Lord Shadow

Chapter 1641 Obsessions

Fortunately, enough, his physique itself is very powerful if not Azief is quite sure he would be drained by now and he would not be able to finish this process.

Azief now understood why all those who walk Perfection path must attain perfection in every step of the breakthrough. 

Because even if one is missing, it would cut off the chance to become stronger , cut off the chance to breakthrough in the future

The requirement of his breakthrough is strict. 

And he chuckles

”If itʼs not strict then everyone probably could pass it through”

”Because Perfection is like that”

And probably because of that it is so hard. 

But this kind of complicated and hard requirement does have a great effect if it is completed. 

Anyone who walk such a path is destined to become a powerhouse in the Universe, if they persist in it. 

Stronger than their peers, closer to the Truth, closer to the Peak!

Even if they decide to abandon this path midway, that alone still qualifies them to be a powerhouse in the universe.

There is many people who find their own path 

Perfection path is powerful. But it is not a path for everyone. One person could walk this path and realize that this path is not the path that they wanted to walk

If that path is not the path you wanted to walk, then why would you walk it? Would you have such conviction? 

No, most people wonʼt have such conviction. They would falter midway, or stumble near the end

Some people abandon it not because they couldnʼt walk it to the end, but because they found their true path. 

No matter how powerful the perfection Path is, it also need to take account of who is walking that path

Perfection path is not a path that anyone could walk till the end. 

Because to walk this path, requires more than just grit, or hard work. It needs luck, destiny, fate, cause and effect, all lined up for you to walk it to the end

All of the other paths in the Omniverse could be pierced through by hard work.

But Perfection could not.

Those who could walk it till the end, has the destiny to walk it to the end. Luck favours them. Destiny loves them. Fate aided them. 

Cause and effect pointed the way.

Karma guided them

This is a path that is affected by external factors. 

Because whoever could walk the Perfection path, is not ordinary person. And the destiny of such person is always grand 

And that is not a compliment. 

Those who have great destiny rarely ends up well. 

The Reformer, the Revolutionary, the one charging forward, the one that opens the curtains to an era, the one that needed an era, these are the templates of people with great destiny

But rarely these people ended up well. 

That is the price of a great destiny. 

”But, this is really not easy” he said with a forced smile. 

Azief feels more and more weaker and more of his longevity is expended. He looks at his skin and his skin seem to become wrinkly. 

He ages. Longevity as long as Heaven and Earth….but now that longevity is being expended in just a few minutes to turn him old. 

When he reaches the realm of Divine Comprehension realm, his lifespan has expanded to millions of years. 

Unless he uses that longevity or burn that longevity away, his lifespan would be as long as the creation of earth and beyond it

Lifespan is also a kind of energy. And it could be used up when he is injured, when he use powers beyond his limit, when he burns his lifespan to strengthen his attack.

But nothing, nothing could compare to the way this cutting of oneself did not his lifespan. 

Each energy that he separates from himself cut millions of years of lifespan. 

The Heavenly Will did not yet have enough power to chain the lifespan of beings like Azief whose cultivation realm surpasses the Heavenly Will

Long lived beings have limitations of their own. But that limitation could not yet be imposed. The situation on Earth is quite….to put it in a mild manner, disorderly

Heaven and Earth follows different order, the living beings in chaos, the order and rules are reversed, the might of mortals surpass the Will of the Heavens.

But even without that limitation, even with his long lifespan that is hard to imagine for any human being, to imagine millions of years of life, even with all that, seemingly having an inexhaustible life force and lifespan, all of that is squandered in just a few dozen minutes

This is bone breaking method. This is life destroying method. Longevity is cut. Energy is cut. The two is connected. 

The energy gave him the lifespan. And now that connection is severed. 

And so, lifespan is cut. 

This is the meaning of Separation. 

It is a pity that Azief could not see how much more of his longevity is there. 

But with each weakness, Azief seems to understand something

He is experiencing decline. He is experiencing weakness that he never thought he would experience again

He felt powerless. Weak. Helpless. 

And he chuckles.

And even when he chuckles he cough

And when he cough, he could feel his throat burns and his entire body seem to be trembling. 

He felt like he just got a bad fever. His forehead is burning. 

And nothing feels right about his body.

His veins feel like they are on fire, his flesh felt like it would melt and his bones feels like it would crack if he even mores a few centimetres

And he chuckles even more

Because he was reminded of something. There is this kind of tribulation in the Jade Empire

Not every being have this same kind of tribulation but in many of the world under the Three Thousand Worlds, this tribulation is quite common. 

Five Decay of Heavenly Beings. 

It is not exactly the same. But it took Azief longevity, took his senses, and took all the things that made him divine

He now experience pain, fatigue, he becomes dirty, his energy withers, he sweat, he smells, and his emotion is also affected, unable to muster happy feelings or optimism

It is like the Immortal is about to die, becoming mortal, shedding the heavenly demeanour and guise, the energy spreads out to the Heaven and Earth, returning what the Heaven gives and the Earth nurtures. 

Isnʼt is the same? He thought to himself. 

Azief look up, saw the blinding light, the aura of his essence avatar filling the skies, like the aurora in the northern skies. 

How beautiful, is it not?

But how painful it is for him to create this kind of scene

It is very poetic that pain creates the most beautiful things. 

And he laughs and as he laugh he felt his chest hurts

Still, he laughs.

Then what makes him able to still persist?

Azief remembers something. And that memory gave him the strength. 

Obsession. 

Love, hate, these are all powerful emotion. But what makes these two feeling so profound and impactful?

Obsession. 

Strong obsession. 

Love is like that. 

Hate is also like that. 

So, he condense another Essence, his Obsession to reach the Peak, his obsession to become strong burns stronger than ever

In his mind, he saw the destruction of the human race, he saw the fate that could befall his loved, he saw his own fate, his brothers, his family, people he doesnʼt know and he knows that all of this tragedy that is playing out in his mind is not real

But it is a possibility

And that possibility always nearly come true multiple times.

The Fall. The Fake World. The Weronian Invasion. Sithulran. The Demon Kings. The intruder from another worlds and planets and galaxies. 

All of these threats is jumbling up in his mind. 

All….are possibilities. 

And that fuel his obsession even harder. 

”I could not stop now!” he shouted to the sky. 

His shout no longer pierces the Heavens and no longer possess the power he had before like when he is in Divine Comprehension realm 

In the past, if he shouted like this, the sky would open up , and the heavens would quake

But right now, his shout is like a mortal shouting. 

And in this shout, there is that determination and another aura rose up to the sky, shakes the Heavens and makes all the Ten Seas tremble

Once again, a powerful wave of energy was released and this energy ripples all across the world. 

Once again, the things and monsters that was hidden from the world, hidden in the depths of the sea is revealed to the Heavenly Will and to those who would look and observe

But all of this have nothing to do with Azief.

A divine energy rose up from him and then this divine energy separates itself from him. Bout of weakness, the feeling of being mortal has never felt so clearly to him.

The weakness of the mortal that he had long forgotten reminded him in this moment

Now, he is condensing his Divine Essence.

The whole world stirs and divine energy fills the sky and the earth. 

There is the sound of chanting that comes out of nowhere, songs that could not be identified but the music which calms the mind and soothes the soul

The Song of the Sea, the Song of the Forest, the Song of the Mountains, of the beast, of rivers and lakes, of wind and storms, of fire and water, these songs which could only be heard but some people could now be heard all over the world

For those who never listens to it before now that they listen, the song are beautiful, terrifying, captivating, disorienting all at the same time

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