Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 555 - 005: The Plan

In the ancient, charming courtyard.

Creaaak.

Zhuge Minghai stepped out from the Ancestral Hall, closing the door.

He left with a calm expression,

just like before.

However, a person with keen senses could notice.

Compared to his previous demeanor as if burdened by a weight of a thousand pounds, Zhuge Minghai now walked with much lighter steps.

Between his brows, there was a touch more brightness and a shade less heaviness.

At this moment,

Inside the Ancestral Hall.

Austin’s light and shadow hovered over the strange rock, his gaze pierced through layers of void as he watched Zhuge Minghai leave, and a faintly inexplicable smile emerged on his lips.

"Quite a calculation, though choosing this path... One must be ready to become a test subject..."

A low murmur reverberated through the void, faintly and unpredictably.

Afterward, there was no further delay.

The light and shadow rapidly shrunk back, akin to a retreating tide, returning into the peculiar stone.

The light faded, and everything returned to its original form.

At the same time, the figure manifested from Austin’s Spiritual Body appeared within the Gate of Truth space.

All around, light and shadow intertwined.

Austin’s phantom hovered within the light and shadow space.

His expression appeared somewhat unpleasant.

"Damn, didn’t expect using the Gate of Truth to break through worlds could still bring unexpected troubles; thankfully, this time nothing major happened!"

Recalling the encounter that day crossing worlds, Austin also looked grim.

That day, outside the Crystal Wall of the universe, Austin’s Soul Body merged into the remnants of the Gate of Truth, then used the power of the Gate of Truth to open a crack in this universe’s outer Crystal Wall, thereby sneaking in.

However,

Unexpected events always occur inadvertently.

Perhaps because the cosmology of this universe was too vast, its essence robust, the moment the Gate of Truth opened the Crystal Wall gap, the defense system derived from the world’s instincts promptly launched an attack.

The layers of Crystal Walls outside the cosmic interface were not merely ornamental.

The traps hidden within, disturbances of space-time, eternally extinct regions, and other calamities Austin could hardly resist, came one after another.

If it weren’t for a flash in the core region of the Gate of Truth, protecting Austin’s Spiritual Body with invulnerability from all Laws, he might have long succumbed to those terrifying traps.

It wasn’t until passing through the Crystal Wall did the world’s instinctual counterattacks cease and vanish.

The reason behind this,

might be because those traps only existed on the Crystal Wall surface.

Or perhaps creatures between worlds are somewhat similar to immigration certifications from past lives.

As long as you endure the Crystal Wall System’s challenge and successfully arrive in this world, you become one of this native world’s residents and won’t face deliberate obstacles from Heavenly Dao.

Nonetheless, regardless of the reason, Austin temporarily had no mind to ponder these matters.

Sixteen years ago,

After numerous hardships, Austin broke through the Crystal Wall using fragments of the Gate of Truth.

The consequence, however, due to differing world Laws, was a massive dissipation of Spiritual Power.

Before Austin could find a host to latch onto, a formidable figure detected the scattering rays of Spiritual Power and launched a fierce attack following the dazzling light, nearly obliterating Austin in his dire state then.

At that time, while traversing the Crystal Wall, Austin’s power was already mostly depleted.

Furthermore, having just arrived in this world, the incompatibility of Law concepts led to Austin’s vast Spiritual Body rapidly dispersing, nearing the brink of disintegration.

That native strongman’s strike precisely occurred when Austin first entered this world, unstable and at a mere fraction of his peak strength.

Distraught, Austin had to unleash the Power of Extreme Cold from the Sword Realm, then used Spatial Power to barely escape.

Narrowly escaping death, he almost fell in this world.

It was arguably the most precarious moment of his life.

Naturally, Austin was not the kind of Saint who repays malice with virtue; before fleeing beyond space, he left a thread of Spiritual Power on surrounding void rocks.

Through that thread’s perception,

Austin vaguely realized that the native strongman seemed intent on capturing his Spiritual Body to use in some Secret Technique like the Celestial Puppet Technique.

Although unclear, it likely wasn’t anything good.

A feud was taken.

And a life-and-death grudge, not easily settled.

Originally,

Austin planned to rely on this fragment of information after reincarnation, to seek out that native strongman for a good discussion someday.

Unfortunately, having received a finger strike from the native strongman, with Spiritual Power extensively dispersed and the Power System incompatible with this world, he could only hide within the Gate of Truth to heal.

For sixteen years, Austin remained in hiding.

Not only repairing the severely injured Spiritual Body but also transforming Spiritual Power into the world’s native Spiritual Power.

It was precisely due to this that the remnants of the Gate of Truth kept hidden, worshipped by the Plum Blossom Sect for over a decade without exhibiting any phenomenon.

It was as Austin was healing within the Gate of Truth.

Now,

The wounds on his soul are already fully healed.

However, due to the immense dispersion of Spiritual Power from the native strongman’s singular blow, a considerable duration is required to completely restore his former combat abilities.

"For now, I’ll temporarily stay here, analyze the Martial Arts inheritance of the Plum Blossom Sect, transform the foundation into the native Power System, recover some strength, and settle the karma with the Plum Blossom Sect..."

After pondering for a moment, Austin decided on the upcoming temporary plan.

Extracting Zhuge Minghai’s memories, the Martial Arts inheritance of the Plum Blossom Sect fell entirely into Austin’s hands.

Having the native Martial Arts Power System will allow Austin to quickly recover some strength.

The Secret Technique Austin transmitted is one that gathers Soul Power and substantially enhances Computational Power, a Spiritual Secret Technique.

It is extremely compatible with the Plum Blossom Sect’s inheritance.

The Plum Blossom Sect’s direct Martial Arts, "Plum Blossom Divination," inherently leans towards Celestial Secret Divination, a Martial Art that combines with the Path of Divination concept, able to calculate through various enemy attacks during battle for evasion or counterattack.

Its core inheritance can even glimpse celestial secrets, calculating the fate and future of people or events as a terrifying skill!

But,

Seeing into celestial secrets comes at a great cost.

The current Sect Leader Zhuge Minghai’s master sat down for this very reason.

The stronger the computational ability, the more powerful the various Martial Arts Techniques of the Plum Blossom Sect become.

The Secret Technique Austin imparted to Zhuge Minghai is a Spiritual Secret Technique using the Divine Sense for parallel computing, structured like a supercomputer.

By cultivating this technique, a Martial Artist’s computational ability will greatly improve, drastically enhancing the power of the Plum Blossom Sect’s Martial Arts.