Chapter 653 The talk in the dark
The soul is the only thing that can not be replicated; each person has a unique soul. Even a clone body given life has a soul different from the original and its own copy.
When it comes to the soul, it means they are their own beings without any connection to the original; even when the clone gets transplanted with the memory of the original, the clone will still have its own agenda and tend to break free from the control of the original.
This is the reason why mages prefer to use homunculus instead of a clone body: homunculus is like creating a blank body to house a mage's soul. Cloning a body is like creating another human being with the same structure and memories but with a different soul than the original. And the process of a soul occupying a clone body is something that is impossible to stop either.
Besides, the art of creating a homunculus body is more advanced than that of a typical clone anyway; more than that, a homunculus body is stronger than a typical human clone's body, whether it's physical strength or magical potential. But that can only be said for the average mage.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
As for powerful mages, the like that can have a seat in the High Council, such as Ragnar, Golden Scale, or Envy. The Homunculus body is another matter entirely, as the magical potential of the Homunculus body is limited.
It's like they have max power at 100 in their original body. Then, when they change to their homunculus body, their physical and magical limit is at 60 instead. That's why this is not a problem for the average mage with a magical potential below 60 in their original body.
Back to the discussion, Golden Scale continued with his explanation.
"We don't know what truly happened to Daniel Emberweave after the ritual taking his original element ended. What happened in the aftermath, the ability to directly connect with the Akashic Record might be manifested within his body… or maybe his soul. All of these are just theories.
But one thing we know for sure… With Daniel Emberweave, we have a very high chance of realizing the dreams of all the mages that even King Solomon could not achieve!"
Golden Scale word made all of the people except Tianhao Zhisheng, who's not a mage. Their eyes glow with greed and ambition! Has direct access or connection to the Akashic record!? What does that mean!?
It means power! Unlimited power! At their fingertips are unlimited knowledge and the ability to comprehend the forbidden knowledge that may be forgotten by the river of history!
"So… Does this mean we will work on capturing this guy? I don't think we have enough time for that; the ritual to put him out of the game is already 80% finished. We don't have enough time or resources to start from scratch." Asked the man in the owl mask.
"No… we will follow the same plan. We need to send him as far away in the future as we can after we have already controlled the world. We will work on a plan and ritual to capture him, but I don't believe we can't devise a ritual to capture him after at least a hundred or two hundred years." Golden Scale said, his voice full of confidence.
"Sounds good; let's stick to the plan. I hope you won't try to keep the captured subject for yourself," the man in the owl mask said cautiously.
"Mr. Owl, I should be the one asking you that. From what I heard, you and your followers aren't exactly the type to honor agreements," Golden Scale retorted. The two glared at each other for a moment before looking away, both unwilling to start a fight at that moment.
Seeing this, Tianhao Zhisheng, previously silent, started to speak. "That's wonderful; I hope you'll share the power you obtained from Daniel Emberweave with this emperor… preferably immortality. You can keep all the magic mumbo jumbo for yourself," he said arrogantly. This earned him a glare from Garret, but the Owl-masked man shook his head, signaling him not to act recklessly.
They invited Tianhao Zhisheng because he was a key to the upcoming plan. His country is vast, with an even larger population. The Qing Empire will undoubtedly spearhead the war against New Atlantis.
— Night - Daniel House —
A few days ago, Tian Xingyun returned from secretly guarding Daniel against Loki. She can't enter the SYndicate Union secret section because of the only elevator that brings them down there. However, she can still use her spiritual sense to check Daniel's well-being.
After that, she noticed the group had come out and gone to an abandoned island near New Atlantis. She followed them and saw an incredible scene. She saw her husband dispel a terrifying amount of curse that could kill a simple god…
Then… Tian Xingyun saw that Daniel had fought against a powerful beast god, and even though the god had just recovered, he had beaten the beast to a pulp. She was proud of her husband. But in the end, Loki didn't seem to play any tricks; on the contrary, the one who appeared to be playing tricks was Hephaestus.
After coming back, Tian Xingyun came back and told Envy about what she had seen. Then she knew from Envy that blood is a very important factor for a mage; it can be used to do many things, especially when they want to make a firm binding contract. Find more chapters on empire
But usually, if it was a contract, the mages wouldn't want to use their blood because it was very easy for the opposition to steal it and use it on something else they didn't know. So, they wouldn't usually use their own blood as a medium in a contract binding unless they can ensure that the blood can not be extracted from the contract.
But should Hephaestus prepare a blood contract for both Loki and Daniel? Envy doesn't believe that the like of Hephaestus didn't have a way to prepare a contract that can bind a god without using blood as a medium.
Besides, with Hephaestus's skill, she believes he can find a way to extract blood from the contract. These whole things smell fishy to the High heaven for her.
Right now, Daniel was away. It's been a few days since he visited the newly built weapon testing site in the Sultanate of Aqaba desert. He brought Penthesilea, Maria, and Michaela with him; the women in the house didn't know why their husband did that; the guess is that Daniel's paranoia had acted up again.
Right now, there are only women in the house. Envy, Tian Xingyun, Greed, Pride, who followed Greed here from the US, and Sloth, who… came here because Envy had invited her for some reason.
Tian Xingyun didn't mind the crowd; the house had a lot of room due to the new renovation that Daniel had put in. Their house is about 2 times the size of the original house, and it has a dedicated wing for Daniel's private workshop.
Envy had already gone to sleep, as did the others; only Tian Xingyun was now sitting in the gazebo under the night sky, accompanied by the swaying water of the moonlit pool. She's waiting for something.
Suddenly, Tian Xingyun takes out the jade slip from her pocket; the jade has the emblem of the Peng Clan on it. This jade slip is the communication jade that the Peng clan had given to her when they came to her back then.
"Report to Your Majesty, the war for the throne in the Immortal World has ended. All the sects and clans that participated in the war had decided to decide on the new Heavenly Palace with the tournament. "Once they have an official ruler. I'm afraid they will interfere in the mortal world, and Your Majesty's vacation in the mortal world would be… compromise." The voice from the jade slip reported. The voices belong to the Ancestor of the Peng Clan.
"That's very concerning, but it's not what I wanted to know. What I need you to investigate is to find out who killed my father?" Asked the Empress.
"..." The voice went silent. This is the second time the Ancestor of the Peng Clan has heard this. At first, he hears it from the Empress herself to help her investigate the Immortal World, including who killed her father. At that time, the Ancestor of the Peng Clan thought there must be something fishy about it, and the one who killed the former Emperor might not be Zhou Yu Huang.
But After the deep investigation. The fact was still the same; the one who killed the former Emperor was Shou Yuhuang, the missing and presumed dead current Heavenly Emperor.
"You… Your Majesty… You truly don't remember?" Asked the Peng Clan ancestor.
"Remember what?" Asked the Empress; she remembered that her father was still strong and didn't seem to be reaching the end of his life any time soon. The only possibility is that someone must have murdered him.