Chapter 1390 Shu Ren's Bright Future

Chapter 1390 Shu Ren's Bright Future

Wang Wei exhaled to calm down. 'No, things are not as bad as I think,' Wang Wei told himself. 'The moment I started my path to devour these purple orbs, I should have embarked on a path of breaking my fate.'

Wang Wei was not just saying these words to reassure himself; he had a logical analysis to arrive at this conclusion, and the answer was obvious — Hongjun. No matter how subtle and brilliant Grand Dao's plan was, Hongjun was a Transcendent and should have detected some hints.

'There is no way Hongjun would have helped me if he had any suspicions that I was a Fate Seed,' Wang Wei analyzed. 'So, what most likely happened was the other Fate Seeds were taken into the void, and Grand Dao's test was for them to survive for a period before taking them to reincarnation. However, I broke the mold of the test by surviving and turning into this soul monster.

'This caught Hongjun's attention, and he watched over. He was planning something himself and thought I may become a variable, so he invested a little protection and luck blessing.'

Wang Wei's eyes shine with golden brilliance: 'I should not be too excited. I may have exceeded Grand Dao's test, but that did not change the fact I was branded with the [Fate Seed] title. In fact, my excellence meant I was the best choice for the job.'

He suddenly felt a sense of urgency. He needed to eliminate his status as a [Fate Seed]. 'I wanted to wait until I was about to achieve Half-Step Transcendence before asking Grand Dao, but it seems this must be done before becoming a Paragon. Additionally, I must prepare in case Grand Dao breaks the rule and refuses to tell me.'

If there is one lesson Wang Wei learned from previous experience is that he cannot rely on these powerful entities to be competent or keep their word. So, he needed a backup plan in case things went wrong. Wang Wei stopped theorizing and focused on the task at hand — checking on these mortals.

He waved his hand, and a piece of information manifested in his palm. 'The Rune Body is finished, and it's usable to cultivators. This method should reduce the intensity of the war, but I cannot reveal it yet in case Supreme Unity makes countermeasures.'

He nodded in satisfaction before checking one last time. Most of these mortals were not training in mock battles in the Void Illusion Realm to prepare for the upcoming war.

'Good,' Wang Wei nodded. 'They are developing faster than I anticipated.' He looked in the distance while muttering: 'Mongke is ready, so all that's left is to distract Shu Ren.'

...

Great Chu Dynasty, 33 Nether Hell:

Shu Ren sat on a black throne with souls and bones as an aesthetic. His eyes were closed as he checked the situation of this dimension, and the smile on the corner of his mouth showed what kind of mood he was in.

'Can this work?' Shu Ren thought. His Nether Hell rapidly reached the finished stage after using Five Feather's method. Of course, another great contributor was these wars that allowed him to gather trillions upon trillions of souls.

'As long as I complete it and sacrifice his Nether Hell to the Underworld, they should give me the Earth Emperor Position,' Shu Ren thought excitedly. 'And even if that doesn't work, my actions should be enough to become a Yama King.'

Shu Ren's smile deepened as he thought about his bright future. Shu Ren was not stupid and knew what a bleak future awaited him. His Qi Luck was rapidly decreasing, and a sense of doom loomed over him. Shu Ren knew that even if he survived this catastrophe, two fates awaited him: being Supreme Unity's pawn or the Human Emperor's pawn.

'However, this will be my way out,' he analyzed. 'Either the Earth Emperor or the Yama King Positions are enough to survive this catastrophe and escape my fate as a pawn. And that's not mentioning the benefits of strength.'

"Imperial Consort Shu Shu has fallen into a coma."

"What?" Shu Ren stood up; his body instinctively released a terrifying aura. "What do you mean by this?" However, he did not wait for an answer before teleporting to the Flawless Phoenix Palace. He saw Shu Shu lying in bed with countless maids around her, most of whom were trembling.

"What happened here?"

No one answered him, which riled up Shu Ren even more. He was about to kill someone when the handmaid reacted fast enough by kneeling on the floor:

"Your majesty, forgive us — we don't know what happened. The lady was eating her meals when she felt ill."

"Did someone poison her?"

"I...I don't think so."

"Think?"

"I tested the food, even drunk it myself," the headmaid swiftly replied. "I found no poison."

Shu Ren had calmed down somewhat as his divine sense did not detect anything wrong with the food on the table. "You better hope this has nothing to do with you," he warned, not hiding his killing intent. Shu Ren approached her, ready to check her current situation.

"Your majesty," the primary shadow suddenly appeared before him. "Let me do it."

"This is not the time for your nonsense."

"In times like these, it's best to be careful," the shadow continued.

"Get out of the way before I kill you," Shu Ren snapped.

"Your majesty, I insist," the shadow replied, his eyes firmer than ever in his life. He was prepared to die, but he could not allow his majesty to be the one investigating this woman.

A scythe manifested behind Shu Ren, ready to annihilate this disobedient subordinate. However, the look in the shadow's eyes made him stop.

'Yes, this is not the time to act on emotions.' He exhaled to calm down before canceling his technique.

"Go ahead," he ordered.