Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Seeing the Immortal Crystal Armament still in his spatial storage ring brought great relief to Shirong.

Alas, he was about to discover something that would hurt him more.

"At least you are there…" Shirong muttered and withdrew the Immortal Crystal Armament.

~shua~

The Immortal Crystal Armament appeared in his hand, but upon holding it he found it to be very strange. He didn't feel it to be linked with him anymore.

"What… what happened to the spear?" Shirong said, feeling bewildered.

He tried to pour his spirit Qi into it but was unable to do anything. No matter how much spirit Qi he added to the immortal crystal armament, it simply absorbed it but didn't respond to his commands.

Shirong then used his spirit sense, which felt hard to use. For some reason, while he was still able to use his spirit Qi with little problems, his spirit sense felt very heavy. It was like his spirit sense was now an iron chain while before it was a string made of cotton.

Still, he forcibly used it and made contact with the Immortal Crystal Armament. And when he did so, he felt another rush of memories coming from the spear. These were lighter memories though and didn't cause him any distress.

"What is all this!" Shirong couldn't help but exclaim upon seeing the memories.

These memories were of course, fabricated and planted by Lin Wu himself. Plus, the spear that Shirong held in his hand was just a replica made from his body's crystal. It didn't have any real functions other than being able to hide from any external interference.

From the memories that Shirong got, he learned of what had happened. He saw the Skull god trying to take over his body and saw the Immortal Crystal Armament resist it. He too was struggling and had a few fragments of this memory left in his mind.

This just helped him clear those memories up and he could confirm that those things really happened. He then saw the Immortal Crystal Armament taking a drastic step. It seemingly used some mysterious technique to forcefully banish and seal the Skull god again.

But doing this damaged the Immortal Crystal Armament greatly, and it entered into its sealed state again. At this point, Shirong still felt a little pleased as this meant that he would be able to awaken it again.

But when the latter memories appeared, he found them to be strange. These memories contained the thoughts of someone else, which Shirong eventually linked to the Immortal Crystal Armament's own thoughts.

'So it really was sentient all this time… it was just limited in what it could do at that level…' Shirong thought to himself.

He then saw the uncertain emotions on the memories of the spear and that it was far more damaged than normal. It was such that it would have no other way to heal but to just stay dormant and absorb the 'natural energies of the world'.

Shirong didn't know what these 'Natural Energies' were but guessed that it might be a different kind of an energy that only cultivators above the Immortal realm would be able to sense.

~Sigh~

"So I'll have to wait for you…" Shirong muttered to himself.

He sat back down and sank into his thoughts about what to do next. A lot of his plans of domination were dependent on the Immortal Crystal Armament as it would have allowed him to gain strength far faster than normal.

But after a few hours, Shirong realized he hadn't necessarily lost everything.

"I still have the spear intent I comprehended, that move I learned from the spear, the skills I mastered and the spirit Qi control that was enhanced. If I can master these all further, I'll be able to learn even more and come out stronger.

That's right! I just need to persevere and by the time the Immortal Crystal Armament wakes up, we'll be ready to take on the world!" Shirong proclaimed.

In the span of few hours, Shirong had gone from despair to a newfound determination. If Lin Wu were here, perhaps he would wonder if this was the difference between the average cultivator and an 'expert'. 

Perhaps it was even the Young master identity of Shirong that played as an advantage for him. Whatever it may be, but Shirong now started to revise his plans and charted out what problems he had now.

"I need to get to the clan first of all and declare the truth about the death of uncle Quan. Then I need to inform the clan of the Skull god and how he is a threat to all of us." Shirong muttered.

This was also why Lin Wu had let him think that the Skull god was merely sealed and not banished from this world. Lin Wu wanted Shirong to raise his clan in opposition to the Skull god, which was notorious for controlling others.

And using this aspect, Lin Wu would have a sharp sword that would kill whatever he pointed at in the future. Of course, this was part of Lin Wu's own grand plan and would come in function far in the future.

"Oh, and you elder sister… you will pay for what you have done…" Shirong said as his eyes shone in a dangerous light.

He had not forgotten that his sister was involved in hypnotizing him and also kidnapping his subordinates. They were still missing and there were no traces of them for a while now.

The best thing Shirong could do was to return to his clan and take his position as the heir before mounting his offense. After all, his sister and perhaps his other siblings had already started opposing him.

But while they had done that, they had also kept it a bit secret and indirect. Thus, Shirong would have to take a similar approach as well, keeping the laws of the Ji Clan in mind.

Of course, if he knew that his sister had sent a spy to follow him around, perhaps Shirong would have made a different decision.