Paragon of Sin

Chapter 1979 Chapter 1971: Mote of Heaven

"DIBS!"

The transport route to the Outer Stellar Battlefield of Order was far more tedious and time-consuming than traveling to the Inner Battlefields after exiting from the access formation's landing point. Wei Wuyin was forced to idle for four hours. However, during those four hours, he analyzed the dot of heavenly radiance that Wen Mingna had left behind.

"She's not only perceptive, her abilities are defiant and devious," Wei Wuyin remarked with unrestrained admiration.

"You modified her cultivation method," Magus reminded Wei Wuyin of Wen Mingna's cause of irregularity. Her Cultivation Method was imbued with a greater understanding of the Heavenly Daos, and reinforced by the insights of someone who dared to observe the secrets of the heavens. Defiant? Devious? Was Wei Wuyin not describing his own path thus far? Defiant aside, an Exploitative Blessed was tagged as inherently devious by the Heavenly Daos.

This was bestowed upon him long before he inherited his Bloodline of Sin, reflective of his innate nature.

"That I did," Wei Wuyin proudly accepted responsibility. "But she's actively improving her divination spells and fate arts. She's siphoning San Yongli's core fortune." As he said this, as a Samsara Soul Spiritual Incarnation within the Primordial Expanse, he played with the golden dot. He decided to refer to it as the Mote of Heaven.

As he investigated the Mote of Heaven, this speck of unbelievably pure heavenly radiance, he sensed principles of the Law of Time within, specifically: Substantial Future, alongside an inferior Akashic Energy that was incomparable to his own.

To comprehend the Law of Time and develop a Seed of Law, cultivators had to somehow experience either a 'Substantial Past' or an 'Actualized Future'.

Actualized! It means that it has happened!

Substantial! It means that it could happen!

San Yongli had been pulled from her Actualized Future and brought into a Substantial Past. However, the two types of energies were diametrically opposed, opposite on the temporal spectrum, and often the generating cause of paradoxical energies. In today's day and age, cultivation societies have advanced far enough to find opportunities to experience such wondrous things, such as during his trials in the Endless Void Realm.

"This means she can see the future," Wei Wuyin was always curious about her blessing, the so-called 'piece of heaven' that the Black Skeleton had described. Was the ability to see into the future her ability? "So she can predict fortunes!"

As he delved into the latent power within, he realized it served as an antenna to the Heavenly Daos. His eyes focused immediately. "Not to predict the fortunes, she can learn the Heavenly Daos' intentions and machinations! Towards Blessed! How frightening!"

Words written in a unique temporal script were constantly changing and morphing within the Mote of Heaven. It described a female Blessed, including her future to become a Mystic Overlord, leading her Stellar Region into a great war, and establishing a new age. It described, in clear detail, the timeline and blessings she was destined to locate to propel her legend as set in place by the Heavenly Daos. It was almost as if he were reading an autobiography. Only a few details were missing, such as concrete evidence of the person's identity, only listing their future title, not their current situation.

It was only a Mote of Heaven, yet it contained such outrageous information. She was indeed stealing the blessings of others.

"Heh. How ironic. She's stealing the fortune of others ahead of time, a true thief, yet now someone is robbing her blind. That's my girl," the pride Wei Wuyin felt only intensified as he toyed with the Mote of Heaven. The information within was extraordinary, but that was secondary to the purity of Heavenly Radiance.

It was unlike anything he'd ever witnessed-no, he'd witnessed such purity once or twice before: Karmic Sky. The wondrous manifestation of an Empyrean's blessing that decorated the sky in heavenly brilliance. Inspecting his Bloodline of sin tattoo, an outrageous idea flowed within his brain.

Could he...extract his Karmic Luck and generate Heavenly Radiance?

Magus seemed to tag along to his madness, its breathing heavy and wild: "Heaven's Gate." As if their minds were once the same, the two shared a very similar idea.

What if...

What if they used this quality of Heavenly Radiance to construct their future Heaven's Gate? What if they used this to refine Athena's existing Heaven's Gate? Right now, Athena's Heaven's Gate defied understanding, but only regarding its enormous size. In terms of quality, it was no different than other Heaven's Gates. This wasn't due to his paragonic division path lacking the ability to intensify, but the 'hard limit' of all Heaven's Gate. Only the size carried the differences between the ordinary and the extraordinary, including those demonically gifted cultivators.

But quality...

That was a WHOLE 'NOTHER THING!

Athena, the two Bai Xius, and Element responded to the Mote of Heaven. While Athena and the Bai Xius made sense, as they were Spirits of Dao, drawing power from their respective Daos, which included a resonating connection to the Heavenly Realms, Element was different. Element was a Nascent Saber Soul, and while not strictly a Spirit of Dao, it was a close relative.

He had four paths by which he could use this Mote of Heaven, but the Mote of Heaven itself wasn't that important; the discovery of what the physical manifestation of heavenly radiance could do for these Spirits of Dao and Nascent Soul was.

'If I can extract similar energy, can I advance Element and the others?' As Wei Wuyin pondered this, Magus poked his Sea of Consciousness.

"Your Heaven's Gate! Our Heaven's Ga-mghm!" After saying this, Magus went silent. Wei Wuyin focused on Magus, whose Mystic Form was being actively suppressed by the four Mystic Souls.

"What are you four doing?" Wei Wuyin asked.

Magus's Mystic Form rumbled, and besides some faint mumbling, it was unable to mention anything else. However, Wei Wuyin had a premonition that these mischievous Mystic Souls were plotting something devious and defiant. He was about to pursue when Eden asked, "Are you going to feed the Mote of Heaven to Athena or the sisters?"

Wei Wuyin was immediately distracted by this decision. The Mote of Heaven was bound to be beneficial, but he didn't know how much, and whether he should keep the Mote of Heaven while Wen Mingna completed her mission. However, this Mote of Heaven wasn't enough to save his appetite, and there was a message left behind by Wen Mingna.

Only two words: "Trust" & "Taste."

He understood the first. She wanted him to stay away, trust her entirely. San Yongli and Tian Yinwu were Blessed who were experiencing rapid growth, and there was a chance that her piece of heaven had strange effects if it

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grew cautious. She didn't want to tip off or disturb the balance she created. Additionally, she was unaware of his current cultivation base or status.

At the time of this extraction, he was exploring the lesser galaxies, growing in strength and status; she was entirely unaware that he could likely accelerate her plans through force. However, if he does that, she would lose out on an opportunity to hone her craft of siphoning Blessed fortunes. He didn't intend to rob her of that chance. It could be very useful in the future, especially if he faced Empyreans who have been established for countless years, unlike the newly ascended Su Yi in the future.

As for the taste, that was clearly written for this Mote of Heaven. She wanted him to experiment on the uses. It was gentle, under various seals, allowing him to handle it without any retaliation. She had pacified this fortune meant only for San Yongli. Extraordinary.

"Element! Element!" Ori jumped in. Its bias was abundantly clear. Element was no different than King and Ori's child. However, he was inclined to agree. He knew that the Mote of Heaven should improve Athena's Heaven's Gate, or assist the Bai Xius in concocting Mystic-Heaven or even Mystic-Soul products, but Element was a mystery.

"Eat," Element's voice echoed out in pleading. It was growing in intelligence. Was it becoming a Daospark? As he thought about that, his entire mind halted in shock.

Where did Heavenly Daosparks come from? They obviously weren't Heavenly Treasures or Supreme Heavenly Treasures. Did they come from... Nascent Souls? This was a question that even Magus couldn't answer. None of the information he'd seized from memories or records noted anything about Heavenly Daosparks.

However, if one day Element could resonate with the Dao of its creation, similar to how Athena or Bai Xiu could, would it evolve into a Spirit of Dao? But the Profound Saber Energy and Profound Saber Meridian... Strictly speaking, Element was a combination of a multitude of Daos originating from Ori and King. What would happen if it became a Spirit of Dao? The thought sparked endless interest.

"You can have it," he decided to feed the Mote of Heaven to Element. He had to know what would happen. He originally intended for Element to refine and digest Ascendant and Galactic-grade War Souls to advance into the fifth-level, but perhaps something wondrous would occur. Moreover, if he took a step back, advancing Element's Profound Saber Energy seemed to only modify its quality, not its intrinsic foundation. This might be the essential element it needed to evolve further!

Element's physical form flashed into the Primordial Expanse. It was a physical world that Wei Wuyin carried, so it didn't have to come as a spiritual manifestation. The Mote of Heaven gently soared towards its edge, and it dipped its tip into it. An outburst of blinding golden radiance erupted, so intense that Wei Wuyin's Incarnation was dispelled forcefully.

Sensing the rampant activity within the Primordial Expanse, Wei Wuyin's interest grew.

As it did, he was curious why neither Bai Xius nor Athena didn't speak to acquire the Mote of Heaven. Immediately,

a belated suspicion arose in his heart. When he sent his Mental Incarnation to his Mind's Eye, he discovered the three Spirits of Dao were bathing in Little Defiant's solar essence, gathered together in avid discussion.

Suspicions grew.

In the end, he didn't question them. Since they stayed silent and didn't object to his decision, there was bound to a

good reason.

Unbeknownst to Wei Wuyin, that reason was simpler than he could have ever imagined: Ori called dibs!