Above The Sky

Chapter 2099 - 51: The Disappearance of Ian Silverpeak

——Humans have long held the key to the Sixth Echelon, but everyone fights their own battles, each claims to be king, and thus no one has unified the key to open that door.

——Ian Silverpeak is the door, the key, and the opener. His goal is to open The Gate and let the light spill forth.

Infinite energy is indeed important, but in the end, it’s merely fusion material! Without the resilient body of the material world as the foundation of a realm, and a strong enough soul to condense its own Domain of Void, one cannot step into the Sixth Echelon!

Those of the Fifth Energy Level seem to have reached the pinnacle of strength, but most have mastered just two of the ’techniques’, ’body’, or ’energy’. The strongest among them, Axel, has grasped three, yet the mysteries of the soul remain elusive to them.

In contrast, the Ashen King, due to innate talents and proximity to the Realm of Light, has mastered ’technique’ and ’soul’, thus forging a unique ’Flame Reincarnation’.

This is because the Domain of Void has become hazy due to the chaos of Heavenfall. If it were the Domain of Void from previous eras, if the entire Terra were unified in peace, the mysteries of the Domain of Void would naturally present themselves.

This was how past civilizations naturally created Voidrealm Machine Gods—because the Star God encouraged peace and unification in all worlds and guided various civilizations along this path.

But the Azure Star is different... just as Ian possesses the Heart of Terra, the Azure Star also has the ’World of Dreams’!

She has already achieved great success on the most difficult path of the Domain of Void and has mastered ’technique’ and ’body’. She only needs to supplement will and energy and could attempt it!

However, if Axel could indeed transform the entire world into Inega II’s successors, consolidating the collective will of all beings through his ’Lightforged Realm’, he might also merge all of humanity, becoming a ’Human Consciousness Unity’ or ’Divine Emperor’ in some sense, and attempt to step into the Sixth Echelon!

[This is the true ’Eternal Will’! This is the path after reaching the Arcane Pathway!]

At this moment, the Azure Star couldn’t help but reflect: [Ian Silverpeak, you have indeed pioneered a new path! A more perfect, more organized path!]

——This is the ’Fifth Stage’ of the Arcane Pathway!

It’s slightly lower than the Sixth Energy Level of the Ascension Paths’ Star God, but higher than the Fifth Level Master Throne of the Ascension Path, a [Sky Ladder] for humans to climb to the stars!

[Good sword!]

At this moment, one of the four rays of dusk light sent into space by Ian’s sword, the silent silvery-grey light revealed its true form.

A massive sword, as large as a mountain, appeared out of thin air, colliding with Ian’s Sword Intent, steadying itself.

It was indeed the [Ju Yue Lord · Forgemaster], Yanjiang, Cheng Yin Chuan!

Unlike other Fifth Energy Levels who only sensed Ian’s ’will’ through a gentle breeze, Forgemaster felt an overwhelming, unmatched sword force. Instead of piercing, cutting, slicing, slashing, it was more like crushing and smashing, pressing and colliding!

An unstoppable, mighty sword force mixed with planetary atmosphere, slicing through space-time, condensed into a colossal sword of heaven and earth, directly knocking him out of Terra due to the need to hide his identity, causing minor injuries.

With one move, he fought against many, even injuring an old-timer of the Fifth Energy Level... the combination of Black Sun and The Unyielding Fortress in the past wasn’t this fierce or rampant!

Ian’s slash after falling from the Star God state practically etched the word irresistible onto his face, shocking all who thought he would be weakened after dropping from the Star God state.

"Cheng Yin Chuan..."

Slowly sheathing his sword, Ian raised his head, calmly speaking to the other party: "I have no grievance or enmity with you, why did you attack me?"

"With such actions, can you still be considered a ’Warden’ of Terra’s side?"

In fact, he already knew the reason—there were simply too many Ians, and quite a few had gone to Yanjiang. Cheng Yin Chuan, this hot-tempered yet forthright and protective old man, his thoughts were obvious at a glance.

[Indeed, attacking you was wrong of me]Cheng Yin Chuan straightforwardly admitted his mistake, but he showed no regret: [Because I believe your actions are unfair to us in Yanjiang]

[The Perpetual Engine Declaration relies on population, and our Yanjiang’s population has always been sparse. Though we have vast lands and many strong ones, and have made numerous contributions to defending Terra, even losing many citizens to prevent the spread of Apocalypse-level disasters, yet our voting rights are inferior to Gantreignum and the Nine Cold Alliance]

[How can such a voting method be called fair?]

Thus spoke Cheng Yin Chuan, truly filled with unwillingness: [Moreover, while everyone was focused on voting, you, Ian Silverpeak, attempted to advance to the Sixth Echelon... everyone was deceived by you! A complete Perpetual Motion Machine is not a necessary condition for advancing to the Sixth Echelon, yet during the Perpetual Engine Declaration, you deliberately unified the two]

[If I had known the Sixth Echelon didn’t require a complete Perpetual Motion Machine, why would I have wasted so much effort contemplating the future!]

[But I was indeed wrong], the indignation in his words suddenly vanished, Cheng Yin Chuan’s tone turned indifferent and serious: [You truly restored the Dragon Island Seal for the beings of Terra earlier, I shouldn’t have taken this opportunity to attack you]

[Taking a single strike from you is indeed deserved]

"Fairness does not exist in this world." Ian nodded slightly, as expected, Cheng Yin Chuan felt that Yanjiang was bound to lose in the upcoming Perpetual Engine voting, feeling aggrieved and helpless. Seeing Ian attempt to advance to the Sixth Echelon, he wanted to seize the last opportunity, that is, before Ian regains the Sixth Echelon and other Fifth Echelons find a way to achieve the Sixth, to be the first to enter the Sixth Echelon, and thereby gain Terra’s beings’ votes through power, and obtain the Perpetual Motion Machine.