Chapter 502: Soul Transfer
"Khal... He is." Sofiel looked at Khal beside her, but it seemed there was no reason for her to say a thing.
In a flash, Khal appeared beside the crimson-haired cultivator, and with a hand placed onto his back, he supported him.
"Master Kh... Cough! Cough! Cough!" the cultivator feeling Khal’s presence and palm against his back opened his eyes and wished to say something only to start coughing wildly and even vomit large amounts of blood!
"It’s okay, you don’t have to talk." Khal asserted with a calm voice as he silently activated his Rejuvenating Light which immediately helped the cultivator to feel less pain.
"T-Thank you very much." the cultivator coughed a few more times, but at least he was able to thank Khal for his help without vomiting blood at all.
"Alta, look out for everyone with Sofiel. I will go and take care of him."
"As you wish, Master Khal." out of nowhere, Alta’s beautiful figure appeared and bowed with respect at Khal before vanishing and reappearing beside Sofiel.
"Let’s get somewhere quieter, shall we?" Khal whispered quietly only for the cultivator to hear after seeing him nod he used his Space Teleportation to teleport into the main room of the wooden palace in the distance.
Whoosh!
Once inside, Khal waved his sleeve and in just a second created a formation around the room with one of his Power Core’s help. The formation worked akin to a special domain that separated the room from the outside world.
Without the permission of Khal, no sound could escape from the inside while from the outside no one could enter except if they would not force their way in.
"Say, what is your name?" helping the cultivator to lay down gently, Khal looked at the face of the young, but at the same time old man with calm eyes.
"My... name is... Ash"
"Ash..." Khal mumbled Ash’s name as Logan’s figure popped up in his mind.
While Khal was pondering in silence about what to say next, Ash opened his eyes weakly and with an exhausted look, he said, "Master Khal, as you may see it, my condition is not the best. In fact, I am approaching my death and I only have just a little bit of time left."
After saying that, Ash coughed a few more times before showing a weak smile and as he closed his eyes he said, "Although I feel regret for not living for a little while longer as then I would have been able to form my True Domain and perhaps even expand my lifespan, I am happy about what I have achieved in my life."
Khal listened in silence and let Ash say whatever was in his mind at the moment.
"Master Khal, although I have known you for only a few days, it is undeniable that you have a kind soul. That is why... If you could kindly do it... please burn my corpse into ashes and... scatter it away when the sun... is at the highest point on the... sk...y..."
After Ash reached the end of his sentence, the light within his eyes gradually vanished while his breathing together with the slightest motions he so far did until now stopped completely.
Without any doubt, he died.
Khal remained silent for several minutes before he sighed and shook his head, "I am sorry, but I can’t fulfill your last wish. But I hope in your next life you will be someone who others look up to with both respect and admiration."
Naturally, Khal understood why Ash asked such a thing as his final wish. It was because that was his race’s Blessing, a power that could bring back them from the afterlife if special requirements were met.
But unfortunately, Khal couldn’t do what Ash asked him to do as he had other plans with his body.
"Let’s get started," Khal mumbled and after taking Ash’s hand into his he closed his eyes and silently activated his Divine Soul Sutra.
"H-Hey! What is going on now?" within his Soul World, Neo suddenly snapped his eyes open as he felt how a weird sensation appeared within his body and was gradually becoming stronger!
"Just relax. I am giving back your body."
"You are doing what?" Neo snapped his eyes wide open when he heard Khal’s words which only grew even wider when he felt how for the first time after a very long time he started to feel a connection with something... physical!
"Yep, you heard it right. I am giving back what is supposed to be yours from the very start; your body." Khal stated with a calm tone of voice and watched how his consciousness and his very soul slowly but surely became a part of Ash’s corpse.
"But... What will happen to you then? Will you...?"
"Oh? Are you missing me already? Or could it be that you are sad because of the possibility that you will not be able to see me again?" Khal asked teasingly.
"Screw you! You know what? Go and fuck yourself once you are in the afterlife!"
"...Damn. That was pretty harsh." Khal mumbled but soon just laughed and continued, "Though I must disappoint you, I won’t die nor will I fuck myself."
And in that very moment Khal said those words, he felt as if even the very last part of his consciousness and soul got transferred into his new body, completely leaving behind the one he has occupied for almost 10 straight years!
"Argh... Hell... My head feels like it will split." Khal mumbled as he opened his eyes weakly and looked at the ceiling above him.
[It seems it really worked.]
"Huh?"
Getting used to his new body, suddenly Khal heard Nova’s voice in his head, instantly causing him to widen his eyes and raise his hand, only to see something he didn’t expect to see.
The bracelet, through some unknown means, was around his and not around the real Khal’s wrist!
Just like his soul, it seems the bracelet had traveled onto his new body which meant he kept all his previous powers, skills, and also te ability to communicate with Nova!
