Star Odyssey

hat those who passed the Sky Beyond the Sky trial became Progenitors?

Everyone stared at the clouds, eager to see what would happen.

Above the clouds, Lu Yin patiently waited for a long time, but the lounging figure still did not move.
Lu Yin started wondering if he should stay or leave.
After considering things, he simply sat down.

Distance meant nothing to a Progenitor.
Even if Lu Yin escaped from the Celestial Frost Sect now, a Progenitor would be able to catch up to him in an instant.

Just who was this lounging figure?

Judging by the person’s back and clothing, they should be a man.
Could this be Bai Wangyuan?

After the Perennial World had been separated from the Fifth Mainland, all the Progenitors who had appeared since had been recorded down in history, but those records were not complete.
While people like Progenitor Wen and Progenitor Chong Yue were well known, places like the four ruling powers had not publicized all of their Progenitors.

Everyone in the Perennial World said that each of the four ruling powers was supported by a Progenitor, and it was clear that Bai Wangyuan belonged to the Celestial Frost Sect.

However, if this man really was Bai Wangyuan, then he was a Progenitor who had lived since the Daosource Sect era.
The master of one of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas.
Was it really possible that no one from the Celestial Frost Sect had become a Progenitor since that time? No, that was impossible.
In that case, who could this Progenitor be? The most obvious answer was that he was a man by the name of Bai Sheng who had completed the Sky Beyond the Sky and was one of the Celestial Frost Sect’s five people who had passed the trial and become Progenitors.
There were no rumors of Bai Sheng dying, but he had also never appeared anywhere at all.
Where had he gone? After all, the four Junior Progenitors were said to be capable of becoming Progenitors, and people had great confidence in that claim being true.
While there were reports of the four ruling powers having multiple Progenitors, how could such rumors regarding the Junior Progenitors circulate if there was no truth to them?

Clearly, there were more Progenitors in the Perennial World than people knew of.
In that case, where had they all gone?

A day passed, and the lounging person never moved.
Lu Yin remained still as well, and he simply stared at the Progenitor on the clouds.

Two more days passed.
The people on the ground down below were now in a hurry, and they all continued to stare upwards.

As for Lu Yin, he was still staring at the figure’s back.

Finally, the figure moved.
He stood up, stretched, and then rubbed his head.
He hesitated, then slowly turned around and stared at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin observed the person.
Clearly, he was a man, and he also appeared to be quite young.
He looked at Lu Yin with evident surprise, as well as a bit of curiosity.
”New here? ”

”What? ” Lu Yin asked.

The man pointed down.
”Are you from the Celestial Frost Sect? Are you new here? ”

”I’m a guest. ”

”From where? ”

”Virtue Archives. ”

”Oh.
You passed the Sky Beyond the Sky? ”

”Yes, I just finished. ”

”Not bad. ”

”Thank you. ”

After the silence stretched out for a while, the man coughed and turned around completely so that he was facing Lu Yin directly, at which point he smiled.
”I am Bai Sheng.
Who are you? ”

Lu Yin’s pupils shrank.
Sure enough, this man was Bai Sheng, one of the nine people who had passed the Sky Beyond the Sky trial, including Lu Yin himself.
This man was one of the five people who had passed the trial and become a Progenitor.
”I am Yu Hao. ”

As Lu Yin spoke, he stood and offered Bai Sheng a bow.
”This junior greets Progenitor Ba- ”

Bai Sheng interrupted Lu Yin with a raised hand.
”Don ’t.
Don’t call me Progenitor Bai, as that’s Patriarch Wangyuan’s title.
I can’t accept being referred to with the same title. ”

Lu Yin was taken aback.
”What should this junior call you? ”

Bai Sheng smiled.
”Progenitor Sheng. ”1

Lu Yin was left speechless, as this person seemed to be slightly insane.
”Junior Yu Hao greets Senior Progenitor Sheng. ”

”Just ‘Progenitor Sheng’ is fine.
There’s no need to add the ‘senior’ bit.
I’m really not that much older than you. ” Bai Sheng seemed to be a very easy-going person.

Lu Yin made sure not to stare at Bai Sheng, though Lu Yin did wonder if Bai Sheng had already seen through the Mask of Death.
If that were the case, did Lu Yin need to do something about it? Would Bai Sheng recognize Lu Xiaoxuan?

Numerous questions popped into Lu Yin ’s mind, but the most frequent one was, how could he escape?

”Congratulations.
Passing the Sky Beyond the Sky trial basically means reaching the pinnacle of humanity.
From now on, the entire Perennial World will pursue you. ” Bai Sheng smiled and gestured for Lu Yin to sit down.
”Only the few of us are able to sit on this cloud, so don’t waste the opportunity.
Come visit me when you have a chance again in the future.
The truth is, I’m quite bored.”

”Do you stay here all the time, Progenitor Sheng? ” Lu Yin was surprised.

”Not exactly.
I visit occasionally, mostly because it’s fun to watch the people on the ground try to climb up but not make it.
Look, isn’t it fun to see the looks on their faces? Hahahaha! ”

Lu Yin followed Bai Sheng ’s gaze and saw that the man was looking at Wu Yao and the God of Food…

”Including you, nine people have reached this place, but unfortunately, most of them are dead.
The last one before you was that girl, Bai Xian ’er, but she’s so serious that talking to her is completely suffocating.
She’ll bore you to death! Young man, at least talk to me a bit, ” Bai Sheng urged.

Lu Yin did not know what to say, as he feared saying the wrong thing.
He felt quite guilty, deceiving this man.
”Well, um, Sen- no, Progenitor Sheng, shouldn ’t you be in the Dominion Realm? ”

Bai Sheng smiled.
”Apparently you know very little about the Perennial World.
Not all of us Progenitors stay in the Dominion Realm.
Only Progenitor Bai and a few others are there, and they hold the line against the bulk of Aeternus’s attacks.
As for the rest of us, we’re in the Outer Realm. ”

As the man spoke, he pointed out at the sky.

Lu Yin ’s eyes flickered.
”The Outer Realm? ”

He had heard of the Outer Realm before, as it was the region of the universe that surrounded the Mother Tree, but it was also beyond the Mother Tree.

The Mother Tree had a specific location in the universe, and the Perennial World was the area within the Mother Tree’s domain.
Any space beyond the Mother Tree was referred to as the Outer Realm.

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For example, the stars that could be seen from the Higher Realm were actually in the Outer Realm.

The most famous one was a planet known as Green Hills that could only be seen from the Blue Moon District.
It was a planet in the Outer Realm, but it could only be seen from Blue Moon District and nowhere else in the entire Perennial World.

[1] The ”Sheng ” here is the character for ”victory ” (胜), so ”Progenitor Victory ” is pretty arrogant sounding. ☜