novelraw Chapter 534 - 519: Mirror of Duplication
Chapter 534 - 519: Mirror of Duplication
The intertwined fates caused the Elf Queen and the Queen of Desolation to be bound by life.
If the Queen of Desolation kills the Elf Queen, she would also die along with her.
However, there’s a flaw in this covenant: should the Queen of Desolation die, the Elf Queen would perish too.
This is why when the tribulation targets the Queen of Desolation, the Elf Queen desperately tries to save her, for if the Queen of Desolation dies, she would follow suit.
Why doesn’t the Elf Queen sign a covenant where the Queen of Desolation can’t kill her, and her death wouldn’t impact the Elf Queen?
The reason lies in the Elf Queen’s coveting of the Queen’s potential; she wishes to leverage the latter’s strength to ascend to a higher Emperor Realm.
This life-bound covenant has the advantage that if one party improves, the other receives a fifty percent feedback, just like how a Beast Master would receive feedback when their pet beast grows stronger.
Moreover, the opportunity is rare.
The life-bound covenant isn’t one that anyone can simply sign at will.
Both parties involved must have extremely similar aspects such as bloodline, body, appearance, and soul—akin to twins of the same womb—for the sign-up to succeed.
The Elf Queen figured that once the Queen of Desolation’s level rose, it would also boost her own strength.
Yet who expected the tribulation to suddenly target the Queen of Desolation so fatally.
Thus, resulting in her own demise as well.
To replicate the body of the Queen of Desolation, all accumulated Power of Creation in the copy mirror was exhausted, and with time, it had gathered a little more of it.
However, this bit of Power of Creation was all used in dealing with Li Cunxu, hence the copy mirror Li Cunxu obtained had none left.
To lure out Li Cunxu, the Elf Queen used the copy mirror to create a false life tree, simulating its collapse upon expiration, actually fooling Li Cunxu into appearing.
"Without the Power of Creation, this copy mirror is worthless."
The items in the Elf Queen’s Space Ring were too many for Li Cunxu to glance through. With hopeful anticipation, he painstakingly managed to open the Queen of Desolation’s Space Ring.
In comparison, the contents of the Queen of Desolation’s Space Ring were much more modest.
The items were merely one percent of the Elf Queen’s things.
Yet what it contained gave Li Cunxu a great surprise.
That was one of the Seven-Seed Gourds: the Green-Seed Gourd.
"The Green-Seed Gourd showed up five hundred years ago, and now it appears in the Queen of Desolation’s ring. Presumably, someone wandered in here by mistake and was killed by her."
"I’ve collected six of the seven fragments of the Seven-Seed Gourd, only lacking the Purple-Seed Gourd to complete them all."
Li Cunxu suddenly sighed, "It’s just unfortunate there’s no spot left."
The rank of the Ten Thousand Crows Pot has fallen, vacating a slot, though now it’s been taken by a new Imperial Instrument—whether by the Evil God Sect, the Alliance, or someone else remains uncertain.
How did Li Cunxu know about this?
Li Cunxu knew through the copy mirror that the forty-nine Imperial Instrument slots were filled again.
Those who wield Imperial Instruments can sense if a slot is vacant.
So why did Ji Tiansao ask Li Cunxu to inform the Alliance about an open slot?
Because Ji Tiansao had not refined the Ten Thousand Crows Pot and was unaware of this fact.
Though the Ten Thousand Crows Pot protected Ji Tiansao, the truth is that it was refined by Ji Tiansao’s ancestor and merely lent to him.
"However, first collect the fragments of the Seven-Seed Gourd and then consider the matter of the Imperial Instrument slot."
"Trade for the Purple-Seed Gourd from the Alliance."
Li Cunxu had heard of the Purple Gold Divine Dragon’s death three years ago, but the Alliance had never proactively mentioned the Purple-Seed Gourd to him, nor had Li Cunxu inquired about it.
Li Cunxu placed a letter querying the Purple-Seed Gourd in the wealth cabinet’s drawer, alongside placing a piece of Monarch-level purification crystal beside it.
The Pure Crystal Dragon broke through to the Monarch level, and its inherent law skills transformed into a Divine Power, capable of producing more effective purification crystals.
Upon sending the purification crystals to the Alliance.
The director of the research institute in charge of purification crystals dared not delay and hurriedly conducted tests.
Tests revealed that this purification crystal could eradicate Emperor Strong Person’s pollution—requiring approximately one thousand purification crystals in total.
The Evil God’s pollution on an Emperor Strong Person is ten thousand times more horrifying than on a Monarch Powerhouse.
The Four Gods intensified the pollution on an Emperor Strong Person, so eradicating the Evil God’s pollution from them required more purification crystals.
Yet investing more purification crystals on an Emperor Strong Person is worthwhile.
They are, after all, the peak strong persons on earth, the cornerstone of world stability.
"It’s heard that several Emperor beasts from the Alliance are on the brink of being overwhelmed by Evil God pollution, and these purification crystals arrived just in time."
The director said, "Quick, quick, quick...ask if the Purple Gold Divine Dragon’s treasury has been opened?"
Though dead, the Purple Gold Divine Dragon set a nearly unbreakable lock on the treasury before dying, disgusting anyone wishing to seize its treasures.
With the capability to lock, why not just blow it up? This way, no one would get its treasures.
Two reasons: first, being too greedy, it couldn’t bear to destroy its treasures.
Second, it dared not.
If the treasures were blown up, leaving all the Emperor Strong Persons empty-handed, it would utterly enrage them.
To vent anger, those strong beings might do anything, and even upon death, the Purple Gold Divine Dragon would pay a price it dreaded.
That price being—a True Spirit.
Wiping out the True Spirit of the Purple Gold Divine Dragon meant it wouldn’t even have the chance to reincarnate.
"What, it hasn’t been opened yet? What are you people doing?"
"Quickly invite the Four Saints to break in by force; within seven days, I want to see the Purple-Seed Gourd."
The director roared into the phone.
After the shouting, the director immediately convened a high-level Alliance meeting that was an emergency gathering, primarily inviting Emperor and Monarch Powerhouses.
Upon hearing that the Crystal Merchant’s Type IV Purification Crystal could eradicate Evil God’s pollution on Emperor Strong Persons,
many Emperor Strong Persons were excited, as many of their friends or pet beasts were polluted by the Evil God and could only soak in the Purification Spirit Lake all day, worsening over time.
With the Type IV Purification Crystal, their friends and pets could be saved.
All present unanimously agreed to do everything possible to meet the Crystal Merchant’s demands and foster a good relationship with him.
Secretly, the Alliance intensified efforts to find the Crystal Merchant, while the Evil God’s undercover agents in the Alliance relayed the news back to the cult.
The Four Gods Evil Cult also began scouring the world for those potentially linked to the Crystal Merchant.
Five days after sending the Type IV Purification Crystal to the Alliance,
the Alliance sent back the Purple-Seed Gourd.
When the Seven-Seed Gourds were placed together, they seemed to undergo a miraculous chemical reaction, merging into one—a mixed gourd of combined colors.