Emperor Lawrence

“Do you have someone in mind?”

At the question from Serene Will, Lawrence nods. Receiving no further response, she sighs and again enters the portal connecting their mansion to the Forbidden Area Cloudsea.

Ever since Lawrence conquered the three kingdoms, he has asked each of their leaders to hand over all their death row prisoners. Perhaps they think he will send them to work in a mine as slaves, but the reality is quite different.

All of them have been sacrificed in the Forbidden Area Cloudsea, with the sole purpose of accelerating the maturation of the Boundless Fruit. Initially, Serene Will or Sky Petal only handed the corpses to the tree, but after discovering that the tree felt more fulfilled after killing the intruders in front of it, intruders who had entered through an unauthorized path to the Forbidden Area, they decided to continue this course of action.

If adhering to the rules of the Forbidden Area could speed up the fruit’s maturation, they were happy to do it.

Minutes later, she returns with an apple in her hand, the Boundless Fruit.

“You can come if you want.”

Lawrence smiles cheerfully and invites her to his personal dimension. Once he creates a Dimensional Rift, he enters it followed by Serene Will.

Beyond the Dimensional Rift, not only is Coldness Divine there, but also Absolute Prominence... with her belly slightly swollen. There is no need to mention that in her belly she carries Lawrence's child, a truly surprising pregnancy for him.

Looking at Absolute Prominence, he hands her the Boundless Fruit while saying: “It seems that the laws of the world in my personal dimension are laxer than outside, it shouldn't harm our child... but I wouldn't blame you if you decide to consume it later.”

She is surprised and hides her smile behind her hand, “Worrying about me? There's no need. It's not the first time in this world a pregnant woman has consumed a valuable resource.”

He steps back, raising his hands, showing he has fulfilled his duty as a father, but the truth is that this was nothing more than empty courtesy.

Feeling annoyed by the glances of the main wives, Absolute Prominence frowns before opening her mouth and... consuming the Boundless Fruit.

After consuming it, she shows no external change, but the truth is that all her consciousness is directed towards the changes occurring inside her.

While she feels that only a few seconds have passed, the reality is that she does not open her eyes until minutes later.

She directs her hands toward her belly and then sighs, nothing bad has happened.

“What a strange feeling... Even though it's new, I feel like I've had it all my life. My innate ability has changed, but I know everything about it indistinctly.”

Before Lawrence and the others could speak, Absolute Prominence controls her innate ability and then summons one of her shadows. The one who appears is none other than Fallen Feather, the former commander of the Dajhir Kingdom’s army.

Everyone had previously witnessed how her shadows could acquire color and look no different from a living person, but now something extraordinary happens.

The eyes of Fallen Feather show life, no different from a thinking being.

Lawrence, Serene Will, and Coldness Divine can’t believe what they are seeing. Is it possible to bring someone back to life...? But they would soon find out that, although Fallen Feather appears to be thinking, she hasn't performed any actions.

“I can control the souls of my shadows, I can manifest them and partially recover their consciousness from when they were alive, but... It's no different from a thinking doll.”

The excitement they felt slowly fades, but only Coldness Divine can see the potential in this. Before she even says anything, she sees Serene Will looking at her, that woman again read her mind.

Coldness Divine clicks her tongue, “If you can manifest their souls, can they manifest their Ways?”

Only then does Lawrence understand Serene Will’s look towards Coldness Divine, because if her words hold even a shred of truth, her future is limitless.

She thinks for a few seconds and then nods, “Hm... I think it’s possible.”

“You think?”

Responding to Lawrence, she says: “I don’t meet the requirements, if my level were higher, maybe I could do it. I don’t feel it’s unreasonable.”

Because her level is below 300 and because she herself has not yet manifested her Way, it is not possible to control a shadow with its own Way, but her intuition should not be underestimated. Because after consuming the Boundless Fruit, she acquired all the knowledge needed to control her innate ability.

If she says it’s not unreasonable, then it isn’t.

Lawrence is seriously considering the idea of allowing Absolute Prominence to level up for the upcoming battle against the Unquenchable Fire Brothel, if they had the support of her shadows…

“Can you...?”

Perhaps because Coldness Divine has been in closer contact with the laws of the world, a wild idea crosses her mind.

“Can you swap the souls of bodies?”

“Eh?”

This catches everyone by surprise, but she still refuses to justify and instead, insists on the question. “Can you or not?”

Absolute Prominence clenches her fists at the insolence of the main wife. If it were another time, she would start an argument, but whether because she is pregnant or because this is a joyful event, she decides to answer her question without making a fuss.

“It will be difficult. There must be no resistance at all, both parties must agree, and a magic formation must be created exclusively for each specific case.” She smiles and then shakes her head, “And even then, the probability of success would be low. That’s what I feel.”

Coldness Divine is not discouraged by her response, “As long as it’s not impossible, there's always a way.”

Because the benefits of success far outweigh the investment.

It’s hard to know what that dragon girl was thinking when proposing something like this, but after seeing the serious look from Serene Will, he understands that it’s not a thought that arose yesterday or today, a long time has passed before reaching this conclusion.

With the innate ability of Absolute Prominence successfully enhanced, there is no longer a need for the three of them to be gathered in one place... but before they separate, Lawrence speaks again.

“Gather information about the Forbidden Areas, this is the best time for a new incursion.”

Until the conditions are met, a hunter cannot rise to level 700, this might be bad news for many, but it’s possible to turn black into white.

This is the only time where they can increase their strength without being forced to level up.

“The Forbidden Areas adapt to the level of their challengers. Before today, it was too dangerous to raid, but now... we have a chance.”

His women have proven to have the strength necessary to fight against rankers above level 700, even if the Forbidden Area adapts to their current level, the danger they will face will be much less than if they keep postponing this decision.

“All the foundations we set years ago are already established…”

From stealing the contacts of an information dealer, establishing good relations with an auction house, acquiring confidential information from the Unquenchable Fire Brothel... to the creation of a sect.

All the goals they set have been achieved, they have met the minimum requirements to be a threat to their biggest enemy.

The Unquenchable Fire Brothel.

“As soon as the average level of my disciples rises to level 500... we will destroy the Unquenchable Fire Brothel. All the chains that bind you to that place will be cut, nothing will stop you from reaching the peak. The max level.”

This is a shadow they must eliminate, otherwise, it will become their inner demon.

“The Unquenchable Fire Brothel is looking for me, along with Golden Green and Wicked Fortune.”

Serene Will, Coldness Divine, and Absolute Prominence are surprised by his words, even more so after learning that Eminent Greed, their recent enemy, is planning to help him hide his identity.

“I will accept her proposal and change my name.”

He uses the magic artifact that woman gave him and then slightly changes the features of his face, enough to be considered a new person.

“It will be temporary, but until the fall of the Unquenchable Fire Brothel...”

He looks them in the eyes and says…

“I am Emperor Lawrence.”

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Months quickly pass.

The Path to Heaven Sect has completed its recruitment campaign, around two thousand disciples were accepted. Of them, only 240 are inner disciples, and the rest are outer disciples.

The level of the disciples has increased rapidly after entering the sect, while the average level of the outer disciples is level 70, the average level of the inner disciples is level 90. After living under hundreds of magic formations, fighting in controlled danger environments, and consuming valuable resources, it was to be expected that such a thing would happen.

In the entire sect, there is only one disciple with an extraordinary innate ability.

Since when is it so easy to find an immortal with an extraordinary innate ability? They can consider themselves lucky to have acquired one in the first generation of disciples. As the reputation of the Path to Heaven Sect grows, such users will come knocking on their own.

Sky Petal has achieved the two goals set by Lawrence.

She has managed to assimilate the capabilities of the Silver Lily plant, allowing now her plants to speak. As long as all of them carry one of her plants on themselves, they will be able to communicate at a distance. This distance may not be from one city to another, but it is nonetheless significant.

After handing her the Ashfire pill recipe, Sky Petal has not only managed to upgrade it to level 799, but she has also managed to change the ingredients for ones of lesser value, obtaining a result similar to the original.

Since she and Lawrence are bankrupt, that flower girl has begun to value money. Thanks to this, the value of the ingredients has become a problem to consider in her head.

Coldness Divine and Serene Will have fully recovered from their injuries, if tomorrow there were a battle similar to the previous one, they would not only be able to win, but the consequences would be lesser.

Once again, the hunting of big shots has started and Lawrence no longer needs to rely on the money from the auction house to finance his project.

Just one month before the construction ends and a new auction begins, they step into the sub-space of the Unquenchable Fire Brothel.

“Bring that woman…”

That woman may have no future, but today she is necessary.

“Draw a map of this place.”

Very soon everything will end.