Chapter 1830 Chapter 1823: ACT III (2) |
EXPOSED!
Completely exposed! Under the surprised gazes of the crowd, Wei Wuyin's Mystic Star Phase cultivation base was pulsating, seething slightly as the surrounding chaos mana was absorbed to rapidly replenish his expended strength.
Dongfang Yue, also known as the Elephant-Tigress Sovereign, had an appropriately exaggerated reaction; her mouth was agape and her eyes bulged with incessant execution of Ocular Spells, at least three different ones to bolster and reinforce her Spiritual Sense and Soul Perception. She verified again and again that Wei Wuyin was a Mystic Star Phase cultivator!
This unearthly handsome man who entered the Utmost Purity Galaxy with boundless confidence and tyrannical momentum, exerting his will here and there as if it was free to do so, and then interfering with matters of the galaxy as if it was well within his expectations, was ONLY an Exalted?!
AN EXALTED!!!
Suo Haoran was baffled. Was there a trick here? No, there had to be a trick! Both his real body and Incarnation slowly moved their gazes from the floating Wei Wuyin to the Soulguard Absconding Long Shiya! The survival ability of Resonant Soul Realm experts was unfathomably mysterious, and even he couldn't pinpoint where Long Shiya escaped to after he reached a certain point. In many ways, it was as if he was pulled into the embrace of a greater force, hiding within the heavens themselves.
There were a few speculations as to the actual events surrounding a Soulguard Absconding execution, and to those who hadn't unleashed it yet in despair, which was a vast majority of Resonant Soul Realm experts, they theorized that it involved the great dao—the Mystic Dao or the Three Thousand Realms of Heaven's Law that was linked with the respective cultivator's Microheaven.
Suo Haoran had never had his physical body destroyed or threatened by anyone, his power was supreme, but if Long Shiya lost his physical body, then that meant this foreigner was directly responsible! While it was more or less verified by the various forces that Wei Wuyin wasn't a Resonant Soul Realm and only had means to rival or unleash one's strength, either through Supreme Heavenly Treasures or a proxy, the reveal of a literal Mystic Star Phase cultivation base was beyond confusing and utterly Inconceivable.
He had to calm down, alongside the others as he found the breathing of his real body experiencing rugged breaths and a pounding heart. So he performed a few short breaths, regulating his emotions. He cleared up his outrageous thoughts, and like many others, pushed themselves to conclude a 'logical' reasoning.
When thoughts reached this extent, a few other possibilities arose. The most likely reason was that the Resonant Soul Realm existence was without a physical body, seeking out a new body, and Long Shiya had his body stripped from him!
When matters that vastly exceeded one's understanding and limits of belief occurred, the logical mind would always feel in the gaps with the 'reasonable' rather than accept the 'defying'.
However, while Suo Haoran and the vast majority of the supreme existences, including the Zeniths and those from the top-tier factions, slowly came to various conclusions, many justifying the event, there was only a single person who took it at face value.
Wei Wuyin's eyes naturally moved to a specific region, sensing a distinct mental fluctuation far different from the rest, standing out like golden colors in a sea of white.
Dongfang Yue's eyes met his gaze from across space. It was an inexplicable intuition of a Resonant Soul Realm's woman, exceedingly illogical yet unerringly accurate—this man destroyed Long Shiya's body! She was certain! SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN!
Nothing could change her mind!
Wei Wuyin closed his eyes, inspecting his Astral Souls and Little Defiant. They were currently located within his Mind's Eye, working in tandem with the Minor Authority of Laws they possessed to suppress the Major Authority of Saber, Annihilation, and Imperial.
Prior to departing the Onestar Galaxy, Wei Wuyin and the Heavenly War Spirit held a conversation regarding Laws, specifically exploring the type of Imperial Law path that he was traversing, and he concluded that his Imperial Law was being simultaneously nourished by reign over others and reign over territory, growing in unison, and after mutating, this was only amplified.
Back then, Wei Wuyin asked King a question: "Use the two forces nourishing the Imperial Law and sharpen your saber's edge instead. Can you do that?"
King responded decisively and directly, redirecting the strength of the nourishing aura to the Law of Saber. It wasn't something that Wei Wuyin could achieve regardless of his cultivation base, but King had a type of control over the three Laws his Omega Saber Soul Light had been created by, and it allowed him an ungodly level of control that not even Microheaven Envoys would possess without incredibly wondrous arts or spells.
As time went on, King didn't just redirect the nourishment from the Imperial Law to his Saber Law, but the Annihilation Law to his Saber Law as well. By doing so, in a miraculous development, the three Laws became inexplicably connected, led by the saber, mutually augmenting each other's capabilities further.
With his Saber Intent as the foundation, Wei Wuyin progressed step by step, and after he unsheathed his saber to face a supreme existence far beyond his cultivation, all that accumulated nourishment erupted naturally, evolving the Saber Law to a Major Authority, and then allowing his saber to usher the other two alongside.
Those from the Utmost Purity Galaxy were right about a single thing: The Imperial Law that Wei Wuyin cultivated was no longer just a reign of territory or others, but furthered by his ambition founded by his Saber Intent, which carried his unyielding will to fight to the very end with its edge, bringing everything to an ultimate end. This was a will backed by a Heart of Cultivation willing to fight against Hell itself as a mere mortal!
It would be more accurate to say that Saber, Annihilation, and Imperial Laws were an intermixing of nourishing principles and paths that could be regarded as the reign of the paragon. Whether that was fighting, defending, and protecting with saber in hand against heaven, hell, and unseen divinities, dominating all of creation with one's unbreakable heart and will, or destroying everything in one's path that dared to halt his path to perfection, Wei Wuyin had deliberately birthed an utterly defiant path that had never existed before with his daring and creativity, only possible because of King's uniqueness.
Additionally, his Minor Laws mutation during his ascension had allowed his Minor Laws to somewhat rival Major Authorities already, only gated by a few profound principles!
Now that they were Major Laws? Their mutation didn't even out to any semblance of normalcy but was only getting increasingly outrageous!
Wei Wuyin observed them quietly for a while. They were having great difficulties, and King seemed on the verge of merging with the mutated Major Laws. He wasn't certain if this was a good development or bad.
Eden sent an urgent transmission: "Can we…seal them?" Its voice was struggling. So bad development.
Wei Wuyin could tell that Little Defiant was putting in 90% of the effort in the suppression. The Defiant-sized Solar Star with the blessing of three great daos and unique daos exceeding the norm was giving its all to suppress three mutated Major Laws. What type of mutation was happening?!
Eden explained hastily: "The Major Laws are parasitizing King's quintessence! They're too aggressive! If we don't seal it, there's a chance that King will die! He's not strong enough to establish a connection with those Heavenly Realms!"
"Tc—h!" King refuted it with an unyielding tone broken by a tremble.
Wei Wuyin didn't hesitate. In another life, his decision and laziness had led to Kratos' death. He refused to allow that to happen again. These Major Laws were not as important as King's life.
"Permission granted!" He shouted.
Eden, Ori, and Kratos instantly acted with Little Defiant's support.
Wei Wuyin couldn't even observe as his Mental Incarnation was eviscerated by a horrifying pulse of aura. Expelled out of his own Mind's Eye, Wei Wuyin opened his eyes with flickering lights of contemplative thoughts. If it wasn't King who was withstanding the mutated Major Laws transformation, would his own soul be under threat of being parasitized?
His cultivation base was simply too low. To even normally wield a Minor Authority, Soul Energy was required, and if it wasn't for his four Astral Souls and the challenges of facing Hell, he wouldn't have been able to use any of them.
Within the next instant, his aura of Imperial Law dispersed entirely. The sharpness in his every movement dulled. The wondrous sensation of ultimate connection with the things under the heavens, be it space, time, or all types of natural energies born at the origin of creation, all noticeably lessened.
Wei Wuyin could feel it—all of his Authorities of Laws were sealed. Whether they were Minor or Major, they were no longer things he could access.
He hadn't expected that.
"Fu#k."
Just as that thought struck his heart and soul with the force of a thousand thunderbolts, he sensed an incoming aura of a supreme existence.
Dongfang Yue was flying towards him. Although it was a mere Incarnation, she was openly approaching!
Suddenly, his body received Little Defiant's support and he could sense King, Ori, Kratos, and Eden's presence again. An infusion of solar essence almost immediately replenished his depleted state, and his bloodline abilities were returned. The Void-like qualities of his body were reestablished.
"World-Saint Neo-Dawn!"
'The show must go on...'