Star Odyssey

Chapter 3136: Choose One

Chapter 3136: Choose One

Mu Ji thought for a long time before deciding to take a risk.

He spun his Roulette of Life and Death, and when it stopped spinning, the pointer landed on Live and Die Together.

Cursing under his breath, Mu Ji held himself back and continued to wait.

After a long time, he spun his innate gift again. This time, it stopped on Drunk and Dreaming of Death.

"Such bad luck? One more time."

The wheel next stopped on Escape From Death.

Mu Ji's eyes flickered. He no longer had any worries, so he decided to make his move.

He leaped forward and charged straight for the entrance of the First Scourge.

Sovereign Dou Sheng’s eyes snapped open, and he stared into the distance. He grabbed his golden cudgel. "Get lost."

The cudgel swept out as golden light split the sky such that it looked as though the sky itself was boiling.

Mu Ji's scalp went numb. This monster...

Gritting his teeth, he accepted the full force of the golden cudgel, and it felt like all of his bones had shattered. He was about to be flung away, which was not good at all. He could not endure the power of the Sovereign’s attack. It was impossible for Mu Ji to force his way into the First Scourge.

Sovereign Dou Sheng stood up. He did not normally stay so close to the entrance of the First Scourge, but Lu Yin had asked the Sovereign to keep watch here and eliminate anyone who tried to force their way in.

Sovereign Dou Sheng had taken Lu Yin's words to heart, and he had been sitting right at the entrance.

As soon as Mu Ji had tried to get close, he had been noticed, and Sovereign Dou Sheng had attacked without mercy.

Mu Ji was knocked away.

If not for Escape From Death, he would have already died.

The gap between a True God Guard Captain and Sovereign Dou Sheng was too vast. Sovereign Dou Sheng was capable of facing the Three Pillars and Six Skies, and there was no doubt that he was at the same level of power as the Seven Skygods.

Just as Sovereign Dou Sheng was about to pursue and kill Mu Ji, Skydog raced out from the First Scourge, charging at the Sovereign.

Sovereign Dou Sheng's expression grew cold. This damn dog was the only opponent the Sovereign did not want to face. It was impossible to injure Skydog, and no one understood how the creature’s body worked.

The man pulled out a foul-smelling item out from his cosmic ring. He had been given this item by Lu Yin, as it was the dog's perfect counter.

The moment the rancid item appeared, an indescribable stench instantly permeated the area near the entrance to the Scourge. Skydog howled in misery, tucked his tail, and fled back into the Scourge, vomiting as he ran.

The presence of the foul-smelling item had completely incapacitated the dog and even traumatized him.

At that moment, Progenitor Xi stepped out from the Scourge. She gave Skydog a helpless look before turning to stare at Sovereign Dou Sheng. "I'm quite curious about what that thing truly is."

Sovereign Dou Sheng quickly put the item away as soon as Skydog fled. The man was also unable to endure the stench.

After the item disappeared, the man waved his hand and grinned. "I'm also curious about that, but it's not important. Why have you stepped out?"

Progenitor Xi looked into the distance. "Someone wants to enter, so I came out to allow him in."

Sovereign Dou Sheng tightened his grip on his weapon. "That won't happen. He isn't getting in."

Progenitor Xi shook her head. "He wants to come in, and I've already accepted his desire to do so. Your objections are meaningless, aren’t they?"

Sovereign Dou Sheng hesitated, and he thought back to what Lu Yin had said. When asking the Sovereign to prevent anyone from entering the First Scourge, Lu Yin had also mentioned that, if the Three Pillars and Six Skies or any other expert at the level of the Seven Skygods noticed what was happening, the Sovereign’s efforts would be fruitless. This was why Sovereign Dou Sheng had attacked Mu Ji with his full strength, as he wanted to kill the man with one blow. Unfortunately, that attempt had failed, as Mu Ji had survived the attack.

The Sovereign turned to look into the distance, wondering about the identity of the man who had tried to force his way into the Scourge. Why would Progenitor Xi step out to allow the man in?

"It appears that you understand that your efforts are futile," Progenitor Xi stated calmly.

Sovereign Dou Sheng sneered. "I may understand that, but that doesn’t mean that it’s going to be easy for you to take him with you."

Progenitor Xi was not surprised. "I know."

Before the entrance to the First Scourge, Sovereign Dou Sheng tightened his grip on his golden cudgel. Blood flowed down the weapon as the Sovereign stared intently at the entrance. The woman he was facing was incredibly powerful.

Within the First Scourge, Mu Ji stood in front of Progenitor Xi, nearly crying as he bled out and tried to explain his situation.

After hearing Mu Ji's story, Progenitor Xi appeared to be unfazed. "So, you're not a human spy?"

Mu Ji howled, "I’ve been wronged, Progenitor Xi! It's not me! It absolutely is not me."

"Then who is it?" the woman demanded.

Mu Ji did not expose the fact that Ye Bo was actually Lu Yin, and he instead said, "I don't know. If I were a spy, why would I have ever returned? If I had attacked the First Scourge with the people from the Heavens Sect, how could I willingly return? Sovereign Dou Sheng nearly killed me with that attack. Progenitor Xi, please believe me—I have not betrayed our people! I definitely haven’t."

"Then why did you attack Ye Bo?" Progenitor Xi inquired.

Mu Ji wanted to reveal the truth about Ye Bo, but he had thought long and hard on his way back to the First Scourge and had ultimately decided that it would be best not to. "I don't know."

Progenitor Xi stared at Mu Ji.

Mu Ji wailed, "I really don't know! When I attacked him, I had no idea what I was doing. Ye Bo probably doesn't know what happened either. By the time I realized what had happened, I had already gone through the spatial tear."

Progenitor Xi continued to stare at Mu Ji.

Suddenly, Mu Ji slapped his forehead. "Oh, Progenitor Xi! There’s something I must tell you! Marquis Wu is a spy!"

Far away, standing within a tall high tower, Hui Wu was quietly watching. The fact that Mu Ji had returned meant that he was out of time.

"Father, I have done all I can. The rest is up to you."

Progenitor Xi soon arrived at the bottom of Hui Wu's tower and looked up. The man stared downwards, and the two people’s eyes met.

"Corpse king or frenzied corpse? Choose one." Progenitor Xi was giving Hui Wu a choice. He really was a human spy.

Hui Wu looked out at the Scourge. "Whatever. It makes no difference."

Progenitor Xi could not help admiring the man. "I respect your father's intelligence. He even sent his own son to us. I met him once when he was young, but back then, he wasn't so cold-hearted."

Hui Wu laughed. "You, the great Qingluo Jiantian, who has survived since the Heavens Sect era, are you really so narrow-minded? Are you trying to convince me to betray humanity?

"If I were willing to do that, I would have done so long ago."

Progenitor Xi asked, "Just out of curiosity, why aren't you controlled by divine energy?"

Hui Wu sneered. "My Hui family's Golden Meteor battle technique was modified by my father and Lu Tianyi for this specific situation. Unfortunately, even after all these years, only I was able to infiltrate Aeternus. My father may have succeeded, but he also miscalculated. He underestimated his own reputation. Due to being his son, you Aeternals have never trusted me, and I was tested repeatedly. Despite passing all of those tests, I was forced to remain a Semi-Progenitor.

"If not for the desperate need to have more True God Guard Captains, I would have never been allowed to break through, would I?"

Progenitor Xi turned and walked away. "A frenzied corpse it is then. We’re done."

...

The voices demanding that the Sixverse Association be united grew louder. No one wanted to leave their own universe, but the people who had sought safety in the Origin Universe were the most vocal. They could see a possibility of returning home if the parallel universes of the Sixverse Association were connected to the Origin Universe.

These individuals were most responsible for spreading the idea of uniting the Sixverse Association, and they ensured that as many people as possible heard their demands. But how to actually carry out the matter was none of their concern.

Even if the Heavens Sect tried to stop people from voicing their demands, it would be difficult. The people speaking up would go after anyone who tried to obstruct their plan of connecting the universes.

While people could be selfish, that did not mean that they were wrong. Everyone simply wanted to survive.

Connecting all of the Sixverse Association’s universes was humanity’s best strategy to counter Aeternus.

However, the Aeternals did not just sit around and wait. They had spies spread rumors and discord in an attempt to stop the unification.

As far as Wang Wen was concerned, such efforts were foolish. Anything that Aeternus opposed was precisely what humanity should do, and there was no way to argue against that.

When Lu Yin spoke to Lord Xu about the matter, the older man felt incredibly exasperated. He scrutinized Lu Yin. "I never imagined that the child who was once so scared of revealing his identity while doing everything he could to remain in the Voidforce Universe would reach this level. So, you're here to put the pressure on me, huh?"

Lu Yin sighed. "Senior, I’m not trying to pressure you. Don't you want to defeat Aeternus?

"After all of these fierce battles—invading the First Scourge, attacking Corpse God, killing Xu Jin—haven't you realized the truth? Only by uniting can we hope to win. Aeternus's Divine Commandment utilizes this exact same principle: they gather their full strength to eliminate their scattered enemies with a united assault.

"We humans are good at remembering history, and we need to ensure that our failures don’t repeat."

Lord Xu rolled his eyes. "All of this talk is useless. I will tell you right now—if I don’t want this, no one can connect with my Voidforce Universe."

Lu Yin arched a brow.

"On the other hand, if I want to, then no one can stop my Voidforce Universe from connecting with yours," the older man quickly added.

Lu Yin was left speechless. "Senior, you are very generous."

Lord Xu opened his mouth to say something, but then he reconsidered his words. "How do you plan to unite multiple universes? What role have you planned for me to play?

“Tell me, what are your plans?”

Anyone who had reached Lord Xu or Mu Shen’s level would be no fool. They had both understood the truth of the matter long ago, but they also lacked the ability to truly unite humanity. The appearance of someone like Lu Yin was something that they had been hoping to see.

Even if their universes ended up being ruled by the Heavens Sect, that was still better than being wiped out by Aeternus.

Lu Yin's eyes lit up as he looked at the Void Lord. "Of course I have plans. I can promise that you'll be satisfied with them."

After Lu Yin left the Voidforce Universe, Mu Shen arrived. "You also agreed."

Lord Xu sighed. "As did you."

"We discussed this matter long ago. To truly have a chance against Aeternus, we need to be fully united, but it was impossible to do so in the past. Each universe had their own agendas. The Cyclic Universe’s Three Sovereigns and Nine Sages were arrogant and acted superior to all, the Great Sovereign had her unmatched strength, and there was also Luo Shan's scheming and Sovereign Shao Yin's mischief to deal with. Uniting our universes was impossible back then, and just creating the Sixverse Association was the limit of what we could do."

Mu Shen stared off into the distance. "Who would've thought that the fallen Origin Universe would rise back up?"

"Only the Origin Universe can surpass the Cyclic Universe."

Lord Xu turned to look at Mu Shen. "Can unity really defeat Aeternus?"

Mu Shen's eyes lit up. "If we don’t unite, we'll never even have a chance."

"If we do defeat Aeternus, what next?" the Void Lord asked.

Mu Shen paused. "I'm tired. After all these years, I just want to let go of things."

"Do you want to run away?"

"What about you? What do you want to do?"

Lord Xu sighed. "As long as we have an outside enemy, internal harmony will prevail, as humanity will remain united in purpose. Without such an enemy, conflicts will quickly arise. Who do you think our enemy will be at that time?"

Mu Shen chuckled. "That won't concern me. As soon as Aeternus is defeated, I'll disappear and never involve myself in such matters again."

Lord Xu rolled his eyes. "You crafty old fox. Fine, when that time comes, let me know. We'll leave together and stay out of any future messes."