novelraw Chapter 1741 1740 - The Dao of Fusion
Chapter 1741 1740 - The Dao of Fusion
There had been several things Karu could not tell Lind despite their many lifetimes together. For instance, she never knew how he appropriated her Talent's effects at all nor how changes were effected.
She also did not always know what he planned or what events occurred that never happened again when they were together. Lind had long suspected his former selves of intentionally hiding things.
He had 3 reasons for it. The biggest was the danger of undoing all the work. If Lind snapped back onto the path he was supposed to be on, the chains of fate would put him back on the path of certain doom.
Fate was being used by the Bastard to keep all potential enemies just strong enough to be useful and no more. The fact the Harmonic Dragons never existed before the current time line proved that alone.
The other 2 reasons were related. The Bastard seemed to harness the knowledge of his previous lives so the less information given, the better. Karu's Talent let her recall her memories meant that the Bastard might target her for any knowledge he was missing.
Karu had hinted at such and thus if it became fruitless, the Bastard would not waste time on it. He had better things to do.
Under those 3 reasons, Lind had wondered what exactly he had been doing but now that he had learned of it, he knew his old Dao. It could no longer phase him. HIs path was set.
The Dao of Fusion was a terrifying thing. Once he was safely able to study it, he quickly grasped it and why it became his old path. He was looking for anything as a 6 elemental. It was entirely logical that the Dao he grasped was fusion.
The power to take everything and make it his own. Such a terrifying power would be a decent counter to the Fiends. Rather than purify the Fiends, his old self took it as well! He became their natural enemy!
It also explained why so many died. The Dao of Fusion was not like the Dao of Defiance. It could not be made into effective weapons or armor for others. Only the user of the Dao could actually make use of it.
Yet, that user would be a nightmare on 2 legs to all that thought to overpower them. Even a full major realm weaker would be able to take on his betters with it.
Lind now reconsidered his assumptions about it.
What if the Dao of Fusion could be refined to grasp aspects and leave a target intact?
"This Tapestry, has it ever been proven wrong or is there a threshold to trigger it?" He asked the question he now burned to know. If it was the former, it was simply the limit of the artifact.
There was nothing to be done in that case no matter the power.
Starweaver turned to her companion. Both seemed unsure of how to answer his question.
The Sage of Artifice then summoned a plate inscribed with a complex design. She took some crystal powder into her hands and gently placed it at certain points. The plate lit up part of the design and a field of energy floated from it as she saw something only she could interpret.
Lind had never felt anything remotely like it in his life but his harmony seemed to respond. It was as if it recognized it!
The aura faded and her face scrunched up before looking at him with a complicated glance.
"This is a piece of the foundational technique behind the Tapestry. It is used by many to train for using it or expanding their abilities. Anyone that is connected to a reincarnator is issued it to see if they are compatible." He grasped the concept.
That kind of artifact would need people that were able to resonate with its principles. It was too rare to be used by the general public like a teleportation array or defensive arrays.
"What I tested was to see what it would take to trigger a connection and I got muddled results. It cannot be forced so I would assume there is some kind of threshold that needs to be reached." Lind felt pieces fall into place.
The Dao of Fusion was powerful but it was ultimately still contained within the rules of fate. Heaven and Earth certainly accommodate such a Dao in so many ways it was not even funny to call it a supreme Dao.
If he knew he had to shift not only his fate but his fortune to such an extent from even the beginning, he would likely have studied the Tapestry over and over. Combine it with Karu's Talent to reset and retain her memories, a dangerous idea took hold.
Could he actually fuse the Talent to go back in time and the connection the Tapestry sought out by making it 'remember' a previous timeline?
It was not impossible but it could only take effect if it was fused to his soul. The ability to retain the bonds of his previous life without preventing a change!
How difficult was it? How impossible had the task seemed? Lind looked at the pair before him as his eyes began to water. A realization struck him.
Why those 2? Of all the factions that regulated his Celestial Fields, why them? Only 1 reason could come to his mind.
What would have made him take such a huge risk? People he had loved and been forced to watch die. People that sacrificed their lives to save him or others and he learned they had struggled because they failed to activate the Tapestry.
If it happened more than once and he learned of it, it would drive him mad. Mad enough to look for answers anywhere, to fuse anything to his existence.
Lind's head snapped up at that thought. Surely not?! He slowly stood up and began to pace. The pair looked confused but he ignored them at the moment.
Lind felt like an itch he could not scratch was finally being satisfied. He had always thought it had been random or some other method the pair had been made his protectors.
Lind had seen the scene from when they were chosen and a thought finally took shape. His harmony flared but unlike any other time, he was looking deep into it. He was not looking for what it was, but what had been added to his soul.
He was not sure what he expected to find. He had examined it so many times before but always to understand it or resonate it with his next step. Now, he was looking for something that did not belong naturally.
It had been added to his existence.
The emerald flame was just a color to many, but to Lind there was his soul, the Dao of Defiance, and all the other aspects. He saw it was all intertwined as it had always been.
Where would he have hidden it? What had he done?
He could not find it. He could not see anything that stood out. It was seemingly fruitless until he looked at the 2 women. He waved his hand out and 2 tendrils touched each of them. They did nothing but the reaction was instantaneous.
The world warped around them and triggered half the wardings, yet they could do nothing to stop the reaction.
Lind lost complete control and parts of his harmony lit up. A phantom flashed before pain lanced his mind.
{Do–fere–op–obey.}
Lind heard his own voice but it felt infinitely more powerful. His eyes narrowed as he refused to stop as the partial command asked him to.
He was no longer going to be denied the truth! He wanted his answers!
His dantian flared and all 6 layers of his Mysteries overpowered the force trying to prevent him from seeing what he was trying to learn.
Some barrier broke and it was like he was seeing down a corridor of mirrors! He had seen it before! Only the current incarnation was his harmony alone.
He saw a very simple emerald flame that slowly piled on more and more various abilities that remained with every restart. The Dao of Fusion was unaffected by Karu's Talent!
It meant that even before he met her, his harmony had originally been growing stronger with every restart!
A shocking thought came to him. Rather than adding to his harmony, something had been removed!
The connection shattered as he now understood what his previous self had grasped. No matter how much power he accrued, the Dao of Fusion could never break free. He needed to remove it but how?
He looked at the pair in front of him and realized what it was that the Tapestry did.
"By the spirits, he fused the Dao to the Tapestry and removed it from himself." The process was originally improving the harmony alone but there was absolutely nothing that said his other selves never learned how to fuse outside the body.
He could create things few others ever would. Forging, elixir mastery, and weaving were the only professions that could be compatible to such a Dao so he had fused them to his soul. Yet, fusing meant taking and merging.
What would happen if the basic Dao was removed? The very foundation of his soul would be broken and need a way to compensate for the next and final chance.
The only way to compensate was to fuse 2 people integral to his life as a Divine Realm and he would change their fate as well.
Tears formed in his eyes. He was not that man. He was entirely his own but he could have gotten it all back. The Dao had been there, waiting for him to take it back even with Defiance as his new foundation.
The Dao of Defiance could certainly defy his own choice and put back what was removed. He sat down slowly and the 2 women grew concerned. They went to come near him when he held his hands up.
"I need to tell you something. It's important you let me finish but it will take some time. Please, just listen." He saw them nod before he took a deep breath and began to speak.
He unveiled all the history he knew of and all he had just grasped. The 3 of them in that room finally understood how they had arrived at the current moment. The gamble and sacrifice of his other selves humbled them all but also made it clear they had one goal.
It had to be all worth it. They had to make the dream come true and finally break not only the cycle that had allowed the Divine Lands to limp along but destroy the true Bastard waiting in the next major realm.