Chapter 1595 1588: Fortuitous Encounter: Apple (2)

Chapter 1595 Chapter 1588: Fortuitous Encounter: Apple (2)

"Heaven! Heaven!! HEAVEN!!!" Repeated ceaselessly, Young Master Shang was in a state of full-blown hysteria. His pointed fingers trembled and his flagon of wine leaked onto the grassy ground. His breathing became increasingly rushed and each utterance of 'heaven' was further exaggerated than the last as if even he was unable to believe what he was seeing. What they had discovered!

Tuo Bihan was uncertain how to react, a little disturbed and fearful even, but as his gaze sought solace in Wei Wuyin's eternal visage of calm and cool, his pupils trembled as his heart began to pound ferociously within his chest. Wei Wuyin's current appearance was dreamy and intense, mind-searing to the extreme, as a pair of silver eyes that were as glorious as the brightest lunar object was beaming with unrestrained desire, a primal hunger originating from the soul itself.

For a split second, Tuo Bihan questioned whether that gaze was upon him, even if only indirectly, would his orientation shift instantly. He could collapse absolutely, and give himself to that gaze. With an audible gulp, his breathing grew haggard and a single step back was taken. The world itself shook from this step.

Wei Wuyin's mind was in a turbulent state as the Heavenly War Spirit wiggled and twisted within his Sea of Consciousness as a golden mass, stirring his inner sea of mental energies into a frenzy, and was unaware of Tuo Bihan's hectic thoughts.

"It exists!" The Heavenly War Spirit was practically roaring. "Careful!" She hurriedly advised Wei Wuyin with the sound of a clap of heavenly thunder, stirring his mind in unfathomable ways.

"Uh," Wei Wuyin found himself shaken by the sound. He found himself at the edge of the lake, his footsteps on the verge of placing itself on its surface. He hadn't actively taken steps to get closer. Meanwhile, he turned to hear hasty, haggard breathing from Young Master Shang. The white-robed youth of the Blessed Yri Empire was crouched With his hands wrapped around his knees, his eyes bloodshot, and his teeth clenched so violently that his gums were bleeding.

The fixation of his gaze was absolute, and Young Master Shang kept whispering through his teeth a single word: "Heaven."

Halting his footsteps, Wei Wuyin didn't panic or act without thinking, but slowly adjusted his mental state, and sensed the origin of his forced actions without any conscious will behind it. "My soul?" After inspecting his body, he realized his soul was being beckoned by a low hum from the lake, specifically the golden cocoon that had ensnared his heart on the same level as Xue Yifei's beauty and elegance.

Tuo Bihan, however, was unaffected.

"It's the Laws," Eden answered the yet-to-be-asked question. The six Minor Laws encircling his Astral Souls were subtly throbbing, emitting that hum, and it was affecting his soul. It was clear that Young Master Shang was using a mental incantation to isolate his mind, seemingly on the verge of insanity, but was using his thoughts to recite an extraordinary mnemonic to bolster his mental strength. Wei Wuyin could vaguely sense it on repeat within him.

It was a miraculous incantation. However, the influence was extensive and invasive, so he could only hold himself with a tight grab to prevent any subconsciously forced actions, such as approaching the lake and entering against his will. How terrifying was that? How frightening was that?!

"I see," Wei Wuyin thoughtfully considered the situation. From what he gathered from this short period, this golden cocoon within the lake had something to do with Laws and was affecting them on a fundamental level, which in turn affected his soul, and consequently caused him to be controlled by an irresistible urge. When he thought up to here, he calmed down considerably and took a step back.

This single step back seemed to rob the golden cocoon of all its mental persuasion. Wei Wuyin had seized total control of his mind, body, and soul, while his Laws grew abnormally obedient. By the grace of his will, they seemed to have been looked on by an overbearing parent and were unable to cause any further trouble.

If Young Master Shang was aware of his surroundings and saw this sight, he would be thoroughly shaken by the degree of Wei Wuyin's control over his soul and all things connected to it. He had, after all, learned how to sense and interact with his soul since the Qi Condensation Realm, perfectly redefining the Haven Heart Qi Method, and had his soul tempered by the blades and flames of Hell itself.

"You're okay?" The Heavenly War Spirit was stunned. Wei wuyin had shrugged off the influence of the golden cocoon just like that? Was her knowledge lacking or something? Was this even possible? But when she thought of his Stellar-Paragon Physique, his status as a Worldly Saint Alchemist as a mortal, and being the progenitor of the Defiant-sized Solar Star that redefined the limits of the Mortal Dao, she no longer felt too surprised. When it came to Wei Wuyin, what could be surprising at this point? T/his chapter is updated by nov(ê(l)biin.co/m

"I am," Wei Wuyin replied. He flickered next to Young Master Shang, placing his palm on the top of his head, and allowed his Alchemic Eden Starforce to pour into his Sea of Consciousness, amplifying the effectiveness of his Incantation, enough to break him from the tempting influence of the golden cocoon.

"Huh?" Young Master Shang blinked as he felt his nails had dug deeply into his legs' flesh, drawing blood and ripping skin. "What happened?" He looked at Wei Wuyin to see a warm hand placed firmly atop his head, a rather precarious position that most cultivators would dread. However, he didn't feel any issue or fear with Wei Wuyin's actions.

"So this is not like the piece of the Heavenly Daos that San Yongli has," Wei Wuyin thought as he observed the lake a little closer. Instead, it was a shard of the Three Thousand Realms of Laws that the heavens govern.

"The heavens impart the souls, and these souls are often fragments of Law power. Do you know why demons are a rarity in advanced societies? It's because they are often used as cultivation resources, especially for the younger generation. And most civilizations regulate where they can be born to prevent an exhaustion of heaven's power, hindering the Heavenly Resonance of Three Thousand Realms. I will say this, and I've grasped a little about your personality and principles so you might not like this, but the Treasured Vale Continent's demons are more or less servants, borderline slaves, and fought over as valuable resources. Your Ancient Sealed Region doesn't even understand the depths of your treasures walking about that Sages would fight for.

"The Sages of your world explicitly forbade Teng Jiangwen from taking any demons of the isolated world. They're fully aware of their value but likely due to their own circumstances, they can't seize them all yet. That said, it's not exactly easy to use demons as a cultivation resource without a cultivation base at the True Sage or higher. Even then, your galaxy still considers them as a lesser race."

"..." Wei Wuyin and Tuo Bihan both went silent. This wasn't news for Wei Wuyin who grasped Teng Jiangwen's knowledge. Despite that, he was slowly understanding the significance of this golden cocoon. The only detail he couldn't quite grasp was that he didn't know why it was his Rite of Sin for the Sin of Lust.

Wait...

"Before, you said: another wife? Why?" He couldn't quite grasp the insides of the golden cocoon. Even with his Celestial Eyes, only a vague figure could be seen within, yet this figure could move his heart on a visceral level.

"Yeah...like I said, the Impartation of the Heavens bestows souls to objects. But that's not its original intention. Once in a while, the heavens get it correct and find a perfect vessel for this soul that matches the portion of the heaven it's derived from, and an entity born from the heavens descends. A complete, harmonized soul with the body of a human, forged entirely by the powers of Law. A perfect being. Some call it a Shard of Heaven, others call them Heavenly Infants.

"From the fact that it was born in a lake, a yin-aligned location, it'll certainly be a female. Oh yeah!" Young Master Shang slapped his forehead, and Wei Wuyin could faintly feel the influence of the Heavenly Daos in the air, "There's another name most civilizations call it. They call it: the first Apple."

"..." Wei Wuyin's heart pounded violently as images of his life flashed within his mind.

"You hungry?"

"You hungry?"

"You hungry?"

Words that he had spoken on an instinctual level since he was young. He often used apples as his first invitation to those he offered those two words to. He gulped instinctively.

"If you dual cultivate with a Heavenly Infant, your path of resonating with the heavens will be eternally set. Your path to entering the True Sage would be absolute, while your cultivation in the Resonant Soul Realm, at least relating to the matter of Laws, will be an unhindered path-flawless. And it's said that every Heavenly Infant possesses beauty or handsome qualities that could ensnare Divinities and inspire envy from Sages."

As he said that last word, a whirling series of pulsating sounds emanated from the lake as if perfectly timed!

"The cocoon is finished constructing the body!" Young Master Shang exclaimed.

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Erdiul's Note: Dual Cultivation partner straight from the heavens, nah this guy is too lucky, it's criminal. It's kinda fucked up though, how the heavens just create someone for you to fuck, but that's the bread and butter of cultivation novel I guess. Everything is an object for progression. EVERYTHING.