Star Odyssey

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Lan Si shook his head.
“Not really.
He usually seems pretty laid back, but he enjoys killing too much.”

The two chatted for a long time.
By the end, Lan Si’s injuries had recovered a bit, and he was barely able to stand up. 

“For our battle, I lost.
According to our wager, from this day forward, the Mt.
Stacks Dojo’s Lan family will unconditionally support you,” Lan Si solemnly said to Lu Yin.

Lu Yin grew emotional, as the Lan family’s strength was rather significant.
Also, Lan Si was one of the Ten Arbiters.
This meant that, before Lu Yin had even become an Arbiter himself, he was already able to influence one of the Ten Arbiters. 

Lu Yin also stood up.
The feeling in his left arm was slowly returning, and he was recovering from his other injuries as well. 

Off in the distance, away from the ruins of Planet Fleabane, the crowd gradually dispersed.
At the same time, the Great Eastern Alliance established a perimeter and prevented anyone from recording Lu Yin at this moment.

Lu Yin extended his hand towards Lan Si.

Lan Si smiled bitterly, but then he grabbed Lu Yin’s hand to stand up.

Upon seeing this, Elder Tie and the others approached the two, and Lan Baobao glared fiercely at Lu Yin, but she quickly looked at Lan Si with concern.

“Young Master, how are your injuries? Let’s go and get you treated first,” Elder Tie said.

Lan Si shook his head.
“It’s not a big deal.”

Elder Tie was not reassured with Lan Si’s answer, and he quickly found a cultivator with an innate gift of healing to treat Lan Si.

Lan Si said, “Starting today, our Mt.
Stacks Dojo will join the Great Yu Empire and unconditionally support Lu Yin.”

Elder Tie and the others fell silent, as they had all been aware of the wager.

Actually, they had never considered the possibility of their young master losing, and like Lan Si, they had only believed in his victory.
Their mindset had matched the thoughts of most people in the universe, but ultimately, Lan Si had lost.
Thus, it was difficult for them to accept the outcome since everything had happened so suddenly.

Lan Baobao glared at Lu Yin.
“Did you use any dirty tricks?”

“Baobao, shut up!” Lan Si growled.

Lan Baobao was unsatisfied.
“How could he win if he didn’t use any dirty tricks? You’re one of the Ten Arbiters!” 

Lu Yin smiled and did not bicker with the girl.
“Everyone, pack up for now.
Actually, it’s not too bad to stay on Zenyu Star.
I’ll make arrangements for everyone.”

Elder Tie and the others looked to Lan Si.

He nodded.

Lu Yin grew excited.
With this group of experts from the Mt.
Stacks Dojo staying on the planet, Zenyu Star’s safety was essentially guaranteed, especially since Elder Tie already had a power level of more than 300,000.
The planet would be well protected now.

In the distance, various experts bowed to Lu Yin before leaving.

Lu Yin similarly expressed his thanks to the old woman and several other experts.

He was quite clear on his position.
Even though he was the Outerverse Allied Forces’ Commander and the Great Eastern Alliance Leader, he still needed the support of the people.
They had shown him enough face, and they were all experts as well.
Even if these people left the Great Eastern Alliance, he would still have to show them an appropriate amount of respect.

After the battle, Lu Yin activated his gadget, and countless messages continued to pour in, each one congratulating him for defeating Lan Si. 

Planet Fleabane had completely disappeared from the universe due to this battle, but its name would be forever recorded down in history.

Wendy Yushan moved over, and she looked at Lu Yin with concern. 

Lu Yin’s gaze swept past her, and he saw that the Astral River’s energy was dissipating at an unprecedented speed.
A gaseous energy was constantly being released that flooded space in a rarely seen cloud that billowed towards them. 

Everyone stared at the Astral River, as if they were all forming a guess at something.

Lu Yin’s eyes went wide when he felt the spreading star energy sweep through the area.
He activated the Cosmic Art and quickly began absorbing the energy as a vortex formed around him.

All of the cultivators in the area instinctively began to absorb the surging star energy. 

Gradually, the star energy cloud swept by them, and the Astral River’s surging energy that had once connected heaven and earth and obstructed passage between the Outerverse and Innerverse vanished. 

Lu Yin had known that this day would eventually come, but he had never expected that it would be so soon. 

The Outerverse had been isolated from the Innerverse for eighty months.
Eighty entire months had passed, which was six and a half years.
Finally, the connection had been reestablished. 

As the energy dissipated, the various strange fish that had once roamed the Astral River’s energy fell out, making for a magnificent sight.
Some of the strange creatures’ rune lines even caused Lu Yin to shudder. 

Fortunately, these creatures did not leave the Astral River, as that would be too terrifying.

Countless cultivators dashed toward the border of the Astral River. 

Elder Tie and the others had complex expressions.
Now that the Astral River had returned to its normal state, they would be able to return to the Starfall Sea.
However, nobody knew what had happened to Grayweed Continent, not to mention Mt.
Stacks Dojo.

“I might simply abdicate from the Ten Arbiters,” Lan Si suddenly mentioned, which caused a great number of gasps of surprise. 

Lan Baobao felt aggrieved, as the Ten Arbiters were synonymous with unrivaled.
A defeated Divine Fist would indeed find it hard to continue being an Arbiter, though he was still fully strong enough to remain an Arbiter. 

“Young Master, the position of the Ten Arbiters was given by the Hall of Honor.
Even if Lu-” Elder Tie caught himself before continuing, “Even if Alliance Leader Lu beat you, he cannot immediately become an Arbiter himself.” 

Lan Si shook his head.
“This is unrelated to this fight.
Rather, it’s because the influence behind me has disappeared.” 

Elder Tie and the others looked aggrieved, but they fell silent.

Lu Yin instantly understood.
The Ten Arbiters represented more than ten inconceivably powerful youths—more importantly, the title represented the powers behind them.

Lan Si had represented Starfall Sea’s Grayweed Continent.

Grayweed Continent had been home to seventy two dojos and a dozen Enlighters.
Besides Dojo Master Lan, there had also been Tian Yanzi, another Envoy, and that wasn’t even mentioning its unique geographic location.
With this power supporting him, Lan Si had been able to become one of the Ten Arbiters, wielding matchless authority.
Otherwise, just based on his power level, how could he be qualified to command the younger generation?

No matter how powerful Lan Si might be, he was still just a youth, and any random powerful member of the older generation from an Innerverse power would be able to erase him. 

Becoming one of the Ten Arbiters who had the authority to make decisions required one to also have a powerful strength supporting them from behind.