Chapter 323 - Dao Heart (4) (1/2)

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The concept of life and death existed in his body with impeccable balance. In this world, the surrounding laws were far weaker than normal, but it was still prevalent. Yan Zaizen had reached the Manifestation or Domain-level in essentially all of his known laws; thus, he could galvanize the energy of the laws with a single thought.

This was why the Manifestation-level was the requirement to establish a heavenly shrine, its ability to draw from the heavens and manifest a portion of its power. At the Domain-level, one could then convert a vast area into being dominated by that law, weakening all others or empowering their own essence energy.

”Huuuu….Haaaa…” Yan Zaizen inhaled and exhaled, the laws of the world cycling around him with life and death as its center. He stepped forth. Time itself seemed to have warped, reality itself seemingly to give itself under the control of Yan Zaizen.

This was his power.

The more laws he comprehended, the greater his ability to learn laws or develop concepts. As a Non-Entity, it was merely a thought on his part and he could easily manifest a specific concept. He was reaffirmed of the fact that a Non-Entity was someone blessed by the omniverse. The more laws he comprehended, the greater his control of the heavens or universe. With the law of mimicry, he could take the form of all things as well, and the laws of the Non-Verse made all his energy pure.

His body became like a ghost in the wind. He moved forward and it was as if his body was an afterimage who only took a step, but in truth, he had already traversed a thousand steps. ”Domain of Temporal Acceleration.”

Step.

Step.

Step.

It was as if each step was a thousand minutes, but only a second had passed in reality. With a step, travel a thousand miles! With his limited cultivation base, he could only use laws!

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En route to the Royal Capital, the Imperial Executioner, the Envoy, a bevy of soldiers, and Yan Linzen were flying upon a skyship. On board, Yan Linzen wasn't restrained as she stood on the side of the skyship with eyes filled with indifference. However, within those eyes filled with indifference, a glimmer of despair laid.

That glimmer, that emotion, was unsuited for a ten year old girl. All those who would see her apathetic eyes would feel lost, pity, and a desire to help.

”We're here.” The Envoy arrived near Yan Linzen, his eyes bright and excited. To him, Yan Linzen's arrival was a sign of a job well done, and thus he would be rewarded accordingly. With that reward, he could gain more resources or more attention from the imperials, allowing his future to become brighter.

Yan Linzen acted as if she didn't hear, only continued staring at the direction where her clan once stood proud. Particularly, she was worrying about her brother. That stupid fool will likely have it much harder than the rest. That indifferent gaze turned, for a split second, of one displaying deep sadness.

”You...you must live a good life.” Her words were so soft that only she could hear her words. However…

”I will, and so will you.” A voice seemingly replied from nowhere. It startled all those on board, especially the Envoy and Immortal Executioner. Their qi-sense surged outwards almost instinctively to find the originator of that voice.

Yan Linzen's gaze lost focus in disbelief and then she, as if feeling something, turned around. What should've just been the Royal Capital in the background was blocked, and the figure that blocked it was sturdy with a warm smile. The figure was calmly standing on the deck.

The Imperial Executioner and the Envoy noticed her movements and looked at the direction of her gaze, but there was nothing there. Absolutely nothing.

”Brother...Zai…?” She was confused by the event before her. Was she hallucinating her brother? However, he was clearly in front of her, with those amber-gold eyes, and that extraordinarily foolish smile on his face. That smile wiped out her indifference, collapsed her despair, and the memories of her past washed over her.

When she was two, she had just started cultivation but had suffered an injury due to her overzealousness. It was this brother of hers that kissed her injury, cleaned it up, and told her to inform him whenever she wanted to do something dangerous, he'd always accompany her.

His exact words: ”If you want to jump off a cliff, be sure to tell Big Brother Zai, I can use my body as a cushion.”

Recalling those words, no matter how dumb, was sweet and so like her Big Brother.

Since then, he'd accompany her on the painful path of cultivation, and always protect her with his body even if he would be injured in the process.

When she failed once at the age of four, there were clansmen who were jealous of her and made fun of her and even physically pushed her. Yet, Yan Zaizen stood up for her, but he didn't use violence. Instead, insisting that clansmen shouldn't insult or hurt each other, and if they wanted to hurt someone, they could aim it all at him.

They did.

But Yan Zaizen only accepted it with a chuckle and smile, after all...they were only four to six year old kids. Yan Zaizen was ten at the time and could easily overpower them, but never did. He only asked them to let it all out and stop hurting his sister.

These were only two of many stories of the fool that was her big brother.

There were far, far too much to mention.

”You...are you?” Yan Linzen's voice broke and she was almost certain she was experiencing a hallucination after hearing the questioning voices of those surrounding here.