Free Web NovelChapter 118: Chapter 118: The Hall of Thousand Paths
The Hall of Thousand Paths tried to separate them immediately.
A thunder gate opened before Qin Yuheng.
A quiet sword gate opened before Qin Yuchen.
A shadow moon gate opened before Qin Lian.
A formation mechanism gate opened before Qin Mo.
Each gate offered a personal path.
Each was tempting.
The thunder gate spoke first.
[Enter and become Thunder Gate Warrior.]
[Immediate combat increase.]
[High compatibility with visible talent.]
[Simple class quest.]
A practical offer.
Strong.
Publicly believable.
Too narrow.
Qin Yuheng did not move.
Qin Yuchen’s sword gate offered Iron Thread Sword Warden.
Qin Lian’s shadow gate offered Silent Moon Assassin.
Qin Mo’s mechanism gate offered Puppet Formation Scholar.
Each was suitable.
Each isolated them.
Qin Mo stared at his gate.
"That one actually sounds good."
Qin Yuheng looked at him.
"You can choose separately if you want."
Qin Mo turned.
"Do you mean that?"
"Yes."
The team fell silent.
This was not a test Qin Yuheng could command through force.
If their paths truly diverged here, he had to allow it.
Qin Yuchen looked at his sword gate, then shook his head.
"Not yet. I do not want a class formed by separating from the team."
Qin Lian said quietly, "Same."
Qin Mo stared at his gate longer.
Then sighed.
"I hate that I am saying this, but my path is more useful if connected to yours."
The mechanism gate dimmed slightly.
The Tower voice returned.
[Individual paths refused.]
[Team composite path remains possible.]
[Provide class foundation materials.]
Qin Yuheng opened hidden storage.
The class materials floated out one by one.
Tri-Gate fragment.
Gate Resonance.
Purified Broken Spear fragment.
Team Battle Formation Crystal.
Beacon Command Crystal.
Black Wind Route Command Token.
Caravan Soul Banner.
Victory Banner Fragment.
Duel Law Crystal.
Remnant Captain’s Spear Art Fragment.
The hall reacted.
Several gates shattered.
Several merged.
A new gate began forming.
Thunder at its edges.
Gate runes at its frame.
A command banner at its center.
A spear shadow behind it.
But the class was unstable.
The Tower voice spoke.
[Composite class foundation detected.]
[Possible class outcomes:]
1. S Grade Tri-Gate Thunder Commander
2. SS Grade Thunder Gate War Captain
3. SS Grade Beacon Spear Commander
4. Unknown higher path if evolution authority intervenes.
[Warning: Unknown path may increase class quest difficulty.]
Qin Yuheng’s eyes narrowed.
Evolution authority.
The Tower had sensed something?
Not fully.
But the class resonance recognized that his authority could intervene.
Qin Mo whispered, "Unknown higher path. Dangerous words."
Qin Yuheng agreed.
He did not want to reveal Primordial Origin Evolution openly to the Tower’s trial record. But the class materials were eligible.
If he evolved the final class token after formation, it might be safer than evolving during Tower observation.
Yet the Tower was offering a higher path now.
Offer.
Or bait.
He remembered Mu Qinglan’s warning.
If the Tower offers too much, refuse what feels like a chain.
The unknown path felt powerful.
It also felt like being watched.
Qin Yuheng selected option one? ƒгeewebnovёl.com
No.
Too low.
Option two?
Strong but captain, not commander.
Option three?
Too spear-focused.
He asked instead, "Can class fusion proceed without evolution authority?"
The hall became silent.
Then:
[Confirmed.]
[Manual composite fusion available.]
[Grade depends on material harmony and trial performance.]
Qin Yuheng smiled faintly.
"Then manual fusion."
The Tower seemed to pause.
Then the materials began circling.
A class token formed slowly.
But before completion, a dark red gate appeared at the edge of the hall.
It was not part of the Tower’s original path.
Blood Sun.
A voice whispered:
"Power should not be wasted. Let us help you complete the path."
Qin Yuheng’s eyes turned cold.
Blood Sun Hall had prepared something for the class trial.
A blood-red chain shot from the gate toward the forming token.
Qin Yuheng drew his sword.
But the Hall of Thousand Paths restricted direct movement.
Qin Mo reacted first.
"Contract thread!"
He activated the Contract-Breaking Law Crystal.
Qin Lian threw the True Reflection Severing Stone toward the red gate.
Qin Yuchen cut the chain’s shadow.
Qin Yuheng used Law-Thread Severing Eye.
He saw the hidden structure.
Not a full invasion.
A prepared influence attached to one of the materials?
The Black Wind Contract Shard?
No.
The Duel Law Crystal?
No.
The Purified Broken Spear fragment?
A faint red stain hidden beneath old battlefield residue.
Blood Sun had touched it before the auction.
Even after purification, a dormant thread remained.
Qin Yuheng’s eyes became colder.
They had not missed corruption.
They had missed a delayed class interference thread.
He selected Primordial Origin Evolution internally.
Not on the class.
On the thread.
[Foreign interference thread detected.]
[Eligible for Origin Purification?]
[Temporary authority use available.]
[Proceed?]
Origin Purification?
A new limited function?
Perhaps triggered by class resonance.
Qin Yuheng chose yes.
The red thread burned with colorless light.
The Blood Sun gate screamed.
[Foreign interference removed.]
[Class fusion integrity restored.]
[Unknown hostile mark purified into neutral law residue.]
The neutral residue flowed into the class token.
The forming token changed.
Thunder, gate, command, spear, team, law resistance.
The Tower voice sounded again.
[Manual fusion altered by purified hostile law residue.]
[Class token forming.]
[Result:]
[SSS Grade Tri-Gate Thunder War Commander Token]
Qin Mo stared.
"SSS. Manual fusion gave SSS."
Qin Yuheng looked at the token.
Powerful.
Publicly explainable.
Not revealing Origin Evolution.
The class quest began.
[Class Quest]
[Prove command under interference.]
[Objective:
Defeat the Blood-Thread Path Invader and clear the Second Gate Guardian.]
The red gate cracked open.
A blood-armored figure stepped out, holding chains.
Behind it, the Second Gate Guardian emerged in white-gold armor.
Two enemies.
One Tower.
One invader.
Qin Yuheng lifted his sword.
"Team formation."
This class would be born in battle.
