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Chapter 296 Trials of Fate, Beginning the Cult of a Master
Chapter 296 Trials of Fate, Beginning the Cult of a Master
"It worked?"
Xia Beina looked around. In the sky above this sealed star, she saw countless swirling, twisting currents of air and crashing waves, yet the sealed star itself remained completely still.
Very stable.
"We did it!" Irina smiled with relief.
"Master?" They all looked at Ye Yang, but Ye Yang shook his head: "I can no longer control this sealed star."
As the endless air currents outside gradually dissipated, revealing the magnificent passage behind it and countless distorted spatial phenomena, Ye Yang knew that he was now on his way to the core of the Star Tower.
"We're already inside the Star Tower. It's already quite good that the Star Sealing has kept us alive. Next, we can only try to see if the Divine Kingdom Teleportation can be used."
Ye Yang immediately released the Moyun Vine. This thing is now an immortal-level plant life form, but because its strength is only equivalent to the peak of the Marquis level, it is completely outdated to Ye Yang.
However, Ye Yang still kept it with him, at least it looked better than those soul servants who were once his enemies. "Try to teleport them back to your divine kingdom first," Ye Yang said, pointing to Irina and the other two.
The surface of the Moyun Vine immediately emitted a faint yet powerful aura of divine energy, connecting with a divine realm countless light-years away, and then began to open a passage to that realm—
boom!
However, despite the lack of communication, when Mo Yun Teng attempted to open a spatial passage, his aura suddenly trembled violently, and he failed.
"Master, I'm sorry, something is blocking the way, I can't get through," Mo Yun Teng said, sounding somewhat aggrieved.
"So it really didn't work out." Ye Yang sighed.
What is destined to happen cannot be avoided. Perhaps, when he chose to come to the Star Tower, this day was already destined.
"Fate?" He thought of the fall of the Barbarian King, his chance encounter with the Black-Armored Man and the information about his enemy, the investigation by the Turo King on the Alien Magnetic Star, the assassination of the Black Yin King in the Star Tower, and then being blocked by Nan Cheng.
Until the very end, the risky plunge into the depths of the Star Tower passage seemed to be as if some invisible hand had connected cause and effect with possibility, leading to the current outcome.
"Fate Points - increased, but not by much." Ye Yang closed his eyes, checked his balance, and sneered, "Just as I expected."
Only when the plot is disrupted and deviates significantly from its predetermined course can the Gate of All Heavens reap a large number of Fate Points.
Now that Ye Yang has embarked on the path of recognizing the Star Tower as his master, the Gate of All Heavens has not harvested many Fate Points. This indicates that if things continue to develop in this way, Ye Yang will not significantly disrupt the original plot.
He perished due to his failure to recognize the Star Tower as his master. When he is resurrected, he will lose both the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual and his perfect life gene-level clone. Moreover, it is unknown how much time will have passed, so his influence on Luo Feng will definitely become smaller and smaller.
Of course, this is under the condition that the [Gate of All Heavens] does not exist.
With the power of the Gate of All Heavens, Ye Yang's clone can be quickly resurrected even if he dies.
"So, the Star Tower that recognizes me as its master is the way this world is going to kill me! This is the backlash from my disruption of the plot, the calamity that's targeting me."
However, even so, if Ye Yang were given another chance to choose, the outcome would probably be similar.
After all, he couldn't ignore his true inner thoughts just to avoid calamity. A mind that is not clear is of no benefit to spiritual practice.
He will definitely come to the Seventh Battlefield, enter the Star Tower, and avenge the Barbarian King!
In that desperate situation, Ye Yang would rather rush into the depths of the Star Tower than leave the Star-Sealing Bell, the Soul-Suppressing Bell, the Breaking Army Claw, and other treasures to Nan Cheng and that Cosmic Venerable from the Zerg camp!
"It's nothing more than recognizing a star tower as its master. What if we succeed? What if we fail? We'll just deal with whatever comes our way."
Ye Yang snorted coldly, sat cross-legged on the ground, and beckoned to Irina and the other woman: "You two come here."
The two immediately obeyed the order, and then Ye Yang waved his hand, taking them both into his inner world.
Within Ye Yang's inner world, the two Zerg Queens, their nests, and 1000 Silverwing Zerg were all extracted by Ye Yang using the Gate of All Heavens and placed into a sealing bead.
Inside the sealing bead, time completely stopped. Even if Ye Yang's first clone died in the instance avatar within the Devouring World, as long as he was resurrected and two Zerg Queens were released, they would not die along with Ye Yang's instance avatar's previous death.
In addition, Ye Yang also stuffed in several treasures that were relatively "cheap" in the judgment of the Gate of All Heavens.
Finally, there are the Cloud Vine and the Snail Flower. They have become immortal deities, and the cost of extracting them using the Sealing Bead is very high, but Ye Yang still used them. It's just equivalent to the Fate Points of a few Immortal Positions, and he doesn't care about the money.
The remaining treasures were all things Ye Yang could discard. As for the other soul servants at the Marquis and King levels, Ye Yang could only apologize.
"The Soul-Suppressing Bell—no, it's too expensive, I can't extract it. What about the Breaking Army Claw—hmm? It'll be just enough—." Ye Yang sighed, leaving behind the General Armor, the King Armor, and the Soul-Suppressing Bell, and stuffing the Breaking Army Claw into the sealing bead.
"In this way, if I fail and die, along with this life, I will lose this sealed star, the Soul-Suppressing Bell, the General Armor and King Armor, numerous immortal soul servants, a large amount of spoils of war, cosmic crystals, and the already established Silverwing breeding base—..."
Ye Yang recounted the accumulated losses he was about to incur, and couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth: "Among them, the Soul-Suppressing Bell is the most precious, and since it's been left inside this Star Tower, even Master Chaos City can't retrieve it."
However, Ye Yang knew that even if he failed this time, Luo Feng would definitely succeed in the future under the guidance of "World Destiny".
We'll figure out a way to get the Soul-Suppressing Bell back later; at worst, we'll owe someone a favor.
After making all the preparations, Ye Yang felt completely calm.
What awaits him next is a thousand years of soul torment; a bad mindset is essential.
Although there is the option of immediately self-destructing to escape, it still comes down to the saying: if one's thoughts are not clear, it is of no benefit to cultivation.
Faced with the challenge of fate, Ye Yang had no intention of giving up and running away without even trying.
The sealed star flew through the colorful passage for an unknown amount of time, passing other sealed stars and towering pillars, and glancing past countless treasures exuding a majestic aura before finally coming to a stop.
Puyi!
Like a fetus just expelled from the mother's womb, the planet-sized, sealed star was squeezed out by that magnificent passage.
Ye Yang looked up and saw a huge and magnificent palace gradually rising on the horizon as the Zhenfeng Star rotated.
Nine enormous pillars support this hall, while countless sealing stars, identical to the stars beneath Ye Yang's feet, float and rotate slowly around the hall.
The sky was filled with countless stars, all surrounding the majestic figure in the very center of the main hall!
If we were to talk about the cosmic venerable from the Zerg faction that Ye Yang had met before, his aura gave Ye Yang a majestic and boundless feeling, much like the feeling of looking up at a high mountain when he was still a mortal.
The figure before them, with a snake's tail and a human body, exuded an immense pressure that seemed to emanate from heaven and earth when its eyes were closed.
There was no strong sense of oppression such as murderous intent or anger, but it gave people a feeling of suffocation and helplessness.
"Child, come here." This great being among the "Snake People" spoke, his purple beard trembling slightly.
Ye Yang took a deep breath. This was the true form of 'Puti' who had guarded the Star Tower for countless years, waiting for the master of the Star Tower.
"Greetings, Senior." He left Zhenfeng Xingchen, stepped forward, and bowed respectfully.
"Sit down!" Puti pointed to the ground beside him.
Ye Yang immediately did as he was told and sat down on the floor next to him.
"Are you filled with doubts?" Puti smiled and began to tell Ye Yang about the origins of the Star Tower and the lineage of Earthlings.
The mysterious, solitary strongest being in the universe forged the Star Tower, an ultimate treasure.
He then cultivated the Yan God Clan, hoping to train disciples he was satisfied with. Unfortunately, the Yan God Clan could not satisfy him.
Therefore, this solitary and strongest individual reshaped the Earth, creating the human race.
Everything was exactly as Ye Yang knew, except that Puti's account had more details.
"Both of the top two candidates have perished?" Ye Yang murmured.
Puti went into more detail, saying that both candidates from the Earth lineage possessed extremely strong will and character when they recognized the Star Tower as their master.
The candidate who reached the immortal level had his will reach the extreme of the immortal level when he recognized the master. His soul defense was so strong that no king could break through it except for the cosmic venerable one!
He's similar to Ye Yang now—and his state of mind is even more profound.
But it still failed.
"Ye Yang," Puti said solemnly, "the first candidate persevered for 2600 years before falling, the second candidate persevered for 3300 years before falling, I hope you can survive!"
Ye Yang nodded.
Although he knew in his heart that a World Lord-level being needed to reach the peak of the Universe Venerable's will to recognize the Star Tower as their master, Ye Yang also wanted to see how far he could ultimately go.
"I hope it doesn't last even 3000 years, that would be embarrassing," he thought to himself.
"Ready? Let's begin!" Puti pointed at Ye Yang, and the Star Tower's bead immediately entered Ye Yang's body, entering the original core within him.
Before Ye Yang could react, the Tower Bead directly came into contact with the Origin Bead within his original core.
"Hmm? It's not here yet?" Ye Yang, who was ready, waited for a while, but the pain of fusion had not yet arrived, so he couldn't help but wonder.
However, the next moment, a series of excruciating pains, as if his soul were about to split open, suddenly surged from the depths of his soul!
Both the primordial pearl within the original core and the souls within the two clones felt this terrifying pain.
Ye Yang felt as if his soul had become the skin of some monster, and now that monster was about to crawl out of his soul...
"Fortunately, the pain wasn't too bad at first." Ye Yang gritted his teeth, his body trembled slightly, and his expression didn't change much.
However, Puti was not too surprised by this—after all, there was once a candidate whose state of mind reached the third level, with an infinitely large and infinitely tolerant heart, capable of completely embracing and ignoring even pain!
Unfortunately, the candidate was perfectly fine just a second before he died, and then his soul suddenly shattered and he perished.
"I hope you succeed," Puti murmured to herself, then sat down silently to one side without saying another word.
In the distant depths of the cosmos.
An old man, whose height was about 90,000 kilometers, whose body was faintly glowing with black light and whose forehead had two crystal-clear horns, was sitting cross-legged on a huge mountain that was floating in the void.
Strangely, in the original universe where faster-than-light travel is not possible, he actually traveled through space at a speed exceeding that of light.
"Hmm? The third candidate has started?" The old man's eyes flickered slightly as he gazed in a distant direction.
That's the direction of the Star Tower in the Seventh Battlefield.
"I hope this little guy succeeds—"
Meanwhile, in a forbidden area of the Star Tower in the Seventh Extraterrestrial Battlefield.
Nan Cheng watched as Venerable Bin Jing disappeared into this forbidden space via divine kingdom teleportation, a hint of disappointment appearing on her beautiful face. "I didn't expect that even a Universe Venerable couldn't capture that brat, Ye Yang. He's truly incredibly lucky." She sighed, "What a pity about that sealed star."
Ye Yang rode the Star-Sealing Star into the depths of the Star Tower. Regardless of whether he could get out alive, Nan Cheng's plan had completely failed.
"Master, why don't we organize this news about Ye Yang and broadcast it? Let the powerful figures of the demon race, the mechanical race, and all the major races in the universe know that humanity has produced another dazzling super genius. After that, if Ye Yang dares to appear again, the demon race and the mechanical race will start targeting him with all their might," a soul servant said.
"Well, then you can handle this matter." Nan Cheng said without much interest, "Write down all of Ye Yang's specialties. Even if he reappears under any other identity in the future, he will be immediately identified as long as he uses his own methods."
"Yes." The immortal king immediately responded. Soon, a message that shocked countless immortal powerhouses spread like wildfire throughout the entire Seventh Domain Outer Battlefield, then to the various races, and then to the human Ye Yang, the Heart Prison King, in the far reaches of the universe!
His golden-horned behemoth clone disguised himself as the Golden Claw King!
One excels at soul attacks, and the other at physical attacks; both are at the pinnacle of King-level combat power!
It can even teleport instantly, ignoring spatial blockades!
Various methods were employed, prompting countless people to declare that it was impossible to be granted the title of king.
"A realm lord? Are you kidding me?"
"Back then, it was already incredibly powerful for a human like Kodi, a Realm Lord, to rival a King. How did Ye Yang manage to do that?"
"Is this news true? It can't be fake, can it?"
"According to Shi, who came from the Zerg, they are very good at gathering intelligence."
A king from another race said helplessly, "I've been outdone by a realm lord. My cultivation over tens of millions of epochs seems like a joke."
Ye Yang is now famous—even though this is not what he wanted.
"Where is the corrosion modification?"
Ten minutes after Ye Yang began the Star East Tower recognition process, Bai Mo Wang, seeing the rapidly spreading news, hurriedly inquired about Ye Yang's situation.
"Teacher, haha, I'm fine. I'm perfectly safe where I am." Ye Yang could only laugh and say, "It's just that I seem to have become famous."
Bai Mo Wang shook his head speechlessly, pointing at Ye Yangshi and saying, "I told Shi not to provoke Nan Cheng, why didn't Shi listen?"
"Even if both of Eclipse's clones possess the ultimate combat power of a King, they still wouldn't be her match."
"Yes, teacher is right, the power of Nan Cheng is too great." Ye Yang nodded: "However, this time it was not me who took the initiative to seek her out, but she used the Black Yin Master to lure and scheme against me."
"Black Yin King?" King Bai Mo was shocked: "Could it be that the Black Yin King was causing trouble at the Star East Tower all this time, and I tried to kill him, but I was always blocked by various magical techniques? It was actually Nan Cheng who did it?"
Ye Yang nodded thoughtfully: "I see. It seems that the Zerg Queen, especially an old monster who has lived for countless years, is very good at manipulating people's hearts."
"Eclipse is definitely being closely watched by the other three major races right now, so we shouldn't enter the Domain Art Battlefield anytime soon," said King Baimo.
"Where is the teacher?"
"I," Bai Mo Wang looked at Ye Yang, thought for a moment, and finally sighed and shook his head: "The Black Yin King is dead, so there's no point in me staying in the Domain Art Battlefield. I plan to return to Chaos City to continue my secluded cultivation."
Her eyes were somewhat distant: "As long as I can integrate all the laws of space into one and become a spatial sovereign, I won't be as powerless as I am here."