The next day:
Edward walked out of the room and immediately saw the team waiting for him.
"You should have made a decision?"
"Yes," replied Tobias. "We accept your offer."
After seeing how the Arcanist effortlessly decimated these top reincarnators, he knew he had no choice. So, he talked to the team and tried to convince him. Luckily, no one was stupid enough to refuse or pass on such a great opportunity.
"Excellent," replied Edward before taking out the Cube Artifacts and giving each person one–except for one person, Kingsley.
"What about me?" asked the Technomancer.
"Your situation is different," explained Edward. "You don't have a Soul Dimension, and based on my current technology level, I cannot guarantee I can hide from the Lord God."
"What does that mean for me and the mission?"
"You will be a dormant spy," explained Edward. "I will erase most of your memories and save them. Then, after studying your case and gathering more technology from the Samsara Hall, I will send one of them to contact you and 'activate' you."
Edward sighed. His previous plan for Kingsley was to create an artificial Soul Dimension for him. Unfortunately, he was not confident in hiding it from the Samsara Hall and the Purple-Robe Daoist.
So, he has to wait until he understands Kingsley's weird situation of why he is not affected by the rules of other Universes. He also has to wait for the Empire's soul technology to reach the same height as the magical side.
Luckily, he already has a direction of research. When he asked Kingsley why he did not have a soul, the latter once mentioned the soul was the result of quantum mechanics, the complex interactions of subatomic particles within the brain.
So, he will study how to hide information in these subatomic particles and their intricate interactions, achieving the same result as the Soul Dimension's Fourth Layer.
"As you wish," said Kingsley calmly. According to his analysis, being a dormant spy is safer in the early years because of his innocent status or lack of information.
He will be the same Kingsley before he meets the Arcanist until he awakens.
"So, what's next?" asked Tobias after fusing with the cube. He tried to find it inside his body with his Observation Haki, but it was futile.
Edward did not immediately answer him.
"Morgana, did you get all the coordinates I asked for?"
"I should finish calculating them tomorrow."
"Alright." He looked at the group. "I will leave this timeline tomorrow. You guys should return to God Space and wait until your next mission to contact.
"The Purple Robe Daoist should be keeping watch on you, so wait until a couple of missions before contacting me. Now, you only need to act normally."
"I'm nervous," said Michelle.
"You don't have to be," reassured Edward. He had his reasons for saying that. The artifact he gave them will be quite handy. His future self programmed it to do a variety of things, including subtly influencing their mind to be calmer in stressful situations.
It will also prevent their facial expressions and body language from changing and revealing certain information. Finally, it can even blur or seal their memories of this event, making it seem as if they knew nothing.
After reassuring the group, he proceeded to deal with the final preparations. He made it look as if he did light experiments on all the captured reincarnators–including Tobias' group.
Then, after Morgana got the coordinates for worlds like Fate, One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, World of Warcraft, Underworld, Resident Evil, and Rebirth of the 8th Circle Wizard, he left this timeline.
…
As soon as Edward left, the Samsara Hall sent a message that the mission in this world was terminated and all reincarnators would return immediately.
A white light enveloped Tobias, and after opening his eyes, he immediately discovered something was wrong. After every mission, he would return to his personal room, a pocket dimension over which he has complete control.
And by using Samsara Points, he can design the room however he wishes; he could turn it into an experiment room or a divine place like Asgard. His personal room imitated Water Seven from one piece and was full of training places like Gravity Room.
However, he was now in an all-white room with many others; to be precise, with all the people who participated in the previous mission–including the Tier 8 Reincarnators.
He saw an enormous light that was scanning everyone's presents. So, a look of worry and fear appeared on his face. His movement was so natural that Tobias himself did not notice any anomaly.
Everything proceeded normally until the scanning light reached two people. Tobias recognized these two–Tamat and Bai Li.
Suddenly, something came out of these two's bodies and appeared in this white room. Every reincarnators recognized this person as the Arcanist who captured them.
Then, they realized why this Arcanist did nothing to them besides a few experiments–he wanted to use these top reincarnators to invade the God Space.
As soon as Edward's clones appeared, they did not waste time and began bombarding this place with powerful spells. So, hundreds of magic circles appeared in the sky, bombarding the white space with terrible attacks.
Unfortunately, a mysterious power appeared and easily dealt with his attacks. Then, a strange fluctuation emanated from the room, and the clone stopped. They discovered their mana stopped working.
'Anti-Magic?' thought of the clones before sneering. They converted the mana inside their bodies into different energy before continuing their bombardment.
The clones made it look as if their only objective was to get out of this place and access the highest secrets of the Samsara Hall. However, they could not leave the room, and the power of the Samsara Hall would use ways to deal with whatever energy they switched to.
In the end, the clones acted ruthlessly and attacked the reincarnators; they had no reserve in their desire to use these people as pawns. Luckily, according to his calculations, the Samsara Hall intervened and saved these people.
However, this was not Edward's final trump card. Before leaving, he secretly went to the reincarnators' planet and gave the clones he left in their bodies some Void Energy.
He processed this Void Energy to suppress the Creation Characteristics and boost the Destruction and Space-Time. So, when the clones used it, it was truly a weapon of pure chaos and destruction.
Unfortunately, even this attempt failed.
The power from the Samsara Hall became more intense and easily dealt with these Void Energies. In the end, the clones exploded themselves and erased all traces of their existence.
Then, the group stayed in the white room for more than 8 hours before they were allowed to leave.
Blank Realm, the space between dimensions or timeline:
"Fail?" muttered Edward as he sensed the fate of his clones. Although he wished they could achieve something, his main objective was to use them as a distraction and remove suspicions from Tobias' group.
Of course, he also used them to gather more information. During their mad bombing of the white space, the clones were also gathering data by scanning the surroundings.
"Well, it doesn't matter since the first step is completed," muttered Edward before returning to his timeline.
Although he was only gone for a few days, it felt like years because of how much happened in such a short time. Plus, he missed Tsunade's blessed asse…face; yes, he missed her beautiful face.
After returning, Edward felt peaceful. Then, he also felt a sense of repulsion from the entire universe.
"It seems I don't have much time left."
He knew the Universe Will was beginning to reject his presence in this universe and wished to expel or banish him. Luckily, he still has time to do a few more things as he waits for his ride to come pick him up.
Samsara Hall, Core Room:
A handsome young man of Eastern descent sat cross-legged on a cloud, dressed in ancient purple dressed with Yin-Yang patterns on his long sleeves. Below him was a picturesque view of a floating island full of rainbow, immortal-like mist, and a white crane dancing in the sky.
However, the young man did not care for the beautiful scenery. For one, he is the one who created it and was used to seeing it. Secondly, he had more important things to do today. A screen floated before him, and he looked at it with worry.
The Purple-Robe Daoist watched Edward's clones launch devastating spells on the empty room.
'Damn this foreign barbarian,' thought the Purple-Robe Daoist; he was furious that someone dared to invade his territory. However, despite his anger, he had no desire to show up. So, he watched until they blew themselves up.
"System, is the Arcanist dead?"
[The Clones were dealt with,] responded a cold and emotionless voice.
"Clone? What about the real body?"
[Alive.]
"Can't you kill him?"
[The current World Source is not enough.]
The Purple-Robe Daoist frowned, "Speaking of World Source, how much was used to deal with this invasion?"
The screen changed to show him a set of data.
"So much? How is that possible?"
[The enemy used Void Energy.]
"Damn it," he yelled, releasing a terrible killing intent. He knew how long it would take him to make up for the World Source. This loss was enough to slow down his plans by decades.
Furthermore, he suffered such a tremendous loss not long ago because of a war with another God Space.
'My luck has been poor recently,' thought Purple-Robe Daoist, not hiding his annoyance. He took a deep breath to calm down.
"You have scanned these people. Are there any anomalies?"
[All the reincarnators have signs of someone trying to read their memories and search for their souls.]
"Did the Arcanist succeed?"
[Besides Reincarnator 18947463, there is no evidence to show otherwise.]
"Hernandez?" muttered Purple-Robe Daoist; he knew the protection measure used in Hernandez's soul was activated. However, according to the system, the Arcanists should have retained some information.
"Is it possible to find him?"
[With your current security level and World Source, the answer is negative.]
The Purple-Robe Daoist tapped his fingers together; this was a habit he developed when his emotions were riled up.
"Are there any issues with these reincarnators?" The Purple-Robe Daoist was considering whether he should continue using these people. He had only recently chosen a new batch of reincarnators, so he did not want to eliminate so many and have to choose another.
Furthermore, among these people, there were many excellent 'leeks,' as he liked to call them. They were intelligent, driven, and capable. These people had a high mission success, thus allowing him to gather more World Source.
[There is a 95% chance that they are clean.]
The Purple-Robe Daoist immediately frowned again, "What about the remaining 5%?"
[The system is currently running at its lowest level. As such, there are certain methods that cannot currently be used.]
Purple-Robe Daoist did not like this answer. Although there was only a 5% chance, he did not want to take risks.
"Can you explain the missing 5%?"
[Yes. The 5% takes into account that the Arcanist has other ways to hide from my detection. Ways like the Fourth Layer of the Soul Dimension, advanced use of Grand Dao Runes, or blessing of Tier 14 or above powerhouses.]
The Purple-Robe Daoist pondered. The Soul Dimension's Fourth Layer is knowledge accessible to Tier 11, and that's the bare minimum to begin studying it. So, he did not think this Tier 8 Arcanist could do it.
Grand Dao Runes, also called Source Runes, Origin Runes, and Void Runes, is one of the most unique powers in existence, it's a transcendent power. The core of his system is Grand Dao Runes.
He needed so much World Source because the Grand Dao Runes of the artifact was destroyed and needed a large amount of energy to heal.
However, according to his knowledge, only a few people in the Void understand and can use it. So, he did not think the Arcanist would have any connection to such a power, given his current strength.
'So, the only problem is if he is connected to a Tier 14 Powerhouse.'
The Purple-Robe Daoist knew there were only 16 Tiers, so a Tier 14 Powerhouse was on the level of Primordial Chaos Saint, which is the level of Pangu when he opened the Prehistoric World.
He is only a Da Luo Golden Immortal (Tier 9), and his current goal is to become a Saint, which is only Tier 11. Before then, he still has to become a Quasi-Saint (Tier 10) before proving the Dao and achieving Sainthood.
The Purple-Robe Daoist knew becoming a Saint would not be easy even with his system–let alone Tier 14. So, things would become complicated if the Arcanist was connected to one.
"System, what would happen if I forcefully used all your power to detect whether there was anything wrong with these reincarnators?"
[All of the system's functions will be shut down for 10,000 years.]
The Purple-Robe Daoist shook his head; this price was too great to pay.
'I will have to take the risk.' He was not happy about this decision, but he knew it was the best choice.
"Keep a watch on these people and tell me if you detect anything wrong," he said. "Plus, besides Bai Li, increase the mission difficulty of the other 3 by 70%."
[As you command.]
"It seems it's time to recruit more people," muttered the Purple-Robe Daoist. He wanted the Earth to be peaceful and not be affected by the appearance of so many supernatural individuals. But now, he had no choice if he wanted to gather World Source as soon as possible.
"One more thing," said the Purple Robe Daoist, "Why did you suggest I don't intervene and destroy the Arcanist?"
[Because, according to my calculations, you are not his opponent. Your interference would only lead to death or being captured.]
"Impossible," said the Purple-Robe Daoist in a raised voice. "He's only Tier 8." He did not think he would lose to a mere Taiyi Golden Immortal.
[The Arcanist can use the power of Karma to boost his power to one Tier higher. Furthermore, he has mastered the Rules of Space-Time, Death, Destruction, and Curse.
[Only if you use my power would you have a chance at winning]
The Purple Robe Daoist gritted his teeth; he did not expect the foreign barbarian to be so powerful.
His Immortal Cultivation System can only control the power of Rules in their home universe. So, he has been training his Willpower to reach the standard of an Archmage, Legendary Arcanist, or Heaven Chosen Cultivator.
Unfortunately, this process was not easy and required too many points–even for him.
'I previously wanted to take things slow and not completely rely on the system. However, this experience has been a wake-up call.'
The Purple Robe Daoist decided to make full use of his Golden Finger or Cheat Item; he wanted to become as powerful as soon as possible–even if his foundation was a little shaky. Anyway, he can always make up for it with enough World Source.
'Barbarian, this is not over.' He had never suffered such a significant loss. So, he wrote this down and would have the latter pay once he became more powerful.
"System, find the best world for me to temper my Willpower."
After making a decision, he began cultivating with all his effort.
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