Chapter 334: A Fool of Blood; The Courage Under Heaven (1)

Chapter 334: A Fool of Blood; The Courage Under Heaven (1)

Including everyone living near the coast of the Douluo Continent that could see this divine sight and every Titled Douluo present, the moment the Beacon of Blood-Red Light was responded to by the deep white fissures breaking into the reality of the sky and gently but surely devoured the nearby clouds, everyone felt dread wash over them. With the clouds getting sucked away, it was revealed that the pillar of light didn't continue to grow out infinitely, technically. After a certain distance, the pillar of light phased through 'this' reality and into another as a vast... chaotic by paradoxically ethereal aura began to emanate from these fissures and they began to connect around the pillar of light, forming a strange... pattern.

Ja Sun's eyes shone with splendor as every mortal who laid eyes on the pattern below rank 90 fell unconscious. Everyone but Bibi Dong who was suddenly covered in a dark, malevolent purplish glow that made others feel even more fearful of her as they retreated. This wasn't an attack but just a gentle reminder by... the vast heaven Mortals are not capable of laying eyes on its form even if fragmented.

"The Heaven's Mandate," Ja Sun smiled. He was a sage in every manner and while even the Titled Douluos including Qian Daoliu and Di Tian struggled to watch and observe the pattern, Ja Sun recorded it in great detail as he expended his inexhaustible spirit energy to enhance his divine intent by three levels directly. His words were only for Qian Daoliu as such Di Tian heard nothing.

"Heaven recognizes the individual's resolve. This Mandate is a show of kindness. Should Qian Xunji stop challenging Heaven's control over an aspect of reality, he shall receive his spirit energy once again with an additional reward for reaching such a realm of strength. This Mandate itself holds some truth of an aspect of reality and its laws. Most of it is easy to record though... should have never underestimated the art of inscriptions and arrays~!"

Ja Sun chuckled but a throaty groan resounded through him physically and the next second, the three of his eyes grew bloodshot. Blood soon poured out of his eyes as he felt a distinct intent bear upon him that was equally chaotic and peaceful as the aura emanating from the cracks to the higher plane.

"I see... just this much is the physical form of mastery... fuck me! Nature is amazing!" An excited giggle escaped his lips. Qian Daoliu would have questioned what was happening if not for the pillar of light that had been consistent till now suddenly fading the next second the pure white fissures glowed red and the 'Heaven's Mandate' fluctuated. The aura of dignity and peace shifted. It grew wrathful and uncaring as everyone finally saw with their own eyes who was the one that caused such a divine... commotion.

They were far, yes, but for a second, the terrifying killing intent of the being receded, aalowing everyone to gaze upon the utterly... mangled man who seemed a bloody husk of his former self with rot and maggots spread across his physique and leathery red wings that had its flesh torn from multiple spots.

Qian Xunji... his long and dull blood-red hair cascaded like a dried river. His pale but ruined face invoked horror instead of caution like he did before... disappearing. Yet, everyone was more or less... uncomfortable that this man reappeared after almost 4 years of disappearance.

Yet, before they could comment or question Bibi Dong if she knew anything, a faint, haunting chuckle spread out. It filled the minds of every spectator... including Ja Sun because he let it in.

The whispering, husky and hushed cackle was filled with bloodlust as if there was nothing else present in the man. A pure lust for blood as if it was needed for the man's survival.

"I... refuse." The raspy words set in, "I shall... feast on Heaven's Blood."

*Rumble*

The sky changed colors as every but a small region of clouds completely disappeared. Ja Sun, Qian Daoliu, and Di Tian observed their surroundings as they kept the cloud they perched upon intact. Soon, a few more figures appeared on the cloud and they hesitated before standing behind Ja Sun silently, making Di Tian's lips twitch. They were spirit beasts, of the continent, of course as Ja Sun hummed loudly and a clone appeared in front of him.

Just because one man was going through a tribulation didn't mean he couldn't benefit. Everyone could see the sea of corpses floating over the ocean's surface. For others... it meant spirit rings but to Ja Sun, it meant Soul Origin for his third spirit soul The Evil Eye Tyrant and if he was lucky, he'd get a few spirit bones, too.

The clone now controlled by his Death Avatar left soon enough as Qian Daoliu and Di Tian both rolled their eyes this time. It was a lucrative act... but they admitted, for various reasons including their own interaction with the divine, they didn't have the stones to interject with one such tribulation.

Meanwhile, the mandate that had been refuted by Qian Xunji looked up at the blood-red glow. In reality, heaven is fair. It always has been and it always will be. While the act of carving one's own path is instinctual, before taking any action, heaven itself informs the challenger of what's to come. So, while Ja Sun knew a few things about god tribulations, Qian Xunji... or a part of him that could still think, somewhat, received this information and reacted to it with the crazed glow in his bloodshot eyes increasing marginally.

This battle was more of a 'test.'

Smiting the Sin;

Giving courage a way out.

Deep within Qian Xunji, the man found himself in a world of blood. Sky 'dripped' with blood as if he was constrained within a globe and the surface he stood on was an ocean of blood itself. Here, he could move, and the man lunged at the glowing blood-red silhouette of light calmly sitting on the surface of the ocean of blood.

Yet, Qian Xunji phased through the man entirely while a crisp, chirp chimed, "Oh, mortal divided by blood and rationality... Can you... unravel me?"

In the outside world, the pure white silhouette finally revealed a touch of blood-red glow from the point of contact over Xunji's head.

Ja Sun, meanwhile, recorded everything... the minute law of blood that had begun to emanate from silhouette, too.

Ja Sun was fully aware that a tribulation is also an opportunity for those who are skilled enough. Heaven may not be willing to share these secrets of law with others, but this was Xunji's tribulation. Ja Sun was not intervening in any manner and the fact that he was still letting himself bleed out from the eyes was a testament to how hard it would be for someone relatively 'ordinary' to even unravel the secrets from Heavenly Laws directly.

That is why...

Sages are feared in every era.

Once there was the Great Sage Equal to Heaven with eyes as fiery gold as the... Current Sage Born of Elements, Destiny, and Dragons.

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