Chapter 507: Preparing for Ascension
Cal and Hale traveled through the Zero Realm for a few more hours where the former from time to time killed beasts in order to increase his Body Essence at a ridiculous rate.
After transferring his soul into his new body, Cal’s Body Essence was not even around 100,000 units, which was an average amount for an ordinary cultivator. Yet, after spending several hours within the hidden realm that amount quickly soared above the stars, instantly becoming more than 25,000,000 units!
Normally, one cultivator would be unable to contain so much Body Essence within their bodies, but for Cal, it was something that could be easily done because of his bracelet.
"I wonder if I ever will be able to get my hands on such a priceless treasure once in the future." flying beside Cal who just killed a small frog which in fact was strong enough to kill a cultivator from the Sixth Realm, Hale stared at the silver bracelet with awe.
In the past, the Emperor of the Seven Realms believed the bracelet was something that was a curse, an item that could bring destruction to the world he ruled over, but now he thought otherwise.
Now, he understood that just like any treasure in existence, the bracelet’s power was solely dependent on the user- It could be either an item that will bring blessings and fortune to others or an object that carries nothing but doom and chaos!
The two of them continued to explore the Zero Realms and after almost a day Hale decided to call it a day.
"There are still some regions around that I have yet to show you, but I believe you will explore them with time," Hale said as he gazed at a large city in the far distance, seemingly built by the Exiles throughout the passage of time.
"I’m sure I will." Cal showed a small smile before he used his Monarch Ring to teleport back to the Fifth Realm, inside the wooden palace.
[What will you do now?]
"Hmm..." Cal pondered silently when he heard Nova’s question, but soon sat down and closed his eyes.
’I will cultivate and form my True Domain. Once I finished with it, I will ascend to the Sixth Realm and find your body as I have promised to you.’
[Wait... What? Why are you forming your True Domain once again?]
’Did you really think that my domain will be transferred to this new body of mine?’ Cal raised a brow in puzzlement, ’Nova, I am no longer in Khal’s body meaning the domain I have once created is no longer under my control much less in my possession. Now, the domain that is mine is the one Ash has created- or at least would have been mine if he would have not died."
He then quietly added, "Also, because he died, except for his body and cultivation base, everything he once had which naturally includes his Semi-Domain collapsed and vanished."
[Wait. If that is true then how do you wish to create your own True Domain? Do you even have any other Blessing except for the Divine Soul Sutra?]
’About that...’ Cal showed a calm smile and summoned his Status.
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{Cultivator Status}
• Cultivation Talent: Flawless Recollection
• Natural Born Talent: Alchemist Touch
• Hidden Talent: Divine Soul Sutra
• Body Essence: 25,492,156
• Cultivation Stage: Fifth Realm Cultivator; Semi-Domain
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’It seems all this time I had my own Blessings.’ Cal thought in his heart with a bittersweet smile.
After all, while both his Cultivation and Natural Born Talent were not as powerful and useful as Khal’s for battles, they were powers that could literally create a genius alchemist out of even a cripple!
Hell, his Flawless Recollection literally allowed him to memorize everything he read in an instant and use whatever knowledge he learned to absolute perfection! This meant, for instance, if he learned the receipt of an insanely hard to create pill, he could concoct it without much trouble for the first time!
As for his Alchemist Touch, it was a literal cheat-like ability that allowed him to not only purify and enhance the effects of any ingredient he touched, but he could even change their effect with a single thought!
Like this, he could turn a harmless piece of grass even into the most lethal material in all existence just with a simple touch!
’Sigh... If I would have these powers during my time back in the First Realm, I could have easily killed the entirety of the Ourvi Family without the need to lift a finger.’ Cal sighed before he pushed all the useless thoughts out of his mind and began to form his True Domain.
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Days have passed in a blink that quickly turned into months. During that time Cal did nothing but silently cultivate and formed his True Domain while he occasionally traveled into the Zero Realm where he either observed the actions of the Exiles out of boredom or hunted for beasts to further increase his Body Essence.
There were even moments when he went to find Hale to ask for books about alchemy and receipts for various pills as he wished to try out his Blessings. And to his absolute shock, every pill he once tried to create ended up as a success, allowing him to create hundreds of pills just in hours!
"Just since when had you acquired talent for alchemy?" sitting beside a cauldron that Cal was using to concoct a pill, Khal asked with a raised brow.
"About 5 months ago," Cal said calmly before he took the cauldron’s lid and took out a small and shiny blue pill that had a strong fragrance that made one feel captivated for some reason.
"What pill is that?" Khal asked, ignoring the fact that drool was flowing down the corner of his mouth.
Cal smiled and raising the pill before his mouth he said, "This pill is known as the Dream Pill. It is a Supreme-Quality pill that if one consumes puts one into a year-long slumber where the individual will dream about his or her worst nightmare over and over again."
"The fuck?" Khal blurted out without any care and asked, "And why are you even making such a pill? Who the hell do you want to put to sleep with that pill?"
Cal when hearing the question curved his lips upward scarcely and slowly turned to face Khal.
"Hey... What’s with that smile? Hey. What are you doing now?" Khal mumbled a little confused when he saw Cal stand up and approach him with that creepy grin of his.
"H-Hey! Don’t you dare come any closer, you hear me! I will fucking screw you if you take even a single step clo-, H-Hey!"
