My Journey to Godhood as a Caterpillar

Yun Jhin looked at the ritual that was supposed to bless him with some of the nation's destiny, it didn't look like anything special, a circle had been drawn on the dark ground in front of him and it was the thing that made the eerie glow that guided him and the prince here.

Prince Markus smiled as he said:

"This is the formation that will instill the destiny into you."

He clapped twice in quick succession and out of the darkness that surrounded them two beautiful maids came.

"To absorb the destiny perfectly you will have to discard your clothes and soak into the formation as if it was a hot spring, so you need to take off your clothes, I shall leave you alone for now."

The prince disappeared as if he was never there...

Actually, Yun Jhin got surprised by his sudden disappearance... it seemed that the Celestial Emperor wasn't the only person that he had to look out for.

The maids giggled under their hands as they got near Yun Jhin and said:

"Master Duritz please take off your clothes so we can start the bestowal ceremony."

Yun Jhin wasn't sure what they were playing here but he took off his clothes and entered the circle formation, there he started to feel an immense amount of heat starting to gush out of the ground below him just like a geyser. 

It was pure, raw destiny!

It seemed they didn't lie!

It wasn't as much destiny as Yun Duritz had gotten when he was accepted by the celestial realm but it was purer and denser, it was refined in a certain way...

Yun Jhin knew a lot about destiny so he understood that the destiny they were giving him was rather special in a sense.

This was destiny that had to deal with the rise and fall of the imperial dynasty, it came directly from the Emperor's hands!

However, it didn't have any connections with the Emperor which meant it was given rather willingly and with no attachments!

Were these people really foolish or did they truly believe he was Lin Duritz?

As destiny started to flush into his body he could feel it connecting directly with his other pool of destiny and then they started merging.

"This power is... excellent!"

His ki cultivation was getting fueled by the immense amount of destiny and with his knowledge of laws, he was getting ready for another breakthrough!

His ki was boiling inside his body as destiny fused with it and enhanced his power once more!

"Hahaa this is the stuff!"

Yun Jhin couldn't get enough of the destiny that was pouring into his body but good things all had an end.

After twenty minutes of being 'baptized' by destiny, the connection was firmly cut and the gushing destiny disappeared as if it was never there.

He took two steps out of the formation and the maids helped him wear his clothes.

Yun Jhin took another glance at the formation and shook his head inside he was very close to a breakthrough but he didn't want to get any unwanted attention by messing with the formation, he didn't have the courage to do it even if he was alone, and currently, he was being flanked by two busty maids.

"Patriarch Duritz... would you want us to relieve you of your pent-up after-cultivation stress?"

Yun Jhin wasn't in the mood as he waved his hand, he was so close to a breakthrough but it was pretty much removed from his sight forcefully at the end, he needed just 1 more step...

It was almost as if they did this deliberately!

He followed the maids out of the underground area of the palace and met up with Prince Markus again who was still all smiles.

The man patted his shoulder and said:

"Enjoyed the baptism of imperial destiny brother Duritz?"

"Hahaha, I can't say that I have ever experienced such a great deal of pure destiny before."

"Oho? It seems you know your stuff brother Duritz."

"I have been in contact with some destiny once I have taken the position as patriarch of the family but it wasn't anything as pure and strong as the destiny I have gotten here."

"Well, of course, I don't think I will have to explain to you the difference between the eastern parts and the central ones right?"

"Of course sir I know about the differences but living and seeing them directly is something else..."

"Indeed..."

"Now that you are done with your baptism is there anything else you would want from me?"

This was a strange question to Yun Jhin and this made him put his guard up, it seemed that what he thought was true, he only got the destiny stopped at that point because they realized he was at a breakthrough.

What did they want from his identity as Lin Duritz? What could be of use from a guardian and an average family?

Seeing that Yun Jhin's guard went up after that question made the prince drop his act as he put his hand on Yun Jhin's shoulder and said:

"Ok since you know that we didn't invite you here for the blessing alone I will be frank with you..."

"We need you to destroy the gate restrictions of every cardinal direction..."

"???"

It would be an understatement to say that Yun Jhin was as lost as he could be the moment the prince opened his mouth and told him that, he wasn't sure how much time the celestial realm existed for but it was forever hidden from the eyes of the mortal realm and hell, and now it wanted to reveal itself?

At this point he knew that the realm was lacking in true battle-hardened experts so it was would be easy pickings for the bloodthirsty monsters that lived below, Hell was especially mad at the celestial realm and its inhabitants so Hell's willpower might exert a lot of strength and open up a new gate earlier than intended.

"Your highness if you don't mind... why would you ever think about doing that?"

"Oh I understand your concerns, you are actually the first person I went to because of your special circumstances..."

It seems that Prince Markus thought that because he lost his memories he wouldn't have any deep connections to the celestial realm and as long as he got enough benefits he would surely give up on protecting it, after all, he lived amongst those profit-oriented mortal realm commoners for such a long time so some things should have rubbed on him right?

If it was the actual Duritz, Yun Jhin didn't know if he would have let the invasion of the mortal realm and hell commence for some destiny... but Yun Jhin would surely do it, but he still needed to look reluctant on the surface so he could squeeze more things out of the prince.

"Your majesty I don't know... what about the lives of the commoners? What do you think will happen when the restrictions on the gates will be broken?"

"Do I look like I care?"

After he had shown his true colors his face had become as glacial as the top of the mountains.

"If I might enquire..."

"No, you can't enquire about the details about why I need you to destroy the restrictions, all you need to know that if you accept you will be heavily rewarded... and if you decline you won't be able to leave the palace alive."

An immense amount of pressure assaulted Yun Jhin's body to the point that he almost kneeled, however that's when his aura unleashed itself as well countering the pressure and not kneeling in front of Prince Markus:

"Your majesty I might understand the etiquette of kneeling to one's superiors but I don't want it to be forced."

Markus laughed as he said:

"I like you kid, it seems that the destiny you got from your family wasn't in small amounts! I know about your Lin family special physique but yours is even more terrifying than the one of your ancestor's"

After Yun Jhin fused with Yun Duritz his physique evolution wasn't a normal 1+1 but more rather of a 2x5 + the combination of their body refining ranks.

So if Yun Jhin's body was a 2 then Duritz's was a 5 and they multiplied each other then they combined their body ranks to reach a perfect and flawless body.

Yun Jhin's current bodily strength was so high that it even made Markus reluctant in fighting him by himself while they were in his own territory!

The aura that came from Yun Jhin's body dissipated as he said:

"I can listen to your plan, I just hope those rewards won't be withheld due to various reasons."

Markus laughed as he came a little bit closer to Yun Jhin and said:

"While I do not care what happens to those weaklings, how could I treat my strong generals and guards badly? As long as you do your job you will be rewarded accordingly... now for the plan, listen well cause I will be able to tell you only once!"