Volume One: The Devil's Nature Never Changes
Arc: The Strategic Sect War
Everyone looked toward Scarlet King as he asked:
"What power will each of you give me?"
Scarlet King thought while waiting for their answers:
(The spiritual contract will allow their power to reach me even though they currently exist only as manifestations of the inscriptions, while their true bodies are inside worlds contained within the pillars and sealed by those inscriptions.)
(Their power will reach me regardless.)
Long Tian Yue replied:
"I'll give you the power of Dragon Scales. It allows you to increase your physical strength each time a scale is activated."
Jiu Ling Yue continued:
"I'll give you the ability to create illusions—illusions capable of trapping someone within a maze of unconscious unawareness."
Kun Tian Yi spoke:
"I'll give you the ability to fly even without cultivation."
"Also, if you possess a special bloodline that allows you to transform into different forms, I'll help heal those transformations and increase the speed at which you can enter them."
Xing Lin spoke:
"I'll give you the physical durability of the Sacred Qilin Body."
"But it isn't the same as the Dragon Scales. The scales increase both offense and defense, while my power increases your raw defensive strength even if your cultivation is destroyed."
Tao Wu Yan spoke:
"I'll help you devour anything and convert it into energy."
Linuo Feng Qi spoke:
"I'll give you the ability to withstand fire and heat."
"And there aren't only six beasts here."
"I noticed the energy of a Three-Legged Golden Crow within the Source Wall."
Scarlet King looked toward the Source Wall.
"Hah, a Three-Legged Golden Crow?"
"Isn't that an extremely rare bloodline, to the point that it's considered one of the rarest varieties among Heavenly Spirits?"
He continued indifferently, waving his hand.
"Well, it doesn't matter."
"Let's form the spiritual contract."
Energy immediately emerged from all of them and moved toward Scarlet King's head as the contract began to form.
Within seconds, the contract was completed and officially took effect.
Scarlet King then moved closer to the Source Wall and noticed the strange inscriptions carved across it.
"Well, I noticed that whoever imprisoned you was in a hurry, considering all of you were sealed inside separate pillars with specialized inscriptions."
"They probably acted quickly and didn't have an extra pillar available, so they sealed the Three-Legged Golden Crow directly inside the Source Wall."
Kun Tian Yi spoke:
"What you're saying makes sense, but the real question is: who imprisoned us in the first place?"
Scarlet King shrugged.
"I don't know."
"But I need to leave now."
"And according to the contract, all of you can see whatever I see."
Scarlet King immediately left the spiritual state.
He looked around and noticed that the final three battles were still ongoing.
He stood there and thought:
(Good. It seems the plan will work even better now because of this new power.)
(Even if the representatives of the Second Dimension try to stop me, I have the pistol.)
(And with the support of the Qilin's power and the Dragon Scales, I'll be able to fire more than one shot.)
(Everything is exactly as it should be.)
(To be or not to be.)
(To remain… or be erased.)