The giant eyes observed the two souls slowly with curiosity. He didn’t respond, showing that those words were like a joke he simply ignored. Seconds passed, and then Alm, impatient, began to activate his soul to the limit.
At that moment, the eyes lazily focused on him, and a voice echoed. ’Kid, don’t be reckless. Now, after millions of years, I can finally talk to someone, and I’m glad it’s one of my...’
’Screw that son story!’
Alm roared, and intense Yin covered the entire place. The eyes remained unresponsive as a dry sigh resonated. Soon, all the Yin was swept from the place like a divine breath.
’Alright, being young and reckless is normal. Especially you... your souls are at a frightening level. I would say you have a real chance of turning them into a divine soul.’ The voice sounded emotionless, looking closely at the two.
Soon, Bruno understood the confusion. Their soul was split, and the divine power was equally divided in two. It seemed that this possible behemoth didn’t even know they inhabited the same body, which should be simple to notice something wrong. But Bruno felt something strange from those eyes and was sure; this being didn’t care to check... and seemed quite careless and inattentive.
Bruno then spoke with a sigh. ’Well, sorry for being impolite. Or you’ll never understand.’
Soon, Yang emerged, and Alm reignited the Yin force again. The two focused and used the concepts of the second level of tattoos, making both poles work in harmony.
’Swallow this!’ Alm roared, and the eyes finally trembled, surprised.
A dense Yin and Yang power attacked the entire place together, creating a powerful reverberation. The eyes saw it admirably, then blinked. In the next second, everything was erased... but soon after, the eyes widened. The two souls emanated a new power three times stronger. And they attacked even more furiously; the target was him.
Then, a dry snort echoed, and a terrestrial brown power focused on the two souls violently. An infinite power suppressed the Yin and Yang, as well as the two souls. But, to the eyes’ amazement, those two souls just smiled. And again, the power exploded, now dozens of times stronger.
’You brats!’ The voice spoke coldly. And now he took it seriously as an infinite power sealed the two souls like a divine tsunami.
Alm and Bruno still had smiles on their faces and didn’t stop, leaving the eyes incredulous. Then the two souls began to crack... and still continued... the eyes didn’t know what they were thinking. Were his children now becoming troublemakers and reckless like this? He wondered.
But soon, a strange glow appeared in the two souls. And the eyes froze, completely astonished.
Before them, the two souls freed themselves from its grip... and... merged completely, in an unbelievable and inexplicable way.
In seconds, a single entity, surrounded by a villainous and dense aura, emerged. Its eyes just watched the behemoth coldly. Then, a divine power erupted, pushing all the energy away. Alm and Bruno took a risk, assuming that when they were on the brink of destruction, the system should do something and unite them again; in the end, they were correct.
’A divine soul... and this power... the Heaven’s Will...’ The behemoth muttered dazed.
’Now you understand, great. Saves me time that way.’ The villainous figure spoke.
The eyes trembled in response. ’You are another missionary of the Heaven’s Will... I’ve seen some of them, and they always had a divine soul and a strange power. But... you give me a suffocating feeling, unlike the others who smelled like kids who had too much to live still.’
’It seems we are the last of them, but possibly I was the only one who got this far.’ Alm and Bruno spoke in unison. ’Well, now that you understand; let’s go back to the beginning. You can now interact minimally with the world because I broke a seal. The Heaven’s Will made me do this without explaining much, and it will probably force me to do more to help you. I need information... and the Heaven’s Will is on its last breaths. If I fail, everything ends.’
’I see... the last of them... and still came connected to me, among so many possibilities.’ The still dazed eyes said, sighing. ’Well, there must be legends about my divine race in various universes. I am the Primordial Behemoth King.’
Alm and Bruno subtly froze. They thought they were in front of a kind of behemoth with a pure bloodline... but primordial? That meant he...
’Yes, I was born with the universe. And I am one of the first life forms to exist in it, created directly by celestial laws; I am perfect and immortal.’ The behemoth proudly completed, as if reading their doubt.
Soon, Alm and Bruno remembered the myths they read in the library as soon as they arrived in this universe. In all universes, dragons were the initial life forms and, therefore, divine and invincible. But in this universe, as soon as the first rocky planets and their waters formed, the Behemoth and the Leviathan were born in the world after the dragons. They were the two primordial kings, ranking just below the dragons. (Chapter 5)
’Who sealed you? And why?’ Alm and Bruno then asked, but already knew the answer.
’That greedy woman, you must know her as the ’Queen.’’ The behemoth replied dryly. ’It was... between 10 and 50 million years ago. She was the first life form that managed to break all limits and rise above the Heaven’s Will and everything that exists.’
The eyes became distant, recalling a past and a world that no longer existed. ’I and all primordial creatures, being blessed early in creation, have a strong connection with the Heaven’s Will, making us immortal. Therefore, we will never surpass it; that is our limit. But all later mortal lives, despite being fragile and simple, have free will and autonomy that we do not possess.’
’Mortals live too short, die too easily, and always desire more than they can have, resulting in conflicts among themselves. It’s ridiculous to imagine that a mortal could slowly break all barriers... but it happened... she managed to rise above everything.’
’In the end, she was not satisfied with being above the laws. She decided that all universes would be hers, and she would dominate everything. But, even though she was above, she was still a single being. The so-called "heroes" were created as her arms and legs. It was almost impossible to find other mortals who could be useful approaching her level. So, to elevate these heroes and make them capable, she used the easiest and fastest resource: the primordial creatures.’
’With that, she sealed all primordial dragons in various universes, all the behemoths, among many others... she doesn’t kill us, just drains our strengths, bloodline, and everything she can to nourish her servants. That’s why I am here... as are many others.’ He concluded, and a clear anger appeared in his eyes.
Alm and Bruno thought a bit strangely. This method and way of thinking... were very similar to themselves. In the past, they refined the dragons and their entire universe, precisely because it was the fastest method; they didn’t mind using everything and everyone for their plans. Their face twisted with this thought; the queen was more like them than they imagined.
’So, the Heaven’s Will has gathered over time numerous missionaries and sent them to this universe to stop her. Here, as you already know, is where she concentrates the main resources and important things. Soon, countless primordial beings are trapped here, on different planets.’ The behemoth added.
Alm and Bruno sighed. If this was so important to her, then it should obviously be well guarded. They were still very weak and being led to do very risky things that could go wrong very easily.
’Let’s take it step by step. If you have been sealed here for so long, then you have seen everything that happened on this planet... from the clues, you managed to influence things even before the first seal was broken.’ Alm and Bruno commented curiously.
’I had a lot of free time... and obviously tried to create a way to free myself several times. In the end, I failed in all of them.’ He replied awkwardly. ’The first one... you found in this cave. I tried to fragment my will into things so tiny that they could blend with the laws. I tried to get allies there... but the wills gave life to strange things that only seek to feed on the laws of the earth. They turned into uncontrollable gluttons.’
Alm and Bruno understood, those were the monsters of this place. But they quickly felt a strangeness, an ancestral being alive since the beginning of the universe... how could it not have foreseen something like this? It was his will...
’In the second attempt, I accumulated over millennia a bit of life and earth power, then materialized my crystals. In them, I could put my will, and they had no autonomy, so I made larger and larger crystals and embedded my soul. But in the end, my first creation, having my will, hunted the crystals and began to incorporate them into itself. Everything went downhill... those bastards!’ The behemoth said indignantly, dropping his divine king facade.
So, the moonlight crystals were just things he could create. Alm and Bruno wanted to laugh. A primordial creature that always stood above everything and everyone suddenly had to rack its brains to save itself. In the end, age doesn’t matter. If you have lived eternally as a king, you will never know how to think like a thief. To be creative and have instincts to save yourself, there was no other method than failing until learning.
The behemoth continued. ’So, in the third and final attempt, I did something that could never be predicted. The sealing formation was built specifically for me and my power. So I had to create another unexpected power... and the only possible thing was to become a demonic beast.’
Alm and Bruno nodded. Divine beasts and demonic beasts differed in cultivation method and power. A divine one was something pure that elevated itself by absorbing Qi and natural laws, much like the common cultivator. But the demonic ones, besides using the common method, cultivated by absorbing other life forms; they devoured their bodies, souls, and everything they could to cultivate. Thus, their power was something corrupted and full of karma, but it was much faster to elevate.
As for the behemoth, he was a primordial king known as the Sacred Divine Beast. And its counterpart, the Leviathan, was the first Demon King. The behemoth went to great lengths to survive, and it did not hesitate to corrupt itself. Alm and Bruno were satisfied; this ruthless method pleased them.
’I succeeded, with the lessons from the first two attempts, in capturing some souls and absorbing them. Soon, for the first time, I was victorious and separated a large part of my soul, freeing it from the seal.’ The behemoth spoke and then sighed. ’That part of my soul was fragile and couldn’t do much. So, I made it incarnate into a body, creating an avatar of myself on the planet.’
’But, because I am a pure and primordial divine beast, after corrupting myself, my soul and power changed significantly. My avatar... its mind became something strange and fragmented... and I couldn’t make it recover my memories, losing my connection with it. In the end, it took on the identity of a simple demon.’
Was this behemoth a complete idiot? Alm and Bruno thought quickly. How could he fail so miserably... even with his powers mutating unpredictably, a sacred beast should be intelligent and astute. Alm and Bruno felt a sharp headache, but they connected some dots and spoke.
’Wait... your avatar was that demon that caused the first war on the planet, destroyed continents, and then was killed and sealed in the prison?’
’Yes, you received a fragment of its soul. It was my soul, and its blood and body were influenced by me, becoming strange things very different from the norm.’ The behemoth spoke awkwardly.
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Alm and Bruno internally chuckled. Strange was an understatement for describing that blood, but that explained everything. After all, that demon was actually the avatar of a corrupted primordial beast.
’Despite being disconnected from me, my avatar still maintained an instinctive impulse to try to connect. So, on its own, it visited where I was sealed on this planet. And I, hoping for it to reconnect with me, extracted my bloodline from my own blood and sent it to him slowly. Nowadays, my bloodline has spread on your planet, and now even you possess a part of me.’
He spoke cheerfully, but his eyes changed to something a little embarrassed. Alm and Bruno could see a strange image of a giant beast making that expression. Soon, he continued.
’But not only did that not work, it made things worse. I can naturally create the most powerful minerals and metals in the universe; and my avatar, with the bloodline, gained a fraction of that power. But the mixture with the demonic and corrupt power made this ability generate living and malevolent beings with parts of itself. A variety of creatures were born from its body, growing uncontrollably and without order, causing all the chaos on this planet. The most dangerous aspect was that all these creations formed a collective mind, a single will with the sole purpose of devouring all life.’
Alm and Bruno snorted; the behemoth didn’t get a single thing right... he caused an unprecedented disaster. This idiot must have led a calm and smooth life just eating and sleeping for countless years. Perhaps Denil’s disturbed personality and the others with his bloodline were a reflection of that... no, they were almost sure.
Looking at Alm and Bruno’s expressions, the behemoth felt a bit embarrassed and continued. ’Well, it wasn’t that big of a problem. In an extraordinarily audacious move by a human, my avatar was surprised and killed shortly after.’
’The human captured some evil beings and subjected them to torture, madness, distortions; after much effort, he managed to impart personalities, wills, and identities to three of these beings, blocking them from the collective mind. However, this did not cure them or free them from their evil impulses, as their personalities and desires continued to be a reflection of the larger whole, even when they were not in direct contact.’
’These ’demons’ hated the idea of losing all individuality. Thus, the desire to live in freedom propelled the plan to kill my avatar.’
Alm and Bruno snorted and added, ’And after that, the three together initiated a second war that was much longer and bloodier than the previous one. Adding them both up, you did considerable damage.’
The behemoth spoke indignantly, ’Those three demons absorbed the bloodline of my avatar and spread it to create soldiers for the war. It didn’t take long for them to also feel a slight connection to me, and the war was stopped by themselves. They accepted an agreement with the other races and settled in the three locations on the continent where parts of the seal that bound me were. Because the blood they absorbed from my avatar was diluted in them, their insanity was less. So I could influence them to calm down and settle there; I kind of resolved that. Don’t be so radical!’
Alm and Bruno could only smile sarcastically. The origin of the three ’demons’ was clarified. That abyssal demon they struck with their tribulation was one of them, and his power to break into a cultivation realm beyond what a non-divine world allowed was also explained. The three possessed pure behemoth blood, something close to a true dragon.
In the end, everything on the planet was related to this being who tried to free himself with many methods and failed in all of them, causing havoc among the mortals of the planet. But he faithfully believed that he didn’t cause anything... he was a ’Young Master,’ a primordial beast version. Alm and Bruno thought incredulously.
’Alright... got it a bit.’ Alm and Bruno spoke with a sigh. ’Unfortunately, I don’t have the option of not helping you. The Heaven’s Will made me break a seal, and it will certainly make me help you more. Since I received your bloodline and have been using it, I can be considered a favor I owe you.’
The eyes nodded excitedly... the imperious and ancestral being was no more. It was as if Alm and Bruno were in front of a clumsy and troublesome pet.
Then, Alm and Bruno spoke gently, ’Everything we found was somehow related to you. If you and this planet are so important, the queen must have left other defensive methods besides the seal. Who is my enemy?’
’Hm... I sense them close by outside. You’re already with the enemies and brought them closer to me.’ The behemoth responded thoughtfully. ’Are they your allies? It seems like you have a target on your back, and you never noticed.’