Chapter 732: The True Overlord Xiang Yu

But soon, the tone of the imagery changed.

It turned into a harrowing dark red and a despairing gloom.

Gaixia.

The night wind howled, and sorrowful songs of Chu came from all directions.

Xiang Yu sat inside the main tent, stroking the mane of the Wuzhui horse, watching the peerless beauty before him draw her sword to take her own life; that indomitable man let out a mournful cry like a lone wolf weeping blood.

"His might lifted the hills, his qi overrode the world; times are unfavorable, and the Wuzhui advances no more…"

"Oh Yu, oh Yu, what can I do with you!"

The final scene froze on the banks of the Wu River.

The torrential river waters rolled endlessly eastward.

Xiang Yu was bathed in blood, holding a long halberd, with hundreds of thousands of Han troops behind him.

He looked at the elders of Jiangdong across the river and laughed to the sky, his laughter filled with reluctance, desolation, and ultimate pride.

"It is heaven that is destroying me, why should I cross the river!"

"I, Xiang Ji, will never live ignobly!"

He horizontally swept his sword and cut his own throat!

Fresh blood dyed the waters of the Wu River red, and a generation's Overlord thus came to an end.

When he saw the moment Xiang Yu fell, Zhou Huai could clearly feel that obsession and resentment lingering deep within the memory, so intense it could not be dissolved.

That was reluctance! That was anger at the unfairness of the heavens and earth!

Just at the moment when Xiang Yu's consciousness was about to plunge into boundless darkness and completely dissipate,

The System, following the turning setting last written by Zhou Huai, forcefully intervened at the end of the memory!

Amidst endless darkness and void,

A golden light tens of thousands of times brighter than the sun suddenly tore through the Chaos.

Zhou Huai's aloof figure, like a creator, stepped on the stairs and walked step by step toward Xiang Yu's shattered Soul.

"Xiang Yu, is there reluctance in your heart?" Zhou Huai's voice reverberated in the memory space, sounding like massive bells.

Xiang Yu, lying in a pool of blood, suddenly opened his eyes, his double pupils burning with raging fire: "I am not reconciled! It is heaven that wants to destroy me, not the fault of battle!"

"Since heaven wants to destroy you, then I shall grant you rebirth!"

Zhou Huai reached out from a condescending position, his palm surging with endless power of the Law, "Come to my world and become the sharpest spear under my command! I will take you to slaughter all these gods in the sky and this unfair Heavenly Dao cleanly!"

"Are you willing to submit?!"

Xiang Yu in the memory looked at Zhou Huai; that was supreme hegemony no less than in his heyday.

He tightly grasped the extended hand, heavily knelt on one knee, and let out an angry roar that shattered the nine heavens: "Subordinate general Xiang Yu is willing to go through fire and water for my lord, and will not turn back even in death!"

"Rumble—!"

All the images shattered with a crash amidst this angry roar!

In reality, the underground hall of the Eternal Night Guild.

"Crack!"

An alarming and terrifying pressure frantically burst outward like substance with Xiang Yu at the center!

Xiang Yu slowly opened his eyes.

Having experienced the wildness of youth, the glory of the Peak, the despair of being surrounded by foes on all sides, the tragic heroism of cutting his own throat at the Wu River, and finally the fanaticism of regaining rebirth in the darkness!

All emotions and obsessions ultimately precipitated in those double pupils into an ultimate hegemony as deep as an abyss and as heavy as a prison!

"Successful…" Zhou Huai took a deep breath, his eyes filled with wild joy.

Xiang Yu's personality has been successfully molded!

This was no longer a Puppet that only mechanically executed orders, but an invincible commander with complete memories, the peerless spirit of the Hegemon-King of Western Chu, yet having absolute faith in Zhou Huai!

Xiang Yu slowly raised his head, his gaze locking onto Zhou Huai sitting on the sofa.

He abruptly stood up, his stalwart body, twelve feet tall, like an insurmountable black iron tower.

Then, he strode forward, and with a loud "boom", knelt on one knee smashing onto the floor!

"My Lord!"

Xiang Yu's voice was hoarse and resonant, carrying the heavy sense of transcending life and death from his memories: "Subordinate general Xiang Yu has returned from the darkness! All things of the past life are like fleeting smoke. In this life, this subordinate general's life is the lord's life!"

"Wherever the lord's sword points, this subordinate general will surely trample all obstacles for him! Even if it is this will of heaven, this subordinate general will use this long halberd to poke a hole for the lord!"

Zhou Huai stood up, walked over to Xiang Yu, and reached out to pat his shoulders, which seemed cast from refined steel.

"Good! Very good!"

The more Zhou Huai looked at Xiang Yu, the more interesting he found him.

The one kneeling before him was no longer a Clone at the mercy of others, but a living person.

The Overlord of Chu, Xiang Yu, who had left a heavy stroke in history.

The previous Clone, no matter how strong its combat power was, only resembled in form.

But now, with that memory and obsession, not only did he resemble in form, but even in spirit.

The hegemony emanating from the inside out was something that no data and code could simulate.

"Crack, crack…"

Crisp chewing sounds came from the side.

Chun, who had originally been sitting at the dining table eating vegetable salad, also stopped her movements.

She was chewing half a vegetable leaf in her mouth, her eyes staring straight at Xiang Yu in the center of the hall.

"Interesting…" Chun swallowed the vegetables in her mouth and pulled out a tissue to wipe her mouth: "He has become different from just now."

"He is clearly still that same Physical Body, and the level of power hasn't changed at all, but why…"

Chun tilted her head slightly, searching for suitable vocabulary to describe the intuitive difference.

"Why do I actually smell the strong scent of the seven emotions and six desires exclusive to humans from him?"

She stood up, walked around Xiang Yu, and marveled: "What did you do to him just now? Could it be that not only can you achieve Fusion with Clones, but you can also conjure out a complete Soul out of thin air?"

Zhou Huai leaned against the sofa, smiling without a word.

The secrets of the Wisdom Core Artificial Intelligence 2.0 naturally could not be told in full.

He skipped Chun's confusion, turned his head to look at Xiang Yu kneeling on one knee, and asked gently: "Xiang Yu, you have now reached the threshold of level seventy. Having just reviewed your magnificent life, do you have any realizations?"

Zhou Huai paused and asked expectantly: "Does this realization based on memory help you comprehend your own Domain?"

Hearing this, Xiang Yu's double pupils moved slightly.

He lowered his head, cupped his hands together, and his voice was steady and respectful: "Reporting to the Lord! In this subordinate general's mind, countless scenes of battlefield slaughter are constantly intertwined. The blood of Julu, the fire of Pengcheng, the mournful song of Gaixia… all remain vivid!"

Xiang Yu raised his head, his Battle Intent soaring high: "This subordinate general perceives that a power is constantly colliding and compressing within my chest! That is the power of rules above this subordinate general's Physical Body! Only…"

His brows furrowed slightly, encountering an invisible and untouchable barrier, "It's just that this power still lacks some seasoning and failed to completely break out of the cocoon. I hope the Lord will give this subordinate general some time to seclude and comprehend!"

"No rush." Zhou Huai waved his hand, signaling him to get up, "Being able to touch that barrier already proves that this path is viable. Take your time to comprehend, just let nature take its course."

He used the System's Personality Editor to fabricate a virtual personality for Xiang Yu, completing his memories and obsession.

But whether this artificially sculpted Soul could truly successfully comprehend a Domain exclusively belonging to itself like a heaven-defying genius powerhouse remained an unknown.

Everything could only depend on whether the Wisdom Core Artificial Intelligence 2.0 was powerful enough in the Fusion of bottom-layer logic.

"Yes! Thank you, Lord!"