Reaper of the Martial World

Book 7: Chapter 221: Above (3)

Dyon frowned. Why did this place seem like his inner world, except not, at the same time? The cognitive dissonance almost made him dizzy.

Within Dyon’s true inner world, or at least what he thought was his true inner world, his Manifestation perpetually flew in the skies with his Primordial Yang right beneath surrounding by the Primordial Yin of his wives.

However, while in that true inner world, Dyon only had six Primordial Yins floating around him – Ri’s, Clara’s, Amphorae’s, Madeleine’s, Kukan’s, and Amethyst’s – there were eight in this world… He didn’t understand what he was seeing.

When he took Amphorae’s virginity in this life, both of her Primordial Yins fused as one. In fact, every day that Madeleine and Ri comprehended their faith seeds more, both Kukan and Amethyst’s Primordial Yins were being slowly absorbed by them. So, none of these instances could explain why two Primordial Yins had suddenly appeared from nowhere.

Dyon’s divine sense shot forward, but he suddenly felt that there was a formless barrier around his Manifestation. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t penetrate it.

“There’s no need to try so hard, you aren’t yet worthy of seeing through me completely.”

In that moment, a voice that sounded almost like a mirror of Dyon’s rang in his ears. It was deep, rich and full of confidence, just like Dyon’s, but it carried an ancient and resounding tone he couldn’t match. It was as though Dyon was a King of a small Kingdom while his Manifestation was already a Deity.

“However, there’s no harm in telling you who those Primordial Yin belong to.” Dyon’s manifestation continued in an unhurried manner. “This one is Evangeline’s. And this one is Luna’s.”

Dyon’s eyes widened. “What did you just say?”

The Manifestation made no attempt to repeat himself. It was like he hadn’t heard Dyon’s words at all. However, the waves in Dyon’s heart spoke louder than his voice. He didn’t know how to take in that information.

Of course, Dyon knew on some level that he had had sex with Evangeline, but he hadn’t been absolutely certain. For all he knew, Evangeline had found some random female beast to let Dyon vent on. In fact, he had a nightmare about such a thing more times than he’d like to admit. It was just too difficult to accept that a Higher Existence would bed him.

Dyon’s arrogance reached into the skies, but that didn’t mean he was delusional. He was confident in any fight because he could rely on his intelligence where his strength wasn’t enough, but intelligence was useless in matters of love.

To make things more odd, although Dyon was incredibly handsome, already comparable to most dao experts, he still fell short of true Higher Existences. Lilith’s father was just one example of this. Despite hiding his true face, he could already compete with Dyon on even footing.

Simply put, even if a Higher Existence was so sex-crazed to choose a man simply for his looks, Dyon still wasn’t their best choice.

This wasn’t all either…

Dyon thought that even if Evangeline for some inexplicable reason chose him as a dual cultivation partner, something he had to accept considering the 33, now 30, seals in his inner world, she would never have given her virginity to him.

Yet, all of these thoughts were slapped down with a single sentence by his Manifestation.

As for the matters with Luna, Dyon felt that it hit even closer to home. Unlike Evangeline who had not an ounce of feelings for, Luna was different.

At first, it was the laws of the second trial forcibly manipulating his emotions to feel for Luna. In fact, Dyon even cut off these emotions the moment she betrayed him. However, in the end, he couldn’t help but feel some sympathy for her after learning the truth behind her past. If it wasn’t for both Luna and Amphorae, Dyon would have never passed his second trial, he would have died…

In truth, he had buried whatever feelings he had for Luna. After putting him through all that pain, she had actually forced him to watch her kill herself. That sort of scar wasn’t the kind that healed.

Originally, it had been easier for him to slowly forget Luna. He had thought that after not seeing her Primordial Yin in his inner world, she had promised herself to another man. Such a truth made the decades of manipulation hit that much harder.

But, who would have known that it wasn’t that Luna lost her virginity to another man, but that his Manifestation had hidden her Primordial Yin along with Evangeline’s because he wasn’t powerful enough to make use of them…

Dyon blinked as his eyes reddened. ‘I’ve wronged you both… Especially you, Luna…’

His own immaturity made it so that he villainized women just for the sake of his own pride. However, his experience with Amphorae had made him grow past this mental hurdle.

The moment he decided to not care whether or not Amphorae had truly fallen in love with another man, was the moment he had truly forgiven Luna. But, the sight of her Primordial Yin here hit him like a truck. The fact he would never see her again only made matters worse. He’d never get to apologize…

Dyon closed his eyes, a deep breath steadying the waves of his heart.

“If you had come here with your previous mental state, I would have simply tossed you out. You haven’t truly grasped the true meaning behind arrogance and what it means to look upon the world with disdain.

“You chose the Sovereign Path when you knew little of the Martial World and hadn’t even taken the first step of cultivation, yet you never questioned this Path you sought. This isn’t the true meaning behind being a Ruler.

“A Ruler isn’t a person who can’t admit to his mistake and can’t change course, they’re a person who sees that goal the want and pierces forward their own way, taking whatever turns they need as they please.

“You’ve interpreted this Manifestation as being Sovereign, when it is far beyond that!

“When the path of Sovereignty and the path of Creation meet, that is when you’ll understand the gift the hides within you. Be it the nine dao hearts or any other, the path you’ll forge will crush them all.”