<h4>Chapter 2766: A Progenitor’s Tribtion</h4>
As the endless stream of stellr energy continued to pour into Lu Yin’s body, the power in his chest revolved, and the trapped stellr energy fell onto the continent of fatesand. On the continent was the Withered Bark with the gray power of time flitting about it, the river of voidforce energy, green nts along the river that were formed from the Arboreal Realm’s energy, and tri-colored soil formed from monarch energy everywhere else.
The falling stellr energy was like a spring rain nourishing the earth.
Lu Yin was not able to personally absorb the stellr energy, but the Withered Bark, continent of fatesand, river of voidforce energy, green nts, and tri-colored soil all absorbed the stellr energy and were nourished by it.
Lu Yin had just been testing things out, and he had not expected to actually seed.
An endless outpouring of stellr energy rained down on every part of the continent, visibly rejuvenating everything. Even the river of voidforce energy expanded slightly. Despite everything being its own unique power and energy, they formed a cohesive system within Lu Yin’s chest that was able to suppress any kind of power.
As Lu Yin watched, a thought urred to him; if the stellr energy was able to turn into voidforce energy, then could stellr energy be converted into the other powers that existed in his chest? If not, then why had some of the stellr energy be voidforce energy?
As he considered this possibility, Lu Yin saw that the rain of stellr energy had expanded the river of voidforce energy until it spanned the entire continent.
On the other side of the continent, the stellr energy formed ake, though it quickly grew into a sea, at least inparison to the continent of fatesand. The sea was formed from the stellr energy that had been trapped by the ck and white mist that surrounded the continent of fatesand, but not been absorbed by the other powers.
Lu Yin had not managed to absorb any of the stellr energy from the stellr tribtion, but it had be vital nutrients for the power in his chest.
Lu Yinughed and looked upwards at his tribtion. "You want to feed me until I burst? Can you even do that? Now that you’re here, you won’t even be able to leave! I choose whether I let you go or take you for myself!"
Everyone’s mouths hung open as they stared at Lu Yin, who was shouting at the sky andughing wildly. An indescribable excitement stirred within their hearts, and many people started trembling from excitement.
"The Dao Monarch is invincible!" someone shouted.
"The Dao Monarch is invincible!"
"The Dao Monarch is invincible!"
...
Countless voices rang out as one. It was as though they were trying to overpower the maelstrom of stellr energy that was pouring out of the stellr tribtion, merging into a single voice that rang throughout the universe.
The four ruling powers were stunned. Lu Yin was still alive even after absorbing such a ridiculous amount of stellr energy. No one could even imagine what the boy had done to survive or how he had cultivated.
"Hahahaha..." Lu Buzheng’sughter rang out as he stared at Lu Yin with eyes that were filled with awe. This descendent of his Lu family who had been born countless years after his time was far superior to Lu Tianyi. It was even possible that Lu Yin would eventually rise up to the same level as the Three Realms Six Dao.
Master Shan grew increasingly excited. This was their young master! He was the Lu family’s greatest pride, as well as the young master of the entire Fifth Maind. Even if he had lost all of his memories and his cultivation, he was still able to rise up and challenge the universe with a smile on his face.
Cloudflow remained hidden in the Heavens Sect, but he stared eastwards in utter shock.
While the power of the stellr energy was not particrly impressive, the sheer quantity was like a vast ocean, and it was more than enough to drown even Cloudflow.
Lu Yin was too mysterious and unpredictable, and no one could imagine his future, which Cloudflow saw as a good thing. It gave him hope of one day taking back the Cloudflow Universe.
The Progenitor of Bloodlines was thrilled as he stared off into outer space. The truth was that he could not see what was happening, but he could hear it. He heard the voices of countless people expressing their best wishes to Lu Yin. He represented the future of the entire Fifth Maind.
Zhi Yi''s expression wasplicated. She had once been able topete evenly with Lu Yin, but what could she do now but watch him from a distance?
Lan Xian sighed. Anyone who did not know better would assume that this was a Progenitor’s tribtion.
Hen Xin returned, and shock covered his face as he stared at Lu Yin. He was at the cusp of triggering his Progenitor’s tribtion, and he realized that he could not afford to wait any longer. Any more dys might mean that not even bing a Progenitor would be enough for him to change his situation.
The modern Heavens Sect was bing increasingly unfathomable.
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It was a day that was destined to go down in history. Everyst one of Lu Yin’s stellr tribtions had been worthy of being recorded in history, as it would be difficult for any of them to ever be surpassed.
Lu Yin’s excitement rose higher, improving his battleforce. He was taunting the stellr tribtion, hoping to draw out more stellr energy so that he could water the dry continent in his chest. He needed more stellr energy to improve his strength.
Unfortunately, the tribtion eventually needed to end.
As the vortex weakened, Lu Yin felt disappointed. "Just this?"
Everyone who heard his words was rendered utterly speechless.
Lu Buzheng gave a bitter smile. Those geniuses from the Heavens Sect era who had died to unlimited absorption would climb from their graves only to die again of anger if they heard Lu Yin''s words.
This tribtion was regarded as a death sentence for anyone facing their eighth stellr tribtion.
Lu Yin watched as the vortex slowly shrank and disappeared. He let out a long breath.
The continent of fatesand in his chest had beenpletely transformed. It possessed greater vitality, and the green buds of the growing nts looked like they were about to explode. The Withered Bark had grown brighter, and the river of voidforce energy had grown several times wider, draining into a newly formed sea of stellr energy.
While the sea was rather small, the stellr energy that it contained was incredible. In fact, there was enough for Lu Yin to reach the Semi-Progenitor level.
He tried to absorb a bit of the sea’s energy, and his eyes lit up. It was actually possible.
<i>This is great! Now that the tribtion is over, I can use the stellr energy that I took.</i>
While there was enough stellr energy to push Lu Yin to the Semi-Progenitor level, he needed to first take some time to stabilize his cultivation.
Additionally, the fact that there was enough stellr energy for Lu Yin to be a Semi-Progenitor meant that it was enough energy for others to be Progenitors.
The sea held as much stellr energy as a Progenitor, and not even a mediocre Progenitor at that. Lu Yin believed that the sea was roughly equal to Xia Shenji’s stellr energy reserves.
He had stolen as much stellr energy as what Xia Shenji possessed, and that was not even mentioning all the stellr energy that had nourished Lu Yin’s internal continent and its powers.
Arch-Elder Zen and the others gathered close, and they quickly asked Lu Yin how he had managed to absorb so much stellr energy. They all understood that the stellr energy from this sort of tribtion could not be used for cultivation or be truly absorbed by a cultivator. It could not be used to increase a person’s strength, so naturally, they were all very curious about what had happened to the stellr energy that Lu Yin had absorbed
Just as Lu Yin was about to respond, he felt something in his heart lurch, and he turned to look further east.
Arch-Elder Zen and all of the other experts turned and looked as well.
To the east, they saw another stellr tribtion’s dark vortex.
"Who is challenging their tribtion?" People were surprised, but the moment the question was raised, the vortex expanded wildly, and lightning erupted. A powerful pressure descended from the vortex, and even Lu Yin felt intimidated by the pressure.
"That’s a Progenitor’s tribtion!" Arch-Elder Zen eximed.
Everyone was startled. Was there someone trying to break through and be a Progenitor?
Regardless of who it was, everyone needed to stay far away.
Lu Yin stared intently at the distant tribtion. <i>Is that Leng Qing? Is he about to attempt a breakthrough?</i>
At the edge of the Astral Beast Domain, Leng Qing stared upwards. He was ready to survive his tribtion.
Leng Qing had not held any confidence in being able to pass his Progenitor’s tribtion, but after seeing Lu Yin smile at the sky and challenge his tribtion, Leng Qing had broken through his previous line of thinking. Specifically, the words, “I choose whether I let you go or take you for myself!” had awakened something inside Leng Qing. At that moment, he had understood that it was time for him to make his breakthrough.
Leng Qing looked westwards towards Lu Yin. Across the distance, the Semi-Progenitor bowed. "Thank you, Dao Monarch, for your advice. Leng Qing will ovee this tribtion."
"Quickly, get back!" Lu Buzheng pulled Lu Yin away.
Lu Yin continued to stare at Leng Qing, and smiled at the man. "I wish you sess."
No one had anticipated that, as soon as Lu Yin passed his eighth source tribtion, Leng Qing would trigger his Progenitor’s tribtion.
There was noparison between someone’s eighth stellr tribtion and a Progenitor’s tribtion.
There was no denying that Lu Yin''s eighth tribtion had been shocking, and it could even be said that it had overturned what everyone knew about such tribtions. However, that did not mean that it couldpare to a Progenitor’s tribtion.
A Progenitor’s tribtion was the final hurdle that humans needed to ovee. By passing it, one became free and unrestrained across the vast megaverse.
Progenitors stood at the peak of humanity, and whoever became a Progenitor would rule their era.
To be a Progenitor was not only to reach a realm of cultivation, but also to ept a responsibility. Progenitors were responsible for creating their own era and altering the universe while preserving the human heritage.
Over the course of countless years, innumerable people had tried to be Progenitors, and it was impossible to estimate just how many people had opened their three meridian points. And yet, how many of them had sessfully be a Progenitor?
Even during the glorious Heavens Sect era’s most prosperous time, it had still been possible to easily count everyst Progenitor.
Most people never expected toy eyes on a Progenitor throughout their entire lives.
Leng Qing stood silently beneath his tribtion, waiting for it to start.
Lu Buzheng felt worried. "Why is he in such a hurry? There’s no reason to rush, and the chances of sess are simply too low."
Cai Er moved closer, staring at Leng Qing. "He realized something. He will be the first of us to be a Progenitor."
Destina was also present, and while she and Cai Er were rivals, and Cai Er dreamed of surpassing Destina’s looks, at this moment, no one cared about their rivalries. All of them were focused on Leng Qing.
Even Hen Xin approached from the direction of the Heavens Sect,pletely focused on Leng Qing and his Progenitor’s tribtion.
Would he seed?
Lu Yin''s eyes flickered. He had not expected Leng Qing to suddenly gain the confidence to survive his tribtion. Was it because of Lu Yin? Was the man really certain? It was impossible to know.
As everyone waited for the tribtion to begin, none of them noticed that their surroundings had grown incredibly quiet. It was even possible to hear the breathing of everyone nearby.
<i>Something’s not right.</i>
Lu Yin suddenly red upwards. A tremendous surge of stellr energy had just appeared at the edge of the swirling vortex, creating a dome that shot towards Leng Qing. The area around the man instantly became a perfect vacuum. Within this zone, stellr energy simply did not exist.
"Heaven’s Suppression." Lu Buzheng looked solemn.
Lu Yin was startled, as this was the same tribtion that he had faced during his sixth stellr tribtion. After he passed, Lu Buzheng and the others had told Lu Yin that that phenomena was known as the field of destruction. Specifically, this tribtion removed all the stellr energy from the person facing the tribtion. Without stellr energy, what would happen? How could a person hope to ovee their tribtion?
This was a tribtion intended to kill whoever was attempting a breakthrough. It was something that ordinary cultivators would never encounter, as only truly exceptional people could trigger this particr tribtion.
Leng Qing had been one of the Twelve Heavenly Gatemasters during the Heavens Sect era. He was one of the greatest geniuses of his generation, and he was practically invincible within his realm. He was the Semi-Progenitor equivalent of Old Mo.
It was only expected for Leng Qing to trigger this particr tribtion, and also for him to ovee it.
In fact, this was not only true of Leng Qing, but also of Lu Buzheng, Destina, and all the other gatemasters. All of them were expected to be able to ovee the field of destruction.
The field of destruction was regarded as one of the worst tribtions possible for others, but Leng Qing and the others had already made their preparations. They were all ready to face the field of destruction during their tribtions.
Without the stellr energy or an inner world, most Semi-Progenitors would lose almost all of theirbat strength and be destroyed by the field of destruction, but such things meant nothing to Leng Qing. He himself was a sword, and his innate gift was known as de Mist. When Leng Qing merged with his sword to be one, he could shatter all swords and suppress the sky itself.
At the same time that all stellr energy was removed from him, all sound was also eliminated, which usually confused the person. This made it even more likely for a weak cultivator to die, but for Leng Qing, the deafening silence meant absolutely nothing.
When a single sh of the sword sliced the field of destruction in two, not a single sigh of relief emerged from Lu Buzheng or any of the others. They knew that the true challenges of the tribtion were about to begin.
While Leng Qing''s tribtion was not asparatively freakish as Lu Yin''s, it would undoubtedly be very impressive.
It was considered nearly impossible for ordinary Semi-Progenitors to break through and be a Progenitor, let alone an exceptional expert like Leng Qing.
"There are three phases to a Progenitor’s tribtion: the attack, questioning the heart, and then altering the universe. Leng Qing is about to face the attack, which is the first phase of a Progenitor’s tribtion."
Lu Yin’s eyebrows rose. This was how all Progenitors rose to power. What would happen when he faced his own Progenitor’s tribtion? He did not dare to even imagine what would happen.