Exactly eighty-eight days later, the day of the Red Horizon finally came.The Great Elders of the Peace Faction of the Shadow Spawns had long completed their impartation session. 'Hermes' had been in seclusion since then to digest his gains. Today was the day he would exit his training and compete for the title of Mercury Sovereign. *****In the training chamber, Fang Yu's eyes flew open. He had a calm expression on his face.Truth be told, Fang Yu hadn't expected he would occupy Hermes' body for this long. As days, weeks and even months passed, his emotions had alternated from mild anxiety to intense worry and finally, resignation.The good news was that he had adapted somewhat to being Hermes by now. Fortunately, the slight changes in his personality he couldn't hide were perceived by the Elders as growth and nothing else. This way, Fang Yu faced no issues with his undercover identity.As of now, he had mastered a total of hundred abilities from the initial twenty that 'Hermes' kne

Fang Yu listened attentively to Gao Weiguang's lecture and assimilated the information.The description provided about the early stages were easy to follow, but it became more esoteric as it progressed. Fang Yu did not fully grasp the concept of the Dao Arbiter Realm and how it correlated to the cultivation of the spirit embryo which was the inner universe or cosmos. Did the cultivator's cosmos become the Dao Fruit? Or was it simply the evolved World Heart alone which did so? When Fang Yu voiced his questions about this, Gao Weiguang explained that achieving Dao Fruit was different for everyone, and that there wasn't a sole method of transcendence. Besides that, Fang Yu was reminded that he had already integrated with a fragment of a Dao Fruit. As long as he restored the inner cosmos he inherited to perfect condition, the chance to condense a Dao Fruit would automatically appear following the method used by the predecessor the godshard originally belonged to.With this, Gao Weiguang c

"I've been waiting for you for quite a while!" Apparently, Wu Chen wasn't as drunk as he appeared and reacted instantly, unsheathing and slashing his sword at the invader a few metres to his left. Immediately, the latter vanished from view."Damnit, it's an ambush!" Hidden in the darkness, the assassin–Fang Yu–switched location to be safe and concealed his aura.There was no doubt that this was a pre-planned ploy. Somehow, most of the patrons of the tavern were now wielding weapons and exuding their auras to form a killing formation that permeated the entire inn.Under the killing intent, Fang Yu found it several times more difficult to conceal his spirit. It also made it hard to act as his traces would be easily discovered under the tight scrutiny.'Someone in the Assassin Guild must have double-crossed me,' he analyzed, tentatively. 'It's either that or the assassination mission was put out by Wu Chen himself to lure me here."The Assassin Guild usually provided some details about t

"Damn swordsmen!" Fang Yu felt a strong sense of danger coming from the cultivator as an oppressive power locked him in place. Clearly, the latter was exuding his Sword Heart to distort the surroundings laws.The Sword Dao was a postnatal Dao. Compared to connate daos like life dao or, death dao, it was less mysterious and relatively embryonic but had tremendous conceptual potential. Like now, the sharp, overbearing aura easily tore apart and dominated the natural laws of the battle zone.Unwilling to be outdone, Fang Yu gave up on sneak combat and grasped his daggers tightly, confronting the sword head on.Clang!The force from the blow of the collision almost flung Fang Yu away but he shook his body at a specific frequency, using this method to nullify the momentum and stabilize his footing. At the same time, he trickily swung the dagger in his left hand to his opponent's ribs without missing a beat.With this action, Fang Yu casually proved that a true assassin was as adept in clos

"You!" Upon seeing Fang Yu, Old Li was annoyed and had a strong impulse to take a sledgehammer and crack the guy's skull open."I apologize for the trouble I've caused," Fang Yu thankfully knew his place and hurriedly put on a contrite expression. He wasn't wearing a mask this time as Old Li had already seen his features in the mirror earlier."It's fine," Old Li took a deep breath to regain his composure. He suddenly smiled mischievously and said, "Do you want to know what the Envoy decided on?""What?" Fang Yu was curious. Under the terrifying pressure, he had not dared monitor this area even remotely before and only showed up when the expert took his leave and his spiritual intuition hinted it was safe. "Also, why didn't the Envoy scan the city with his divine sense to see if I was still here?""You don't really think that a dignified powerhouse like him would resort to doing that, do you?" Old Li said derisively. "He'll return to the headquarters and put up your information on the