The Dao of Reincarnation (435-436) (Patreon)

Chapter 435: Player of the Fourth Scourge (Part 15)

During the time Su Chen spent inside the "Mandate of Heaven" game, the Federation suddenly suffered upheaval.

Several powerful forces began invading the Federation, causing it to retreat step by step. Even the Federation's Emperor Venerable powerhouses had vanished without a trace.

"It must be that other forces controlling Hearts of 'Mandate' also possess rebirths. They have joined forces to destroy the Federation ahead of time and strangle Master in the cradle!"

The Golden Lion Emperor Venerable possessed relatively more information about the future. The occurrence of this scene was completely different from everything experienced in the future.

Their Federation had so many rebirths. Other forces that likewise possessed Hearts of "Mandate"... would certainly also have rebirths.

That battle back then had affected far more than just this world! The Heart of "Mandate" was the item that caused this world to become gamified.

There was not only one Heart of "Mandate."

Su Chen nodded lightly. "Lead the way."

The Golden Lion Emperor Venerable's expression brightened. "Is Master going to act personally?"

The answer was obvious.

This filled the Golden Lion Emperor Venerable and the others with wild joy. Although they still did not clearly know what realm Su Chen had reached, this was that man!

The Golden Lion Emperor Venerable brought Su Chen to a battlefield where a world-covering torrent surged forward, shattering countless worlds outright.

When the Golden Lion Emperor Venerable turned back, Su Chen's figure had already vanished.

With a single step, he arrived directly at the center of the battlefield.

In an instant, countless bodies exploded. In the distant rear stood portal after portal. Clearly these forces were invading the Federation's real world through the "Mandate of Heaven" game, which was why the Federation had collapsed so rapidly.

Yet how could these portals possibly stop Su Chen?

The Fourth Scourge and he could be considered "old friends."

"He... is actually charging into the Resurrection Gates?"

The Golden Lion Emperor Venerable and the others were nearly stunned.

They watched as that man brutally smashed a fist into a portal. The terrifying restrictions of the Resurrection Gate became completely useless. Accompanied by one tragic scream after another, everything rapidly fell silent.

In another great world, countless powerhouses dropped dead in an instant.

"How is this possible... at this point in time, how can that person possess such powerful strength?"

Just as the Golden Lion Emperor Venerable had speculated.

Among other forces controlling Hearts of "Mandate," rebirths naturally also existed.

Unlike the Golden Lion Emperor Venerable and the others, they belonged to different civilizations. After rebirth, their only thought was to rapidly destroy the civilization that person belonged to.

Yet in the end they still underestimated that person!

"Not good... There are intense fluctuations in the realm barrier. How could he have found this place? Impossible. We clearly hid all information about the world. The realm barrier has shattered..."

Civilizations were destroyed. Entire worlds marched toward extinction.

Wherever that figure's footsteps fell, civilizations became as fragile as paper, burned away completely by raging flames.

Watching that figure resembling a world-destroying demon god, the strongest Emperor Venerable of this world condensed his strongest killing force into a spear named "Finality."

That terrifying power was enough to easily destroy any civilization.

They watched as the spear directly pierced through that person's chest.

"Is he dead?"

Perhaps they had won. Yet this victory came at the cost of the civilization's extinction.

A trace of sorrow arose in that Emperor Venerable's heart. He extended a hand. Laws intertwined in his palm as a black hole appeared, and a diamond-shaped item slowly rose from within the black hole.

This was the Heart of "Fate."

Fortunately, with this Heart of Fate, he could completely rebuild a civilization.

No!

When he looked ahead, the figure that had originally been nailed to death by the power of "Finality"... actually reappeared, and his strength was even greater.

"Impossible. You must have died just now. How can you still be alive?"

That Emperor Venerable tightly clutched the Heart of "Fate."

He could not understand. Clearly that person's aura had already vanished earlier. Why had he reappeared now?

Su Chen said calmly, "You did indeed kill me. Yet you only killed one of me from the present."

In the unseen, behind Su Chen, a long river that spanned the ages emerged. Within that long river, figure after figure stood side by side!

With a Time-type True Immortal destiny, to a certain extent he already possessed an undying body upon this timeline.

Only if someone could create an unsolvable closed loop against him within a certain period of time would it be possible to kill him.

Clearly, this Emperor Venerable did not possess such ability.

Su Chen raised a hand. The surrounding timelines and space contracted, transforming into a cage. No matter how an Emperor Venerable struggled, he could not break free. As Su Chen reached out and gave a casual slap, everything shattered like foam in an instant. A cubic box fell into Su Chen's hand.

The Heart of "Fate."

Compared to calling it the Heart of "Fate," Su Chen preferred to call it... an Immortal Destiny!

To transcend from among the Players of the Fourth Scourge, become the core of the Fourth Scourge, transform from countless insignificant sprouts into true talent, and change from mere leeks into an exquisite delicacy, one needed to fuse with the so-called Heart of "Fate."

Now that he had obtained a Heart of "Fate," once he completed the accumulation of "quantity," he would be able to rapidly fuse with the Heart of "Fate" and ascend to the True Immortal destiny of the Fourth Scourge.

For him, this was not a particularly difficult matter.

Su Chen then destroyed another force and obtained yet another Heart of "Fate."

Afterward, Su Chen returned to the Federation.

"Everything has been resolved."

Hearing Su Chen's words, the Golden Lion Emperor Venerable and the others looked at one another.

Had they misheard?

In such a short time, two world civilizations no weaker than the Federation had been easily destroyed.

"As expected of that man. Truly terrifying."

The Golden Lion Emperor Venerable and the other rebirths silently rejoiced in their hearts. Fortunately, they had made the most correct decision.

...

After returning to the Federation, Su Chen continued entering other worlds to complete the accumulation of "quantity."

Countless civilizations and invincible beings who dominated entire worlds perished at Su Chen's hands. After Su Chen dealt with the strongest, the remaining regions were ruled by the Federation. Gradually... Su Chen acquired countless titles.

Some called him the Finality Demon Lord, the Destroyer of Civilizations, the lackey of the Fourth Scourge.

Others called him the leader of the Federation, the next True Immortal of the Fourth Scourge, the savior who rescued the world from fire and water.

Within the "Mandate of Heaven" game, the second, third, and fourth ranked Players constantly changed. Yet the first-ranked Player, ever since that person ascended to first place, never changed again.

Unshakable!

"As expected, it is still him..."

"That battle is about to begin soon."

"Soon... we must strive to grow stronger so that we will not be caught in the aftershocks of that battle and fall."

Chapter 436: Player of the Fourth Scourge (Part 16)

Countless great worlds lay scattered like fragments around a single pillar.

That pillar seemed to pierce through past, present, and future. Infinite world forces connected to it. At the summit of the pillar stretched a ladder of heaven rising section by section... until it could no longer be seen. With the disappearance of the power of time, an endless palace stood at the other end, suppressing all worlds.

Within the palace, countless divine weapons and sharp blades were arranged on both sides.

In the center of the great hall stood a majestic and domineering figure, its light and shadow blurred so that no one could clearly see its true face.

No matter how peerless your elegance or how peerless a monster you were, once you ascended the ladder of heaven and arrived here, you could only kowtow in worship.

Here there were no powerhouses of the heavens, nor any True Immortals. Here there was only one person.

The Lord of Primus—Tuoba Ye!

Countless era-spanning powerhouses had once come to this place, yet without exception their figures all vanished, transformed into the weapons hanging within the great hall.

When the Fourth Scourge swept across infinite worlds, the world Tuoba Ye inhabited was among those swept up.

While everyone else chose to enter the "Mandate of Heaven" game to obtain power, Tuoba Ye did not choose to enter the "Mandate of Heaven" game to gain strength. He chose a path that drew from antiquity. From the fragmented words recorded of ancient martial ways, he sensed the martial path recorded by the sages of old and deduced an entirely new path of cultivation!

Watching those around him obtain powerful strength within the "Mandate of Heaven" game, Tuoba Ye felt no envy. He trusted only himself and the fists in his hands!

Gradually, he surpassed all those who had entered the "Mandate of Heaven" game earlier. He surpassed everyone. He grew powerful enough to suppress all things. No one was his match. Alone, he annihilated every powerhouse of an entire era of the Fourth Scourge.

Even if they could resurrect, so what? Kill them once for every resurrection, until they could no longer resurrect.

He founded the Palace of the Primus, suppressed countless worlds, and stood as an equal against the Fourth Scourge. Even at the end of an era, when the world-destroying great Scourge descended, it could not annihilate him, nor even exert the slightest influence upon him. It was as if he had long since transcended destiny itself.

He was not an Immortal, yet he surpassed True Immortals. Even the loftiest Immortals would lower their heads upon meeting him.

The Lord of Primus Tuoba Ye was not incapable of becoming an Immortal. He simply disdained to become one. Ever since stepping onto the martial path, he had pursued the strongest. Even if he were to become an Immortal, he would become the strongest Immortal. The reason he had not become an Immortal was that he found the Immortal he could become insufficiently powerful and his path still incomplete. He needed an evenly matched opponent. His martial path was too invincible, and because of that invincibility, it remained incomplete!

For this reason, he had waited through countless eras!

"Has it finally appeared? My fated opponent."

Tuoba Ye opened his eyes. Myriad great worlds trembled and grew restless. The gazes of countless Emperor Venerable-level living beings turned toward that heavenly pillar, deep fervor hidden within their eyes.

Tuoba Ye sensed an aura worthy of his attention rising rapidly. Before long, it would grow to a level capable of contending with him. Not only did he not obstruct it, on the contrary... he looked forward to it with utmost anticipation!

That day would not be long in coming!

...

At the same time, Su Chen's path reached perfect refinement. He gazed at the red prompt that appeared before him.

[Destroy the Palace of the Primus, dominate the heavens. All Players are forcibly conscripted until the mission ends.]

[Reward: Fuse with the Heart of "Fate" and achieve a True Immortal seat.]

The Fourth Scourge had finally issued a mission.

Countless Players boiled with excitement at this moment.

In this spacetime, the heavens were divided into two parts.

The Palace of the Primus and everything else. Now the rest had been cleared by Su Chen. Even the hardest bones to gnaw would be easily occupied by the Fourth Scourge once Su Chen acted.

At present, all the players of the Fourth Scourge regarded Su Chen as their supreme.

"The Palace of the Primus..."

Su Chen thought of the peerless Lord of Primus he had seen in his previous life.

Perhaps there was some connection between the two.

"It seems that in the pathway of the future, some major event unknown to me has occurred. Traces of the Lord of Primus still linger in the present. The closed loop of the Immortal King has been broken. All of this should be related to the 'Fourth Scourge.'"

Su Chen had chosen to remain hidden within the Fourth Scourge precisely so that he could clarify the purpose of the Fourth Scourge in the present and thereby seize a slim chance of survival.

In this spacetime, the heavens now held only one remaining force, the Palace of the Primus. For the Fourth Scourge to completely occupy this spacetime, it was necessary to destroy the Palace of the Primus.

This mission was a declaration of war against the Palace of the Primus.

In the next moment, Su Chen's figure vanished.

Countless Player of the Fourth Scourge sharpened their blades. Wave after wave of innumerable Player armies advanced toward the Palace of the Primus like a plague of locusts.

This was a world-shaking battle destined to be fought.

As portal after portal appeared within the great worlds under the range of the Palace of the Primus, countless figures emerged from them.

The Palace of the Primus also reacted swiftly.

Powerhouses from world after world were conscripted, transforming into bodies of steel to obstruct the torrent of the Fourth Scourge.

Within the palace atop the heavenly pillar, the Lord of Primus coldly watched this farce.

Indeed... such an invasion by the Fourth Scourge was nothing more than a farce in his eyes, unworthy of his attention.

The one who had always held his attention was only a single person!

His gaze fixed upon the area beyond the surging torrent. There, a matching gaze pierced through the torrent and looked toward the heavenly pillar at the center of the infinite worlds.

The Lord of Primus's blood boiled throughout his body. He longed to charge down at once and slaughter freely. This was the instinct of his body. For the first time, he found the instinct of his body so difficult to control!

"You wish to engage me in a step-by-step slaughter of pieces, from soldiers to officers and finally to the commander?"

"What an interesting idea. Indeed... the most exquisite dishes are never the ones enjoyed first!"

The Lord of Primus restrained his instinct. His gaze quietly watched the slaughter below.

It was like an enormous chessboard enveloping all living beings of the heavens.