467: Defying fate

Zhang Huai was truly speaking freely now.

As he spoke those names...

Ye Su clearly felt an unknown presence gazing over.

It was a bit too overbearing.

As expected of the Chaos Tyrants.

But fortunately...

He seemed to have some connection with these tyrants.

---Soon.

Zhang Huai led Ye Su into the depths of the Calamity Chaos.

The depths were a massive void.

It was as if some planet had left this place, leaving behind a hollow space.

Ye Su felt a chill as he thought about it.

Looking at the void, he said,

"Could it be... that a Blue Star used to float here?"

Zhang Huai scratched his head and said,

"You could put it that way, but it wasn't called the Blue Star; it was called the Dragon Pearl."

"Inside the Dragon Pearl is a world where people live their lives, experiencing birth, aging, sickness, and death, living quite well."

Ye Su was stunned.

"Don't they cultivate? Or rather, are they not allowed to?"

"They do. The Dragon Pearl connects many of the Flower Master's Divine Kingdoms. There is no upper limit to cultivation; as long as you have the ability, you can even become a Supreme Expert."

Zhang Huai said,

"But, it's very difficult."

"The Dragon Venerable won't deliberately suppress people, but within the Dragon Pearl and the Divine Kingdoms, there is no such thing as a Protagonist. Therefore, it's very hard to leap out."

"Protagonist—"

Ye Su seemed to have encountered a new concept.

That is, true experts are created by the times.

When you display the demeanor of a Protagonist, the entire world revolves around you.

Various Opportunities and Secret Realms will wait until you have the strength before they open.

It's as if—everything, every single thing, is waiting for you.

As long as you have the talent, you will rise linearly, like sitting on a rocket.

Countless people become your stepping stones, witnessing the epic you create.

But without being a Protagonist—rising up becomes incredibly difficult.

"Without the momentum of the times, is it really that hard to leap out?"

"Not necessarily for you."

Zhang Huai said,

"I heard the Cang Master mention that they encountered a guy in the Chaos who used peerless talent to overshadow everything, rising up forcefully in a world that was almost ruined."

"Of course, for them to consider it peerless talent, it must naturally be incredibly terrifying."

"Anyway, let's not talk about that. Wait a moment."

"One of those beings is coming."

Ye Su was also apprehensive.

Who would it be?

The Dragon Venerable?

A moment later.

A terrifying aura descended.

Ye Su took a deep breath and looked up.

But he saw no figure.

What came was only a sword.

"Oh no, it's the Sword Master."

Zhang Huai whispered.

Ye Su didn't know why Zhang Huai said 'oh no.'

The next second, he knew.

"Jie jie jie... An uncontrollable future?"

A grand voice rang out.

Ye Su: 'Holy crap, that laughter... it's a villainous boss!'

"Come, let me examine your body."

The voice was filled with endless majesty.

Ye Su: 'Damn, is... is there something wrong with this guy?!'

The next second.

Ye Su was directly deconstructed.

In the literal sense of the word.

Deconstructed.

Tangible matter was deconstructed into particles, even down to a more microscopic level.

Zhang Huai frowned.

Looking at the 'cloud' floating before him—everything else about the Sword Master was fine, but his villainous aura was just too thick.

Who decomposes someone into particles the moment they meet?

"Interesting."

"Everything else is mediocre, but there's a hint of a special Origin."

"It's hard to say how far he can go."

"But there's some hope after all."

"Since the Dragon Venerable sent me, I'll consider the task complete."

"To carry everything of the future—"

"Then I shall give you a 'Fate' capable of carrying the future!"

Reshape!

This cloud of particles began a reshaping on another level.

Ye Su could clearly feel this reshaping process.

This terrifying being...

He was reshaping everything about him.

Specifically...

This body shed all its power,

yet was endowed with a power that could easily 'slide' into the future.

This power...

wasn't bestowed by the other party.

Rather, it was constructed according to Ye Su's characteristics during the reshaping process.

It was somewhat like the Myriad Transformation Heavenly Venerate changing Void Realm Lifeforms to adapt to the universe's abilities,

but in reality, it was countless times more sophisticated.

At this moment, Ye Su felt a sense of...

Establishing his life!

...that kind of feeling!

At the same time, he could sense that the power wielded by the Sword Master was a kind of power regarding Fate Grids.

The complexity and strength of this power—it was simply beyond imagination.

This act...

was simply someone changing his Fate Grid for him.

Establishing Life—defying heaven to change fate—is this the power possessed by a Supreme Expert?

"Done."

Finally, after the Sword Master said those words,

he directly departed.

Throughout the entire process, neither Ye Su nor Zhang Huai had seen the Sword Master's true face.

It was like a dream that came and went in a hurry.

"Ye Su, how do you feel?"

Zhang Huai asked.

Ye Su had already recovered.

It was as if he had never been decomposed at all.

"Unimaginably powerful—"

"Hmm?"

"Oh, me? I'm fine."

Ye Su said.

He was still lingering in the illusion of the Sword Master's Heaven-Defying fate-changing...

It was too incredible.

After regaining his composure and sensing his own condition,

Ye Su discovered something special.

All his power had been deconstructed, whether it was the Ascender power or the Calamity Aura,

leaving behind a pure body.

This body could carry various powers without loss; any future power could be easily borrowed or even accommodated in greater quantities.

Furthermore,

the Sword Master had also placed a barrier within him.

This barrier could be felt, but it seemed very difficult even to touch.

However, once he touched or even broke this barrier,

then he would possess power comparable to them.

This could be considered the Sword Master's 'after-sales service.'

In other words,

do you want to know the gap between yourself and an Absolute Supreme Expert?

Go touch the barrier and you'll understand.

Indirectly, it set a standard for his strength.

He clenched his fist.

The power of one of his future selves descended upon him.

Venerable Level!

Moreover, the power flow was extremely smooth.

'Am I here to work?'

This was the complaint from his future self.

'You're a Venerable now, give everyone a little boost.'

Ye Su thought to himself.

The power of a Venerable flowed through his body.

As the main body,

countless future versions of himself could all borrow this Venerable's power.

This would support his other selves to go one step further.

'I can't fully grasp what the Sword Master said for the moment. Do you have any ideas?'

Taking this Opportunity, Ye Su sought help from his future self.

'It's simple. Break the shackles and carry the power of countless versions of yourself at the same time. Then... you too will be an Absolute Supreme Expert.'

Ye Su was immediately stunned.

Don't be joking.

It was impossible to determine how many future selves there were.

But a single portion of power multiplied by countless times would be unlimited strength.

Could it be...

that what each Absolute Supreme Expert wielded was an unlimitedly powerful force?

Power...

has no end?

"That way of putting it is wrong—"

Ye Su said.

"What?"

Zhang Huai was surprised and suspicious.

What was Ye Su talking about?