novelhk Chapter 18 The Spirit King's Right Arm and the Sun
Chapter 18 The Spirit King's Right Arm and the Sun
East Rukongai
Reverse bone area
Li Lin was sitting cross-legged on a futon in the center of the room.
The katana he never parted with rested across his knees, its deep red scabbard gleaming with a dark luster in the dim room.
His eyes were slightly closed, and his breathing was long and deep, like a traditional samurai immersed in the meditation of swordsmanship.
He was actually meditating.
However, instead of meditating on swordsmanship, he let his spirit wander in the void and saw the right hand of the Spirit King enshrined in this shrine, Lord Mimihagi.
"Don't worry, I won't devour you right now, after all, I am a god with a contractual spirit."
In the darkness, Li Lin's spirit saw the one-eyed god standing tall.
It was a huge right arm, with an eye on the back of the hand, and only one pupil in the eye.
The Spirit King's left hand was also severed, and its shape was also a huge arm, but its eyes were in the palm of its hand, and there were two pupils in its eyes.
This is different from Lord Mimihagi, who represents the Soul King's right hand.
It descended from the sky in ancient times, having been severed from the body of the Spirit King, and landed in the Rebellious Bone Zone, becoming a local deity worshipped by people.
Theoretically speaking, the part that was split off from the Spirit King's body does not have consciousness.
But that's only in theory. Neither monks nor the five noble families could measure the Spirit King's realm.
Just as they thought that turning the Spirit King into a human pig, even hollowing out his internal organs, would trap him in a spiral of life and death from which he could not escape, the Spirit King was still able to occasionally convey his will to the royal agents outside.
Even now, this separately separated part of the Spirit King still possesses consciousness.
Furthermore, the Spirit King's main body has already been freed from the seal, and these scattered parts have already achieved spiritual unity.
Therefore, Lord Mimihagi also knew about the contract between Li Lin and the Spirit King.
Although Li Lin could forcibly devour this portion of the Spirit King's power, as a person of integrity, he chose to abide by the contract.
The contract stipulated that he would stabilize the world, and in the process, the Spirit King would gradually relinquish his power.
This power is not just the part of his body, but also the part that is dispersed outwards.
He has only just begun to change this world, adding only a little of his own color to it.
That's not enough.
However, not devouring now doesn't mean we can't do something.
Each part of the Spirit King represents a certain symbol, which is similar to the authority held by the gods in the mysterious world.
The Spirit King's right hand controls 'stagnation'.
Jushiro Ukitake used this ability to sustain his life, and even transformed into the Soul King's right arm at crucial moments to maintain the world.
In addition, he also possesses characteristics such as 'contract' and 'faith'.
Believers offer everything they have except their eyes to Lord Mimihachi, and Lord Mimihachi will protect them.
Furthermore, since the Soul King is a Quincy, it also possesses the characteristic of 'purification'.
Based on these characteristics, he decided to transform Lord Mimihagi into a "Solar Path".
In fact, if we're talking about stagnation, this is the domain of the Twilight Giants, but the stagnation of the Twilight Giants means that everything will perish.
This is quite different from the stagnation that the Soul King's right arm used to maintain the existence of the world.
Of course, the main reason was actually Li Lin's own will.
As long as the difference isn't too great, Li Lin can use his own ingenuity to make up for that gap.
He had previously created a mask with lunar pathway abilities, and now he was going to further modify the Spirit King's right hand to face the solar pathway.
The moon and the sun, let's make a correspondence.
He plucked the fundamental strings that constituted the Spirit King's right hand, changing their properties by manipulating their frequency.
At the same time, he also poured his imagination into changing the material world.
With the support of his dual abilities, the Spirit King's right hand was also slowly changing.
The towering, one-eyed giant arm began to show increasingly obvious changes. Its grayish-brown surface gradually spread a very faint golden halo, like a restrained solar corona.
Then an ancient, solemn, and sacred aura, as if propelling all things upwards, filled the air.
The indifferent pupil in the single eye seemed to have gained a touch of constant warmth, and even began to turn golden!
Suddenly, in this absolute dark spiritual realm, a blazing, eternal, and seemingly solidified sun-like phantom rose brilliantly from behind the giant arm!
The radiance of holiness, purification, life, and order spread out like a tangible tide, instantly dispelling all the surrounding darkness and transforming this realm into a pure golden, tranquil, and magnificent kingdom!
This is the Spirit King's right arm, but in a way it is also Li Lin's right arm, since Li Lin is now the Spirit King.
He was about to bring "his" right arm back to life!
Just as Yhwach turned the Spirit King's left arm into his personal guard, he also wanted to turn the Spirit King's right arm into his "favored one"!
With the adjustment of the strings and the infusion of imagination, the enormous sun arm began to twist, shrink, and reconstruct!
The hardened skin softens, the contours collapse inward and stretch outward, gradually revealing a clear human structure.
Fingers, palms, arms, torso, head... the whole process was like a master craftsman sculpting a supreme holy statue.
Finally, the divine light gradually receded, and a complete human figure stood silently in the void.
His face, figure, and attire were exactly the same as those of Yoriichi Tsugikuni, who was sitting in the shrine's guest room at the moment!
With their deep red hair, cold and stern faces, strange markings under their eyes, and deep red scabbards at their waists, even their calm and reserved yet sharp temperament was exactly the same, as if they were two statues carved by the same craftsman from the same piece of material.
Li Lin nodded in satisfaction.
"That's right, people with the solar pathway are perfect for dealing with vampires with the lunar pathway."
Moreover, it is also very strong.
This was, after all, an arm transformed from the Spirit King's, and it possessed the power of a transcendent being.
Just like Yhwach's personal guard, Penida, they possess strength surpassing that of captain-level Shinigami!
If we apply the concept of the mysterious world to this, then surpassing the limits of death would qualify one as an angel.
Having him take over Yoriichi's identity is perfectly adequate.
Hmm, using parts of the Spirit King's body to replace the authority of the divine path is a good idea.
At the moment the transformation was completed, Li Lin clearly felt that his connection and immersion in this world of death had suddenly deepened.
It's as if he added a bold and crucial stroke to a painting that originally had only a light background!