Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 700 - 311. Heavenly Fire

Chapter 700: 311. Heavenly Fire

Five years, for Li Aozi, were not just spent lying low to avoid the limelight; more importantly, his arcane energy development reached its limit during this stage.

Sensation, Contact, Mastery, Proficiency, Dominate, Sovereign, Usurpation.

Li Aozi had always been dissatisfied with these clunky and hard-to-remember levels, but ever since he talked with Liue and learned that the essence of arcane energy was actually the mandate of the cosmic operation, he had greatly changed his opinion about this system.

In fact, just by looking at the names, one could see that the development of arcane energy was essentially a process of human understanding of power.

When you first came into contact with power, you felt utterly bewildered, clearly possessing a force beyond ordinary citizens but unable to wield it, mocked by your subordinates, and at the slightest misstep, you’d be outmaneuvered (lose control) and eventually be countered by the power itself.

Then, you gradually grasped the power little by little; at this time, you had become an elite in the eyes of mortals. Those lowly civilians did not deserve to be in the same class as you; although you appeared to be a minor official, you had enough influence over the civilians to make a significant impact.

Later on, your power grew larger and larger, and you became the head of a vast system. You began to indulge in the desire to dominate and control others’ fates. You were no longer that newcomer who would be outmaneuvered and countered by power; you were deeply dependent on power and accustomed to using it to control and dominate others.

Eventually, the desire consumed you, and your power reached its peak.

By usurping the mandate, you turned the power system into your exclusive possession. The existence and destruction of others became utterly meaningless to you; the modest sustenance desired by commoners became insignificant. You began to contemplate grander ideas, such as exploring the cosmos, expanding territories, and eternally imprinting yourself in history...

The Sovereign path had only four ultimate pathways. Except for the Conqueror pathway, the other three paths could not fully develop arcane energy to the highest level of ’Usurpation’ before reaching level 300.

At the Usurpation level, arcane energy would exert beyond its scope of authority.

Even though the Meteor Fall Master pathway Li Aozi took did not have high requirements for arcane energy development, for most arcane users, if the development level was high, the choice of pathway hardly mattered.

For example, he developed the Proficiency Level of Gravity, and the Mastery Level of Dark Light.

Li Aozi stood calmly on the ground, golden flames burning all living beings. They wailed in pain, their bodies devoured by shadows, severing their connection to transcendent powers.

The living, bearing original sin, were burned into pillars of salt. The wicked who refused to acknowledge their sins were deprived of the power to do evil.

Sequence 13: Dark Light:

Benefit Direction: Dual benefits of Charm and Constitution.

Introduction:

"Chaos burns, releasing scorching light, thus life emerged. However, light is always obstructed, hence shadows also exist. In this Starry Abyss, the majority of places are beyond the reach of light..."

"At the dawn of chaos, light without darkness roamed the universe, serving as the original moral standard, the primordial judgment of behavior. Light and darkness are beautiful twins; do you think they are sworn enemies? No, you must understand, dear child, those who attempt to establish a divine country on earth will only invite hell."

"When the light arrives first, shadows follow closely. The more one attempts to polarize them, the clearer it becomes that the most vile sins are often the highest honors."

"They are forever entwined, not opponents but collaborators, inciting mortals to fight for them."

"This is light without darkness. Light condemns original sin, while darkness devours brutality. Rather than calling it ’Dark Light,’ it should be called——Original Sin!"

——Primeval Heavenly Sovereign Sorao.

Arcane Performance:

[Active Activation]

Mode① Original Sin: Light: Dark Light becomes merciless, periodically scanning surrounding targets. Your arcane energy switches to Sodom Mode. You can, by guiding arcane power, command the Redemption Angel Sodom to descend heavenly fire upon targets with ’sins.’

Upon activation, a lineage determination takes place.

Within three generations, if any have committed crimes: breaking the law, loan sharking, human trafficking, sodomy, corruption, bribery, adultery, murder, they are considered to have ’original sin.’

If a target’s lineage is determined to possess ’original sin,’ they endure the burning of holy fire, initially causing 30% of your maximum health points in magic damage.

If the target does not die, they suffer 1% of your maximum health points in damage every second and undergo a determination every 30 seconds. Each failed determination increases the damage ratio by 1%.

(This mode does not enjoy the ’friendly unit’ damage reduction.)

Mode② Original Sin: Darkness: Dark Light becomes vigilant, actively striking those around you harboring hostility. In this state, your arcane energy switches to Gomorrah Mode. You do not need to control it; demons from the shadow realm, Gomorrah, will take the initiative to eliminate all targets with malice toward you.

Gomorrah will possess enemies attempting to attack you. During possession, Gomorrah temporarily severs the enemy’s extraordinary abilities.

The duration extends based on your Charm.

[Passive State]——’Dark Light’ summons Sodom and Gomorrah. You cannot communicate with them directly, but you can command them to attack enemies.

Without activating the active mode, they possess different attributes and grow with you.

’Redemption Angel’ Sodom: This angel wielded a Sulfur Blade and reached some consensus with you. During battles, it descended in ’ghost form,’ immune to slows.

Sodom gained 220% of your maximum health points. Each attack was accompanied by 70% of your Charm in magic damage.

’Fawning Beast’ Gomorrah: A rare beast stepping from the shadow realm, always encircled by shadows. Under its protection, you permanently gained a 30% dodge rate (ineffective against curses and fate-based skills).

Gomorrah gained 66.6% of your maximum health points but had a 99% dodge rate during attacks, extending the possession time instead of causing damage.

Range:

Sodom——100 meters.

Gomorrah——20 meters.

Current development level: Mastery, under this development level, arcane energy consumption rate was 90%;

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The scorching vapor of sulfur rampaged wildly in the nightclub. Sodom, impartial and stern, hovered midair, each swing of the blade in his hand leaving a dazzling pillar of salt.

Gomorrah leapt agilely through the crowd. His form resembled an upright goat, with long arms, treading through shadows continuously advancing, possessing self-righteous transcendents and rendering their proud powers null.

Originally, Dark Light had significant flaws; its intervention range, or rather, the movement distance of angels and demons was very short, with an effective combat radius of at most 100 meters.

Although both summons were powerful and had exaggerated attributes, especially Sodom, with Li Aozi’s own boost, health points reached a staggering 484,000, yet the strict combat radius clearly limited their performance.

If it were another occupation, they might have no choice but to fight up close.

But Li Aozi’s primary occupation was Star Realm Echoer.