Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 936

Chapter 936 Rise of Mortals (II)

Wang Wei stood before a gate full of runes. Although his statue was everywhere in this city, no one recognized him. He observed the large gate, feeling the subtle fluctuation emanating from it.

He remembered how the world was when he first came and how much influence he had on this world. Back then, if you had told anyone that mortals could master the power of space-time on their own, 99% of cultivators would have laughed in your face, while the remaining 1% would look at you oddly and not say anything out of politeness.

He waited a few minutes until it was his turn. According to instructions, he stood in a circle before the door. Then, a flash of light appears around him, and he disappears.

'A controlled wormhole? Not bad,' he thought before finding himself inside an all-white space that was shining as bright as the stars. His mind seemed to feel like it was looking at infinity itself.

'If I were a mortal, then this subspace would indeed be a version of infinity,' thought Wang Wei. Before long, he found himself in another room with a magic circle on the ground. There was no gate around him, but Wang Wei could tell the entire compound was the Teleportation Gate.

A woman stood before him with a gentle smile. She immediately welcomed him and explained how to leave the compound. Wang Wei thanked her before leaving.

'Let's see what's different between this Green Lotus City and Black Stripe City,' thought Wang Wei. Green Lotus City is in the Taiyi Profound Gate's Domain, so he wanted to know whether there was any difference.

He walked around the city, and to Wang Wei's disappointment, there wasn't much difference, except for the God Temples. As a religion, Taoism had gods even before the Heavenly Court, and the people living in their domain were used to worship different gods.

However, the Taiyi Profound Gate would always disperse the Incense gathered, and the act of praying was more of a way to condense their religion's Qi Luck by better controlling the mortals.

'How stubborn,' thought Wang Wei, thinking our these Taoist monks followed the Absolute Beginning Emperor's edict like it was absolute. After shaking his head, Wang Wei visited a few more places in the central continent before heading to the Southern Continent.

His first destination was Heart Fire City in his old sect's domain–the Origin Pill Dao Sect. As soon as he arrived, he discovered something different: most mortals had tattoos on them.

Some hid them with some sort of potion. Others naturally could hide them in their bodies, while the rest did not care and let them show.

'Totem Warriors? Has it spread to mortals?'

Wang Wei was intrigued, so investigated. He went to a hospital and saw a bunch of children that had been born. Then, a caretaker or nurse pushed them into a special room with countless runes engraved on the ceiling. She activated something, and the runes descended on the children's body, creating a tattoo.

Some of the children began to emit light in their forehead where their Niwan Palace was. The nurse had a holographic screen before her and would identify these children as [Extraordinary].

As for the other children, the light emanates from their bodies.

'I see,' thought Wang Wei, understanding the situation. The mortal civilization in the south did not follow the Dao Opening Sect's model but created their own unique civilization.

The citizens did not use things like meditation, potions, pills, or Rune Array to create Extraordinary Citizens that awakened their Spiritual Power. Instead, they directly engraved special runes on the people's bodies at birth, activating their potential and spiritual power.

Meanwhile, ordinary citizens do not need to practice martial arts to wash and nourish their bodies with Spiritual Qi, thus strengthening them and prolonging life. The totem given to them at birth will automatically absorb Spiritual Qi from the environment and replace the role of martial arts.

'Different paths to the same destination,' thought Wang Wei with a smile. He was glad these people did not directly copy his sect; that would be boring. It's good for the Mortal Spiritual Rune Civilization to have variety.

He then proceeded to analyze the difference between these two mortal civilizations.

'The totem allows this citizen to awaken their spiritual power at birth, saving them a great deal of time. However, my people who have to meditate for a long period of time before succeeding, their spiritual powers are scattered and harder to control.

'It's the same for Body Totem. They don't need to practice martial arts, but their strength is not as good as the sect's mortals. However, they can also add more totems to their bodies to make up for this fault.'

In general, each had its advantages and disadvantages. If Wang Wei had to choose, he would lean toward the Totem Warriors. However, they have not been developing long enough to be even close to his sect's mortal civilization.

By the time they catch up, his mortals would have adopted some of the advantages of this Totem Civilization.

Wang Wei walked away and continued to observe this city. Due to the influence of the Southern Continent's Professions, the mortal civilizations developed faster than the others.

Things like pharmacology and rune artifacts excelled in the South. Arrays are not well developed in any mortal civilization because mortals' spiritual power is too weak to borrow the strength of Heaven and Earth, so they must rely on artifacts–similar to technology–to do everything.

Wang Wei took a Soaring Phoenix Construct, heading to the nearest city. As he sat in the plane that was flying in the air, a sense of achievement overcame him. He looked through the window and saw endless stretches of land, forests, and mountains.