GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Chapter 1686: Calm Mind.

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-Tandrake.

Tandrake is a Sovereign of law. They call him the thunder drake for his concept that uses sound to utilize the destructive properties of lightning. Many don't know that he is the father of Ghoto. He would like to keep things that way.

As a Sovereign of law, he has come a long way on the path of perfection. He survived the terrible danger of becoming a titan of law, and he managed to gain perfect control of his concept before it killed him.

He gained eternal life for his efforts. What remains for him to do is become an Origin god which will grant him immortality.

A Sovereign of law, is a big shot in a realm tree. But not in the immortal lands. Anything that is not an immortal doesn't belong in the void or the immortal lands. Even the immortal lands are immortal and indestructible. That is how they have been able to survive in the face of the continuous onslaught of violence between immortals.

He is a Sovereign of law, so he can live forever. But he is not an immortal, so that doesn't count for anything in the immortal lands. A stray attack can claim his life.

It is not just something he heard about. It is something he has seen many times ever since he came to the immortal lands. He can feel the shockwaves deep within his abode. This is despite the fact that his abode cancels noise and absorbs shockwaves.

There are just some levels of force that it can't cancel or absorb. Those levels of force also happen to be the ones that will kill him without leaving behind ashes.

That thought always pops up in his head whenever his abode shakes. It is shaking now. He is trying to pour himself some tea to relax his mind, but death is constantly knocking on the door of his mind.

He exhaled softly. "Calm mind. Calm mind. Calm mind."

He kept saying it to relax his mind.

But then another thought popped up. "One hit from that, and I will be dead."

He tried to resist it, but it came back again. "I will stand no chance at all. No amount of luck will save me from death."

He decided to embrace his fears. So he thought willingly to himself, "At least, the death will be quick and painless."

He admitted it and regained peace. He was able to drink his tea with a calm mind.

But then another shock wave passed through him. It brought with it an errant thought. "Yes. I will die a quick and painless death like some dog."

That thought shattered his zen state. His blue fur bristled with lightning. The lightning boiled the tea in the cup and turned it into steam immediately. Then it shattered the cup too. He could have protected the tea and the cup, but he wanted to take out his frustration on something. Unfortunately, it didn't work. The only thing that changed was that the next shockwave made him know that he would die, just like the cup of tea. His insides will boil to nothingness in an instant, and his body will shatter to pieces.

He sighed and repeated, "Calm mind. Calm mind. Calm mind."

Tandrake is a battle sage monkey. He has blue fur that occasionally sparks with lightning. These are the characteristics of a body of law. He has complete control over his concept, so he can stop this discharge of lightning. But he is agitated. He has just heard about the death of

his son.

Not only is his body discharging lightning, but his eyes are also unfocused. He is gazing into the world with unfocused eyes and a mind that is bent on showing him just how many ways he can die.

His strange state is not because he is distraught about the death of his son. He never loved his son, and he never cared about him. No, what he is concerned about is the mortality of those who are not immortal.

It was already difficult for him to fall from the top of the food chain to the bottom after coming to the immortal lands, but the death of his son and some of his longtime friends who went out of their abodes for one or the other has made him distraught.

He just can't accept the fact that he must not leave his abode or he will die. Surely his abode is part of a collosal structure the size of a plane and has a lot of space, but it still feels like a prison.

Actually, he would prefer to be locked up. It is better than the fact that leaving the limited space he has access to will lead to his death. He doesn't like it at all. So he sold everything he had for a chance at immortality.

He muttered to himself, "Anyone can die at any moment. Even immortals can die at any moment. But at least they can resurrect."

He was not sure about his decision before to stake everything at a chance of becoming an immortal, but now he has become certain of it after hearing about too many deaths.

He closed his eyes and when he opened them again, he was determined to brave death on his own terms. "I have to become immortal."

So he began to make preparations for his breakthrough.

There used to be two ways to become an Origin god. You can participate in the trial of heaven and gain Origin essence which you can use to breakthrough. Or you can invoke the tribulation and pass it in order to fuse with your concept and the law matrix.

Since the realm is no more, he doesn't have the choice of participating in the trial of heaven. That leaves tribulation as the only choice.

He has made the main preparations for this breakthrough. He has acquired the rare life essence. It is the most important thing that can save his life during this breakthrough.