Chapter 155: Absorbing the Source Castle

Jiang Xuan forcibly suppressed the desire in his heart, yin and yang flowing in his eyes, and the damaged patterns appearing on the Source Castle gave him a familiar feeling.

His consciousness sank into the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror, which contained countless Weapon Dao Patterns, and the patterns on the Source Castle actually shared the same rhyme flavor.

Logically speaking, the Source Castle was a part split from the Original Creator, carrying some characteristic authorities; why would this materialized characteristic have Dao Patterns?

Could it be that the Original Creator had also forged his own body into a weapon?

Jiang Xuan's eyes lit up; if the Original Creator also walked this path, could he draw inspiration from it to supplement his own future road planning?

"Boom—!"

The gray mist below surged, and one could vaguely see Klein opening his eyes at this moment, staring fixedly at Jiang Xuan standing before the Source Castle, his bloodshot eyes devoid of spirit, like an empty shell.

Klein, or rather Zhou Mingrei's soul, was striving to reduce the influence of the Heavenly Venerable's consciousness and had no leisure to control his own body.

Jiang Xuan came back to his senses and immediately saw that Klein's condition was not good; although the Anchor Point was still firm enough to let him maintain his original heart, it merely maintained his original heart, and he was already about to lose consciousness.

If he completely lost consciousness, it would mean Klein could no longer operate his cultivation art to consciously resist the Heavenly Venerable's memories, and could only rely entirely on the Anchor Point to resist.

Withdrawing his gaze, Jiang Xuan gently placed both hands on the Source Castle; the mist above the Source Castle instantly condensed and froze, and within just a few seconds, the mist surged into the Source Castle like a returning flow, then entered his body through the Source Castle.

Jiang Xuan's body shook violently; the Eight Trigrams Furnace withdrew the flames covering the sky, transforming into flowing light that entered his body, and the Dao Patterns on the Furnace Cauldron, condensing the imprints of Dao and Principle, were etched onto his body.

Sensing the aura of the Chaos Sea Source Quality, the moment the Gray Fog surged into his body became even faster.

The gray mist was absorbed by the Furnace Fire at his dantian just like the black mist of the Chaos Sea; the color of the Eight Trigrams Furnace Fire remained an absorbing black, but became more ordinary, more unremarkable, and the momentum on his body was completely hidden.

As the mist surged faster and faster, the entire Source Castle also transformed into a beam of light that rushed into Jiang Xuan's dantian, falling into the quietly burning Furnace Fire.

While sitting cross-legged, Jiang Xuan sealed away a portion of his self-consciousness and memories, so as not to be drowned by the vast sea of knowledge like last time, ending up not even knowing who he was.

With preparations complete, the knowledge of the characteristics instantly surged into his consciousness; Jiang Xuan only had time to let his divine sense digest and understand all the knowledge as much as possible before falling into an unconscious state.

Klein and Jiang Xuan, one above and one sitting cross-legged beneath the Gray Fog, were surrounded by a strange silence.

This spatial interlayer likewise had no sunrise or sunset, only endlessly rolling Gray Fog.

The Gray Fog, having lost the Source Castle, was like a rootless source gradually fading, and the surrounding space also became increasingly unstable; without the support of Spatial and Concealment Authorities, this space would soon collapse.

Jiang Xuan's body swayed slightly; although he was still standing in place, no one could sense his aura, and even divine sense would pass through his body, as if he were merely the shadow of a wisp of a ghost.

Opening his eyes, the few traces of Gray Fog in the entire space surged, as if welcoming the return of its master, all surrounding Jiang Xuan.

He casually waved his hand, and the Gray Fog expanded rapidly like exponential division, once again stabilizing the entire space.

Whether it was the Gray Fog of the Source Castle or the Black Fog of the Chaos Sea, both were part of the might of Source Quality that dissipated when no one controlled it.

After letting this space return to stability, Jiang Xuan looked again at Klein below.

Klein at this moment was motionless like an old monk in meditation, his expression calm, but within his consciousness it was like a rainstorm arriving; his main consciousness was like a lonely boat, swaying in the violent wind and rain.

Although there were many connecting Anchor Points nearby, this lonely boat still swayed with the storm, only able to remain quiet for a few moments at rare times.

This made Jiang Xuan think of the final moments of the Mysterious World; after Klein fell into a deep sleep for a long time, he only responded to a certain believer daughter of the Tarot Club's prayer at one moment, yet still could not normally respond to everyone.

Perhaps at that time Klein was in a state of brief wakefulness.

Seeing that Klein currently had no problems, Jiang Xuan did not rush to help him; this tempering could make his soul more resilient and powerful, greatly benefiting his True God Path, and helping him overcome the difficulty when he could no longer persist was no problem.

Withdrawing his gaze, Jiang Xuan finally calmed down to inspect his gains.

First, he obtained the "Dreamer" Uniqueness from Adam; that book still quietly stayed within Jiang Xuan's body; second was the First Blasphemy Slate, which recorded the Twenty-Two Pathways, and could rely on him to mobilize some of the Chaos Sea's power!

However, it was not of much use to Jiang Xuan anymore, because he did not need to follow the Pathways; he could absorb knowledge from any Pathway, the only limit being his time.

Not to mention that the Chaos Sea now belonged to him; he could now mobilize the vast majority of characteristic authorities and did not need to use the Blasphemy Slate to borrow them.

After that was the biggest part of the overall action: the Chaos Sea and the Source Castle.

The Chaos Sea was now divided into two parts by the Eight Trigrams Furnace; the original Corruption Authority was all absorbed by the Furnace Flame, and now the black Furnace Flame looked like an ordinary small flame, but only those who truly touched it could know its terror.

The remaining authorities were all placed in the Eight Trigrams Furnace and turned into liquid; because there was no suitable equipment for forging, keeping them inside did not affect absorbing the Eight Trigrams Furnace's normal combat, so for now they could only stay there, available for use at any time.

The Source Castle independently opened up a space at his dantian and quietly stayed within it; the Gray Fog enveloped the entire space again, as if it was unfamiliar with the weapons inside the dantian, and even gave off a feeling of social anxiety.

Because of the Eight Trigrams Furnace's isolation, although the Chaos Sea and the Source Castle each wanted to merge together, they were like separated by a chasm and could not approach.

Jiang Xuan did not know what would happen after the Source Quality merged, so he was not in a hurry to merge the two Source Qualities; after he completely digested the Source Quality, merging later would not be too late.

For now, the biggest gain was the authority represented by the Source Quality!

Authority could also be said to be a higher status; just like a god could crush ordinary people effortlessly even if he knew nothing, someone possessing an authority in a certain aspect, even if they had never involved themselves in that aspect, already stood at the top of that aspect.

Jiang Xuan had never involved himself in the "Sun" Sequence, yet he could release the Brilliant Sun and could release Scorching Sun, but the might of Scorching Sun was far inferior to the Furnace Fire now fused with authority, not even worth mentioning.

After inventorying this harvest, Jiang Xuan stepped forward to appear before Klein, a divine light sweeping across his eyes.

Above Klein's lonely boat, the Great Sun suddenly descended, its light shining upon this surging Consciousness Sea; endless Resentment Qi soared into the sky and finally slowly dissipated.

The sea became calm and peaceful; the memories that originally impacted Klein vanished instantly.

Klein slowly opened his eyes, and saw Jiang Xuan standing before him with a smile.

"Thank you, Senior, for saving my life!" Klein stood up excitedly: "Senior, I felt a Great Sun in my consciousness; how did you help me extinguish the Heavenly Venerable's consciousness?"

"No!" Jiang Xuan shook his head, looking sincere: "I just deleted all the Heavenly Venerable's memories instilled into your body! Except for what you yourself learned, not a bit remains!"

"!!" Klein widened his eyes.

Others might not know, but he knew!

The insights, understanding, and knowledge in the Heavenly Venerable's consciousness were simply vast; learning even a bit would be immensely beneficial.

That ocean was not an ocean; it was the crystallization of cultural knowledge; taking out just a bit could benefit a True God immensely.

And then under the Great Sun's illumination... it was gone?

"Right! The Heavenly Venerable originally had no consciousness; there were only his marks and vast memories. To call it Possession was actually just using his vast memories to drown all your memories, so that you would only think you were the Heavenly Venerable!"

"So the only method was to eliminate those memories in an erroneous form, and naturally there would be no problem!" Jiang Xuan said with a smile.

Klein sighed softly; he felt Jiang Xuan was right, that sea-like memory had already begun to loosen the Anchor Point, and he had only absorbed one ten-thousandth of the memories.

Probably before he finished absorbing the Heavenly Venerable's memories, he would already have completely become the Heavenly Venerable, possessed by the Heavenly Venerable's consciousness.

So this was the only solution.

Understanding this, Klein tilted his head forty-five degrees and shed tears of emotion.

He soon dared not move!

He discovered the Source Castle in the sky was gone, the Star Sky serving as the Anchor was gone, and looking down at his feet, the Eternal Gray Fog was gone too! He stood upon the Star Sky, towering in the Void.

Only the Gray Fog above his head grew thicker, and the space around him stretched as far as the eye could see.

"Senior! Where's the Source Castle?" Klein asked doubtfully.

Jiang Xuan extended his hand, and a small model of the Source Castle appeared in his palm; the damage on the Source Castle was being repaired at a visible speed under the immersion of Jiang Xuan's Divine Sense.

"The Source Castle is under my control, but this space will continue to exist in the future, and it will be controlled by you!" Jiang Xuan lightly tapped, and a thread of Concealment Authority fell into Klein's body.

Possessing this thread of Concealment Authority, Klein could freely enter and exit this space, and could also extract part of his Spirituality to fill the Gray Fog, used to maintain the existence of this space.

Klein nodded with joy on his face.

He was not greedy; Jiang Xuan had helped him resolve the threat of the Celestial Venerable, allowing him to quickly reach Sequence 1, and he could soon prepare to break through to Sequence Zero, and had told him many Hidden secrets.

The Source Castle should belong to the Senior! Anyone who disagrees can fight him!

Moreover, the Senior did not forget his Tarot Club, leaving this space behind; the only drawback was that it was hanging there, and the high-class abandoned Source Castle was gone!

Actually, before the Celestial Venerable possessed him, Klein still could not master the Source Castle to help him, nor did he understand what power the Source Castle had; what he had always used was merely the ability of this space beneath the Source Castle.

Being able to possess this space already made him Content!

Jiang Xuan stared into the other's eyes, seeing no expression of unwillingness or Anger in his heart, nodded Satisfiedly, and withdrew the Immortal Slaying Sword behind his back into his body.

"You can prepare to advance to Sequence Zero! However, note that part of the Celestial Venerable's Consciousness is also within the Uniqueness, but you have already resolved it before, and the remaining Memories are not many! You can completely resolve it yourself as One Person!"

"I understand, Senior!" Klein said with joy on his face; soon he could become a True God! Becoming a True God would definitely be able to help the Senior, after all, he had once sought out the Goddess of Night!

If Jiang Xuan knew Klein's thoughts, he would only smile and shake his head to refuse the other's help.

The past is the past! Now is now!

Now the Goddess of Night, possessing part of the War God's Authority, had astonishing combat power, and Jiang Xuan had little ability to resist her, after all, he was now an Old One who had fused two parts of Source Quality, and moreover, two parts of Source Quality belonging to the Pillar!

Jiang Xuan scanned the surroundings and discovered that without the embellishment of the Source Castle, this space indeed looked somewhat desolate, lacking the pattern of Source Quality at all.

"I say this place has the Riyue Liuxuan, Hui Meng, Qionglou Yuyu, like a Fairyland!"

Merely by altering the heavens and changing the sun for a piece of Error Space, Jiang Xuan's Spirituality quickly faded, and his Divine Sense was instantly drained dry.

In an instant, the Great Sun appeared in the sky, the bright moon hid its Radiance, and a piece of Chinese Architecture like a dream rose from the ground in an instant, with Gray Fog circling and hovering at the top of the buildings, bringing a mysterious color to the entire region.

Looking at this dreamlike Chinese Architecture, Jiang Xuan nodded Satisfiedly.

This had a bit of the status of a Fairyland!

Klein beside him was already stunned!

He had not never seen the ability of the "Writer", and had also imagined the ability of the Dreamer.

But he had never thought that one day he could personally witness such a miracle of altering the heavens and changing the sun!

This was not Dreaming of a building, a bridge, or a city; this was Dreaming of a world! A real world!

Just like Divination, as soon as Jiang Xuan spoke, this world had already descended!

"That's enough! When you break through to True God, you can call out to me in your heart! I will hear it!" Jiang Xuan took a Step Out, and his Figure instantly dissipated in the Void.

What appeared above the Gray Fog was merely Klein's Soul Projection, so he did not need Jiang Xuan to send him back, and moreover, this region would belong to Klein from now on!

When he appeared again, Jiang Xuan had already come to the outside of the Goddess of Night's Divine Kingdom, and his gaze had already fallen upon the Goddess of Night through the Heaven.

Merely glancing once, Jiang Xuan hurriedly withdrew his gaze.

Injured! Nosebleed almost flowed out from the corner of his mouth!

It was all because after he obtained the Authority of Knowledge of the "White Tower", his eyes were really too powerful!

Unexpectedly! True Gods never occupy the mortal world, so why did the Goddess of Night bathe during the day?

Jiang Xuan looked up at the sky; the stars remained, and the Barrier built by the gods stood tall.

Hmm, there was no sun or moon in the Void, seemingly no distinction between day and night; could it be that for True Gods, it was now night?

But now was not the time to worry about whether it was day or night in the Void! A Scythe carrying black shadows had already slashed toward his neck.

(Chapter End)