Chapter 4189: 4189 Chapter 4189: The New Rule Administrator The Soulless Beast has gained a soul and, even more, has become the rule administrator an identity and status entirely different from before. He is still unfamiliar with the rules, but once acclimated, and able to manipulate them, he will be able to exert strength surpassing an Eternal. However, his own power is still not sufficient; in Lin Moyu’s view, the Soulless Beast’s true strength has just reached the level of Eternity, not much different from other Eternals. Compared to his predecessor, he’s still somewhat lacking. The Candle Dragon, after all, surpassed other Eternals and was infinitely close to half step Transcendence; once he manipulated the rules, he could battle a half step Transcendent. Strengthening oneself further means the rules one commands also become stronger, in turn amplifying battle power. Within the realm, the rule administrator’s power is second only to the master of the domain. The Soulless Beast is just a bit short for now. Lin Moyu has a way to address this, and it’s quite simple. Despite becoming rule administrator, the Soulless Beast still submits to Lin Moyu, remaining his mount and subordinate this will not change. The Myriad Spirits Secret Art is not a joke; it is a secret art on par with the realm’s rules once successful, even realm rules cannot interfere. Lin Moyu stood atop the Soulless Beast, traversing the core of the realm. The Soulless Beast grew more familiar with its authority, able to control the divine runes to a limited extent, though only able to manipulate them slightly. Using his authority, Lin Moyu left fragments of his soul within various divine runes. These souls would evolve into avatars, analyze, and then refine the runes. Becoming master of the realm is not achieved overnight; it takes time, but Lin Moyu is patient, refining the runes one by one, being careful not to disturb the shadow or interfere with the vortex behind the divine runes. He wanted the core of the realm to appear unchanged on the surface, but to be completely different within. By the time anyone noticed, he would already wholly control the realm’s core. Even if he hadn’t yet become realm master, he would at least have command over most of the realm’s divine runes. Combined with the Soulless Beast, he would even be able to confront a Transcendent. Lin Moyu is wary of Transcendents, but not afraid he has once stepped into that realm. If he truly had to face a Transcendent, he could still enter that state to fight. Victory wouldn’t be certain, but neither would he let his opponent off easily. He knows his own trump card: to have no fear of death is his greatest strength. A flash of violet light Lin Moyu completed another rebirth. He had split his soul too many times, so many that his main soul was damaged; he simply chose suicide, using rebirth to recover his soul, then continued separating spirit. After more than a dozen rebirths, he had evolved a thousand avatars, each entering different divine runes. Lin Moyu knew this was his limit; multitasking any further was impossible. "Let’s go!" Following Lin Moyu’s order, the Soulless Beast opened a passage, leaving the realm core. With such an administrator, returning would never be so troublesome again the Soulless Beast could open the way at any time. Back in the Great Wilderness, Lin Moyu said to the Soulless Beast, "Go purify the last two special filth pools, then we’ll make you even stronger." The Soulless Beast obeyed, going to purify the special pools. As rule administrator, it had grown even stronger, and its purification speed was faster than ever. Lin Moyu connected his awareness to the various formations in the wilderness. With a thought, some of the operating formations halted immediately. The formations around the filth pools stopped refining Dao essence and began running in reverse, channeling the refined filth back into the pools. Pools purified by the Soulless Beast were once again polluted by the incoming filth. The pure power once in the pools, agitated by the filth, underwent a leap, becoming even more contaminated. This approach is similar to how the Beast Emperors reverted purified pools back to filth the means are different, the result is the same. Once the Soulless Beast finishes with the special pools, it will go back and re purify the re polluted pools, thus strengthening itself again. This method is simple and effective. Lin Moyu estimated that only one round of purification would make the Soulless Beast strong enough to rival the heavens. This little being, originally evolved from Dao essence, has innate advantages far greater than regular cultivators. After all this, Lin Moyu’s consciousness once more entered a deep focus, commanding the soul avatars left in the realm’s core to familiarize themselves with, and refine, the divine runes. Lin Moyu’s talent for grasping runes shines he learns quickly, needing no guidance, and rapidly comprehends each rune’s meaning and use, then devises ways to refine them. He was very careful not to disturb the vortex hidden behind the runes during the process. Days slipped by, a century passing in the blink of an eye. After a hundred years, the Soulless Beast finally completed two rounds of refining; all 108 filth pools had been purified again and completely drained. Now, the pools were in recovery, which would take a long time without external aid, even thousands of years might not suffice. During this period, Lin Moyu could not merge new fundamental world powers. The Soulless Beast, clever as ever, used its control over realm rules to channel Dao power into the pools, speeding up their recovery, thus needing only three to five hundred years for the pools to revive. Lin Moyu sat in meditation for a hundred years, finally understanding the meanings of a thousand divine runes and successfully refining them. A thousand divine runes, in the context of the whole realm’s core, are just a fraction, but the ones Lin Moyu chose were special: their positions echoed one another and, connected through filaments of rule, could form a great formation together. After waking, Lin Moyu found the Soulless Beast crouched at his feet in truth, its huge body filled his whole view. Sensing that Lin Moyu had awakened, the Soulless Beast immediately retreated two steps and lay down respectfully. Lin Moyu could sense the beast had grown stronger. His plan had succeeded and, through his formation, he also knew the pools were recovering. He well understood that the Soulless Beast was responsible for this; with a soul, it was clearly much smarter than before. "Transform into human form," Lin Moyu ordered. The beast instantly shifted into a youth clad in animal skins. Other than somewhat odd skin, it looked no different from a normal man. Lin Moyu was quite pleased. "Are you busy at the moment?" The Soulless Beast respectfully answered, "Sometimes I’m very busy. Whenever realm rules have issues, I must handle them immediately, or minor problems could become serious ones." This is his duty the Soulless Beast cannot shirk it. Lin Moyu said, "It seems you’re becoming more familiar with the rules. Good having you manage the realm will keep things peaceful." The Soulless Beast replied, "Master, I sense something isn’t right. The realm shouldn’t be having so many problems, but I can’t find the cause. Do you know where the problem is?" Lin Moyu guessed it had to do with those vortices and the shadow the vortex shadow kept draining the realm’s strength, destabilizing it, which caused these disturbances. Lin Moyu said, "This will all be settled eventually. Open a passage I’m heading to the realm core." Ko-fi.com/translatetoki only donate if u want to My p@treon is now up go to [email protected]/Translatetoki Remove the @ symbol and type a