Chapter 2330: Subst.i.tution Under the Nose of Heaven (Two)

The sacred pavilion of the Tower of Radiance contained an extremely vast miniature world. No one knew just how large it was.

Jian Chen moved through the miniature world at full speed, shooting into the distance like lightning. He could basically cross a thousand kilometres in a single instance. The mist formed from the lingering resentment of the artifact spirit in the s.p.a.ce there had no influence on him at all. He could last a very long time in the Tower of Radiance with his Chaotic Force.

Only after a day of travelling did Jian Chen stop. He sat down in an empty place, and with a thought, a streak of golden light shot out from between his eyes, forming a tiny tower.

The tiny tower was the radiant saint artifact.

“Zi Ying, Qing Suo, get ready to begin,” Jian Chen secretly called the sword spirits.

The figures of the sword spirits immediately appeared, condensing above Jian Chen’s head as an illusionary couple.

“Once we succeed, you will change in a single instance and become the new artifact spirit of the Tower of Radiance. You will be countless times more powerful than in the past. However, if you fail, you will truly vanish from the world. After all, you are not us. You are not undying. Are you ready?” The sword spirits stared at the saint artifact sharply.

“I’m ready. With risk comes reward. For the sake of this opportunity for me to rise up, I don’t mind even if I might become utterly doomed!” the artifact spirit of the radiant saint artifact said firmly.

“Good! Now, we will tell you what you need to do to replace the artifact spirit of the Tower of Radiance. It’s nowhere near as simple as it seems. We can only push you along. Whether you succeed will depend on your personal luck and fate…”

Jian Chen was stern. He immediately used a secret technique and generated Chaotic Flames through igniting his Chaotic Force to melt the radiant saint artifact.

Jian Chen’s Chaotic Force had reached Major Achievement, so the Chaotic Flames were extremely terrifying. The radiant saint artifact was not of a high grade either, so it melted at a visible rate as it stood within the flames.

Nothing remained after getting melted. It had directly been vaporised, burnt into nothingness by the Chaotic Flames.

This was because only materials of certain grades could leave behind something if they were burnt by Jian Chen’s terrifying Chaotic Flames.

As the radiant saint artifact melted bit by bit, the artifact spirit shrieked out miserably as if he were experiencing h.e.l.lish pain.

As the artifact spirit, he was born from the saint artifact. He could not be separated from the saint artifact. If the saint artifact was destroyed, he would disperse.

This was because he was only an artifact spirit that had evolved from energy of lower grades in a lower world. He was not undying like the sword spirits, who could continue to exist even when their swords had shattered.

“Death awaits with failure. Once you’ve taken this step, you have embarked on a path of no return. This is only the first step, so you must endure it, or you’ll disperse,” the sword spirits warned gently. At the same time, the Origin of Ways shot out from their hands and wrapped around the artifact spirit.

“We will use a strand of the Origin of Ways to protect your body; this will prevent it from being destroyed. However, the pain is unavoidable. You can only rely on yourself for that.”

“Remember, even when you’re protected by the Origin of Ways, your consciousness will still collapse and be reduced to energy in the surroundings once you cannot endure the pain anymore.”

The sword spirits warned extremely sternly. Although the secret subst.i.tution, the act of replacing the artifact spirit of the Tower of Radiance with the artifact spirit of the saint artifact, was performed by them, they could only push the artifact spirit along. Success or failure would still depend on the artifact spirit alone.

In just a few seconds, the radiant saint artifact had been truly reduced to nothingness under the Chaotic Flames, and the artifact spirit had become a fist-sized ball of light. This was his body as well as his consciousness. It was equivalent to someone’s soul.

Originally, he would share the same fate as the saint artifact. Once the saint artifact was destroyed, he would not be able to survive. This was the order of nature. However, he just happened to be protected by the Origin of Ways. The Origin of Ways originated from when Grand Exalts pa.s.sed away in meditation, and Grand Exalts were existences who were equivalent to the ways. They were existences who could throw the laws into disorder and control the operation of the heavenly ways.

As a result, the artifact spirit had basically broken the laws and interfered with the heavenly ways under the protection of the Origin of Ways. That was why he could survive.

“Quick, fuse with the base of the artifact spirit of the Tower of Radiance. The base should be present everywhere. You share the same origins as him, so you should be able to sense the existence of the base. You have to complete all of this before our Origin of Ways is completely depleted, or you’ll still end up dispersing,” the sword spirits called out as the Origin of Ways constantly poured out from their hands.

The artifact spirit of the saint artifact remained silent. He immediately began to fuse with the power of the Tower of Radiance’s artifact spirit that he could sense.

Originally, the power of the Tower of Radiance’s artifact spirit was terrifyingly great. Even just a shred of it could easily wipe him out, truly dispersing him. This was because they were on two completely different levels. The artifact spirit of the saint artifact had no right to devour or fuse with it.

However, the Origin of Ways left behind by a Grand Exalt was completely different. As the artifact spirit was wrapped up in it, it was equivalent to creating brand new laws in the world, forcefully changing all of this. It adjusted the artifact spirit’s power, giving him the right to absorb the power of the Tower of Radiance’s artifact spirit.

The artifact spirit began to absorb this power sliver by sliver. Whenever he absorbed a shred of it, the artifact spirit would begin to swell at an unbelievable rate like he had just eaten something nouris.h.i.+ng. His body began to strengthen at an inconceivable rate.

The power of the Tower of Radiance’s artifact spirit was just too terrifying. Even just a single shred of it was enough for the artifact spirit to become countless times more powerful than before.

As the artifact spirit of the saint artifact rapidly strengthened, his absorption of the power gradually sped up as well.

As the power got rapidly absorbed, the entire world within the Tower of Radiance underwent a drastic change. The mist that permeated the Tower of Radiance was the lingering resentment that possessed the artifact spirit’s regret after dispersing.

This resentment seemed to possess the slightest trace of intelligence.

At this moment, the resentment seemed to sense something. Suddenly, the mist surged violently and began to gather in from all directions. It began to violently a.s.sault the artifact spirit protected by the Origin of Ways with intense fury.