Chapter 4291: Stuff the Brat Until He Bursts
After dying so many times, going through all that effort to get the Fifth Gemstone and restoring the Catastrophic Scepter, only to be met with that single sentence, Lin Moyu was left utterly speechless.
Yes, the Catastrophic Scepter was powerful its level extremely high, surpassing chaos itself. Among known treasures, it was the strongest, bar none.
The greater the treasure, the greater the power needed to wield it. Having just entered the Chaos Realm barely considered minor‑completion Lin Moyu still didn't quite measure up to drive such a treasure at full strength.
That much he could accept. But this bratty spirit's arrogant tone was what truly rubbed him the wrong way.
"Even if you are the Catastrophic Scepter, I am the master now. You should remember your place."
His will transmitted inside and got back only a light, dismissive snort.
It was as if the bratty spirit was saying: I just won't. What can you do about it?
Lin Moyu smiled faintly. "What can I do…?"
With a thought, the Ferry of Tribulation's power stirred. Now that he was its master, he could manipulate its full force.
In an instant, the palace was filled with restrictions. With a wave of his hand, countless divine runes flew out, forming an enormous array.
The Chaos Ancestral Tree appeared; Little Tree split off avatars to serve as the formation's cores.
Then Lin Moyu tossed the Catastrophic Scepter into the array, locking it there. The World‑Burning Fire followed, drilling toward the Fifth Gem.
With the array's blessing, the fire's strength rose greatly not enough to truly harm it, but Lin Moyu had patience. If a year wasn't enough, then a thousand years, ten thousand years.
His soul force took the shape of an arrow, driving into the gem alongside the flames.
You say you're full? I'll keep feeding you until you die!
He'd make this brat understand exactly who was master.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before the spirit cried out, "What are you doing? Stop it!"
Again the spirit severed his soul force and again, an even stronger surge flooded in. Lin Moyu just kept ramming it in.
The World‑Burning Fire also bit into it if it couldn't injure, it could still make the spirit uncomfortable.
The other gems lit as the brat tried to shunt unwanted soul force to them especially the Soul Gem, which could absorb vast amounts of it.
But with a thought, Lin Moyu sent runes to seal the flow. Now the soul force couldn't get out it was stuck in the Fifth Gem.
The array he'd set in the Scepter matched the one in its core he'd studied that formation for years, knew it inside out.
The brat was clearly angry now, wailing, "Stop! What the hell are you doing?!"
Lin Moyu ignored it, continuing to channel in more.
The Scepter shuddered violently, trying to break free but the array held it fast.
Tree branches wrapped layer by layer around it, leaving no escape.
Mighty it was, but at present Lin Moyu was the master even the spirit couldn't seize full control. His power had seeped into the weapon over years of use.
Finally, the brat started begging. "Stop! I'm stuffed, I really can't take any more!"
Lin Moyu just snorted and kept going.
It sounded near tears. "Please, stop! Let's talk this out!"
"Stop just because you say so?" Lin Moyu said coldly. "Where's my dignity then?"
"You can't bully me like this! Even if you're the master, you can't!"
Still a child mentally undeveloped.
With living beings, such behavior would be bizarre; with artifact spirits, it was often the norm. Many never matured beyond the mind they were 'born' with.
"So you admit I'm the master now?" Lin Moyu asked.
"You already were! You're just too weak," it shot back.
"Then tell me what does this Fifth Gemstone do?"
It hesitated, then answered, "It's called the Hongmeng Gem."
"Hongmeng?" Lin Moyu saw no clue in the name. "And what does it do?"
"That's… complicated. I can't tell you you'll have to see for yourself. But not until you're a Heaven‑Earth Supreme you can't see it now."
Perhaps from being overstuffed, the brat's tone had improved. Lin Moyu began drawing back his soul force. "If you'd talked like this from the start, this wouldn't have been necessary."
After all, it was the spirit of the Catastrophic Scepter. He wouldn't go too far just make a point.
It let out a relieved breath. "I'd just woken up! And you are weak the last guy who got me was already Chaos Realm perfection, soon to be a Supreme. The one before that was born a Supreme."
By "last guy" it meant the Catastrophic Supreme. The one before that had been the Supreme erased from existence by the Dao.
The Dao's erasure couldn't touch the brat so it knew.
Lin Moyu withdrew the array, taking the Scepter back in hand. "Can you come out?"
"No. If I came out, there'd be serious trouble."
"What kind of trouble?"
"I can't say. You'll have to see for yourself when the time comes."
Not unwilling unable. Bound by limits, much like others who couldn't speak certain truths.
"Can I see what happened before?" Lin Moyu asked.
Again it wavered, then mumbled, "If you look, don't tell a soul or there'll be big trouble. That one won't spare you. And if it gets me, the trouble's even worse."
"I understand," Lin Moyu said. "I won't tell anyone."
A mere thread of soul force dipped in the Hongmeng Gem hummed, light flaring, and Lin Moyu saw visions from an age drowned in endless years, eras even the River of Time could not trace.
He had never fully trusted the Catastrophic Supreme's words preferring what he saw with his own eyes.
And since all of it tied to the Scepter, and the Scepter had a spirit, then surely the events of old would be recorded within it.
The Supreme likely knew as much, certain Lin Moyu would seek the truth here.
If he couldn't predict even that, he wasn't qualified to weave such a grand game.
His consciousness sank into that ancient aura, as he seemed to step into an age when chaos itself was different perhaps weaker.
The mists parted to reveal a towering figure standing in the chaos, Catastrophic Scepter in hand.
Four of its five gemstones shone all but the Hongmeng Gem and behind the figure, a domain flickered in and out of sight…
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