Chapter 4640: Reducing The Chain

"Nie, is there anything else that you want to ask?" Divine Envoy Shuang Luo was particularly indulgent towards Lu Yin, and it even spoke to him with a gentle voice.

Lu Yin bowed. "Thank you for clearing up my confusion, Divine Envoy Shuang Luo. This junior has too much that he wants to know, but for now, the most important thing is to break through and become an Origin Realm combat god as soon as possible. This junior does not want to hold Senior Awe Gate back."

He had long since cultivated Origin, but since that power emphasized one's mental state, outsiders could not sense it. He simply did not want to reveal his success too soon, as excessively quick progress would draw too much attention.

However, with Awe Gate in the Divine Palace and offering Lu Yin clear backing, it would be acceptable for his progress to accelerate.

Divine Envoy Shuang Luo praised him, "You have good ambition. Do you know how to cultivate the power of Origin?"

Lu Yin acted embarrassed. "Not currently."

Divine Envoy Shuang Luo personally shared the cultivation method with Lu Yin. Such treatment caused Yan Gong's eyes to grow bloodshot with envy. Wasn’t he supposed to be Divine Envoy Shuang Luo’s disciple?

After telling Lu Yin how to cultivate Origin, Divine Envoy Shuang Luo had Yan Gong lead Lu Yin away, promising to think of a way to grant him a different territory, but Lu Yin quickly refused. "If this junior receives special treatment because of Senior Awe Gate’s presence in the Divine Palace, then the others will not be convinced. It might even stir up dissatisfaction from some of the other divine envoys. This junior hopes to temporarily remain in the Godless Territory. We can discuss this again after some time has passed."

Divine Envoy Shuang Luo sighed. "You are quite considerate of such things. That Divine Envoy Wu Hen deliberately opposes me, and this matter would indeed give it leverage against me.

"In that case, you will have to suffer for a little longer." As it spoke, the divine envoy looked over at Yan Gong. "Handle the Godless Territory’s offerings. You absolutely must not let this cause trouble for Nie."

Yan Gong immediately promised, "Your disciple will definitely arrange everything properly."

Lu Yin gratefully said, "Senior Yan Gong has always been helping this junior. He has my endless gratitude."

Hearing this was quite comforting to Yan Gong.

Divine Envoy Shuang Luo also appreciated Lu Yin even more. This creature was neither arrogant nor impatient, and he also had not become conceited after gaining the support of a divine envoy. On top of that, he even knew how to be grateful. What a good little fellow.

How had it not seen this before? If it had known earlier, Shuang Luo would have never let Wu Hen succeed in targeting this Nie, no matter what the cost.

Fortunately, it was still not too late. This little fellow's heart was still leaning towards Shuang Luo.

The divine envoy wanted Lu Yin to remain in the Divine Palace to wait for Divine Envoy Awe Gate’s return, but Lu Yin still returned to his own territory, eager to cultivate the power of Origin.

Thus, several decades passed. One day, an altar in the Godless Territory trembled. Yan Gong was contacting Lu Yin.

Divine Envoy Awe Gate had returned.

Lu Yin immediately went to the Divine Palace, and he soon met with Greater Sancte Awe Gate.

While others were watching, the two humans put on a show of recognizing each other, and Awe Gate also “inadvertently” revealed that Lu Yin was one of their species’ greatest geniuses. Of all of their kind, there were no more than ten geniuses comparable to him.

These words shocked Divine Envoy Shuang Luo and the others who were listening, as they were well aware of just how smoothly Lu Yin had cultivated the various powers of the Divine Palace’s cultivation system. He was able to cross realms to defeat those stronger than him, and he also used the powers of the Divine Palace in his own style. They were now hearing that he had already cultivated the power of Origin. His cultivation speed was simply absurd.

And their species actually had ten comparable geniuses? How could that be possible?

Divine Envoy Shuang Luo asked about it, and Awe Gate answered in a calm, yet clearly proud, tone, "Although our race is not powerful enough to be considered a fishing civilization, we once had almost five Immortal beings of our own. It is very normal for their descendants to be rather talented."

"Five?" Yan Gong cried out in surprise.

This was a detail that Lu Yin had told Awe Gate to share, laying preparations for the possible addition of new Immortals to join the Divine Palace in the future.

Divine Envoy Shuang Luo was also shocked. "Your race has five Immortal beings?"

Awe Gate's voice sank. "We once did, but we have declined ever since fighting a war."

"Then how many Immortal beings do you have now?" Yan Gong asked curiously.

Awe Gate did not answer, and Divine Envoy Shuang Luo actually offered a rebuke. "Yan Gong, how can you ask such a rude question?"

A species’ number of Immortal beings concerned their safety. Unless a civilization was sufficiently confident and powerful, such information would never be revealed to outsiders.

Yan Gong immediately knelt down and apologized.

Lu Yin spoke up, "Senior Yan Gong, there is no need for that. It’s not so serious."

Awe Gate indifferently commented, "To be honest with all of you, when I first joined the Divine Palace, I wanted to learn if it was this Divine Palace that we fought a war against. After all, the Divine Palace is very powerful. However, a bit of investigation revealed that it was not."

Divine Envoy Shuang Luo smiled. "Every divine envoy who joins the Divine Palace will be investigated by the Divine Palace. Your history will be examined to find if there has ever been any contact. If the Divine Palace had ever gone to war with your kind, you would not have been allowed to join. There is no need to worry about such things."

Awe Gate agreed, then turned to Lu Yin. "I must also thank you all for taking care of this junior of mine. This child wandered outside long ago, roaming between life and death. If not for you, we would have never been reunited. Thank you."

Those present exchanged a few more courtesies with each other, and laughter occasionally rang out. The atmosphere was harmonious.

Far away, Divine Envoy Wu Hen averted its gaze, a cold glint flickering in them. Shuang Luo was quite lucky to be able to draw the new divine envoy in as an ally. Wu Hen had not been able to overhear the conversation, or else it definitely would not have thought that there was only one divine envoy.

Lu Yin had not yet decided exactly how many Immortals the human civilization should send to join the Divine Palace. The more that joined, the greater the chances that humanity would be exposed.

The Divine Palace was currently completely ignorant of human civilization, perhaps due to being too far away from humanity’s birthplace. However, if they encountered other Divine Palaces on the battlefield and someone from one of those Divine Palaces happened to recognize the human form, then there would certainly be trouble.

It was still best to limit their exposure as much as possible.

"That Divine Envoy Awe Gate went to the battlefield as soon as she joined the Divine Palace, revealing her sharp edge. I heard that she severely injured an Immortal being with one strike of her spear strike. Very impressive," Ba Rong commented. The fish had just arrived.

Ba Rong was also the reason for the attitude that Divine Envoy Shuang Luo showed towards Awe Gate. At first, it was because Awe Gate was another divine envoy and allies were necessary. However, after her demonstration on the battlefield, there was another reason why the divine envoys wanted to get close to her.

Divine Envoy Wu Hen answered irritably, "On the battlefield, the higher one jumps, the faster they will die. I want to see how long she will live."

Definitely longer than you, Ba Rong thought.

The Divine Palace had already been infiltrated by three Immortals from the human civilization. If a few more joined, the final say in the affairs of the Divine Palace would no longer be up to the incumbent divine envoys, and it might not even remain with the lord of the Divine Palace.

A bunch of fools.

Even farther away, Divine Envoy Gui Xing also looked away with a smirk. As expected, that Nie had that power of growth within him, and his species was far from simple. This Divine Envoy Awe Gate had proven to be quite impressive on the battlefield. She had not only severely injured an enemy Immortal being, but she had also forced back another. She had essentially fought two on one. That was truly impressive.

In this case, that kid is even less likely to acknowledge me as his master now. Why is it so hard to accept a disciple?

Within the Divine Palace, Awe Gate led Lu Yin to where she stayed.

"I went to the battlefield to experience it for myself. As you said, the Immortals here all seem to be very ordinary," she stated.

Lu Yin said, "The power of the Primacy Paths overwhelms everything. Beneath that, as long as the numbers are enough, the Divine Palace can dominate the entire Aevum Inch beyond that great tree. The region where we were before is an exception. There are too many fishing civilizations there, which was already unreasonable."

Awe Gate could not see the great tree that spread across the Aevum Inch, so there were certain things that she could not understand. "What do we do next?"

"We follow Wei Rong's plan. Our next step is to seize stillness from chaos."

"What does that mean?"

"Right now, there are countless eyes inside and outside the Divine Palace watching you. We need to divert that attention. The golem has already become a target of suspicion, which has, to some extent, drawn a bit of attention away from you, but we need a better opportunity. Such as the battlefield.

"We kill enemy Immortals, and not just one." Lu Yin's eyes grew cold.

"When?" Awe Gate asked. "While I was on the battlefield, I severely injured an enemy Immortal. Look."

She raised her hand, showing that the karmic chain on her wrist had not changed.

Lu Yin’s eyebrows shot up. Awe Gate had clearly fought on the battlefield, but her karmic chain had not grown any longer. In reality, it had certainly grown longer, but it had been reduced again.

Awe Gate quietly said, "When one attacks on the battlefield, their karmic chain will not increase. Or rather, it increases and then shrinks again. That is what the Divine Palace has given me. You have tried every means possible to reduce your karmic chain, and the Divine Palace can do it easily. These karmic chains are unfair."

Lu Yin smiled. "Karmic chains should come from the Karmic Primacy. This should be some sort of exchange with the Temporal Primacy, allowing them to grow or shrink karmic chains. You can simply regard it as a means of the Karmic Primacy."

Awe Gate's mood soured. "The power of the Primacy Paths is far more terrifying than we imagined."

"Yes. After all, they are the source of every known power. Throughout life, no creature can separate itself from life, death, fate, karma, time, space, and so on. And all of that exists among the Primacy Paths."

Awe Gate replied, "Now I understand exactly what the Nine Ramparts faced back then. What we see now is still nothing more than the surface of the Primacy Paths. We have not truly touched the core power of the Primacy Paths. It is impossible to imagine just how terrifying the war against the Death Primacy with the Death Megaverse as the main assault force truly must have been."

Lu Yin looked toward the tallest section of the Divine Palace. He was also unable to imagine what that must have been like, so he would join them.

Compared to the war that the Nine Ramparts had once fought, his experiences could only be considered utterly insignificant. The Primacy Paths were what truly stood behind everything. Behind both Obscura and the Death Megaverse was the power of the Primacy Paths.

The same was true of Wang Wen.

In that case, let me see just what exists within the Primacy Paths.

"When do we return to the battlefield?" Awe Gate asked. On her own, she could not stir up a massive commotion on the battlefield.

Lu Yin slowly smiled. "Very soon."

For the next year, he stayed with Awe Gate in her residence in the Divine Palace. To others, he was cultivating during this time. After one year, he stepped out again and immediately declared that he wanted to join the Divine Palace’s Sequences, which created an uproar both inside and outside the Divine Palace.

Within the Divine Palace, there were two groups who enjoyed the most special status. The first were the divine envoys. After all, they were Immortal beings and enjoyed the right to have a voice within the Divine Palace. The second was the Divine Palace’s Sequence. They stood above all other creatures. Although they were still beneath the divine envoys, they were still existences that could not be ordered about by the divine envoys.

That was because they were waiting to break through to the Immortal realm.

To be in a sequence meant to be in an order. With the Divine Palace's vast domain, a megaverse could reset at any moment, so the Divine Palace’s Sequence seemed meaningless. However, the order of the Sequences represented not only the fact that there was a waiting list, but also their individual strength.

For example, the Divine Palace’s First Sequence could refuse even when it was its turn to attempt a breakthrough, though it would retain the position of First Sequence. Then came Second, Third, and so on.

In other words, the farther up one's ranking stood, the greater a choice they had in deciding when they would attempt a breakthrough, and thus, the more likely they would be to succeed.

The farther down the ranking, the more true it was that, when it was a Sequence’s turn, it was simply their turn. For example, the Seventh Sequence stood in last place. If a megaverse was being reset and the first six Sequences had all refused to attempt their breakthrough, then regardless of whether the Seven Sequence was prepared or not, they would have to attempt a breakthrough.

Long ago, the Third Sequence had disappeared precisely because it wanted to prepare and cultivate a certain battle technique.

As for the First Sequence, it remained on the battlefield and never left at all. Every time a megaverse was reset, it refused to attempt a breakthrough. This was not because it was unprepared, but rather because it did not want to break through.

That was because the First Sequence was an Aberrant.

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