Chapter 478: Finishing the Spell Formation

Chapter 478: Finishing the Spell Formation

Hui descended into the center of the formation, dropping toward the flint altar below. He released the snakeskin technique as he went, revealing his own face. Shards of Gui Yutong shredded away on the fierce wind, vanishing as he fell. His robes billowed after him. Gently, he came to a rest before the altar, his robes floating down around him.

As before, the flint altar jutted up out of the ground, almost akin to a blacksmiths anvil, the whole thing roughly carved and little more than a squat lump of flint. Hui closed his eyes, circulating his qi one last time to perfectly settle himself. I have to be in top condition. Not even the slightest deviation can be allowed.

Growls, low and gravelly. The shuffling of filthy robes and stiff, blackened feet. Hui opened an eye.

A few ghouls wandered around him, their blank eyes watchful. Even though they glared at him with apprehension, none attacked.

Can they tell Id destroy them in one hit, now? Or no, thats not right. I shouldnt even be able to enter this realm. Its only because I earned the realminherited itthat I have the right to enter. Naturally, the ghouls recognize the realms master, and by extensiontheir master.

Turning his attention back to the altar, Hui placed his hand on it. The spell array responded dully, devoid of energy. Well, thats right. It hasnt had enough time to recharge. But I can fix that. Read latest chapters at novelhall.com Only

Hui inserted life qi into the array. Golden lines materialized on the altar, stretching out in all directions. They darted over the floor, crawled over the walls of the palace, and spread through the dusty gray drylands outside. Compared to when he was younger and barely succeeded at activating the central piece of the array, now Hui slammed life qi into the altar, spreading his power throughout the entire realm. The gold lines burst out from the center, zooming through the realm.

As the gold lines reached the stone outcroppings, reciprocal spells lit up on their outsides. The stone outcroppings came to life one at a time, each one lighting up with a loud hmmmm. Toppled outcroppings righted themselves. Shattered and cracked stones pierced themselves back together, ghouls fleeing in fear as the massive stones reformed. All across the realm, the spell array came to life.

Standing over the altar, Huis hair and robes flew about, thrashed by the force of the spell. Even at fifth realm, the sheer power of the spell dwarfed him. He reached his consciousness out to one of the stones, threading it along the gold line. Brilliant gold light forced him back, too bright to look at, brighter than even Liu Guangs aura. Huis eyes widened. The stones they must have been gathering power for centuries. Unlike the realm, the stones didnt divulge all their power every two hundred years. They gathered and gathered, absorbing not only from the world, but from every cultivator who stepped foot inside.

And yet this isnt enough. My predecessor, the cultivator I inherited this realm from, doubtlessly tried this, and still failed. But what he lacked was a connection to the other side.

Drawing out the ghost flag that contained Starbound Sects cultivators, Hui reached his hand out of his body and submerged it into the flag. The flag responded, itself glowing with a dark light. Hui served as the conduit. His body resonated the life qi in the spell array and his soul resonated with the death qi in the ghost flag. In the space of a breath, the power of the ghost flag and the spell array rushed into his body, overwhelming him.

Hui shuddered. Waves of heat and cold rushed over his body, his soul and flesh drawn in two different directions. Im being torn in half!

Both spells crashed into one another and began to negate the other. Death qi and life qi clashed and vanished, pouring out of his body like water through a sieve. Veins bulged on Huis forehead. His meridians creaked under the strain of processing both types of qi at once. His body and soul trembled, on the verge of tearing apart entirely.

No! Focus! I cantI cant let them touch! Separate, separate

But if they dont touch, then how can I bring them back to life? If life qi doesnt convert into death qi if death qi doesnt convert into life qi

Where does life turn into death? Where does death turn into life?

The cycle of reincarnation.

No.

Thats not good enough. I cant allow them to enter the cycle. I need to shortcut the process. Create a cycle of reincarnation within my own body, but only the parts that I want. Not the memory erasure. Not the reforging of the soul. Not the resetting of ones cultivation. Convert life qi to death qi, and death qi back to life qi! Nothing else.

Elder Sister Reaper stepped forward, pointing her sword at Hui. Stop this. Now.

Hui shook his head. Elder Sister, there are a great many things I would stop for you, but this is not one of them.

Its not for my sake. Its for your own. Weiheng Hui, this thing you are attempting to do it goes against the Heavenly Dao. Even if you succeed, you will not be able to exist in the world anymore. The Heavenly Dao itself with reject you. Your dao will have no place under heaven, and neither will you. Youre cutting off not only your path, but your existence!

Hmm, if the Heavenly Dao wont allow me to exist, then Ill have to replace the Heavenly Dao, Hui stated simply, nodding to himself.

The reaper gritted her teeth. Youyou dont realize what youre saying!

If anyone realizes what theyre saying the most, its me! Hui returned boldly. Elder Sister, Ill believe just for a moment that Im the protagonist! Cant I believe for a moment, that I have the protagonists right to overturn the heavens? Oror at least borrow Ying Lins protagonists halo for a moment!

This isthere are worse fates than death! the reaper shouted.

Haa, I know. Actually, Elder Sister shouldnt the Heavenly Dao reject my very existence? Hui asked, tilting his head.

The reaper drew back. She frowned at him.

But its malfunctioning. The entire Heavens have been in disarray long since before I came here. And thats thats because that Immortal, he wants to cross into another world. And in order to do that, the Heavens must be in disarray, because an orderly heavens would never allow that, right? Hui guessed.

The reaper raised her sword. Nonsense is still nonsense. You stop here.

Hui shook his head. What Im saying, Elder Sister, is that the Heavenly Dao might not allow it but Elder Sister, is the Heavenly Dao watching?

He slammed his hand down on the altar and the ghost flag. Bright light burst out from the altar. The entire realm fell apart, leaving only the spell array floating in the blackness of the void.

Peak Lord, now! Hui shouted, reconnecting to the network.

Huh? Oh! Yes! Peak Lord leaped upright.

Dont do this! You cant handle the consequences! the reaper shouted.

And you cant handle the truth! Hui shouted back. He opened the network wide and let the spell course through himself, into the node, and all the way to Peak Lord.

The spell collapsed down on Hui. One single pinprick of unbearably bright light beamed out from the depths of the void. Hui curled around it, absorbing all the power he could.

Come on. Ying Lins protagonists halo Masters golden thigh someone bless me, and let this work!