Chapter 2839: This Is The Lu family
Lu Yin grew so worried that he stopped breathing. "Ancestor, can you save her?"
Lu Yuan stared at Lu Yin. "Yes."
Lu Yin let out a sigh of relief and even started to sweat. His ancestor had offered such a lengthy explanation, and as it continued, Lu Yin had felt that the matter was more mystical than his previous understanding. He had even started to believe that it was impossible to ever save Ming Yan.
"However, I can't do it right now. Saving her means touching the law of Vitality, which is entirely unknown to me. I can do this, but the cost is too high. The Lu family has only just returned, and there are both internal and external matters that need to be resolved. Will that crazy woman, the Great Sovereign, attack? I can’t say.”
“Little Seven, just wait for now. I will save her when the Lu family has been completely stabilized," Lu Yuan said.
Lu Yin let out a long breath. "As long as you can save her, Ancestor."
Lu Yuan nodded and then gave Lu Yin an odd look. The man’s expression grew stranger as time passed.
Lu Yin knew that Lu Yuan had seen his unique power.
"Your cultivation is rather odd."
"I have four inner worlds."
Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows. "And in your chest?"
"A self-made universe. This is the cultivation path that I have inadvertently taken," Lu Yin said as he put Ming Yan away.
Lu Yuan nodded. "And on your forehead?"
"That's Heaven’s Sight," Lu Yin replied.
Lu Yuan's eye twitched. "I seem to sense a familiar power."
Lu Yin could not help but feel proud of himself. Before the founding ancestor of his family, he felt that he could show off a bit. "Are you referring to the God of Death’s power, or Destiny’s? Or maybe Gu Yizhi’s?"
Lu Yuan was surprised. "You’ve even cultivated the power of that traitor, Gu Yizhi?"
"Gu Yizhi may be a traitor, but his power is still very useful."
"His power is also extremely difficult to cultivate. It's a miracle that you actually succeeded." Lu Yuan sighed emotionally, knowing what Lu Yin had gone through.
Lu Yin asked, "Ancestor, how did Gu Yizhi betray humanity?"
This question instantly soured Lu Yuan’s mood, and he waved it off. "Alright, there are certain things that you don’t need to know about right away. I don’t have the energy to talk about this right now either. Let me take you to see someone."
Lu Yuan then took Lu Yin through the golden mountain. This was the Lu Sanctum, the land of Lu Xiaoxuan’s memories.
Lu Yin felt that the place seemed familiar, but he could not recall anything about it.
Lu Yuan soon led Lu Yin to the back of the mountain of the Lu Sanctum, and they arrived at a chain. His eyes following the chain, Lu Yin gazed off into the distance.
There, he saw a man bound in chains, hanging in space.
Lu Yin frowned. He assumed that this must be someone whom the Lu family wanted to punish, as why else would they be bound?
However, when Lu Yin got a clear look at the man’s face, he was startled. "Progenitor Ku?"
Lu Yuan was caught off guard. "You know him?"
Lu Yin turned to give Lu Yuan a look of shock. "Ancestor, why is Progenitor Ku-?"
Lu Yuan raised a hand to interrupt Lu Yin’s question. "He’s merely been tied up. According to Lu Tianyi, when our family was exiled, they accidentally encountered Ku Jie in outer space, so he did this to drag the man back.
"However, this man's mind has withered,[1] just like his name. He is nothing but a shell.
"Truthfully, this man’s Extremes Must Be Reversed makes him immortal. When Lu Tianyi told me about this ability, I was surprised. There were many outstanding people during the Heavens Sect's era, but even then, this person would have been regarded as incredibly powerful.
"It’s such a pity that he’s nothing more than an empty vessel now."
Lu Yin had not expected the Lu family to drag back Progenitor Ku. "So, Progenitor Ku is basically a living corpse?"
Lu Yuan nodded as he clasped his hands behind his back. "I brought you to see him in order to tell you that the Aeternals hold the upper hand. Even if it seems that our Lu family is capable of instantly overwhelming them, given what happened when we returned, we cannot truly do that. The Aeternals are unfathomable. Among the Seven Skygods is even that traitor Gu Yizhi. If we want to deal with Aeternus, we need even greater strength.
"I have been considering ways to save this person, as he would be a powerful aid. For the time being, our family needs to defend against the Aeternals and also save Ku Jie. There are many matters that must be set aside. For example, we can’t allow the traitors to escape, but I will not attack them at this time.”
Lu Yin understood what his ancestor was saying. "Leave those traitors to me. Can Progenitor Ku be saved?"
Lu Yuan shook his head. "I don't know, but I will try."
Lu Yuan did not question if Lu Yin possessed the strength to deal with Bai Wangyuan and the other traitors. Even if the current Heavens Sect was greatly inferior to the Origin Universe’s peak power, and even though it did not have the power to compare to the Lu family alone, it had to be acknowledged that Lu Yin had reached his current strength from nothing at all. The Heavens Sect followed Lu Yin, not the Lu family.
The difficulties that Lu Yin had overcome demonstrated just how extraordinary he was. In the past, he had been unable to handle the traitors, but he had since gained the strength to face them head-on. There would not be any problem when dealing with them. What Lu Yuan did worry about was the Great Sovereign. Humans could not resort to infighting. They needed to stick to certain principles, not merely follow the one with the stronger fist.
Lu Yin had not only relied on his own strength to establish the Heavens Sect, but also on his various abilities. Clearly, the young man must have the means to deal with the traitors, so Lu Yuan was not concerned about that matter.
The return of the Lu family was like a key to a hidden treasure chest for Lu Yin. There were simply too many things that he wanted to know about his family.
It would be difficult to deal with Bai Wangyuan and the other traitors at the moment, but the Perennial World was a different matter. It was time for the Lu Sanctum to return.
One day, Lu Tianyi and Lu Yin arrived in the Perennial World.
When Aeternus had attacked the Origin Universe, they had mostly focused on the Heavens Sect, but they had also attacked the four ruling powers. However, the attack on the Perennial World had been brief. The Divine Eagle had taken action and flown about, tearing through all the Progenitor-level corpse kings attacking the four ruling powers.
In the four ruling powers, only the Progenitors like Bai Wangyuan understood just how terrifying the Divine Eagle and the Python Ancestor were. No one else had any way of knowing, and additionally, the two beasts possessed a level of power that most people could not even imagine.
When the Divine Eagle had taken action, countless people had bowed in worship throughout the Perennial World. However, the Divine Eagle returned to its perch soon after, refusing to return unless absolutely necessary.
While the threat against the four ruling powers had been eliminated, none of them had ever considered helping the Heavens Sect fend off Aeternus’s attack. Instead, they expected the Heavens Sect to suffer. The Lu family’s unexpected return had not only saved the Heavens Sect and raised it up to new heights, but their return had also heralded the end of the four ruling powers.
When word of the Lu family’s return spread, many people fled from the four ruling powers. Those who disappeared or fled were the people who had persecuted the Lu family. All who remained in the Higher Realm were still members of the four ruling powers, and other than minor characters, there were also people like Bai Qi, who had never harmed the Lu family.
During the Tea Ceremony, Bai Wangyuan and Wang Fan had been condemned to serve on the Endless Frontier due to their attempt to frame Lu Yin as a spy. Xia Shenji had also been condemned to the Endless Frontier, which was why none of them had participated in defending against Aeternus. All three men had remained on the Endless Frontier. No one knew what plans they might have, but regardless, those plans had become useless. The return of the Lu family could bulldoze through any of the men’s plans.
As for Bai Sheng, Specter Progenitor, and Xia Qin, those other three Progenitors from the four ruling powers were also helping to defend the Sixverse Association.
The other Progenitors from the Perennial World were Progenitor Nong, Progenitor Smoke, and Nutjob Lu.
Progenitor Nong and Progenitor Smoke could be ignored. Neither one had any conflict with the Lu family. However, Nutjob Lu was different. The Lu family absolutely had to deal with him. However, Nutjob Lu had become the Cyclic Universe’s new Sage Stone, which complicated the matter. Lu Yuan had already insulted the Great Sovereign, but an all-out war was not really possible.
Wang Jian was supposed to still be in the Higher Realm, but he had fled as well, retreating faster than anyone else.
When Lu Tianyi and Lu Yin delivered the Lu Sanctum to the Perennial World, the only Progenitor-level creatures still present were the Divine Eagle and the Ancestor Python. Additionally, Progenitor Long’s strange eye had granted the White Dragon Clan’s Ni Huang the strength to fight against Progenitors.
When the Lu Sanctum appeared, golden light instantly enveloped the entire Perennial World.
Countless people in the Middle and Lower Realms looked upwards. The Lu family had returned.
"This place has changed a great deal." Lu Tianyi and Lu Yin were standing high in the sky, looking at the Wang family's floating mainland in the distance. Further away, they could also see the Celestial Frost Sect.
"Once, this Higher Realm held only my Lu family and the families acknowledged by us. The four ruling powers? What a ridiculous term, though it perfectly shows their petty ambitions. If they were capable of destroying Aeternus, then forget the Higher Realm—I would even help them snatch the Great Sovereign’s Nine Heavens and Ten Earths."
Lu Tianyi's words were beyond arrogant and looked down on everything. He even dared to speak disparagingly of the Great Sovereign.
Lu Tianyi was different from Ancestor Lu Yuan. The founding ancestor was absolutely domineering, whereas Lu Tianyi was both domineering and wise.
However, this was nothing to be proud of. After all, the Lu family had still been exiled. The smarter Lu Tianyi was, the more the insidiousness of the Aeternals could be seen. The Lu family had nearly been destroyed by Aeternus.
Lu Tianyi looked at Lu Yin. "Do you remember anything about the Lu Sanctum?"
Lu Yin shook his head. He then proceeded to share how Lu Xun had used the Lu Sanctum’s treasury to set a trap for Lu Yin, which had given Nutjob Lu an opportunity to try to kill Lu Yin.
Lu Tianyi nodded, conflicting emotions filling his eyes. "While it is indeed shameful that Lu Xun betrayed the family, she was also forced to endure a great deal. It was fate that she eventually died along with the Lu Sanctum’s treasury.”
"Xiaoxuan, thank you for surviving through everything."
Every last member of the Lu family, including Lu Yuan, Lu Tianyi, and Lu Qi, loved and appreciated Lu Yin. Many people were amazed by all that Lu Yin achieved, yet very few saw that all of his accomplishments represented narrowly surviving multiple disasters.
"Nutjob Lu will be dealt with by Ancestor himself. Tell me, what do you think about the Lu Sanctum sitting above all else in the Perennial World?" Lu Tianyi asked.
Lu Yin had not expected Lu Tianyi to ask this question.
The four ruling powers had taken the place of the Lu Sanctum, but in the past, the Lu Sanctum had stood above all else, suppressing the organizations that had become the four ruling powers, along with the Nong family, the Liu family, and more. They had all been confined to the Middle Realm, beneath the Lu family. That was the motivation for those people to rebel against the Lu family in the first place.
Why had the Lu family sat above all others? Why had they looked down on all others and acted so domineeringly?
Lu Yin lifted his head to look at Lu Tianyi. "There are people who say that, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility. My Lu family possesses greater strength than any others in this place, and we also shoulder greater responsibility. In this place, my Lu family is the guardian. If the day comes when the sky ever falls, my Lu family will fall before then.
"If we have greater power, why should we not rise above all others? The dignity of our status sets us apart. Even if the sky falls, we will remain standing tall. If everyone dies, we will die first. This is the responsibility of my Lu family.
"My Lu family stands tall, and we will never bend at our waists."
Lu Tianyi laughed. "Exactly, this is the responsibility of our Lu family. How many of those people who have looked up at our Lu family for so many years sincerely admire us? How many people wished for our Lu family to perish and make way for them? However, do any of them know what they need to take responsibility for if we give way?
"Without the Lu family, Bai Wangyuan and those other losers were forced to listen to whatever the Sixverse Association said. They groveled before the Great Sovereign. When have we, the Lu family, ever done this?
"The higher you stand, the straighter your spine! Xiaoxuan, this is our Lu family."
Lu Yin laughed. "Only my Lu family can take this responsibility."
"Hahahaha..."