Chapter 2648: Peak Of The Sixth Level

Chapter 2648: Peak Of The Sixth Level

Suddenly, Old Lady Mu attacked. Long needles pierced through the void and formed a divine hologram that pressed down upon Fu Yuan and Shui Ningqiu. Whether you give me permission or not, I will be checking the delivery of flourishing crystals today. If there is no issue, I will apologize and go to Monarch Luo to receive appropriate punishment.

Fu Yuan pushed Shui Ningqiu aside. His palm trembled as he gathered his monarch essence into a tri-colored palm print that slammed into the divine diagram.

There was an explosion that tore the spacecraft apart as Fu Yuan stumbled back. Simply put, he was no match for Old Lady Mu.

Old Lady Mu was from the same generation as Monarch Mu. While Monarch Mu had been blessed with incredible talent and become a Monarch, Old Lady Mus talent was worse than her sister, but she had still managed to become a peak Demi-Monarch. The only person in the entire Mo Courtyard who had surpassed the woman was Chen Le. Fu Yuan lacked the necessary strength.

Old Lady Mu, are you trying to steal the flourishing crystals? Shui Ningqiu shrieked.

At this moment, Fu Yuan whirled around and grabbed Shui Ningqiu's hand. Even as she stared at him in disbelief, he snatched her cosmic ring away from her. I'm sorry, but we can't hide this anymore. We'll meet again if fate allows.

The man then turned back to throw another palm strike at Old Lady Mu while also tearing through the void and fleeing.

Shui Ningqiu was left completely dumbfounded. She had not expected Fu Yuan to flee as she had already planned everything out: since Old Lady Mu had no authority to check the delivery to the rainbow wall, Fu Yuan would hold the woman back, which would give Shui Ningqiu the time she needed to put back the stolen flourishing crystals. After that, they would reluctantly allow Old Lady Mu to check the delivery, which would confirm that there were no issues. Monarch Luo would not condemn them just because they had previously been in a relationship, as he would not care about such matters.

Fu Yuan running away was completely outside of Shui Ningqius expectations, especially so quickly and openly. His escape was essentially the same as admitting that the two of them had been stealing flourishing crystals from the delivery, which meant that Fu Yuan had betrayed Shui Ningqiu.

Fu Yuan- Shui Ningqiu roared in fury.

However, the void had already recovered, and Fu Yuan had vanished without a trace.

Old Lady Mu's divine diagram swept through space, but it completely missed the fleeing man.

Her eyes grew cold. He certainly ran off quickly.

The old woman then turned to Shui Ningqiu. So, there really is something wrong. Just how many flourishing crystals have you two stolen over the years? Let's see how you intend to explain yourself to Monarch Luo.

Shui Ningqius face turned ashen. Fu Yuan had fled, which meant that there was no longer any need for an investigation. Everything was already over.

A short time later, Old Lady Mu was respectfully facing a display. She was in the process of contacting none other than Monarch Luo himself.

As soon as Monarch Luo connected to the call, he saw both Old Lady Mu and Shui Ningqiu. "Did Fu Yuan escape?"

"Yes. Your subordinate was incompetent and failed to keep him here," Old Lady Mu apologized.

Monarch Luo stared at Old Lady Mu. "How did you discover that they have been stealing flourishing crystals?"

"I received a report, and we also coincidentally discovered the twos relationship from their younger years. On top of that, Fu Yuan's progress in recent years has been suspiciously fast. Despite only recently becoming a Demi-Monarch, he has been quickly improving, and at the moment, he has almost caught up to me. Because of all of these clues, I felt the need to investigate them, but I didn't expect Fu Yuan to escape so decisively," Old Lady Mu replied.

Monarch Luo then turned to Shui Ningqiu, whose face had lost absolutely all color. He spoke in a soft tone, "Take care of this. You are the Head Collector starting today."

Old Lady Mu was thrilled. "Thank you, my Lord."

Just as Fu Yuan had said, Monarch Luo could not care less about such a trivial number of flourishing crystals. They came from his own power, which meant that he could create as many as he wanted. As long as Monarch Luo was not alerted that funds were being embezzled, there would not be any problems. However, the moment things were exposed, there was no longer any reason for Shui Ningqiu to be kept around.

Monarch Luo saw every cultivator in the Three Monarchs Universe as his own servants. He did not care if Shui Ningqiu lived or died, nor the reason behind the actions that she had taken. He simply had no need to know.

Old Lady Mu hid her excitement. The Head Collector was not just responsible for charging the rainbow wall with flourishing crystals; this person would also control the amazingly powerful Crystal Bank. Being given such a position would further increase the Mu familys influence in the Three Monarchs Universe.

Monarch Mu was indeed missing, but the Mu family would never collapse while Luo Zang still lived. Giving Old Lady Mu this position was also Monarch Luos way of demonstrating his own position and making it clear that he supported the Mu family.

As the image disappeared, Old Lady Mu sighed and gestured for someone to take Shui Ningqiu away. The old woman remained silently standing where she was.

The next moment, the void split back open, and Fu Yuan stepped out.

Old Lady Mu's eyes flickered as she looked over. "You!"

She was prepared to attack, but Fu Yuan's face suddenly transformed, morphing into Xuan Qi.

Old Lady Mu held back from attacking, and she stared at Lu Yin with a strange expression on her face.

After spending nearly a year within the Timestop Space, Lu Yin's vision changed, and he reappeared in the real world, where only a single second had passed.

Again. The flick of his finger caused the die to slowly spin before coming to a halt. Once again, Lu Yin had rolled Timestop.

Of the six sides of his die, the most common roll was Pilfer, and Lu Yin always received something for that roll, though what he received could be either good or bad. However, both the most useful and the most troublesome roll for Lu Yin was Timestop.

While rolling Timestop granted him almost an entire year of extra time, there were occasions when Lu Yin did not want to practice, but he was never able to bring himself to waste such an opportunity.

With no other choice, Lu Yin once again chose to continue his training.

Perhaps he was under some kind of curse, but the less Lu Yin wanted to train, the more he was forced to do so.

His third roll was also Timestop. He had gotten the same result three times in a row now

Each time, Lu Yin extended the duration of Timestop to nearly a year. It was important that he continue to constantly train. He could not afford to waste any opportunities.

Rolling Timestop three times in a row meant that Lu Yin had spent almost three continuous years training. After ending his third session in his Timestop Space, Lu Yin felt as though his training session had lasted a lifetime.

During the three years that he had focused on cultivating the Cosmic Art, he had successfully simulated 370,000 stars.

Mastering the sixth level of Cosmic Art meant that one had mastered 380,000 stars, and Lu Yin was only one step away from reaching perfection in the sixth level.

Despite initially not wanting to train, Lu Yin suddenly found himself hoping to roll Timestop for his fourth roll. He was eager to experience the changes in the Cosmic Art when he reached the seventh level.

The seventh level of Cosmic Art was supposed to be the pinnacle of the cultivation art. At that level, a person was no longer supposed to focus on how many stars they could simulate, but rather on simulating an entire universe!

Suppressing his excitement, Lu Yin simply rested for more than a dozen days. Only after that did he continue to roll his die, hoping to see either Timestop or Possession.

A month later, Lu Yin opened his eyes and stood up to look past the courtyard outside his personal quarters

His seclusion was finally at an end.

He had mastered the sixth level of the Cosmic Art, simulating 380,000 stars. He was just a single step away from reaching the seventh level, but he had failed to take that final step.

He had no idea how to proceed with the seventh level of the Cosmic Art.

Despite spending nearly a year in his Timestop Space relentlessly practicing the Cosmic Art, Lu Yin had made no progress at all. He found himself unable to move beyond 380,000 stars. Forget reaching the seventh level of the Cosmic Arthe was not even able to increase the number of stars he simulated beyond 380,000 no matter how hard he tried.

Helpless, Lu Yin had been left with no option but to cultivate his other powers when he rolled Timestop, such as monarch essence. Due to this, he had become his monarch essence had reached the Retainer realm, and the continent of fatesand in his chest had considerably increased the amount of tri-colored soil, which had appeared along the banks of the river of voidforce energy. Green sprouts could be seen within this soil, which was the power of the Arboreal Realm.

The various energies within Lu Yins chest were each growing and improving, and it gave the system in his chest a colorful, though chaotic, appearance.

Aside from spending his time cultivating, Lu Yin had also managed to roll Possession a few times. As he had expected, it was possible to use the monarch essence stored within flourishing crystals to Possess cultivators in the Three Monarchs Universe.

He had Possessed several individuals of varying strength. One person was even a Demi-Monarch from the Mo Courtyard.

Lu Yins luck had not been bad at all. Of the people he had Possessed, there had been several spies. After all, people who were selected by Aeternus to become spies were typically good matches for Lu Yins Possession, as both he and Aeternus sought out powerful individuals with widespread influence. Possessing a spy was not purely reliant on luck.



OMA's Thoughts

I owe all of you an apology. Yesterday, the scheduler released a chapter before the scheduled chapters for the day, and it was not brought to our attention for several hours. Unfortunately for all of you, this means that you were given access to an advanced chapter, not the bonus chapter you were all hoping for.

We'll try to get a larger buffer so that we can release some bonus chapters soon, but please know that we will always announce bonus chapters.

Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA