Inside the Abyss Lake, Darian's eyes were wide open. Around him, there were countless tiny glowing points. He immediately felt the laws of the universe connecting with him—it was like his senses were expanding infinitely in every direction.
"This… did you just create a divine technique?" Remira asked, stunned.
At that moment, Darian looked at her, then at himself, only then understanding what had happened.
He took a deep breath…
"Not exactly. I created this in my previous life, shortly after we separated…"
Darian's words left Remira even more shocked. In this universe, there were countless inheritances—both discovered and undiscovered. That gave all cultivators a starting point and examples to study. On top of that, Celestial cultivation had far greater potential and possibilities than ordinary Qi.
The combination of all that meant that anyone—even the most ordinary person with no support—had a chance to create something Divine. But… Darian had achieved this long before coming here and having access to all that.
Seeing Remira's expression, Darian snorted.
"I got lucky. I managed to combine a bunch of different techniques, knowledge, and absurd things, like putting together a puzzle. The foundation of everything was the power my Big Sister gave me. Then I added all the knowledge I got from that trial, along with Lord Lian's chaos techniques. On top of that, I had help from a little Heavenly Elemental Spirit girl who taught me a lot, and the support of an alchemist who created specific pills… and above all, I took advantage of what the Spiritual Guardians had, like the spiritual root and stuff."
"You really connected several impossible things and shaped them into something that didn't exist in any universe… that reached a level where the laws of the entire world recognized it as Divine," Remira said slowly, then smiled in disbelief. Darian just kept doing shocking things.
Darian nodded. A long time ago, he had already realized that what he created was way too absurd.
It was almost unbelievable, but his brother Lucius had managed to recover all his power and even reach immortality using these things. The Heroic Spirits, who should have been taken by the laws of the world to reincarnate, were forced to remain and also reached terrifying levels of power. Even the Spiritual Guardians who had died and lost everything, leaving only a spiritual root behind, managed to rebuild themselves completely.
It was like… he had created a unique cultivation system, where even spirits—with no physical body to cultivate—could still grow stronger.
Of course, it wasn't a miracle. It was still necessary to already have a spiritual root in all cases, and to increase strength, it required pills made at least from materials with Primordial Yin and Yang—something almost impossible to naturally find in most universes.
Darian explained all of this to Remira, telling her how Lucius broke through to immortality alongside all the Spiritual Guardians, as if he had never lost that position.
"That really is a terrifying divine technique… no, look at you. The number of heavenly runes you have shows how close you are to completing the technique and being accepted as a true divinity," Remira said slowly. Darian's eyes changed once again.
There were so many tiny runes around him that it was impossible to count.
His eyes lit up. Did his technique only need a few improvements? But it had always fulfilled its purpose before. He didn't know what needed to be changed or added to make it complete.
Suddenly, he remembered why he had created this just now. He had been trying to complete Remira's idea…
He focused on the small core he had created and thought carefully.
Without hesitation, he moved the Yin from the surroundings and placed it inside the core.
Then he ignited the Golden Crow Bloodline, creating a bit of pure Yang. He placed it inside the core as well.
Then…
He moved the Celestial power.
He closed his eyes and activated his domain.
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…
A few minutes later.
"!"
Remira's eyes widened; her heart pounded like a drum. That was because she felt a pure life energy forming inside that small core he had created.
Darian opened his eyes.
Without saying a word, he turned, carefully searching for something.
Remira followed his gaze, curious. He was looking at the Water Elementals, gently floating above the Abyss Lake.
Darian nodded, taking control of one of them—the one he felt was the most developed and powerful in the area. The small elemental reached him in seconds, and he moved the shadow core into the center of that ethereal figure.
It entered the Elemental without any resistance. After that, Darian infused even more Yin, Yang, and celestial power.
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…
**Woooooosh!!**
Suddenly, the entire Abyss Lake pulsed with an extremely bright celestial blue light.
Outside the planet. Outside the solar system. Outside the galaxy.
Across the entire universe.
All the most powerful cultivators immediately felt as if a lightning bolt had pierced their souls. Every single one of them jumped in disbelief, then turned toward the skies, completely stunned.
In mere seconds, trembling voices spread everywhere.
"A… a-a divinity has appeared!"
Back at the lake, Darian floated above the water like a divine star. All that light was coming directly from him.
Moments before, those countless runes born from the heavenly laws had suddenly multiplied, then rushed straight toward him, merging with his soul.
"You… you completed it!" Remira shouted, stuttering halfway through.
Darian took a deep breath, lowering his gaze to his hand. There was a small Water Elemental. Inside it…
The shadow core had fused perfectly and taken root. When he added the celestial power along with the other two energies, that root ignited.
Darian was certain now: the missing piece in his technique had been celestial power—the kind that only existed in this universe.
That elemental didn't have a soul, and its body wasn't even something capable of containing one. But now… the core had created an artificial spiritual root and ignited it, nourishing the body with Yin and Yang.
Before, it was extremely rare—over billions of years, there was only a tiny chance that an Elemental would evolve into a lifeform and gain a soul. There had only been about a dozen records of this happening in the entire history of the universe. When it did, they were known as Celestial Elemental Spirits. (Chapter 737)
But now, Darian was sure. This Elemental was almost "physically complete" to house a soul and become a true being.
Darian focused again and took out an Indigo Jade. He poured more and more Yin, Yang, and celestial power into it. The celestial power inside the jade was different from the ambient one, since it was contaminated with the earth element and other impurities.
But the earth element was the best medium to absorb Yin and Yang together and keep them in perfect balance. That made this celestial power unique—and perfect for what he wanted.
Those three energies entered the core and slowly fused. Then they moved in sync, spreading through the small body via the spiritual root.
In seconds—
"WHAT!" Remira exclaimed, sensing a faint trace of a terrifying power being born.
Darian took a deep breath, feeling an unmatched excitement. Slowly, he drew out a tiny trace of power flowing from that spiritual root.
It was like a drop of water—but it shone with an intense silver color.
Darian turned to Remira and made it float toward her.
She caught it and analyzed it with full focus. Darian barely even breathed.
It didn't take a full minute before her gaze snapped back to him.
"This… this is exactly what I imagined. This is Supreme Celestial Power!"
Darian swallowed hard. He did it.
He had completed the divine technique he had been unconsciously shaping for so long. He analyzed the result, almost disturbed by the anomaly he had just created.
To put it simply: it was like a crucible—or a mystical blender—where he could throw in different energies and elements to create something entirely new and devastating.
Technically, that core had the potential to generate new types of energy, depending on what was fed into it. At the same time, it produced life energy and used everything to nourish whatever it was connected to.
Darian turned to the Elemental, sensing that its small body was approaching perfection. By applying the "recipe" to create Supreme Celestial Power, even if he later extracted that power for himself, the process still generated residual life energy, making the Elemental more complete. In the future, that would give rise to a Celestial Elemental Spirit.
It was a fair exchange: Darian gained the power he wanted, but also granted them the gift of life.
'Wait… did I just become some kind of Creation God?' he thought, startled. But he quickly dismissed it. No point getting hung up on details.
The true strength of the technique was its absolute versatility: the core could be implanted into anything with even the slightest potential to become alive, from incorporeal spirits to soulless elemental masses like that Water Elemental.
If there were no spiritual root, the technique would create one. If there already was one, it would nurture it to evolution. It was a kind of supreme cultivation—or a *seed* that adapted to the environment and nutrients around it, growing into something unique.
'If the Heroic Spirits use this, the life energy it generates will allow them to be recognized by the laws of the world as living beings again. They'll become a new race, with their own life force, no longer dependent on anyone else to exist.'
Darian thought, excited by that outcome. That meant Rhea and her son could finally live normally again, just like when they were alive.
"I need a name… let's see… I'll call it *Nexus Seed*."
**Buzz!!**
The moment he spoke those words, the surroundings began to hum. The light and the laws of the world reacted—Darian could feel that the name had been engraved into eternity.
His technique had now become part of the fundamental laws of existence.
