The Samsara and The Ring
I looked at the pendant floating in a small box created from barrier walls.
This was the legendary Mirror of Samsara, one of THE Heavenly Treasures.
My new soul senses are telling me that this thing doesn't have a Master.
It's a strange feeling, like it's trying to attach itself to whatever would have a 'pure' soul.
This is the only reason why I even consider holding this thing close.
If it had a Master in the form of an Ancestral Goddess, I would have dropped this in the Ocean and been done with it.
Only a moron would have something close which could mess one up and alter your Karma and Destiny; worst case, you would die, and you would be reincarnated in a different place to continue 'serving' the 'Greater Good' of Primal Chaos.
It's shit, but now it's different; this thing is Masterless.
However, before I could even consider attaching myself as Master of the Mirror, I need to run some scans on this thing!
This is golden—-no! Diamond-like opportunity to scan a treasure created by the Primal Chaos itself!
If successful, then I would uncover the truths of Destiny, Karma and reincarnation.
'If successful, I could rebuild and privatise the Well of Reincarnation for my Sect.'
With a new goal in mind, I went back into my warehouse.
Once I had made some space, I proceeded to create circular sonar-style arrays.
However, this was where an issue appeared. I remembered how I needed a room size array to even scan the basics of Fire Seed, which is one of the legacies of a Creation God-level being.
This means I need to get to the next level if I want to grasp anything.
'Time to improvise and be smart about this.'
The only way I see out of this is the Language of True Gods.
So I wrote the basic line I use for Sonar style arrays.
'Thou tell us what you are?'
This simple sentence drained close to 75% of all of my Profound Energy reserves. But it made the array look glowy and borderline divine!
'I still have at least sixteen more to go. Thankfully, I have a hall-size stash of Divine crystals ready.'
I quickly went over and collected those before returning to write 'poetry' in Language of True Gods. Honestly, these people were so high on themselves that their language was goddam poetry; I prefer mathematical stuff.
Well, at least the level of my new runic art will increase.
~~~
"And done!"
*Phew*
I sighed in relief as I cleaned off some sweat from my forehead. This stuff made me sweaty! Reminds me of [Elementary Profound] and [Nascent Profound] days when I used to sweat buckets to get stronger.
"Let's see what you will show me."
I brought the pendant to the middle of the formation array and placed it there.
The cube made from barrier walls shattered like cheap glass as the pendant proceeded to glow; arrays bombarded it with energies in a synchronised manner; it was like a light show.
A few seconds later, a glowing barrier wall appeared in front of me. A text started to be written as if someone was writing it for me.
'This is so strange; everything was on a different level so far!'
Eventually, I got over it and proceeded to read this, whatever it was.
[There is no death or life; it's just a state of existence. When one is alive, he is building and preparing for the next cycle. Death is a period of contemplating the time when one was alive and setting off for the next cycle.
Both are opposites of the same existence, which is called Samsara]
Reading through the whole of this made me imagine a spinning wheel.
This was where I got spacey; this wheel I had been imagining just got more and more real until it completely manifested in my mind.
By the time I got over it, the formation array was dead, and the mirror which was on the pedestal was gone.
However, I could feel it.
My right hand went to my heart; at that moment, the pendant appeared in my hand, which was close to my heart.
"Heh, so we merged? I suppose it makes sense since these treasures are just solid manifestations of Profound Energy."
I swirled the pendant in a circle for a bit before I made it disappear.
Instead, I checked my chest. There was a tattoo of some sort of wheel. The letters on it looked like a higher version of True God language.
"Well, what a pleasant surprise; not only am I Master of the Samsara Mirror, but the mirror was nice enough to leave the text behind, which looks like an even higher version of Language of True Gods."
After checking the new tattoo on my chest, I went to type down what I read on the glowing wall of text.
The thing was, it was just some random BS which says that Reincarnation shows the middle finger to Death and Life.
This makes sense as in the pyramid of laws; Reincarnation is above those two.
'But then again, Reincarnation doesn't truly exist anymore because the well is bust.'
Though, it does?
That idiot reincarnated. Does this mean I could similarly do things since I am the actual Master?
Now this is a worthy idea to work on.
~~~~~~Later~~~~~~
Xiao Long first typed down the text in Language of the Gods and created a new Profound, well more like Divine Scroll, which holds the principles of Reincarnation or Samsara.
He would reread it daily until he could finally 'sense' something.
The thing was, his sense grew 'stronger' the purer his soul was.
That's why he continued to consume the soul-purifying pills until he was able to manifest the wheel outside his soul. This wheel thing was 'interesting'... To say the least.
By this point, the Young Master is certain that he could 'reincarnate'.
Though he could, it doesn't mean he can. He can sense that this wheel thing requires an absurd amount of energy.
This is why he went to the Cultivation tower and proceeded to spend the majority of his time there.
Cultivating and filling up this wheel which he can summon at will.
Just like that, several months have passed.
Xiao Long cultivation has reached [Sixth of Tyrant Profound]
Though his speed was not the fastest, he filled up the wheel to the brim with power that was more interesting than regular cultivation.
Subconsciously he knew what to do. He made the wheel turn horizontally and placed his hand on it.
At that moment, he felt that he was pulled into something!
'This is…'
He felt that he was in some sort of different realm of existence or like a layer.
It was like the very cosmos itself, and he was a soul-like existence.
Though he felt that he had four different roads in front of him, they led somewhere.
'Right… just take one and go!'
Just like that, he picked the first left one and went there.
Sure enough, he was greeted by a realm of blood.
Everywhere was red, from the ground to the skies. It looked like everything was bathed in blood for centuries, if not for longer.
Eventually, he was face-to-face with being dressed in red.
'Slaughter God? The link I have with it is through the tattoo.'
Weirdly this Star God didn't react to him; it was as if it was asleep or something in between.
As he floated over, a bunch of mirrors started to appear; at that moment, the mirror of Samsara appeared as well in front of him.
While his mind had no idea what to do, his instinct, on the other hand, knew well enough what this was.
The mirror itself is telling him, almost like a tutorial run on how to control the mirror and its powers.
Closing his eyes for a bit, he realised that he could layer this up any way he wanted. Like he could take parts of the whole soul, it doesn't matter.
'Heh, in that care, I won't be holding back.'
He took the whole soul except the personality.
The mirrors glowed as the Star Slaughter God turned into a blob of red. The wheel started to spin.
The next very moment, he was back in his body.
*Gasp*
"Holy…"
*Ding*
{You have created [Samsara Arts: Wheel of Reincarnation] art!}
"Yeah, I thought so."
He sighed at that moment, he lifted his hand, and a blob of ghostly red essence of some sort appeared in his hand.
He was holding THE soul like an essence of Star Slaughter God.
It doesn't have any sort of cultivation, BUT it's the Essence of a God!
It's like an EX class material for use!
For now, Xiao Long stashed the soul essence away and, instead, checked the art he just created.
[Samsara Arts: Wheel of Reincarnation] (1/10) {31.45%}
[Reincarnation Art]
[An art based on the concept of the Wheel of Reincarnation. The user can decide how and with what kind of assets the soul can reincarnate.]
'Thought so; it's just like my instincts told me. However, this should only be the beginning of all I can do. From my understanding, the Goddess forced Yun Che to forget his past, and she was able to stuff him into the specific body of a baby and adjust a WHOLE ass timeline while being as powerful as a chicken!'
For a second, he thought about this. Yeah, the mirror is powerful, but which part is the mirror and which part is her machinations?
Regardless, he summoned the wheel, which was empty; it appeared he needed to recharge it again.
'*Sigh*, here goes months of absorbing Profound Energy.'
With a resigned sigh, he left his room in the cultivation tower. The first thing he heard was the sound of falling water. It's quite refreshing.
"Young Master, Sect Master would like to see you."
"Oh? Alright."
With a burst of speed, he flew away.
~~~
"You called Grandpa?"
"Yes. We have arrived at Wasteland of Death, and Profound beasts between [Spirit Profound] and [Sky Profound] are trying to fly into our Sect Grounds."
"Oh, we're already here?"
"Yes. And some of the Shield casting Artefacts you made are helping, but we don't have enough numbers of those."
"Hmm."
'My ring should be done by now. With its assistance, I could finish setting up the network of shield casters in just a few hours.'
"I see what I can do."
After saying that, he left the hall and swiftly went to the warehouse.
His eyes widened when he saw the excess amount of crystals starting to make a mountain.
'Holy shit, the creation process ended faster than I thought!'
He quickly dug through the piles of crystals and picked up the ring.
It was golden, with glowing letters inside and outside of it. The ring was radiating power and was ready for use.
'Beautiful…'
After checking it out, Xiao Long placed it on his right-hand index finger.
The ring glowed and readjusted to his finger; at that moment, it became bound to him.
His eyes widened as he sensed how his sensory range just spiked; he could sense the ground and beyond; not only that, but his soul sense could feel an azure blob of soul energy some distance away!
That was Azure Dragon's soul!
And he can sense it this far away!
"Impressive! Truly base upgrades are the best upgrades!" Without wasting much time, he blasted out from his warehouse and spread his hands.
Barrier walls started to manifest with text on them promptly appearing the very next moment.
Swiftly with the ring's power, he had the whole of Xiao Island done in just a matter of a few short moments.
Once the shield network was placed, he went over the place where the Core Formation was and placed the Formation Core he had prepared some time ago.
"Y-Young Master?" The disciples of Artefact Hall were dumbstruck seeing how quickly the issue was solved.
"The Core is set; the shields should start manifesting now; if you get any issues, come to me."
"Understood!"
"Great, now, if you excuse me, I need to finish the set on Feng and Frozen Cloud islands."
A few minutes later, Xiao Long was already back in his warehouse, everything was done, and he could relax.
He proceeded to think while swirling the ring around his finger.
The event with the dragon soul is quite close, but his mind wanders to different things. He realised that he was close to having complete authority over the whole continent and he will be going to space in not that far future.
He will be taking the whole continent with him. He can't let it be just like that. This whole place will be his sect grounds.
But what about the other two continents?
Golden Crow legacy? That firepower is something he would need to acquire.
But apart from that. He thought about the issue of powerful beings in space, which have, at this moment, larger cultivation than his.
Normally in cultivation novel is where the whole thing 'resets', but he ain't treating this like some novel experience.
Eventually, his eyes ended up on the ring he had.
His eyes widened.
He had an idea!
'Sauron tactics it is, then.'
The idea is simple, everyone in this universe is greedy and extremely selfish. So one should abuse the shit out of this. Who would not say 'no' to an easy power boost?
He already saw this countless times, Feng Clan taking Phoenix blood, Frozen Cloud girls practising life-shortening arts, Brahma and Star God Realms and their legacies.
They all take power with little to no issue.
So why not do what Sauron did with his nine human rings?
He will give them power, a boost in cultivation, sensory abilities, greater perception, and some random 'godly' power like the Slaughter aspect and some other stuff.
All the people would flock to get these rings, not even caring that they would end up corrupted.
'Eventually, these rings would end with the strongest Star Realms, like Brahma, Star and Moon Realms; maybe even people from West and South will get one or two.
Honestly, this doesn't matter; what matters is Chaos which follows after, as a certain man once said:
Chaos is a ladder.'
With the wild idea in mind, Xiao Long proceeded to form a base array for this.
~~~
"Husband, what is it?" Xia Qingyue asked her husband as he brought her out.
"We are about to reach an area where a pair of Flood Dragons are."
"Okay?"
"They are a pair, one is a female, and the other one is a male."
"And?" She was confused, as she had no idea what his angle was.
"Qingyue dearest, your Romantic sense is dull. I am thinking of having them as pets, one is for you, and one is for me."
"Ohhh~ I see! My apologies, husband. I was cultivating far too much recently!" Xia Qingyue quickly got over it and adjusted. The beauty swiftly hugged his hand.
She is now fully on board to get a Flood Dragon, not because she likes them or something like that. Nope, she wants it because of what it will symbolise!
The beauty is still a little bit spicy about the whole of Cang Yue becoming one of his wives.
But being the owner of a female Flood Dragon, which is a mate of the male Flood Dragon, which is her husband's pet, would make her position 'higher' on the pole.
A pole which her husband created in the first place!
"Good, now let's go."
Xiao Long picked her up in Princess carry and blasted out from Xiao Island towards the centre of the Wasteland of the Dead.
His pair of bodyguards followed right after.
By this point, the Third Elder was a Middle stage Monarch, and the Fifth Elder was a late, almost peak Monarch.
The thing about Fifth Elder was that the Supreme Ocean Palace wanted to recall him and send a weaker one in his stead.
Sadly for the Palace, the Fifth Elder has rejected any recalls, and the Sovereign of the Seas is busy cultivating and has no interest in this.
After all, the stronger Bodyguards, the better Xiao Long's security.
As Xiao Long arrived, he saw a pair of grey-ish flood dragons nesting around a cave.
'Azure Dragon's soul piece is truly monstrous.'
The Young Master could see how azure energies lit up the whole cave. It was like those light projectors used in the stadiums back in his old world.
*Roar*
*Roar*
The pair of Flood Dragons noticed him and started to rise into the air.
"Human! We won't allow you to disturb our God's sleep!" One of the flood dragons said with a furious tone.
"Your warning is noted but utterly ignored." The Young Master said with a lazy tone as he gazed at the cave itself.
"You dare!? Arrogant Human!"
The pair of beasts rose and proceeded to rush towards them.
"They will need training." Xia Qingyue said with a small frown. She doesn't like the attitude.
"Indeed. They ignored our cultivation signatures."
As Xiao Long said that, he pointed to his left-hand palm at the incoming beasts.
"Yin & Yang Equilibrium Arts."
A Yin and Yang symbol appeared on the ground right underneath them.
"I hereby declare Profound Beasts are not permitted to fly."
The Young Master softly and extremely casually said that.
*Boom**Boom*
The pair of Flood Dragons dropped to the ground, turning from majestic serpentine dragons into overgrown snakes.
"W-What did you do, human!?"
"I took your ability to float. Now, for act two." He switched the way he was holding his wife, who was watching all this extremely curiously. This was the first time she saw her darling in action, and it's making her awed by the unique techniques he has created!
He lifted his right hand, and the ring he had glowed brightly as gate-like structures started to fall from the sky and pin down the serpentine beasts.
"Release us!"
*Roar*
"Pesky human! Enough with your tricks!"
The pair of Flood Dragons started to struggle.
"At least their arrogance is on the lower side compared to my Fire Dragon."
"Hmm? Is it? I think he is quite the proper pet; I like feeding him meat." Xia Qingyue said with an honest tone. She never saw that dragon misbehave; all that thing does is sleep and eat.
"Right." Xiao Long's eyes rolled when he heard that.
~~~
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