The Ultimate Divine Class-Chapter 452 - 368: Crown, Revelation, Meteor and the Depths of Yu Wentong_1
Lu Yuan attempted to follow the trajectory of the Phoenixes as they flew into the heart of the tree.
In his daze, he seemed to see a massive, fiercely burning golden crown.
The crown was so magnificent and noble.
Sparkling stars embellished its brim as countless Phoenixes circled it, worshiping it.
It hung silently within the heart of the ancient tree, symbolizing a supreme authority, everlasting, untouched by the endless passage of time.
It called out to Lu Yuan, pulling him into its irresistible allure.
However, in the next moment, the golden crown suddenly shrank, neatly landing on the head of a small tawny bird.
"GUGU—" the tawny bird cooed at Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan was momentarily taken aback. Before he could react, the tawny bird transformed into a human figure.
With a Flame Crown on his head and wearing a gorgeous robe, he sat regally upon a purple-gold throne.
Surrounded by countless stars, he gazed down coldly upon Lu Yuan.
He emanated an aura of supreme grandeur beyond description.
As Lu Yuan met his gaze, he found the figure increasingly familiar.
In an instant, he realized it was himself!
However, in the next second, the throne, the crown, and the figure on the throne all disappeared.
A woman appeared before Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan couldn’t see the woman’s face clearly; he only saw her lips moving constantly.
She seemed very anxious, as if she desperately wanted to tell Lu Yuan something.
However, she couldn’t make a sound, and her figure was constantly fading away from Lu Yuan.
A familiar scent emanated from her.
Lu Yuan wanted to keep her with him.
Everything around him vanished rapidly.
The countless Phoenixes, the brilliant ancient star tree, were instantly engulfed by an endless grey mist.
Silently, the woman who had disappeared before reappeared in front of Lu Yuan.
She stood in the grey fog, very close to Lu Yuan.
This time, Lu Yuan finally saw the woman’s face clearly.
Her almost perfectly contoured face was a smooth plain, devoid of any features.
The woman stared intently at Lu Yuan, her slender shoulders suddenly beginning to shrug slightly up and down.
She was "laughing."
And the "laugh" grew increasingly shrill and loud, causing the surrounding grey fog to churn violently, forming shapes of "nightmares"...
"Lady of Nightmares!"
「...」
"WHEW!"
Lu Yuan woke up abruptly from bed, soaked in sweat, breathing heavily.
His bedsheets were completely drenched.
Obviously, he had just had a nightmare.
The new profession panel was unlocked. Influenced by its inherited Evil God Power, it wasn’t unusual to have strange dreams; Lu Yuan was already used to it.
Yet, the second half of the dream clearly had something ’intrude’ upon it.
At the edge of the Starry Sky, in a star realm shaped like an ancient tree, countless Phoenixes resided. A supreme golden crown is calling out to me; it seems to have something to do with the origin of the Gugu Bird...
Lu Yuan got out of bed and walked to the window, casually pushing it open.
It was January, and the day’s minimum temperature was below zero.
The cold air from outside poured in, greatly clearing Lu Yuan’s mind.
Lu Yuan had slept for a long time. It was already night; the clock on the wall displayed 1:08 in the morning. The street below was deserted, with only the dim street lights glowing.
Several crows perched on a nearby streetlamp, gazing quietly at Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan pondered for a moment, then gently stepped out of the window.
Dense Death Qi wrapped around his body like smoke, forming intricate black wings behind him.
He flapped his wings and flew straight up.
I have absorbed a considerable amount of Phoenix Essence, and perhaps because of this, I have a trace of the Phoenix’s bloodline. That’s why I can feel this call from across the Starry Sky... That golden crown, it’s obvious it would have a tremendous benefit for The Fire Chaser panel. It might even be some kind of heritage artifact of the Phoenix tribe...
Lu Yuan gently pressed his hand to his chest, feeling the process of his qi and blood washing through the Phoenix Essence, as he continued to sort through the contents of his dream.
He ascended rapidly, Burnt Rock City shrinking beneath his feet.
The dirty, polluted air expelled by the city throughout the day formed a warm, dense ’protective layer’ above it.
After he quickly broke through it, his vision suddenly became clear and the air fresh.
The stars and the moon in the night sky above him also seemed exceptionally clear and bright.
Lu Yuan flapped his wings, continuing to ascend.
The second half of the dream was intruded upon by the Lady of Nightmares. The first person who gave me a familiar feeling must have been Xia Zhijing. What was she trying to tell me? The woman who laughed insanely at me afterwards was the Lady of Nightmares herself...
But what exactly was Xia Zhijing trying to tell me in the dream? She chose to appear during the Phoenix dream. Could her and the Lady of Nightmares’ current location be related to the Phoenixes, the ancient tree star realm, or perhaps that golden crown?
Lu Yuan mused and analyzed. The cold air at high altitude cleared his mind. Gazing up at the Starry Sky, he felt a sense of mental and physical clarity and cleansing.
But soon, a look of helplessness and frustration spread across Lu Yuan’s face.
Even if everything turned out as he predicted, even if all his guesses were correct, so what? All the revelations from the dream were at the other end of the Starry Sky. He was too insignificant, and the universe was too vast. He couldn’t reach it, let alone touch it.
Whether I can walk this path of the Starry Sky Martial Path seems to have become meaningless... Yu Wentong condemned my talent to death. Even if I unravel the precepts of Chaos Divination, overcome the conflict between Pure Martial Grandmaster and Starry Sky Martial Path, and successfully enter, there’s still no promising future waiting for me...
Lu Yuan looked at the vast Starry Sky above his head, and a touch of melancholy sprouted in his heart for no reason.
He didn’t know how high the upper limit of the Pure Martial Grandmaster system was. For now, he could only hope that the several profession panels of the Evil God System had enough room for improvement.
Lu Yuan considered that the undigested Phoenix Essence in his body could probably sustain The Fire Chaser. Flame of the Azure (Legendary) professional panel to reach perfection. With the mysterious drop of blood on the grey axe, the Elephant God panel might also achieve a successful promotion to the ’Legendary Level’. If he could collect two more Legendary Level materials, he could unlock a third Legendary Level profession. If the remaining Legendary Level Secret Realms in the world were similar to Ash Mountain, he might be able to open up additional Legendary Level professional panels.
But... can a max-level Legendary profession panel support me in leaving this planet and roaming the Starry Sky?
The shining stars reflected in Lu Yuan’s eyes, his thoughts scattering as if merging into the vast and brilliant Starry Sky above him.
There’s no use thinking so much now. Even if the power of the Evil God System isn’t enough, I can still rely on the power of technology. With the current pace of scientific and technological development, perhaps interstellar travel will be possible before long...
Lu Yuan comforted himself. In fact, he wasn’t ready to leave this planet at all. His family and friends were all here. He didn’t even want to go to Sum Nation; after finishing each instance, he always had to return to Burnt Rock.
As Lu Yuan was lost in thought, three meteors suddenly streaked across the night sky in his field of vision.
Lu Yuan’s gaze was drawn to them, a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
It wasn’t for any other reason, mainly because those three points of light streaking across the night sky didn’t look like ordinary meteors.
Rather, they seemed more like some kind of aircraft. And not an ordinary aircraft, but the kind that could break out of the planet’s atmosphere. Aircraft confined to the planet’s surface couldn’t create such dazzling tail flames.
The three points of light flashed by and disappeared; it was unknown where they ended up.
Lu Yuan didn’t think much of it. He stayed quietly in the high sky for a while longer and then descended.
「...」
"Double Lotus Turnaround. Divinity Unity!"
Inside the Consciousness Space, Lu Yuan’s body radiated light, his pupils splitting into two, transforming into two golden lotuses spinning rapidly.
At the peak of his amplified state, Lu Yuan focused his gaze on a perfectly graceful figure not far in front of him and chose... Consciousness Inhabitation!
BOOM!
Countless attempts at Consciousness Inhabitation. Countless times being forcefully melted.
This time, Lu Yuan finally got his wish and was able to thoroughly probe the scene inside Yu Wentong’s body.
Starry Sky! An eternally stunning Starry Sky!
But now, Lu Yuan finally saw clearly what the shining points that formed this Starry Sky were.
This...
When Lu Yuan saw the scene within this ’Starry Sky’ clearly, he was momentarily immersed in profound astonishment.
An infinite number of dazzling points of light formed the Starry Sky. Each point of light represented a Star Cave.
Lu Yuan carefully counted; the total number of these points of light was nearly five hundred!
Now he finally understood why Yu Wentong had said that his cultivation in the Starry Sky Martial Path had no future. Compared to Yu Wentong’s five hundred Life Stars, his Life Star Chart with only a mere seven stars was truly pitiful to the extreme!
Is this the gap in talent between me and the top prodigy on this planet...
At this moment, Lu Yuan felt a deep sense of defeat.
To think The Origin Heart Sutra even claimed that a talent with seven Life Stars could barely be considered lower-middle... Lower-middle my ass! This is simply the gap between a mortal and a god!
Then why the hell am I taking such a huge risk cultivating the Starry Sky Martial Path... With my talent, if I switch to cultivating the Starry Sky Martial Path, I’m afraid I won’t even see the back of Yu Wentong’s head by the time I die of old age.
Not only had Yu Wentong almost completely lit up all the Life Stars on her Life Star Chart, but all her Life Star Caves also seemed to be interconnected. They seemed to be flowing and rotating, thus appearing like a flowing Starry Sky.
However, after staring at it for a while, Lu Yuan felt that this flowing brilliance more closely resembled the shape of a gigantic eye.
Is this Yu Wentong’s Life Star Chart pattern? It certainly looks much more advanced than my spoon-shaped Star Map that resembles the Big Dipper.
Is this the woman who can make even a tenth-rank Super God Level Mecha wary?
It’s utterly despairing...
Lu Yuan opened his eyes, exiting the Consciousness Space, his eyes revealing complex emotions.
Fortunately, she and I are not on the same track.
To some extent, Lu Yuan also perceived the gap between tenth-rank and ninth-rank battle power. It was far larger than he had imagined.
For battle power classifications that increase exponentially, the disparity between each subsequent rank becomes even more exaggerated.
There are even higher great realms above; I can’t even imagine what kind of level that would be...
Lu Yuan took a slow breath and stood up from the desk.
