Star Odyssey

Chapter 3646: Closure

Old Salamander sighed. “I never thought that I would one day be able to kill him. Are you asking because you can’t believe it or because you simply refuse to?”

“If Emperor Wu truly is dead, then we will support you as the new ruler of the domain. After all, no beast-form Spirit Rebirth anywhere in the Spirit Nidus can compare to you. However, we want the truth.”

“What truth?”

“Are you certain that Seraph Lu won’t cause trouble because of you?”

“Ninety percent.”

“And the other ten percent?”

Old Salamander shrugged. “The bottom line is that Seraph Lu is from the Tianyuan Megaverse, and his ways of thinking are different from ours. If he decides to push things to a final conclusion, there’s nothing I can do about it.”

Yi Die spoke up in a low voice, “What about the title of Seraph? Without that, you won’t be allowed to use Heaven's Seal. The High Seraph is using that restriction to station Zi Tianshu here, and we can’t do anything about that.”

Old Salamander stared off into the distance, seemingly lost in thought. “Don’t worry. Heaven's Seal is now mine.”

Several days after Old Salamander returned to the Primal Beastland, news of the keys spread across the Spirit Nidus.

As that happened, the truth regarding the Gate of Laws was also revealed, and that news stunned the cultivators of the Spirit Nidus.

The Gate of Laws was not just one of the seven major powers, but also a literal gate. The Arcanum Domain existed because of that gate. The Zhan family were not the masters of the Gate of Laws, but rather its gatekeepers.

Recently, it seemed that more and more information was being shared publicly.

There had been the battle at the source of the Fu River, the spread of Linked Spirit, the revelation of conscients hiding in the Spirit Nidus, Emperor Wu’s death, Old Salamander’s return to the Primal Beastland, and most recently, the truth about the Gate of Laws.

Many cultivators were no longer able to determine what was true and what was fake.

“Is the Gate of Laws an actual gate? That has to be a joke.”

“This news is spreading, and yet the Gate of Laws hasn’t stepped forward to clarify matters.”

“Honestly, I’ve always found the name ‘Gate of Laws’ to be quite strange. Now we’re finding out that it’s an actual gate.”

“I’ve heard that, on the other side of the Gate of Laws, there is a place where the ultimate power can be cultivated. Is that really true?”

“If it is, then a path to the Immortal realm must be there. Since ancient times, we’ve known about the three megaverses, so how did the invincible being manage to become an Immortal? After all, the three megaverses have always existed, and none of them have been reset.”

“Just because you don’t know a reset has happened doesn’t mean it never did.”

“Also, three keys are needed to open the Gate of Laws. One is in the hands of the High Seraph, one is with the Zhan family, and one is missing.”

“Your information is outdated. The latest news is that the High Seraph has one key, but the other two are with Tianyuan cultivators. In fact, Seraph Lu supposedly has one of them.”

“Seriously? Then if someone wants to open the Gate of Laws, it won’t be easy even for the High Seraph if Seraph Lu has one...”

Rumors continued to spread, growing quickly as they reached the entire Spirit Nidus. For a time, the rumors regarding the Gate of Laws even overshadowed the upcoming expedition to attack the Willbound Expanse.

Zhan Ming heard the rumors, but he told his subordinates to do nothing about them.

Whether the truth about the Gate of Laws was exposed did not really matter. Even if everyone knew the truth, who could actually do anything about it? There were only a handful of people who were qualified to open the gate.

At the moment, the Zhan family was excluded from the matter, and it was now a three-way competition to see who could gather all of the keys.

What concerned Zhan Ming the most was actually the events in the Primal Beastland.

Had Emperor Wu really died? It was not impossible for Old Salamander to have killed Emperor Wu due to the severe injuries that he had suffered during the battle at the source of the Fu River. On top of that, Emperor Wu had been deprived of Heaven's Seal by the Ascendant Hall. Even so, if Emperor Wu had fought back with his full power, Old Salamander could not have escaped unscathed, not unless someone else had also been involved.

How had Old Salamander even found Emperor Wu? Where had Emperor Wu died? Why had he left the Primal Beastland?

Multiple questions continued to crop up, and even a Seraph like Zhan Ming could not discern the answers.

Ever since Boundless had arrived in the Spirit Nidus, Lu Yin and his companions had gone from being familiar with the Spirit Nidus to finding it completely unknown again. It felt like a cycle, and they had returned to the starting point. As for Zhan Ming and the others like him, they also felt like the Spirit Nidus was becoming mysterious to them.

There were some secrets within the Spirit Nidus that not even the Seven Seraphs could fully uncover. Still, it seemed that the truth was most likely connected to the strange scene that could be witnessed during the Day of Offering.

With that in mind, Zhan Ming took out his spirit cloudstone, and after a moment’s consideration, called Lu Yin.

“I want to know exactly what you witnessed on the Day of Offering.”

Lu Yin arched a brow. “For you to ask me this all of a sudden, it appears that you’re not as knowledgeable about the Spirit Nidus as you claim.”

“Seraph Lu, you possess a key while I control the gate itself. Cooperation between us doesn’t imply dominance or submission from either party. I’ve already demonstrated my sincerity to you, so I hope that you will show some as well,” Zhan Ming stated in a grave tone.

Lu Yin chuckled. Zhan Ming was clearly flustered and understandably so. Each recent incident was more suspicious than the last. In the past, the Seven Seraphs had believed that they were in control of everything, and the Zhan family’s intelligence network had granted them thorough knowledge of the happenings in the Spirit Nidus. Recently, Emperor Wu had mysteriously died while Old Salamander had not suffered a single scratch, and the High Seraph had not even reacted. Given that Emperor Wu had already been stripped of his title as a Seraph and lost Heaven's Seal before that, it almost appeared as if he had been preparing himself to be killed.

If that had really happened to Emperor Wu, then it was only natural for Zhan Ming to be on edge.

“I understand how you feel. To be honest, I also don’t know why Emperor Wu died, why he left the Primal Beastland, or how Old Salamander found him. I also don’t know why the High Seraph confiscated Heaven's Seal before all of that. It seems like something is going on behind the scenes, but just like you, I know nothing about it,” Lu Yin said.

Boundless was not the cause of the Spirit Nidus’s internal conflicts. Even before the battleship arrived, the struggles between the various organizations within the megaverse had never ceased.

Old Salamander had been quietly plotting against Emperor Wu for a very long time, so it was clear that he had prepared some hidden tricks in advance. However, when it came to the High Seraph and Yong Heng, Lu Yin could not understand either man’s actions. The only possibility that he could come up with was that the Nine Odysseys Megaverse was somehow behind everything that had happened.

Zhan Ming took a deep breath. “I just want to know exactly what you witnessed on the Day of Offering.”

Lu Yin’s eyes flickered, but he said nothing.

Zhan Ming’s voice turned cold, and a hint of a threat appeared. “Are you sure you understand my Gate of Laws? I will tell you this much: if I so choose, the Arcanum Domain will be closed to all outsiders. Even if the High Seraph himself wants to force his way in, it won’t be easy. If I seal the Arcanum Domain, you will not get any sequence bases, and your key will also do you no good.”

“Are you threatening me?”

“I simply want to see a bit of sincerity.”

Lu Yin chuckled. “Then go ahead and seal your domain. That would suit me just fine.”

With those words, he hung up.

Zhan Ming, one of the Seven Seraphs, was panicking. Emperor Wu’s death had unnerved him. A former Seraph had disappeared in an instant. This was also right after Yi Shang had been captured and Bao Qi had died in battle. Even Meng Sangtian appeared to be under someone else’s control. Zhan Ming’s nervousness mounted by the day.

If he could not clearly understand what was happening in the Spirit Nidus, then the only thing he could do was seal off the Gate of Laws and wait until things became clear.

The biggest problem was that Zhan Ming did not know who was his friend and who was his foe.

Lu Yin had already gotten what he had needed from the Gate of Laws. Zhan Ming would never announce that he had been working with Lu Yin, but the man also had no intention of actually becoming Lu Yin’s enemy. Sealing off the Arcanum Domain was nothing more than an act of self-preservation.

When Lu Yin considered the earlier situation, when Zhan Ming had cooperated with both Old Yu and Yi Shang, the Seraph had clearly believed that he knew the Spirit Nidus like the back of his hand. He had carried himself with the bearing of a Seraph and looked down upon the entire megaverse. When the present man was compared to his former self, there was a certain sadness to all of the changes.

Emperor Wu had been incredibly domineering, but his death was a complete mystery, which only made it all the more tragic.

Just what was behind all that was happening?

Lu Yin stared up at the stars. The High Seraph, who was powerful enough to sweep through the entire Tianyuan Megaverse, turned out to be nothing more than someone who had been given his position. To anyone who knew this truth, it seemed like the Nine Odysseys Megaverse was smothering the Spirit Nidus.

Even Zhan Ming, who knew nothing of this matter, felt the need to protect himself.

Lu Yin similarly had no idea where his own path would lead in the future.

Given what he knew and understood of the current situation, it seemed that his megaverse’s greatest enemy might not be the Spirit Nidus after all.

The day after Lu Yin spoke with Zhan Ming, the Arcanum Domain announced that it would be sealed for the next 10,000 years.

This announcement was like a massive boulder being thrown into a lake, and it stirred up even more discussion. People could not figure out what had prompted the Arcanum Domain to seal itself off.

The domain had done so before, but only when it was necessary to buy time to complete a sequence base. The expedition to the Consciousness Megaverse was looming on the horizon, and yet the Arcanum Domain still chose this moment to seal its borders. When people connected this announcement to Emperor Wu’s death and the recent rumors regarding the Gate of Laws and its keys, they could not help but speculate.

The High Seraph had not expected the Arcanum Domain to suddenly seal itself away. He went to the domain in person, only to be met with the sight of Terminus Cycle, the most powerful of the ten official sequence bases.

Terminus Cycle was ranked first among the ten sequence bases, and it had always protected the Arcanum Domain. Everyone believed that this was because the Arcanum Domain was where sequence bases were built, but that was only part of the truth. The rest of the answer was the Gate of Laws itself.

Terminus Cycle protected both the Arcanum Domain and the Gate of Laws.

That sequence base was why Lu Yin could not hide himself and sneak into the Arcanum Domain, and it was even able to stop the High Seraph from forcefully entering.

He had never expected Zhan Ming to be decisive enough to completely seal the Arcanum Domain. Could Zhan Ming know something?

The Seraph had recently been demanding that the entire Spirit Nidus attack and destroy Boundless, but suddenly, the Arcanum Domain had been sealed off.

The High Seraph lingered at the border of the domain for quite some time. Terminus Cycle had only just been used to seal the domain, and it was not yet stable. The High Seraph would need to wait until things stabilized before he could speak with Zhan Ming.

The destruction of the Consciousness Megaverse would never be called off or even delayed. It had taken tremendous effort to locate the Willbound Expanse. Even without the Gate of Laws’ participation, there were more than enough forces to destroy that megaverse.

Still, the fact that the Zhan family had sealed themselves off at such a critical moment would have consequences.

Initially, news of the Willbound Expanse and the High Seraph’s announcement that the Consciousness Megaverse would be destroyed had prompted countless cultivators throughout the Spirit Nidus to scramble, ready to lead the attack. However, the recent series of developments had been a repeated series of buckets of cold water, and the Spirit Nidus’s excitement had cooled considerably.

There had to be something behind everything that had recently happened.

The Arcanum Domain had sealed its borders off, and the other major powers had all gone quiet. Everyone was simply watching.

At this moment, even if the High Seraph personally summoned the full power of the Spirit Nidus to attack Boundless, few would respond. The less that was known about the situation, the less likely it was that the smart people would make a move. Those who were willing to act would pose little threat to Boundless.

A dense layer of fog hung over the Spirit Nidus, and people were waiting for a mighty wind to blow through and reveal everything.

However, that wind did not blow across the Spirit Nidus but instead blew towards Boundless.

Lu Yin stared intently at a jade slip in his hand. He had received it from a beast-form Spirit Rebirth from the Primal Beastland. The beast had the Wu surname, indicating that they were a descendant of Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu had ordered this descendant to deliver the jade slip to Lu Yin. It was a record of certain details, and the information weighed heavily on Lu Yin.

Emperor Wu had received the Nine Heavens Transformation from a formidable powerhouse by the name of Xing Fan.

Xing Fan was one of the Nine Odysseys Megaverse’s Lesser Sancti.

Emperor Wu had also gone to the Hundred Grasses Domain and captured Bian Xiaoxiao in order to lure Lu Yin to a specific location: the Morrow Behemoth’s hand.

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