Chapter 513 – Legend Two-Star, World Imprint

“Four million!”

“Four and a half million!”

“Five million!”

The growth rate of evolution power was far from as rapid as before, but it made up for it with persistence.

“Indeed, even though I’m not physically present, since Isloria and the others represent Tianyuan City and myself, they naturally gather a batch of Miracle Light.”

Of course, many variables affected the amount of miracle light points.

Whether the battle was sufficiently miraculous was one factor.

The number of personnel within the influence range was another.

Additionally,

“Reputation might also be an important factor.”

During this rescue operation across various regions, Lord Mu conducted comparative tests.

Among the experts dispatched to different areas, including Isloria, Seventeen, and Asun, all reported their affiliations.

Lu Liu, Seventeen, and Red Robe were particularly well-known experts within Taixuan Territory with considerable recognition. With so many experts across entire cities and warzones, at least some people could recognize them.

However, one among the support experts didn’t report their affiliation.

It was Tree Spirit Grandma.

A Wind King’s Wings of epic two-star level threw Tree Spirit Grandma’s ‘Seed of Life’ into the battlefield before quickly departing.

Tree Spirit Grandma manifested a hundreds-of-meters-tall form, swept through the tides, then dismissed the incarnation as the entire tree body dissipated into dust.

It left without taking even a cloud.

Isloria == Tianyuan City.

Tree Spirit Grandma ≠ Tianyuan City.

Mu Yuan initially thought that in the soldiers’ minds, since the reinforcements couldn’t be equated with Tianyuan City, they couldn’t gather miracle power.

Actually, he had already distantly sensed that miracle light points were gathering in the area where Tree Spirit Grandma provided support.

“That means, regardless of whether the soldiers recognize the supporting experts or not, as long as there’s an actual, close connection between the supporter and myself, or they were dispatched by me for rescue, they can gather miracle power.”

“But having a famous reputation seems to gather more miracle power? This point needs confirmation, as there are too many variables this time.”

“One thing is certain: the difference in miracle power that hero units and non-hero units can gather is substantial, estimated to be three to four times.”

This rescue operation had significant variations across different regions.

But in combat areas of heroes like Isloria, Lu Liu, and Rakshasa, the floating miracle light points were clearly and substantially more than in areas where Seventeen, Red Robe, and Asun fought.

Mu Yuan speculated this was the difference between heroes and non-heroes.

There had always been such saying – heroes are extensions of the lord’s authority. This authority isn’t superficial power but conceptual sovereignty.

Even though he had now begun to understand miracle power and wield profound conceptual forces capable of annihilating Law Realm existences, his understanding of Miracle Territory remained quite rudimentary.

This involved the fundamental rules of the Eternal World.

“I still have two Hero’s Tokens in hand. Most appropriately, they should be assigned to commanders capable of operating independently.”

The miracle light points gradually thinned out.

The growth of evolution power returned to normal levels.

At this moment, the number stabilized at 6.23 million.

With Deadbone’s evolution, the capacity limit for evolution power had also significantly increased.

However…

“It’s almost reaching the limit again.””The rapid surge in evolutionary power is both a blessing and a dilemma.”

Mu Yuan shifted his gaze toward the Dragon Mound Fertile Soil Realm.

Inside, the brilliant glow of evolution had dissipated, replaced by rolling dark clouds and billowing black mist that encircled the figure seated upon the ritual platform.

Ding!

Notification: Your Hero ‘Deadbone’ has bathed in the Miracle Light and evolved to Legendary Two-Star.

Notification: The area of Deadbone’s Undead Holy Mountain has expanded. Several undead have received the lingering essence of evolution, granting them evolutionary ascension.

Notification: Through the evolutionary miracle, Deadbone has enhanced his Hero Weapon ‘Death Lament.’ The base capabilities of Death Lament have been vastly improved, and it has gained the conceptual ability ‘Absolute Decay.’

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Absolute Decay: Enemies directly struck by Death Lament suffer a -10% reduction in their base three attributes (physique, spirit, energy). This decay effect can stack continuously.

It doesn’t mean that hitting an enemy ten times will reduce their attributes to zero. Without any attributes—zero physique, spirit, or energy—the target would effectively be dead. Even a Soul Realm expert would be left clinging to life with a flickering divine soul.

Absolute Decay reduces the enemy’s already weakened state by an additional 10%. After one strike, they retain 90% of their base attributes; after two strikes, 81%. With enough strikes, even a Law Realm existence would weaken to the level of a mortal.

How terrifying.

The most frightening aspect is this: When Deadbone uses decay curses, even those infused with conceptual power, the effect depends on the enemy’s strength. If the enemy is too powerful or has high resistance, the curse’s potency is significantly diminished.

But the debuff from Absolute Decay is absolute. Powerful beings might shorten the duration of this ‘Absolute Decay Curse,’ but the attribute reduction cannot be mitigated in the slightest.

“At the level of Deadbone and Dolai, the benefits from a Hero’s exclusive weapon have become almost negligible.”

“Especially for Deadbone.”

Death Lament can store death energy, but the Undead Holy Mountain and its Holy Mountain Projection can do the same—and on a scale millions of times greater. Death Lament is sharp, yet it falls short of the Desolate Kingbone. The Kingbone inherently carries the concept of sharpness and can inject desolate power into any enemy it strikes. In the past, even a Heaven-Earth Realm expert would meet their end from a mere graze of the Desolate Kingbone.

In his later stages, Mu Yuan rarely saw Deadbone wield Death Lament in combat; the sword was almost treated as a symbol or a staff. But now, Death Lament has regained its brilliance, worthy of being called a Divine Artifact.

“However, as powerful as Death Lament’s effect is, it has the flaw of requiring direct hits.”

Without this flaw, if Deadbone’s own skills carried the ‘Absolute Decay’ effect, it would be a god-tier ability.

Moreover, the enhancement of Death Lament is just a bonus.

Notification: Your Hero ‘Deadbone’ has evolved to Legendary Two-Star and awakened the legendary power ‘Death Mark.’

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Death Mark

Description ①: When a living being’s mastery of a conceptual power reaches the third stage, they can leave their mark in the Land of Origin of the world. This is known as a World Mark. World Marks are unique; even marks formed by similar powers vary greatly, serving as a symbol of the individual’s strength.”Note ②: Some legendary beings are born with innate nobility and can possess their own World Mark before their conceptual power enters the third stage. When such legendary beings attain third-stage conceptual power, their World Mark will be enhanced.”

“Ability ①: Deadbone possesses the Death Mark, granting a hundredfold increase in comprehension efficiency for laws of the death category, and a tenfold increase for non-death category laws.”

“Ability ②: Deadbone possesses the Death Mark, greatly enhancing his death-type conceptual power. Simultaneously, Deadbone’s death concept can slightly interfere with enemy concepts, causing other concepts to ‘die’.”

“Additional abilities to be discovered independently.”

“Third stage of concepts?”

Mu Yuan focused intently.

He had never heard of this classification, nor of anything called a ‘World Mark’.

In Taixuan, there were no clearly defined tiered ranks for Law Realm beings, as conceptual strength and power varied greatly between individuals. Factors such as skills carrying concepts, concept combinations, conceptual advantages and disadvantages, and whether Epic Treasures served as vessels all influenced combat prowess in the Law Realm.

However, Taixuan did have rudimentary classifications for conceptual power strength.

Namely: strand, wisp, and bundle.

A hundred strands of concepts could converge into a wisp; a hundred wisps of concepts could converge into a bundle.

When powerful beings controlled more and vaster concepts, these mighty concepts would form scales resembling streams and rivers.

This defined true power.

Deadbone’s concepts already flowed like a stream, far from weak.

And now,

At the center of the Secret Realm.

Deadbone’s conceptual power materialized around him, drifting in strands, wisps, and bundles.

New conceptual strands rapidly emerged.

Threads converged.

Mists gathered.

Bundle after bundle of fresh concepts appeared, merging into the conceptual river swirling around Deadbone.

Three thousand bundles!

Six thousand bundles!

Nine thousand bundles!

Nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine bundles!

Only then did the growth cease, halted just before the bottleneck.

“Apparently, Deadbone’s conceptual power remains in the first stage, and ten thousand bundles form the barrier between the first and second stages.”

“Indeed, the world is vast, and we remain quite insignificant.”

“The Ice Burial Grand Duke? Merely a monkey in the Law Realm.”

…

On the ritual platform, Deadbone awakened from the aftermath of evolution.

He roughly understood what had occurred.

But…

This enhancement was overwhelmingly potent.

The skeleton had cultivated diligently for over two hundred days, barely raising his conceptual power to slightly over two thousand bundles. Now, in the blink of an eye, it had skyrocketed to nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine bundles?

The Lord had bestowed too generously.

Just like the previous Domain surge, the growth was so rapid it felt unsettling.

They needed to further consolidate their foundation.

Though the foundation was actually quite solid, further consolidation remained necessary.

Suddenly, Deadbone’s consciousness ascended infinitely, entering a mysterious realm.

Here, there was no sky, no earth, not even concepts of time or space.

No elements, no laws—only absolute void.

Except for,

A profound mark slowly manifesting, imprinting itself here.

The Death Mark.

Left in the Land of Origin, symbolizing his own imprint.

Simultaneously,

Mu Yuan’s consciousness also entered this mystical space.

As the Death Mark settled, a vague understanding dawned within him.

This was “1”.

But what this “1” represented, he couldn’t yet comprehend.

“Is this the Land of Origin?”Mu Yuan’s consciousness could wander within, but could not stray far from the Death Mark.

He habitually explored, but nothing happened.

Here, his consciousness felt somewhat clouded, as if he had fallen into a dream.

Suddenly,

In the distance… or what seemed like the distance, a voice sounded.

“A new world mark has been born. Which old friend has finally broken through their bottleneck?”

An aged voice echoed, lingering as if carried by the wind.

Abruptly, another voice chimed in.

This voice was youthful, gentle as the breeze.

“Oh? This mark symbolizes death. Could it be that the one who broke through is an undead?”

“The Undead Clan has long been a name without substance, with only the Silent Overlord barely keeping up appearances.”

A fervent voice snorted coldly.

The gentle voice said, “I heard that not long ago, a young undead emerged out of nowhere and instantly slew an upper-rank Hunting Grand Duke from Dragon’s Slumber Valley. What was his name… Ice-something Grand Duke?”

“Hmph,” the fervent one replied. “Even if he can slay an upper-rank Grand Duke, that undead is still far from this realm. He’d need another three hundred years of arduous cultivation. Besides, the Death Mark and the undead are not inherently linked. Concepts like decay, extinction, annihilation, and burial can also lead to the Death Mark.

“The path of the Death Mark is merely less traveled, not nonexistent.”

A lively voice then interjected, “Hey, is the newcomer here? Can you make a sound so we can take a look?”

It seemed as if multiple gazes were fixed upon the Death Mark.

After a long pause,

The lively voice said disappointedly, “The newcomer isn’t here? Sister is disappointed.”

The fervent one remarked, “Hmph, the newcomer probably left. If I had to listen to your endless chatter, I’d leave too. I’m off. This Land of Origin is useless anyway—we can’t truly enter it.”

The voices gradually faded away, and the entire Land of Origin returned to its initial state of absolute silence.

It seemed no one was left.

Mu Yuan did not speak and withdrew his consciousness from this Mysterious Land.

“The Land of Origin…”

He murmured, “Were those who just spoke others who have mastered conceptual power to the third stage? What realm would such beings be in?”

He found it hard to even guess.

Because, even in the Pioneer Group’s top-secret archives, the Law Realm was the highest publicly known rank.

Beyond that? There were mentions of the Saint Realm or the Transcendent Realm.

And Overlords and True Kings seemed to be even higher existences.

But without a doubt, those capable of entering the Land of Origin possessed power far surpassing Deadbone’s—they were truly great beings standing at the pinnacle of the world.

Small fries like us simply can’t afford to provoke them, nor dare we.

Thus, Mu Yuan had no intention of speaking and remained silent. Otherwise, what if they could trace his true identity and location based on his voice?

He had no plans to enter the Land of Origin again anytime soon.

Deadbone also remained silent and withdrew his consciousness.

“The beings inside are likely harboring ill intentions!”

“This world is indeed vast and perilous!”

Our territory’s “Spirit of Steadiness” needs a sixth revised edition.

…

After Deadbone evolved, Mu Yuan tidied up the Dragon Mound Fertile Soil Realm slightly, allowing the aura to dissipate, then arranged for Dolai to undergo evolution.

“Dolai won’t let the Lord down~!”

“For this evolution, Dolai has already consumed a year’s worth of food in advance!”It patted its slightly bulging belly, brimming with confidence.

Mu Yuan: “…”

Is there any necessary connection between stockpiling food and evolution?

You’re just greedy, aren’t you? Aren’t you? Aren’t you?

“Ehehe.”

Dolai averted its gaze, then raised a clenched fist high to show its determination.

Considering that reaching the Legendary Two-Star rank might awaken abilities like ‘World Imprint’, Mu Yuan gave some early instructions.

“Go ahead.”

“Yes, Master!”

Deadbone and Dolai proceeded with their evolution.

During this period, the great battle triggered by the Sky-Splitting Calamity gradually subsided.

But the worldwide turbulence had only just begun.

(End of Chapter)