Star Odyssey

Chapter 3096: Divine Commandment

Ye Bo himself had created a comprehension technique, which was exceedingly rare. He was Di Qiong’s perfect candidate to send for the next Divine Selection, at which the would be comparable to Ji Luo during the last Divine Selection. It was practically guaranteed that Ye Bo would pass the next Divine Selection, but instead, he had died, which was a terrible loss for the Third Scourge. On top of that, Ye Bo had died while posing as Di Xia.

Although everyone understood that Ye Bo had been posing as Di Xia for part of the Divine Selection, that did not mean that the Third Scourge could blatantly parade Di Xia about.

Di Xia would need a new nin the future.

At that moment, the void warped a short distance away, and a black-cloaked figure emerged.

This was a common enough appearance in the megaverse, but this person’s arrival gave even someone like Shao Yin chills.

While it looked like the person was wearing a black robe, that was not truly the case. Instead, they were shrouded with the Hollow, which was constantly appearing and disappearing while maintaining the form of a robe.

The person had not emerged from the void, but rather from the Hollow itself, and they continued to wear the Hollow.

All that could be seen were a pair of eyes. They were bright, spirited, and deep, reminiscent of the starry sky. There were three intersecting black lines in the pupils that formed a star-shaped pattern. This person was Blackless God.

"Oh? You actually came. It looks like I was right. It really is the Divine Commandment this time," Xu Jin commented. His eye rolled around within the dark cloud. It was a very disturbing sight.

"Is a Divine Commandment really happening?" Arrow God spoke for the first time, and she looked at Progenitor Xi.

Progenitor Xi turned to face the crowd. "Everyone, on behalf of True God, I officially announce that a Divine Commandment is about to commence. I ask for your full cooperation."

Di Qiong's eyes burned with a fierce light. "A Divine Commandment should have been called long ago. I've only participated in one."

Xu Jin's eye rolled again. "A Divine Commandment has been called twice before. I’m eager to participate in the third one."

Arrow God's crimson hair fluttered in the breeze. "This Divine Commandment is irrelevant to me. My people can handle things on our own."

Progenitor Xi continued, "A Divine Commandment marks both the end and the beginning of an era. I hope to see all of you in the next era."

With that, everyone turned to look at the black Mother Tree. "In obeisance to True God’s command, we welcthe Divine Commandment."

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Lu Yin and Mu Ke traveled through outer space, carrying Ye Sheng in the direction that he indicated. After several days of travel, they saw a dark mountain range spread throughout outer space. There were trees on the mountains, and numerous corpses hung from their feet. It was a sinister scene that looked like something from hell.

Ye Sheng glanced over at Lu Yin, and upon seeing his somber expression, Ye Sheng grew even more cautious. He was afraid that the sight of the corpses might prompt Lu Yin to kill him. "Senior, we didn’t kill any of these people. We used various means to gather their corpses, as all of these people were cultivators. The most we ever did was watch people and collect their bodies after they died."

"You need this many corpses to cultivate your symbiotic corpses?" Lu Yin asked.

Mu Ke's expression darkened. He felt an overwhelming disgust for the sight before him.

Humans were one of the few creatures where most individuals feared the corpses of their own kind. While cultivators might not fear corpses, they would not feel comfortable within such a display either.

Ye Sheng carefully chose his next words. "My master is the one who cultivates symbiotic corpses, not me. I don't even know how to use it."

"You're quite quick to absolve yourself. I wonder how your master would react if he heard your words," Lu Yin commented coldly.

Ye Sheng had the grace to look embarrassed, and he then fell silent.

Lu Yin lifted his head. He was not willing to waste any more time, so he spread his domain out to encompass the entire mountain range. He found no peak powerhouses, and there was only one human on the entire mountain range. It was a woman.

The woman did not sense Lu Yin's domain, and she was also unexpectedly weak. She could not compare to Ye Sheng at all.

Lu Yin led Ye Sheng straight to the woman.

"Xiaoxiao, where is Master?" Ye Sheng asked.

The woman was startled by Lu Yin's sudden arrival, but she answered Ye Sheng's question out of pure instinct. "Master went to make trouble for Aeternus."

Lu Yin grew puzzled. "Make trouble for Aeternus?"

"Who are you?" The woman blinked. She had a rather naive appearance, which made her look completely out of place among the corpses that covered the dark mountain range.

Ye Sheng introduced the woman, "Senior, this is my junior sister, Ye Xiaoxiao."

"Xiaoxiao, this man is a senior. Be polite."

Ye Xiaoxiao quickly bowed to Lu Yin.

Lu Yin asked, "Your master went to cause trouble for Aeternus?"

Ye Xiaoxiao glanced at Ye Sheng. When she saw how he was staring at her, she nodded. "Master said that the Totem Civilization was destroyed, despite the warnings that he gave Kong Ji. So, he went to confront Aeternus."

Ye Sheng felt puzzled. "How did Master know that the Totem Civilization was destroyed?"

Ye Xiaoxiao pursed her lips and dropped her eyes.

Ye Sheng glared at the woman. "You told him! I told you to wait! I said that I’d find the right chance to tell Master. Now, he's gone to confront Aeternus. If anything happens, it's on you!"

Ye Xiaoxiao ducked her head. She did not dare to say a word.

Lu Yin looked at Ye Sheng. "Can you find Aeternus?"

Ye Sheng hesitated. "I can't. Only Master can."

"You also know about Kong Ji?"

"Yes, he's one of the most powerful Aeternals, and Master has fought him several times before. Master warned Kong Ji that the Totem Civilization was already defeated since they’ve abandoned their physical bodies, so they were not to be pursued any further. Kong Ji agreed, but the Totem Civilization was still annihilated. Not one of their people managed to survive. It’s no wonder why Master is so angry," Ye Sheng explained.

Lu Yin stared off into the distance. Mu Ke was standing at the peak of one of the dark mountains.

Should they enter the Fourth Scourge? Ye Wu had clearly misunderstood what had happened, as Xu Jin had to have been the one who had destroyed the Totem Civilization, not the Fourth Scourge. Even so, there was no real difference, as all of Aeternus were enemies to humanity.

Ye Wu had to have gone to the Fourth Scourge, but Lu Yin had never met the man, and he did not know his personality. Just because someone was an enemy of the Aeternals did not mean that they were an ally. Old Mo had also fought against Aeternus and tried to plot against them, but he was still Lu Yin’s enemy.

After considering things a bit, Lu Yin decided to stay on the dark mountain range for a moment and wait for Ye Wu’s return.

At this moment, the Fourth Scourge was suffering from a catastrophic disaster. Given Blackless God’s frequent absence and how little he cared about the Fourth Scourge's strength, there was a distinct lack of peak powerhouses.

The Scourge’s only sequence powerhouse had been Kong Ji, and he had been killed by Lu Yin. During the Divine Selection, the Fourth Scourge had not sent any representatives at all.

Because of this, Ye Wu was able to easily overpower the entire Fourth Scourge. Most of the peak powerhouses who had joined the Fourth Scourge after betraying humanity perished, and Wei Shu was fleeing for his life. He did not dare to confront Ye Wu.

One after another, corpse kings charged at Ye Wu, only to meet their end at his hands.

"Cout, Kong Ji!" Ye Wu looked like a young man with a pale, sickly complexion due to not having any blood in his body. He looked more like an invalid than a sequence powerhouse.

The ground trembled, and towers shattered. Lakes of divine energy were split apart.

Even the Progenitor-level corpse kings that could release a burst of divine energy were effortlessly eliminated by Ye Wu.

With no sequence powerhouses present, there was no one in the Fourth Scourge who could stop the man.

"Kong Ji- Senior Kong Ji disappeared long ago!" a peak powerhouse shouted from where he lay on the ground in a pool of blood.

Ye Wu dropped to the ground and stared at the crippled expert whose body had been pierced. Even if this man survived, he would never be able to cultivate again. "Kong Ji is missing?"

The peak powerhouse’s face was ashen. "Yes. Lord Kong Ji has been missing for a long time."

"Who destroyed the Totem Civilization?"

"I don't know. We never attacked them. They gave up their bodies, which meant that they were completely useless to us."

Ye Wu casually killed the man. "A human who speaks on behalf of Aeternus deserves nothing but death."

He turned to stare at a distant black mountain range.

Ye Wu moved forward, heading towards the mountains.

At this time, Blackless God's expression changed drastically in the First Scourge. "Something is happening in the Fourth Scourge!"

He disappeared back into the void.

Xu Jin sneered at the suddenly empty space. "The Fourth Scourge doesn't even have any decent experts right now and can be dealt with by any random enemy. He should take better care of the place."

Progenitor Xi spoke up to the small group of people, "This person who can invade the Fourth Scourge is also one of the objectives of the Divine Commandment.

"Ji Luo."

Ji Luo turned and left. He was already on his way to the Fourth Scourge.

Only twice before had Aeternus declared a Divine Commandment. The first one had brought about the destruction of four of the Origin Universe’s Mainlands, as well as the collapse of the glorious Heavens Sect. The second time, an era had ended. That was the reason for the lack of recorded human history between the Heavens Sect era and Daosource Sect era.

Divine Commandments essentially represented Aeternus using nothing less than its full, concentrated strength to attack a single place with the goal of eventually eradicating all traces of human civilization.

When a Divine Commandment was declared, the six Scourges no longer focused on their individual opponents, but rather acted together as one.

In the Fourth Scourge, Ye Wu had already arrived at the top of the black mountains. Every step he took shattered another mountain until the entire range was completely destroyed.

It was at that moment that Blackless God appeared.

Hidden in his robes of the Hollow, Blackless God's arrival caused Ye Wu's face to fall. "Are you the ruler of this Scourge?"

The three black lines spun in Blackless God's eyes. This caused three black lines to appear around Ye Wu, and they intersected to create an inescapable prison.

Black flames erupted.

Ye Wu grabbed at the black lines with his hands. The black flames were ignored, and the man did not move.

Blackless God was taken aback. "If you are this strong, then Kong Ji would not have been a match for you. Why did you attack my Fourth Scourge?"

"I warned you people not to touch the Totem Civilization after they escaped, and yet you destroyed them." Ye Wu shattered the black lines and stepped forward. His movements shattered the void, and the man appeared in front of Blackless God, his fist already raised as he lashed out with a punch. It was a simple, brute force attack, just like what corpse kings utilized.

However, regardless of how powerful the punch might be, it could not even touch Blackless God. Instead, the fist passed through him and shattered the ground of the Scourge.

The black lines reappeared around Ye Wu. This time, there were not just three, but six, nine, and then more and more as lines kept appearing.

Ye Wu becnervous, and he tried to retreat, only to find that his arm was stuck within Blackless God's body. Black flames burned as the man struggled to pull his arm out.

"I know nothing about the Totem Civilization, but Kong Ji has been dead for a long time. You may have warned Kong Ji, but the one who acted was not him," Blackless God stated calmly.

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Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA