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Chapter 545 - Karmic Shackles - 545

Before completely destroying the Master's body, Ye Li had taken a card from his corpse. This was one of the main methods of using a teleportation array. These cards could be bought, and they had a specific distance on them. 

This distance could be traveled through teleportation arrays at any teleportation hub throughout the universe.

Although it was bound to the Master, Ye Li was able to manipulate the card into working for him with Karma. To do so, it had taken a large amount of effort, but now that it was done, he knew how to do so forever.

Countermeasures had naturally been put in place of such fraud, but they had not accounted for the power of Karma at all.

With his newfound power, Ye Li was able to reach the teleportation hub quickly. He wore a hood to cover his head and face.

Using the teleportation arrays was simple. He walked inside of the hub and found the teleportation array he wanted to use. Then, he handed the card to the guard/activator of the teleportation array.

"I need to see your face to confirm your identity." The guard said.

Ye Li removed his hood, revealing the face of the master. Without another word, the guard used a talisman. It lit up for a moment and faded away with no reaction.

The guard nodded and Ye Li stepped onto the array. In just a moment, he had reached another teleportation hub.

After one more teleportation, he arrived at his destination. The Star Harmonization Sect. As its name somewhat hinted, it was built in between a collection of stars. Ye Li marveled at the sight for a moment before focusing. 

From the Karma he had read, he knew how to get a chance to strip the Karma of a being as powerful as the Master. An elder that the Master had been quite close to.

Ye Li found a building and sent a letter to a certain location. This letter had a stamp on it. It could not be imitated by any other and was unique to the Master, but with Karma, this rule was broken.

To that other elder, Ye Li had sent an invitation to meet up. He would not strip this other elder of Karma, but implant Karma into her.

After nearly a year passed, Ye Li used the teleportation hub to reach a medium sized planet. This planet was completely filled with trees. Not a single inch was untouched by roots or wood. There were oceans, but only under the surface of the world. All the roots gathered to form one giant root.

It was rumored that this planet was actually a living being, but that was all. It did not receive much attention and could be used as a secluded meeting spot. 

Ye Li descended upon a pre-determined location and saw someone already there, waiting for him.

As he came into sight of that person, a Karma spiral secretly entered them and began to charge up.

"Elder Ou. It is not common for us to meet. What is the reason for this?" She said.

Ye Li did not speak. He waited. His face was that of the Masters, but that was all.

After a moment of silence, the woman's face scrunched up. "That posture. You're not Elder Ou. Who are you?"

That should be enough, Ye Li thought. Piercing through her stomach from seemingly nowhere, a Hidden Karma sword severely injured the woman.

Without hesitation, she ran. Ye Li did not stop her, only sending a Karmic spiral up.

After a few minutes, the woman came back and kneeled. "Lord Memory. Forgive my insolence."

Ye Li did not speak. He began to read her Karma. 

After five minutes, the woman spoke again. "Lord Memory. If I may…"

Before she could finish, a Karma spiral stripped her of Karma.

"Useless." Ye Li mumbled as he left. 

The woman, unlike the Master had, did not give him any opportunity to silently meet up with another elder of similar strength. She could not help him.

Using the Master's face once again, Ye Li stayed in the Star harmonization sect. He was moving too fast, and he needed to slow down for a moment. He had grown so fast that his thoughts about Karma were in disarray and he needed to sort them out before disaster struck.

Spending an extremely long amount of time living in the Star Harmonization sect compared to the length of his life so far, Ye Li spent a million years thinking about Karma and inventing ways to use it.

When he came out, he had transformed. 

Briefly describing his comprehensions, stripping Karma with the Karma spiral no longer increased his bad Karma. 

He had simply needed to ask himself, was using Karma bad? No, it was Karma. He should not receive bad Karma for using Karma, even if it hurt others. This was a simple belief.

It hardly made sense, but this was Ye Li's comprehension of Karma. Living under Karma, his thoughts were naturally different from an outside perspective.

In addition to this, Ye Li had accidently created a supreme move. He had a feeling that this would be one that followed him to the end of his path, and perhaps even beyond that.

He called it the Karmic shackles. All actions created Karma, and only time could wear that Karma away. 

Ye Li was excited to fight someone and test this ability out. After a million years, his bad Karma had greatly degraded. Although it seemed like he had done a lot of bad things, on a grand scale, he had really not. What were a few planets to the universe?

After thinking for so long, Ye Li left the Star Harmonization Sect. He felt something amiss here, and this instinct was based on his power, Karma.

Something bad would probably happen if he stayed. 

He left, and using the teleportation hub, randomly entered a different part of the universe. The Masters teleportation card was nearly used up, and Ye Li could not return to the Star Harmonization sect for the time being even if he wanted to.