Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Having learned about the Calamity Fiend and the truth behind it, Lin Wu was satisfied.

If anything, it had only helped make things easier for him. After all, using an established reputation was far easier than making a new one from scratch. The chaos that Lin Wu had caused earlier in the kingdoms, combined with the records of the Chan sect, would serve well to make the powers take it all seriously.

"Though… it would be a problem if that 'calamity fiend' is somehow unsealed after all this time." Lin Wu realized.

~DING~

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ANSWER: According to the system's analysis of the data, the Calamity fiend is unlikely to have survived. He should have perished over the years as there are no further records of an immortal cultivators appearance in the data obtained from the Taiji Celestial's tomb.

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"Ah, that makes it easier then." Lin Wu nodded his head.

He made a few notes and decided to make some changes in his original set of plans. They didn't deviate much, but the new changes would certainly make things a lot more explosive in the future.

"Now then… onto the next part." Lin Wu muttered as he activated a communication link.

Far from Tieba city, in the very north of the Long Continent, a man opened his eyes. An emerald green spear made out of crystals was lying on his lap while he sat in a meditative pose.

His brows furrowed, but he soon heard a voice inside his head.

"What's this I'm hearing about you killing all opposition and taking over as the heir of the Ji clan?" Lin Wu questioned.

"S-senior!" Shirong responded with slight surprise.

"I thought you were going to just take care of your sister first?" Lin Wu asked.

"I did indeed… at least that was the original plan. And I prepared according to that too…" Shirong replied. "But something changed."

"Oh? Tell me." Lin Wu replied.

"I learned just how far the involvement of Ji Xiaolian and my siblings was. I originally wanted to go according to the rules of the clan and had even gotten her imprisoned in the prison, but it seemed like it was all just ruse.

They wanted to keep on playing me while pretending to follow the clan rules. And not just that, they had set up a lot more traps for me as well." Shirong explained slowly.

"I see…" Lin Wu said, his tone calm.

Shirong felt a bit uneasy from this and hesitated before speaking again.

"Are you… not fine with this senior?" Shirong questioned carefully.

"Not fine with it? Why would I not be fine with this?" Lin Wu answered.

"Huh?" Shirong had not expected that.

"You simply took the best course of action. Since your foes didn't follow the rules, there was no need for you to follow them, either. Besides, you didn't suppress them with falsehood or scheming, and neither did you trap them.

​ You killed them with pure power and eradicated the weeds from the roots." Lin Wu stated firmly.

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Shirong's face.

'I knew a being like that strong would cower under rules. The path of the strong is the one that I should take… only then will I be able to reach closer to him.' Shirong thought to himself.

After witnessing the vast expanse of the universe that Lin Wu had revealed to him, Shirong knew that his original goals were far too small. He was like a kid playing in a muddy puddle, thinking he was learning to swim.

When in reality, he was only lowering his own standards, going against the insects that lived in the puddle.

His goal needed to be far higher than that. But Shirong also knew his limitations and the time needed to grow. While he had been helped due to the Crystal spear, that was still nothing in front of the being that had made the spear in the first place.

He didn't need to hide the existence of the Emeraldine Heart Spear either, as he now knew the creator itself. No longer having to fear for all this, Shirong decided to do something he had long since desired.

Thus he cleared out the opposition he had in the clan and eliminated most of his siblings that were opposing him.

The ones that were still alive were those that were either too young to participate in the struggle, or those that had simply stayed neutral. The best example of this was none other than the first son of the Ji clan and Shirong's eldest brother, Ji Yuan.

That man had not appeared for even a single moment during the entire conflict and wasn't even in the clan.

But since he had already expressed his desire to not compete from the very start, there was no reason for Shirong to target him either. Lin Wu hadn't told Shirong about the truth of Ji Yuan either, as there was no need to do that right now.

'Considering the state he is in, he might have messed up if he went again Ji Yuan. That guy is still useful to me.' Lin Wu had already decided to use Ji Yuan as a sacrifice later.

"Is there anything you want me to do now, Senior?" Shirong asked.

"Right now?" Lin Wu asked. "Hmm… tell me about the situation in your clan. I heard your father is fine with all this?"

"He is… he was in fact, really infuriated after learning how the elders and my siblings were going against the clan rules. Thus he had no option but to approve of me." Shirong replied.

"Though… with a man of his influence, how was it that he didn't realize what his people were doing?" Lin Wu asked doubtfully.

Lin Wu was wondering if this was all done under the tacit approval of the Ji clan patriarch in the first place.

"Father has been busy lately. I do not know why and he does not tell us. But he has been staying in his residence for days on end and has delegated most tasks to elders." Shirong stated.