Soul Trigger

Chapter 592 Aftermath and Gains

King Yuanling glanced at the ragged yet remarkably intact corpse and let out a long sigh:

"No regrets?"

Ji Li sighed, rubbing his forehead.

"Stop nagging, I have a terrible headache right now, I could faint at any moment. Didn't we agree on this before? Why are you going back on your word now?"

Prince Yuanling pondered:
"Times have changed. In the past, one could go to White Island as the heir of Yuanling, possessing a certain level of background."

Going now would be like throwing yourself into the lion's den. After what happened today, their spirit tablets won't let you off the hook.

Ji Li grinned: "Do you think I'd just let it go? I never cared about Yuanling's status as the heir."

The old man finally sighed, but after explaining the pros and cons to Ji Li, he didn't insist any further.

This kid is doing just as well in Silla; he really is just too worried.

He glanced at the endless crimson behind him; Yuya Xun's split personality was advancing into the distance, dealing with the approaching Imperial Guards.

"How are you planning to get there?"

King Guling interjected, suggesting that he could leave Shulong using the path he had followed in his cultivation years ago, but Yuya Xun dismissed this idea with disdain.
"Is there a place that is both dangerous and safe, and also completely silent?"

Following the raised finger of Yuya Xun, they saw the blood-red sky:

In the world.

The hellish spirit roared, carrying Ji Li and Yu Ya Xun, transforming them into shooting stars and hurtling into the distance.

High in the blood-red sky, Kaoru's eyes gleamed with excitement, like a little girl who had finally received her beloved toy:

"Darling, stay here and recover well from now on..."

Ji Li did not reply, but simply gripped the pocket watch in his hand tightly:
【Filin, keep an eye on this girl for me, make sure she doesn't lay a finger on me.】

Sensing that the person in his arms was not moving, Yu Ya Xun looked down and found that Ji Li had fallen into a deep sleep.

His smile widened instantly, and his speed suddenly increased.

Amidst the howling winds, besides the roars of the red monsters covering the ground, there seemed to be the sound of pointers flowing.

……

The grand hall was pitch black, and the boundless night shrouded the high place.

Tengjun's fingers tapped incessantly; he was very agitated.
"How long has the Prince of Yuanling been inside? Has he not found Ji Li yet?"

The Imperial Guard's reply below:
"There's still no news, but there's been some unrest at the Shadow Academy's blockade, and some secret societies are attempting to evacuate."

"Where are the Illuminati and the people from White Island?"

"They're relatively well-behaved, but there's a possibility of a secret evacuation."

"Heh, stop them all. No one will leave before I find Ji Li."

Tengjun's aura grew increasingly deep.

An hour had passed and he still hadn't found anyone, making it hard for him not to wonder if Ludwig had already taken Ji Li away.

He could not accept that such a being had fallen into the hands of Shiroshima.

Just as he was anxiously pondering, the tortoise general's figure emerged from the shadows:

"Tengjun, there's an emergency..."

The already uneasy Tengjun was furious:
"I don't care about any unexpected situations, even if the Prince of Ling dies in the inner world! I just want the heir of Yuanling! It's been an hour! An hour!"
With so many Imperial Guards and the Prince of Ling mobilized, even the Underworld has been thrown into chaos!

"It's Ludwig!"

Upon hearing the tortoise's trembling voice, Tengjun's anger immediately subsided, and he said with delight:

"They found him!?"

"We've found it, but you need to be mentally prepared..."

Two more Imperial Guards emerged from the shadows, carrying a black body bag and placing it on the ground.

As the chain was pulled open, revealing a face inside, Tengjun's pupils suddenly contracted—

"We found his body."

The turtle general's voice echoed in the hall, and Tengjun remained silent for a long time.

In the boundless darkness high above, his eyes were fixed blankly. He could see the intense horror and resentment still lingering on the faces of the corpses that lay dead with their eyes wide open.

Ludwig... is dead?!

……

Inside the Reflection Academy of Dragon Gate University, three hours had passed since Ji Li broke into the Inner World.

The Bureau of Souls and the Imperial Guards had already taken over the scene, and the entire gathering was completely cleared out.

All relevant personnel were placed in the Reflection Academy and, in accordance with the emergency management system and contingency plan for dimensional leaks, underwent comprehensive personnel control, placement, and treatment to eliminate any risk of leakage from the inner world.

At the same time, it also temporarily blocks out those with ulterior motives.

Except for a few special individuals, no one can leave the entire Reflection Academy except for those who are allowed to enter.

Some students who had returned to school to watch the excitement were thus confined to the Reflection Academy and were summoned by the school to do temporary work with long faces.

Of course, it's worth the academic credits.

Shu Ze followed the guards of the Yuanling Prince's Mansion to a secluded spot in the administration building to settle down temporarily. They could only leave after the incident was completely over.

She was alone in the room, her eyes closed, seemingly waiting for something.

With a creak, the door was pushed open.

A figure appeared before her, and Shu Huo suddenly opened her eyes, her crimson gold burning:
"I'll go as well."

Standing at the door was Kaoru Yuya, but her green hair was tied in a ponytail; she was a person with a split personality.

"That's a really useful ability. It allowed me to pinpoint Ji Li's location with just a glance..."

"Are you going to reject me?" A dangerous glint flashed in Shu's eyes.

"Why? Are you afraid you'll try to take her away from me?" Mosquito with ponytail leaned against the wall, squinting as she spoke.
"Come with me, keep your movements small, and put your hat on."

Neither the Lord of Calamity nor the Black Sun Palace would refuse the power of the Eye of Truth.

Therefore, she could tolerate some minor covetousness towards what she owned. Let you take a look a little longer, it won't hurt you.

As for that little girl from the Lonely Tomb King's family...

At this moment, Yan Xiyu was sitting at the school clinic, putting black gauze on her face.

Apart from her and the Lonely Tomb King standing with his back to her, there was no one else in the room.

"You don't seem surprised at all."

Clearly, he had already informed the other party of Ji Li's plan.

Yan Xiyu breathed a sigh of relief:

"It's probably the best option right now, since Teng-jun looks like he's about to go crazy."

At the Dragon Vein Convention Bureau, the information about the Imperial Guard circulating among these foreign students was like an urban legend, mysterious and fantastical.

The Emperor's personal guards, the royal family's henchmen, the shadow soldiers of the Divine Land's dragon veins. But today, under Tengjun's command, all of them have been mobilized, filling the sky with black smoke.

She even saw two commanders of the Imperial Guards, all in search of Ji Li.

"Not going with them?"

Yan Xiyu shook his head, moved his injured arm to loosen his muscles and bones:
"Why go with them? That green-haired guy doesn't like me."

"At least you have some self-awareness. Are you going back to the Convention Bureau afterward?"

"No return."

"Where to go?"

Yan Xiyu did not answer the question, but instead said:
"How big is the gap between me and the Lord of Calamity?"

"It's big."

"And Ji Li?"

"I don't know, but it should be bigger."

"specific?"

"You are the spirit of humanity, they are perverts. How can the spirit of humanity compare to perverts?"

"how about you?"

The Way of the Lonely Tomb King:

"My solitude stands alone in this world, incomparable to any other existence."

I thought you were going to say you were a pervert too.

Yan Xiyu stood up, stretched his limbs, and a series of cracking sounds followed:
"Then I'll have no choice but to inherit the family business."

"Oh?"

The Lonely Tomb King became interested:
"Are you interested in participating in the royal selection?"

"Not interested in."

Yan Xiyu dismissed this with disdain:
“The Prince of Ling isn’t necessarily that powerful. What I want is to defeat that guy Ji Li.”

Tengjun, Ludwig, Qunji Lingshu.

You can't reach his world unless you're determined to crush that bastard completely.

"Alright," said the Prince of Guling. "Do you know how to use a sword?"

……

Inside the Soul Museum, Ji Li is admiring his various collections.

Compared to the original desolate soul space, the museum now boasts a rich collection of "collections," with numerous personality fragments and personal relics neatly arranged in various display cases.

The reason he didn't integrate these things is that their abilities are no longer of much value to him now, so he just keeps them as collectibles.

At the front of the museum, the original inverted "Y"-shaped display stand for the personal relics has expanded into a sizable tree shape.

At the very top is the personality entity he currently uses, [Death Star].

Three days have passed since he left Shulong. It is said that Tengjun was in a state of impotence and rage for three whole days because he could not find him in the Forbidden City. Although he had some doubts, he could only let it go in the end.

After three days of intermittent debriefing with my father, although we haven't fully grasped the overall situation behind Tengjun's ambush of Ludwig, we have basically figured out Ludwig's intentions.

There is a tacit understanding between him and Tengjun, and they have a long-term relationship of confrontation and mutual benefit, but it is mainly confrontational.

This led Tengjun to deliberately ignore some of Baidao's arrangements within Shulong territory, such as the entrance to the other world inside Baidao's consulate.

This time, Tengjun broke the tacit understanding with Ludwig and chose to set a trap to kill him. The reason for this is probably related to the expansion of the dragon vein and his abandonment of the breakthrough paradox.

Their plan was to use the previous tacit understanding and Ji Li's "engagement" to attract the attention of visitors from multiple countries, and to induce Ludwig to think in reverse, leading him into the Mirage Reflection Academy where they were lying in ambush.

The bait was a man-made psychic device called the "Ascension Wheel".

The creator of this thing is Li Jiangxing. He once designed a whole set of special spiritual space and various spiritual tools for Tengjun to break through paradoxes, with the Ascension Wheel being the core of it.

It is said that the thing originated from Li Jiangxing's core design and contains very deep knowledge and secrets of soul psychology, which Tengjun hid in the Mirage City.

This is also why the Illuminati and Willard believe that the Ascension Wheel is hidden on Ji Li.

These secret societies didn't come to Shulong to solve the problem of the dragon vein's expansion; they came to ascend to the Wheel of Ascension.

The same purpose was also behind Menes's Seventh Pillar bringing Shu to Shulong. Shu was ostensibly a diplomatic tool for them, but it was also a "treasure detector" used to spy on the location of the Ascension Wheel.

However, due to Ji Li's complicated relationships with others, a large number of variables have emerged.

The first issue was the internal strife within the Seventh Pillar of Menes, where the two factions, "Red Soil" and "Sunlight," disagreed on the control of "Shu."

Ultimately, the conflict erupted within Shulong territory, which Tengjun turned into a scheme to test Ji Li.

Because Ji Li was an ancient being, he opened Shu's coffin, which resulted in Shu and Ji Li being bound together.

Because of the Eye of Truth, Ji Li was able to see the essence of the aftereffects of his Cyclic Calculation ability, which led to him later gaining the ability of "Dual-Dimensional Distortion".

After that, there were even more variables regarding the gathering.

The Illuminati and Willard believed that the Ascension Wheel was hidden on Ji Li, and since they happened to meet, they decided to ignore all objective risks and conspire to take action directly.

With the Forbidden City's endorsement, Yu Ya Xun arrived at the scene in a grand manner with the "Tooth Mark Contract," directly kidnapping "Rage" Salvador and sending him to the scene to start going berserk, thus thwarting the schemes of the other two families on the spot.

Tengjun over there also did not expect that Ludwig would carry the will of the White Island Cluster Spiritual Pivot, which led to the failure of his encirclement and killing.

Upon receiving Willard's message, Ludwig used the power of the Cluster Spiritual Pivot to jump to the gathering site. He had his personal guards block the Nest Master of the Reflection Academy and rushed towards Ji Li to snatch him away, but failed due to Ji Li's willpower attribute of constantly "borrowing".

In the end, Ji Li tore apart the power of the shattered white ring, forcing him to flee into the inner world. Ultimately, his soul and body were separated, and the white ring only managed to capture half of him.

Speaking of which, Ji Li had asked his father to keep an eye on Che Canhao's situation. Later, it seems that the Keton Federation paid a price and managed to redeem both Colonel Storm and Che Canhao.

Despite the many variables involved, Ji Li still achieved considerable success.

It can predict the next three seconds with [cyclic calculation], provide special intelligence with [eye of insight], and has the ability to overdraft to the limit and transform into two dimensions to cope with different situations with [two-dimensional distortion].

Finally, under Ludwig's immense pressure and in an extremely distorted state, he gained the ability to actively liberate Odin through self-devouring.

After Ji Li completely freed the incomplete Odin with his own power for the first time, he discovered that the phantom Odin that had always existed in his soul space had also changed.

Its shape has become more solid, and its appearance has changed from the vague Odin V1 to the Odin T4-002 that has been liberated this time.

Perhaps this symbolizes that he has truly begun to reclaim and control this untouchable power from his "past life".

However, he had no recollection of the appearance of the T4-002 "Netherworld Destroyer".

Considering that it, like the "Black Hole Carrier," is equipped with a black hole engine, and that the shape of the black hole engine on its chest resembles that of a higher generation, he had some guesses.

Leaving the room, Ji Li returned to the main hall of the Soul Museum and took out a delicate silver short sword from the largest display case; it was slightly mottled.

Aside from a cognitive index of 3896 and an arrogance index of 1473, this was his most direct gain from tearing apart half of Ludwig:
Fragments of Personality: Ludwig's Oath
Soul Quality: Ultimate

Characteristic: Oath. Able to swear an oath and become a knight. If highly favored by the human spirits, one can swear an oath on a physical tile within a specified dimension, becoming a lord and wielding the power of law within their own territory.

They can be fused together.

It cannot be materialized.

(End of this chapter)