in2ebook Chapter 349 -349-Daniel’s Certain-Death Future
Chapter 349 -349-Daniel’s Certain-Death Future
"This really is picking up a treasure."
Daniel sighed at the sheer abundance of his gains. The Basin of Greed alone was enough to compare with all the spoils he had gathered from the outer region of the Astral Realm.
"Although I’ve obtained massive amounts of Holy Relics and divine energy, this current accumulation is still far from enough to construct a supreme sage rank."
His gaze flickered as he looked toward the core plane.
"There are even greater Holy Relics and opportunities hidden there. If I want to forge a supreme sage rank and step into Divine-grade, I must go to the depths of the Astral Realm."
The higher the quality of the sage rank template, the greater its demand for Holy Relics and divine energy.
What Daniel wanted to forge was a supreme sage rank, one that could support him in overlooking all living beings of the same Rank!
Not some mediocre foundation pursued by ordinary sages.
Those ordinary sage ranks were naturally easy to construct. Even a few scraps slipping through his fingers would be enough for ordinary demi-sage rank beings to forge thousands upon thousands of them.
But his pursuit was the strongest!
The Holy Relics and divine energy he required were many times greater than those of ordinary sage rank powerhouses.
Looking around, only the depths of the Astral Realm possessed enough resources to support his grand ambition.
Moreover, once he broke through to Divine-grade, he would immediately obtain the final two elemental cores, unseal the Chronoverse Prologue Codex, and grasp the Laws of spacetime.
At that time, he would truly soar!
"However... I need to fully master the Basin of Greed first."
He liked this treasure very much and could not wait to make it his own.
[Ding! You are absorbing the Primordial Law Grade treasure Basin of Greed...]
About half an hour later,
[Ding! You have successfully mastered the Primordial Law Grade treasure Basin of Greed!]
Daniel placed all the Divine-grade treasures under his name into the Basin of Greed, secretly hoping that one of them would be lucky enough to advance.
As long as even one treasure advanced, it would be a guaranteed profit.
From now on, if anyone dared to provoke him, he only needed to summon the Basin of Greed to plunder every treasure on the enemy’s body.
What did it mean to be "unreasonable"?
This was it.
After finishing all this, he finally turned his gaze toward the core plane before him.
During the time he spent mastering the Basin of Greed, James and the others had continued searching for opportunities in the outer planes, while Vera and Vincent had already taken the first step and entered the core plane.
"It’s time."
Daniel no longer delayed and flew straight toward the core plane.
...
Some unknown place, beside the Time River.
"I am supreme-grade sage Kelly."
The angler’s face was expressionless, her voice like frozen ice.
Although she possessed the same appearance as Kelly, her temperament was frosty, and there was no fluctuation of emotion in her eyes. She was like a stone statue that had existed since the beginning of eternity.
"Because of you, I cannot advance."
Supreme-grade sage Kelly spoke calmly, her tone revealing neither joy nor anger.
"I have remained stagnant at my current Rank for countless eras. If I do not advance soon, the Eternal Sacred Tribulation will inevitably descend. If I fail, my soul will scatter, and you will also vanish into nothingness with me."
Kelly seemed to understand, yet also not understand. She hesitated before asking,
"What... should I do?"
"Return to me and complete what is missing."
Supreme-grade sage Kelly said softly.
Kelly suddenly fell silent.
After returning to the main body, would she still exist?
But if she did not return, and supreme-grade sage Kelly failed to advance, she would likewise be reduced to ashes.
In other words, whether she returned or not, she seemed unable to escape the fate of disappearance.
She sank into silence.
"However... your Mental State has yet to harmonize with my spirit. If you return now, you will only drag me down."
Supreme-grade sage Kelly stared at her.
"You still need to continue tempering yourself, washing away your obsessions and impurities of the heart until you are completely compatible with me."
Kelly frowned.
She had not expected that even returning to the main body would have so many harsh conditions.
"Faustus is Daniel. Both you and he are being manipulated by the threads of fate."
Supreme-grade sage Kelly said coldly,
"I hoped that in reincarnation, you would break free from your obsessions and see through everything in the world. Yet you have always been toyed with by fate, sinking into love and unable to free yourself..."
"If this continues, even endless reincarnations will not allow you to comprehend the truth that the universe is heartless! At this rate, when will you ever be able to become one with me?"
Although supreme-grade sage Kelly possessed heaven-reaching and earth-shaking might, she was helpless against her own avatar.
She did not dare forcefully fuse with her either. If she did, her own strength would instead regress.
She could only wait until Kelly was willing of her own accord, until she understood that on the scale of the universe, emotion was nothing more than a meaningless wisp of cooking smoke.
But deep in Kelly’s heart, there seemed to be a voice whispering.
Do not listen to her. If you listen to her, you will become a person without feelings or emotions.
Would that still be you?
At that time, would Kelly still be Kelly?
Supreme-grade sage Kelly sensed the hesitation and struggle within her heart.
"Choose for yourself."
She gently waved her hand, and an image appeared before Kelly.
It was a projection of time taken from the Time River.
In the scene, Daniel had transformed into a streak of light and was flying toward the core plane of the Astral Realm.
"This is a fragment I extracted from a certain period of the future."
Supreme-grade sage Kelly said indifferently,
"He is about to encounter a tremendous crisis. The only one who can save him is me. After watching it, make your choice."
"Daniel..."
The moment Kelly saw that figure, her gaze became incomparably complicated.
As expected, Brother Faustus was Daniel!
Although she had spent very little time with Faustus, everything about him had already been carved deep into her heart.
The moment she saw Daniel, she was certain that Daniel was Faustus!
She simply did not know what kind of connection existed between Daniel and Faustus...
The image of time continued moving forward.
Following Daniel’s perspective, Kelly experienced everything he experienced.
Those battles, those struggles, those moments on the edge between life and death.
Very soon, the image came to an abrupt stop.
The final frame froze on the instant Daniel was mercilessly erased from the Time River by a great Oracle-grade being.
"Kelly."
Supreme-grade sage Kelly said calmly,
"If you want me to save him, you should know what to do."
"I understand."
Kelly said softly.
There was no hesitation in her voice, only a tragic resolve that bordered on absolute determination.
...
Whoosh—!
Daniel transformed into a streak of light and plunged directly into the core plane.
The Scroll of Astral Prosperity in his arms suddenly trembled violently, as though responding to the summons of this heaven and earth.
Whoosh—!
Without encountering any obstruction, he passed through layer upon layer of spatial barriers, pierced through the seven-colored radiance, and finally stepped into the core plane.
This was a plane even vaster than an ordinary large-scale life world.
Unlike the seven outer planes of the Astral Realm, which were formed from scattered fragments of broken continents, the earth of the core plane was a single complete whole, like a canvas personally laid down by the Creator.
The Laws of this world were slowly moving toward maturity.
Once they matured to a certain stage, the Astral Realm would also open its access permissions to sages!