Paragon of Sin

"The spatial activity surrounding Unity is intense," Wei Wuyin remarked as his Celestial Eyes exerted themselves, his silver eyes surged with vibrantly piercing spiritual light. Tuo Bihan and Xiao Bing both gulped subconsciously, their eyes wide with disbelief and vigilance as they observed Unity. This planet's heat emissions were not a product of its own environment. There was an ongoing escalation of fire energies erupting at various locations, clashing vigorously with similar or other energies.

While from a distance, the Dark Void surrounding Unity seemed to appear peaceful at first glance, there were several turbulent fluctuating abnormalities present, and they resembled newly established secret realms. 

"Shell Worlds?" Tuo Bihan gasped solemnly. 

"Ascended beings are fighting," Wei Wuyin stated as his eyes flashed across the Dark Void. There were dozens of varying Shell Worlds present, each a horrifying battlefield of cultivators. The abnormal fluctuations were the excess Mystic Power that was being contained, like a heavy fist smashing from within a steel coffin. 

Tuo Bihan didn't doubt Wei Wuyin's statement in the slightest. There was a fierce war going on! "Your Majesty, we should retreat for now." He had already piloted the Voidship to an immediate halt, roughly tens of thousands of miles away from Unity's planetary border. 

Considering that he hadn't gotten any news about this, then this must've just happened recently. If he had known that Ascended beings were going to be fighting, he would've brought tea to Wei Wuyin and Xiao Bing to wait it out. 

"The planet!" Xiao Bing exclaimed. The planet Unity was trembling and volcanoes were erupting, spewing over the planet's surface, and that's where the abhorrent heat was originating from. The volcanoes must've been cultivated to the Mystic-level, likely one of their cultivation of the Tang Clan, and they had now turned volatile. 

"Why are they allowing Starlords and Exalted to fight on the planet's surface?" Tuo Bihan shouted as this was absolutely ludicrous. Fortunately, Unity was a mystic-graded planet with thousands of years of refinement and protective formations, so it could resist the fierce, destructive clash of the Mortal Realm and 'false' Ascended cultivators

"Shell World Pearls aren't cheap commodities," Wei Wuyin calmly pointed out as he continued to inspect the various Shell Worlds, viewing the ongoing battles that were happening within. Since this was a fight within the Tang Clan territory, it was certainly a result of internal strife. From what he could tell, the Tang Clan was fighting forces of various organizations. 

"Ah! Hong Ru!" Xiao Bing's concerns flared. Her aura fluctuated and she primed herself to act. Her Worldly Domain was on the verge of expanding, but Wei Wuyin gently touched her shoulder. Her beautiful eyes darted to Wei Wuyin and the fear in her eyes was palpable. 

"Calm down," Wei Wuyin softly said. 

Xiao Bing's breathing was tangible, and her chest was rising and falling as her mind was imagining the worst. What if Hong Ru was hurt? What if Hong Ru… 

Her Astral Soul went extremely active, and she could barely hold herself from rushing toward Unity, all risk be damned. Given her cultivation base, she should be able to reach the planet within minutes. If it wasn't for Wei Wuyin's hand, she would've already left.

Wei Wuyin sighed in his heart; he couldn't blame Xiao Bing for her instinctive reaction to get involved and secure the safety of Hong Ru. She never hid her feelings for the first redhead. 

He began to exert greater effort, his Celestial Eyes scouring the Shell World and Unity for Hong Ru's aura. Unfortunately, after a long while, he was unable to catch the slightest glimpse. Perhaps due to the rampant auras on Unity, her own was too difficult to pinpoint. This was also a flaw of Wei Wuyin as well; he couldn't recall her aura. 

Hong Ru's cultivation base and aura were fundamentally different from before. He had no idea how to identify it, and if she was fighting or had already fallen, he simply couldn't tell. Moreover, she shared the basic cultivated aura of the Blazing Unity of Twin Flames Method, so she closely resembled almost every other Tang Clan member! 

"Wei Wuyin…" Xiao Bing softly muttered as her eyes effused emotions that were as tense as they could be. 

"Your Majesty…" Tuo Bihan felt they should retreat lest they get swept in the chaos. There was no telling if an Ascended being would break apart a Shell World and cause an incident. He also was unaware of who was fighting, so he wanted to cautiously observe before any further action.

"..." Wei Wuyin's gaze was like lightning, darting here and there. He instantly recognized that the Highlords of the Tang Clan were either fighting against themselves or against cultivators that he wasn't that unfamiliar with. 

The largest Shell World was likely the most terrifying. 

He spotted an Earthly Saint fighting against another Earthly Saint supported by four Highlords. Three of those Highlords were of the Tang Clan and one was an ally, a male, and both the Earthly Saint and non-Tang Clan Highlord had faint traces of the Tang Clan's aura within their Mystic Power. They were likely the husbands of a Tang Clan member.

The Earthly Saint they were struggling against was easily recognizable— 

"Traceless Emptiness Void Queen?" Wei Wuyin was taken aback by this veiled woman, her slender figure was despotic to the extreme, and she fought against them with hell-raising ferociousness. Among the three Highlords, Vermillion was present! She was equally as fierce, fighting from the back while unleashing power far beyond a typical Demi-Mortal Lord. 

Shockingly, her flames seemed more of a threat than the Earthly Saint's attacks, and the Traceless Emptiness Void Queen was dodging them, not daring to block them. The specialness of those cultivated flames was clearly beyond the norm.

The Traceless Emptiness Void Queen was an equally notorious Earthly Saint as the Sanguine Demon Evil King. She led the largest dual-Void Hunter and Pirate organization in the Grand Cyclic Stellar Region and was feared by many elites for her ruthless behavior and the lengths of shamelessness she could go to for profit. 

Wei Wuyin had tried to recruit her for his operation. For some reason, she had denied his invitation. 

Now that he could see her, he now realized why. 

Others might not be able to view the Traceless Emptiness Void Queen's appearance due to her veil, but his Celestial Eyes with the Paragon-Forging Physique foundation could! 

"She's…" He was quite intrigued and taken aback, so much so that he forgot about Hong Ru for a split second. Why? Because the Traceless Emptiness Void Queen had the exact likeness of Vermillion!

They were twins! 

While their cultivated auras were drastically different, and their cultivation techniques caused one to have developed fiery red hair and the other was jet-black hair, there was a facial similarity that was undeniable. 

"..." Wei Wuyin was stumped by this development. He hadn't expected this. Who could've predicted this? Not even his other life's memories were aware of this connection, and the Traceless Emptiness Void Queen never attacked the Tang Clan before. Well, to be fair, the Tang Clan in his past life never tried to kidnap Bai Lin, suffered any losses, had a healthy relationship with the Golden Life Pavilion's Sheng Jizi, and the vague protection of the Tian Clan was still present. 

The path each Wei Wuyin took was drastically different! As such, the Tang Clan's fate was different as well! The undercurrents were bound to be complex and filled with intrigue.

Suddenly, Wei Wuyin felt a quivering hand slither into his own. He turned to see the anxious Xiao Bing that was as restless as physically possible. Her anxiety caused Wei Wuyin to frown.

He decided.

"Stay here." Wei Wuyin didn't place his mask on; he soared out of the atmosphere formation of the Voidship while wearing his signature white alchemist robes, his bearing was impeccable and his dignity was on full display. He channeled his Spiritual Strength into his voice, adding the qualities of spatial piercing, and with a strong, firm voice, he announced: 

"I, Wei Wuyin, the Neo-Dawn Alchemic Sovereign, have arrived! Is there no one to greet me?!" The voice was like rumbling thunder, halting all the fighting for hundreds of thousands of miles, and even the Shell Worlds trembled and the fighting momentarily ceased.

An exhausted, fang-bearing Vermillion wiped the lingering blood from her lips, her blazing eyes flashed toward the outside world, and she felt her heart pound immediately.