High in the skies, the rift in space slowly opened. When it reached three meters, a dense and silent violet power emerged. The whale emerged slowly, with Ruri holding their hand and enveloping both with her power.
Below them, a Chromaraic at the peak of divine cultivation was meditating, completely oblivious to everything around him. As they focused on him, Alm and Bruno instinctively felt something highly abnormal and unique within that figure. It was as if his core was something entirely different, and within it, there was an unknown hidden power beyond their understanding.
’Is this a new type of cultivation? Like physical or mental cultivation?’ Bruno murmured in astonishment.
His cultivation hadn’t been sealed like the other examiners. He hadn’t noticed the anomaly, but it should have been impossible for anyone there to cause him even the slightest harm. His consciousness was far away, completely focused on other matters, leaving him utterly defenseless. He was in deep meditation, a moment of extreme vulnerability for cultivators. Only someone with absolute confidence in their power would do this so carefreely. It was a natural arrogance... something a villain loved to exploit.
Without hesitation, the whale’s eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty intent.
The spatial rift remained open, and inside, everyone in the group was literally at the bottom within the runes of the formation. They watched in silence without daring to breathe or move. They only saw Ruri tightly gripping the whale’s hand and her power getting denser and denser... then, a violet lotus formed around them.
No fluctuation could be felt; they were tens of meters high, and that cultivator was in deep meditation, completely unconcerned. That meditation should have lasted for millennia, and he was immersed in the study of something. According to Corin, he had never stepped into this place; far before reaching this place, there was a statue of the queen, and to pass, the robotic voice ordered him to bow and accept its blessing.
After a few seconds, when Ruri seemed to stabilize, the whale extended their free hand, and suddenly, a gigantic bone club appeared.
’You can trust me, boss! I’m already quite familiar with this body; I won’t let you down!’ It was the mental voice of the new weapon spirit, Cerbero Vrix.
The whale focused entirely. Their body was in a terrible state due to burns from demonic flames. There was no more bloodline power to use, and Ruri also couldn’t use her full power. There was no faith power, and they didn’t have large amounts of resources that could be converted into QI to use. Everything was burned so they could reach as high as possible on the mountain, but it gave them the opportunity to create a shortcut.
Back in the previous fight, all the divine QI inside the hero’s reflection was sucked into them. It was indeed a massive amount, and it was enough for them to create a small opening in the formation. Now, they only had a bit left... but it would be enough.
’Now we have the infernal rune, we have our evolved physical cultivation, and we have an endless source of life power...’ Bruno said, fully focused on manipulating their powers. ’After using it twice in a brute way, now I feel like we can do this in a more controlled manner.’
Soon, they closed their eyes for a minute, then, upon opening them, Ruri signaled with a snort. The violet lotus spun at full power, and quickly, her entire soul, mind, and life were used as fuel to elevate its level.
The whale focused on the bone club, then an infinite power converged, and in the same second, the bones of a demon beast at the peak of cultivation began to crack immediately. In the whale’s eyes, a grayish-violet aura blended, and the bone club seemed to light up, trembling as if it were about to explode at any moment.
Numerous cracks covered the entire bone club at a frightening speed, and the weapon’s soul was equally fractured, on the verge of imminent death. However, the eyes of the cerbero’s three heads lit up with their wills forged over millennia. The bone club somehow stabilized. And soon, only a satisfied smile spread across the whale’s lips.
The violet lotus stopped spinning, and Ruri fainted, clinging to the whale’s back. At that moment, the Chromaraic opened his eyes, alarmed, and saw his world distort as if a god had opened the heavens for his passage.
"Eclipsing Divinity!"
Everything went black... there was no sound... no fluctuations... just silent destruction, which lingered for seconds. Then, the entire heavenly realm shook as if it were about to collapse.
Above, from inside the fissure. Everyone’s vision blurred, but they all felt their world covered by a golden power that embraced them. It was precisely all the surplus that the whale left to protect them.
After several minutes, everyone’s vision slowly returned... soon, they saw something through the fissure that they couldn’t immediately comprehend. Below, there was only dust, rocks, and soil. Where was the colossal mountain? Their minds wondered, but... the obvious answer didn’t seem to be processed by them.
At that moment, the opening in the sky widened, and everyone was expelled from inside the formation, falling frightened from the heavens. They were stunned, but they were cultivators. They fell hundreds of meters, but Leafar and Ervly joined forces, and roots emerged from the ground, extending and grabbing everyone.
As soon as they were set down on the ground, they took deep breaths, then looked around, finding nothing; soon, their gazes became tense. But a message echoed in their minds, and they ran in a specific direction without understanding.
After several steps without seeing anything ahead, still confused, the space around them distorted. It felt like they had crossed a portal, and quickly, their bodies trembled as they felt something penetrate their meridians.
Every pore of their bodies dilated automatically, a pure and sacred air circulated in their lungs, while their minds and souls absorbed energy as if they were starving for countless years. They looked around and found themselves stunned in the middle of a giant green field full of herbs and plants.
Everything shone with infinite natural energy. Soon, they shockingly realized that the herbs and plants radiated a millennial and dazzling presence. Everything around them was untouched treasures, impossible to measure their value. They belatedly realized that they were in a special place that was once inside the mountain, inaccessible.
Soon, a voice sounded, waking them from their stupor. "Quick, I don’t have much time left."
Everyone ran toward the voice... then they saw ahead the whale sitting on the ground, with a girl clinging to its bulk, as if wanting to merge with its body. As everyone approached, the whale opened its eyes, and a subtle golden shimmer gleamed.
"This is our farewell," Bruno spoke slowly, leaving everyone perplexed. "It’s all over. I will destroy everything and return to my universe."
"Do you remember how you got here, right? You crossed a unique door connected to your universes; I can now manipulate the formation a bit. I’ll send you out, back to your Universes," the whale continued, and everyone’s eyes trembled, with Corin being the most affected.
"Just go back the way you came, and I’ll open the door," they said, making movements as if activating the formation immediately. "This should be the last time we see each other; I just helped you a little, and you gave me things in return. Don’t think too much about it..."
"LORD!" Everyone roared in unison, making the whale turn to them, surprised. Clearly feigned.
Leafar then spoke as the spokesperson for everyone. "We will fulfill the purpose you gave us. We want to spread your seeds in our homes."
Bruno nodded internally, and the faith rune faintly lit up with the last drop of energy. Soon, on everyone’s forehead, the rune of the Rurian Faithlink technique illuminated, and they felt a significant change within.
"I tweaked them a bit; now you can create other smaller runes to distribute. You can also remove them, of course. Go back to your worlds, be my missionaries; spread my name by creating new believers, and... erect statues! The form doesn’t matter, you’ve seen various previous appearances of mine," the whale said quickly.
"Don’t let ANYONE use my name for evil. This is an absolute must. If I find out my name is being used for such purposes, then mark my words, I will find my way to you, and you won’t like it. Anyway, if your level of faith becomes strong enough, eventually, I will feel my followers from your universe," they finished with a slight sigh.
"YES!" All five roared without hesitation, clenching their fists. By now, they understood that the ’seeds’ the whale mentioned had nothing to do with their initial thought.
"Oh, yes... if Leafar and Ervly want to go to the same universe, no problem. But in return, make sure you’ve given life to an army of children; and that all of them are impeccable believers," said the whale, looking at the two slightly. The two joined their hands and nodded together in relief, with warm smiles.
"As for Corin... hey, don’t look at me like that!" The whale said, turning to him and seeing tears overflowing, ruining his beautiful face.
"Master! Take me along, I won’t disappoint you!" He spoke shakily.
"Pff... your universe is too primitive, it will be an easy target for her," the whale said, scoffing, then turned to him. "Are you sure about this? I can’t guarantee you’ll ever be able to return; I remember you don’t have a family. But didn’t you have a girlfriend or some connection?"
Corin then froze, but in the next second, he lowered his gaze coldly. "No, master... I devoted myself to cultivation and didn’t have time... but I’ll strive when I’m by your side! Let me follow you!"
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"Alright, alright," the whale didn’t mind and turned to everyone behind. "Sayqi, Sesel, Oria, Leafar, and Ervly. Enjoy the new life you’ve gained... live what I could never live; farewell."
They waved, and then a golden power quickly covered them, distorting space as they disappeared. In the next minute, the whale waved to the emptiness. Outside the formation, the doors opened, and everyone looked back for a second before moving forward. The couple obviously went through a single door.
The whale sighed tiredly...
Then waved again. That was the center of the entire formation, and from there, they could completely manipulate the entire place. Never since the creation of this place had anyone entered that small world besides the queen, and obviously, all the nature there was untouchable... and an infinite treasure.
Suddenly, Corin jumped in surprise at the sight. Everything around seemed to be sucked into a black hole. Then, within minutes, an area of hundreds of meters of sacred green... turned black and barren.
A green glow covered the whale and Ruri. In minutes, Ruri was completely recovered and would wake up soon. ’A good part will die in the inventory, but what’s left will be useful. Above all, it means it won’t be used by the queen. Now, let’s go for the other gain.’
The whale waved again, and a small fissure appeared in front of the whale and opened. From inside... an infinite number of Jade Slips began to emerge. It took minutes to take everything out.
Bruno then excitedly counted and said, ’With the techniques we’ve acquired before... it’s 888 incomplete Daos! It seems we acquired quite a bit!’
Then, they also stood up, renewed, and looked at Corin, who was staring at them. "Let’s go."
So, they opened their arms, and all the divine QI of the formation moved at their call. In seconds, the whole small world was covered, and more kept coming.
’It’s a shame we can’t take everything. We have to use most of it to complete the quest,’ Bruno said painfully.
After minutes, the whale waved, and all the divine QI transformed, becoming something mortal and destructive. In the next moment, they penetrated the land of that place where they were. A violent tremor followed... and spread throughout the realm of the heavens.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
The sound of three chains breaking echoed from within the earth. Then, infinite life force, mental, and spiritual energy rose from the world; both the whale and Corin felt suffocated, and their visions began to darken in the face of such concentrated energy... but, in two seconds, everything disappeared as if it had been absorbed by the void.
[Congratulations, main mission completed.]
As the green message appeared, that entire world that had existed for countless years, called ’the realm of the heavens,’ began to crumble in an imminent explosion, decreeing its eternal end. Corin quickly turned pale, but suddenly, a portal opened in front of the whale.
After the formation and the place were destroyed, Bruno felt the power of faith destined for them in the underworld approaching rapidly. They had only managed to gather a part of that power before, and when they arrived in this place, the formation seemed to separate the underworld from within. Now, when he could finally collect it, there was no time for such, and they could only lament.
Corin was frozen, and then he just felt a hand grab him and pull swiftly; soon, his vision blurred. And he only felt his heart leap violently with excitement and joy.