Four months passed in the blink of an eye.
On that day, Darian finally came out of isolation. Remira rushed over to him and, when she felt his aura, she nodded in admiration.
Darian had gone from the ninth level of the Celestial Tribulation Realm to the ninth level of the Celestial King Realm in just a few months. That was an entire realm. Even she had taken more than six years to climb those levels in the past.
"I used everything," Darian said with a sigh. "Emina should be able to sell everything quickly, so let's start hunting those bastards."
Remira nodded and asked, "You really plan to cultivate using indigo jades?"
"Yeah, the contamination isn't a problem," he replied, then noticed something change in her eyes.
"In that case, maybe it's worth hearing my idea. It's something I thought about turning into a divine technique in the future. But I haven't been able to make much progress…"
She began explaining that indigo jades were treasures formed from the universe's celestial power interacting with high-level earth energy. The earth element was the perfect vessel, since it could hold Yin and Yang without causing conflict.
Celestial power, on the other hand, was a variant of Qi, mixed with pure Yin and Yang, forming a power a thousand times stronger.
Her idea was basically to use her Bloodline and the Chromaraics' inherited ability to control Yin and Yang. Then, use the small amount of celestial power inside the indigo jades and try to manipulate it.
In short, she believed it was possible to add more pure Yin and Yang, amplifying the celestial power inside the jade. That would create a Supreme Celestial Power, several times stronger. Once achieved, she could transform all the celestial power in her body and gain an unmatched boost in strength.
In theory, it was beautiful and perfect. But in practice… she hadn't even come close.
She had gone to the Sacred Rainbow Heaven Planet and tried to use the mountain's natural Yin and Yang to push this idea forward.
However, since the mountain gathered all seven elements together, they became contaminated by one another. It was far, far more complex to isolate just what she needed and use it properly.
After hearing the explanation, Darian found it genuinely interesting. If he could create this Supreme Celestial Power and use it for cultivation… his speed could increase several times over. Maybe this was a divine opportunity right in front of him.
Ultimately, Darian asked Remira a few questions.
She confirmed that, to become an immortal, it was indeed necessary to create a complete divine technique. As for her, she had been working on it for a very, very long time—without success.
"Yin and Yang… maybe the Abyss Lake and the Golden Celestial Lake are the best options for this," Darian said calmly.
Hearing that, Remira looked surprised. "I thought about using the Golden Celestial Lake of the Golden Crow Sect. The fire element there is so pure that it's easy to remove the Yin trace and keep only pure Yang. But… there's no equivalent place in the universe for Yin. And the Abyss Lake… was sealed. I couldn't break a legacy left behind by someone in the universe."
"I already took care of that. The Bakunawa Abyssal Triarchy received the inheritance properly, and the Abyss Lake is available," Darian said, watching her eyes light up. "Let's give it a try."
Remira nodded and rushed off. During the months Darian had been in isolation, she had reorganized the entire Chaos Elementals Sect. Since 85% of the strongest had died, the few innocent ones left hadn't fully learned the old inheritance. Because of that, with her removing it, that race would never have that power again.
This way, using the Heavenly Elemental Spirit God's inheritance, it would be impossible to repeat what they had done in the future. After all, even with only 10 central cores left in the Seal, it still contained power above the immortal level.
Remira appointed a new leader and recorded everything about their involvement with those evil cultivators. If they ever dared to form even the slightest connection with them again, that special race—and the entire sect—would cease to exist in this universe.
All Heavenly Elemental Spirits would lose their home and protection. She only needed to explain a bit about what happened to that race in other universes for them to understand how serious it was.
If they lost the sect's protection, their entire race would be condemned to slavery. Because of that, everyone's vigilance reached the maximum level. They couldn't allow greedy figures to rise again and destroy everything in the future.
With everything settled, Remira removed the planet's seal.
Of course, there were still some fugitives from the old sect who weren't on the planet when they arrived. But all the organizations in the universe—and even the people within the sect—would treat them as mortal enemies to be eliminated, just like the cultivators of the Evil Path.
So they wouldn't live long or cause trouble.
Without delay, Darian and Remira headed to the Bakunawa Abyssal Triarchy.
When Darian arrived, a massive commotion broke out across the three realms. The queens and everyone else rushed to receive them with the highest honors.
Darian was a bit surprised. It seemed he had become someone just as important—and terrifying—as Remira.
Darian didn't really like that kind of attention and preferred to keep a low profile. So he behaved just like before—polite as always, without demanding anything different. As for Remira, seeing that Darian considered them allies, she treated them as her allies as well, speaking with the queens on equal terms, without the slightest hostility.
The queens were initially terrified and stiff in front of Remira, but they quickly relaxed and realized they had nothing to worry about.
Darian talked a bit with the young ones who had accompanied them in the Tournament, then gave them some tips and training ideas. He only spent a few hours on that before saying he would go to the Abyss Lake with Remira alone.
...
They arrived at the grand lake, which was literally located at the bottom of a colossal abyss. The intense bluish light, combined with the magical glow of the Water Elementals, made everything look even more beautiful and mystical.
The two moved to the center, then quickly took out some indigo jades and started running tests.
Darian, in particular, tried using his domain to manipulate the celestial power inside the indigo jade. That energy was extremely complex, and he could barely maintain even minimal control over it.
But using the lake's pure Yin was easy. He tried to infuse it slowly—if it worked, they would go to the Golden Celestial Lake next.
...
Twelve hours passed with both of them fully focused. Then, Remira spoke with some frustration.
"Darian… using the Yin from here is definitely possible, and much easier. But… it feels like something is missing."
Darian took a deep breath. It was true—he had tried every possible way to merge the Yin with the celestial power, trying to nourish it. But nothing worked.
"Something's missing…!?"
Suddenly, Darian remembered a long conversation he had had with Awel in the past, when they were creating the Shadow Taming Codex and the Shadow Warrior's Canon together.
Awel had explained that Heavenly Elemental Spirits weren't just lifeforms born from natural elements, but rather the connection between the laws of the world and natural life.
Using that principle and other insights, Darian had managed to create those two new techniques, which were later used by his allies.
He didn't know exactly how that connected to the current situation, but back then, he had thought the same thing: 'Something's missing.'
So, without thinking too much, he moved his gentle, dark power and focused.
He intended to create a shadow core. Maybe that would give him some kind of insight or inspiration.
For Darian, it was very simple to do. In seconds, a small core condensed.
Then…
**BUZZ!!!**
Across the entire Bakunawa Abyssal Triarchy, every cultivator felt a subtle tremor. The stronger ones, however, felt something shocking—the Laws of the Universe were reacting and synchronizing with something very close to them.
At first, the three queens were confused. But that only lasted three seconds.
All of them remembered feeling that exact same thing a few years ago.
In fact… it was identical.
"This is a new Candidate for Divinity! An incomplete Divine Technique has been recognized!"
