Soul Land V: Rebirth of Tang San

Another pleasant voice arose, equally androgynous but very pleasing to the ear, mirroring the voice of the Crystal Great Demon Emperor, "As you have also mentioned, he is, after all, a human. This human is very interesting. In fact, he doesn\'t realize that the true reason he passed my test was that he did not abandon his teammates. He was willing to risk his life and face danger for the challenge. Therefore, his qualification for my selection is unrelated to race or ability, the most important being his character."

"Moreover, don\'t you find his ability interesting? Imprinting a bloodline power within his body. This simulation is different; being omnipotent is only an imitation, it\'s not truly possessing it. At most, one can simulate only three types at the same time. Yet he seems capable of using more than three. This is intriguing; perhaps it will become the direction for the future."

The Crystal Great Demon Emperor said, "Your choice has never been wrong; I believe it will not be this time either."

"That\'s a given. You can go rest easy. No matter how clever Old Fox is at mastering fate and foreseeing the future, he couldn\'t guess that I would do this, hahaha."

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Today, Tang San and Gu Li finished their mountain climbing evidently the quickest. The other teams were surely still cultivating, so Tang San and Gu Li decided to pick up Du Bai first, followed by Wu Bingji and Cheng Zicheng. By the time they returned to their residence, it was already evening.

Everyone was quite exhausted. After a simple dinner, they each returned to their rooms to digest the day\'s gains.

Tang San also returned to his room. Although he was not physically tired, the day\'s events had taken a considerable toll on him.

The oppressive force brought on by the Crystal Great Demon Emperor made him acutely aware that the situation he was facing had exceeded his control. This feeling was hard to bear for someone who had once been a First-Generation God King. When one\'s life is in another\'s hands, especially for a being who once controlled everything, that sensation is particularly painful.

Tang San was well aware that against the true Crystal Great Demon Emperor, or any of the contemporary Great Demon Emperors, with his current cultivation base, even if he used his somewhat recovered divine consciousness, there was no chance of escape. Intimidating the Crystal Phoenix Demon Emperor had been feasible, but if it came down to a real fight, he\'d have no chance at all.

He still needed to become stronger!

However, now that he had calmed down and was recalling the host of abilities the Crystal Great Demon Emperor had displayed, most of which were powerful aspects exclusive to a First Level Bloodline, some he possessed himself, Tang San still had a nagging feeling there was something off about the Emperor\'s duplication ability.

Could he truly possess the bloodline power of every creature in this world? Could he really achieve omnipotence? That was clearly unrealistic.

Having once been a Godking, Tang San was very aware that whether human or god, power has its limits; there\'s no such thing as true omnipotence. It simply doesn\'t exist.

So, where lies the limit of the Crystal Great Demon Emperor, or what is the issue with his duplication? Uncovering this secret was something he needed to explore. Of course, not now, as he was still too weak and without the credentials to do so.

With these thoughts, he took out the two tokens the Crystal Great Demon Emperor had given him that day.

A small mirror, and that strange, perfectly round egg.

The function of the mirror had been clearly explained by the Crystal Great Demon Emperor: to copy an ability and to use it once. If one wished to use it again, it would require another copy.

Holding the circular mirror, Tang San felt a strange sensation. He silently used his Spiritual Power to scan its material, but discovered that it was a kind of existence he had never seen before. With his experience, he didn\'t even know what material the mirror was made from. This was indeed very odd.

But there was nothing he could do about it. Since he couldn\'t find its origin, he had no choice but to use it.

Silver light flickered, and the bloodline power of the Peacock Transformation slowly converged on him. As he guided the silver glow into the round mirror in his hand with his Spiritual Power, suddenly, an illusory vortex appeared on the surface of the mirror, engulfing the silver halos as if sucking them in.

After a moment, silver lines emerged on the surface of the Crystal Mirror, with patterns even resembling those of peacock feathers. Everything returned to calm.

Tang San wanted to infuse more energy into it but could no longer do so.

When he poured his Spiritual Power into the Crystal Mirror, it immediately established a connection, and silver light emerged from its surface. Harnessing the energy within the mirror, with a flash of silver light, Tang San quietly appeared a few meters away in the living room. The light patterns in the mirror also dissipated quickly.

It was indeed miraculous! This thing could very likely save his life at a critical moment, especially if replicated properly. Moreover, the intensity of the bloodline energy it could unleash seemed related to the strength of the person infusing it. Tang San also had a faint feeling that the upper limit of the Crystal Mirror was below deity level. Yes, it probably couldn\'t imprint anything beyond deity level, or else it would be a true divine tool, and the Crystal Great Demon Emperor would not be so generous as to give him a divine tool.

Even so, this was absolutely considered a treasure. More importantly, compared to its own effectiveness, the most crucial was the significance it represented. With this mirror in hand, according to what the Crystal Great Demon Emperor said, he could hide his various bloodlines.

The second uncontrollable event that made Tang San feel today was the kindness of this Crystal Great Demon Emperor towards him.

Without having met before, upon their first encounter, being able to display various abilities, the other party must have been surprised. Yet, there was no excessive reproach, instead, he had given him a token of assurance. What was the meaning of this kindness? Why would someone suddenly be so good to him? That was the First Demon Emperor, even the First Emperor, with no reason to act this way!

This doubt clearly couldn\'t be answered now, but perhaps he would understand in the future. Or maybe, it was related to that other item.

While thinking, Tang San\'s gaze fell on the egg beside him.

The eggshell was crystal clear and translucent; if the Crystal Great Demon Emperor hadn\'t told him it was an egg, Tang San might have thought it was a large gemstone. And it looked as dazzling as a gemstone.

Tang San carefully tried to sense the existence within with his Mysterious Heaven Method, but as soon as he began to infuse it, it vanished without a trace, like a clay ox entering the sea, leaving not even a slight mark.

Not only that, when he tried to insert his divine consciousness into it, the result was exactly the same. It disappeared without any trace.

What kind of life form was being nurtured inside? The Crystal Great Demon Emperor valued it so highly, what could it be? Surely it couldn\'t be the progeny of the Crystal Great Demon Emperor. Wasn\'t it said that he couldn\'t reproduce descendants to inherit his mutated bloodline? Moreover, even if it were true, he wouldn\'t hand it over to a stranger like himself!

After playing with it a bit longer and being unable to find any clues, Tang San had no choice but to store away the egg and the Crystal Mirror in hand.

For some reason, he always felt like he had missed something, and the emergence of that sliver of inspiration made him feel as if he had grasped something.

It was a very wonderful feeling, as if he had overlooked something very important, which could potentially bring him great benefits. What could it be?