Paragon of Sin

The movements of the Heavenly Daos were subtle, yet it also showed a type of priority amongst the Blessed present, especially those from the Aeternal Sky Starfield. Most interestingly enough was the little tricks of the Golden Gate Pavilion's younger generation.

He had been observing them since they arrived with a portion of his attention and Tian Xiaocheng's announcement of a random chance had them immediately take action as they began to display a few arts and strange stances as if to communicate with an invisible, omnipresent force. Their pleading actions led to each of the Fated Royalty receiving a vial of elixir.Wen Mingna had once told him that the Golden Gate Pavilion's Heavenly Seer's were different in their teachings; the Grand Seer often instructed them that trueHeavenly Seer's didn't cultivate the Heavenly Daos or its hidden and mysterious machinations, but fate itself— they were cultivators, not slaves. Only by understanding this concept did you grasp what a Heavenly Seer truly was.

Seeing them display their cultivation of fate, seemingly manipulating probability in their favor, he grasped the faintest inkling of a Heavenly Seer's truth strength. It was enigmatic and concerning.Instantly, he searched for Wen Mingna's location. She was present here among the other ordinary members of the Golden Gate Pavilion and didn't stand out as was the instructions of the Grand Seer. When his gaze honed onto her figure, her head that was lowered lifted slightly.

She smiled.

Wei Wuyin's heart felt oddly warm and comforted. These last few decades had only- strengthened his feelings toward this hardworking and steel-minded woman who- was willing to give her life to fulfill a promise. Such principles birthed irresistible respect in one's heart.Wen Mingna lowered her head and went back to assisting the Fated Royalty through their interconnected arts. She and others, such as Ming Shufeng, totaled 99 in number, divided into three groups. She and Ming Shufeng were subtly assisting the Fourth Prince.

Their seemingly subtle actions gave Wei Wuyin a view into the inner workings of the Exalted Fate of Nine Gates Method, including how greatly it differed from the Ritualistic Fate of the Nine Worlds Method he obtained from the Everlore Starfield.

"So the Exalted Fate of the Nine Gates isn't the Core Method of the Golden Gate Pavilion." Wei Wuyin realized that the Fated Royalty cultivated a different method than the others, extremely profound and exceptionally mysterious. As for Wen Mingna and Ming Shufeng, they cultivated methods that seemingly acted as assistance to their cultivation with seamless interaction.

"I'll need to find a better method for her," he resolved himself to finding a proper technique that wasn't secondary. With his knowledge of the Heavenly Daos, even glancing at its secrets brazenly and facing its power countless times, perhaps he might be able to transfer these experiences and help forge a powerful Heavenly Fate Cultivation Method. He didn't know, but he decided to find time to discuss with Wen Mingna to see if it's possible.

As soon as the break began, the attendants went into a frenzy of bubbling excitement. While a few were initially disappointed at not obtaining the elixir that was likely to remodel the standards for cultivators a second time. Considering it was widely believed that the next era of the world was slowly being ushered in with the arrival of the Chosen King Competition, and all this was merely a prelude to its grandest potential, the vast majority of cultivators were excited to see the standards changes once again.

But the majority of the excitement was due to the distribution of resources and food. The World of Eden was a Spiritual Network at its core, elevated to an entire World of its own supported by Laws and profound principles, and their avatars were merely an extension of themselves. When the break came, Tian Xiaocheng explained that the World of Eden's connection is inseparable unless willed, and it will serve to protect them at all times while the Alchemic Expo was in full swing.

However, there was a way to shift one's main consciousness between their Avatar and their real bodies. When they learned of this, countless began to leave and regain control of their real bodies to find small, baby palm-sized silver boxes that contained extremely small and temporary spatial dimensions. Not only that, the silvery light that was descending upon them dimmed to faintly unnoticeable levels, but the faint glow showed that the connection was still present.More than a few experimented with leaving and entering the World of Eden, finding it absolutely mystical. After they tried at least twice, they received pre-recorded warnings from Tian Xiaocheng's lovely voice to not abuse the connection lest they be forcefully disconnected to lose the opportunity to participate in the Neo-Dawn Alchemic Expo. If that happened, experts would escort them out of the starfield in a secluded location until it concluded and they'd forfeit all resources provided.

Essentially, they'll be imprisoned elsewhere.

The warning was enough to get them in line. No one, not even the children, wanted to miss out on this event."Woah!" Tian Shangyang was wide-eyed and shaking as he held the silver box in utter disbelief. He lost his composure instantly as he inspected the contents. "What the hell is this? Isn't this too generous?!"

"You're coming off as an ignorant country- hick, Imperial Monarch Shangyang." Yang Chaoyue mercilessly commented as she pocketed the jade box's resources yet casually sat down before everyone and brought out a low-tier Mystic-Earth grade pill. She ate it before everyone and caused even the Alchemic Sovereigns, Sky Monarchs, and Imperial Monarchs to be stunned.

A Mystic-Earth product?!Some of them hadn't checked their boxes yet, so they were thoroughly excited as they did, but were extremely disappointed by the lack of Mystic-Earth products in their boxes.

"Where'd you get that?" Tian Lingyu questioned angrily. Her box didn't have a Mystic-Earth pill! That said, she had a Mystic Essence Stone and some Mystic- Earth graded water-attributed materials that suited her cultivation.

Yang Chaoyue's eyes were already closed, but she still casually responded via Spiritual Transmission: "My box only contained a Mystic Essence Stone and wind-attributed materials. This is what 'he' gave me personally to cultivate.""..." Tian Lingyu was taken aback. Before she could react, Tian Shangyang was quite excited and angry as he said: "There's metal-attributed materials of the Mystic- Earth grade in here! How can Alchemic Sovereign Wei casually give out these resources?"

"Just because you're poor and incapable, doesn't mean everyone else is." Yang Chaoyue didn't let up, clearly having an issue with Tian Shangyang. At this point, even Tian Muyang had to speak up as Tian Shangyang's face was driven between a mixture of livid rage and unexpected disbelief at the sheer audacity of this Sky Monarch!"Enough-Wei Wuyin can provide what he wants to whoever he wants. It's our blessing to enjoy his gifts. Don't waste it." Despite saying this, he couldn't help but feel that Yang Chaoyue was acting extremely brazen. Yet the more Wei Wuyin displayed his means and wealth, the harder it was to give her any warnings for fear of offending her. After all, there was no rule or oath sworn that said she had to respect Imperial Monarchs.After everything settled down, the Earthly Saints and Ascended beings were all in their own isolated uproar over the sheer quantity of the resources provided. This was enough for them to cultivate properly for three weeks and have some to spare! It was extremely difficult for Ascended beings of locations not named Aeternal Sky Starfield, Ninestar Starfield, and Hexaflame Starfield to acquire mystic-graded resources, especially given the competitive environment, let alone resources that suited their cultivation!

What good fortune!

Lin Ming looked at his box, sighing emotionally: "Just from this material here, the treatment for these three weeks is no less than what an average of a mystic-tier force's Chosen of their cultivation base would receive. This is really the third bout of good fortune."Lin Xianxei agreeingly nodded while half of her attention was focused on the peak-tier Neo-Dawn Soul-Sea Elixir that hadappeared in her ring, obviously her mother's work. "The Astralis Dawn Mist, the nearly 40,000 elixir samples, and breaks with curated and sufficient resources alongside high-quality rations. Wei Wuyin isn't holding back."

"Isn't he scared of going broke?" Lin Ming asked curiously.

Just as he asked this question, in the Everlore Association's Voidship where Evergod resided, he held a crumbled white sheet of paper with a tight grip, his white teeth gnashing, his expression ugly, and his heart roaring with deep, seething rage. If his gaze could kill, the heavens would die.San Luoyang was on the vessel with San Yongli, and he had an extremely bitter smile as he held his jade box. As an Alchemic Saint that had ascended recently,he had learned of the recent incident at the Everlore Vault.

"What is it?" San Yongli was shaken by the resources provided, not by what was inside, but the implications of the sheer scale of its distribution. If she gauged it by the Chosen standard needs of various organizations relative to cultivation level, as the Empress had suggested, then this providing of several quintillions of resources might exceed Heaven Relic's valuation!

She asked that question after seeing her adopted father's odd expression which made it hard to guess whether he should laugh or cry.San Luoyang could no longer hold off his bitter laughter as he shook his head. Then, he retrieved the resources inside his box, which included a Mystic-Earth graded Essence Stone and wood attributed materials. Others might not know, but the refinement and purification method used on the stone was quite unique to only one organization.

Just one.

"A Mystic Earth Stone?!" San Yongli was genuinely surprised by that. Eventually, San Luoyang took out the last object. It was a rectangular white sheet of sturdy paper with golden and silver letters centered beautifully on its surface.

When San Yongli read it, she donned a confused expression with a slightly raised left eyebrow. "What does that mean?"San Luoyang sighed in his heart. He turned the paper to read it once again, it said: "Thank You For Your Contribution - Ascendant Emperor Wei."

BOOOOM!

Suddenly, the space began to rumble as a subspace within the local area began to violently react.

San Luoyang heaved another heavy sigh.