novelraw Chapter 188 : Turning the Tables
Chapter 188 : Turning the Tables
Chapter 188: Turning the Tables
“I needed more.”
Li Tianwei muttered to himself, and under Li Tianwei’s own drive, his physical body—whose Seven Apertures and Spirit Platform had originally been sealed—began to move on its own at this moment.
And this instinctive drive moved toward what Li Tianwei believed to be beneficial to him.
So what was beneficial to Li Tianwei now? It was this realization—this moment of enlightenment was the most beneficial of all.
Thus, while the Crimson Pupil was still confused, Li Tianwei’s physical body had already instinctively stretched out its hand, landing straight onto the blood threads that covered him.
“Come on! I needed more.”
Li Tianwei’s voice of yearning rang out.
Rumble…
In an instant, a terrifying suction force erupted from Li Tianwei’s body.
Within Li Tianwei’s body, the Void Emptiness that had already transformed into a Nascent Soul began to rotate rapidly.
At the same time, behind Li Tianwei, a terrifying phantom Manifestation descended.
Ripples spread across heaven and earth as the world itself cracked open. Void-like hollows flickered in and out of existence, constantly wandering, constantly stealing.
The blood threads filling the sky around the Crimson Pupil transformed into even finer strands, surging endlessly into the Void Emptiness.
The originally sky-covering, dense Evil Intent and ultimate evil energy of the Crimson Pupil were instead drawn back in.
Under this sudden change, it was visible to the naked eye that the Crimson Pupil shrank sharply, clearly caught completely off guard, never expecting such a situation.
Immediately afterward, the Crimson Pupil began to struggle, hoping those blood threads would leave and abandon this invasion.
But was it useful? There was no problem when invading, but when it wanted to flee, that was no longer up to it.
Endless ultimate evil power surged toward Li Tianwei at this moment, and he accepted everything without exception. No matter what kind of power it was, he chose to take it in.
As long as he could use it properly, the righteous could be used as the inverse, and the inverse could likewise be used as the righteous.
Facing Li Tianwei’s sudden act of turning the tables, the Crimson Pupil seemed to understand why it could no longer break free.
After all, it was not the true one in control. At present, dealing with Li Tianwei’s massive intrusion into this world was already its limit.
Li Tianwei’s manner of absorption, to the Crimson Pupil, made these stray thoughts and evil intentions no more than a drop in the ocean.
Since Li Tianwei wanted it, then it would give him enough. It did not believe Li Tianwei could persist for long under such Evil Intent.
Even if it went against the Crimson Pupil’s original plan, it still believed that Li Tianwei would eventually become an existence similar to itself because of these Evil Intent.
These things were not something one could absorb just because they wanted to. Becoming an existence like me was not such a bad thing either.
With that thought, the Crimson Pupil followed Li Tianwei’s intentions and directly drove the power above the heavens—ultimate evil taken to the extreme under the Crimson Pupil’s control—pouring it in all at once.
Rumble…
One could say that Li Tianwei’s action completely aligned with the thoughts of both sides, a truly happy outcome for all.
And so, the two sides fell into a stalemate.
Li Tianwei absorbed, while the Crimson Pupil continuously poured power in.
Just the Evil Intent exchanged between them was enough to turn an enormous region completely gray and distorted, a warped world where anyone staying there would go mad.
Yet such terrifying and evil power meant nothing to Li Tianwei.
He could use the righteous as the inverse and the inverse as the righteous—why not?
Endless evil desire eroded everything, yet Li Tianwei remained exactly the same. Instead, the Crimson Pupil’s originally vast, sky-covering form began to shrink more and more.
Even so, in the Crimson Pupil’s view, the advantage was still on its side. Li Tianwei was only one person, while behind the Crimson Pupil lay countless forces of resentment and evil grievance.
The Crimson Pupil could afford countless mistakes, but as long as even the slightest crack appeared in Li Tianwei’s heart, what awaited him would be complete erosion.
As for Li Tianwei, he originally used these powers to continuously experience and comprehend one life after another.
But he soon discovered that this feeling of enlightenment was about to fade, and he had not yet completed what he envisioned for this enlightenment. How could he possibly let it stop?
What surprised Li Tianwei instead was that this enlightenment seemed to have anticipated his thoughts, arriving even more violently than before.
To this, Li Tianwei could only say that whatever he wanted came as he wished. If he was not the protagonist, then who was?
Endless stray thoughts surged forth, and under constant torment, Li Tianwei felt his Dao Heart becoming increasingly clear and transparent.
“Despair, Extremity, Delusion, Wonder, Scripture…”
All kinds of Dao Intents surfaced and swirled within Li Tianwei’s heart, and the original Hundred Intentions continued to increase at this moment.
One after another.
“So this was what being at the Nascent Soul Realm felt like.”
Li Tianwei could not help but sigh. Just a single enlightenment was allowing him to continuously comprehend new Dao Intents.
“Three thousand Dao Intents really were quite simple.”
Li Tianwei’s aura continued to rise and grow. Yet amid that mass of ultimate evil power, his entire body remained flawless, completely unaffected.
“Impossible, impossible…”
Seeing Li Tianwei still absorbing without end, the Crimson Pupil already felt a deep sense of foreboding.
“How could he have no influence at all? Facing these Evil Intent and aberrant thoughts, there must be at least a trace of fluctuation in his heart.”
“As long as one is a thinking living being, no one can escape stray thoughts, fantasies, and desire…”
The Crimson Pupil was utterly shaken.
But Li Tianwei did not know the current situation. Even if he knew what the Crimson Pupil was thinking, he would likely dismiss it with disdain.
To him, fluctuations and doubts were nothing more than insignificant things.
Li Tianwei had never once doubted himself. In his view, he himself was the truth, the protagonist of the world. What doubt was there to speak of?
Even if there was doubt, was that not also a form of tempering?
Just like this enlightenment right now—were not these endless negative emotions simply because he lacked the experience of failure, deliberately letting him comprehend this to temper him?
If there were no such emotions, Li Tianwei believed his life would have gone smoothly to the extreme, relying only on the righteous to infer the inverse.
Now that they had come, it was all for his own good.
As he carefully experienced it, new Dao Intents emerged. At the same time, within the Void Emptiness Manifestation behind Li Tianwei, tiny points of starlight began to appear.
They flickered faintly, continuously overlapping. Any single one of them contained the Dao Intent Li Tianwei had just comprehended.
Very quickly, this Void Emptiness was filled with starlight. It looked like a starry sky—not as many stars, but still dazzling.
And those blood-thread powers continued to invade, while the Crimson Pupil had already shrunk by half.
The expression within began to turn to fear and panic, no longer as calm and indulgent as before in letting Li Tianwei absorb freely.
“Let go, let go.”
The Crimson Pupil stared fixedly at the blood threads tightly grasped by Li Tianwei’s body, as well as the Void Emptiness Manifestation behind him.
But Li Tianwei’s Seven Apertures had long been sealed. How could he possibly hear anything?