Luvile narrowed his eyes as he asked.
"But how did you get here after that?"
Soren shrugged his shoulders, responding.
"How else? I tried to force my escape. But with the surrounding space-time laws in chaos, I couldn't aim to a specific point. When I opened a Spatial Gate, I accidentally connected to the Mortal Realm."
Zugen immediately tried to catch Soren, so he entered the same Spatial Gate. But as everyone knew, coming down from the God Realm to the Mortal Realm had a high price to be paid. The two of them were assaulted by the Mortal Realms' laws, which struck both of them together.
Be it Soren or Zugen, both of them had it worse. They came down without any preparation, so there was nothing to help with the side effects. In the end, Soren's body was destroyed while Zugen got his own Mental Energy Source damaged.
In the middle of the Mortal Realms' spatial storm, they almost lost everything, including most of their spatial rings and things like that. Soren simply had no idea where his Mental Energy source had gone to since it was sealed. Zugen wasn't any better as he fell into the Mortal Realm almost dead as well.
Krune finally understood how the chamber ended in the Kalame Sect. It was simply dragged there through the Spatial Storms. Soren also understood that fact.
"There is one thing I don't understand. What are these Ruins about?"
Soren nodded.
"Zugen didn't give up on trying to finish the job, so he clutched onto me until the very end. Because of that, both of us fell into this Solar System together. However, my Mental Energy Source was sealed while his Source was badly damaged."
"Wait? Solar System? These Ruins are not located inside any galaxy. We can't see any sun here."
Soren shook his head.
"There is a sun, but it's hidden by a barrier of fused elements and mental energy that Zugen created. The Ruins you are seeing are surrounding, or better yet, protecting that solar system. Well, there's nothing more than a single planet there, but it's still considered a Solar System."
"That doesn't make sense. How did this sun end here? And these Ruins? The total amount of materials necessary to create all of this is definitely several times above what a single planet can give."
Soren shook his head.
"Do you remember what I said? We lost 'almost' everything. But Zugen still had a spatial ring left. That one had nothing else other than his own territory that he always brought with him."
Krune's group was taken aback as they looked at Luvile. Still, Luvile didn't find it strange.
"How long do you think we lived? The God Realm was enormous, and gods were way too influential. Some simply liked to stay hidden, not caring about anything. Others preferred to do big things like building enormous forces. Zugen wasn't a god, but he was a quasi-god. That level was enough for him to create his own force."
"In the God Realm, the level of Spatial Rings are several times higher as well, so it wasn't anything hard for a god to bring his territory with himself. Well, that rarely happened, though. After all, moving an entire place into the spatial ring required too many preparations. After all, you had to deal with the living beings inside as well."
Soren agreed with Luvile.
"We were about to try something crazy as escaping the Four Realms. He thought that perhaps we would really end outside even though he didn't want to. If that really happened, he might not be able to come back anymore, so he brought his territory with him."
"Well, you can see what happened. We didn't go outside, and he used his territory to surround the only sun he had there. I believe it's not too hard to guess why."
Krune and the others nodded.
"To protect himself while he recovers."
Soren nodded.
"That's basically the gist of it."
Feifei then asked.
"Then, why are you here? Did you two give up on attacking each other to recover your injures together?"
Soren snorted.
"Ha! As if! Different than him, I never cared about building my own force. That being said, I didn't need to move an entire territory with me to start with. Still, that doesn't matter now. Do you remember what I said? My Mental Energy Source got sealed away while his was severely damaged."
Krune immediately understood where he was coming from.
"I see... Because it was sealed, it wasn't attacked by the Mortal Realm Laws when you two came down. In a certain way, you were lucky that Zugen did that since it protected your soul too."
Soren was surprised to hear that from Krune.
"Smart! Indeed, with just a sliver of my Mental Energy Source left in my soul, it wasn't targeted. Only my body, which was still a quasi-god's body, got destroyed in the process."
One must remember that Soren was a god through the Soul Cultivation System, not the Spiritual Energy System.
"Zugen wasn't so lucky, so he immediately used his own territory to protect himself and recover. I simply can't enter that shit at all."
"Why didn't you ask for the help of others? You could have gone out and gathered a force to deal with it."
Soren snorted.
"Mortal Realm forces? For what? I'm several times stronger than any Peak Divinity Realm cultivator, and I'm completely powerless against his territory's protection. What could the people and beasts of the Mortal Realm do about it?"
He then continued.
"Anyway, I've been living in these Ruins since then, accumulating energy to slowly recover my own Mental Energy Source. I only took this one body. Since I only had a sliver of my Mental Energy Source left, it would be idiotic to separate it."
Lucio then asked.
"So, the Elements Regulation Technique that my ancestor found in the past was made by you, right? Why did you leave it in the outer region?"
Soren shook his head as he replied.
"I didn't. You were simply lucky. When my spatial rings broke and were lost in the spatial storms, the technique was probably dragged there since it was close to the point where we separated."
Feifei also had questions.
"What are there Crystal Demon Beasts? They didn't exist before, right? Also, what about the ghosts?"
Soren then explained.
"The Crystal Demon Beasts did exist, but they were sealed before. As for the ghosts, they are mostly made of the experts' souls that lived in Zugen's territory. Although he didn't lose his spatial ring with the territory, the Spatial Laws inside were affected. Why do you think everything looks ruined?"
Krune nodded.
"If coming down to the Mortal Realm is already such a dangerous task for gods, let alone for those below that level. They simply all died."
Soren nodded as he said.
"Correct. Well, the number of ghosts you are seeing is quite small since the majority died both in body and soul. Anyway, Zugen used his Mental Energy and Fused Elements to transform the rest of the ghosts into scouts that roam around in his ruins."
Lucio couldn't help but ask.
"The Crystal Demon Beasts were sealed before? Why?"
"Because they use a lot of energy. Ghosts can live on their own with the power of the soul of the deceased expert. Unfortunately, the Crystal Demon Beasts can't. Well, those crystal demon beasts are nothing more than fused elements in another form. They are controlled by the will left by Zugen in the Ruins."
It was then that Soren noticed something.
"Oh! He probably unsealed them because of you. I see, I see... So that's what that explosion I heard earlier was about. It was the barrier protection system..."
Krune asked.
"Was it because of the Heaven Soul Metal I brought with me?"
Soren nodded.
"Exactly. Now I understand why a new energy barrier appeared. Zugen knows that I'm close to his Solar System, waiting for a chance to enter and rip him to shreds. These pieces of Heaven Soul Metal you have are connected to his own Mental Energy. Although his Mental Energy Source was severely damaged, it's still whole. The moment the metal appeared in the Mortal Realm, he probably felt it."
"That means that my Mental Energy Source came back to the Mortal Realm as well. This was his way to prevent me from getting my Mental Energy Source back. By the way, I felt the power of the explosion just now. How did you survive that?"
Krune's group felt a chill on their backs when they recalled that event.
"Well..."
Krune then gave Soren a quick explanation.
"Oh! A Destiny Divine Soul Owner. You're seriously lucky. The combination of your strengths was what saved your lives."
Luvile took the chance to ask something else.
"How come Soren noticed his Heaven Soul Metal, while you didn't notice your own Mental Energy Source?"
Soren shrugged his shoulders as he said.
"Simple. I have way too little of it left to feel a reaction. Don't forget, although it's severely damaged, Zugen's Mental Energy Source is still whole. There's a big difference there."
"Have you never thought of going back to the Higher Realms?"
Soren shook his head.
"If I knew where my Mental Energy Source was, I would have definitely left a long time ago. However, the only clue I had was Zugen himself. How can I leave? Well, now that you appeared, it seems like I can consider this option."
"By the way, did you bring my entire Mental Energy Source with you?"
Krune then asked.
"Can I finally consider that you've given up on attacking us?"
Soren then looked at Luvile before saying.
"Fine. After I went through my own story and saw Luvile with you, I understood that you are most likely not related to Zugen."
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