Chapter 4259: 4259 Chapter 4259: The Setup Begins One by one, Lin Moyu rejected various plans. He acutely sensed that when someone’s power reaches a certain level, all schemes and preparations become meaningless. Any strategy, before absolute power, is just a paper tiger. After much consideration, Lin Moyu finally set his sights on the Catastrophic Scepter. Only this Supreme level artifact might break through the defenses of the Fifth Generation Heavenly Void Palace Master. With this decided, all subsequent preparations must revolve around the Catastrophic Scepter its core being how to use it to kill the Fifth Generation Palace Master. First, determine the battlefield: it couldn’t be inside the domain, but also could not be in the chaos. It should be in the area between the domain and chaos which happens to be the realm of the Soul Devouring Spirits. For Lin Moyu, the biggest problem in this realm was the Soul Devouring Spirit Emperor; only by settling him could he engage in battle with confidence. The Soul Devouring Spirit Emperor wasn’t likely to affect the Fifth Palace Master, and due to the latter’s special identity, he might even help him. If this area wasn’t chosen, there really was no other suitable place for battle. "It seems I need to research the Catastrophic Scepter further, see if it has even greater potential." The recent eruption of the Ice Jade Mat had taught him a lesson such powerful artifacts were never simple, and their full strength depended on their wielder’s cultivation and experience. The Cause Seeking Ring, for example, possessed "seek cause, ask effect" as only its basic function, but in truth could do far more, such as "effect without cause." Catastrophic Scepter should be the same: besides smashing and the powers of its inlaid jewels, there must be further, untapped abilities it was just a matter of his own exploration. Moreover, fully leveraging the scepter’s power required sufficiently high cultivation. If he could break past the Dao Lord’s limit to reach half step chaos, that would help. If he could actually begin the process of "chaotification," it would be even better. After sorting these tangled thoughts, Lin Moyu finally had a general plan. First, continue refining the divine runes in the domain core especially all those at the center. Only then could he fight without risking the domain’s destruction. Second, use the Catastrophic Scepter as the axis to construct a battlefield; only by fighting in a self set battle arena could he hope for victory. This battlefield would be huge in Lin Moyu’s vision, everything outside the domain, yet inside chaos, would become the battle zone. So he intended to set up an unprecedented formation to envelop the entire domain. Finally, a crucial step: step into half step chaos. Though this would trigger expulsion from the domain, with the Soul less Beast’s help and his refined divine runes, he might tweak some rules and remain. If all three goals were met, his chance of victory would soar by his estimate, if all went smoothly, at least sixty percent. Sixty percent wasn’t a lot, but above half, it was worth a gamble. In his entire cultivation life, Lin Moyu rarely gambled he preferred absolute certainty before acting. But this time, he couldn’t avoid the bet. "So be it." Muttering to himself, Lin Moyu returned to the domain core. With the Ghost Husband’s clone gone, the core felt cleaner impurities expunged. As soon as he returned, the core erupted in thunder. Strands of heavenly fate descended, enveloping Lin Moyu this time, the fate was vast and mighty, much stronger than before a reward for purging the Ghost Husband’s clone. With the influx of fate, Lin Moyu felt even more closely bonded to the domain. The countless divine runes in the domain core seemed to radiate goodwill at him. This wasn’t an illusion Lin Moyu knew this was because domain rules instinctively favor those rich in heavenly fate. Heavenly fate is the domain’s seal of approval, and now Lin Moyu was already the most favored by heavenly fate here. If anyone could become domain lord, it was surely himself. Riding this momentum, Lin Moyu began refining divine runes. Splitting off soul clones, he silently attached them to the runes, rapidly refining them one by one without disturbing the underlying vortices. With so much heavenly fate, his refining speed now was several times faster than before. In just a few dozen days, he had refined the eighteen most central divine runes. This shocked Lin Moyu these were supposed to be the hardest, and he had braced for a long struggle, but it was all so swift. He knew a big part of this was thanks to heavenly fate. Next, he slowly expanded outwards, refining more runes to enlarge his sphere of influence. He was very cautious, never disturbing the vortices behind the runes. But Lin Moyu knew: as he refined more and more, sooner or later, the Fifth Palace Master would notice... After all, as Lin Moyu controlled more runes, his enemy would receive less domain power. So before the Fifth could react, he had to finish all other preparations. A hundred years flew by Lin Moyu didn’t leave the core for a single step, and by now, about half the central region’s runes belonged to him. For the whole domain core, he now controlled about two fifths of the runes. At this point, Lin Moyu paused. He didn’t push further, afraid to alarm the Fifth Palace Master just yet. It wasn’t time many tasks remained undone, so Lin Moyu stopped refining. Instead, he drew runes and set up formations in the domain core. Once, this would have been impossible, but with two fifths of the runes under control, now he was qualified. He could even do other things too, if he wished. The formation was quickly completed; Lin Moyu summoned the Soul less Beast, who used rule power to anchor the formation, making it part of the runic array. The divine runes raised no objection in fact, some even aided by channeling their power into the formation, as if accepting it as kin, all thanks to Lin Moyu imbuing it with vast heavenly fate. The process went smoothly just as Lin Moyu had hoped. The formation activated a spatial tunnel appeared, linking the core to the outside of the domain. Lin Moyu had made a teleportation array, allowing him to pass freely between the domain core and the exterior. He stepped in and in the next instant, stood beyond the domain. For the second time, feeling the air outside the domain, Lin Moyu faintly sensed soul devouring spirit energies a million kilometers away. He sent undead minions as patrols to sweep the area within 500,000km of the domain, ridding it of soul devouring spirits to clear the way. Lin Moyu then began laying out formations around the domain this would be his battlefield with the Fifth Palace Master. This battle would be fierce, yet could not endanger the domain so the defensive array must be robust. Countless divine runes flew forth, becoming shields to protect the domain. 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