188: The drama of fate!

"So, that's how it is!"

Ye Su stared at the massive Light Array appearing on the mountainside.

His eyes were glazed over, lost in a state of immense shock.

His mind was racing, processing information rapidly.

Just by looking at this Light Array, a certain kind of information was transmitted.

However, how much one could truly grasp depended on the individual.

"The Ascender is a fraud!"

These words couldn't help but surface in Ye Su's mind.

In Xuanhuan novels, it was often said that one must go against the heavens.

But Ascension...

...was actually following the heavens under a guise!

timing, geographical advantage, and human harmony power are the fuel, ignited within the Light Array to melt away a piece of the Heavenly Will with scorching heat.

And this single piece of Heavenly Will...

...is the core of an Ascender.

The Ascender uses this piece of Heavenly Will to forge armor for their entire body, eventually reaching Perfection and standing equal to the Heavenly Will itself.

At that point, an Ascender's combat power is simply beyond description.

Your will is the Heavenly Will.

Your heart is the Heavenly Heart.

With every gesture, you are blessed by the Heavenly Will.

To put it simply, this path seems very straightforward.

But the true difficulty lies in the timing, geographical advantage, and human harmony power!

As well as where exactly to forge the Heavenly Will into armor!

In short.

Achieving those four conditions...

...is just Ascension One.

To reach Perfection in the armor of Heavenly Will, one needs nine steps!

Every step only gets harder and harder!

"If one truly follows the Heavenly Will, no one can actually ascend,"

Ye Su thought to himself.

"So the method is to deceive!"

"It's a disguise, a scam, a lie!"

"Make timing, geographical advantage, and human harmony power all converge on oneself—that is how one walks the path of Ascension!"

Ye Su, oh Ye Su, is this really the only orthodox path?

Just how cruel is the future?

A clean and pure king truly doesn't exist!

Ye Su's face flushed slightly.

The mental strain was enormous.

The moment he saw the Light Array, he was already calculating how to gather timing, geographical advantage, and human harmony power.

geographical advantage? He had that.

As long as he moved the Light Array to Suzhou and Hangzhou, that would be absolute geographical advantage.

human harmony power? He had that too!

He was Ye Su, the uncrowned king of Professionals.

With one wave of his arm, countless people would sing his praises!

Then...

...what about timing?

This solar term really hadn't distributed any timing to him.

Must he find a way to trick the timing into coming down?

How should he go about it?

'The letter from the future was right; one look at this Light Array and I know how to walk this path.'

'But the difficulty is just too high.'

'I have ways for geographical advantage and human harmony power, but what about timing?'

'That is Luck, the Luck given to a certain race by the solar term. How can that be stolen?'

'Wait—'

Ye Su suddenly looked back at the heavy cavalry regiment.

His eyes, having been nourished by the Light Array...

...could roughly see the fluctuations of timing.

On Black Tiger and the Blood quiet Horse King, there were faint traces of timing lingering.

However, it was too little, not nearly enough to serve as fuel for the Light Array!

'Luck!'

'Every race has its own Luck, just like the national destiny of Great Xia; it all truly exists.'

'As long as I gather them together—'

'It seems the whole logic is clear now!'

"Captain Ye!"

Black Tiger stepped forward. Seeing Ye Su glance back at him, he spoke up with quick wit;

"What do you need us to do?"

"Nothing, keep waiting!"

Ye Su replied.

With the Light Array here, it would definitely attract countless people.

After all, the moment he saw the Light Array, he had felt that pull himself.

However— "Wait, take your men and look at that Light Array."

Ye Su commanded.

The Light Array would convey the method of how to use it.

He didn't know if there was a limit on the number of people who could receive this method or if it was unrestricted.

Regardless...

...he'd let Black Tiger's thousand men look at it directly to see if they could use up the slots.

Although Black Tiger didn't understand Ye Su's reasoning...

...he followed orders without question.

He led his men straight to the edge of the cliff so they could see the Light Array.

A moment later.

"Did you get any information?"

Ye Su asked.

Black Tiger's eyes were practically watering. Hearing Ye Su's question, he could only shake his head;

"No... it's just incredibly blinding."

"Oh?"

Ye Su's eyes lit up.

A great Opportunity.

One slot!

One slot for information disclosure per Light Array!

That's quite ruthless.

His future self was too careless; he hadn't mentioned this at all.

If someone else had discovered it first, wouldn't that mean— "Come here."

Ye Su thought of another possibility.

Black Tiger approached at his word.

Ye Su pressed his large finger against him, and vast Mental Energy surged forth.

Black Tiger's Sea of Consciousness churned, rapidly manifesting his Soul.

In less than fifteen minutes...

...Black Tiger's Soul manifested.

"Look again—"

Black Tiger looked at the Light Array once more.

The next second.

His expression changed drastically.

"This... this is... I received a message, it told me..."

"Mm."

So, Soul manifestation was required.

Next, Ye Su continued to enlighten another person.

Then he had that person look at the Light Array.

This time...

...the man could only shake his head; the Light Array didn't transmit any information to him.

"Two slots!"

Ye Su said, then looked at Black Tiger;

"Black Tiger, this is what you call destiny."

"So, whatever you do, don't die!"

Stormy waves rose in Black Tiger's heart.

He finally understood what he had obtained.

It was an Opportunity, the greatest secret of Tomb Sweeping Day.

And because of Ye Su, he had actually become one of only two people in the world who knew this path!

Fate had once again shown its dramatic irony.

"Captain Ye, this..."

Black Tiger was so stunned he didn't know what to say.

"Don't panic, stay steady."

"Soon, this place will be swarming with people!"

Ye Su said;

"Why don't you scout the area first? When the time comes, I'll need you to transport this Light Array back to Suzhou and Hangzhou."

"Yes!"

Black Tiger carried out the order.

He then rode down the mountain alone to begin scouting.

—Roar— The sound of beasts snarling could be heard.

In fact, it was because the Wang Clan's numbers were so vast that their collective cries formed a sort of roar.

Because the Light Array had appeared, all races were being drawn to it.

Since the Wang Clan was spread all over the mountains, they were the first to arrive.

Next was the Mountain Lord!

This fellow was being carried by avian Yao Race members, and his speed was also at the limit.

Then, the Zerg.

A golden line cut through the sky; that fellow Golden Cicada had actually managed to scramble into a position of status within the Zerg.

And the Sea Race.

Enormous waves surged within the water system.

Surprisingly, the Merfolk King was leading the team personally.

Finally...

...it was the Human Race!

Heh.

Western Europe was certainly fast, actually riding on missiles.

Missiles without warheads—they must have cleared it with Great Xia beforehand.

One had to admit, this Light Array was truly attractive!

In less than an hour.

At the foot of Mount Tai, figures were everywhere.

Everyone looked at the Light Array, first with bewilderment.

Then with greed.

Anyone with eyes knew this was likely the greatest Opportunity of Tomb Sweeping Day.

As for what this Opportunity actually was...

...well, they'd snatch it first and study it later.

Speaking of snatching...

...one had to mention the Wang Clan, who were everywhere.

Once the various races gathered, they immediately initiated battle.

They likely wanted to drive the other groups away.

After all...

"Captain Ye, latest news: extremely large Wang Clan members have appeared in volcanoes everywhere."

"Based on the calculation that larger size equals greater strength..."

"...those beings can at least match a Streamline Realm third stage expert."

Black Tiger reported immediately after receiving news from Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Ye Su had been out for too long, and the communicator in his hand was gradually running out of power.

However, as the drones from Suzhou and Hangzhou began to cover the area...

...Zhang Hui's voice began to ring in Ye Su's ear.