Published at 6th of November 2026 6:05 am

Chapter 4621: Divine Palace

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Lu Yin arched a brow. "You can see that much from one look?"

You Che replied, "Believe me. No matter how impressive your talent may be, no matter how clever you are, no matter how far into the future your schemes reach, before him, you are no different from someone who has never even studied. He will point out your mistakes, teach you in an extremely insulting manner, and help you to correct them. With his way of doing things, I would rather continue cultivating the wrong way."

Lu Yin frowned. "Aside from that, what else was extraordinary about Mr. Zizai?"

You Che replied, "In the Nine Ramparts, if you encounter anything that you do not understand, ask Mr. Zizai. That was common knowledge."

Lu Yin understood. Common knowledge?

"Who was keeping an eye on Ancestor Shan?" Lu Yin asked again.

"Why should I tell you everything?" You Che shot back.

Lu Yin had nothing to say to that.

You Che continued, "There are some things I will say, some things I will not, and some things that I simply do not know myself. Lu Yin, if you are willing to give Manifest City to me, I will answer any question you ask."

"Manifest City is related to the fate of human civilization. How could I give it to you?"

"As long as human civilization is properly settled, that should be good enough."

"Why must you have Manifest City?" Lu Yin was curious.

You Che’s voice grew flat. "This is what Xiang Xue promised me."

"He only promised to take you inside."

"But he didn’t!" You Che grew agitated, and his voice lost its standard politeness. "What he promised me was what humanity promised me. Since they could not fulfill that promise, I will take control of Manifest City myself. You can understand this as my obsession.

"Even if I must destroy Manifest City, I will not leave it to humanity!"

Lu Yin stopped speaking. You Che's obsession was something from his childhood. At that time, just like all the other children that he had played with, You Che had been encouraged by Xiang Xue and promised that he would be allowed to enter Manifest City. However, he had ultimately not been allowed inside.

Who was to blame? Xiang Xue?

Personally, Lu Yin did not believe that Xiang Xue had made the wrong decision. After all, You Che was not human.

On the other hand, Xiang Xue had given a promise, and a promise should be fulfilled.

Lu Yin could not defend Xiang Xue, and there was no need to. It was what it was. It was also a fact that You Che had colluded with Grand Clarity to target the Fifth Rampart. It was also a fact that he wanted to seize Manifest City. He was an enemy.

"I will sleep for a time. Consider things carefully. Sometimes, knowledge is more important than pure strength. Manifest City is not that helpful to you." You Che's voice then disappeared. He had fallen asleep.

Lu Yin looked around. The creatures were still waiting respectfully.

If he wanted to learn about the nearby region of the Aevum Inch, he could not possibly rely on just them. They were simply too weak. There was not even a single Immortal among them. Only Immortals could see the situation clearly.

His best option was to roll his die, Possess the body of a powerful creature, and obtain its memories.

However, when he considered all the various powers that his true body had cultivated, what should he use to roll the die? These creatures cultivated an entirely different power than him. If he rolled the die with one of his own powers, he might not be able to Possess anything nearby.

Instead, it would be better to cultivate the same power as the creatures in this area. Given his current level, he could cultivate a new power very quickly.

However, it was his true body that had to roll the die, which meant that his true body had to step out once more.

"You want time to offer to the Divine Palace?" Lu Yin arrived before the group of creatures to get an answer to this question.

The leading creature hurriedly bowed to him. "Yes."

"How do you offer it?"

"We contact the transmission god and ask them to collect the time."

"Fine. I will give it to you."

"Many thanks, my lord." All of the creatures knelt. They felt that the battle they had just fought had been worth the effort. This was an opportunity to speak with a being that their species had risked everything to win. It was possible that this opportunity could change the fate of their species.

It was not long after that Lu Yin arrived at the creatures’ home. After all, they were an entire civilization. They had unique architecture and a culture entirely of their own.

The most conspicuous thing that Lu Yin saw was a tall altar.

The most powerful creature arrived before the altar and started to offer worship. Lu Yin watched in silence, his eyes flickering. This altar somewhat resembled the altar that Stillstorm had left in the Tianyuan, with only the patterns being a bit different.

He examined every inch of the altar. It was indeed very similar. However, the pattern on Stillstorm's altar had been of the creature itself, whereas the pattern on this altar was of the Divine Palace.

As he was thinking about this, light erupted from the altar. A blurry figure appeared. It had a strange appearance, and it was impossible to tell if it was a beast or a plant. The image floated above the altar like an illusion as it looked down in a cold manner. "What do you seek?"

The creature bowed respectfully. "The Lousai race offers time."

The illusory figure’s eyes widened, and it looked down in an approving manner. "Offering time so soon? Your Lousai race has done very well. The Divine Palace will be very pleased."

"We offer many thanks for the god's praise." That creature glanced back at Lu Yin, bowed low, and gestured to him invitingly.

Lu Yin walked forward, step by step, until he reached the other side of the altar. As he approached, the illusory figure above the altar looked over at him.

It was only an illusory figure, so Lu Yin could not sense the creature’s cultivation, but he estimated that it could not be overly strong. At best, it should be a Dukkhan, as he had learned from the Lousai race that there were quite a few transmission gods like this one.

In fact, estimating that it was a Dukkhan might even be overestimating the creature.

As Lu Yin calmly stood before the altar, the illusory figure on it moved.

Lu Yin arched a brow and slowly lifted his head. This figure was clearly only an image, not a true body. He did not even know where its true body might be. Could it really take his time away even across such an enormous distance?

As expected, this was the power of the River of Aeons that belonged to the Primacy Path because only powers of the Primacy Paths could span the entire Aevum Inch and pervade everything.

Rather than saying that this transmission god was harvesting his time, it would be better to say that it was nothing more than a key. What was truly harvesting Lu Yin’s time was the River of Aeons’ main stream.

Lu Yin frowned. If my time is harvested, the Primacy Path won’t turn its attention to me again, will it?

He nearly stepped back, but after thinking a bit more, he chose not to. If just this was enough for him to be noticed, then no matter what he did in the future, he would eventually be noticed.

Because the powers of the Primacy Paths were everywhere.

Very soon, a gray haze appeared in the air, connecting sky and the ground. Part of it descended, reaching for Lu Yin, while the other sank into outer space.

The Lousai race certainly could not see what was happening, but Lu Yin saw it all clearly. The other side was directly connected to a great, surging river.

That had to be the River of Aeons; he simply did not know whether it was the main stream or a branch stream.

Before this, the strongest Lousai creature had already said that the time offered would be 10,000 years. They had to make such an offering on a periodic basis.

10,000 years was not too much, but it was not too little either. At the very least, it warranted them going to war as they had.

But to Lu Yin, what meaning did 10,000 years have? He was an Immortal. As long as he did not take action, he would live forever.

When the gray fell around him, Lu Yin heard a river flowing. Suddenly, the illusory figure on the altar cried out in shock. "An Immortal being?"

Lu Yin arched a brow. It had seen through him.

All the creatures of the Lousai race were horrified. An Immortal being? How was that possible? Had they actually laid eyes on an Immortal being?

The figure above the altar turned to face Lu Yin and slowly bowed. "Honored Immortal being, please forgive this lowly one's rudeness. This lowly one deserves death! This lowly one deserves death! This lowly one deserves dea—"

Lu Yin cut it off. "I don’t blame you. I volunteered for this. Continue."

The illusory figure replied in a bitter tone, "The time of an Immortal being is not something that creatures like us can touch. If the honored powerhouse wishes to bestow time, please go to the Divine Palace in person."

At this moment, all of the creatures of the Lousai race were kneeling on the ground and trembling.

Lu Yin glanced at them, then back at the illusory shadow above the altar. He suddenly thought of something. "Have you seen me before?"

The figure was momentarily stunned. "This lowly one does not understand. Has the honored Immortal being seen this lowly one before?"

"I mean, have you seen a creature that looks like me before?" Lu Yin said.

"I have not."

Lu Yin waved a hand. "All right. Go."

"Yes." The illusory figure quickly disappeared, seemingly unwilling to interact with Lu Yin any further. It clearly feared Immortals from the bottom of its heart.

This made Lu Yin even more curious about the Aevum Inch in this region. It seemed that Immortals were regarded similarly to how Lu Yin had viewed Master Qing Cao back when he had first come into contact with him as an Immortal.

After that, he had started traveling through the Aevum Inch more, and he had gradually felt that Immortals were relatively common, given their overall numbers.

But in this place, these transmission gods had a very clear understanding of the nearby Aevum Inch, and yet they still showed such a respectful attitude towards Lu Yin. Was it possible that there were very few Immortals in the surrounding region?

Lu Yin asked this question, and the answer from the strongest Lousai was very simple: Immortal beings were something that they had only ever heard of. They had never seen such a being, as they only existed in the Divine Palace.

And even in the Divine Palace, Immortal beings all enjoyed the very highest status.

It was normal for such creatures to have a high status. No matter where one might go, Immortal beings stood at the peak. As for the Lousai race's answer, it truly meant nothing. Their status was simply too low.

If Lu Yin wanted to understand the surrounding Aevum Inch, he still needed to use his die’s Possession ability to find a powerful cultivator and read their memories.

In that case, he needed to cultivate.

He asked the Lousai race about their cultivation method, and their most powerful member respectfully explained, "What we cultivate is the power of Mountain, which was transmitted to us by the Divine Palace. According to the Divine Palace’s orders, anyone who wants to cultivate is required to join the Divine Palace, register their name, and make offerings before they can be approved to cultivate the power of Mountain. If it is privately passed on…

"One’s entire species will be exterminated."

Lu Yin looked at the creature. The power of Mountain?

He stared at the creature for a long moment, and then looked back up at the starry sky. So that’s how it is.

This so-called power of Mountain was merely a power that was infused into great mountains and then absorbed to allow one to gradually grow stronger. Having reached his current level, he could understand a cultivation art just by examining it. If he wanted to cultivate it, that was just as simple, so there was no need for him to ask many questions.

"The power of Mountain that you cultivate is very simple. Watch," Lu Yin said while raising a hand. On the primitive planet, one great mountain after another trembled. Then, visible power shot into the sky and gradually gathered over Lu Yin, who casually grabbed it and flipped his hand back over.

Seeing this left the entire Lousai race stupefied. No matter how hard they cultivated, they could never hope to do what Lu Yin had just done. To them, cultivating the power of Mountain felt like trying to peel an extremely sticky layer of glue off of a high mountain. It was extremely difficult.

But in the hands of this Immortal being, that same power was like a toy.

They knelt in worship once again.

"Is the power of Mountain the only power that can be cultivated?" Lu Yin asked curiously.

That creature answered, "There are legends that say that the powers that the Divine Palace grants are Mountain, Moon, Illumination, Dusk, Reverse, Tide, River, Return, Void, and Origin.

"These ten powers can be cultivated in series. We can only cultivate as far as Mountain. Only after reaching perfection with the power of Mountain can we cultivate the power that corresponds to the next stage, and so on.

"If one reaches Reverse, they can genuinely join the Divine Palace, rather than merely be registered with it. In doing so, one can obtain certain cultivation resources and higher-level cultivation arts from the Divine Palace."

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