Pacific Ocean, Trench Edge
James hovered above the sea, his super vision piercing to a coral-lit underwater village. A stone monkey statue held the amber Monkey Talisman, its transformation runes glowing. "The shapeshifting monkey," he said, diving, his bio-field parting water.
At the altar, he took the talisman. Rumble! The seabed split, a hundred-meter octopus with a scarlet eye awakening. "Cthulhu's cousin?" James quipped, raising the talisman. Change. The beast shrank into a flapping goldfish.
On shore, he fused it. [Ding! Monkey Talisman (Morphic Paradox) fusion complete!]
[Host gains Creator-Level Transformation Authority.]
[Life Reshaping: Permanently alter any lifeform's form unless stronger than host.]
[Hybrid Creation: Grant bear strength with human agility, eagle wings with cheetah speed.]
[Chaos Morph: Mutate targets into chimeric forms.]
[Inanimate Animation: Break life-nonlife boundaries, creating sentient weapons or hybrid material-life (rock-animal forms).]
[Effects permanent unless host reverses. Multiple transformations sustainable.]
Unlike the Rat Talisman's autonomous life, Monkey creations were blank slates, fully obedient. James tested it, turning a rock into a basalt saber-tooth tiger, its eyes intelligent, nuzzling him. A fishing boat became a shark-submarine, turbines roaring. He crafted a singing coral sprite, a lava dragon, and a spiky seaweed warrior, all obeying perfectly. Combining Rat and Monkey Talismans, his creations gained evolving traits, like the tiger's growing scales.
"Permanent, evolving creations," James smiled, restoring the goldfish to a giant octopus with shark-headed tentacles and water-blade suckers. "Rule the seas," he said, sending it off with his army.
"Two left." His vision locked onto a Tibetan temple's Sheep Talisman, guarded by a sheep-headed monk in tattered robes, chanting with prayer beads, a rusted staff across its knees.
Gangrenboqi, Tibet
In swirling snow, James reached a cliffside temple, its faded banners flapping. His vision pierced the doors, spotting the monk, the Sheep Talisman glowing blue behind it.
He entered, wind and snow swirling. The monk's voice echoed in his mind: "In three hundred years, you're the seventh seeking the talisman."
"The other six?" James asked casually.
"Two became disciples, three became ice statues outside." The monk's blue-slit eyes opened. It lifted its robe, revealing a scripture book with a screaming human face. "The last tried to kill me."
James smirked. "Your terms?"
"Debate Buddhist philosophy," the monk said, tapping its staff, forming a complex array. "Win, the talisman's yours. Lose, leave. Or try to fight."
James nodded, scanning a distant temple's scriptures in three seconds. "Begin."
The monk asked, "What is Bodhi?"
"When the mind is ready, transcendence follows," James replied, pointing to his heart.
Three hours of flawless answers followed. The monk's beads snapped, scattering. "You…" it trembled, calming itself. "Amitabha." It tossed the talisman.
As James left, he asked, "If someone doesn't know Buddhism?"
The monk grinned, showing sharp teeth. "This monk knows some martial arts." It dissolved into black smoke, robe falling.
Fusing the Sheep Talisman, blue light flooded his mind. [Ding! Sheep Talisman (Soul Authority) fusion complete!]
[Soul Scrying: Read any being's memories, emotions.]
[Soul Replication: Copy others' souls perfectly.]
[Soul Command: Issue absolute orders to weaker souls or destroy them.]
[Dimensional Travel: Freely enter Hell, Heaven, or spiritual realms.]
[Non-Life Possession: Infuse souls into electronics or AI.]
Note: Do you like this original plot? If not, I'll speed up the acquisition of remaining items in future chapters.
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