379: Let’s go to Lijie!

Chen De held a fiery red dagger in his hand.

“Is this the secret of the Sovereign?”

He muttered to himself.

Originally, Chen De thought that the so-called advancement to Sovereign relied on some special cultivation method.

However, the result was completely different from what he had guessed.

According to Lord Li, this dagger was a second-tier World Authority Artifact, the World Authority of their Blazing Heaven Realm.

After refining it, one could control all the great powers within their respective world.

The Earth Immortal Realm named this level a Sovereign, meaning the Lord of the World.

The sword in the hand of the Sovereign who instantly killed Chen De earlier should have been a World Authority Artifact.

And that Qiong Guang Sovereign from last time, his gun was likely one too.

Wielding such power elevated one's strength by several levels.

As for why Lord Li hadn't used it before, it was because a World Authority would lose all its divine properties once it left its home world.

On the contrary, taking it out would only attract more attention.

Therefore, most Sovereigns were unwilling to travel outside, or at least unwilling for their main body to travel outside.

They would often choose to cultivate some clone techniques for general travel.

Lord Li had not cultivated such a method, and coupled with bad luck, he suffered a huge setback at the hands of the burly man who had been constantly watching him.

Fortunately, Chen De couldn't bear to see others suffer and lent Lord Li a hand.

As a reward, the World Authority Artifact of the Blazing Heaven Realm naturally fell into Chen De's hands.

The Blazing Heaven Realm was its name when it was in the burly man's hands; when Lord Li controlled it, to differentiate the two, it was renamed Li World.

After some thought, he decided to make a trip to Li World to first achieve the position of a Sovereign.

Chen De would absolutely not refuse the opportunity to have a safe base of operations of his own.

A second-tier World Authority, equivalent to a Two-Step Sovereign, was enough to contend with a Two-Step Venerable in the Blazing Heaven Realm.

From now on, no evil person would be able to easily harm him...

Soon, guided by the memory, Chen De arrived at the periphery of a small world.

He took out the dagger, and it seemed to receive some kind of power boost, glowing with a fiery red light.

Furthermore, Chen De could clearly sense its connection to one of countless light points.

Whether based on memory or the dagger, Chen De could pinpoint its exact location.

As he moved the dagger closer to the light point in that direction, the light it emitted grew even stronger, even revealing a hint of danger.

Chen De could sense that the dagger at this moment was already comparable to a ninth-level Demon Emperor Realm expert.

Especially when placed at the entrance, its aura far exceeded that of a peak Demon Emperor Realm expert.

Understanding what would happen upon entry, Chen De was already prepared.

Taking a step, he entered Li World.

At the same time, the dagger's aura reached its peak, trembling violently in Chen De's hand.

It wanted to break free from his grip, but Chen De held it tightly.

After a long while, the dagger's movements gradually subsided.

Seeing this, Chen De released it.

And the dagger, seemingly sensing that the power restraining it had disappeared, began to move slightly again.

It floated from Chen De's hand and moved away from him.

Chen De did not try to stop anything the dagger did.

“Hahaha!”

“You are so stupid, you don’t even know what a World Authority Artifact is.”

“You deserve not to be a Sovereign!”

“You actually dared to bring me back.”

“Originally, you still had a chance…”

Wild laughter emanated from the dagger, its tone filled with sarcasm and mockery towards Chen De.

A fiery red, strange energy emanated from the dagger, outlining a phantom figure that appeared around it.

Flames burned on its body, but the figure's facial features were still clearly visible.

Judging by his appearance, it was indeed Lord Li, mocking Chen De.

“Are you ready for how you’re going to die?”

Chen De slowly shook his head, looking at Lord Li, unable to understand what he was thinking.

“In this world, good people don’t die, bad people don’t die, only one kind of person dies, and that is the foolish person.”

“What did you say?” Lord Li’s expression changed.

For some unknown reason, he suddenly felt a sense of malice, especially a bad premonition.

This premonition had also occurred once when the burly man attacked him.

But unlike the encounter with the burly man, he had time to react then.

However, facing Chen De, Lord Li didn't even have time to react.

When searching his soul, Chen De had already exposed every detail of Lord Li.

How could Chen De not know about this little secret hidden in the dagger?

The will imprint in the dagger, when carried, had real-time memory synchronization with the main body.

The phantom figure suddenly looked up, staring directly at Chen De, fixedly gazing at him.

Chen De felt Lord Li’s gaze, and yawned with one hand covering his mouth, but no one paid attention.

Then it was quickly blackened, and within a few breaths, it was completely black.

Everyone who refines a World Authority Artifact will leave a personal consciousness imprint within it.

This imprint will closely link the refiner and the Authority.

It can only be removed by special methods of the Earth Immortal Realm, or by purification in an ancient temple, or by the person themselves.

Otherwise, once it returns to its home world and the power of the Authority Artifact is restored, the consciousness imprint left inside will be re-activated.

For example, the figure of the person who left the imprint will reappear.

As an expert in soul and consciousness, Chen De had his own unique methods, especially when dealing with consciousness imprints.

He wasn't incapable of directly erasing the imprint in the dagger, but this was the first time Chen De had seen such an Authority Artifact.

He worried that his methods might cause some undesirable chain reactions.

If he accidentally destroyed the Authority Artifact, then Chen De would have erased the imprint for nothing.

But that didn't mean Chen De had no other solution; he just needed to set up a method on it in advance.

So that when it was activated under special conditions, it would be directly purified.

It seemed this method was quite effective.

In the future, if Chen De acquired any other Authority Artifacts, he could completely replicate this entire process.

With a gentle wave of his hand, Chen De summoned the dagger.

No, now it could no longer be called a dagger.

It floated before Chen De, appearing in the form of a burning sphere.

This was the original appearance of a World Authority Artifact; every known Authority Artifact was crafted in this shape.

Other shapes could also be made, but there was no need, as a spherical shape was the easiest to create.

At the same time, a spherical shape often implied no weaknesses, no flaws, and also completeness and comprehensiveness.

Only after leaving a consciousness imprint would it transform into a unique shape belonging solely to its owner.

Following the steps from Lord Li's memory, Chen De imprinted his own consciousness onto the sphere.

Then, the entire Li World underwent a series of changes, flickering between light and dark, with the sun and moon alternating...

But Chen De's attention was entirely focused on the Authority Artifact before him.

The object, which had originally been a sphere, had now changed its appearance.