Chapter 50: Chapter 50: Reshaping the Time Gem and Comprehending the Dao of Time
Stunned.
The entire nation was stunned.
The moment they heard the words from the Cultivation Golden List, the murmurs came to an abrupt halt.
Number 2?
What is Number 2?
What’s the situation with this new fifth place, where did this Quasi-Saint suddenly come from?
Could it be someone who just broke through?
Isn’t the Golden List supposed to only report past game players?
Or does it mean that those who break through from now on can be listed?
Seeing the inexplicable appearance of Number 2, suddenly being listed, everyone was bewildered, not knowing what was happening.
Moreover, they had no clue how Slaughter Zhenren died.
After the broadcast was over, the Cultivation Golden List flew into the clouds and disappeared without a trace.
People on the ground stared blankly at the sky.
It’s gone just like that?
What exactly happened?
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Maintenance Department, Headquarters.
"Who is this Number 2?" Li Long frowned and asked in confusion.
The inexplicable death of Slaughter Zhenren and this new rule of the Golden List were giving him a headache.
And lastly, who exactly is this newcomer, Number 2?
They had all the top 100 on the Golden List recorded, and there was no Number 2 at all.
Even if someone suddenly advanced to this realm, there shouldn’t have been none ahead of it.
"Check it out, see who this Number 2 is, and then ask those few individuals if they know anything," Li Long instructed the soldier beside him.
"Yes." The soldier nodded and left.
This came too suddenly. Hopefully, it’s a good thing for Huaxia.
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Ninja Empire.
Two minutes earlier.
Amidst the debris and ruins, Chen Lan’s soul incarnation stood atop Sadako’s head.
Not far away, a divine soul floated in the void; it was Wang Zhengguo’s soul!
At his level, as long as the divine soul is not destroyed, even if the physical body is gone, he can still possess someone else’s body to revive.
Wang Zhengguo looked at his ethereal, transparent form in terror, panicking, and quickly kneeled in the void, crying out to Chen Lan, "Master, please spare me. I am willing to be your servant."
Though he didn’t understand why Chen Lan hadn’t destroyed his divine soul, there still seemed to be hope.
He had more or less guessed who this person in front of him was, most likely the top-ranked big shot, Xiao Yao Celestial Venerable!
But Chen Lan didn’t speak; he just clenched his fist in the air.
In an instant, Wang Zhengguo felt as if something had gripped him, his whole body stiffened, and he couldn’t move his hands and feet.
"Master, Xiao Yao Master, spare me. I shouldn’t have harbored ill intentions towards Huaxia, nor towards you. I won’t dare anymore, spare me!!!" Wang Zhengguo struggled desperately, shouting in terror.
He was truly terrified. This feeling was exactly the same as the day he heard he was sentenced to death!
The fear of death, he didn’t want to die yet.
He wanted to live longer; it was so hard to gain such powerful strength. He hadn’t gotten his revenge, how could he be willing to die like this!
"Ahhhh!!!"
Suddenly, Wang Zhengguo looked up and roared.
Pain, it was too painful!
He felt a burning sensation, the feeling of flames scorching him, as if his soul was thrown into a furnace to be burned, living was too painful!
It was so painful, he’d rather die than endure this soul-searing pain!
"Please, kill me, I don’t want to live anymore!" Wang Zhengguo’s expression was extremely fierce and agonized, now all he wanted was death.
But the burning sensation of the soul didn’t stop. It lasted for a full minute, and then Wang Zhengguo stopped moving.
Chen Lan let go, and Wang Zhengguo’s soul naturally fell, kneeling steadily on one knee on the ground.
"Greetings, Master!" Wang Zhengguo now was expressionless, showing no emotions, as if he had become a different person.
But in fact, he had indeed become a different person.
Chen Lan had just used the Soul Avenue to remodel Wang Zhengguo’s soul.
Now, this soul had the strength of a Quasi-Saint, but no longer had Wang Zhengguo’s memories, akin to a newborn.
From now on, it would only obey his orders, live if told to live, die if told to die!
"From now on, you are Number 2." Chen Lan said lightly, waving a large hand, and Godzilla’s flesh flew out.
It slowly condensed in the air, eventually becoming the corpse of a male human, average looking, standing at 1.85 meters, with a burly build.
"This is your new body, go into it."
Hearing this, Number 2 nodded heavily, leapt up, and entered that flesh.
Moments later, Number 2 opened its eyes, came to the ground, and knelt again, "Master."
"How is this body?" Chen Lan asked gently. This body was crafted using Godzilla’s corpse, much stronger than a human’s.
Coupled with the Quasi-Saint level, it should be stronger than a typical Quasi-Saint.
Fortunately, his Soul Avenue was strong enough that it didn’t let Number 2’s original cultivation fall; otherwise, possessing this body would certainly drop cultivation.
"Very strong, firm and powerful, much stronger than the original body."
"That will do. In the future, Sadako will assist you, you two can develop in this Ninja Empire, you continue being the Sovereign, get others to join you quickly, if they don’t comply, kill them."
Chen Lan was expressionless, to be honest, he wouldn’t be so cold towards others, but only towards this Ninja Empire.
He had no fondness for it.
"Yes, Master!" Number 2 and Sadako said in unison.
When they looked up, Chen Lan’s apparition had already disappeared.
After exchanging a glance, the person and ghost left with a tacit understanding.
Number 2 went back to continue being the Sovereign, while Sadako continued feasting on Godzilla’s corpse.
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Moon surface.
Chen Lan slowly opened his voice, a cycle of the Eight Trigrams rotated in his eyes, emitting a faint golden light.
But it quickly vanished.
"Whew!"
"Finally, grasped a little bit. I believe in a few days, I will officially begin."
This Avenue of Change is truly extraordinary, just the threshold of entrance, he pondered for a whole day without entering.
However, he still made some progress, like...
Chen Lan gathered spiritual power, silently chanting in his heart, "Change, Time Gem Reform!"
As spiritual power burst in his hand, the surrounding environment underwent great changes, with space becoming blurred and unclear.
At the tip of his finger, space twisted, as if something was about to emerge.
Buzz!
A buzzing sound echoed from the space, spiritual power faded, and a green gem slowly floated before him.
The Time Gem, reformed!
He used the power of change to alter reality, bringing back the once-exploded, no-longer-existing Time Gem!
However, this also consumed some of his spiritual power, after all, the Time Gem contained the rhythms of the Time Avenue.
Among the three thousand avenues, time is the most terrifying and powerful, knowing the past, future, and even capable of altering history, reversing the future.
Anyone mastering this avenue is invariably a strong cultivator!
Chen Lan grabbed the Time Gem, threw it into his mouth, and munched it.
Once he finished this gem, he would be able to grasp a bit of the threshold of the Time Avenue.