Chapter 1487 The Fourth Piece
Chapter 1487 The Fourth Piece
Wang Wei sat cross-legged in his retreat room, thinking about the previous conversation with Wang Bo and the other professionals, trying to figure out if he missed something. 'Wang Bo reminded me I need to start preparing for Li Jun and Yan Liling's ascension.' He needed to prepare the resources for these to cultivate the Empyrean Peak as soon as possible, then he would hand over one of the trial's tokens to them.
'Yan Liling might want to try Wang Bo's Legacy Trial,' Wang Wei thought. Wang Bo left a trial to select disciples, and so far, two people have passed: Miscellaneous and Yan Shirong. Although these people have probably never officially met or spoken to Wang Bo, they are his disciples.
'Wang Bo's seniority and achievements has granted significant influence on Qiyuan and power in the sect, so it's a good idea for Yan Liling to become his disciple and guarantee her position in the sect,' Wang Wei thought. With power and influence, she'll have access to more resources and can cultivate faster.
Wang Wei hopes he'll make some progress in creating his [All-Nurturing Artifact] from the source he received in the Mortalhood Trial. As long as he succeeds, he'll be able to drastically increase the time needed to cultivate Paragons. Of course, he'll never be able to compete with the trial until he becomes a transcendent.
His ambition is to reduce the time needed from millions of Yuan Epochs to hundreds of thousands. He doesn't know how long the catastrophe will last, but he knows it won't be short. Suppose the Dao Opening Sect and maybe the Eternal Ascension World have a method of rapidly cultivating Paragons. In that case, they'll be able to recuperate their loss of upper-echelon fighters and last longer in the catastrophe.
Wang Wei shook his head to remove these thoughts. He then muttered, "I wonder how little Jun and Ling'er are doing in the lower dimension." It's been a while, and he thought of them. However, Wang Wei knew this was not the time to be nostalgic and reined in his thoughts.
Just as he was about to close his eyes to recuperate from the battle with Time Eater, Matriarch Xie Huan sent him a talisman about a matter that may be urgent, so she summoned him.
"What's the matter?"
"A devil loose cultivator slaughtered a small mortal dynasty at the far end of our territory," Xie Huan reported.
"Is something wrong with the cultivator?"
"After receiving the news, I felt something was wrong and investigated. I discovered an almost disappearing trace of incense in their soul."
"You think this is the Divine Faith Haven's retribution for what I did to them?" Wang Wei asked.
"The proof is almost non-existent, but it looks like it's the case."
Wang Wei ran his hand through his head as he mulled over these words. "They only sent an Empyrean to the seal, correct?" He remembered that the Divine Faith Haven's participant tried her best to remain inconspicuous among all these Paragons.
"Yes. Although she brought a Paragon Artifact, she was indeed just an Empyrean."
"Spread a rumor that their faction has secretly surrendered to the enemy and is working in secret to destroy any plan involving eliminating the lock. That's why they didn't send a Paragon," Wang Wei ordered.
"What's the point of that? They can wash away their name as long as they reveal they had no active Paragon," Xie Huan asked. "Such an admission will embarrass them slightly, but it won't affect them in any meaningful manner."
"These loose cultivators are restless after acquiring power. They also know there is an intense power vacuum with the disappearance of the ancestors, and it won't be long before things return to normal once the lock is gone. They need to take advantage of the situation before it's too late.
"So, what do you think they will do after hearing the Divine Faith Haven admitting they had no Paragons? Even if they don't admit it, the rumors are enough to embolden them," Wang Wei explained. He understood why Tong Ruobing destroyed the Southern Chu Dynasty and why she did it in such a public and grandiose manner. The weaker Overlords have a higher chance of being attacked, and Wang Wei's actions are just to give them a target.
"I understand," Xie Huan said before bowing down and disappearing into the shadows. Wang Wei proceeded with his recuperation. Most of his injuries were minor due to the protection of the Unsoiled Body Pill, but his soul was heavily drained and burdened, so he needed to alleviate the issue. It took a few pills and a quarter of a million years, but he finally returned to peak.
After exiting his retreat, Wang Wei swiftly learned of what happened during his absence. Kong became bolder after realizing Wang Wei was not paying attention to him. About 50,000 years ago, a group of cultivators invaded the Divine Faith Haven and successfully retreated with one person severely injured and the others with minor injuries. Their attempt appeared unsuccessful, but the idea that they escaped from one of the Overlords emboldened the other loose cultivators, prompting them to start testing other factions. Over the past 50,000 years, more incidents have occurred worldwide as the loose cultivators' actions had domino-like effects, affecting everyone else. Wang Wei did not focus too much on these affairs. Instead, he summoned Wrath. "Are you ready?"
"I am," Wrath nodded.
"And you know the risk?"
"Don't worry about me," she reassured.
"Good, let's get started."
Wrath activated the [Power of Nothingness], becoming invisible. Then, she shrunk herself to be smaller than a quark before attaching herself to Wang Wei.
Wang Wei found Yu Cai to get another Unsoiled Body Pill before heading to get the fourth piece for his plan: the Primogenitor Devil's broken Transcendent Artifact. He sent a request for his visit before teleporting to the Heavenly Serpent Empress Domain, waiting for an answer to the request.
The most popular area of this domain was the [City of Sin], which was called a city despite being an entire world, and also the primary residing area of the Heavenly Serpent Empress. As soon as Wang Wei arrived, his senses saw a world of pink due to all the intense emotional and lustful aura/energy of this place. He understood why people describe this place as where one can experience the most beautiful or vile form of pleasure the mind can concoct.
As Wang Wei slowly visited this city, he could not describe what he saw. He thought he was pretty open-minded as a modern person, but what he saw challenged this notion. Even without the internet, people were sexual deviants, and adding cultivators' godly power is a recipe for disaster.
In one corner of the street, he saw a young couple sweet-talking with each other by making poems, but after walking a little distance, he saw people partaking in blatant sexual activities. Some were flying in the air, others were transforming into different animals and races to test out possibilities.
Not far from this area, a young Emperor watched his partner enthralled in the passion of love with a flame elemental creature. Wang Wei only knew they were partners because the woman kept asking excitedly, "husband, can you see me?" and the young man kept nodding with a grin on his face.
"Sir, Sir, wait up," someone yelled at him to stop him. "You look like someone who understands pleasure derived from pain. Are you interested in visiting our Lustful Torture Inn? You can inflict the pain or have someone else inflict it on you? The choice is yours, but if you do choose the former, you sign a contract not to kill our girls. We've spent a lot of resources training them.
"Of course, it won't matter if you bring your own partner."
'BDSM in the cultivation world? I've officially seen it all,' Wang Wei thought speechlessly to himself.
"No, thank you."
"Are you sure?" the man asked, looking at him strangely. Wang Wei walked away, thinking what it said about him that this man thought he was this kind of person. Well, he knew what kind of person he was, so it didn't really matter.
'I should bring Hong'er here one day,' Wang Wei thought as he walked away. 'Unlike me, she's not too into public displays of affection, so she'll probably reject the offer. However, I may be able to convince her to recreate this place. We can use clones to re-enact all these vile things — that should be an experience.'
Wang Wei could not help smiling as he thought about this future. He had to find a regular inn to rest because he had never received news from the Empress. On the contrary, he had to wait ten days before someone contacted him.
'A power play, huh?' Wang Wei thought. Such blatant disrespect has revealed much, and it appeared the meeting was starting on a bad leg. He calmly looked at the woman before him:
"What did you say your name was again?"