Chapter 2880: Chu Yi  

Lu Tianyi was a direct descendant of the Lu family, and he had been a Dao Chosen in his youth. How could he have an unknown master? If anyone was his master, it should be Ancestor Lu Yuan. Who was this stranger?

Everyone stared at the middle-aged man, and he complimented Lu Tianyi, "Tianyi, you have grown so much. It would be such a pity for you to not go to the Immemorial Citadel."

Lu Yin's eyes filled with shock. Was this person from the Immemorial Citadel?

He then remembered what Ancestor Lu Yuan had mentioned about someone from the Immemorial Citadel serving as an adjudicator on Nutjob Lu’s matter, and that that person had asked Lu Yuan not to fight with the Great Sovereign. Ancestor Lu Yuan had said that he owed that person a favor. Was this that adjudicator?

"Are you from the Immemorial Citadel?" Sovereign Lotus blurted.

Mu Xie, Leng Qing, and Yao Lan were all taken aback. The Immemorial Citadel was a familiar name that was shrouded in mystery. Since ancient times, countless people had tried to go to the Immemorial Citadel, and there were many powerful experts known to have gone there, but the place itself remained elusive. Forget finding the place and going there—no one had ever even seen anyone return from the Immemorial Citadel. Had this man really come from that place?

Chu Jian was the one person who was not surprised by this, as he had seen the Great Sovereign meet with this person and Lu Yuan.

Lu Tianyi respectfully answered, "There are too many matters that need to be dealt with. Once everything is settled, your disciple will definitely go to the Immemorial Citadel."

The man nodded. "We are waiting for you."

The man then turned to Lu Yin and addressed him, "We are waiting for you as well."

Lu Yin was caught off guard. "Senior, you know me?"

The man laughed. "Of course! You are a member of the Lu family, not to mention Mister Mu's disciple. Lu Yin, right?"

Lu Yin grew excited. He had finally heard his master’s name be spoken by other people. Before this, with the exception of his senior disciple brothers, he had never heard Mister Mu be mentioned by another person. The closest had been when Undying God had recognized Mister Mu, or when Ancestor Lu Yuan had mentioned that Mister Mu had previously met with the Origin Progenitor. However, Lu Yin had been the one to ask his ancestor about Mister Mu.

Essentially, Mister Mu was completely unknown to the universes that Lu Yin was familiar with.

Lu Yin bowed to the middle-aged man. "I don't know Senior’s name."

The middle-aged man did not answer Lu Yin, and he instead glanced around at everyone present. "The Immemorial Citadel is not a place that refuses to accept outsiders, but it is too early for you and others to go there. All of you are talented individuals, and so long as you do not die prematurely, you will eventually find your way to the Immemorial Citadel. When we meet again, it will be in that ancient city. When that day comes, heroes will not be judged by the strength of their cultivation, and the Immemorial Citadel will continue to fight to the death."

After saying that, the middle-aged man slowly disappeared.

Everyone stared at the suddenly empty sky with mixed emotions.

Even Sovereign Lotus did not know about the Immemorial Citadel. Given her cultivation level, she was capable of going to the city, but she could not leave. Was it really possible to meet again in the Immemorial Citadel one day?

Heroes would not be judged by the strength of their cultivation, and the Immemorial Citadel would continue to fight to the death.

Was that really what the Immemorial Citadel was like?

How many of humanity’s greatest heroes had gone to the Immemorial Citadel?

Everyone wanted to know this answer.

Lu Tianyi looked away, grabbed Nutjob Lu, and left.

Sovereign Lotus quickly moved to stop the Progenitor. "Lu Tianyi, regardless of whether he is a spy, his fate should be decided by my Cyclic Universe."

Lu Tianyi frowned at Sovereign Lotus. "If you can stop me, then I will leave him here."

This response left Lu Yin choking on what he had been about to say. Ever since the Lu family had returned, Lu Yuan had demonstrated the family’s trademark domineering behavior, but Lu Tianyi had remained in the shadows, appearing refined and cultured. Even when he had cast the four ruling powers down from the Perennial World’s Higher Realm, Lu Tianyi had not revealed much of his strength. However, the man had just revealed a hint of his true strength, and he was directly challenging Sovereign Lotus. This was Lu Tianyi, the master of the Origin Universe’s Daosource Sect. He had conferred all of Nine Mountains and Eight Seas as gods, and no one could stop him.

Lu Yin smiled. This was how his ancestor should behave.

Mu Xie laughed. None of the people present had any idea just how powerful Lu Tianyi was. While the man was kind and gentle to his own, to outsiders and enemies, he was more ruthless than anyone else.

Sovereign Lotus’s expression changed as she stared at Lu Tianyi. Could she stand up to this man’s finger? She truly had no confidence.

Before seeing the man fight against Nutjob Lu, the Sovereign had been utterly confident in her own power, but after seeing Lu Tianyi achieve victory with only three fingers, she realized that she could not understand the depths of his power at all. If she forced this fight, she would be badly wounded, even if she did succeed. It was simply not worth the risk.

"Xiaoxuan, let's go," Lu Tianyi called out, and Lu Yin, Mu Xie, and Leng Qing all followed him back.

Sovereign Lotus's face turned pale. She desperately wanted to stop them, but she could not force herself to speak.

Chu Jian spoke up quietly, "That senior made a decision on behalf of Master. Leave it be."

The Sovereign remained furious. "Those people from the Origin Universe are too arrogant! The day will come when they will suffer for it."

Yao Lan just shrugged. The Origin Universe had already suffered for their arrogance. The Great Sovereign herself had taken action against them, and the Cyclic Universe had cooperated with other organizations in the Origin Universe to banish the Lu family. But they had been brought back by Lu Yin alone. How was anyone supposed to deal with a family like that?

Even if the Lu family had not returned, Lu Yin alone would not be easy to deal with.

…

Nutjob Lu was imprisoned in the Lu Sanctum once again. Despite repeatedly saying that he would kill the man, Lu Tianyi really could not do so.

The only person who could make a decision regarding Nutjob Lu was Ancestor Lu Yuan.

The clanging of chains could be clearly heard outside the cell.

"This is where he was imprisoned before. He’s finally returned home." Lu Tianyi cracked a rare joke.

Lu Yin asked, "Can this really hold him?"

"Don't worry, these chains were made by our family to restrain Sequence Progenitors. The same kind of chain was used to drag Ku Jie back. Without these, we probably wouldn't have been able to bring him at all," Lu Tianyi replied.

"Chains like that exist?" Lu Yin was taken aback.

Lu Tianyi nodded as he continued to stare towards Nutjob Lu’s cell. It was clear that the man felt conflicted.

"Ancestor, Nutjob Lu can use the Corpse King Transformation," Lu Yin suddenly mentioned.

Lu Tianyi was startled. "Really?"

"If not for that, I would have killed him before."

Lu Tianyi frowned. "No wonder you were so certain that he’s a spy."

Lu Yin smiled. "Before I told you about this, you and Ancestor both believed me without question?"

Lu Tianyi smiled back. "We’re not the only ones. Everyone in the family trusts you unconditionally."

Lu Yin was not good at sharing his emotions, but Lu Tianyi was not even trying to do that. He had simply been stating the truth. Even so, the man’s words warmed Lu Yin’s heart.

"Do you really want to know about my master?" Lu Tianyi asked as he and Lu Yin walked away and moved on to the peak of a mountain on the Lu Sanctum. Beneath the mountain, many members of the Lu family bowed as they passed by. They all gazed at Lu Yin with open admiration.

Many of the women stared at Lu Yin with sparkling eyes, which made him rather uncomfortable.

All of the women in the Lu Sanctum were part of the Lu family. Some were descendants of the family, while others were servants or vassals. While these women were rather inconspicuous within the Lu family, to the outside world, they were talented enough to be regarded as geniuses.

The Lu family was home to far too many such geniuses.

Lu Yin stared off into the distance. "That senior must be from our Origin Universe’s Heavens Sect era."

Lu Tianyi spoke slowly, "My master's name is Chu Yi, and he was the Dao Monarch of the First Mainland, one of the Three Realms and Six Dao."

Lu Yin blinked, feeling rather confused. "That senior is one of the Three Realms and Six Dao?"

Lu Tianyi smiled. "What? Did you think that the Dao Monarch of the First Mainland and one of the Six Dao was actually the Origin Progenitor?"

Was that not the case?

From the time that Lu Buzheng and the others had been released from the sourcebox, all of them had agreed that the Origin Progenitor had been the Dao Monarch of the First Mainland. In addition to that, they had all been accustomed to referring to the Origin Progenitor as one of the Three Realms and Six Dao. However, the Origin Progenitor had never been either of those things.

Lu Yin did not pry into this matter, and he had assumed that it was simply a custom of the Heavens Sect era.

"The Origin Progenitor only temporarily held the position of the First Mainland’s Dao Monarch. The true Dao Monarch was my master, Chu Yi. He was given his name by the Origin Progenitor, and he is the oldest of the Three Realms and Six Dao. He was their senior brother.

"When the Heavens Sect was first established and split among the six Mainlands, my master ruled the First Mainland. As everyone knows, the Three Realms—the God of Death, Destiny, and Wu Tian—did not rule over any Mainland, and they instead remained independent.

"Later, my master went to the Immemorial Citadel. There were very few rumors about my master in the Heavens Sect era, so everyone believed that the Origin Progenitor was the First Mainland’s Dao Monarch…"

Lu Yin listened in silence. Chu Yi? It was a very random name, yet it somehow seemed to fit with the name of the Origin Progenitor.[1]

Lu Tianyi proceeded to share more about Chu Yi with Lu Yin, including that Lu Tianyi had only become the man’s disciple at the request of Ancestor Lu Yuan. That was also why Lu Yuan owed Chu Yi a favor.

This was likely the favor that Chu Yi had called upon to prevent Ancestor Lu Yuan from starting a fight with the Great Sovereign.

While Lu Yin had frequently visited Ancestor Lu Yuan for some time in order to learn more about the Heavens Sect era, it had been an entire era filled with countless people and so many events that no one could clearly recount everything. It was impossible for people to do so with a time period of just a hundred years, let alone an entire era.

In the Cyclic Universe, news that Nutjob Lu had been arrested as a spy and taken back to the Origin Universe by the Lu family quickly reached Bai Wangyuan and Wang Fan.

To preserve the Cyclic Universe’s dignity, Sovereign Lotus forbade anyone from speaking of the matter, which prevented it from spreading through the Sixverse Association. However, Bai Wangyuan and Wang Fan had become part of the Nine Sages, which naturally qualified them to learn of the incident.

As soon as Wang Fan learned of what had happened, he went straight to the Endless Frontier without a second thought. The Cyclic Universe was no longer safe.

If not even the Cyclic Universe could protect them, then they could only rely on themselves, and fighting on the Endless Frontier was a form of protection.

Bai Wangyuan also wanted to go to the Endless Frontier, but before he did, he went to the Wall of Purity to meet with Bai Sheng.

"Take care of yourself, Ancestor. I intend to return to the Origin Universe." Bai Sheng made his decision while speaking with Bai Wangyuan.

The older Progenitor’s face fell. "You want to return to the Origin Universe and submit to the Lu family?"

Bai Sheng and Bai Wangyuan stared at each other. There was no fear in Bai Sheng’s eyes.

Bai Wangyuan's eye twitched. What was going on? He had clearly left an indelible mark of inferiority on Bai Sheng's heart. It should be impossible for Bai Sheng to stand up to Bai Wangyuan in any matter. This was something that had happened before Bai Sheng had become a Progenitor, so how had it been undone?

Even if the Lu family had destroyed the Sky Beyond the Sky, that should not have had any affect on Bai Sheng.

Upon thinking of this, Bai Wangyuan moved closer to Bai Sheng, which caused the man’s eyes to narrow. "Ancestor, are you going to attack me?"

Bai Sheng was not a direct descendant of the Bai family, but rather a descendant of a remote branch family. There was no familial connection between him and Bai Wangyuan, which meant that the Bai family could be split. Bai Wangyuan could lead his own Bai family, while Bai Sheng could lead the portion of the Bai family that remained in the Origin Universe.

In the past, Bai Sheng had been incapable of standing up to Bai Wangyuan, but that had changed.

Bai Sheng had no idea why, but Bai Wangyuan no longer seemed invincible in his eyes.

Arrow Sage moved to block Bai Wangyuan. "Brother Bai, are you going to attack? Please reconsider your actions, as you are at the Wall of Purity."

Bai Wangyuan frowned. "Get out of my way. This is my Bai family's business."

The rude words caused Arrow Sage’s expression to turn ugly. "People from the Lu family have continuously come to my universe to make trouble. Sage Stone has been arrested by the Lu family because of their insistence on taking care of their family business, and now Brother Bai wants to do the same? Do you want to take care of your Bai family’s affairs? Then you will see how my Cyclic Universe answers you!"