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Molting the Mortal Coil - Chapter 482

Published at 29th of March 2024 06:19:26 AM


Chapter 482: Changes

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Chapter 482: Changes

Staring at the changes before him, Sage realized that he suddenly knew what was going on. Having reached a new rank, awakening his Nascent Soul, the Life Nebula had transformed. As the source of the cultivation technique, the world created by the Seed of Life had been the center of this universe. Each of the other Heavenly Materials he had collected became supports for that extremely unique seed. Now, the Tree of Life had grown to new heights. It was no longer being supported by this space. It wasnt protected in the center of the Inner World any longer, now it encompassed this whole inner universe.

With that change made, this internal space became more similar to that of other universes. The stars, much larger than the planets, had now become the pivot about which the planets spun. A second star had joined the first. Sage moved closer and he was glad to see his guess had been correct. At the center of that star was a disc shape, one with lines of a slightly darker shade, creating a sort of spoked wheel shape.

Samsara Flame.

Sage had finally felt the connection when he was finishing off Beast Kira. Later, when he entered the dead mans Spiritual Sea, his suspicion had been confirmed. The orange flames that the man used were actually a Heavenly Flame. The Samsara Flame ignites the soul, causing the victim to experience life and death. Over and over again until their will is completely consumed, at which point they would die for real and send their soul back into the true cycle of reincarnation. A return to samsara.

It was no wonder that Beast Kira had become the leader of this Flares group. He had a Heavenly Flame. Sage guessed he was a powerful pyrokinetic, otherwise there was little chance he could have subdued a Heavenly Flame. When Sage finally defeated the man, the Samsara Flame was fearful of being subdued again, so it tried to fight back, but it wasnt a match for the Seed of Life. The Seed of Life could harmonize with any of the other Heavenly Materials. Where others would struggle to subdue even a single Heavenly Material, Sage could even command those with opposing elements at the same time.

Seeing the effectiveness of the humans and their subordinate Hoplites, Kings Wives stepped in and started ordering around the much larger group of native Hoplites. They worked together with the humans and after some time even convinced the Dragoons to help out. Some of the Dragoons had become far more impressive than in the past and it made Sage eager to meet them. They had taken the initiative to declare that as long as it did not violate their orders, they had the discretion to take extra actions. They could maintain readiness and keep training while also assisting the others. Over the year a new settlement had formed and Kings Wives were in command.

Sage was pleased with their performance and declared them governors of this world. He moved their country sized island settlement close to the main continent, turning it into a peninsula with a narrow land bridge to connect them. With access to the vast amount of terrain and numerous Natural Treasures growing there, they no longer had to fish in the seas. After the struggle theyd been through, Sage considered it to be a pardon for the human officers and Flares. They would be treated as inhabitants now. He wasnt going to let them go free, but it meant they would operate as the Hoplites had. With a whole world worth of crops, it was very difficult to manage. The inhabitants of the Inner World needed to act as Sages workers. They were his tenant farmers. In return for managing the plants, they would get a share of the crops as their income.

He thought about just letting them carry on without any oversight, but this world was just too large and managing all the planting and harvesting on his own would take far too much time. He left it up to Kings Wives to figure out and impressed upon the other groups that the three of them were in charge. One of the Flares threw flames at him and that man instantly turned into a puddle of blood. Sage collected a pair of Psionic Crystals from the body and the Flares realized that they were helpless in this place. He made sure the Arborist Ranch was restarted and back in operation and then moved on to one last task.

The Hoplites were on the main continent with Flares and Humans, but Sage had other plans for the Dragoons. There was still another continent, the place he raised all his Insects. He moved the Dragoons to this second largest continent, and built them a new and secure headquarters surrounded by a mountain range. They were to train and their training partners were the many billions and billions of insects on this continent. With the two groups competing with each other, both sides would grow stronger. Many were sure to die, but progress could only be made through struggle. Even with the many natural treasures for both groups to consume, an individual only had a certain amount of potential. Without the proper stimulation they would reach a limit. That limit could only be exceeded at the fear of death, the ultimate stimuli.

With just the natural resources of the Inner World Sage could raise millions up to the third or fourth rank, but if he wished for them to go further they would have to push themselves. After the apocalypse that was his reaching rank 6, the planet had grown many times larger than before, but he still didnt wish to support many millions of weaklings. For one, if he wished to change them once again, that would be many millions who were now useless, and most importantly it would be wasteful. Quantity could make up for quality, but only to a point. Having hundreds of thousands of troops was already more than sufficient, what mattered more was having greater peak power. The higher the rank of a cultivator the greater the gap in power between those in the prior rank. A rank 5 cultivator could fly through the sky and turn an acre of land into ash. A rank 4 cultivator could throw a ball of flames hundreds of yards, while a rank 3 cultivator could extend a flaming sword from their hand.

Sage aimed to use the Insects to temper the Dragoons and get some of them to raise to a new level. If it could also inspire the Insects to mutate and evolve to resist them that would be even better. This chapter made its debut appearance via N0v3lB1n.




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