Among the humans standing with the Outer Cosmos beings, some had family members who had died at Lu Yuan's hands. Some of the dead had even been the elders of those present.

Now that they finally had a chance to deal with him, none of them would hesitate in the slightest.

Though they did not have many Sage Realm experts among them, far fewer than the Celestial Court, the vast majority had already reached the Lesser Sage level.

So after Yu Xiong spoke, they all stepped forward in unison, releasing their auras without the slightest restraint.

There was no need to hide anything anymore. Things had come to this point already.

Both sides were mortal enemies. What was there left to conceal?

"Lu Yuan, today, we settle every debt between us."

"You slaughtered my people. This hatred is irreconcilable!"

"Fight!"

The Outer Cosmos beings started to shout one after another. The killing intent pouring from them grew even denser from before.

"Why don't you try and see if you can actually settle all of this once and for all today?"

Faced with their threats, Lu Yuan's expression did not change in the slightest. He remained as confident as ever, standing there without a trace of fear.

Behind him, the forces of the Celestial Court did not hesitate either. They stepped forward as one, standing firm and their gazes sharp as blades.

Perhaps they would lose their lives once the battle began. But so what?

The moment they chose to stand here, they had already made their decision.

"Hahaha."

Yu Xiong laughed, unbothered by Lu Yuan's words. "Do you really think your own strength is enough to stand against all the races of the Outer Cosmos gathered here?"

"Overestimating yourselves, huh. That little power gain and you already think nothing of the Outer Cosmos races."

Another voice rang out. It was a woman this time.

Zhu Qingyu and the others frowned instantly. That voice felt oddly familiar.

Sure enough, they saw its owner—Zhou Yunqiong.

Several men and women stood behind her. Nothing about them seemed especially unusual on the surface, yet every one of them carried an extraordinary bearing, and tremendous power lay hidden within their bodies.

Clearly, these people were anything but ordinary.

The moment they saw Zhou Yunqiong, everyone began to realize that those people were most likely from the Ji Clan.

"Zhou Yunqiong, you were born on Earth, born in the Milky Way Starfield, and now you've brought outsiders here to attack the people of your own homeland. Don't you feel any shame?" Zhu Qingyu barked the moment she saw Zhou Yunqiong appear with reinforcements.

In her eyes, Zhou Yunqiong belonged to this world. Yet now she was standing together with Outer Cosmos beings.

To put it plainly, this was outright betrayal. Naturally, she could not hold back.

Beside her, Ice Fairy, Chunyang, and the others all looked at Zhou Yunqiong with hostile gazes.

Some grudges did need to be settled. But even then, one had to look at the bigger picture.

"People of my homeland? What a joke."

Zhou Yunqiong laughed. "I come from the Ji Clan. The blood of the Ji Clan runs through me. I was never the same as you people to begin with. As for this so-called shamelessness you speak of, that's even more ridiculous. You know better than anyone how my clansmen died."

She looked down at Zhu Qingyu and the others, utterly unmoved by the accusation. If anything, she found it laughable.

From the moment Zhou Yunqiong came here, she had never once considered herself a person of this world.

She had already entered the Ji Clan. She had even won the favor of that great personage.

The people she associated with were all from races ranked in the top ten starfields. She had long since ceased to care about this so-called homeland.

Of course, the most important reason of all was still her hatred for Lu Yuan.

"You..."

Zhu Qingyu wanted to say more but Lu Yuan quickly lifted a hand, stopping her before she could continue.

"You can't reason with someone like her. In her eyes, her own interests come above all else. To her, every person is nothing more than a stepping stone."

He had known Zhou Yunqiong across two lifetimes. No one understood her better than he did.

Whether it had been the Winged Celestial God in the beginning, or the Celestials afterward, they had all merely been outsiders she used for her own cultivation and evolution.

Zhou Yunqiong valued herself above everything. That was why Lu Yuan had always considered her dangerous.

But now that the two sides had met once more, there were indeed some grudges that had to be settled in full.

"Lu Yuan, you've already walked straight into your doom today, and you still dare slander me?"

Zhou Yunqiong stared at Lu Yuan, her eyes overflowing with hatred.

She had never cared much for familial affection, but everyone was dead now.

All her plans had collapsed as well, leaving her with no choice but to rely on the Ji Clan. She and Lu Yuan had become sworn enemies, locked in hatred as vast as heaven and earth.

At this thought, Zhou Yunqiong lost what little patience she had left. She turned directly to Yu Xiong and said, "I don't think there's any need to wait any longer. Their people have all arrived. We can strike now."

At those words, the latter nodded and stepped forward.

In an instant, the aura throughout his body burst out in a sweeping tide.

Beside him, four others of the same level stepped forward as well. All of them had essentially reached the peak of the Lesser Sage Realm.

They had already discussed everything on the way here. The strongest people present would strike first against Lu Yuan.

They did not need to kill him or defeat him outright. They only needed to hold him down.

The rest would then directly attack the so-called members of the Celestial Court. That way, they could seize Lu Yuan's weak point in one stroke.

Once they succeeded, everything that followed would be much easier to handle.

At the same time, after those few stepped out, the people from the Ji Clan stepped forward as well.

They were not obeying anyone's command. Rather, that great personage of their clan had ordered Lu Yuan's death, and they now intended to lend a hand.

At this moment, every single Outer Cosmos being fell silent.

With the Ji Clan and the Eternal Clan, two towering powerhouses, standing at the very front, fear no longer existed in their hearts.

Their auras merged together into one and raged downward without restraint.

The heavens roared. The earth trembled.

Dozens of Lesser Sages, each one at the peak of that realm, had now joined forces. The force they could unleash was bound to be terrifying.

The members of the Celestial Court understood this better than anyone. One by one, they drew deep breaths. They had long since prepared themselves for a fight to the death.

Yet just as they were about to step forward, Lu Yuan still stood at the very front of them all. His tall figure was like the loftiest mountain in the world as he looked at the Outer Cosmos beings in the sky and said slowly to those behind him, "From here on, all you need to do is watch."

His voice was soft, without much power behind it. Yet, it rang clearly in the ears of every member of the Celestial Court.

The very next instant, a powerful aura erupted from his body.

Golden vital qi surged outward, vast and boundless as it poured straight into the sky and transformed into a golden sea.

His power as a Lesser Sage was revealed in full without the slightest reservation.

Lu Yuan looked at those enemies and muttered under his breath, "Today, I shall kill once more."

The moment those words fell, he disappeared and reappeared in midair, standing right in front of those Outer Cosmos beings.

The scene seemed much the same as it had been the previous times, but the difference in strength was enormous now.

Even so, Lu Yuan remained utterly fearless.

He knew that this might well be his final battle before breaking into the Great Sage Realm. Since that was the case, then he would use this battle to shake the entire cosmos!