[497] King of Chaos

Night. Jiangli City. After the banquet, Yu Xian lay on the roof of the inn, a bottle of wine sitting beside him. The Death Emperor sat beside him, also holding a bottle. Unlike the tipsy Yu Xian, however, though the Death Emperor could drink, it was incapable of getting drunk. Gazing at the lights of Jiangli City and the class-bearers returning in the distance after grinding monsters, it murmured to itself, "All of this will turn to nothingness one day. Does it have any meaning?" "But it will also remain frozen in this slice of time and space forever, won't it?" Yu Xian said slurrily. Drunkenly pushing himself upright, he pointed at the sky and chuckled. "See that? Looks completely empty, doesn't it? But one day, a mountain might appear there. A star might appear there. Or maybe a bird will fly past." Pausing, he patted the Death Emperor's shoulder. "And then all of that will vanish again. But there will definitely be someone who climbed that mountain, who looked at that star, who roasted that bird—someone who knows they existed. The mountain was steep, the star was bright, and the roasted bird tasted delicious. That's enough," Yu Xian laughed loudly. With that, his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed onto the roof, snoring away. Was that enough? The Death Emperor looked at the soundly sleeping Yu Xian, its mind filled with question marks. It still couldn't comprehend Yu Xian's thoughts, just as Yu Xian perhaps couldn't comprehend its own. Yet it stared fixedly in the direction Yu Xian had pointed. If a mountain were there, how tall would it be? If a star were there, what color would it be? If a bird truly flew by... Right at that moment, a bird really did fly past. The Death Emperor's eyes widened, and it quietly watched the bird cross the sky. Its crimson eyes remained glued to the sky. The bird was already gone, and the ink-black night sky held no stars, but it knew a bird had once flown past. If Yu Xian were still awake, he might have shot it down to roast and eat. The night passed without further word. When Yu Xian awoke, the sun was just beginning its slow ascent. Frowning, he sat up. Seeing the Death Emperor beside him, he asked curiously, "Old Death, what are you looking at?" "I am watching birds," the Death Emperor replied. Yu Xian felt the Death Emperor's response was a bit off-color. Watching birds? Whose bird? Still, he didn't voice his inner thought, choosing instead to play along. "So how many birds have you seen?" "Last night, four birds flew past that spot in total. I know it, a dog over there saw it too, and the animals in the distant woods saw it as well," the Death Emperor answered. Yu Xian had completely forgotten what he said while drunk. He nodded. "Oh. Well, keep watching, then." With that, he hopped down from the roof, returned to his room to wash up, and finally sat on the bed to take out yesterday's spoils: three enhancement stones. "Time for another thrilling round of enhancements." Yu Xian rubbed his hands together and picked up the class enhancement stone first. He could finally advance to Chaos Chancellor. Awesome! Without hesitation, he used the [Class Enhancement Stone]. In an instant, the stone turned into an orb of light and merged into his body. In that split second, he could distinctly feel the changes in his body. His power was growing. Moreover, chaos was movement—the very motion described as the reversal of the Dao. Extremes breed reversal, and reversal returns to order. Yu Xian discovered that this time, not only had he gained strength, but he had also received a flash of enlightenment. Put into words, this enlightenment sounded commonplace, much like parental lectures—everyone understood the logic, yet without firsthand experience, most people lacked deep comprehension and could never truly grasp the essence. Yu Xian, however, was different in this moment. He had genuinely acquired that profound realization, feeling as though he had been shoved into a particle accelerator and violently collided with countless times. Only after quite a while did he open his eyes, harboring some fresh guesses regarding enhancement failures. Perhaps it wasn't that failing an enhancement simply caused death, but rather that once enhancements reached a certain tier, the knowledge poured in by the Zhen Realm was too advanced. Those who couldn't bear the knowledge or endure the enlightenment would die of "enhancement failure." Sitting on the bed, he exhaled a long breath after a moment. The Zhen Realm was truly a training ground for Mighty Ones, far from as simple as he had imagined. If one approached it with a playful attitude, even if they weren't killed by an enemy, they might die from an enhancement. "Quite interesting." "Chaos is actually change." "If all things remain unchanged, there can be no chaos." "For the Power of Change, the most important element is motion. Only through motion can change occur." Yu Xian gently lifted his hand. The flesh and blood of his hand instantly inverted; the back of his hand became the palm, and the palm became the back. As he played around, he opened his status panel. But the moment he saw the change in his class, he instantly snapped his hand back to normal, exclaiming in surprise, "Huh? It's not Chaos Chancellor?" By now, his status panel had completely transformed: [Name: Yu Xian] [Enhancement: +2] [Level: 51] [Class: King of Chaos] [Skills:] [Chaos Advent: In the name of the King, forcibly summon a random summoned beast to fight for the King, with full discretion to deploy it to a target location or send it into the Chaotic Space.] [Chaos Imperial Seal: In the name of the King, brand the target with a Sigil of Chaos, exerting hard crowd control over the target for one hour, after which the Sigil of Chaos detonates to inflict massive damage on the target.] [Chaos Dragon Projectile: Consumes a portion of stamina to create ten divine energy dragons of completely chaotic attributes to attack enemies. Upon hitting a target, each Chaos Dragon will divide into multiple smaller dragons to attack surrounding enemies.] [Chaos Blessing, Enhancement +1: Consumes spirit to erect a stable material divine shield for the target, granting its physical properties while imbuing a random immunity attribute; furthermore, upon receiving an attack, reflects an orb of light with a random attribute back at the enemy target.] [Chaos Fusion Transmutation: Consumes spirit to transmute touched matter into random matter, or fuse multiple materials into a single substance. Higher resource consumption expands the area of effect. Can record up to ten types of matter, with the option to choose between random transmutation and recorded matter upon activation.] [Book of Sealing: Consumes a massive amount of spirit to manifest a Book of Sealing capable of sealing anything. Can seal the target inside the Book of Sealing, siphoning its power to replenish one's own expenditure until the target dies.] [Power of Change: The Power of Change is born within the body. Imbuing any skill with the Power of Change will boost its power and effect, with the magnitude of the increase scaling with the amount of Power of Change consumed.] [Greater Chaos Enhancement: Consumes Power of Change to permanently augment a random attribute of the target. Possesses a chance of failure; upon failure, permanently weakens the attribute. Usable once per target per day.] [Chaotic Space: Consumes a massive amount of Power of Change to tear open an immense chaotic space, conquering the chaos in the name of the King to turn it into a usable space.] ... ... Yu Xian stared at his attributes. Suddenly, he felt a modest swell of ego. With his current strength, he ought to be pretty powerful now. At the very least, within the Level 50 to 80 bracket, he was probably an invincible being.