Waktu mengalir dengan anggun bagaikan air, membuat tiga hari penuh terasa seperti sungai hari esok. Selama periode lembut bagi mereka yang berada di pihak yang kalah dalam perang penciptaan yang tiba-tiba dan eksplosif ini, desahan lega, frustrasi, amarah, ketidakberdayaan, dan penerimaan terjadi tak terhitung kali.
Dan penyebab dari semuanya itu sedang berada di kediaman megahnya, beristirahat dengan nyaman ditemani bukan satu, bukan dua, tapi tiga wanita. Mereka tidur karena kelelahan yang memuaskan, tetapi orang yang bertanggung jawab justru terjaga sepenuhnya tanpa sedikit pun rasa lelah. Tubuh Stellar Paragon yang halus lahir berdasarkan pemulihan dan evolusi tanpa batas untuk menahan energi yang semakin tinggi tingkatnya, kuantitasnya, dan volatilitasnya.
Setelah kelahiran Magus, Tanda Eden telah menjadi bagian dari fondasinya, sehingga memberikan energi fisiknya daya hidup yang murni tak tertandingi. Satu tetes darahnya akan menjadi tonik surgawi, tak berbeda dari cairan surgawi termurni dari tingkat Mistis-Bumi transenden.
Dalam hal stamina, ia tak tertandingi di alam kultivasinya. Dan meskipun ia tidak akan pernah mengakui hal seperti itu, selalu memandang dunia melalui lensa kemungkinan tak terbatas dan jalur potensi yang bahkan lebih besar, jika ia menyatakannya secara terbuka, bahkan dao Mistisisme yang agung pun tidak akan membantah.
'Ha...nafsuku...' Wei Wuyin termenung dengan mengangkat tangan, telapak menghadap langit-langit, sambil mengusap lengan kirinya dengan tangan kanan. Sisa-sisa tipis energi penuh dosa berkilat secepat kilatan cahaya nanodetik. Mendengar napas lembut Tilly dan duo guru-murid dari suatu tempat di Medan Perang ini, keduanya adalah individu Terberkati tingkat menengah, ia menarik napas tajam lalu perlahan menghembuskan napas lembut.
Ia tertarik pada status Terberkati bersama mereka, menarik perhatiannya, dan kemudian segalanya berjalan alami. Keduanya perawan suci sebelumnya. Dalam satu pertemuan, prinsip mereka terhempas. Namun, ia tidak merendahkan mereka. Sebagai seseorang yang bisa membaca pikiran mereka, mereka tipe ambisius dan bahkan diam-diam telah membicarakan kemungkinan ini.
Bukannya ia, seseorang yang menyatakan dirinya sebagai Santo Alkimia Surgawi, sementara mereka hanya Highlord Mistisisme dan Starlord. Satu bantuan darinya jauh lebih besar daripada menghabiskan setiap ons Nilai Keberuntungan Karma mereka seribu kali lipat.
'Pahami bahwa kau, sebagai pasangan, didefinisikan oleh apa yang bisa kau tawarkan. Entah itu cinta murni, kesetiaan, kekayaan, perlindungan, atau apa pun. Banggalah dengan apa yang kau miliki. Lebih bangga lagi bahwa orang lain ingin berjemur dalam kecemerlanganmu.' Wei Wuyin mengingat kata-kata Mei Mei. Ia telah membimbingnya sejak awal mengenai prinsip kepemimpinan dan hubungan.
Ia membiarkannya memahami bahwa hubungan transaksional tidak selalu salah, sekaligus menekankan bahwa emosi sejati sama pentingnya, dan tidak ada yang perlu ditakuti untuk membiarkannya berakar dan tumbuh menjadi sesuatu yang menakjubkan.
Ia seorang realis, pragmatis, dan lugas, tetapi kadang-kadang ia menunjukkan cita-cita idealis yang saling menyeimbangkan. Sebagai seseorang yang didorong balas dendam di usia muda dan dilanda pikiran bunuh diri segera setelah menyelesaikan tugasnya, ia membutuhkan fondasi kuat ini untuk membangun karakter dan rasa tujuannya. Ini memungkinkannya menumbuhkan kekuatan, tetapi juga cinta.
...sebelum Malapetaka Neraka mulai mengintai di bayang-bayangnya.
"Bagaimana perasaanmu?" Suara King bergema diam-diam dalam pikirannya, menghindari indra yang lain.
Magus dan Eden saat ini sangat tidak sibuk, ditugaskan untuk menyusun dan mengatur pengetahuan raksasa yang mereka ekstrak sebagai rampasan perang. Meskipun hanya dari beberapa wilayah bintang, memperoleh warisan ini sangat sulit. Para pecundang perang menyerahkan pengetahuan mereka dengan keluhan berbisik, tetapi mereka tetap menyerahkannya. Yang lain melihat ini sebagai peluang, mengandalkan kemungkinan tipis namun tidak mungkin bahwa Wei Wuyin memang Santo Alkimia Surgawi.
09:30
Ori dan Kratos membantu mereka. Kratos sedang menempa fondasi Dunia Internal varian. Magus ingin memanfaatkan alam spasial baru itu sebagai tempat pengujian berbagai eksperimen, karena pengetahuan teoretis hanya bisa sejauh itu tanpa pengujian praktis. Dunia Internal tak berbeda dari subruang, tetapi Dunia Kratos pasti berbeda, terutama karena berasal dari Kemampuan Garis Keturunan.
Kratos awalnya menyebutnya Dunia Void Tanpa Batas. Namun, namanya masih diperdebatkan karena Magus menentang selera penamaan Kratos yang usang, mengusulkan ide menggunakan Primordial Expanse. Pada awalnya, Kratos sangat menentang penamaan berbeda, tetapi setelah mendengarnya, naga sejati tirani itu diam-diam menyetujui dengan geraman dalam dan raungan bergema.
Dengan empat Jiwa Mistis sibuk, King yang tersisa. Dan Roh Kultivasi tunggal ini berbicara langsung kepadanya. Roh yang menganggap kata-kata sebagai emas sedang mengambil inisiatif untuk berbicara, dan ini pertanda yang selalu dianggap serius oleh Wei Wuyin. Menatap tato Garis Keturunan Dosa, senyum kecut menarik sudut bibirnya.
"Bagaimana perasaanku? Aku tidak tahu." Wei Wuyin menjawab jujur.
"Tak pernah puas? Tak terkendali? Dorongan impulsif berlebihan?" King bertanya tajam. Akhir-akhir ini, Wei Wuyin menikmati tanpa ragu. Jiwa Mistis tidak melihat masalah dengan ini, kultivasi mereka adalah aktivitas terus-menerus terlepas dari apakah Wei Wuyin mengambil kendali atau tidak. Bahkan sekarang, King sedang mencerna beberapa produk kualitas transenden dari tingkat Fana dan produk Mistis-Bumi serta Mistis-Dunia puncak-kesempurnaan.
Setiap detik yang berlalu adalah aktivitas kultivasi terus-menerus karena kebijaksanaan dan kesadaran mereka yang cukup independen, mampu mencerna dan memurnikan material dan produk. Terutama karena mereka memiliki akses ke semua sumber daya Wei Wuyin.
"..." Wei Wuyin mengamati gerakan jari-jarinya yang bergeliat, merasakan kendalinya atasnya. Pada akhirnya, ia menggelengkan kepala. "Aku tidak pernah—TIDAK PERNAH kehilangan kendali atas kehendakku. Aku selalu mengekspresikan diriku sesuai kehendakku. Entah itu menahan diri atau memanjakan."
Jika ada sesuatu yang benar-benar dibanggakan Wei Wuyin, itu adalah ekspresi kehendak bebasnya yang tidak dibengkokkan oleh pengaruh orang lain. Ia selalu menyadari pengaruh-pengaruh ini dan dengan sengaja bertindak mendukung atau menentang. Bahkan, Benih Dosa Primordial: Nafsu itu sendiri adalah bukti terbesar kemampuannya untuk menggunakan kehendaknya melawan pengaruh eksternal dan membentuk takdirnya sendiri.
Ia tidak dipilih tanpa alasan.
"Lalu apa? Rencanamu di sini sudah tercapai. Kultivasi kita berkembang tanpa masalah. Apa yang menyebabkan kau mempertanyakan dirimu sendiri?" King tajam dengan indranya, mengajukan pertanyaan berkualitas dengan presisi tinggi.
"Mempertanyakan diri sendiri?" Wei Wuyin mengulang. Merenung beberapa menit, ia menggali jawaban: "Garis Keturunan Dosaku telah menghasilkan energi bermanfaat sejak aku sepenuhnya memasuki Alam Ascendant Mistis untuk mengambil bagian dalam esensi dosa. Nafsu. Kebanggaan. Mereka memberiku imbalan dengan memperkuat jiwaku. Aku tidak punya masalah mengejar jalur ini selama sejalan dengan tujuanku. Yang, pada titik ini, telah berjalan dengan baik. Tapi aku merasakan sesuatu yang familiar."
"Familiar?"
Wei Wuyin menarik napas sambil mengangkat bagian atas tubuhnya ke posisi tegak, menggunakan mana lembut untuk menggeser kepala dan tangan mereka yang tidur di sampingnya. "Aku merasa seperti sesuatu telah menemukanku lagi."
"..." King diam-diam merenung. Di latar belakang, sebagai Roh Kultivasi-nya, ia secara aktif menelusuri reaksi mental, spiritual, fisik, dan esensi yang terjadi beberapa hari terakhir. Ini adalah sesuatu yang bahkan Wei Wuyin akan sulit lakukan, kedalaman analisis introspektif yang hanya bisa dicapai oleh Roh Kultivasi tanpa latihan.
Setiap perubahan kecil disorot. Dalam dua detik, setiap detail dialami.
"Instingmu selalu dapat diandalkan," King menunjukkan. Ini adalah sesuatu yang mereka tidak miliki pada kekuatan penuh, hanya pada tingkat yang sedikit. Intuisi aneh itu. Sulit untuk mengatakan apakah itu berasal dari garis keturunannya sebagai Naga Void Sejati yang terikat pada informasi tak berujung di dalam Dunia, garis keturunan Magi yang berhubungan erat dengan Penciptaan—eksistensi purba, atau Anima-Devourer yang misterius dengan sendirinya.
Mungkin ketiganya.
Bisa melibatkan lebih banyak, termasuk Garis Keturunan Dosa gandanya atau Jiwa Sejatinya yang Terbangun sejak ia fana di Fase Kondensasi Qi, mungkin statusnya sebagai Terberkati yang dirancang oleh Dao Surgawi.
Wei Wuyin mempercayai King untuk menemukan keanehan apa pun. Kemudian, King melepaskan lolongan saber yang mengaduk darahnya. Kratos memunculkan indranya, mencari penyebabnya, tetapi setelah melihat King mengambil tindakan, ia kembali bekerja pada Primordial Expanse.
"Aku menemukannya," King dengan khidmat mengumumkan.
"..." Wei Wuyin menyiapkan hatinya.
King berkata, "Tubuhmu, fluktuasi samar jiwamu, getaran Lautan Kesadaranmu, denyut tipis energi di dalam tubuhmu. Semuanya bertepatan dengan dua pengalaman lain, hampir tepat."
"Hampir?"
"Hampir. Pertama kali sedikit berbeda. Itu disebabkan oleh orang lain," King menjelaskan. Setelah mengatakan ini, pupil Wei Wuyin terfokus.
"Benih Dosa Primordial lainnya?" Suara Wei Wuyin berat bersama hati dan jiwanya. Tapi bagaimana? Bukankah dia selalu punya dua?
Tunggu...
Ia mengingat pertemuan dengan Kerangka Hitam bertahun-tahun lalu. Ia punya tiga kata saat menggambarkan situasi Garis Keturunan Dosa gandanya: "Langka, bukan tidak mungkin." Ini menunjukkan bahwa ada Pewaris Dosa yang bisa secara alami mengembangkan dua Benih Dosa Primordial! Jika yang pertama diberikan kepadanya, maka ia akan sejalan dengan Pewaris ganda itu.
"Tch," King mengonfirmasi. Pengalaman jiwa, tubuh, dan pikiran saat diasah oleh Benih Dosa Primordial hampir identik. Hanya Roh Kultivasi yang selaras begitu dekat dengan setiap sensasi dan fluktuasi kecil yang bisa menentukan ini.
"Tapi dosa apa?" Wei Wuyin tidak menolak teori itu, langsung menerimanya dan fokus pada topik berikutnya. Ia selalu tegas dalam hal-hal yang sangat penting.
"Tch," King menjawab jujur dengan suara: 'Aku tidak tahu.'
"...sial..." Wei Wuyin memikirkan Ritus Dosa dan konsekuensi berat karena gagal mendapatkan persetujuan Benih Dosa Primordial—ekstraksi garis keturunan. Ini identik dengan penghapusan eksistensial. Apakah ia cukup kuat saat ini untuk melawan Kerangka Hitam atau hukum yang diatur oleh benih-benih ini?
Urgensi membengkak di dadanya. 'Aku harus membuat persiapan.'
Sementara itu, aliran warisan, garis keturunan, dan wawasan berbagai Dao terus masuk ke miliknya.
Semuanya. Segalanya. Dan Magus dan Eden sangat bersemangat meskipun bekerja keras untuk mengatur dan mencerna semuanya.
Kristal-kristal itu terhubung langsung ke Perpustakaan Istana, yang merupakan Wujud Mistis Magus.
"Saatnya bergerak ke Medan Perang Luar," Wei Wuyin memutuskan untuk maju lebih jauh, tidak lagi ingin tertinggal dari garis waktu aslinya.
Time flowed with the grace of water, allowing three whole days to feel the river of tomorrow. During this tender period for those at the losing end of an explosively sudden war of creation, sighs of relief, frustration, anger, helplessness, and acceptance occurred countless times.
And the cause of it all was in his palatial abode, resting comfortably in the company of not one, not two, but three women. They slumbered out of satisfied exhaustion, but the person responsible was wide awake without the slightest hint of tiredness anywhere. A refined body of a Stellar Paragon was born based on recovery and limitless evolution to withstand increasingly higher grades, quantity, and volatile energies.
After Magus' birth, the Mark of Eden had become a part of its foundation, thereby granting his physical energies an unprecedentedly pure lifeforce. A single drop of his blood would be a heavenly tonic, no different than the purest heavenly liquids of the transcendent Mystic-Earth grade.
When it came to stamina, he was peerless in his cultivation realm. And while he would never admit such things, always viewing the world through the lens of infinite possibilities and even greater avenues of potential, if he were to declare it openly, not even the great dao of Mysticism would disagree.
'My...lust...' Wei Wuyin thoughtfully pondered with a raised hand, palm facing the ceiling, as he rubbed his left arm with his right. The faint wisps of sinful energy flashed with the briefness of a nanosecond flicker of light. Hearing the gentle breathing of Tilly and the teacher-student duo from somewhere in this Battlefield, both of whom were Blessed individuals of relatively mid-tier, he inhaled sharply before gradually releasing a soft exhale.
He was intrigued by their joint Blessed status, drawing his attention, and then everything else went naturally. Both were chaste virgins prior. Within a single meeting, their principles were blown away. However, he didn't think less of them. As someone who could read their minds, they were the ambitious sort and had even stealthily discussed this possibility.
He was, after all, someone who declared himself as a Heavenly Saint Alchemist, while they were only a Highlord of Mysticism and a Starlord. A single favor from him was far greater than exhausting every ounce of their Karmic Luck Value a thousand times over.
'Understand that you, as a partner, are defined by what you can offer. Be it pure love, loyalty, wealth, protection, or anything else. Be proud of what you have. Be even prouder that others wish to bask in your brilliance.' Wei Wuyin recalled the words of Mei Mei. She had guided him very early on regarding the principles of leadership and relationships.
She allowed him to understand that transactional relationships weren't inherently wrong, while simultaneously highlighting that true emotions were equally important, and there was nothing to fear for allowing it to seed and grow into something wondrous.
She was a realist, pragmatic, and straightforward, but sometimes she showcased idealistic ideals that balanced themselves out. As someone driven by revenge at a young age and beset by suicidal ideation soon after completing his task, he needed these strong foundations by which to build his character and sense of purpose. It allowed him to grow a force, but also love.
...before the Calamities of Hell began lurking in his shadows.
"How are you feeling?" King's voice resounded stealthily within his mind, evading the senses of the others.
Magus and Eden were currently unoccupied to an extreme degree, tasked with compiling and organizing the gargantuan quantity of knowledge they had extracted as spoils of war. While it was only from a few stellar regions, acquiring these legacies was abnormally difficult otherwise. The losers of the war offered their knowledge with whispering grievance, but they handed it over nonetheless. Others saw this as an opportunity, banking on the faint yet unlikely possibility that Wei Wuyin was indeed a Heavenly Saint Alchemist.
09:30
Ori and Kratos assisted them. Kratos was forging the foundations of a variant Internal World. Magus wanted to leverage that new spatial realm to act as a testing ground for various experiments, as theoretical knowledge could only go so far without practical testing. An Internal World was no different than a subspace, but Kratos' World was bound to be different, especially since it originates from a Bloodline Ability.He was, after all, someone who declared himself as a Heavenly Saint Alchemist, while they were only a Highlord of Mysticism and a Starlord. A single favor from him was far greater than exhausting every ounce of their Karmic Luck Value a thousand times
over.
'Understand that you, as a partner, are defined by what you can offer. Be it pure love, loyalty, wealth, protection, or anything else. Be proud of what you have. Be even prouder that others wish to bask in your brilliance.' Wei Wuyin recalled the words of Mei Mei. She had guided him very early on regarding the principles of leadership and relationships.
She allowed him to understand that transactional relationships weren't inherently wrong, while simultaneously highlighting that true emotions were equally important, and there was nothing to fear for allowing it to seed and grow into something wondrous.
She was a realist, pragmatic, and straightforward, but sometimes she showcased idealistic ideals that balanced themselves out. As someone driven by revenge at a young age and beset by suicidal ideation soon after completing his task, he needed these strong foundations by which to build his character and sense of purpose. It allowed him to grow a force, but also love.
...before the Calamities of Hell began lurking in his shadows.
"How are you feeling?" King's voice resounded stealthily within his mind, evading the senses of the others.
Magus and Eden were currently unoccupied to an extreme degree, tasked with compiling and organizing the gargantuan quantity of knowledge they had extracted as spoils of war. While it was only from a few stellar regions, acquiring these legacies was abnormally difficult otherwise. The losers of the war offered their knowledge with whispering grievance, but they handed it over nonetheless. Others saw this as an opportunity, banking on the faint yet unlikely possibility that Wei Wuyin was indeed a Heavenly Saint Alchemist.
Ori and Kratos assisted them. Kratos was forging the foundations of a variant Internal World. Magus wanted to leverage that new spatial realm to act as a testing ground for various experiments, as theoretical knowledge could only go so far without practical testing. An Internal World was no different than a subspace, but Kratos' World was bound to be different, especially since it originates from a Bloodline Ability.
Kratos initially referred to it as an Infinite Void World. However, the name was up for debate as Magus argued the stale naming sense Kratos had, floating the idea of using the Primordial Expanse. At the beginning, Kratos was very against naming it differently, but after hearing it, the tyrannical true dragon silently accented with deep grunts and reverberating roars.
With four Mystic Souls occupied, King was left remaining. And this lone Spirit of Cultivation spoke directly to him. The spirit that treated words as gold was taking the initiative to speak, and this was a sign that Wei Wuyin always took seriously. Staring at the Bloodline of Sin tattoos, a wry smile tugged at his lips.
"How am I feeling? I don't know." Wei Wuyin answered honestly.
"Insatiable? Uncontrollable? Excessive urges of impulse?" King inquired sharply. Lately, Wei Wuyin had been indulging without hesitation. The Mystic Souls saw no issue with this, their cultivation was an incessant activity regardless of whether Wei Wuyin took the reins or not. Even now, King was digesting a few transcendent-quality products of the Mortal-Rank and peak-perfection Mystic-Earth and Mystic-World products.
Every passing second was a continuous activity of cultivation due to their fairly independent sapience and sentience, capable of digesting and refining materials and products. This was especially so since they had access to all of Wei Wuyin's resources.
"..." Wei Wuyin observed the wiggling movement of his fingers, sensing his control over it. In the end, he shook his head. "I've never─NEVER lost control of my will. I've always expressed myself as I will. Whether it's restraint or indulgence."
If there was anything that Wei Wuyin genuinely prided himself over, it was his expression of free will unbent by others' influence. He has always been aware of these influences and willingly acted in favor of or against. In fact, the Primordial Seed of Sin: Lust itself was the greatest evidence of his ability to exert his will against external influences and shape his own fate.
He wasn't chosen without reason.
"What is it then? Your plan here has been achieved. Our cultivation has been progressing without issue. What's causing your questioning of self?" King was acute with its senses, asking premium questions with great precision.
"Questioning of self?" Wei Wuyin echoed again. Contemplating for a few minutes, he excavated an answer: "My Bloodline of Sins has been producing beneficial energy since I've fully entered the Mystic Ascendant Realm for partaking in the essence of sin. Lust. Pride. They've rewarded me by bolstering my soul. I don't have any problems pursuing these avenues as long as they coincide with my objective. Which, at this point, has been doing so nicely. But I'm feeling something familiar."
"Familiar?"
Wei Wuyin inhaled as he lifted the upper half of his body to an upright position, using gentle mana to slide the heads and hands of those slumbering beside him. "I feel like something has found me again."
"..." King silently pondered. In the background, as his Spirit of Cultivation, it was actively browsing the mental, spiritual, physical, and essence reactions that unfolded in the past few days. This was something that even Wei Wuyin would find difficult to do, a depth of introspective analysis that only a Spirit of Cultivation could achieve without practice.
Every minute change was highlighted. Within two seconds, every detail was experienced.
"Your instincts have always been reliable," King pointed out. This was something they didn't have at full power, only in scant levels. That uncanny intuition. It was hard to say if it originated from his bloodline of a True Void Dragon that was tethered to the endless information within the World, the bloodline of a Magi that was intimately related to Creation-a primeval existence, or an Anima-Devourer that was mysterious in its own right.
It might be all three.
It could involve more, including his dual Bloodline of Sin or his Awakened True Soul since he was a mortal at the Qi Condensation Phase, perhaps his status as a Blessed designed by the Heavenly Daos.
Wei Wuyin trusted King to find any irregularities. Then, King released a saber howl that stirred his blood. Kratos popped its senses out, seeking the cause, but after seeing King take action, it went back to work on the Primordial
Expanse.
"I found it," King solemnly announced.
"..." Wei Wuyin readied his heart.
King said, "Your body, the faint fluctuation of your soul, the quivering of your Sea of Consciousness, the slight thrumming of the energies within your body. They all coincide with two other experiences, almost to an exactness."
"Almost?"
"Almost. The first time was slightly different. It was caused by someone else," King explained. Upon saying this, Wei Wuyin's pupils focused.
"Another Primordial Seed of Sin?" Wei Wuyin's voice was heavy alongside his heart and soul. But how? Didn't he
always have two?
Wait...
He recalled the meeting with Black Skeleton all those years ago. She had three words when describing his dual Bloodline of Sin situation: "Rare, not impossible." This would suggest that there are those Inheritors of Sin that could naturally develop two Primordial Seeds of Sin! If his first was given to him, then he would be in line with
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