"The secrets of the universe …" Su Ming was silent, then suddenly threw his head back and laughed. There was mockery in his laughter. He … did not believe in the so-called secrets of the universe!
Even if the picture was incredibly real, even if Su Ming himself had sunk into it for an instant, sensed his ancient self, and saw the forlorn and great grief after everything around him was destroyed, he still … did not believe that all of this was the secrets of the universe in the future!
"You're just a mere spirit of a Rune and a mere Heavenly Incense Rune, and you dare to say the words secrets of the universe? This is clearly a transformation of your Art. You want to throw my mind into disorder and turn it into a trick that will exist if I believe in it. You want to plant a seed in my soul. This is absolutely absurd. Since you claim to be able to pray, I wonder if you can predict how many of your nine incense sticks will be broken today?"
Killing intent appeared in Su Ming's eyes, and he spoke slowly with a cold sneer on his lips.
The spirit of the Rune was silent for a moment before it said in anguish, "Today is a disaster. This disaster is not you, but I have revealed the secrets of the universe, and the disaster has descended on me through your hands. Today … three of the nine Heavenly Incense sticks will be broken."
"Three will be broken?" When Su Ming spoke, he did not give the Heavenly Incense Rune any chance to continue speaking. When he lifted his right hand, he swiftly brought it down and pushed it against the third Heavenly Incense. At the same time, the floating ring above Su Ming also sank down and charged towards the Heavenly Incense. It was so quick that it landed on the Heavenly Incense almost at the same time as Su Ming's right hand.
Booming sounds echoed in space. In an instant, Su Ming's power might not be able to destroy the third Heavenly Incense, but his ring was a supreme treasure in Avacaniya Realm. When it descended, it landed on the third Heavenly Incense and sank down. Wherever it went, the Heavenly Incense roared. Cracks appeared on it, and cracking sounds echoed in space. When the ring landed at the bottom, the third Heavenly Incense that had stood erect in True Morning Dao World for countless years shattered with a bang, turning into ashes that scattered into the air before disappearing into the air.
The Rune Rune did not fight back. It did not fight back. Instead, it quietly endured the destruction of the third Heavenly Incense.
"You're not fighting back?" Killing intent shone in Su Ming's eyes. He cast a glance at the Heavenly Incense Rune, and the killing intent in his eyes instantly disappeared, turning into aloofness. He did not continue attacking. He could tell that the Heavenly Incense Rune had said that three of its incense sticks would be destroyed today. If Su Ming continued attacking and destroyed the second and third incense sticks, then the Heavenly Incense Rune would definitely counterattack at full power to prevent the fourth from being destroyed.
Once that happened, Su Ming would be forced into an incredibly passive position. That was why when a freezing glare shone in his eyes, he swung his arm, and the ring immediately returned to him. When he put it on his right index finger, Su Ming moved forward and swiftly walked out of the Heavenly Incense Rune to appear beside the bald crane and Hu Zi.
He lifted his right hand and swung it in the air. Immediately, an hourglass appeared beside him. He looked at the Heavenly Incense Rune with a cold gaze and spoke flatly.
"You said that three incense sticks would be broken today, but you've only broken one. There's still plenty of time. I'd like to see how you will use me to break the three Heavenly Incense sticks you spoke of." As Su Ming laughed coldly, he sat down cross-legged.
"This is the secret of the heavens. This is fate. I do not know how thou hast managed to break the remaining two Heavenly Incense sticks, but this is the secret of the heavens, and it must be so." With a hint of age in its voice, the Rune Spirit's voice came from the Heavenly Incense Rune.
Time trickled by. Su Ming sat cross-legged and stared at the Heavenly Incense Rune coldly. He had made up his mind that he would not attack again. He wanted to see how the Heavenly Incense Rune would break three of its incense sticks, just as the Rune Spirit had said.
If this was the Heavenly Incense Rune Spirit's plan, then when the day was over and the hourglass was over, when a new day arrived, Su Ming would not mind going to the other incense sticks in the Heavenly Incense Rune, but today, he would not attack.
He might have said that he did not believe in the picture revealed by the secret of the heavens, but anyone else would definitely not believe in it completely. If there was even the slightest hint of possibility, then Su Ming's heart would clench in pain. His eldest senior brother, second senior brother, Hu Zi, and all the people Su Ming knew had died horribly in the picture. The ancient Rune Spirit had thrown his head back and roared shrilly at the sky. Those scenes continued echoing in Su Ming's mind, causing his heart to tremble … and him to be afraid.
He was afraid that that scene would become real. He was afraid that all the lives around him would die. He was afraid of this so-called secret of the heavens.
Time trickled by, and gradually, there was not much time left in the hourglass Su Ming had placed there. Most of the day had already passed, and in less than four hours, it would end.
However, Su Ming did not notice any change in the Heavenly Incense Rune. It was as if the spirit of the Heavenly Incense Rune was incredibly certain that once the secret of the heavens was revealed, it would definitely appear.
At that moment, what Su Ming did not know was that the Emperor of Abyss' True World was undergoing a refinement that had begun several months ago. This refinement was happening in the huge palace floating in the galaxy of the Emperor of Abyss' True World.
Yu Xuan silently sat cross-legged on a platform surrounded by countless formations in the palace. There were a total of two platforms here. In front of Yu Xuan, on the other platform, sat a middle-aged man.
The man's entire body was surrounded by chains formed by countless runic symbols. They pierced through his body and bound him to the platform, making him unable to move even a single inch. Pained roars tumbled out of his mouth towards the sky. His shrill voice was filled with endless resentment and madness.
As he roared, milky white light was forcefully extracted from his body. The chains formed by the runic symbols were like tunnels that continuously extracted his life force and cultivation base … to fuse into Yu Xuan's body, who was on the other platform.
Yu Xuan's expression was apathetic. She lowered her head and sensed that as the unfamiliar middle-aged man's cultivation base and life force fused into her, her body was going through a strange transformation.
Su Xuan Yi had his hands placed behind his back as he floated in midair. He watched everything happening beneath him with an aloof gaze. Behind him stood the Emperor of Abyss' True World's Emperor of Abyss and Sang quietly.
"Not bad. It's going rather smoothly. It's a joke that Di Tian wants to Possess me and become an Abyss Builder. He doesn't know about this. In truth, I have the same plan, but it's clear that I'm about to succeed.
"Emperor of Abyss, you've done well over the years," Su Xuan Yi said flatly after sweeping his gaze past the middle-aged man on the second platform.
"I've done everything according to your orders, Master. It's best if you're satisfied. This clone of a senior Abyss Builder who possesses his own will has been hiding in the Emperor of Abyss' True World. To capture him alive in the past, I worked together with the powerful warriors from the Emperor of Abyss' True World and the Rune you gave me. I paid quite a large price, but fortunately, everything went smoothly. I hope that the activation of your blood will also go smoothly. "I wonder which senior Abyss Builder this clone belonged to?" the Emperor of Abyss behind Su Xuan Yi asked with a smile.
"My younger brother, Su Dao Yi, who has the royal blood coursing through his veins. His clone went to True Morning Dao World's Heavenly Incense Rune a long time ago before the fifth True World was destroyed.
"He inherited the sixth Heavenly Incense, and once he fused with it, he gained his own independent will. It's a pity that before my younger brother could leave the fifth True World and search for his clone to fuse with, disaster descended." Su Xuan Yi looked at the middle-aged man roaring shrilly on the second platform, and a hint of mercilessness appeared on his face.
"To make the Abyss Builders rise to power, I can sacrifice everything!"
"Heavenly Incense Rune … the relationship between this Rune and the Abyss Builders is …" The person who asked this question was not the Emperor of Abyss' Emperor of Abyss, but Sang.
"The Heavenly Incense Rune appeared before the Abyss Builders. Rumors say that it is an item from the same era as Old Man Extermination, but I don't believe it. "We Abyss Builders don't pay much attention to the other functions of the Rune, but if we use it well, we can allow our clones to become independent, and when we reach a bottleneck, we can break through it.
"Each time an incense is extinguished, an Abyss Builder's clone will go there and fulfill certain requirements that I don't know of. Once the incense is extinguished, the clone will be separated from the main body, and it will gain its own independent will.
"He can practice cultivation and become independent, but this also means that he can be Possessed a second time!" A strange and enchanting light appeared in Su Xuan Yi's eyes.
Su Xuan Yi turned around, looked at Sang, and said languidly, "Once the same body is Possessed a second time, an even greater power will erupt from it. If the Possession is successful, then it can break through its bottleneck. This is the greatest benefit of the Heavenly Incense Rune to the Abyss Builders!"
"Six of the Heavenly Incense Rune have been extinguished. Besides the clone in front of us, there are five other Abyss Builders' clones … It's a pity that they hid themselves very well. Besides one of them, even I would have a hard time finding the others," Su Xuan Yi said faintly.
"Besides one of them … this one might be Master's clone," Sang said calmly.
A brilliant light shone in Su Xuan Yi's eyes. He smiled faintly and did not deny it.
At that moment, on the second platform, the middle-aged man whose body had been pierced by the chains formed by the runic symbols, the clone of Su Xuan Yi's younger brother, threw his head back and let out a roar that shook the sky and earth. His body instantly withered, and in the blink of an eye, he was reduced to a skeleton. He was also reduced to ashes. A large amount of white light charged towards Yu Xuan through the chains and surged into her body. At the same time it changed her constitution, it was also swiftly absorbed by the Seed of Life Extermination in Yu Xuan's soul. It seemed complete, but needed some time to nourish it before it could truly grow.
Half of the Seed of Life Extermination belonged to Su Ming, and the other half was a fragment. They were connected together, and at that moment, they were rapidly absorbing the clone's cultivation base and life force.
Among them, the one who had the greatest effect and could even be said to have indirectly wiped out the clone's consciousness and reduced him to ashes was not Su Xuan Yi, nor was it Yu Xuan, but the half of the Seed of Life Extermination that once belonged to Su Ming in Yu Xuan's body!
It was the one who had perfectly completed all of this … and perfectly killed the Abyss Builder's clone! There was still … a hint of Su Ming's presence left on the Seed of Life Extermination!
After all, its growth had absorbed Su Ming's blood and soul over the course of one thousand something years. This was why even if it had been separated from Su Ming, it still contained his presence!
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