Chapter 1679 - 863: Authority in Hand

Ji Jue sneezed again.

He looked up in confusion at the screen. The room temperature was twenty-four degrees; he didn't feel cold, nor was it hot. "Isis, am I catching a cold?"

"Sir, are you in your right mind?"

The Spirit of Creation retorted coldly amidst its busyness: "A Chosen One of Transcend Rank, catching a cold? How do these two concepts even connect?

I wasn't aware you had such profound literary talent."

"It's so strange these past two days, I keep sneezing. Is someone talking about me?"

"Is it possible—" The Spirit of Creation's voice grew even colder, "that this is the resentment of some pathetic slave whose workload keeps increasing?"

"Impossible!"

Ji Jue waved his hand decisively, waiting for Isis to ask, but she didn't, shutting Ji Jue down: "I don't want to know why."

Ji Jue chuckled suddenly, unconcerned: "Because hasn't your workload been like this since long ago?"

"That's why I said, I don't want to know."

In the Spirit of Creation's voice appeared a trace of numbness, as if resigned: "Please, hurry up and die, sir."

"I will, but not today."

Ji Jue leaned back in his chair, lowering his eyes, glancing at the night outside the window. From the mountains above, he looked down at the flickering stars within Luo Island in the night.

A faint light appeared far over the distant ocean.

That was another sea of stars.

Now, the Seven Cities had shed their former withering and decay, gleaming in the night, more lights coming on in the darkness, illuminating everything obscure.

"It's really beautiful."

Ji Jue murmured softly, contented.

He felt the excitement and joy transmitted from Chixiao, the Heavenly Element Order manifesting from the void like a seed, its roots spreading silently in the world behind this brilliance.

Finally, those faint threads and strands converged together, entwining around Chixiao, landing in Ji Jue's hand, forming an outline almost like an illusion.

Like an unfinished prototype, gradually filling in, accumulating bit by bit, awaiting its final form to reveal itself.

So bizarre, clearly he had just indulged Ling Shuo in a spree of killings, even bringing in the White Deer, thoroughly rewriting the dark rules of the Seven Cities, yet the Heavenly Essence Position remained unshaken, even seemingly taking a step forward, sealing the gaps, becoming more stable.

As long as he was within the domain of the Seven Cities, what Ji Jue could feel was a sense of exhilaration as if he wielded authority, omnipotent, unrestrained.

Alliance Hierarch Minkler and Dragon Head Ling Shuo, like two hands extended by Ji Jue, those seen and unseen, were now all under his control, within the rules and boundaries he set.

Feeling the aura of Tian Yuan gradually gathering, growing, and feeding back continuously, it probably wouldn't be long before the first blessing required for Transcend Rank naturally came to fruition.

So-called...

——[Life and Death]!

The Tian Yuan's [Life and Death], the Gate of Eternity's [Anchor], and Ascension's [Original Vision].

This was the direction the Matrix pointed towards after Ji Jue ascended to Transcend Rank, among the many changes, the three blessings.

Strictly following Mohist orthodoxy, step by step from the beginning any biting of teeth, crossing Summoning, Transformation, and Rebirth Ranks, he now held the key to the highest specification of the Non-Attack Matrix in his hand.

Just like the many epic achievements required before, the latter three blessings were not easy to attain.

The first thing he ran into was the wall of Tian Yuan.

If it weren't for the foundations of the Seven Cities, Spring City, and Tower City, he might have ended up like all the wild Tian Yuan of today, pondering where to sell himself.

There's no choice, Tian Yuan relies on groups, craftsmen can entertain themselves with a Melting Furnace behind closed doors, but Tian Yuan shut behind doors can only die slowly.

The only two largest soils of Tian Yuan in the present world have been monopolized jointly by the Federation and the Empire, and anywhere else that shows budding signs will be trampled by many invisible big hands.

Tian Yuan's path to achievement is incredibly troublesome.

The three necessary conditions of time, place, and people, none can be lacked.

So much so that any Tian Yuan in the reality wanting to progress faces the first hurdle—examinations... Don't talk to me about talent and ambition first, pass the exams first!

Even if thousands charge across the single-log bridge, passing the exam is just the beginning of rounds of selection, endurance, and perseverance.

Even within the Security Bureau, trying to stand out is extremely difficult.

Now, the channels for many Tian Yuan to obtain High-level Blessings have already been completely controlled by both sides, without a position, there's not a chance even to get a glimpse, let alone think about it.

Jin Wuyan, after years of struggling and crawling in Central Earth, dreamed of a clean break, only to have the Heavenly Governor's support casually handed over to Tong Shan by Lin Shouyi.

This is precisely why Brother Shan got a hold of the key to acting on behalf of the Federation's authority, and thereby [Life and Death].

Compared to the lengthy waiting time, the entire process took him less than a week.

After approval of his application, he was handed a disaster relief responsibility letter to sign, then deployed as a special commissioner in relief operations on the Kunwu Plateau; with massive resource deployments, countless lives hung by a thread, and he obtained it effortlessly.

So much so that Ji Jue looked on enviously...

Alas, success and failure both come from identity.

The reason he can now easily navigate between Thousand Islands and Central Earth is precisely because he is unrelated to the Federation on the surface.