Chapter 164: The Invisible Eye and The Fate Category of System ( Bonus GT - I )

Chapter 164: The Invisible Eye and The Fate Category of System ( Bonus GT Chapter I )

Inside the vast ocean of his Sea of Consciousness, the grand construction of the Soul Palace was reaching its absolute climax.

The four dragon subduing pillars were firmly in place, the golden lotus walls were filled with profound Dao runes, and the massive roof was just about to seal the final apex. Yu Liang was completely immersed in this wonderful, heaven defying transformation.

But suddenly, without any warning, an inexplicable, bone chilling dread washed over him!

It wasn’t a physical threat.

As there was no killing intent and he can’t even feel any malicious aura. Yet, the moment this feeling appeared, Yu Liang’s heart began to pound violently like a war drum.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

A profound, very primal fear instantly filled his entire being, making his newly forged body tremble involuntarily.

It felt as if an unimaginably massive, invisible eye had suddenly opened in the dark, and was now staring directly into his soul.

If this had happened just a week ago, Yu Liang absolutely wouldn’t have noticed it. At the Early or Mid Stage of Foundation Establishment, his spiritual sense could only cover a few dozen miles. Even with his monstrous physical body, his soul was still mortal. Against a divination technique used by a terrifying existence like Daoist Master Tianji, whose cultivation was far beyond the Divine Lord Realm, Yu Liang would have been completely oblivious. He would have been like an ant unaware of the changes about to crush it.

But now, everything was different.

He was currently in the legendary Heaven and Man as One state. Furthermore, he had comprehended the Origin Realm, and his soul was undergoing a qualitative leap with the construction of the Soul Palace. His perceptive side had been enhanced to an absurd degree.

This enhanced perception of this state didn’t worked like normal spiritual sense, which just scanned the physical world. Instead, it resonated with the Heavenly Dao itself. He could ’feel’ that some was ’spying,’ It was an intuitive awareness that transcended physical distance.

Feeling that terrifying, invisible gaze locking onto him, Yu Liang gritted his teeth. He decided to perceive it, at least to get a slight idea of why he was feeling this way and where it was coming from.

He closed his eyes, pushing his perception of that instinct to the limit, trying to trace the source of the dread.

But the moment his consciousness touched that invisible gaze like feeling, a massive, chaotic blur slammed into his mind. He only got vague, blurry feelings. It was like trying to look at a candle light through a thick layer of fog, he couldn’t see the features or the ’feeling’ of the dread.

However, the most terrifying realization he got from this vague feedback was the ’distance’.

It felt like that thing wasn’t thousands of miles away. It felt like it was right next to his ear. It was so close that he could almost feel the ’breath’ of the dread brushing against his Sea of Consciousness.

Panic finally cracked Yu Liang’s usually calm demeanor. He immediately called out in his mind, ’System! Open store! Quickly!’

A translucent blue screen instantly flickered to life in front of his mind’s eye. But his mind was in a slight state of chaos. He wasn’t sure what exactly to search for. Was it a mental attack? A soul locking art? A curse?

Gritting his teeth as the invisible gaze felt like it was slowly coming towards him, Yu Liang said to the system in a desperate attempt.

[ Defenses against vague, spiritual... Instictive, probing feeling ]

Instantly, dozens of options appeared in front of him, scrolling rapidly.

[ Tier 3 Low Grade Soul Talisman ] - Blocks low level spiritual scanning...

[ Teir 4 High Grade Mist Hiding Pearl ] - Conceals physical aura and spiritual sense...

[ Tier 3 Mid Grade Clear Heart Incense ] - Resists minor mental illusions...

[ Tier 3 High Grade Concealment Talisman ] - Hides one’s cultivation fluctuations and suppresses minor spiritual traces...

[ Tier 4 Low Grade Shadowless Cloak ] - Blurs one’s physical presence, making detection and ordinary spiritual perception significantly more difficult...

[ Tier 3 Mid Grade Soul Calming Jade ] - Stabilizes the soul and reduces the risk of detection by spiritual techniques targeting soul fluctuations...

[ Tier 4 Mid Grade Heaven Veiling Talisman ] - Disrupts spiritual tracking and conceals the user’s presence from most cultivators below the Core Formation Realm...

[ Tier 3 High Grade Breath Concealment Pill ] - Temporarily suppresses one’s breathing, heartbeat, and vital energy, making the user appear lifeless to ordinary spiritual perception.

Seeing these options, Yu Liang’s expression became even more urgent. The feeling of being watched was getting stronger by the passing second. It was as if a giant, invisible hand was slowly parting the fog, getting closer and closer to him.

He didn’t know which option would help against this specific level of feeling of observation.

He frantically scanned everything, his eyes darting across the screen, hoping to find something, atleast something useful.

Just as the invisible gaze was about to completely lock onto him, a specific sub category related to [ Fate and Destiny ] suddenly appeared at the bottom of his vision.

The moment his eyes landed on the words ’Fate and Destiny’, something miraculous happened.

From the depths of his soul, a wave of pure, unadulterated joy erupted! It was an instinct coming directly from his Unity State. His soul, which was currently merging with the laws of the world, recognized the nature of the threat. It like was cheering with joy, screaming at him.

’This is! This is it! This is the key to surviving this!’

Without a single moment of hesitation, Yu Liang immediately clicked and searched that specific category.

[ Fate and Destiny ] Category opened infront of him.

The interface refreshed with a flash. Dozens of various, incredibly mysterious options materialized on the screen. The prices ranged from tens of thousands to tens of millions of System Points.

[ Fate Shrouding Mist (Consumable) ] - 50,000 Points. Used to temporarily blur the user’s fate threads, making them appear as a any random person for 24 hours.

[ Connection Severing Dagger ] - 800,000 Points. A weapon used to cut the connection between the user and a specific diviner.

[ Heaven Cheating Mask ] - 1,500,000 Points. Worn over the face, it completely rewrites the user’s destiny aura, making any fate calculating technique show a completely fabricated, yet logically flawless, alternate future.

[ Destiny Changer ] - 5,000,000 Points. Allows the user to manually tangle their own destiny threads, creating a maze that will trap and confuse any divine sense trying to trace them.

[ Gaze of the Unseen ( one time use ) ] - 10,000,000 Points. Erases the user’s existence from the the Heavenly Dao. While active, the user cannot be seen, calculated, or predicted by any means even by Heavenly Dao.

Yu Liang’s pupils shrank as he stared at the millions of points required, his heart still pounding as the invisible eye drew terrifyingly close.