Soul Trigger

Chapter 595 White Island Conquest
"Yes, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing. I'm considering whether I should go to your place first and then go to White Island."

A melodious laugh drifted from the zither:

Do you miss me?

"You can understand it that way, but I'm hanging up now."

"and many more!"

Qin immediately called out to Ji Li:
"There's a meeting of the Blood Pact Hermit Society's higher-ups today. People from White Island have visited and brought your photo, of course, the one of Yuanling's heir."

Ji Li frowned:

"what happened?"

"It's probably something like a wanted poster, but it's not distributed to the Awakened group; it only circulates among the higher-ups. However, some secret societies with special channels might also know about it."

If you're traveling to Europe soon, please be careful.

"As expected."

Ji Li hung up the phone.

He had already fought the cluster of spiritual cores of White Island head-on, so it would be unreasonable for him not to be on the list.

but……

Ji Li took a deep breath and used his calmed emotions to suppress the gun.

How come he never noticed before that the sound of the zither was so alluring, far more intense than Yu Ya Xun's accidental ejaculation?

The purpose of this trip to White Island is twofold: firstly, to obtain more otherworldly crystals from the Tower of Babel in order to regain one's memories.

Secondly, to retrieve the fragments of Da Lei's time domain and replenish her power.

Besides providing Ji Li with more assistance, the Great Thunder that replenishes power can also replenish memories, allowing Ji Li to glimpse what the self-proclaimed "World Tree" has actually done in this world.

Ji Li certainly hadn't forgotten the scene she saw in the fragments of Felin's memory: her standing in front of herself with a man named Ludwig.

But this Ludwig is not the same as that Ludwig:
In the rally incident, Scheu's keen eye glimpsed the truth behind Ludwig:
The Ludwig in the film fragment is the grandfather of the Ludwig whose body was torn off by Ji Li, the Ludwig who initially rose from baron to grand duke.

Due to the long generational gap, Scheu could not observe more about Baron Ludwig, but it is known that the current Archduke Ludwig is aware of the existence of the "precursors" and keeps it a secret.

In other words, the Ludwig family and Felin bear the marks of "pioneers," which is the third point.

Therefore, the route after arriving at White Island is very clear:
One is the Tower of Babel by the tombstone, and the other is the Ludwig family's side, where you can try to find the traces left by the "forerunners".

This information made Ji Li increasingly suspicious of the secret behind his awakening from the inverted cross.

But there's no use in rushing; the memories need to be recovered little by little. Before all that, the question of how to get to White Island looms large.

The dragon veins of the land spread, Ludwig's soul and body separated, which was equivalent to death, and the shattered white ring trembled.

Ji Li took Ludwig's body, and the wanted poster was even sent to Qin's Blood Pact Hermit Society.

With so many factors combined, Ji Li needed a clever way to infiltrate the situation.

Although the Tower of Babel's headquarters is on White Island, the Dead Apostles are still Dead Apostles. They are like tumors hidden beneath the surface of White Island, and Ji Li certainly cannot enter White Island as a tumor.

The Blood Pact Hermits, to which Qin belongs, have considerable influence in Europe, but White Island, as the current leader in Europe, possesses its own unique system and is also shrouded in the Shattered White Ring, making it difficult to operate.

Therefore, in addition to the preparations made by the Black Sun Mansion, the tombstone provided Ji Li with a special channel, but Ji Li still needed to disguise himself on a spiritual level—

He needed to disguise himself as a "lord" or a "knight" to evade the shattered white ring. This was also what the tombstone described as the Tower of Babel's method.

If everything had gone smoothly, he would have taken Ji Li to White Island and then disguised himself.

The situation is different now, so Ji Li has to prepare it himself.

Just like Black Sun Palace's "Heart Sword" and Shulong's "Dragon Armor," White Island also possesses its own unique system called "Soul Nobles."

The Soul Aristocracy system evolved from the mourners, which is to merge with and serve the personal relics. The awakened aura and the laws of desire are determined by the power of the personal relics, thereby driving the awakened spiritual beings, just like the lyre.

However, the reason why it is an evolution is still very different; they have separated "dualism".

From the Domination stage onwards, the awakening aura of the "Soul Noble" will obtain the "Awakening Oath" through a vow ceremony.

From this point on, they transformed from "apprentices" into "knights," symbolizing the breaking free from the control of their personal relics through the power of their oaths.

The power of the relic of the person is manifested as their mount, symbolizing the human spirit wielding evil power.

Upon reaching the peak of the Overlord stage, one can transform oneself into a "Lord" through an awarding ceremony.

The former is similar in characteristics to the dragon armor, but the biggest difference is that it combines evil and human spiritual power into a duality, reflecting the knight's and mount's cognitive materialization ability.

They can fight separately, or they can merge again to unleash even greater power.

Lords possess the power of words and laws, and the ability to enslave evil spirits, but becoming a lord requires having "territory" and the support of a group of human spirits.

In layman's terms, you need to own a piece of land and have a certain number of people who acknowledge your "oath" in order to become a lord through the investiture ceremony.

In addition, lords can also obtain the power of "knighting", which is to perform a ritual to award an awakened person a knighthood, and in return, the latter will pledge allegiance to them.

Within their own territory, the lord is extremely powerful, far surpassing other awakened beings of the same level.

However, outside their territory, lords are relatively weak, their laws only apply to themselves, and they need to rely on enslaved monsters or loyal knights to fight.

Some special or powerful lords are able to expand their territory to other places.

This information is all intelligence from within the Hellhound Clan. Both the descriptions of the Dragon Fang Knights and the territorial matters are highly consistent with Ludwig's situation.

The fragment of Ludwig's personality that Ji Li obtained was a power of "oath," but it only had the oath itself and no specific direction.

It's like an awakened being who possesses a vast well of souls and a massive amount of spiritual matter, but lacks the ability to harness the spiritual core within it.

So what Ji Li needs to do next is to create a complete personality entity to conceal his identity, so that he can infiltrate the Awakened system of White Island and hide himself.

……

After some time, the Hellhound Clan Treasury was discovered.

"'Beyond Despair', the sword of the heart left behind by the warrior with a death wish."

“'Dark Raven Brain Skull', the stuff that came out of the Raven Rider I killed.”

Yu Ya Xun handed Ji Li a broken Heart Sword and a relic of his personality:

"Are you sure your spiritual circuit technology can fake a complete personality entity?"

Ji Li glanced at Yu Ya Xun:

"Please excuse me for a moment."

(End of this chapter)