Chapter 1447 The Clash of Ego
Chapter 1447 The Clash of Ego
As soon as Wang Wei reached the hunting area, he started killing the Bestowal Monster. He also used a Tier 12 puppet since he was now in the Paragon Realm. However, Wang Wei's actions were merely a distraction. While his body was hunting, his mind used his Soul Ability for the first time in the current realm.
Wang Wei immediately noticed the difference. First, he saw a small cluster on the map, which indicated the souls in this trial. Next to this map was a vast cluster that gave a sense of familiarity. 'That should be the Eternal Ascension World.' He moved to the second large cluster; the entire map was black and inaccessible.
'Is this the Prehistoric World? So, the Soul Network has expanded to a scale on par with the Chaos Universe but focusing on the karma connected to me?'
Wang Wei was immediately excited by this promise and kept changing the following map. He saw an enormous map formed from numerous clusters combined. 'Is this a Chaos World that combines numerous worlds? But what's my relationship with this place?'
An idea suddenly flashed in his mind: 'Is this where Wang Ju reincarnated?' Wang Wei immediately closed his eyes and tried to access the souls in these worlds. However, he didn't take a few seconds to give up. He could access these worlds, but reinforcing his connection to them would take a long time.
'Let's see if I can find my father,' Wang Wei thought as he continued analyzing this map. Unfortunately for him, he discovered many worlds he had connections with, making it more than challenging to determine whether his parents were somehow teleported to another Chaos World.
'These worlds should be the result of Wang Ju expanding the Fate Shadow Guard and whatever my soul did in Primordial Chaos,' Wang Wei groaned. After becoming a Paragon, he noticed his ancestors placed a seal on his soul to hide his identity when he was a soul in Primordial Chaos.
'Although I don't have a concrete answer, this is a good start,' Wang Wei thought. This ability should make it easier to find his parents, wherever they are. 'Back to my objective.'
Wang Wei focused on the trial's small cluster of souls. 'Huh?' He noticed a few living souls he could not influence. This would not be surprising with how many Transcendent Descendants are present in this place, but these souls were weak and had a connection to him. Additionally, these souls were attached to foreign powers.
'These souls are the Eternal Ascension World's people, and it seems they have been captured,' Wang Wei analyzed, and as soon as he read the data, he understood what was happening. These foreign worlds realized they could not get any information from the Eternal Ascension World, so they captured these people to bring them back to their factions and see if they could break the lock.
'These souls must die,' Wang Wei decided. However, he could not do it now as these people could just capture more. So, he has to wait until the end of the trial when most of the Eternal Ascension World participants leave to kill these captured individuals.
'Luckily, there is no power of transcendence protecting these souls,' Wang Wei sighed in relief. These powerhouses did not care too much about these captured individuals, so the protection on them was not the best they could provide. Such a flaw was something Wang Wei could exploit.
He continued his objective by pulling the souls of the Dao Opening Sect people and the participants he had a good relationship with into a hidden dimension for a minor assembly.
"What's going on?" someone asked, scared of how sudden everything happened.
"It's me," Wang Wei said, and everyone felt relieved. At least, it was not an unknown enemy.
"Did something happen?" Emperor Kong asked.
"Yes," Wang Wei nodded. "Some shenanigans are about to happen in this trial, and I decided to give you a warning. The people who came to this place without reaching the peak of the Empyrean Realm — I implore you to leave as soon as you become a Paragon.
"For the peak Empyrans, take a deep look within and truthfully assess whether you have a chance at those top positions. If not, you better leave after becoming a Paragon as well.
"Regardless, you all should be on the lookout."
Everyone listened to him attentively with a frown. These words sounded too alarming, and some instinctively felt someone was fear-mongering out of nothing, but given the source, they had to control their initial jerk reaction and take it seriously.
"What exactly do you mean by shenanigans?" Emperor Kong asked.
"Hmm, I guess I can tell you," Wang Wei said before raising his hand to summon the [History Lock]. With this protection, the chances of news leaking were minimal.
"I've detected a few Transcendent factions have secretly sent their people to infiltrate this place. If I guess correctly, their target should be to take control of this trial, so you can expect chaos at some point in the future."
"Transcendent?"
"I believe that's the realm of the two suns?"
"Aren't we ants before these two, even if we become Boundless?"
"We are."
With this short conversation, everyone understood the severity of this situation. Only two — three if you count Mongke — have entered the Paragon Realm, but even scarier people were already involved.
"Are you sure about this?" Emperor Kong asked. He didn't want to question Wang Wei, but he hadn't noticed much and wanted some reassurance.
"You're in my realm, and with a decent detection technique, you might not see the invisible ones, but you should be able to detect the ones who make you passively ignore them," Wang Wei replied. "But don't reveal yourself, or you'll be dead."
"I…I understand."
"Anyhow. I've warned you, and it's up to you whether you listen," Wang Wei continued. "And don't worry, I will still repay your points." Wang Wei did not wait for anyone else to speak and dismissed everyone. He only warned them to make up for the karma some of these people had already paid and because the Eternal Ascension World needed these talents to survive the upcoming catastrophe.
With that out of the way, Wang Wei focused on his hunting but had to stop after only one year. A vision had appeared in the distance: Ji Chengming had become a Boundless Paragon.
'Based on aura alone, if I had to quantify his realm, it's probably 90.5%, but Tian Xuan was 90.9999%,' Wang Wei thought. 'Speaking of Tian Xuan, he's been blatantly observing me without taking any action. What is he planning?' A technique has been observing him from afar and from Wang Wei's standards on how easy this thing was to notice, Tian Xuan was not hiding his purpose.
"Plum Blossom Daoist and Tian Xuan — you have 10 years of breathing remaining," Ji Chengming's voice boomed throughout the trial. "Keep your neck clean for these 10 years."
'This guy has gone beyond the scope of arrogance,' Wang Wei's lips twitched. He watched as Ji Chengmind entered the Battle Tower, probably getting acclimated to his new power.
"Whatever," Wang Wei muttered before continuing hunting. The ten years passed swiftly, and with his terrifying strength, Wang Wei repaid his debt and had enough points to use again.
"Where are you two cowards?" Ji Chengming screamed as soon as he exited the tower. "Who dares to challenge me first?" Wang Wei calmly looked at him from a distance, and Ji Chengmind detected him, and they locked eyes.
"What? Are you scared?"
Wang Wei put his finger into his nose, controlled his body to create a booger, and picked it before flinging it into the rock near him. His disregard proved highly effective as veins popped on Ji Chengming's neck, and his eyes changed to red.
'So, he does cultivate Emotion Dao,' Wang Wei analyzed. Ji Chengming was about to rush toward Wang Wei's location when Tian Xuan's potent aura flew from the Dao Tower.
"Little ant, you want to challenge me?" Tian Xuan asked casually, but his arrogance and disdain flew so effortlessly from his body that it felt natural. It was like it was a natural law of Heaven and Earth for this man to be arrogant—like it was his birthright to look down on all sentient beings.
"Interesting," Ji Chengming said with a grin. The veins in his neck were gone, but the redness in his eyes intensified. Anyone who knew him understood his rage had reached such a level that it had transformed into this cold wrath.
"Someone dares to be more arrogant than me," Ji Chengming said. "Do you dare fight in a life-and-death battle in the tower?"
"I don't care if you want to experience your funeral so soon," Tian Xuan calmly responded. "But I won't fight you for a stupid thing like pride, so wager all your points. And please don't tell me you're broke."
The void around Ji Chengming twisted briefly before returning to calm. He waved his hand to send a talisman, and a few seconds later, he received a batch of points.
"I will enjoy destroying that beautiful face of yours."
"It's okay. You won't be the first ugly man who tried. I'm used to your kind's jealousy," Tian Xuan countered.
'Damn,' Wang Wei thought. 'Who knew he had a mouth on him.'