Above Destiny

Chapter 528 You Lost Something

Within the narrow confines of the prison, the space seemed to instantly expand to an infinitely vast expanse.

It's as if, the moment the giant eye opens, the whole world magnifies, making one feel so small, like a speck of dust.

And in that 'overlooking' view from below, Ji Jue and Wen Wen's figures were already reflected in that dark pupil.

But what was reflected in the image was another figure that did not exist there, and who had appeared in front of them at some unknown time.

A thin man with long, disheveled hair, sitting on the ground with his hands on his knees.

Youth, middle age, or old age.

Outlines overlapped on his body, shifting and flickering, unstable yet seemingly intentional.

He held a few black and white pieces in his hand, gazing down at the chessboard before him, amusing himself. At that moment, the giant eye raised its face and looked at them.

Examine closely.

Without needing any words or introduction, the moment that giant eye opened, Ji Jue immediately understood what was appearing before him.

The so-called Holy Spirit!
Wen Sheng.

only……

Ji Jue frowned, slightly disappointed. "It's not the original body after all?"

Ji Jue was not surprised by the appearance of the Holy Spirit. After all, judging others by one's own narrow mind and malicious schemes, such a major hidden danger must have been dealt with accordingly.

Countless legions in the border prison, the guards of the saints, and even the sheer cliffs built by time within the Well of Lost Light.

While it may be foolproof, it is still not enough.

If I were the enemy, I would surely lay an ambush here, and take advantage of the enemy's fatigue to launch a sudden attack, which would surely allow me to achieve great merit.

With such thoughts in mind, Ji Jue was already prepared for the possibility that a cunning old fox was lurking behind the door, waiting for his opponent to come to him, and then launching a thunderous attack.

Unexpectedly, after the blockade was lifted, only a few phantom images remained.

The thought that Wen Sheng left behind here in the past.

The avatar created by splitting off a portion of the thoughts and spiritual essence is worthy of being called the 'Shadow of the Holy God'!
At this moment, deep within the border prison, the shadow of the god, without any intention of polite conversation or small talk, directly reached out and pointed at Ji Jue.

An inexplicable power emerged out of nowhere, distinct from divine power, more like some kind of mechanism and law deeply rooted in a dream, which fell upon Ji Jue out of thin air.

Starting from the very bottom, erase all traces left by the person named Ji Jue.

Including his own existence!

Erase!

Snapped!
Ji Jue waved his hand, and after a crisp sound, a piercing friction sound erupted as the erasure mechanism originating from the deepest level of the illusion was deflected in his hand.

No, rather than a bounce, it was more like a collision of permissions without any reservations!

This confirmed Ji Jue's long-held suspicions.

Why would the other party go to such lengths to isolate themselves from the illusion, to remain in a solitary bubble, layer upon layer, a dream within a dream within a dream, tirelessly, yet never kill or expel them?

Because I can't do it!
Why would such a countermeasure be taken?

So that's how it is. The blockade and the division of this thought were set up before I even entered! From the very beginning, I was not the imagined enemy of the Border Prison Trap.

It's just an insurance measure.

Why weren't there any subsequent updates? Was it because you couldn't do it? Or was it because you didn't have time?
"Delete the account as soon as you meet?"

Ji Jue laughed out loud: "Such poor manners, can't you even play this game?"

The phantom-like emblem appeared clearly in Ji Jue's palm.

Sorry, I'm also a privileged user.

He spread his five fingers, then closed them again, playfully displaying the emblem on his palm.

"You either?"

He said, "Here you go—"

He clenched his fist and handed it out.

boom! ! !
The moment the middle finger flicked out, the steel hand snapped off abruptly, its tail flames bursting forth as it sped away!

—Rocket Punch!
In a moment of stunned surprise, the Holy Shadow sneered indifferently, but then, without even flicking his finger, he wiped out the rocket punch once again!

In the blink of an eye, the steel hand that had transformed into a rocket vanished into thin air.

But once the outer shell was removed, the pitch-black lightning within was revealed in the eyes of the Holy Shadow. In this observation, where perception accelerated to the point of near-time standstill, the black lightning bound within the steel suddenly expanded, growing and extending like a giant tree, roaring towards the reflection.

The moment it was realized, divine power surged forth to try and stop it, but the divine power was useless; it was torn apart with unstoppable force, pierced through section by section—

Snapped!
The Holy Shadow gripped the pitch-black lightning, the shackles snapping, and suddenly understood.

This is……

A divine punishment lightning?

No, the authority granted to the saints has been completely reverse-engineered. Furthermore, it has been infused with even more profound techniques, completely reversing its nature. It has transformed from a tool that maximizes the destructive power of divine power into a weapon specifically designed to counter divine power!
ridiculous!

The Holy Shadow's hand clenched suddenly, crushing the object with a casual gesture. Divine power originates from faith, and faith originates from one's true nature; at best, it is merely a byproduct born from ritual.

In that case——

The illusory light of defilement lingered in that giant eye, reading all records and instantly discerning Ji Jue's actions, even his numerous evil deeds and sins of killing!
As events unfold and causes become intertwined, the death that Ji Jue once inflicted on others reappears in the form of 'karma'.

A wail echoed in the void. Around Ji Jue, one after another, the phantoms that Ji Jue had killed in his dream returned and entangled him, turning into writhing flames that surged forth. Everything they had felt before their deaths was magnified hundreds or thousands of times and acted on Ji Jue's consciousness again, tearing his soul apart.

All the evil deeds you commit will bring back to you!
The steel body melted instantly, the petrified skull and spine turned to ashes, but in the darkness beyond the crack, a ray of light shone, and then everything that had been destroyed reappeared.

The pure crystal buried within Ji Jue's body bore all of this without any wavering or trauma. For the soul reflection and the spirit of self, the mere pain and the experience of death were nothing more than a gift delivered to their door.

At the same time, the Crown of the Fly King shone brightly. Purification began within the vast vortex of pain and despair. After being extracted from the consciousness of resentment and madness countless times in an instant, it flowed out from Ji Jue's hand and turned into a small red ball.

"Dude, you dropped something."

Ji Jue flicked his finger, and the small red ball flew straight up, landing on the face of the Holy One, or more precisely, on his nose.

The ball soared like a bird, landing gracefully back where it came from.

Fleeting as a dream, a bubble, or a shadow.

But this caused the pupils of the Holy Shadow to shrink instantly.

Creepy!

The sixth sense of the Ascension lineage was stinging, the perception of the Heart Pivot lineage read unfathomable malice, and the foresight of the Ether lineage had already shown glimpses of the future, even images of his own disintegration and complete loss of control.

When he subconsciously tried to erase it, he found that erasure had lost its effect.

I used it, but unfortunately, it didn't work!

The mechanism has been clearly established!
The statement that "the same trick won't work on me a second time" is nonsense. But if you still don't know how to solve the same problem the second time you encounter it, then your skill as a craftsman can be judged as nothing special.

The lower limit of a craftsman's skill depends on his knowledge and secret teachings, while the upper limit of a craftsman's skill lies in exploring and expanding the limits of 'possibilities' based on these.

The moment you realize a problem, a viable solution immediately comes to mind.

This is a problem-solving instinct ingrained in your bones!

Given the known premise that erasure cannot affect Ji Jue himself, the solution lies in choosing the most convenient method among various options such as soul attacks, turning oneself into a weapon, expanding one's own sphere of influence, etc.

By tearing apart a portion of the insignificant components of the soul and kneading it into the very fabric of creation—a quantity akin to dandruff and foot skin—it is naturally exempt from erasure.

It was just a solution that came to mind on a whim.

Under the observation of the giant eye, everything inside the 'little red ball' was instantly deciphered—using the same deconstruction, replication, and even reverse utilization derived from the saint's authority!

This bastard doesn't want to waste even a tiny bit of effort or brain cells on trivial matters. He'll take advantage of anything he can, freeload whenever possible, and if he can use something, why not use it?

As long as it works!
The mechanism inside the little red ball now comes from the guards that Ji Jue casually took!

A reverse application of the phrase "One heart, many minds; one source, many streams."

If defense is achieved by endlessly replicating one's own consciousness and obsessions to complete the aggregation of the group and break through the upper limit of the value to achieve near-infinite growth, then the creation formed at this moment would be completely the opposite.

—The premise of aggregation has been negated, leading everything to division!
By extracting and purifying the massive amount of impure self-nature collected in the border prison, the poison of division is extracted from the spiritual matter and applied to the whole. Through the flow of spiritual matter, the collision of every thought and idea is intensified, thereby severing the connection between consciousnesses, and ultimately achieving the infinite division of the spirit!
What was completely impossible for Ji Jue in the outside world was now accomplished by his authority and theory, as if it were a matter of course!

In a fleeting instant, the greatest weakness of the 'Shadow of the Holy God' was found—incompleteness. No matter how complete it may be, it is ultimately just a part of its own soul that has been split off.

Like a cracked egg, once a fly lands on it, the cracks only multiply. Once it breaks down, there's no chance of it rebuilding.

After splitting into 100,000 fragments, they will be erased one by one by Ji Jue, no, he will even collect them to use as weapons against the Holy God!
From the moment it appeared until now, in less than half a minute, no, less than ten seconds, the most basic crisis alert has been triggered!
The opponent knows me better than I thought. Just how much information did I inadvertently reveal to them?!
No, at this stage...

There was no point in dwelling on it any longer. He began to draw upon the hidden connections within the border prison, strengthening their resonance with the divine paradise, and then, based on his own existence, summoning the Holy Spirit to descend upon this place!

But in the instant he made the thought, he found that the border prison did not respond at all. In fact, it became more and more blocked, and the entire domain was completely solidified. Moreover, under the effect of the unknown alchemy, the entire second layer was covered with a substance that constantly absorbed all spiritual matter, completely locking the inside and outside.

If that's the case, then let's completely detonate the border prison.

At this cost, we will utterly destroy our current opponent!

But before that, we must first deal with the red ball that Ji Jue threw over—

In a world where self-perception accelerates without limit, the Holy Shadow stares at the approaching sphere, decisively retracts all its power, and then erupts once more!
Perception contracts, acts upon it, and the revision of the transformation, supplemented by the 'solution' and 'book' of the Etheric system, begins to alter reality once again.

In an endless period of stagnation, does he have enough time to manipulate all of this...?

In that instant, in the frozen moment, he saw Ji Jue suddenly smile, his eyes bright and alert, without the slightest hesitation.

Surprisingly, it was able to keep up with his accelerated perception!
Was the person before him a craftsman, or a chosen one destined for ascension? No, it shouldn't be like this. He could clearly sense that the other person was still somewhat inferior to him in terms of ascension or the path to the abyss. In other words, there were external factors at play...

External factors...

Looking down from the giant eye, it finally noticed the 'darkness' that was flowing away from the Crown of the Fly Lord!
Those are remnants from the Well of Lost Light!

—They actually diluted it and used it on themselves?!
The Holy Shadow barely had time to see anything before it finally felt the pain of lifting a boulder only to drop it on its own foot, and with all its might, it revised, guarded, pulled, and resisted.

In that accelerated time, countless clashes ended with the cold laughter of the Holy Shadow!
He's just a craftsman after all...

Snapped!
The little red ball fell into his hand and turned to ashes.

It had absolutely no effect.

The stalemate in the ascension was difficult to quickly determine the winner, but in the contest between the heart and the ether, he had won by far too much!

In this respect, no matter how clever or skillful one is in concealing one's abilities, one can only say that one has some understanding, and one's mastery of it is merely so-so and far too perfunctory!

Unfortunately, just as Ji Jue did not understand the heart pivot and ether.

He didn't understand Ji Jue either.

(End of this chapter)