Chapter 535 Another One
"Do you know he is an old monster that has lived for a long time?" said Meimei.
"Well, he is an Emperor Child, so it's normal to have a long lifespan," said Li Jun.
"That's not it. For some reason, that monster would reincarnate himself, over and over, and over, and over, and- -"
"Why does he do that?" said Li Jun, cutting her tangent.
"I don't know. All I know is that in each reincarnation, Chu Luo will challenge all the Heaven Chosen right before the Heaven Will Battle. He would defeat them but never participate in the battle himself."
"How could your sect expect you to win against such a monster?"
"I know, right? I knew you understood me best, Xiao Jun."
"Don't they know even if you win, his parents could show up to make trouble for them?" said Li Jun.
"That's right. Well, I think his parents are long gone since they have never appeared."
"Is that so?" Li Jun said softly. "One of his parents must have been from the Emperor Dao World. Do you know anything about them?"
Regrettably, Meimei had fallen asleep drunk, making Li Jun frown. He thought he had used the appropriate dose for a more extended conversation, but it appeared he overestimated her drinking capacities.
After shaking his head, he left; he knew it was pointless to search the girl's soul as a cultivator's natural danger instinct would activate and wake her up. So, he went straight home to give the information to Wang Wei.
"As expected, he is similar to Di Tian."
"Yes, and most likely, even more powerful since he is also an Emperor Child."
"Maybe," replied Wang Wei. His intuition told him that although they had both reincarnated many times and had a similar foundation, Di Tian was more powerful than Chu Luo.
Logically, this made sense. After all, their level of tempering or Law Understanding might be different in each reincarnation. So, even if Chu Luo and Di Tian lived nine lives and absorbed the strength of each life, their power would be different.
"Things are not looking too good for me," said Wang Wei as he closed his eyes to check on his reincarnations. Only two of them reached the Quasi-Emperor Realm and achieved their goals. But, even those two have not finished tempering their bodies.
He can borrow the strength of these two incarnations. Still, it was not enough to reach the strength of 1-Leaf Immortal Venerable, let alone his prediction that all nine incarnations' power could grant him the power of Dao Ancestor.
He first checked on the Space-Time Incarnation. The latter sat on a throne located inside the River of Time. Using this world's flaw, he began navigating through parallel timelines.
This incarnation could experience the outcome if he made different decisions and the consequences of his actions. Furthermore, he could also bring back resources and knowledge from the different parallel timelines to the main one.
Wang Wei sensed all the experience and Law Understanding of this incarnation. His understanding and control of Space-Time Laws had drastically increased. Furthermore, since the incarnation got his memories back in the Supreme Realm, he developed many techniques that Wang Wei would have created himself.
"Main body, when are we fusing?"
"The others are not even close to being ready yet, so we have to wait a while."
"You know, I still resent you for all my suffering when my memories were sealed."
Wang Weis projection shrugged his shoulder: "If you don't suffer, how am I going to temper my state of mind and Dao Heart."
The Space-Time Incarnation smacked his lisps before ignoring the main body; for a moment, he forgot how shameless he could be. Meanwhile, Wang Wei smiled before projecting himself to another world using the Soul Network.
As soon as his projection occurred, he closed his eyes and sensed something:
"As expected. Without the River of Time flaw, I cannot travel to parallel timelines. I can see some of them but not physically travel there."
Wang Wei then traveled to a few other worlds–including some in the Martial Supremacy World Community–to ensure the correct conclusions. Unfortunately, it was.
Finally, he checked on the second and currently most powerful incarnation: the Free Will Incarnation. Once this incarnation reached a specific strength, Wang Wei dropped him into a Great Thousand World like the others.
'Well, this guy is technically stronger than me now,' thought Wang Wei when he sensed the latter's power. It had already condensed black holes in the primary 1962 Acupoints and was currently opening the artificial ones.
"How is your mission going?"
"More difficult than I anticipated," replied the incarnation, who also sat on a throne inside the River of Fate. "I've tried many things to completely remove the River of Fate's influence on this world and grant the people's freedom, but every time I'm close to success, the Main Branch of the Fate River will intervene and stop me."
Wang Wei frowned after hearing this. "How about you start from a Low Great Thousand World? Better yet, found a Mortal World; their River of Fate should be even weaker."
Mortal Worlds were worlds with no spiritual energy, hence no capabilities for people to cultivate. Only mortals and ordinary lived there. Most Mortal Worlds are the result of Low Thousand Worlds being destroyed for some reason, and they are incredibly fragile and could be eradicated at any moment.
"I already thought of that and sent people to search for one. However, without your divination ability, it's not so easy to find any worlds in the Endless Void."
Wang Wei nodded before using the Soul Network and Divination to find a few Mortal Worlds for the Free Will Incarnation. After giving the latter the coordinates, he ended his projection and returned to the trial.
He suddenly gathered all the strength and power of these two incarnations. Wang Wei has never been so strong before. The current him could slap the previous him to oblivion.
He sighed out loud before dispersing the Incarnation's Power.
'The only advantage I have is time. The longer this trial takes, the more time I have for my incarnations to grow up.'
Afterward, he checked on the other incarnations. They had all just entered Primordial Spirit Realm and tempered their blood.
"I still need the resource group for one last incarnation," muttered Wang Wei.
He then used his Sect Master's token to mobilize a few Immortal Powerhouses; He tasked them to control the Time Acceleration Arrays where his incarnations were instead of leaving them to operate independently. With his previous Time Crystals and these Immortal Powerhouses, he could drastically reduce the time needed.
Then, Wang Wei spent the next few days inside his manor. He ignored all the attacks on the Mansion's Array or their curse words to anger and lured him out. Meanwhile, Li Jun would often go out to fight these people.
Then, one day, he sensed a large explosion not far from his mansion. After checking outside, he walked out.
'Xu Shi?' he thought as he looked at the person fighting in the sky.
Demon Supremacy Residence:
Ye Tuizhi had a terrible aura on his body as he looked at the humanoid chameleon kneeling before him.
"How is the result?"
"We have failed to infiltrate the Myriad Emperor World."
"Why?"
"For some reason, the factions there have banded together to prevent outside fluence from easily getting inside."
Ye Tuizhi frowned as he pondered deeply. He analyzed the situation before concluding this should be related to the actions other planes took that resulted in the creation of the Heaven Devour Emperor.
'So, the people of the Myriad Emperor World are now on guard,' he thought.
"Is there any way to infiltrate?"
"There is, but it will take some time."
"How long?"
"According to our estimate, at least six months."
"That's too long," said Ye Tuizhi as he did not want to wait so long. He could barely accept not being as good the Emperor Child, but he would never accept someone else to get the second position.
"Young master, if I may say something."
"Speak."
"It is obvious the Lord Spirit wants you to go after this Wang Wei."
Of course, Ye Tuizhi knew this. With his talent, how could he not be a seeded player? Nevertheless, his pride would not allow him to accept such disrespect–especially from a human.
"The Myriad Emperor World should have members of the demon clan, right?"
"Highly possible."
"In that case, tell my father to go borrow the Bloodline Mirror for me. I should be able to contact the demon clan there and learn some information."
"As you command." The chameleon disappeared before returning a few hours later, bringing a blood mirror with designs of animals on its back.
"You can leave now."
"Young master, you should know even with your status, the Demon Supremacy Alliance will not allow you to use such a high-level Chaos Treasure without surveillance."
Ye Tuizhi frowned with annoyance but did not say anything more. He took a drop of blood from his body and used it to activate the mirror, then used his Divine Sense to impute the Myriad Emperor World's coordinate.
A few minutes later, a face appeared in the mirror.
"Who are you? How did you contact me and bypass our tribe's formation?"
Ye Tuizhi did not waste time; he displayed his bloodline aura and transmitted it to the person on the other side.
"Such pure and noble bloodline. Your Excellency, I am the Black Tiger Tribe's Chief. And who might you be?"
"I am the next patriarch of the Hell Tiger Clan, Ye Tuizhi. I need some information from you."
Then, the two chatted for over half an hour before ending their communication. However, Ye Tuizhi was not happy. Although he gathered the information he needed, he failed to establish diplomatic relations with the Myriad Emperor World's demon clan.
When he brought the topic up, he could see the slight fear in the latter's eyes.
"The fear of humans. How disgusting."
With this brief interaction, he could summarize how terrible the lives of the demon race were in that world and how much they were oppressed.
"It does not matter. I can still take my time for the alliance. As for this Wang Wei, although he is powerful, it is not enough for me to be too weary."
Suddenly, Ye Tuizhi felt something and walked out of his mansion.
"Someone from the Myriad Emperor World is fighting the barbarians? This should be fun."
Chapter 536 Xu Shi vs Barbarian Siblings
Wang Wei looked at Li Jun, who had just landed next to him; he was in terrible shape. He had blood all over his face and bare upper body. He had purple spots on his left arm, indicating someone had poisoned him.
"How are you in such a terrible state?"
"Hehe, these participants are crazy; they'll do anything to kill people in their ways," Li Jun said with excitement. After seeing this fighting madman enjoying himself, Wang Wei ignored him and focused on Xu Shi's battle.
The two barbarian leaders–Tolui and Khutulun–stood before her, displaying aggressive auras.
"So, you guys think I am a soft persimmon you can pinch easily?" Xu Shi said, releasing an ancient aura full of power, vicissitudes, and nobility: a primordial aura.
"Yes, we do," replied Khutulun. "Brother."
Then, the two rushed toward her. Tolui punched her in the face while his sister went for a kick on the ribs. Unfortunately for them, a black aura naturally came out of Xu Shi's body and bounced their attacks back, sending them flying away a few meters away.
They immediately frowned as they sensed that the aura injured the part of their bodies touched. The injury was not severe and instantly healed because of their fleshly body; it was still abnormal.
The two siblings looked at each other and communicated through their eyes. Immediately afterward, they went on the offensive again. This time, they mobilized their fleshly body's blood energy to protect themselves.
Meanwhile, Xu Shi did not want to fight for long with these people and revealed all her abilities. She opened her mouth to sing a beautiful and melodic piece of music.
Blood spilled from Tolui and Khutulun's eyes as the sound wave from Xu Shi's voice instantly destroyed their eardrums and even attacked their brains directly.
Despite the tremendous pain of this attack, Tolui summoned a giant bow more than 1.5 meters long. He pulled the strings, and his muscles bulged in the process, showing how difficult of a process.
Swish!
The arrow traveled countless times the speed of light, heading straight for Xu Shi's throat. She flew in the sky to evade without stopping to sing. Nevertheless, the arrow followed her. So, she changed direction many times in the sky, but to no avail.
In the end, she slapped the arrow away. At that exact moment, Khutulun replaced the arrow's position, holding a black ax and slashing it down.
Boom!
Xu Shi crashed to the ground, destroying numerous houses in the city. However, after the dust of her crash blew away, she appeared before everyone, not even a scratch on her beautiful skin.
She raised her head to look at the two calmly. Then, her surroundings seemed blurry, as if the passage of time was slowed down. Then, she suddenly appeared next to Khutulun to punch her.
However, the barbarian reacted in time and disappeared.
'Shadow Displacement? So, her main Dao is Law,' thought Xu Shi, who did not stop her punching her action despite her opponent already gone. Then, something magical occurred.
The spot where Khutulun disappeared suddenly changed, and she reappeared right before Xu Shi's punch.
'Time Reversal?' Her last thought was before her head exploded due to the punch, and her body crashed to the ground. At the same time, Tolui's arrow hit Xu Shi's heart; however, it did no damage.
The moment the arrow came a few seconds close to touching her clothes, it decayed and disappeared since it was made from Tolui's energy.
"Sister, we can no longer hold back," suddenly yelled Tolui as the tattoos on his arm lit up. Then, a dragon-like creature appeared behind him. It had a pair of wings, a deer's head, and a snake's tail.
'Feilian,' thought all the spectators. It is common knowledge that most demon races came from Innate Demons. As such, there is a particular group of demon races called Primogenitor Demon; they were the first demon clan created by the Innate Demons and were crucial to the Innate-Acquire War.
Many people believe the Primogenitor Demons to be the perfect combination of Innate and Acquired Lifeforms. And during the war, many of them sided with the Acquired species and became a real problem after acquiring the Heaven Will.
Their contribution to the war was on par with Degraded Demons–Innate Demons who abandoned their Innate Nature to become acquired races. Many of them did that to infiltrate the Heaven Will Worlds, where only acquired races could prove the Dao, and weakened that side. Others did it to escape the shackles of being an Innate Lifeform.
For example, Three-Legged Golden Crows are Degraded Demons. However, they usually do not like that name to refer to themselves.
Meanwhile, an enormous wolf with black fur and a snake for a tail appeared above where Khutulun landed. The wolf's fur appeared as if they were constructed from shadows themselves.
Shadow Snake-Wolf, another Primogenitor Demon.
Khutulun flew to the sky, her tattoos glowing and her head perfectly intact. The Shadow Snake-Wolf turned into a picture rune on her chest, and Tolui did the same. Suddenly, the aura of these two increased.
[Wing God Arrows]
In many Worlds, different races referred to Feilian as the God of Wind; today, Tolui showed the reason. Thousands of arrows descended on Xu Shi at speed hundreds of times faster than the speed of light.
Furthermore, once they arrived before her, they turned into these enormous tornadoes capable of destroying all matter, energy, and even laws; they could destroy worlds.
Nevertheless, she remained calm as she had the utmost faith in her husband's Primal Chaos Art. However, she did not want to reveal the extent of her fleshly body, for now, so she waved her hand.
Then, all these arrows stopped midway in motion as she had reverted them to their state of inertia.
Suddenly, Xu Shi frowned as she sensed something directly attacking her soul and ignoring her body's defense. Numerous tentacles suddenly appeared inside her Sea of Consciousness and attacked her Primordial Spirit.
'Controlling the shadows created by soul? What an ingenious application of Shadow Law. I should not underestimate my opponent.'
A bright light appeared in her Sea of Consciousness, dispersing all the shadows–which tried to fight off the light to no avail. All of these actions occurred in a blink of an eye, but it was still enough time for the barbarian siblings to go on the offensive.
[Spatial Wind Arrow]
Tolui's arrow bent space-time as it traveled toward his opponent. The ripple created by bending space-time generated wind made of space itself that could shred any matter, energy, or spiritual power.
[Shadow Confinement]
A black dome covered Xu Shi to prevent her escape, but the arrow easily passed through it. Nevertheless, she remained composed. The siblings sensed a terrible danger right before the arrow hit her, but it was too late for them to react. They suddenly found themselves inside the black dome, facing Tolui's arrow, while their opponent was outside.
Boom!
The black dome exploded, and the siblings fell from the sky, their bodies mutilated and their souls injured: everyone knew they would not get back up.
"What exactly did she do?" asked Li Jun. "I could sense the subtle power of Time, but I could not completely detect her actions."
"Time Exchange: she exchanged their time to achieve spatial displacement. With your reaction speed, you would not fall for this move; the siblings underestimated her."
"I see. Can you do that?"
"Of course, and I can even do it better."
Wang Wei was not lying: he could use space, time, fate, and even shadows to achieve the same effect.
"Do you think I can beat her in a fight?"
"I honestly do not know. She seems to be hiding a lot of things."
Wang Wei then looked at the barbarian siblings; he could see the unwillingness on Khutulun's face. She regretted not being able to use her full power and even her trump card.
'I hope she gets her chance at revenge.'
For Wang Wei, the more the Myriad Emperor World's people fought, the better for him since he could gather information about them. Although he did not consider most of his competitors a threat, he would not let his guard down before the final battle.
Looking at the injured siblings, he took the opportunity while they were weak and helpless to read their fate lines and gather some information.
"The Ancient Spirit World is interesting, including their cultivation system."
"Did you find something?"
"Yes. There is a unique dimension where many spirits of fallen demon races will be born. After tempering their bodies to a certain level, the cultivators in that world will journey through the Ancient Spirit Realm to defeat and subdue a spirit that can even help them comprehend Laws."
"That's indeed unique. What level of spirits is there?"
"Apparently, there are even Innate Gods and Great Emperors who became spirits. However, it seems that few people could acquire them."
"Isn't that a little too overpowered?"
"I'm sure there are some limitations. Plus, I bet some Great Emperors are using this as a method to resurrect themselves."
"That makes sense."
Then, the two looked in the same direction as someone approached them.
"So, Young Master Ye, you could no longer wait."
"Why would I need to wait for a human like you."
"You say that, yet you waited a week before taking action," replied Wang Wei casually.
Chapter 537 Dao Child's Provocation
Wang Wei looked up and down at this person, and his mouth almost twitched. He sensed a unique aura from this Ye Tuzhi: it was the aura of an Outlaw.
He instantly this person cultivated an Outlaw Dao, but he had not passed his trial yet.
'So, am I his trial?' thought Wang Wei. He quickly divined the secrets of heaven. He was not necessarily Ye Tuizhi's trial, but someone in this trial was. So, it could be him or any of the other Heaven Chosen.
However, Considering everyone's displayed strength and potential could be him or Chu Luo. Many thoughts flashed across Wang Wei's mind as he pondered whether to confront Ye Tuizhi or just hide; he did not want to be Heavenly Dao's pawn.
As for his reputation of running away from a battle, he did not care about such a thing. After all, the trial's rules only implied it was forbidden to run away; there were no rules that expressly prohibited such an act.
While these two titans were about to clash, the situation on Xu Shi's side suddenly changed. Someone else appeared before her, most likely intending to challenge her too.
"Shi Qian, don't you feel any shame targeting me after depleting my stamina?" Xu Shi said.
"You should understand that this trial's rules are the same as the Heaven Will Battle: anything goes. Plus, are you exhausted?"
"Where is your pride as an Immortal Child?"
"Pride? Can I eat it? Can it make me stronger?"
Xu Shi squinted her eyes, looking at this so openly shameless woman. Many thoughts flashed across her mind as she analyzed the situation. Then, without hesitation, she took her token and threw it to Shi Qian, an act that surprised her.
This was a calculated move on Xu Shi's part. The sixth-seeded place was unique as too many vied for this position. Although she had confidence in herself, she did not want to reveal too much of her strength before she saw how the other parts of the competition took place.
Of course, Xu Shi would not give up this trial: the Deceiving Heaven Longevity Art was too valuable for her. She did not want this technique to contribute to another Insurgent Technique in the Academy.
Her true goal was to use this technique to deceive Heaven that her husband had passed the Outlaw Trial and revived him using this method. If not, at least deceive Heavens that he failed his trial but survived.
Xu Shi did not know whether this technique could accomplish something like this. However, this was her first chance at reviving him, so she wanted to try no matter what.
So, she gave Shi Qian one last look before returning to her mansion and activating the arrays. No matter what, she would retake the token, possibly one of an even higher place.
Xu Shi's actions surprised Shi Qian along with many people. However, after a brief analysis, many people realized this was a genius move. At this point in the trial, all the seeded tokens are nothing but hot potatoes.
Other competitors can attack seeded players, but even they can only defend their position. So, as of now, they have a weaker hand.
Shi Qian looked at the token in her hand, her eyes shining brightly. Like Xu Shi, she did not want the final scripture because of its implications for her factions or family. She wanted to see if she could deceive Heavens that she was a Dao Child that could control their Dao Source Seed or even an Emperor Child.
Typically, such heaven defying method should not be possible. The enormous gap between mortals and immortals would make it impossible for a mortal–no matter how talented–to deceive Heavens that he was an Immortal Child or another blessed one. True Heavenly Dao has always been very strict regarding things such as this. freёwebnovel.com
However, as one of the Three Blessed Beings, she believed she had a chance at succeeding. And once she does, she is guaranteed to prove the Dao and become a Great Emperor.
After thinking about all of these, Shi Qian looked at her surrounding, waiting to see if anyone would challenge her. However, no one did so as they focused on the confrontation between Wang Wei and Ye Tuizhi.
In this brief distraction, Wang Wei had already made a decision regarding this battle. He received a hint that the quickest way to gather the resources needed for this final incarnation was through this Young Master Ye. So, he could not resist the temptation.
Nevertheless, he also needed to be cautious.
He looked at the killing intent emanating from Ye Tuizhi, and Wang Wei cracked his neck. It's been a while since he let loose, and he had the chance now–especially since the trial's space was strengthened to withstand all their powers.
Otherwise, Xu Shi's previous battle would have created devastating destruction to the surrounding.
"I genuinely hate it when I see confident humans like you. Thinking how powerful most of your kind is in other worlds makes me sick."
Wang Wei calmly looked at him. Typically, he would try to understand his opponent's mindset, history, or background. But, this time, he did not care.
"I don't like how you look at me," said Wang Wei. "So, let's begin with your eyes."
Before Ye Tuizhi could react, Wang Wei appeared in front of him with speed beyond his reaction and time. Then, he ripped his eyeballs from their sockets.
Young Master screamed out loud as he felt pain unlike he had ever experienced in his thousand years of life. How could he resist? After all, Wang Wei had not used his Pain Innate Talent for a long time despite continuing to train this ability, so he can magnify the pain of all his attacks by factors of millions, if not more.
As Wang Wei watched the eyeballs regenerate, he grabbed Ye Tuizhi by the head and flew to the sky like he was holding a helpless chicken. In his flying paths, hundred of blue stars appeared.
Wang Wei used the Star Essence in his Acupoints and mixed them with the Chaos Flame inside his Heart to create these Chaos Stars. As he ran Ye Tuizhi through the first one, the tiger demon screamed as the Chaos Flame burned every atom of his flesh, not even sparing his soul.
But it was not the end. Wang Wei held him with a firm grip, preventing him from moving an inch before running him through close to a hundred stars.
"Enough!" roared Ye Tuizhi, creating a shockwave that pushed Wang Wei away. At the same time, a Yin Breath emanated from his body as the blue star became encased in black ice.
Ye Tuizhi looked at his opponent, fury oozing from every pore in his body; the aura he released slightly bent the space around him. At this point, he only had half of his body left while the other half had already turned into ashes.
Young Master Ye opened his mouth to instantly swallowed five of the Chaos Stars before Wang Wei placed them away. Then, in an instant, his body regenerated.
[God of Death's Judgement]
A phantom of an enormous man with red skin, a long beard, and wearing a traditional black robe and a judge's cap with the two characters of "king" and "death." The phantom took out a book and a brush, looked deeply at Wang Wei before flipping to a page, and wrote his name.
'A Bloodline Divine Ability?' thought Wang Wei as he sensed this technique came from Ye Tuizhi's body instead of something cast or used through Law Comprehension.
A white light descended from the sky and enveloped Wang Wei. However, to everyone's surprise, nothing else happened.
"Trying to judge my sins based on Karma? Shouldn't you know better after what happened during the dinner?" said Wang Wei as he shook his head. He waved his hand to manifest an enormous hand that ripped the book and brush from this phantom's hand.
Then, the hand wrote a name in the book. Ye Tuizhi's face became ugly after seeing this and quickly deactivated his bloodline ability. Unfortunately, it was slightly too late, so he suffered backlash by vomiting a mouthful of blood, and his complexion became paler.
Wang Wei once again appeared before him and kicked him straight in his face, sending him crashing to the ground.
"I must say, you truly have one of these faces that people simply want to stomp on."
Everything became eerily quiet for a moment before loud waves of laughter echoed throughout the city. The people watching–especially the humans–could not help laughing after hearing this.
None of them liked how these demons from the Demon Supremacy World treated humans, and they were weary of their ideologies of suppressing and eradicating humans.
So, it brought them great joy to see Ye Tuizhi mistreated like this.
"Screw all of you," roared Young Master Ye as his overwhelming hatred suppressed the unsurmountable pain he currently felt.
An ugly creature suddenly appeared behind him. It was only a head with red eyes and wrinkles resembling scales. The creature then opened its mouth wider than a python trying to swallow an elephant, displaying all its fangs: there were thousands of them, making people wonder if they all fit inside.
'Taotie,' was the name that appeared on everybody's mind.
Chapter 538 The Unorthodox Way
Taoties were a unique race throughout the Endless Void because of how they were born. Most worlds followed the same path of development after their inceptions. There were Disorder Chaos Qi all over these worlds, making it impossible for any lifeforms to be born.
After many years, the disorder Chaos Qi became orderly Chaos Qi, and Heavenly Dao created the first Innate Lifeforms. A few required Chaos Qi to be bred, but they are still considered Innate Lifeforms.
Now, Taoties are different. They are creatures directly bred from the disorder Chaos Qi and, as such, are considered Chaos Lifeforms. Very few creatures are considered Chaos Lifeforms in the Endless Void; the number could probably be counted on one hand.
However, they usually have a few things in common: they are extremely powerful and uncontrollable. They can all be described as mad, living only for the desire of destruction.
The Taotie summoned by Ye Tuizhi opened its mouth and swallowed everything and everyone within a hundred meters diameter around him. The houses, people, and spiritual energy.
The weak participants, the aid they brought, and the maid the trial gave all participants could not resist or react in time as the mouth devoured their flesh, blood, and soul.
'A little provocation and this guy turns almost everyone against him,' thought Wang Wei. So far, there has been an unwritten rule not to involve innocent people like the maid or the people working in the city in this competition.
But Ye Tuizhi did not care and broke the rule. Many peopleâ€"including his kind from other worldsâ€"will officially turn him during this competition; with just one move, he becomes alienated.
Wang Wei looked at the Taotie with calmness. He was not scared since he knew it was not the real thing. Otherwise, he would have run away and called for his Ancestor. The beast was only a manifestation of Ye Tuizhi's Law of Devouring.
Ye Tuizhi healed his cracked skull and took a deep breath to calm down. Then, his body morphed into a tiger the size of a mountain with red stripes on its back and two bull horns. He disappeared before reappearing in front of Wang Wei.
The Taotie behind him opened its mouth with the intent of swallowing the small thing in front of him. After calming down, Ye Tuzhi realized this was an opportunity for him. His strength would drastically increase as long as he could swallow this human.
Meanwhile, Wang Wei had plenty of time to think.
'Gravity is a part of the Devouring Dao. So, he used its power to pull and fold space and achieve teleportation. These Heaven Chosens are nothing to scoff.'
Small luminous dots appeared in different spots on his body; knowledgeable individuals knew these were the physical manifestations of his Acupoints. Then, a terrifying swallowing power came from Wang Wei's body, canceling Ye Tuizhi's before he punched the tiger.
Boom!
The surrounding space bend as shockwaves travels outward a few dozens of meters. However, this attack did no damage to Ye Tuizhi as he devoured the force behind the attack.
Additionally, Wang Wei's keen senses detected that the latter's fleshly body suddenly became more powerful. Albeit the increase was well hidden, he could still detect it.
'The increase in strength is too large,' thought Wang Wei. Although the Law of Devour can devour everything to help its user's development, there is still a limit based on the individual. And according to his calculation, Ye Tuizhi's growth exceeded his limit.
He punched the tiger again with the same outcome. Nevertheless, he still learned something.
'His Devouring Dao also involves something similar to Growth Law or Evolution Law which allows him to better digest the things he swallowed. A perfect combination if I say so myself.'
Ye Tuizhi raised his sharp claws, slashing at Wang Wei's face.
Crack!
Young Master Ye's face became ugly to look at. His clawsâ€"which could easily slash through neutron starsâ€"broke as they clashed with his opponent's face. Wang Wei raised his hand to punch him for the third time, this time using the power of fate.
Boom!
Ye Tuizhi flew away before crashing to the floor.
When Wang Wei's fist touched him, he used Fate Law to determine the limit of his opponent's absorption power. Then, the attack finally succeeded once the force behind his punch exceeded that limit.
'Dao Overlord,' thought Chu Luo, who was watching the battle in the distance like many others. Deep in his eyes was slight envy.
Meanwhile, Ye Tuizhi quickly stood up from the ground, even going on the offensive.
Bloodline Divine Ability: Hell Suppression.
He appeared in front of his opponent and slammed down with his paw while the latter raised one hand to block
Crack!
Small space cracks appeared underneath Wang Wei's feet, and with each second, the cracks expanded in size.
'His mass and weight can increase infinitely?' thought Wang Wei as he felt the tiger's weight become drastically higher with each passing second. Based on his calculator, his fleshly body would not be able to bear it in half a minute.
Many thoughts flashed across Wang Wei's mind in less than a nanosecond. He had many ways to deal with the situation. Use fate to limit the mass increase, use time to keep reverting it to weight that he could bear, or use Yin-Yang to make it so that his opponent became lighter with each passing second.
In the end, he chose a not-so-revealing method. He pretended he was struggling to block the attack. And at the exact moment Ye Tuizhi's mass reached the limit of his fleshly body, he activated the Gluttonay Swallowing Scripture to absorb all the tiger's mass and weight and convert it into energy to increase the size of the more than 500 supermassive black holes inside his Acupoints.
Wang Wei felt it. In just a few seconds, he increases his from 25,000 Dragon Elephant Force to 50,000. So, now, he could destroy 50 million Middle Thousand Worlds with one punch. Regrettably, he was still in the second layer of the True Power Dao Realm.
At the same time, Wang Wei quickly sealed his increased strength since he felt he did not have proper control.
Meanwhile, Ye Tuizhi's black fur became slightly pale after having his strength swallowed. More importantly, he felt humiliated losing to someone else regarding the Laws of Devour.
Nevertheless, he acted quickly. He used the store power he kept in case of emergency to return to his peak state before continuing attacking.
Bloodline Domain: Lord of Hell.
Wang Wei suddenly felt the world around him change. He was no longer inside the trial's city, floating in the air. He was now standing in a pool of lava. He could feel a creepy wind blowing around, containing the sound of grieving souls. Ordinary cultivators would have their spirit and soul affected by the wind and sound, but he did not care.
Above his head was an enormous wheel with the character "good" and "evil" displaying its might. A terrifying devouring power emanated from everywhere, trying to devour everything that makes up his existence.
The Laws inside his body became extremely difficult to mobilize, the same for the Origin Essence inside his Divine Sea. If it was not for the quality of his soul, he sensed that even his Spiritual Power would have difficulty being used.
'A Domain that combined his bloodline and his Law?' thought Wang Wei, looking in the distance where Ye Tuizhi had a humanoid shape, sitting on a throne with a book and pen floating before him.
Without wasting time, he ordered his army composed of creatures with ox heads and horse faces to attack his opponent. In his domain, these creatures were endless, and as long as he could tire his opponent, he could swallow him.
Wang Wei quickly analyzed the situation before deciding to use overwhelming force to break this Domain. After all, the environment was literally working against him.
However, he stopped as he suddenly had a divine hint to use the power of a Domain as well to break free. He knew these hints were a manifestation of his Luck and Destiny Laws; they would give suggestions to do things that would be beneficial to him.
So, Wang Wei wrapped his body with a slight power from the Free Will Incarnation's Domain and became free from the restriction of a Domain. With this method, he quickly escaped Ye Tuizhi's Bloodline Domain.
In the distance, Chu Luo squinted his eyes after seeing the method Wang Wei used to escape.
"The Unorthodox Method of the Nine Extremities Foundation," he muttered. Suddenly, the second-seeded player became an eyesore as he remembered two of his greatest failures.
His parents informed him of the Nine Extremities Foundation as they encouraged him to walk that difficult path. They first suggested he use the unorthodox way since it was less time-consuming.
They told him the three requirements for using this method. Firstly, the soul must be of sufficient quality. As an Emperor Child and with his parents' resources, he quickly met the requirement.
The second requirement was to enter the Duyi Realm. After learning about this secret cultivation realm, he developed a way to reach it, and with the protection of his parents, Divine Punishment Thunder was not a big deal.
Where he failed was the last requirement: having a tiny amount of understanding about his [Existence]. He did not need the level required to be an Eternal Emperor, but enough so that when he fused with the other clones, there would be no problem, backlash, or loss of strength.
Unfortunately, even after his fatherâ€"a Pseudo-Eternal Emperorâ€"preached his understanding of [Existence] to him, he could not comprehend anything. His parents did not blame him since it is rare for anyone to understand anything regarding [Existence] without the Heavenly Will presenting the concept to any individual.
To do so beforehand would require not only immense comprehension but also luck and maybe even the perfect environment. Nevertheless, Chu Luo never forgets the fleeting disappointment in his parent's eyes when he failed after numerous attempts.
Ultimately, he had no choice but to use the orthodox method and reincarnate himself over and over while condensing a unique Dao Inheritance Seed that contained all his strength, bloodline, comprehension, etc., before absorbing it in his subsequent lives.
Chapter 539 Survive?
Ye Tuizhi rushed out of his Domain, heading straight for his opponent. Despite not being inside, the Domain still boosted all his strength; it only lost the effect of suppressing his opponent. Then, the black tiger's eyes suddenly glowed red.
[Bloodline Ability: Avaci Hell]
Wang Wei then saw an illusion of countless demons tormenting his soul. So, he secretly shook his head. Most people who fight him could see the anomaly of his soul after one attempt and be wise not to fight him on this field.
Yet, this arrogant little demon seemed not to learn anything from the beginning of this fight. Wang Wei snorted coldly, and a deep power from his Sea of Consciousness instantly destroyed the illusion.
At the same time, Ye Tuizhi's eyes began to bleed because of the backlash of his failed attack.
"Let's end this charade," said Wang Wei as he condensed a spear made of Origin Essence.
Boom!
The air exploded as he threw the projectile with unimaginable force. The clouds in the sky scatted because of the sheer power of the throw, and as the spear traveled to its destination, it left a trail where space-time curved.
Ye Tuizhi's pupils dilated as he watched death rapidly approach him. Everything began to move in slow motion so that he could see every detail of the spear's trajectory. Unfortunately, his body could not move.
'Move, damn it, move. This can't be the end!'
It was pointless. His mind could react, but not his body. As the spear approached a meter from his body, the fear of death almost overwhelmed him. Then, Ye Tuizhi heard a roaring voice:
'Are you going to lose to a mere human? Where is your pride?'
A roar of anger and frustration resonated deep in his soul. Then, Ye Tuizhi's aura suddenly increased: becoming nobler, more ethereal, more immortal-like. Then, at the last possible second, he transformed into his human form to avoid the spear.
'Can't be….' thought Wang Wei as he squinted his eyes.
"I should thank you," said Ye Tuizhi with newfound confidence and calmness.
"So, you've acquired control of your Dao Source Seed?"
"Indeed. It seems that it is true what they say: there is a power of sublimation between life and death," replied Ye Tuizhi as he clenched his hand, feeling the surge in power.
After gaining control of the seed, it released an Immortal Aura that drastically increased his strength.
"In that case, let's end this pointless battle," Wang Wei said calmly.
"Do you know how to be scared now?"
"Scared? Do you think you're my opponent now? Unless you're willing to sacrifice that seed."
Ye Tuizhi looked at him with intense killing intent.
"Are you serious? You're throwing away your chance at proving the Dao for what? Pride?"
"No one can insult me and live long to tell the tale–especially not a human."
Bang!
A terrifying aura emanated from his body that shook the entire city. All the Heaven Chosen watching the fight were forced to kneel on the ground by the overwhelming power of that aura.
Everyone except Chu Luo.
These arrogant geniuses tried to resist; to them, they would never bow to anyone–even an Immortal. Regrettably, they did not have the strength to back up their pride.
Ye Tuizhi waved his hand to manifest an enormous black tiger paw that descended from the Heavens like a god punishing mortals by squashing them as easily as bugs.
Boom!
The place where the paw landed exploded, generating a powerful shockwave that annihilated all matters, energy, laws, and concept above the trial's city.
'Is this the power of Immortal?' thought Shi Qian, who also knelt on the ground. 'I must have that power.' She felt it was a shame that the second-seeded player would encounter such an opponent. Otherwise, based on the displayed strength, he would have probably made a mighty Emperor.
Many people felt the same way as her. The Heaven Chosens lamented how unlucky this Wang Wei was. At the same time, they also became elated since Ye Tuiizhi no longer had this power.
Now, they only had to worry about the first seeded player; They hoped he was not foolish enough to destroy his future for a short gain such as this inheritance.
The dark clouds generated by the explosion blew away, and everyone watching this fight had their eyeballs bigger than their forehead—a person in terrible shape floating in the air.
His left arm and right eyes were missing and had burned marks on different parts of his face. Additionally, he had a large hole in his stomach where his organs and golden spine were visible.
Wang Wei calmly looked at Ye Tuizhi, and everyone could sense the fury emanating from his body. Some people even felt he was releasing pressure on par with the previously boosted Ye Tuizhi.
"Impossible. How could you survive the full blow of 1-Leaf Immortal Venerable?"
Only Wang Wei knew how much effort he used to survive that attack. He knew he could not directly block this attack or reduce its power. So, he focused all his attention on survival.
He used Time Laws to constantly revert himself to his peak state. He encased himself with a Luck Probability Field to ensure something would go wrong, and this attack would do the weakest damage to himself.
He blessed his destiny with that of someone who survived an attack from an Immortal Tier powerhouse. He used the cycle of Yin and Yang to form a powerful shield to protect him.
And whenever he came close to death, he used Samsara Laws to convert his "death state" to a "living state." Furthermore, he connected his Fate to someone close to him–Ancestor Wucheng–and transferred much of the attack's damage to him.
Despite all of this, he almost died. Honestly, if he did not use the last week to ask the sect's Immortal Powerhouse to ensure that the third incarnation reached the Quasi Emperor Realm as soon as possible, he knew he would have still died.
Wang Wei took a deep breath as he sensed his body. Although the attack had the strength of an Immortal Venerable, it did not have Immortal Qi that would hinder his healing.
So, in a few seconds, he returned to his peak physical state. He even activated the runes in his clothes to regrow them back. Then, he instantly appeared before Ye Tuizhi.
As the tiger demon looked at those gray eyes, he felt a fear embedded deep in his bloodline. It was the fear when humans used to be the ones at the top of the food chain. His instinct took over, and he wanted to run away. However, he was unable to move as the space itself restrained him.
Wang Wei did not waste his time as he unleashed a barrage of punches on Ye Tuzhi's face. He punched the latter more than a trillion times in less than a second without holding back.
Haaaaaa
Screams of agony echoed throughout the city; the sound was worse than a pig being butchered.
Oddly, Ye Tuizhi's head remained intact despite all these punches. And this was not an accident. Wang Wei used his own power to reinforce the tiger's head so he could withstand his punches.
The beating continued for five minutes straight, with him punching more than a million times in one second. So, for the next five minutes, these Heaven Chosens had to hear the demon squealing as if he had worked on his brother having sex with his wife.
It was simply heartbroken.
Five minutes later, Wang Wei stopped as he took a deep breath to calm down. Then, he opened his mouth and inhaled. A white light emanated from Ye Tuzhi's body and entered his mouth; he absorbed the latter's lifespan.
'Now, what will happen if I absorb the life span of an immortal creature? Let's find out,' thought Wang Wei. Not long, he discovered his answer: he could only absorb 1 Yuan Epoch of Life span, a total of 1.269 trillion years.
Then, Ye Tuizhi dried up like a mummy.
'He is still immortal, but his Dao Foundation is destroyed,' thought Wang Wei as he observed him. Now, he needed to know what to do with him. Ye Tuizhi must die, but he cannot die in his hand.
The Demon Supremacy World is very aggressive toward human-dominated worlds. So, based on the information he gathered by reading Ye Tuizhi's Fate Line, they will definitely use this opportunity to invade the Myriad Emperor World; they have done this before.
Although the different demon tribes often fought with each other, they were incredibly united in their hatred and opposition to the human race.
Usually, the Myriad Emperor World would not fear any plane invasions. What Wang Wei worried about was that the Demon Supremacy World used the excuse that they were only after the Dao Opening Sect.
With the political landscape of the Myriad Emperor World, the other sects might abandon their unity and let them invade, just to weaken the Dao Opening Sect. And Wang Wei would not let that happen.
At the same time, his fury must be appeased. So, Ye Tuizhi must die, but not in his hands. So, he took a copy of the latter's Soul Imprints. After years of analyzing, he discovered this was what his Soul Network used to connect to other World Communities.
As long as he accesses the Demon Supremacy World Community, he can plan for Ye Tuizhi's death.
All these thoughts quickly flashed across his mind as he made a decision. Then, he threw the tiger demon's body to the ground like he was throwing a rag.
Then, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared and caught Young Master Ye. He quickly checked his body and became relieved when he discovered that only his foundation had been destroyed.
He then looked at Wang Wei. Every inch of his body wanted to slap this kid for what he did to his son. However, he could sense a terrifying aura locking him from the shadow. He knew if he made the wrong move, he would be annihilated.
The middle-aged man sighed, lamenting his weakness that he was not an Insurgent. After that, he disappeared without saying a word.
Chapter 540 Dao Ancestor's Classification
Wang Wei looked at the people watching the battle, his eyes asking them if any of them was foolish enough to challenge him again. And base on how they averted his eyes, he got his answer. So, he flew to his mansion, which he thought was destroyed during the battle.
However, it seems that the small world the trial took place was a special one as all the destroyed houses had reappeared a few seconds after the battle ended. So, he entered and reinstalled the arrays he previously had.
Chu Luo watched Wang Wei leave with a slightly stern look while countless thoughts flashed in his mind. He needed the Deceiving Heaven Longevity Art for a particular reason, and no matter what, he must get his hands on it.
'His Nine Extremities Foundations seemed to be in the early stages. Otherwise, he would not be so weak. However, he might become a problem based on how long this trial takes.'
So, he analyzed the situation before concluding that there was no need to worry too much; the second-seeded player was not as much of a threat to him–at least in the combat department of this trial.
The minimum requirement for the Nine Extremities Foundation to succeed is to have the strength of a Dao Ancestor. At the same time, there are different levels or classifications of Dao Ancestors based on strength. Anything below that meant the process had failed.
So, even if Wang Wei succeeded, Chu Luo believed he would still be stronger. And the reason he came to this conclusion is the downside of the unorthodox method: lack of time.
Most people who walked the unorthodox ways had only one generation to cultivate the other incarnations before the final fusion. So, it is challenging to temper them to the limit like people who use the orthodox path. As such, most unorthodox people are the weakest Dao Ancestors after completion.
'All I have to do is watch out for the other competition categories.'
The Third Seeded player, Ye Dafu, watched the battle, excitement all over his eyes.
"This King is looking forward to fighting you." He was not deterred by Wang Wei's feat of surviving the full blow of an Immortal Venerable. His Disaster Bloodline can also do the same–albeit he would pay a terrible price.
Based on his analysis, that human is now in terrible shape inside his mansion, trying everything possible to heal his injuries quickly.
The Immortal Swordsman, Ji Lanfang, lay on a rooftop in the distance, spectating both battles. During the entire process, he never stopped drinking.
"What a strong meatshield. Maybe, he can survive more than one of my serious sword slashes. *Hiccup*," he muttered.
Mu Lei, the fifth-seeded player, calmly looked in the distance.
'Such a strong body. If only I could swallow it.'
Shi Qian, the new sixth-seeded player, clenched her teeth as she watched Wang Wei leave. 'No matter what, I must get this inheritance.' Although she was one of the Blessed Ones, her situation was not looking too good.
Her parents were Loose Cultivators who once helped a Great Emperor during his rise, and he rewarded them with Immortal Qi as Karma Repayment. So, her background may not be as high as some Heaven Chosen from Emperor Lineages.
Worse, not long after she was conceived, Shi Qian's father died in some unknown secret realm while trying to get some rare resources for her. So, she only had a single mother to raise and protect her, which has not been easy because many people believed that by absorbing the source of an Immortal Child–especially one from the Light Race, they could wash away their Karma without the help of an Emperor.
So, Shi Qian spent most of her childhood in hiding, waiting for the Heaven Will Battle. She believed she could win this generation's Heaven Will Battle with her talent. However, recently, a monster appeared in her world.
That monster used to be an Insurgent Dao Ancestor but decided to give up all his powers and reincarnate to prove the Dao. Shi Qian did not think she had a chance at winning.
Normally, she could wait for the next generation. Regrettably, that monster belonged to the sect that killed her father during a secret realm. So, if he proved the Dao before her, she knew that she and her mother would not survive long.
Shi Qian was not the only person feeling anxious. Xu Shi never felt so close to reviving her husband. And yet, the opportunity might slip from her hands; she was unwilling. Whether it was this trial or the Heaven Will Battle, she could not lose.
As she looked at the departing Wang Wei, a thought came to mind: 'Maybe, I should consider acquiring an Identity Token from another World Community and compete there instead.'
As soon as this idea got into her mind, she could not remove it. 'Let's see how things unfold before making a decision.' Maybe, this was the way for her future.
'Am I going to fail again?' thought Jingwu Hua as she looked in the distance. Then, she placed her hand on her ribs and caressed them.
'No, my father predicted this possible outcome and prepared for the worse. I should trust him.'
Huo Fenghuang looked at Wang Wei's back; no one, maybe even herself, did not know what she felt or was thinking.
Meanwhile, Tong Ruobing smiled before muttering. "As expected of a genius like him. However, it is not guaranteed that the throne will be yours yet."
Feng Heng was one of the few people who saw how Wang Wei survived the attack, while all the others only marveled at his power and means.
'Who would have thought he not only survived the Supreme Outlaw Trial, but he became so powerful? I thought Di Tian was my only problem, but now, there is another.'
Feng Heng thought about steps to take for the future to ensure the rise of Buddhism in the Lower Dimension: it was his mission, and he would succeed at all costs.
'I need to prepare some hidden cards before the final battles, and they have to be ones at the Immortal Level. Before then, let's focus on our objective.'
He did not come for the Deceiving Heaven Longevity Art. If he acquired it, that would be useful. If not, it did not matter in the long run. Then, Feng Heng looked at someone in the distance.
'The Divine Race. So, they can show up again after I created some loopholes on the Absolute Beginning Magic. Maybe, I can begin to spread the seed of Buddhism throughout the Endless Void through him.'
He squinted his eyes as many thoughts flashed across his mind. 'Let's be cautious and investigate first.'
The Divine Race, Liang Shixian, looked at the departed Wang Wei.
'A unique soul. Maybe, he can help me.' Then, he sensed a gaze and looked in Feng Heng's direction. After looking at the person for a second, he averted his gaze.
A hooded figure also watched the departed Wang Wei.
'I've heard that the Fate Dominating Emperor was an Era-Suppressing Genius in his youth, but I did not think he would be this powerful. Well, given his accomplishment, it would make sense.'
The hooded figure's face squinted under the hood.
'It does not matter. No matter what, I will destroy you in the cradle before you can grow up and save the entire Chaos Universe.'
After entering his mansion, Wang Wei immediately contacted Ancestor Wucheng.
"Kid, are you alright?"
"Just minor injuries."
"That's good. So, what do you want?"
"What's with the attitude?"
"I'm not very fond of you transferring that attack to me."
"Common, Ancestor, that was probably like a mosquito bite for you."
"I still don't like it."
"I apologize," Wang Wei said with a very sincere face.
"Good, I accept your apology." Wang Wuchend did not know whether he was truly sincere.
"Can I still do it in the future?"
Now, he knew.
"Whatever."
"Don't tell the others, but you're my favorite Ancestor."
Wang Wucheng ignored the kid's cheekiness. "So, why did you contact me?"
"How strong was that person who took Ye Tuizhi away."
"He's a 3-Root Dao Ancestor."
"Explanation, please."
"Didn't you read the books in the Secret Archives?"
"I'm not done since I've been busy. Plus, when it comes to Immortal-Tier information, a lot of them are vague."
"Just the other paths, the Dao Path also has a classification for strength. Do you know the difference between Emperors and Dao Ancestors?"
"The former control the Grand Dao Source, while the latter borrows its power."
"Correct. But on a technical level, it is not true. Dao Ancestors can control the Grand Dao Source, only up to 4%."
Wang Wei's eyes lit up as he thought of something.
"There are two reasons many people do not go to Great Thousand Worlds to become Dao Ancestor: the main one is the Immortal Tribulation is extremely difficult. And secondly, this method could only create the weakest Dao Ancestors: 1-Root Dao Ancestor.
"These Dao Powerhouse have zero control of the Grand Dao Source. Although there are some exceptions, it is scarce. Now, when Great Emperor refines a seed for someone, he can allow them brief access to the Grand Dao Source to comprehend and control up to 4%, and the more percentage, the higher the root."
"So, that person only controls 2%?"
"Yes. Using that 2% and his Internal World, he can resonate with the Grand Dao Source and borrow its power."
"How fascinating. Ancestor, what's your level?"
"Of course, I'm a 5-Root Dao Ancestor. Without that level, it is extremely difficult to become an Insurgent."
"That makes sense. I remember you saying that 9-Leaf Immortal Venerable can fight some Dao Ancestor?"
"That's right. Some can fight 1 to 2 Roots."
Wang Wei frowned slightly as he thought of something. "The weakest Third-Class Emperor only has 5% control of the Grand Dao Source, yet, according to you, the strength disparity to a 5-Root Dao Ancestor is unimaginable. Is the difference that exaggerated?"
"You have no idea," Wang Wucheng replied with a long, desolate sigh.
"I once met an unparallel genius who managed to control 4.9 percent of the Grand Dao Source before becoming a Dao Ancestor. And yet, in front of the lowest Third-Class Emperor, he could only run away after a few hundreds blow.
"And he even later admitted that Emperor was not even trying to kill him. That 0.1 percent gap is a nightmare of despair."
"Just like the saying, Heaven and Earth treat everybody like dogs. In the upper dimension, Great Emperors are probably just bigger ants, let alone other Immortal Powerhouses," commented Wang Wei calmly.
"Maybe," muttered Wang Wucheng. "Let's not talk about this. From what I know about you, you must have left Ye Tuizhi alive for a reason. So, what's your plan?"
Chapter 541 The Demon Supremacy World freēwebnovel.com
Wang Wei told Wang Wucheng about the Demon Supremacy World and his worries if he were to kill Ye Tuizhi.
"You did a good job. Although our sect is powerful, there is no need to create more enemies."
That's how Wang Wei felt, so he nodded his head. "Out of curiosity, how would we fare against the entire Demon Supremacy World?"
Wang Wuching thought for a moment, "If they have an Eternal Emperor hiding in their world, we probably will not survive for long. If not, we could run away and hide with Shadow One and Two. Then, use guerilla tactics to cripple the most powerful demon tribes and win this war."
"Eternal Emperor? That is a variable."
"Do you plan to do something?"
"Ye Tuizhi must die."
Wang Wei did not want to kill him simply because he injured him, but because of the possible threat, this person could pose. With Ye Tuizhi's talent, even without the power of the Dao Source Seed, it is very likely for him to prove the Dao.
And on the unlikely chance that Wang Wei fails, he could guess that Tiger Demon would return for revenge. So, he must remove the threat in the cradle.
"Do you need something?"
"I need one talisman to prevent any Emperor Tier Powerhouse from tracking me down and a few talismans that can kill Dao Ancestors."
"Alright, give me a few days. I'll bring everything."
"That's fine. The competition won't start for another month."
Wang Wucheng left, and Wang Wei went to refine the Soul Imprint he took from Ye Tuizhi, allowing his Soul Network to access the Demon Supremacy World Community. Then, he took out a talisman that recorded many things, the most important of which was something Chu Luo muttered:
"The Unorthodox Method of the Nine Extremities Foundation."
Before the battle, Wang Wei scattered the Array Virus in the surroundings to spy on everyone present. He would secretly record these Heaven Chosens's aura, law fluctuation, emotions, and words. He did not allow the viruses to enter their bodies because he divined that if he overused the Array Virus in this way, it would be a matter of time before Heavenly Dao detected it, which would lead to Grand Dao noticing him again.
"Nine Extremities Foundation, Unorthodox Method," Wang Wei muttered before using his Fate Law to divine the secrets of Heaven and Earth. Since he was already walking on that path, he did not encounter any resistance when learning about the Nine Extremities Foundation and learned a lot about it.
'It seems I don't have to worry about rejection from the incarnations' innate materials.'
From his divination, he knew the innate materials on the incarnations would turn into a pure power that nourishes the main body during the final fusion. As such, he does not have to worry about clashes or rejections.
"As long as someone can pass or survive the Outlaw Trial, they can receive countless opportunities."
Wang Wei knew if his trial did not lead to Lin Fan's trial, he would never have the opportunity to understand something regarding [Existence] and thus would be incapable of walking the unorthodox path of the Nine Extremities Foundation.
Even with his comprehension, without the right opportunity, he might not have succeeded; this is the reason that Luck is a fundamental aspect of any powerful cultivator.
Finally, he reviewed the information he gathered on these people before going to meet with Ancestor Wucheng again.
Wang Wei received many jade talismans, along with a necklace.
"Shadow One refined a talisman for you and lent you his personal Chaos Treasure. The key word is lending; you must return it."
"What's with the emphasis on 'lending'?"
"With how shameless you are, I would not be surprised if you tried to keep it for yourself."
Wang Wei's lips twitched, but he did not refute. "So, what does it do?"
"With your Fateless Status, it should allow you to even hide from an Eternal Emperor–albeit briefly. If you sensed someone on that level tracking you down, abandon everything and retreat."
"It should be fine. From what I learned from Ye Tuizhi, the Demon Supremacy World only had three Eternal Emperors, and they should all be gone. Nevertheless, I will be careful in case there is one secretly hiding."
"Your cautiousness reassures me."
Wang Wei entered seclusion again before activating the Soul Network; this time, he had three purples orbs floating in front of him, signaling the Myriad Emperor World, the Martial Supreme World, and the Demon Supremacy World.
Wang Wei chose the new addition to the network, gaining access to a bunch of souls with that he could form connections. Then, he chose a random one as an anchor to send a projection into the Demon Supremacy World.
The first thing he noticed was the towering trees that elevated to the sky. Everywhere he looked or used his Divine Sense to look, there were forests, mountains, rivers, and farms, giving the entire world a nature-like and picturesque atmosphere.
Wang Wei looked at the trees and knew many demon tribes lived on top of them. The history of this world has some similarities and was influenced by the Myriad Emperor World.
There was a Nulle Era as a result of the Innate-Acquire War. Then, the cultivators rebuilt civilizations; the demons called that period the Beginning Era.
In that era, demons and humans competed with each other to become the racial protagonist of this world. The fight was relatively balanced until a human became enlightened under a Bodhi Tree and developed Buddhism.
After proving the Dao and spreading his religion, humans became the dominant species and suppressed the demons. The demons called this era the Dark Era, a time of great suffering for their races.
However, Wang Wei knew this was not the complete truth. From Ye Tuizhi, he knew that the Buddhist Cultivators were peaceful and left the demon race to themselves as long as they did not eat human flesh.
Many demons even converted to Buddhism, walking on the path of seeking Nirvana. However, the Dark Era ended after the Absolute Beginning Emperor created the Great Buddist Cataclysm.
Then, the first Eternal Emperor from the demon race rose, and he hated humans passionately. So, he destroyed 90% of the human race while enslaving the remaining 10%. He also ensured to rewrite history, convincing his race of the atrocities humans created during the Dark Era.
That Eternal Emperor established the Supremacy Era that has existed until now.
…
Wang Wei's projection teleported to an underground cave where a group of demons who looked like dogs watched over a bunch of humans.
wuh-PSSSH
"You're working too slow," said the humanoid dog demon as he whipped an older man who seemed to be in his 80s, dressed in sacks as clothes. The older man fell to the ground, with blood all over his back. Despite the immense pain, he did say a word as his eyes were numb.
He then tried to get up, mustering all the strength possible. Regrettably, although his mind was willing, his body could not.
"Are you being lazy?" said the dog demon before whipping him again.
The older man fell flat to the ground, unable to move. He looked at the demon, his eyes still numb and unfocused.
"What are you looking at, you disgusting human?"
wuh-PSSSH! wuh-PSSSH! wuh-PSSSH!
The dog demon whipped him until the luster of life left his eyes. Another dog demon walked to the beater, indifferently looked at the dead older man, and said: "Team Leader Ji Gou, you are killing the slaves too quickly. The tribe might complain."
"These humans reproduced as quickly as the rabbit tribe; there will be plenty of them to replace."
The Vice-Leader shook his head, "So, what do we do now?"
"Didn't that human have children?"
"Yes, but the only remaining one is 10 years old."
"Old enough to work. Go get him."
Soon, a ten yeard old malnourished child appeared. He saw his father's corpse on the ground, and his body trembled. Tears wanted to leave his eyes, but he controlled himself. He quickly picked his father's pick and began mining, not uttering a word.
Wang Wei watched the older man. He knew despite the latter's appearance, he was only in his early 40s. He did not say anything before teleporting to a small village.
In some houses, a line of more than 40 demons waited in front of each home. Wang Wei looked at the closest to him, where an ant demon walked out from a house, pulling up his pants and using a cloth as a belt.
"How was it?" asked a wolf demon in front of the line.
"As good as usual."
The wolf demon laughed heartily after hearing this, then the people behind him followed soon.
The invisible Wang Wei looked through the house and saw a human woman lying on a bed naked, her dull eyes full of despair; he could tell she was asking for someone to relieve her of her misery.
Wang Wei teleported to another place; this time, it was a city full of humans. An elephant demon looked at a kneeling human; compared to the others he saw, this person's dress was way better than the sacks he saw all the others wear.
"Did you finish the task I gave you?" asked the Elephant.
"Yes, I have chosen 200,000 humans for the Lord's banquet."
"Did you properly choose each individual?"
"Yes. I properly bathed, fed, and even chose the ones with high cultivation talent and special bloodlines. The Lord should be satisfied with this meal."
The Elephant nodded before going to check the chosen people. He secretly shook his head.
'No one with cultivation realms; those are the tastiest. Well, I should not expect more from a backward place as this.'
He then used his space ring to take away all the 200,000 people. And during the entire process, the City Lord had a smile on his face.
Wang Wei calmly watched this before teleporting to another location, which was a school where a heterogeneous group of demon children interacted.
The teacher–a lion demon–had a complete human transformation, unlike the others who only looked humanoid.
"Remember, children, humans are born aggressive. They were born for conquest, destruction, and hatred. This has been proven based on their activities during the Dark Era."
"Teacher, from what I saw during last week's field trip, aren't we doing the same thing as humans?"
"No, it is not the same. Humans do horrible things because they are innately evil and corrupt; they enjoy committing sins. We do what we do to protect our race, our culture, and our way of life.
"So, if we give them a chance to rise, we will suffer an even worse fate."
"I understand, teacher."
"That's good. Now, pass me yesterday's assignment."
The Lion Demon collected all the papers and read the first one.
"Excellent work, Xi Zazhong. By the power granted to me by the Demon Supremacy Alliance, I will give you 100 Community Points. Keep up the good work."
Then, he read another paper before giving the child some community points, making each of them very happy. At such a young age, they knew that with enough points, they could elevate their status and acquire more resources; they could change their entire life for the better.
As Wang Wei observed this school interaction that was probably normal throughout this entire world, he sneered.
'The Supremacy Era, huh? Alright, let's begin the Era of Revolution.'
Chapter 542 The Revolution (I)
Wang Wei closed his eyes to access the soul network. He made the category for his search human and inaccessible ones.
The demon race made up 60% of this world's population, humans comprised 30%, and the remaining 10% consisted of demonic beasts, essentially animals that have absorbed a lot of spiritual energy but are of low intelligence.
After a period of cultivation, the demonic beasts can evolve into low-level demon races with impure bloodlines. If you count the number of these low-level demon races as demonic beasts, they will then make up 40% of the demon race's population.
After searching for the information he needed, Wang Wei found five places where a large number of humans habited, but his Soul Network could not pull people's souls. He knew there must be some Immortal-Level Powerhouses or Formations in these places.
He divined which of these five places would ensure his plan's highest success before teleporting inside. It was a city occupied by demons, but that was only on the surface. He could detect that humans controlled the demons in this place, making it look like it still belonged to them.
Furthermore, there was an entrance to a Small World in this city. After a brief search, he discovered a person who could enter and leave the secret realm at will. Wang Wei did not follow him. Instead, he summoned that person's soul to his Soul Realm, the name he gave that space in the Soul Network.
He showed that person his strength and mysterious abilities before telling him to contact his leader. Not long afterward, the poor middle-aged man rushed into the Secret Realm to report.
Not long afterward, a Dao Ancestor wearing a green robe came out to meet Wang Wei's projection in a secret house in the city.
"Your excellency, I am Daoist Green Heart. How may I refer to you?"
"The name's Chu Mo," replied Wang Wei, that had masked his appearance.
"Lord Chu Mo, are you from another Heaven Will World?" asked Daoist Geen Heart, who became more respectful when he realized he could not detect any information from the person in front of him.
"What makes you say that?"
"This is not the first time some foreign plane has aided our resistance. Otherwise, I doubt we would last so long."
"Well, you are correct. The Demon Supremacy World has enmity with us, so they must be destroyed."
Daoist Green Heart smiled but did not take these words seriously. The previous people only provided some resources and helped them destroy a few insignificant demon tribes before leaving. So, he is prepared for the same outcome.
He would be satisfied as long these new people were not stingy with their resources.
Wang Wei frowned after seeing the latter's situation. "It seems you do not expect much. In that case, how about I tell you the first stage of my plan? Then, you can decide whether you want to participate?"
"Oh, what will happen if I don't want to participate?"
"I will go to the other bases."
"And if they are not willing to participate?"
"I'll raise my own force."
"It seems your Excellency is determined. Alright, please tell me your plan."
"Before we can start, please sign this Dao Contract, swearing you will not reveal any information about our discussion."
Daoist Green Heart frowned as he looked at the contract. The Dao Contract in his hand, was the highest level, capable of even binding a Great Emperor. However, after reading it, he sighed in relief.
The contract only stated that he could not reveal any information regarding their discussion and also not betray the human race. Truth be told, Daoist Green Heart admired this foreigner's caution.
So, after checking if there were any hidden clauses, he signed with his Soul. Then, Wang Wei told him about the first phase of his plan.
"C-Can we really succeed?"
"Of course."
"The better question is, are you really willing to use such precious resources?"
"Why not? The return would more than enough make up for it," replied Wang Wei.
Daoist Green Heart quickly calmed down before processing the information.
"How do we split the rewards?"
"8-2, 8 for me."
"Isn't that too much–especially since you're not risking anything?"
"You should understand that freedom has no actual price. Do you want the human race to be livestock for generations?"
Daoist Green Heart sighed heavily, "You're right. I'll go talk to the other bases. I'll convince them."
"Remember to have them sign the contract before revealing the plan. If any of them is adamant in his refusal: quickly take him down."
"Do you suspect there are traitors amongst us? Impossible."
"Don't be naive. In this cruel world, it would be odd if some people did not sell their kind for survival."
Green Heart knew this, but he did not want to accept this. After sighing again, he left. Three days later, he returned with three other middle-aged men wearing distinctive colors of robes. However, they did not look happy.
"So, who was the traitor?" asked Wang Wei.
"That does not matter," replied Daoist Red Heart. "Is your plan really going to work?"
"As long as you guys are willing to place your lives in the line."
"We are not afraid of dying. We are only afraid of a meaningless death; afraid of leaving the human race in a worse position than it already is."
"As long as you keep that conviction, everything will be fine," said Wang Wei.
"Alright, where do we begin?" asked Daoist Yellow Heart.
"This is a list of the demon tribe we must destroy as rapidly as possible," said Wang Wei as he handed them a list–which obviously included the Hell Tiger Tribe.
"I still think this plan is too far-fetched," said Daoist Blue Heart.
"What's your worry?" asked Wang Wei.
"These demon tribes have between 20 to 30 Great Emperors as their foundation. How on earth are we going to destroy them?"
Wang Wei looked at him, and he could tell he was not the only one with reservation.
"You guys know of Great Roc Emperor?"
"Of course, he is the damn demon who started all our misery."
As the first Eternal Emperor of this world, he had a lasting impact–even to this day.
"The Great Roc Emperor created the demon race's era of dominance, but his policies doomed them for failure as well," Wang Wei said calmly.
"What do you mean?"
"Many tribes have more than 10, 20, and even 30 Great Emperors. However, this is not the result of their strength. The Great Roc Emperor made a secret agreement between the tribes that in each generation, they could select a tribe for the Heaven Will to be handed to."
"What? How is that possible?" yelled Daoist Red Heart.
"This is what happens when a world's Heavenly Dao is not as strict on controlling the laws and regulations," added Wang Wei.
"But, how does that help us with our plan?" asked Blue Heart.
"Most of the Emperors these demon tribes have are only Third and Second Class, with a lot of them even being Pseudo-Emperors."
"Pseudo-Emperors?"
Wang Wei looked at the confusion on these people's faces and secretly shook his head. It is of great significance for cultivators to have widened horizons.
"Great Emperors who do not have the Dao Heart or proper foundation to bear the Heaven Wills. How did you guys become Dao Ancestors without even knowing such a thing?"
The four looked at each other in embarrassment.
"All the records of our human race are destroyed: this includes our history, culture, origin, and even our speaking tongue," said Daoist Green Heart, lamenting that he was currently speaking the demon language.
"But, you should have lived long enough to learn this. Or, at the very least, learn from the Great Emperor who created you."
"The thing is, a Great Emperor did not create us. We inherited our powers from an Inheritance Dao Seed."
'These things can inherit Immortal-level power?' Wang Wei decided to ask Ancestor Wucheng if they had this technology. If not, it would be great to bring it back to the sect.
"Back to the topic. Because of how weak the Emperors of most demon tribes are, they do not have any Insurgents. So, with the talisman I gave you, you should be able to destroy them effortlessly."
"Alright, when do we attack?" asked Red Heart.
"Three days from now. So, gather all the people needed."
"Why not sooner?"
"We need a new and more secure base."
…
Hell Tiger Tribe Territory, inside a Secret Realm:
"How is Zhi'er doing?" asked a beautiful woman, looking at a body in a green pool.
"The tribe has used an Emperor Pill to recreate his Foundation. Regrettably, there is nothing we can do about the Dao Source Seed."
"Damn it. How could he waste such a precious thing?"
"It does not really matter. As long as he can defeat his opponent in the upcoming competition, according to the rules, the other tribes would have to hand the Heaven Will to him."
"It's not like they have not gone back on their words before. With the seed, he could deter them from acting rashly."
The middle-aged man–Ye Tuizhi's father–shrugged his shoulder. He also thought his son was stupid to waste the seed, but it was gone, and there was nothing he could do now.
"What about the person who did that to him? Are we going to let him go like that?"
"The other person is from the most powerful sect in the Myriad Emperor World. So, unless we can get support from the entire Alliance for an invasion, it would be suicide to fight them alone."
"So, he's just going to get away with hurting our son?"
'*Sigh* The only way for him to get his revenge is to prove the Dao and hope the other party fails. Otherwise, this is out of our hands."
The woman's face became ugly to look at after hearing this. Just as he was about to complain, the entire secret realm trembled.
"What's going on?"
The two rushed outside to see the sun shining on them. The Hell Tiger's Bloodline was Yin in nature, so their tribe's main headquarters was deep underground, where Yin energy was concentrated. So, it was odd to see the sun.
However, this was not even the odd part of the situation. All 27 of the tribe's Emperor Formations and Arrays manifested to protect the tribe from an enormous hand that descended from the Heavens.
Ye Tuizhi's father squinted his eyes after seeing the person controlling the enormous hand.
"Daoist Red Heart from the Human Resistance? How could they be so powerful?"
He could tell the previous attack reached the level of First Class Emperor. Suddenly, he remembered the cold, indifferent grey eyes that almost ruined his son's life.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The enormous hand slammed a few times before breaking all the information. Then, the hand killed all the Hell Tiger Demon tribes–mortals and Immortals alike.
Daoist Red Heart proceeded to take all the sect's resources–including the Emperor Artifacts, secret realms, and the bodies of the demons–and returned to the base.
Across the Demon Supremacy World, many Emperor Tribes were destroyed in just a few minutes before anyone else could react. Using the talisman, which contained the power of the Dao Opening Sect's Insurgents, the Dao Ancestors of the Human Resistance acted swiftly before retreating.
Furthermore, Wang Wei gave many humans True Monarchs talismans which contained his power, tasking them to destroy the non-Emperor or Immortal Tribes.
And with his strength that can slaughter Quasi-Emperor as if they were nothing but ants, these humans went on a rampage. And unlike the Dao Monarchs, these humans were chosen as Death Soldiers, so they did not need to retreat, only kill until they died.
So, in just one day, these humans managed to kill 5% of the demon race's population; they killed 5% of the entire universe's population.
Wang Wei was slightly surprised by this news; the madness of these humans, fueled by their hatred, genuinely shocked him.
…
Inside the Resistance's new base:
Wang Wei had just finished absorbing the lifespan of a Dao Ancestor. Unlike the Dao Child, he can absorb nine cycles of 1 Yuan Epoch, for a total of 9 Yuan Epochs. After that, the dead body of the Dao Ancestor would disintegrate.
As he looked at the lifespan on his hand, he smiled. After absorbing Ye Tuizhi's life span, he had an idea for all his eight incarnations to live the limit of mortal–1 Yuan Epoch–and spent all that time comprehending the Law.
Then, he would fuse with them.
Once he succeeded, he might exceed Di Tian's Golden Law Tree.