Reaper of the Martial World

Book 7: Chapter 280: Hidden Legacy (3)

“Is everything not in there?” Madeleine asked, a bit confused. See had only taken a cursory glance, but even she was overwhelmed by what she saw. Aside from the timeless and spaceless stones, there were Moon Jades Dyon hadn’t been able to find – which made sense considering Orcus took a Yin path – not to mention enough body construction materials to build 20 clones of himself. The best part was that in Orcus’ boredom, he had already constructed the vessels needed, meaning Dyon didn’t to waste time improving his runic vein mastery anymore, he could give his masters, the title spirits and his clone bodies right now.

Knowing that this was Dyon’s main goal, Madeleine found it odd that he was looking for more.

“It’s not that I’m ungrateful,” Dyon said jokingly, “It’s just that none of Orcus’ core teachings are in this crown. From what I understand, there no way Orcus left those manuals with the Golden Crow Sect.”

Madeleine nodded in agreement. All this time, the Orcus had just been using his descendants. For his goals, they were far too weak, why would he care for them? If he left his Core Teachings with them, they would have definitely been stolen away by a more powerful clan by now.

In addition, the Golden Crow bloodline was already far too diluted. The fact they even maintained even a faint resemblance up to now was a testament to how powerful the bloodline had once been. It was similar to how the celestial beasts still managed to survive until now, except for the fact the celestial beasts are even more ancient than the golden crow.

Dyon walked to the throne, looking from the crown to the throne and back again, he suddenly felt like he understood something.

“What a cautious guy. Even with all of his previously laid out plans, he had one more contingency plan. If it was the me before… I definitely wouldn’t have noticed this. It’s no wonder he didn’t risk allowing dao experts in despite the fact using them would have drastically cut down the time he needed…”

Soon afterward, Dyon had explained the situation to Madeleine.

Within the throne, there was a final gem connected to Orcus’ Crown. The problem was that this gem had an inner space set to self-destruct. Orcus clearly decided that if he were to fail, he didn’t want anyone benefitting from his treasures.

If it was a normal individual, Dyon would have sneered at the attempt. The issue was that Orcus was a Star Lord in his life! What did Dyon’s newly formed planet qi have in the face of star qi? If he even attempted, it was likely his mind’s eye would shatter.

Luckily, not all hope was lost. The same mistake that cost Orcus his life was the same mistake that would force his treasures to have no choice but to land in Dyon’s hands. It all boiled down to his Soul Nature!

Due to his caution, the one formation in this mystical world that Orcus never neglected to upkeep was the very one hidden within his throne. The problem was that as his Soul Nature strengthened, so did the death characteristics of the arrays he drew.

There was something else that benefitted Dyon. Orcus claimed to be an alchemist, a beast tamer, and a runic vein master, but he never claimed to be a formation master! From what Dyon could see, his skill level in formation was barely at the Comet Lord realm, far weaker than Dyon. It was just that the star qi he used to form this Comet grade array was giving Dyon headaches.

However, if Dyon and Madeleine worked together, they could fuse Dyon’s planet qi with life essence. In that case, it would be enough to combat Orcus’ death natured star qi, especially since Dyon’s Presence had been perfectly fused with his soul qi.

With those thoughts understood, the husband-wife pair set off to work. In the end, it took them almost a month of slow, agonizing work before the array finally shattered safely. By now, there were only a few hours until the world collapsed. But, now that Dyon and Madeleine had taken control of the true core of the world, the mystical world stabilized once more.

Dyon laughed. “This Orcus was definitely a genius. He managed to trick the Heavens into thinking that this place was a Legacy World, and now the Heavens think that we’re looking for inheritors as well.”

It was only now that Dyon and Madeleine partially understood. A large part of Orcus’ resources had gone toward stabilizing the cognitive dissonance the Heavens experienced due to this fake legacy world. This allowed Orcus to receive the help of the Heavens while also having the benefits of a mystical world. The theory behind it was so complex that Dyon found it impossible to wrap even his head around it. This required such a deep understanding of Heavenly Laws that Dyon could only admit it was too far above him.

However, at this moment, Dyon couldn’t be bothered to care. Before him now sat exactly what he had been looking for: Orcus’ Core Teachings!

It wasn’t just that either. The treasures here were few, but their level was rare even by Dyon’s standards. He could only shake his head and smile stupidly as he wiped the sweat from his face.

There was one treasure here that Dyon was the most excited to see, one he ignored even the ominous black booklets for.

It took the shape of a small black skull the size of a baby’s head, but it was distinctly inhuman. Its eyes were far too large, its teeth were jagged, and it had horns that curled into a demonic spiral.

Dyon’s instincts told him exactly what this was immediately. This treasure was the secret to cutting off the connection between slumbering Ancestors and their Clans!