The three women sat around the campfire, each deep in their own thoughts. Tian Feng was poking a stick into the fire when she heard a voice behind her.
“Since when did someone write a book about my life?” Liang Wu asked as he stepped through the veil of Qi, Tian Feng had erected earlier.
Tian Feng turned and stared at him with her mouth agape. “You! H-how did you hear that? Isn't your true cultivation sealed, how did you get through my barrier?” She sputtered. The reason she put the barrier up in the first place was to keep him from hearing about the book she'd given the two girls. She worried that some of the contents of the book would upset him, as it was incredibly detailed, having information that he had never even shared with his friends.
“Since we came back from that dungeon, I've been thinking of solutions to being trapped in a barrier again, and I realized that the skill I acquired recently was the answer the whole time.” He said while sitting down beside Tian Feng.
“The Beast Transformation Technique can allow you to go through barriers?” Chen Li Li asked as she looked up from reading the book about him.
“While I was cultivating a moment ago I tried imitating the qi fluctuations of the barrier Tian Feng put up. I figured it was the perfect chance to practice in case we ever encountered a similar situation.” He reached out to touch the edge of Tian Feng's barrier. His hand first met resistance before passing through easily. “If I match the qi fluctuations of this barrier instead of transforming into an inanimate barrier of qi, I gain the ability to pass through it.”
“How is that possible? Even amongst gods, I've never heard of such an ability.” Tian Feng was bewildered by this revelation. The ability to cross through any barrier, even those erected by a God Realm cultivator was beyond extraordinary. It had to be known that Liang Wu was at the lowest realm of cultivation and Tian Feng was at the highest, and yet he passed through her barrier as if it didn't even exist.
“I suspect that this technique is above God-Grade. I don't know for sure though, as I never made a technique after crossing beyond the God Realm. Since there was no need for a more powerful technique when I was the strongest being in existence.” Liang Wu said with a proud smirk.
“Wow! He's so humble.” Chen Li Li muttered while rolling her eyes.
“There is a realm above the God Realm?” Daiyu asked curiously. She had just learned from Tian Feng that the God Realm was the highest realm of cultivation, but now she was hearing that there was a realm beyond that.
“Technically the God Realm is the highest realm, however after my battle with the Heavenly Will, I transcended the God Realm, and stepped into what I call the God Emperor Realm.” Liang Wu explained.
“I wonder if they wrote about it in that book?” He reached out to Tian Feng. “Give me one of those books as well.”
“Are you sure?” She asked before switching to talking to him using voice transmission so the others couldn't hear. I gave them versions that are meant for children with less violence than the original. The only one I have left is the original, this one expands on the slaughter you committed during your Qi Deviation.
“It’s fine, give it to me.” He said out loud, too weak to use voice transmission.
“Okay.” She handed him her last book.
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In the far reaches of space, beyond the stars and galaxies, there stood an ethereal palace. The walls shimmered like the night sky, and motes of starlight floated around, casting a mesmerizing multicolored glow. It was as if the very fabric of space and time danced in celebration around this celestial stronghold.
Inside the palace, seated atop a grand throne, was a young woman adorned in purple robes. Her eyes were covered by a matching purple blindfold, adding to her enigmatic presence. Despite her serene appearance, there was an air of excitement bubbling just beneath the surface. She clutched a delicate writing brush in one hand, and in the other, a book that looked worn from use, as though it had been read and written countless times.
Suddenly, the stillness of the palace shattered.
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"OH! MY! GOD! HE'S READING MY BOOK!!" she exclaimed, her voice echoing off the palace walls in pure elation.
Her outburst sent a nearby book tumbling off her desk and onto the floor. The cover gleamed in the multicolored light as it came to rest. Written in bold letters on the cover were the words:
The Story of the Demon God of Heavenly Slaughter 2 - Written by His Biggest Fan
(´ε｀)♡
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Liang Wu skimmed through the pages of the book quickly. When he reached the end he exclaimed in surprise. “How is this possible? I couldn't even write a more accurate account of my life. They even know things I've never told anyone before.”
“So, this book really tells your life story?” Daiyu leaned forward, her navy blue hanfu stretched tight around her chest threatening to burst. Liang Wu gulped seeing this.
“What are you looking at?” Tian Feng asked as she smacked Liang Wu on the back. He tumbled to the ground, eating a face full of dirt. “Ah, sorry, I used too much strength…”
When he stood up dusting the dirt from his robes, the three women couldn't help bursting into laughter as they saw the dirt covering his face.
A slight blush from embarrassment spread across his face, but it was mostly covered by the smeared dirt.
With a light cough he played off his embarrassment. “Yes, the book tells my entire life story, it even covers things I didn't remember.”
Daiyu stood up, stepping to his side, she reached up to help wipe the dirt from his face. She shook slightly from holding back a laugh. “You can laugh if you want, it was funny after all.” He said, seeing her shaking.
She stopped holding back her laughter. Her voice sounded like the tinkling of bells in his ears.
Being surrounded by the laughter of the three women, caused him to crack a small smile and laugh lightly as well.
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A short time later, after all of the excitement was over Liang Wu asked the most important question. “Tian Feng, what did you find out about the situation in the dungeon?”
“It was very strange, I don't really understand what I found in the dungeon.” She said as she retrieved a tablet-like device from thin air.
“Look here, this shows that there were five separate auras in the boss chamber.” She turned the device on and its screen showed various lines and numbers. Liang Wu and the two young women leaned over to get a better look.
“These lines represent each aura, and these numbers are their identifiers. However, what comes next is the strange part.” She pressed a button and the screen switched to showing each line and its ID number, but two of the lines overlapped with slightly different IDs.
“If you look here, these two overlapping lines represent the same person, however their different numbers mean that the two aura aren't exactly identical.” She pressed one more button and one more line with a number attached appeared on the screen. “I've just had the aura gathering tool collect the auras of each person in this camp. Look, this one is my aura. Now I will match each one of your auras with those in the dungeon.”
After a few seconds she matched each person with their auras. What she had found was that Liang Wu’s aura matched with the overlapping auras.
“What does this mean?” Liang Wu asked.
“I'm not sure, even twins like my brother and I don't have overlapping auras. The only explanation I could think of is that it was the same person with different but nearly identical bodies.” She explained her theory, as far fetched as it sounded.
“You're telling me that it was my original body? But that is absolutely impossible, my true body doesn't have a soul right now, so it is essentially dead. The only thing keeping it alive is my cultivation base at the God Emperor Realm.” There was no way he would believe that he was the one somehow messing with himself.
Tian Feng shrugged. “I don't know. That was just the theory I came up with after a little thought. There is a chance that it was someone imitating your aura, however my aura gathering tool would normally pick up both their original and imitated auras.”
“Hmm…? I think it's more likely that someone with a highly advanced aura imitation technique was messing around, however I'm still not sure who it could have been.” He would need to give this more thought, but that could wait till later. There was one more thing he needed now.
“Thank you for your help Tian Feng. However there is one more favor to have to ask.” He stepped away from the campfire and stopped a short distance away out of earshot of the other two. Tian Feng followed behind him.
“What's he being so secretive for all of the sudden?” Chen Li Li asked with a hint of frustration in her voice. She didn't like being left out of the conversation.
“It's probably a private matter that we shouldn't pry into. If we needed to know, I'm sure he would tell us.” Daiyu said, however, by the way she kept staring, it was clear she didn't want to be left out either.