‘Why does that sound like he can see me using Power of the World?’Li Shen hadn’t stopped strengthening his connection with the earth beneath him as he realize that the technique helps him comprehend the Earth's Laws a bit faster than normal.But this wasn’t a technique that anyone can detect or see through, only someone with a high affinity with the earth element could do that. Someone on par with a Heaven’s Chosen affinity for Heavenly Laws.Someone like him.Remembering what his father had told him about Huifen comprehending a none elemental Law, the Laws of Gravity, he was starting to understand how that came to be.“You don’t look surprised by that fact.”Huifen said when he saw Li Shen’s mild reaction.Li Shen gave him a smile but secretly thought in his heart.‘In this era, such aptitude would make one a top talent, but to me, you're just slightly different from everyone else.’This wasn’t him being arrogant, in fact, he acknowledge that Huifen was unique, but if anyone else ha
In the courtyard, Li Shen and the others were gathered around a table inside the restricted area of the building.Li Wen was cross-legged in meditation nearby, even though as a non-disciple he wasn’t allowed in the academy. Li Shen had sneaked him in using the teleportation circle.Taking out the parchment he got from Huifen, Li Shen place it on the table.Jun was the first to snatch it up.He unfurled it and looked over the information.Immediately, a murderous light flickered in his eyes.Jun was the youngest of the group, and at times it would show, with the others calling him out on it, but mostly Mu Fan.However, they all knew he had another side to him. An unhinge side that only showed itself in circumstances where people like those of the Demonic Cult were involved.Li Shen had been trying to curb that part of him, but it was to no avail.Fei Yin quickly took the parchment out of Jun’s hand before he could clench his fists and destroy it.After reading it his reaction wasn’t as
Li Shen was topless in his room that was filled with runes on its walls. He was seated in a cross-legged position while his brows were furrowed evident that he was displeased by something.His eyes soon opened and irritation suddenly began pouring out in waves.“Are you going to continue this ridiculous tantrum?”As Li Shen said that his Seven Sin’s Plum Blossom appeared on his forehead.Around it was the ring of black fire, but in addition, was a rune in the form of a five-star point that seem to be holding the plum blossom in place.However, it seemed to be fighting back.“I only used your power a little no need to go crazy.”Li Shen then lifted his finger and pressed it against his forehead.As the rune’s strength increased the struggle of the Seven Sins Plum Blossom weakened until it stop overall.A sort of depressing feeling radiated from the plum blossom and Li Shen sensed this and huffed.“Stop your whining, you’ll get no sympathy from this cold callous heart of mine.”After su
Bang! Bang! Bang!“We’re from the Disciple Disciplinary Hall, open up immediately!!”Along with the loud banging, this shout reverberated across the courtyard.The disciples that came for Li Shen’s seminar were startled and came outside to look at what was going on.More than a dozen young men and women were gathered in the front courtyard to see Lihua opening the front gates.A male and female disciple in black robes barged in.Seeing them looking around gave the disciple strange feelings.“Why is the Disciple Disciplinary Hall here?”“Haven’t you heard? Rumors are going around that Elder brother is supposedly brainwashing us.”“What?! That ridiculous statement again, I bet this was spread by the Stormy Violet Sword Faction.”After the two disciples from the Disciplinary Hall recover from their shock of seeing how different the courtyard inside was compared to looking from the outside, they turned their attention to Lihua and asked.“Where’s the disciple Li Shen, tell him he’s being
Li Shen followed the two until they reached the Disciplinary Hall.“The Deacon and Elders of the Sword Pavilion are inside waiting to hold your trial. Go in.”The female disciple was the one who spoke since the male disciple was silent trying to avoid Li Shen’s gaze with his head down.The two then left Li Shen alone to enter through the large double doors.Li Shen flipped his fan shut on his palm as he stared at the doors.‘Well, let’s see what they have concocted to deal with me.’Li Shen wasn’t scared or intimidated in this situation but was rather filled with curiosity.Without lingering any longer Li Shen stepped forward and pushed open the doors.As he entered he was immediately greeted with several stares. All varied, some were filled with dismissal, others were curious, while the rests were discontent and angry.The latter being the Faction Leaders of the Six Major Clans on the Sword Pavilion. The former was the various Elders and the Head Deacon.The hall was large and a smal
“Disciple Dong, please restrain your temper in front of the Vice Headmaster.”Hearing the Head Elder's words, Lin Dong paused and took a moment to calm down. However, Li Shen suddenly spoke up.“So what if I gave the resources I obtain to who I chose? Aren’t you Faction Leaders doing the same thing?”Sua Yuming and the other Faction Leaders furrow their brows, but Li Shen simply continued.“The disciples you groom in the academy, where would they end up after leaving? In your clans and your own forces. All I’m doing is following your examples straightforward instead of your roundabout and sneaky way of doing it.“And as for me not being respectful to the academy’s legacy that’s just not true.”Li Shen's expression then became serious.“My loyalty to the Sword Pavilion and this Academy should not be questioned. I won’t let my position as the Second Prince of the Li Imperial Family influence my decisions when inside the academy. I won’t have any hidden agenda besides upholding the acade
No one in this room was stupid, they knew what the Elders and Head Deacon’s intentions were, so they placed getting Li Shen in trouble to get more resources aside for now.Well, everyone except Lin Dong. He was seeing this differently.If this turns out to be the best-case scenario. The Elders would punish Li Shen for using coercion methods to trick disciples into becoming loyal to him, this could be considered a form of brainwashing.Lin Dong would get what he wanted as he would argue since his cultivation can’t be abolished he should be stripped of his title as Faction Leader, have his Faction disband, and then be kicked out of the Academy.However, if the worst possible outcome occurred, the Elders might even put Li Shen on a pedestal for being able resorting disciples' talents. Completely ignoring if he’s guilty of coercion disciples or not.‘How could they do that? Wouldn’t that be swapping out the lion to let the fox in?’The overbearing lion being the Ming Clan and Li Shen bein
“Disciple Shen, what are you doing after this? This old man would like to invite you for a drink, I hear you’re quite the drinker.”Hearing that, all eyes shot towards the speaker.It was an Elder that had a chubby physique. He was staring at Li Shen while his heart itching to grab him and take off with him.He paid no mind to the stares directed at him by his fellow Elders, instead, all of his focus was on Li Shen.Li Shen was taken aback by this and opened his mouth to respond, however, he was suddenly cut off by a yell.“NO! Old third you fat pig, what are you trying to do?! Didn’t you hear disciple Shen is on his way to complete a mission for the academy?!”Turning to Li Shen the speaker then said.“Disciple Shen, how about I accompany you along on that mission? Perhaps I can “oversee” your mission so you don’t get in danger. After all, you can’t risk your life to get that thirty percent share of resources. With me “overseeing” your mission why not aim for a bigger percentage?”As
So, that's the end of Book One."..."Are you mad?"..."Of course you are, I'm sorry."Fuck you, Author..."Wah! I'm really sorry!!*start groveling and begging for forgiveness.*For those of you who haven't seen it in the last chapter(it's not like I didn't put it in the title.) I made the decision to end Book One here, right on the edge of a massive cliff... don't kill me haha, I swear I'll write Book Two.Oh, did you see the title of Book Two? If not here it is again... BOOK TWO: War Of Continents... coming soon.I always intended to split this novel into separate books, but I never planned on stopping Book One here. At first, I made the decision to go on hiatus, but then as I read over the last few chapters I realized this was somewhat of a good place to end Book One... please don't kill me.For all the readers who have reached this point... thank you.I've been writing this book for over a year now. Arguably I haven't posted much in the last three months, but we don't talk about t
When Gu Min landed in front of him, Yang Su stood there staring at him with a blank expression while tears ran down his cheeks.“What, you won't even come running to hug me after not seeing me for so long? You always did when we were little. Or have you grown too big now? You’re almost as tall as I am.”Gu Min said this jokingly, but Yang Su could only lower his head and began wiping his tears.Gu Min walked up to him and hugged him.“It’s okay, why are you crying?”“I-I thought you died because of me. And Mom and Dad, they…”“Did they blame you?”A sad expression appeared on Gu Min’s face, but Yang Su shook his head.“No, after they thought you died they wouldn’t let me out of their sights. It's because of you that I couldn’t even set foot outside of the house.”Gu Min cracked a smile when he heard his little brother’s words.“I’m sorry I didn’t come home, I-”“It’s fine.”Yang Su suddenly said cutting off Gu Min.“As long as you’re fine I don’t care if I never see you again, I just
Ling Tian was in the sky scanning the crowd of disciples down below.His heart was filled with both anger and frustration.Soon, his gaze stopped on a figure that was trying to blend into the crowd as much as possible.But despite the hood hiding their appearance, Ling Tian knew exactly who this person was.In a fit of rage and worry, he bolted toward this person.On the ground, Li Shen looked at Yang Su and asked.“Yang Su, what do you mean, is that person your older brother?”Everyone in the group heard this and they all turned to look at Yang Su.Yang Su nodded and said.“He looks slightly different, but I’m sure that’s him.”While Xian was smiling off to the side, Mu Fan glanced at Yang Su’s brother in the air and scowled.“His hair is ever redder than yours, how revolting.”Jun frowned and elbowed Mu Fan to shut up.As Yang Su continued to look at his brother he started to become more agitated.He was skeptical of Xian’s words before but now that he saw his brother he was overcom
Mu Fan placed everyone down before they all glared at Xian.Xian shrugged his shoulders in response.Jun was about to comment on Xian being here, but Li Shen placed a hand on his shoulder.“Look after Lu Yue for me.”Hearing this, Jun turned to look at Lu Yue before hurrying over.Fei Yin hurried over as well, it looked like she had a few superficial wounds he was able to heal.Li Shen then looked at Xian and asked.“What’s the point of you joining? You seem to have a group of your own.”“Well, that doesn’t mean I can’t join yours right?”Li Shen went silent for a moment and then said.“I’ll think about it. For now, we should focus on why we were teleported here.”Xian turned to look at the front of the hall where a throne was before saying with narrowed eyes.“Isn’t it obvious my other half? Someone wants us here.”Hearing Xian’s words, everyone in the group had their expressions change.They suddenly had a bad feeling rise in their hearts. One that Mu Fan long had.“Master…?”Li She
“D-Damn it, what is happening now?!”Mu Fan cried out as he saw his fingers fading away.Li Shen looked over at him and then down at his own hand to see his fingers were fading away as well, and at a rapid pace at that.Li Shen then looked towards the sky to see that after shattering, what was revealed was a clear blue sky.The shattered fragments of the previous crimson sky were still hovering in the air, reflecting the blue sky above and the Fiery Dimension below at the same time.Looking away from this scene, Li Shen bent down to pick up Lu Yue and carry her bridal style. He then turned to Mu Fan and said.“It’s okay, we’re being teleported to the Hidden Fragmented Realm. Hold onto me.”Mu Fan hurriedly got up and place his overly large palms on Li Shen’s shoulders.Mu Fan then watched in curiosity as a strange black light with starry light in it spread from Li Shen’s body to cover both him and Lu Yue.“What kind of ability is this?”Mu Fan said looking around. It almost seemed as
“Stop being so dramatic, I barely touched you.”Li Shen said as he gave Mu Fan who was on the ground a cursory glance.Mu Fan wined.“It is you. Bastard, do you want to get hit in the head and see how it feels?”Mu Fan then glared at Li Shen, but in response, Li Shen merely rolled his eyes and then turn back to check on an unconscious Lu Yue.Mu Fan also turned to her and asked.Is she going to be alright?”“If we can get to Jun in time, then everything will be fine.”“Is that why you let those bastards get away?”Mu Fan said as he watch Gu Jin and Shiming fly away with the rest of the Fire Empire’’s disciples and Ming Clan members.Li Shen shifted his head to look in their direction before turning back to Lu Yue.“There will come a time when they can longer run away from me, but that time hasn’t come yet. Rather, you should be healing your injuries before thinking about fighting in your condition.”“It merely scratches, I’m fine!”Mu Fan said confidentially, but Li Shen suddenly saw
“You fucker, I’ll definitely kill you for this!!”Shiming’s face was deathly pale, but intense hatred was evident in his eyes.“Huh? How are you going to do that when you’re going to see King Yama?”Mu Fan kicked Shiming’s severed arm that held his saber to the side as he walked towards him.Shiming manage to stop his bleeding and he held his stump as he slowly got up.A crazed look was in his eyes that matched Mu Fan’s own.Mu Fan didn’t care and he rushed to lop off his head like he promised he would.He appeared in front of Shiming and did a horizontal slash.However, a crazed Shiming suddenly grasp the void and a red illusory blade appeared in his remaining hand.Swoosh!Shiming swung it towards Mu Fan’s incoming saber and a Blade Energy no weaker than Mu Fan’s own swept out.BANG!A loud explosion occurred that caused the ground beneath the two to form a massive crater.Shiming was seen flying out of the dust that had risen in the area.Even when he called on his own Blade Will h
Shiming wasn’t in a hurry as he flew over to where Mu Fan was.Previously when Mu Fan had reached this location and realized he had found Lu Yue, he didn’t hesitate to start hacking.Now laying around him were numerous bloody corpses of the Fire Empire Disciples. But of course, there were also disciples who came from various small Sects that were transported here with Lu Yue. A few disciples in the group Mu Fan came with had died too.Mu Fan frowned at this sight.Something didn’t feel right to him. He loved hacking these fuckers for what they were doing, but this type of massacre irked him.It’s as if it was all planned.Mu Fan didn’t know, but he could vaguely sense something was wrong.As Mu Fan was feeling repulsed by this massacre, Shiming’s voice echoed behind him.“Why do I always have to deal with you?”Mu Fan slowly turned to see Shiming land not too far away from him. His eyes narrowed.“You don’t have to worry about that for too long. Once I lop off your head then you never
Gu Jin would send out a fist or a palm strike towards Lu Yue and she would counter it with her Sword Technique.However, she would be blown back and injured every time.After a few more of this, Lu Yue realized that she was getting further away from the battle.Gu Jin had purposely brought them here.“Are you just now realizing the situation you’re in?”Gu Jin said with a laugh.Lu Yue had fallen to the ground and as she slowly got up, Gu Jin’s gaze roamed over her slightly disheveled body.It didn’t take a genius to understand what was going on.However, Lu Yue seemed unphased despite the blood at the corner of her lips and was even weak to the point where she had to lean on her sword for support.Looking at Gu Jin, she said.“And it seems you haven’t realized the situation you're in yet.”Upon hearing that, Gu Jin frowned.However, a moment later his expression changed.Inside his body, he sensed several strands of frigid energy slowly circulating in his meridians.If it weren’t for