He quietly waited for a while.
A brand new page turned on the Book of the Dead, revealing a wall as smooth as a mirror.
Rows of ice crystal characters appeared on it:
"You have received enough admiration and praise."
"With the willpower of these beings, the Book of the Dead has undergone another evolution."
"The Holy Walk Wall is now open."
"Through this wall, the beings of All Worlds can witness your deeds, and thus cheer and applaud for you."
"Every use of this wall will require a platform to be built across All Worlds, consuming a vast amount, therefore seventy percent of your soul power inco must be deducted."
Below these characters, there was a bracket with several lines of small characters:
"The inco from your first broadcast has been deducted for expenses and settled into your account."
"You have gained 410 Soul Power points."
"You have received a treasure chest."
"Whenever you need it, you can withdraw this Soul Power and treasure chest through the Book of the Dead."
Treasure chest—
It was the one given by the Undead Mage.
Wu Xiaode’s emotions gradually stabilized.
Although seventy percent of the Soul Power was taken by the Book of the Dead—
It was for the sake of holding a broadcast!
These 410 Soul Power points were still inco, better than nothing at all.
"Let see that treasure chest."
Wu Xiaode said.
The Book of the Dead vibrated, and a palm-sized box quietly appeared, falling into Wu Xiaode’s hands.
"This box doesn’t contain any traps, does it?"
Wu Xiaode mused.
A row of ice frost characters erged in response:
"Items passed through the ’Holy Walk Wall’ have the ’Reward’ attribute, containing no hostility, otherwise they cannot penetrate the constraints of space-ti to arrive before you."
Only then did Wu Xiaode open the treasure chest.
Inside lay a sealed parchnt, emitting waves of power like the ebb and flow of a tide.
Two ice crystal characters appeared beside the parchnt:
"Super Advanced Undead Summoning Contract (Blank)."
"Explanation: Using this contract, you will sign a pact with a high-level undead from the Death Realm, enabling you to summon it at any ti."
What a great item.
Wu Xiaode happily picked up the contract, intending to put it into the Bowl of Arduous Cultivation.
The Bowl of Arduous Cultivation was a spatial item used by Demon God Ulysses to store all his treasures, perfect for keeping this contract.
Just then, a thought suddenly appeared in his mind.
Wait a minute.
This contract ca from one of the worlds among All Worlds.
It did not belong to Sin Prison.
It ca from the outside world!
Then, was there a way...
"Congratulations, many people have been given Immortal Fate by , but few have grasped it; to think that you have succeeded."
The voice of the Chi Xiao Sword rang out.
With a spark of spirit light, Wu Xiaode loudly said, "Chi Xiao, co out for a second."
"Co out for what?" the voice of Chi Xiao ca from within him.
"I want to activate ’Unpredictable.’", Wu Xiaode said.
"Then activate it, you can only use my abilities when I am attached to you," explained the Chi Xiao Sword.
"...Alright," Wu Xiaode said with a touch of embarrassnt.
He gently held the blank contract in his hand, his mind intent on activating it.
Suddenly, a row of ice crystal characters appeared:
"You have used one point of Soul Power to cancel ’Cause Follows Effect’ and have now endowed the sword with a new ability:"
"Body Looting."
"Explanation: You can loot so of the deceased’s possessions from their corpse."
—This was a useful ability, but he was currently looking for an ability related to the parchnt.
Wu Xiaode abandoned this skill and once again cast "Unpredictable."
He stood in place, continuously cycling through skills.
After more than ten minutes.
A skill appeared before his eyes:
"You have consud one point of Soul Power to cancel ’Fire Engulfs the Fortress,’ and have now endowed the sword with a new ability:"
"Fate Renewed."
"Explanation: You can find the previous owner of an item and project your shadow to appear before them."
This is it!
Wu Xiaode’s heart leaped, and he imdiately wanted to use this ability.
But a new prompt rune erged:
"This ability requires a consumption of Soul Power in the amount of: 50 points."
It needed this much Soul Power?
No problem!
Wu Xiaode placed his hand on the Book of the Dead, beginning to draw out the Soul Power he obtained from the broadcast.
"Activate!"
He exclaid in a low voice.
This ti, with ample Soul Power to support it, "Fate Renewed" finally activated successfully!
A shadow erged from Wu Xiaode himself.
—It was indeed his own shadow.
He tried moving within the shadow’s body and felt no resistance.
The sensation was sowhat strange.
It was as if he had two bodies, sharing what they saw and heard with each other.
It was now possible to approach the Undead Mage.
But still...
For safety’s sake, better to use the Demon Mist.
At the thought of Wu Xiaode, layers of Demon Mist imdiately erged, enveloping his projected form.
"Go."
Wu Xiaode commanded.
His shadow instantly pierced through the Void, its destination unknown.
...
The dark cosmos.
Billions of stars.
A nascent star was forming in the lofty depths of a stellar nebula.
To celebrate its birth, the young, massive clusters of stars were emitting high-energy ultraviolet radiation and stellar wind, carving out pillars of ice crystals and dust several light-years long, manifesting in the universe, appearing like colossal columns standing in the darkness from afar.
Within that massive column—
On a vast and majestic ice crystal, a man suddenly appeared.
He was a man exuding an aura of chaos and corruption.
Wearing a Skull Crown and holding a pale scepter, his eyes, filled with turbid light, stared down at the solid ice below.
"The ti has co."
He murmured, gently tapping the pale scepter against the ice surface.
Crack!
The ice was covered with a dense network of cracks that andered and eventually shattered completely.
A dark altar rose from the endless Black Water beneath the ice.
Lantern after lantern was lit.
The whole altar emitted a dim yellow light in the darkness, shining into the depths of the cosmos.
The man with the Skull Crown walked onto the altar and called in a low voice:
"Monarchs among the Undead Mages, it’s ti for us to et."
No sooner had he spoken...
Several shadowy figures quietly appeared in the darkness.
"If we consider it, we haven’t gathered for centuries, and yet this ti we’ve all chosen to et here without prior arrangent."
"With the Death Realm now manifesting, how could we not co?"
"Those images need to be properly analyzed."
"According to those ancient records, I think I’ve discovered sothing."
" too."
The man with the Skull Crown gestured for everyone to be quiet with a wave of his hand.
"Let’s take advantage of the situation before it spreads. Everybody, one by one, share your findings."
"I’ll go first."
The crowned man said gravely, "I sensed strong fluctuations of Soul Power from those images; that place must be a battlefield—"
"The undead seem to be fighting sothing."
Across from him, a black shadow spoke up, "Indeed a battlefield. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but amidst those grey trees, there was a tree splattered with grey specks. The edges are black as if burnt, yet the center has signs of corrosion."
"What does this represent?" another shadow inquired.
"That’s sulfuric blood, from a Demon!" the black shadow asserted.
"Could it be an old mark left from the past, irrelevant to the current events?" another person questioned.
"Absolutely not, those marks are very fresh. Following the ’Twelve Uses of Demon Blood,’ ’A Comprehensive Study of the Fallen Bloodline,’ ’Classification and Differentiation Attributes of the Blood Ritual,’ it appears the ti when the tree got splattered with Demon Blood should be within the past five hours."
The crowd was startled and imdiately burst into a spirited discussion.
—The undead were waging war against Demons?
This was no trifling matter!
Hidden in the mist, Wu Xiaode’s projection listened silently, and couldn’t help but start to admire them.
Previously, when the three of them worked together to kill that Demon, Rotten Bone indeed spattered so blood with his blade, which fell among the trees.
These individuals had keenly detected this detail, thus deducing the combatants.
I wonder just how advanced their powers are.
At this mont, he also beca interested.
About the Death Realm, Wu Xiaode himself was completely in the dark.
Furthermore, even Rotten Bone, an undead native to this land, didn’t know about the existence of the battlefield selector in the sky.
The secrets of the Death Realm were far too nurous!
Perhaps these formidable beings, who were always dealing with the undead, could discern sothing?
As he pondered, another shadow began to speak:
"Demons and undead used to be allies, both chaotic and evil. Why would a war break out, causing them to fight one another?"
Indeed, if they start fighting, other factions will surely take advantage of their weakness," said the previous shadow.
Suddenly, the black shadow beside Wu Xiaode said, "I gave that undead who introduced the Death Realm a contract that could help him sign a Super Advanced Undead Summoning Contract with high-level undead."
The other shadows went quiet.
Yet the man with the Skull Crown laughed a few tis and said, "Well done, Black Demon, using such a thod to probe into the affairs of the Death Realm."
The black shadow spoke emotionlessly, "Of course I have to build good relations—this connection set now will naturally allow for further understanding of the Death Realm affairs in the future."
"Makes sense, I’ll also reward next ti," another shadow mused aloud.
"This is the first ti that both the realms of Life and Death are involved, this person is indeed worth courting," another stated.
"Too bad he’s an undead; otherwise, if he married my unparalleled daughter, wouldn’t that an I could ask whatever I desired?"
"You’re actually considering giving your daughter to a dead man?"
"Ha, why not? Having soone to cut a path for in the Death Realm so I can enjoy comforts after death isn’t a bad idea, is it?"
Wu Xiaode broke into a cold sweat upon hearing this.
Sir, that’s really too much.
"It’s too radical; I don’t support it," the man with the Skull Crown shook his head.
His words imdiately evoked responses, "Indeed, it’s too shocking and scandalous."
"Too shaless."
"Gentlen, better to reward and slowly build the relationship."
"I’m going to prepare so treasures right now."
" too."
The eager crowd thus began to discuss once again.
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