r18novel Chapter 31 I will take you to see the Evil Emperor
Chapter 31 I will take you to see the Evil Emperor
No!!! I was wrong! That wasn't a sea of spirits at all; it was a universe. Stars silently rotated across the black sky, enveloping the entire space, and at the very center of it all, a gigantic, deathly white tree was supporting a slowly rotating galaxy.
I couldn't even comprehend what I was seeing—
"What exactly are you?"
The voices came from all directions at the same time, each word striking the depths of the evil eye's soul like a heavy hammer.
"Tell me, and I'll give you a quick answer."
As the words fell, Ye Chenxing's figure materialized from the starry sky.
Seeing this, the Evil Eye was terrified, its tentacles trembling uncontrollably: "What are you? Are you even human?"
A golden bolt of lightning struck down from the void.
The Evil Eye let out a silent scream. It was a soul entity, and this lightning, like a heavenly tribulation, nearly tore its soul apart. In this space, Ye Chenxing was the very rule itself.
"Don't answer questions with questions," Ye Chenxing withdrew his finger. "Trying to possess me? I'm already being lenient by letting you speak. Tell me, what exactly are you? Where did you come from? What do you want? Explain everything clearly."
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"Oh? So you've lived for hundreds of thousands of years?"
"That's right! I'm doing this for revenge!" Evil Eye's tone became fanatical again, his eyes revealing a human-like hatred.
Ye Chenxing remained unmoved: "Hundreds of thousands of years... Having lived for so long, your brother, could he be the one from the Demon Forest—"
"It's him!! You call him the Evil Emperor now! He devoured me to get to where he is today. His eyes, his power, everything he's so proud of—it should all have been mine! He's a thief! A robber! I'll kill him and take back everything that's mine!"
Ye Chenxing didn't reply. He looked down at the broken, evil eye, letting it pour out all its resentment and malice. Only after its roar finally subsided did he speak again.
"So, you are a complete spiritual being. Without a physical body, you cannot cultivate, and even after hundreds of thousands of years, you would only have around ten thousand years of cultivation. The wolf king's soul was devoured by you the moment he died. The ten-thousand-year soul ring that is now on me is a disguise you made with your spiritual power; in reality, it contains yourself."
"Yes. If I keep wandering like this, I will eventually find a suitable body, defeat the Evil Emperor, devour him, and then I might even get a glimpse of becoming a god..."
Ye Chenxing sighed. Hundreds of thousands of years of hatred had turned this evil eye's desire for revenge into an overwhelming obsession. He didn't even consider the feasibility of possessing a suitable body. Even if it did encounter the body of an unparalleled genius, the possibility of it defeating the Evil Emperor by cultivating in that body was extremely slim...
Without Ye Chenxing's influence, in the current Douluo Continent, the only one who could confidently say that he could easily defeat the Evil Emperor would probably be Di Tian.
It was only because this was his only hope that he had to persist and could only wishfully believe in it.
"Alright, that's enough. It's a pity you've met me. Your ambitions can end here. One last question..."
"Do you have any last words?"
Ye Chenxing's voice was calm. The Evil Eye was trying to possess him; this was the red line that should never have been crossed. He could sympathize with its plight and admire its unwavering obsession that had lasted for hundreds of thousands of years.
But one thing is one thing, and he could not allow a being that had once tried to take over his body to continue living in his spiritual sea of stars, even if it could not make any waves here.
Although Ye Chenxing is rational, she often makes judgments based on her own preferences.
"No! No way! I haven't! I haven't!!"
The Evil Eye went berserk. It began to rampage through the boundless starry sky, its spiritual energy leaving trails of afterimages behind it.
"I'm not reconciled! Why! Why can he become the Evil Emperor, ruling an entire clan, while I can only live as a dependent, barely surviving for hundreds of thousands of years! Why can he be famous throughout the continent, while I don't even have a body of my own! Why am I the one who ends up like this?!"
It flew for a long time. Or perhaps it was very short. In this spiritual sea of stars, time has no meaning. When it finally came to a stop, everything around it was as usual; the stars continued to spin silently in the distance, as if its struggle had never happened.
"Are these your last words?"
The voice came from all directions. Suddenly, the surrounding starry sky shifted, nebulae reversed, the Milky Way contracted, and the entire universe shrank to the size of Ye Chenxing's outstretched palm in an instant.
I promise you.
Evil Eye was stunned.
"Go in peace. You brothers are one, I will take you to see him."
"It's merely to serve as my soul ring. I hope that when you two brothers reunite within my body, you can truly glimpse the path to godhood, just as you said..."
The Evil Eye had no chance to speak again. Its soul dissipated, and the resentment, unwillingness, and obsession accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years were surprisingly quiet at the last moment, transforming into a soul ring.
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Ye Chenxing slowly opened his eyes and looked at himself with satisfaction. Two spirit rings, one yellow and one black, were quietly surrounding him. Their light was restrained, but they both exuded an aura that was completely different from ordinary spirit rings.
"Clap clap clap—" Jing Hongchen clapped his hands as he walked over, his face full of emotion. "A miracle, a miracle indeed! Chenxing, you have broken the human limit of ten thousand years, or even a hundred thousand years, on the continent. Absorbing your second soul ring for ten thousand years... I have lived so long, and to be able to witness this scene in my lifetime is truly an honor!"
Ye Chenxing shook his head and stood up: "Hall Master is exaggerating. No matter how much I break through my limits, I'm still just a two-ring Soul Master. There's nothing to boast about."
Upon hearing this, Jing Hongchen was taken aback for a moment, then nodded emphatically.
To maintain such clarity and composure despite exceptional talent is truly rare. He had seen too many geniuses become arrogant after achieving some success, and Ye Chenxing's temperament made Jing Hongchen think even more highly of him than his dual ultimate martial souls.
"How is it, Morning Star? Has your Sun Martial Soul been affected in any way? Has your theory been verified?"
"My Sun Martial Soul was not negatively affected in any way. This ten-thousand-year Soul Ring gave me the same Soul Skill as I had imagined, which was a short-term enhancement of my mental strength. At the same time, I also gained the elemental affinity of the Silver Moon Wolf King, which made me more adept at controlling my Martial Soul."
Jing Hongchen was overjoyed upon hearing this. To be honest, the Sun Moon Teachers team, which lacked experience in cultivating ultimate martial souls, had no idea how Ye Chenxing should develop, how he should cultivate, or what kind of soul rings he should acquire.
Even though Ye Chenxing's theory convinced him, it wasn't until he witnessed Ye Chenxing's success that he was able to put aside his concerns.
Of course, this is definitely not Ye Chenxing's true soul skill.
This spirit ring granted him a spirit skill called Mental Connection. The name is ordinary, but the effect is extraordinary. He can force a mental connection with other spirit masters, and as long as the other party's mental strength is lower than his, he can connect unconditionally.
Through this connection, interference, simulation, weakening, detection, sharing, and even brief mind control and memory reading are possible.
In theory, almost all operations of the mental-type soul skills can be performed once the connection is made.
At this point, Ye Chenxing couldn't help but mutter a complaint to himself. The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was, after all, a million-year-old soul beast, yet the four soul skills it gave Huo Yuhao seemed less effective than his current one.
However, mental-type soul skills have a common flaw—when facing an opponent with stronger mental power, forcibly connecting will produce severe backlash.
However, this rule does not apply to Ye Chenxing.
Are you kidding me? Backlash against the spiritual star sea? That's interesting.
As long as he can establish a connection, even if it lasts only a second, he can interfere without any responsibility. A normal mental-type Soul Master who forcibly interferes with a target stronger than themselves will at best suffer mental damage, and at worst be turned into an idiot on the spot. But he's different. Now it's only a matter of the strength and duration of the effect, not the side effects. This means that even if the opponent is a Title Douluo, he dares to give it a try.