Knowing the truth, Brian Grant was furious yet helpless. Going through the normal legal procedures, Brian Grant didn’t think he had any chance of victory. With no evidence, no backing, and no extraordinary power, how could the court possibly support him? In this ancient empire that has lasted nearly ten thousand years, although Brian Grant was exceptionally gifted, his strength was as insignificant as dust.

During the season when osmanthus flowers filled the air with their fragrance, one hundred and thirty-seven orphans swore an oath beneath the osmanthus tree—to share weal and woe, to live and die together. At only seven or eight years old, when faced with such a complex and difficult life, all they could do was unite. Yet those childish vows were nothing more than a bit of comfort they gave themselves. Ten years have passed—who still remembers that childish oath, who still cares about it?

Brian Grant had long since tossed that oath aside. As he slowly grew up, Brian Grant came to understand one truth: a person can only rely on themselves. Whether it’s the Three Pure Ones, the Western Buddha, or God above, do these lofty deities really exist? Brian Grant didn’t believe it; Brian Grant only believed in himself.

After David Thompson died, in the quiet of midnight dreams, Brian Grant would always return to the osmanthus tree, reciting the oath of life and death together with the others. Time and again, waking in fright from his dreams, Brian Grant knew he couldn’t deceive his own heart. His heart still burned with passion and persistence.

Taking a deep breath, Brian Grant used his finger to trace thirty-six divine script symbols in the air on the enormous spiritual light mirror before him.

The righteous and profound power of the Vajra Divine Force Technique slowly circulated within his body. The two cores of true energy flow were at Brian Grant’s brow and dantian. His mind was clear as a mirror, true energy coursed through his meridians, energy followed the mind, flowing throughout his body—only the baihui and yongquan acupoints remained blocked.

Endless true energy combined with the boundless external vital energy, forming thirty-six golden divine script symbols on the surface of the spiritual light mirror. The shining golden symbols gradually merged and communicated with the hidden energies within the mirror, finally resonating completely with the energies inside Brian Grant.

Countless invisible energies aligned precisely, forming an intangible key that unlocked the secret restriction on the spiritual light mirror. The mirror silently rotated, revealing a three-foot-tall wooden cabinet behind it.

Opening the cabinet, Brian Grant took out several pieces of equipment he had carefully prepared for this operation.

A black leather jacket, stone-washed blue pants, short black suede boots, a vest made of overlapping, scale-like, shimmering silver plates, a wide black belt, exaggerated black wrist guards, a thick gold chain, seven or eight silver earrings, and a mask as thin as a cicada’s wing.

All these items on the table had been ordered by Brian Grant on the Skynet. Only because he could alter his soul fluctuations did Brian Grant dare to do this. Otherwise, just the purchase records on Skynet would be enough to serve as evidence.

Brian Grant repeatedly calculated every step of his plan in his mind. Planning a murder is by no means a simple matter. No matter your motive, in this law-bound empire, killing without authorization has only one outcome: the death penalty.

After carefully checking all the equipment, Brian Grant stripped himself bare, first picking up the mask as thin as a cicada’s wing and putting it on his face.

Not long after the silver mask adhered to his face, it transformed into a layer of silver light. That silver light spread out, quickly covering Brian Grant’s entire body. After shining for a while, it slowly seeped into Brian Grant’s skin.

Once the silver mask was fully absorbed, Brian Grant’s skin tone changed from wheat-colored to a special kind of pallor. His facial features were completely altered, and even his height, scent, eye color, and other physical characteristics changed noticeably.

This Hundred Illusions Armor was a special magical artifact that Brian Grant had obtained in the Illusion Demon Realm, with endless wondrous uses.

The Illusion Demon Realm was originally a special space created by the Hanwu Immortal Lord with supreme divine power at the time of his passing ten thousand years ago. This space connects to a certain demon realm in the universe. Cultivators, using magical artifacts, could enter this space in soul form to battle demons, practicing spells and tempering their souls in combat.

In the Illusion Demon Realm, even if a cultivator was killed by a demon, only their soul would suffer some damage—they would not die. The creation of the Illusion Demon Realm directly led to a great increase in the power of the Qin Sect. After centuries of accumulating strength, the Qin Sect swept through East Divine Continent in one fell swoop, establishing the mighty Qin Empire that has endured for ten thousand years.

The original Illusion Demon Realm, after thousands of years of consolidation and expansion by thousands of great immortal lords, had become a world of its own. On Tianling Star, as long as a cultivator reached the third level of Qi Refining, they could use magical artifacts to enter the Illusion Demon Realm through the omnipresent Skynet.

As the various laws were perfected, after killing demons in the Illusion Demon Realm, the soul power of the destroyed demons would combine with the spatial laws of the realm, sometimes condensing into all kinds of magical artifacts.

Brian Grant had entered the Illusion Demon Realm at the age of fourteen, and during a group hunt of a sixth-rank high-level Rakshasa Demon with several hundred people, he had the good fortune to pick up this Hundred Illusions Armor.

The Rakshasa Demon was born with illusion magic. Although several magical artifacts were formed upon its death, this unremarkable Hundred Illusions Armor was the true essence of its powers. The Hundred Illusions Armor could not only change all of a person’s external features, but its transformative power could even alter the most crucial soul fluctuations.