"What should I do?" Dauber asked.
"Don't fight back!" Zhou Tong was silent for a moment, then his body expanded explosively as he sat down in the lotus position in front of Dauber. He grabbed Dauber's head with one hand and calmed himself down.
At the same time, a mysterious brand appeared in Zhou Tong's mind. This was the brand which the Mirror of Samsara had placed on his body before he had arrived in this world.
With but a thought, countless golden runes instantly appeared within his body. These runes wrapped around the brand of the Mirror of Samsara, causing it to explode with terrifying power.
Whap!
A short while later, however, the brand suddenly emitted a soft sound as a small, slightly illusory brand of the Mirror of Samsara split off from it.
"It really is just as I imagined! As my true body grows stronger and stronger, my control over the Mirror of Samsara is becoming more and more stable. "Zhou Tong stared at the brand of the Mirror of Samsara that had split off from his body, a hint of delight in his heart.
When he had trained in the [Thousand Bodies Sutra], Zhou Tong had personally seen the brand of the Mirror of Samsara split into a thousand copies. This was nothing more than a simulation.
With but a thought, a strand of Zhou Tong's godsense instantly fused together with the brand of the Mirror of Samsara. He then sent it straight into the Sithe Exalt's sea of consciousness.
"The Sithe truly are different from the rest!" Upon entering this sea of consciousness, Zhou Tong was rather surprised. This Sithe Exalt's sea of consciousness was very different from the seas of consciousness of cultivators. Rather than calling it a sea of consciousness, it was more like the azureflower region which had been created by the Nine Chaos Seals.
The Sithe themselves were more similar to that sort of thing.
"This is the result of perfecting the Nine Chaos Seals and then popularizing them into a brand new cultivation system. This is a brand new lifeform." Zhou Tong was able to sense a hint of mysteriousness just by inspecting the Sithe Exalt's sea of consciousness. He now had a better understanding of the Nine Chaos Seals.
"However, I still need to speed up the process." Zhou Tong immediately began to examine Dauber's memories.
This Sithe Exalt's memories were simply too vast. They were like countless droplets of water as far as the eye could see, each droplet containing an enormous amount of memories. In fact, the memories contained within any single droplet were enough to cause a World-level cultivator's sea of consciousness and soul to collapse.
Moreover, some of the water droplets had extremely complex patterns on them, which were impossible to detect. Those patterns represented life oaths. It also meant that the water droplet was protected by an oath.
"Weng!!"
Zhou Tong sent his godsense into some of the Sithe Exalt's watery memories, filtering out some of the jumbled memories. Instantly, one exquisite technique after another began to flood into his mind.
The first was the Sithe script. Their script was different from the script used by cultivators. Their script was like an azureflower seal that contained terrifying Dao-rhythms.
Just by looking at the script, one could tell how terrifying the Sithe civilization was.
"This script is rather similar to the Imperial Script of the Shrouded World, but it is also somewhat similar to the script of the Immortal Era." Zhou Tong said inwardly. "However, there is still a large chunk more than Immortal Ancient characters, and it is also more complex …"
As he stared at the script, Zhou Tong couldn't help but feel a sense of 'perfection'.
In addition, according to the Sithe's techniques, the final power one would gain would be similar to the power of the Nine Chaos Seals. Externally, one would be able to control magic treasures while internally, one would be able to strengthen one's body. In fact, when one became a Daolord or during the Daomerge, one's truesoul wouldn't be in danger of collapsing.
"Script represents the height of a cultivator's civilization. If even script is this profound, then it means that every single cultivator who has embarked on the path of cultivation has been baptized by the rhythms of the Grand Dao from the very beginning. Naturally, in terms of talent, comprehension ability, and insight, they would all be vastly superior to other civilizations. "Zhou Tong came to this conclusion.
At the same time, he turned his attention to the brand of the Mirror of Samsara. He couldn't help but feel a strange sensation in his heart.
According to the Sithe, this brand of the Mirror of Samsara could be considered a type of script, an even more profound type of script that was difficult to comprehend.
"Perhaps if I take a step further, I'll be able to understand the true meaning behind this brand of the Mirror of Samsara? From there, I'll be able to completely understand the mysteries of the Mirror of Samsara, "Zhou Tong mused to himself.
"Still … let's get down to business first!" Zhou Tong's heart stirred, and he immediately sent the order to Dauber.
"Dauber, you should know what I need. The Truesoul Everlasting technique, one that is suitable for our civilization. Tell me which memory it is!"
Soon, Dauber responded. One of the water droplets, covered with incomparably complex runes, immediately flew over and drew close to Zhou Tong's godsense.
Clearly, this strand of godsense contained the thing Zhou Tong needed.
After confirming his target, Zhou Tong immediately sent his godsense and the brand of the Mirror of Samsara into a water droplet covered with countless runes.
"Dauber, it is time for you to gamble with your life. Your lifeblood oath is far too stable. Immediately tell me the contents of it. Only when you violate the oath and cause it to backfire will you be able to break it. "Zhou Tong's voice once more rang out within Dauber's mind.
A hint of struggle appeared on the imprisoned Sithe Exalt's face. In the end, he came to his decision.
"This is one of the nine novessence arts which my ancestor created. It was created for the sake of assimilating the cultivator civilizations. One of them was the Truesoul Everlasting technique which my ancestor created specifically to deal with cultivators. Although his experiments were never successful …"
He forcibly broke the oath and began to recite the contents of his memories. Just as he was about to touch the item he had sworn to protect …
Rumble …
The runes on the surface of the 'water droplet' were instantly activated. Countless streaks of light lit up, and the countless runes began to rapidly detach themselves from the water droplet. They then attempted to move towards Dauber's truesoul and completely annihilate it.
"Mirror of Samsara's brand, it's up to you now!" As soon as the runes lit up, Zhou Tong immediately controlled the brand of the Mirror of Samsara to fly towards it.
Rumble …
In virtually the same instant, the runes which had been charging towards Dauber's truesoul were suddenly reversed. The brand of the Mirror of Samsara was like a giant glutton which had its maw wide open, furiously devouring the power of the lifeblood oath.
"Success! The brand of the Mirror of Samsara really is a terrifying thing! "Zhou Tong felt a surge of joy.
After losing the protection of the oath, Zhou Tong's godsense was able to smoothly enter Dauber's memories.
Immediately after, an enormous amount of information about the technique swarmed towards Zhou Tong's Divine Will like a tidal wave.
"Come back!" After accepting all of the memories within the water droplet, Zhou Tong's godsense immediately brought the brand of the Mirror of Samsara back to his main body.
After the brand of the Mirror of Samsara returned to his main body, it quickly merged back into the original brand, as though the split had never existed.
At the same time, Zhou Tong quickly transformed into a streak of fiery light and left Dauber's side. He once more sat down in the lotus position within a million kilometers of Dauber, quietly digesting the memories.
Dauber was imprisoned, and so he was only able to attack for a million kilometers at most.
Although Zhou Tong had come to an agreement with Dauber, it was nothing more than a verbal agreement which had no binding power whatsoever. In addition, Dauber was a Sithe Exalt; before Zhou Tong had absolute power to control him, Zhou Tong still had to be on his guard.
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