Dust region.

"Perhaps it could become another anchor of the Path of Dispassion," Xi Shangfeng suddenly said.

Both Lu Yin and Jiu Wen turned to look at the man. All along, Xi Shangfeng had possessed almost no presence whatsoever, and yet his very presence was incomparably important. If he had not been restrained in the Blood Tower, then even with the upheaval in the Red Dust region, Hong Xia would have remained untouchable.

"What do you mean?" Jiu Wen asked in confusion.

Xi Shangfeng looked towards the Red Dust region as well. "Once an anchor of the Path of Dispassion is broken, it cannot be restored, but it can be recultivated. That place caused Ancestor Xia to endure pain twice, a different kind of pain from physical suffering, but it also directly broke his Path of Dispassion. It must have been a pain that touched his soul, the very same kind of pain that he used to cultivate an anchor of the Path of Dispassion."

"But isn't an anchor of the Path of Dispassion something external?" Lu Yin asked. He suddenly turned to look back at the Red Dust region. Not good!

He teleported into the region and arrived at where Bei Xia had been married. The building was already in ruins. After that tragic event, while Hong Xia and Lu Yin had been dealing with Second Furball, Bei Xia had become a demon in the Red Dust region, frantically hunting down those who had slaughtered his entire family. He had become another Hong Xia.

However, Bei Xia was gone.

He was now an anchor of Hong Xia’s Path of Dispassion.

Hong Xia and Bei Xia had lived through exactly the same experience. If Hong Xia could cultivate the Path of Dispassion, then so could Bei Xia, and he could do so far more easily.

Bei Xia's experience had indeed broken Hong Xia's anchor of the Path of Dispassion, but he could also forge another anchor of the Path of Dispassion.

Lu Yin had actually forgotten this detail, and it was possible that things were not even as simple as Xi Shangfeng had described. Since Bei Xia was essentially another Hong Xia, no one knew how far Hong Xia would go in using the man. The only advantage was that Bei Xia needed time to grow. He needed to become an Immortal before he could truly serve as an anchor for Hong Xia's Path of Dispassion, and that would take an extremely long time.

Lu Yin returned to the Blood Tower. "We were careless. We never considered Bei Xia."

"I thought of it long ago, but I had no opportunity to say anything," Xi Shangfeng replied.

It would have been better if he had stayed silent. As soon as the man spoke, Jiu Wen wanted to slap him. Jiu Wen wanted to ask exactly how he had not had time to say anything. This bastard is clearly taking revenge for the slap that he received earlier.

"Don't dwell on it. Even if Bei Xia is able to cultivate to the Immortal realm, it will take him a very long time. By then, it is possible that you may be able to deal with Hong Xia on your own," Jiu Wen comforted Lu Yin.

Lu Yin glanced into the depths of the cosmos and then left. He was still unwilling.

In some corner of the megaverse, Hong Xia also watched as Lu Yin disappeared. He then barked a cold laugh. Behind him stood a man: Bei Xia.

At this moment, there was no longer any trace of the Bei Xia who had once placed chivalry first. The man’s entire being radiated killing intent and madness. In fact, he was still holding a bloodstained blade in his hand. Kill, kill, kill! Kill those hypocrites! Let everyone be buried with them.

***

As for Lu Yin, he returned to the Trio, where he immediately found Shan Yue. The man was told to bring all the cultivators of Mountain Sword Sect to a Zenith Mountain. "I am taking you to get your revenge."

Shan Yue went wide-eyed. Suppressing his excitement, he bowed low to Lu Yin. "Thank you, Lord Lu!"

Everyone from the Mountain Sword Sect bowed as well. "Thank you, Lord Lu."

"Thank you, Lord Lu..."

The Mountain Sword Sect had two grievances. The first was that being used as a tool by Second Furball had directly led to the death of their ancestor during the war against the Mudwater Dominion. The second was that they had been driven from their homeland.

Second Furball was already dead, but fortunately, Lu Yin had managed to get the coordinates of where it had originally discovered the Mountain Sword Sect before its death.

Carrying all the Mountain Sword Sect cultivators, Lu Yin teleported away, heading straight for their homeland.

In truth, most of the people of the Mountain Sword Sect had never even seen their homeland in their entire lives. The only ones who had seen it and had lived through being driven out with their ancestor were a few of the man’s surviving disciples and some of the elders of the Mountain Sword Sect. The ordinary cultivators simply had not lived long enough, yet that did not diminish their yearning for their homeland.

They had heard countless stories about that megaverse since the moment they had been born. That was the place where their elders and seniors had once lived. It was also the home of a hatred that they could never let go.

Lu Yin teleported again and again, with Shan Yue beside him. "What exactly is your enemy?"

Before setting out, Lu Yin had not asked any questions at all, as there had never been a need to.

The Mountain Sword Sect had been driven from its homeland by a powerful enemy. But while that enemy was formidable to them, to the Trio, it was not much. This was especially true for Lu Yin. After all, the Mountain Sword Sect’s ancient enemy had struggled to defeat even the Mountain Sword Sect's ancestor, and the old man had believed that, if he had been willing to risk it all, he would have stood a chance of victory.

That meant that their enemy was not much stronger than the old man, and Lu Yin did not care about opponents at that level.

It was simply because he would soon be facing them that he was asking about them.

Earlier, when he had asked Shan Yue about the Mountain Sword Sect's past, the man had only spoken about their recent circumstances. He had mentioned their defeat and then briefly narrated the exile of the Mountain Sword Sect’s ancestor. Shan Yue had not wanted to burden Lu Yin, even though he hoped that Lu Yin would be able to help them get revenge.

Now that their homeland could finally be found, Shan Yue shared the full details of their past, revealing the details to Lu Yin for the first time.

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