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Chapter 377 Anchor - Sub-Mythology! Anchoring the Qi Sea, anchoring time and space! Stop Imagawa from going to Kyoto, life or death!

At the bottom of the Qi Sea, a transparent, triangular crystal glows faintly.

Uesugi Tetsuya could see a series of prompts suddenly pop up at the top of it.

The following are the defining criteria for "emptiness of the Qi Sea"—

Fragments of the Totsuka Blade - Epic Edition

【The Feathers of the Guhuoniao - Epic+】

【Sea-Shaped Scales - Epic+】

【The Heart of Yaobikuni (1/2) - Legend】

【Thousand-Eyed Ksitigarbha Clay Sculpture - Sub-Mythology】

【…】

Under his continued silent gaze, the originally transparent crystal gradually became stained with the color of the defining object.

The first thing to light up was the center of the anchor, where the fragments of the Totsuka Sword shone brightly.

A few glittering gold dots illuminate the geometric center.

What followed was the flames of the Guhuoniao bird, which were burning faintly on the surface of the entire anchor.

The fire, rising and falling, is unpredictable.

Next, the bottom of the anchor is adorned with pure azure, the color of the sea's scales.

The tranquil blue caused the anchor to sink slightly.

Then a large amount of green flowed into the anchor from all directions, filling the remaining large transparent space and connecting the center, surface, and bottom of the anchor.

A portion of the green, representing vitality and prosperity, originates from the heart of the Eight Hundred Bhikkhunis.

Finally, there is a blood-red blackness that is invisible unless you look closely, existing everywhere except in the center.

The eerie power of the Thousand-Eyed Clay Sculpture was all-pervasive, yet it remained unusually quiet within the anchor.

Uesugi Tetsu didn't dare to lose focus and watched intently.

After a long while, a new prompt slowly appeared after the ellipsis.

The "anchor" has been anchored to the defining element within your Five Elements Qi Sea, and is now permanently anchored there!

In that instant, the entire sea of ​​qi, encompassing the five defining elements, the three demonic avatar cards, and the vast, emanating power of lightning and fire armor, which spanned over 13,000 feet, immediately quieted down.

No more disputes, no more chaos, no more wasting any extra energy.

With the anchor successfully anchored, "everyone" in the new Five Elements Qi Sea immediately became obedient, and the originally slow outward expansion speed more than doubled!
No one felt it more clearly than Uesugi Tetsu.

In the past, when he came to Qihai, he would always find minor frictions and disagreements between the defining elements, as well as the great chaos that might occur when a new defining element came.

In such situations, he needs to use the power of his will to suppress them.

But no more now.

This powerful anchor, sunk deep beneath the ocean floor, subdued everything.

At the same time, the panel of the anchor itself became blurred, as if some kind of change was taking place.

The original panel of the anchor was—

Anchor (Special Item)

[Quality: None]

[Effect: Placing it in the Qi Sea will greatly enhance its stability. It will also produce unknown beneficial effects depending on the specific Qi Sea.]

—An anchor, used for positioning.

About ten minutes later, a new panel belonging to the anchor, decorated with five colors, appeared before Uesugi Tetsuya's eyes.

【anchor】

[Quality: Sub-myth]

[Effect 1: Anchors the Qi Sea to its spatial and temporal dimensions, making the Qi Sea permanently stable.]

Effect 2: Anchoring the defined object. Every so often, you can briefly "rewind the history" of the defined object. After the rewind, different behaviors will produce unknown positive effects.

Please note that "historical retrospection" cannot affect actual history.

[—An activated anchor has been positioned.]

Shh, don't let anyone know it exists, or... you won't want to know the consequences.

"Sub-mythology...?!"

Even though he had prepared himself somewhat, Uesugi Tetsu was still stunned when he first saw the dazzling quality of the product.

It should be noted that, apart from the Thousand-Eyed Earthly Treasure clay sculpture that he bought from Sheng Hai for a full 100,000 Soul Ashes, the highest quality weapons and props he possessed were only around the legendary level.

What was originally just a special prop, the anchor, has suddenly become the highest quality item in his entire body!

Moreover, the results were very encouraging.

Uesugi Tetsuya has already experienced the effect of permanently stabilizing his Qi Sea—it not only accelerates the expansion of his Qi Sea but also makes his power output smoother.

There may be hidden effects that have not yet been discovered in the future.

As for the second effect... rewinding history!
It is possible to return to that period of history by using five defining elements.

Even if he cannot influence real history through false images, he can at least learn about past experiences and truths, and see many things.

—For example, the Ten-Fist Sword slaying the Yamata no Orochi, the possible whereabouts of the Eight Hundred Bhikkhunis, and... how Jizo suppressed the Thousand-Eyed One!

Etc., etc.

Perhaps, he can use this function of the anchor to quickly improve Hyakume's progress on his quest.

After all, just hearing a story from Sheng Hai and touching some grass on a grave caused Tian Tu's growth to increase by several percentage points—what would it be like to personally experience those ancient and wonderful histories?
In any case, it's much faster than slowly waiting for time to pass.

Secondly, there's the so-called "unknown positive effects." Uesugi Tetsu speculated that the anchor might improve the quality of the boundary marker.

After all, the previous unknown positive effect had already transformed the anchor itself into a sub-mythical quality.

Prior to this, Uesugi Tetsu had never heard of, nor had he ever considered, that a defining object could be changed after defining the Qi Sea.

No wonder, the final hint told him not to talk about it and to keep it a secret.

If news of this anchor gets out, even the Wild God, and even those Great Wild Gods who can move mountains and fill seas with a wave of their hand, might be interested.

Even if he says that the anchor is already anchored and he can no longer change his faith in the Lord... who would believe him?
Whether you're anchored or not, we'll tie you up first.

In extreme cases, someone might just be so jealous that they chop him up!
In short, develop quietly and don't show off.

Uesugi Tetsuya took some time to calm himself down before carefully and attentively sensing the completely transformed, pitch-black Five Elements Qi Sea.

If the previous state was "powerful," then the current state, after being anchored, is "stable power."

It's too stable.

Even with his Qi Sea surging and his power soaring, Uesugi Tetsuya felt no sense of instability and did not need any extra time to adapt.

His mastery of internal energy has reached 100%.

It can be said that Uesugi Tetsu's current level of control over Qi is almost the same as his feeling when he uses Spirit Control Technique to control spiritual Qi.

Equivalent to a grandmaster-level "Controlling the Dipper Technique," it's practically unbeatable.

Uesugi Tetsu thought to himself that it was fortunate that he had the foresight to choose the [Anchor] from the three reward options instead of the other options like the Spell Scroll or the Substitute Doll.

Although this kind of thing is quite precious, even if you had a hundred of them, they would still not be as good as the current [anchor]!
However, based on previous hints, the anchor seems to be related to the average quality of the boundary, and perhaps also to the extent of the sea of ​​gas.

If the quality of the defining object is low, it may not be able to activate the anchor, or it may activate an anchor of equally low quality; it's hard to say.

—The stronger the anchor, the stronger it becomes.

Taking down the Ksitigarbha clay sculpture was definitely the right thing to do...

As he pondered this, Uesugi Tetsu slowly withdrew his inner vision.

All that remained was Qing, floating above the sea of ​​gas, utterly bewildered and completely unaware of what had happened.

"Lord Uesugi's Qi Sea was just raging, how come it's now as quiet as a mirror?" Qing asked sincerely.

Is this something humans can do?

But after circling the vast sea of ​​qi and observing that it was even expanding, Qing could only sigh in relief.

—That's true, humanity can't fulfill his long-cherished wish.

This world, the present and the future, past and present.

Perhaps only Lord Uesugi both agrees with his ideals and has enough potential.

Inside the stable carriage, more than three hours later, Uesugi Tetsu opened his eyes.

A semi-transparent panel popped up in front of my eyes.

【Uesugi Tetsu】

Physical Strength: 145 + 10 = 155

[Willpower: 113 + 10 = 123]

【Charm: 21】

[Spiritual Technique: 122 + 10 = 133]

This is a purely personal panel without any avatar or item bonuses.

Even so, it is enough to crush most ghosts and gods.

If you just add two avatars, breaking the three attributes into two hundred is a piece of cake.

However, Uesugi Tetsuya no longer cared much about the changes in his attributes of ten or twenty points.

Because for ghosts and gods, the difference isn't that significant—if all attributes were to skyrocket by 100, then there might be a possibility of tearing ghosts and gods apart with one's bare hands.

"Che-jun, how was your breakthrough?"

Imagawa Yoshimoto's voice came slowly and deliberately, but Uesugi Tetsu could see a slight tension in her eyes.

This would have been rare in the past.

"Easy to take."

Uesugi Tetsu waved his hand and smiled.

"Great! Master is awesome!"

The first to cheer was Kaga Kiyomitsu at the waist, followed by the half-asleep, half-awake Nisha, who also raised his hands in his dream and cheered along.

Ge Liuduo's lips curled up, unable to suppress his laughter.

Qing remained silent.

He had already said what he wanted to say a thousand times in his heart!
Uesugi Tetsu didn't talk much about the changes in his strength. He just glanced out through the crack in the one-way window and saw that the road was covered with dark clouds and the biting cold wind was howling.

This is not okay.

He waved.

Then the dark clouds dispersed, and the sunlight shone through.

……

The Ancient Clan Alliance, in a dimly lit round table conference room.

This time, the round table was almost overflowing with people—although most families didn't have time to travel, the Yin-Yang technique using remote projection was just as busy.

This time was different from before; instead of hesitant silence, there was a chaotic and noisy uproar.

You say something, I say something.

You say one thing, he says another.

The entire conference room was just as noisy as a roadside market.

"Why has Imagawa suddenly started heading to Kyoto? It doesn't match the timeline she mentioned before!"

"Heh, heaven knows what that woman and Che were thinking. They probably just impulsively decided to sleep with each other..."

"Haven't you all noticed yet? For Che, transmitting sound over a thousand miles is as if it has no effect at all!"

The representatives of the ancient tribes talked mostly nonsense, taking advantage of the chaotic environment to bicker with each other, and secretly calculating their respective interests.

For these ancient clans who were indifferent to the throne and generals, even though Imagawa Yoshimoto had begun his march to Kyoto, no one wanted to be the first to offend "Che"!

Because the cost... is too high!

Dealing with Che means deploying at least one Ghost God's combat power, which means using the clan's precious resources.

Many ancient clans even thought that if Imagawa Yoshimoto wanted to go to Kyoto, then let her go; she was just an ordinary person with no outstanding talent.

Even if one were to unify the world, how many years could one rule?

Thirty years? Or fifty or sixty years?

This amount of time is nothing to the ancient Onmyoji families present here!
After Imagawa Yoshimoto passes away, will the great Onmyoji Tetsu still be as devoted to the Imagawa family as he is now?
Even if he could, the decades of time it takes for the world to recover would be enough to deal with him!

In this situation, even the bald youth and the giant remained calm... With so many people around, they didn't want to be the foolish ones to stick their necks out.

But if things continue like this, when will we ever reach a conclusion?
So the bald young man mingled in the crowd and said something in a moderate voice.

"Imagawa will arrive in Kyoto within seven days. If this stalling continues, they'll be here soon."

……

On the other side, a dozen or so daimyo from all over the land, who possessed the ability to conduct "remote meetings," also gathered together.

Having an Onmyoji under your command who can project remotely is itself an invisible barrier to entry.

Uesugi, Takeda, Hojo, Ōtomo, Saito... many daimyo who had never met, were at odds with each other, and had even fought each other, sat at the same table.

An elderly man, his eyes slightly raised, saw the black-haired woman sitting cross-legged in the corner, silent and with a cold expression. A hint of surprise and displeasure flashed in his eyes.

With the Uesugi clan leader, who was closer to the Imagawa clan and with whom they had a very bad relationship, speaking up, the daimyo began this unique meeting.

The situation in the Warring States period is currently chaotic, with powerful figures fighting and vying for power, and the outcome remains uncertain.

No one wanted Imagawa Yoshimoto to be the first to go to Kyoto.

Even if there were rumors that Imagawa Yoshimoto was about to die of illness... which daimyo present would believe it, and which daimyo would dare to believe it?

Aside from their shared goal of "stopping Imagawa Yoshimoto," the daimyo who disliked each other had little in common.

They discussed it for a long time, but couldn't reach a consensus due to various disagreements.

That's right.

The powerful figures who could project their designs here were all shrewd and had their own agendas; how could they have made such a big decision in just a few hours?

"It seems we came to the wrong place this time."

The black-haired woman in the corner, who hadn't uttered a word, lowered her eyes, wanting to make the projection disappear and leave the meeting.

Just as she was about to instruct the Onmyoji beside her to do so, a skull shrouded in black smoke slowly coalesced within the sight of the daimyo.

Faced with the daimyo's indifferent and scrutinizing gazes, the skull simply opened its mouth and spoke.
"My esteemed lords, please calm down."

At the same time, in the conference room of the Ancient Clan Alliance, the same skull floated and coalesced in front of Damo.

Two skulls from different locations opened their mouths simultaneously.
"I come from an ancient organization, the Demon Guide Association."

"I have come here for no other reason than to request that you all stop Imagawa Yoshimoto from marching on Kyoto."

Surrounded by numerous gazes, the skull spoke in a hoarse voice.
"The reward is enough to nurture three spirits."

The skull gradually dissipated, and finally, words filled with chilling murderous intent drifted out.

"Whether they live or die, it doesn't matter."

After a moment of silence, both conference rooms erupted in excitement.

(End of this chapter)