The whale roared fervently, Bruno was completely distraught in rage. "Return to your original form," he spoke dryly, looking at the army of lolis... or perhaps golems, before him.
His gaze turned bloodthirsty and deadly, as if he was about to draw his weapon and attack in the next second. All golems froze, stunned, and did not hesitate to use metamorphosis to revert to their true forms.
Rehvka wasn’t sure whether to be surprised, laugh, or find it all very strange. Those golems were using a beast technique; that human form was unsuitable for cultivation, almost illusory. According to her master, these golems couldn’t cultivate with stone bodies.
It took seconds for all the golems to return to their original forms. The whale and Rehvka watched closely; they weren’t tall, but their bodies were composed of dense rocks that emanated immense pressure. They probably chose this size because they didn’t have enough material to be larger.
"Earth King..." a golem stepped forward and knelt next to the whale. "Forgive us, we couldn’t resemble her..."
"What the hell were you trying to do?! And why is there a statue of me here?" Bruno roared harshly.
The golem answered without raising its gaze. "We are children of the Immortal Golem, he created this home with the purpose of awaiting your arrival. We are all part of him and were born in this place with this purpose. As soon as we opened our eyes, your commands appeared in our minds. We also see an image of you, something the Immortal Golem received as a future premonition."
"That doesn’t answer my question. Why did he instruct you to do this? Where the hell is that damn thing?" Bruno spat angrily.
There was a statue, but no power of faith for them. Alm and Bruno were sure that the Immortal Golem was truly revered among the golems; this statue was just something for them to see when they arrived.
’Keep calm, idiot,’ Alm spoke sharply, ’It’s as we suspected, Heaven’s Will announced our future arrival to another immortal cultivator; something similar to the Immortal Oni.’ (Chapter 462)
The golem looked up at the whale, clearly a little frightened by his anger, and continued. "Our lord instructed us to gather all the Mana Fiber generated in this world. He also taught us to create a material that you would appreciate. In the end, we all learned metamorphosis and practiced to resemble that little human on your shoulder. He guided us to do all this so that he could accept us. But... forgive us, we failed. To us, humans are very strange, and we couldn’t discern the subtle nuances. Our transformation must have been very different and inadequate. Give us another chance, we learn quickly..."
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"No. Never assume that form again," Alm cut in sharply, speaking through the whale. "Did the Immortal Golem leave another message for me? Or something like that?"
"Yes. His core is still active and influencing the central formation governing this world. He said his testament is in the core and that the King would receive everything." The golem spoke softly, bowing its head again.
The whale snorted. There were many questions and little time. Like the Immortal Oni, this Immortal Golem must have left his will. It was better to ask him directly; they needed to gain something to cultivate, or things would get complicated.
The whale spoke seriously. "Rehvka, gather the others. And you, take me to the place quickly."
The golem quickly got up and waved behind. Countless golems moved, and Rehvka was escorted. The whale was guided to just behind the statue; there was an underground entrance.
Inside, they saw countless dense runes of the central formation. They were of the same type as the previous sealed world. Even with Ruri, they couldn’t master this; at most, they could use it to collect treasures containing primordial power. But in this world, all that power had been extracted, and nothing remained for them.
The whale approached the runes, and then found a strange three-meter rock floating just above. Its color was golden and it looked like a pulsating heart; with each beat, a strange fluctuation descended over the formation runes, clearly directly influencing the structure and altering things.
Without hesitation, the whale reached out and touched that golden rock. Then, a fragment of its divine soul invaded the place.
In the next moment, they found themselves in a yellowed world and became excited. It was a massive, massive amount of Divine Qi!
Amidst their enthusiasm, a stern voice echoed. "Finally, you have come..."
Two pairs of gigantic yellow eyes appeared above, staring down at Alm and Bruno. Bruno spoke lightly, "Who are you?"
"I am the Golem God. Or was... I died long ago, but my will was strong enough to wait for you," he spoke slowly, then his gaze turned serious. "I seek your help for my brethren, only you can change the fate of my race."
They stared at him, waiting for an explanation, but his eyes only blinked and a wave of Qi approached them. They accepted, and a flood of memories inundated their minds.
After a few minutes, Alm spoke calmly. "Dao of the Golem God. Interesting..."
That was an extreme body-changing technique. It wasn’t impossible for other races to use, but the benefits didn’t outweigh the disadvantages. It created a divine core that stored all vital, spiritual, and mental energy. This core became the true body and life, being a weakness that, if destroyed, would kill the user completely. For an ordinary and powerful cultivator to die, their body had to be completely destroyed; gaining a single weakness was very foolish.
That was the basic level. At the intermediate level, the core could create pseudomeridians in an artificial body, allowing cultivation as if it were a normal body. Alm and Bruno understood that this was the ’Heart of Earth’ of the golems. With this technique, a stone body could be cultivated normally without needing to be transformed into flesh.
At the advanced level, the power of the core could be used, at the cost of the user’s life, to corrupt something. It was an extreme and terrifying attack that didn’t depend on cultivation; a mortal golem could kill a high-level divine cultivator by exploiting an opening using this, although it would obviously be the last thing they would do.
This corruption occurred by mixing the three powers of life with the laws closest to the user. Since golems could only use the laws of the earth, it was as if they could use the technique to ’petrify’ something alive. Other lifeforms could use different laws for the same purpose.
"It’s a Dao with great capabilities, but almost exclusive to golems..." Bruno murmured thoughtfully, then spoke seriously. "This is a simplified version... do you know about the Soul Gem?"
The eyes clearly looked surprised, then spoke. "Yes, before reaching the immortal realms, I was fortunate in an adventure in the underworld, and arrived in another universe. It was a universe where cultivators couldn’t properly access the divine realms, and I found this Soul Gem born there. It was a source of study and inspiration for me; later I ended up creating this Dao and, thanks to it, managed to break free from mortal bonds."
"I see... it’s different from the Soul Gem, but it has its own characteristics. The foundation is the same," Bruno spoke admirably and excitedly. Studying this Dao would be of great help to Thea; he couldn’t measure the gains she would have.
"It seems you have encountered others like me who received from the Heaven’s Will the premonition of your arrival. In my case, this Dao was coveted by that greedy queen. She wanted to use it to dominate all golems and create a supreme army; I would never allow that, but at the same time this Dao is the salvation of my race."
The voice continued, and Bruno agreed. The basic level of this Dao was extremely simple and intuitive for those who mastered the laws of the earth. A newly born golem, without great intelligence, could transform its body, which was a small rock, into a core. With the core formed, Qi would naturally accumulate, making it simple for the golem to gather stone parts and start cultivation.
With this Dao, practically 90% of born golems could live. Unlike the natural form, where it would be almost 99% death, because they wouldn’t have enough intelligence to form a body and turn it into flesh
"With my Dao, my brethren do not need a flesh body; they can cultivate with a stone body. This body is disposable and easily reconstructed. With earth defenses, they are very resilient and, if there are earth laws around, they can regenerate immediately. They are very difficult shields to kill, but they are not just defense; they can easily kill, at the cost of some of their lives."
The voice explained calmly, looking at Alm and Bruno. "The queen saw the potential of having my brethren using this. This Dao would forever change my race, but it would easily fall into her hands, making all golems her slaves. It was in a moment of despair that I received the premonition of the future. So I decided to entrust everything to you."
Alm and Bruno understood. He wasn’t exactly like the Immortal Oni; he was much younger and must have been born and achieved his power while the queen already dominated the universes. Unfortunately, he wouldn’t know much about why the Heaven’s Will did this.
"I saw images of you in the mortal world and know that nothing comes for free. I realized you were a forger; I knew deeply a disciple of the God of Forge and immediately knew that they were equals by the way they used their weapons..."
He gently explained his plans. Basically, he didn’t know where the whale would go next, so he randomly chose this red sealed world, trusting fate and also not drawing attention.
He told something that Alm and Bruno were happy to know. Only as a core, the formation rules couldn’t identify his cultivation, so he could enter the sealed world without cultivation restrictions.
Arriving in this place that was once completely Yin, he unleashed his power and dominated part of the formation. He withdrew all the primordial power and merged his earth laws to create this world of dunes and sand. As for the Yin in the heavens...
"The entire formation is connected to a gigantic one at the center of the galaxy. This galaxy is not dominated by demons for no reason, the Yin Laws of its center are of the highest level in the entire universe. This Yin world possesses most of the laws coming from the center; because of its level, it was impossible to be simply blocked."
He explained lightly. "I was very lucky in my life, and the greatest of them was finding a large crystal. There was a reasonable amount of chaos laws in it, and I managed to study some of those laws. Using them, I developed a simple method that helped me manipulate Yin and seal it in the heavens."
"I see... wait! Is that a technique?" Bruno spoke excitedly.
"No, they are just some loose ideas. I’m not good with Yin, but chaos laws are the basis of all energies, so I somehow managed," the voice responded calmly.
Alm and Bruno nodded. He was obviously a matchless talent, even though he wasn’t good; no wonder he reached the immortal realms. Even as ideas, Rehvka would benefit greatly from this.
"Young missionaries, all the golems born in this world are my children. My wish is that one day, my race will receive my Dao without becoming slaves. But I also would like you to take care of my children; that’s why I directed them to create the Petricite and gather the Mana Fiber. Millions of years have passed, and they must have an extreme amount of these two materials. Is that enough for you?"
The two nodded slightly, trying to hide their excitement. These were two extremely rare and very important treasures to them; now they would gain an almost infinite amount of them. And, as a bonus, they would have an army of supreme golems? Could they complain about anything?
The voice sighed in relief. "Great. I owe much to my children..."
He explained that he had all of them sacrifice two-thirds of their lives, not just to make the Petricite. If the sect owning this sealed world noticed the changes and sought help from the heroes, everything would eventually be destroyed and would not last until their arrival. So he had to steal from the elves the Elven Ancestral Tree. It was something of natural pure Yang, and, added to the laws of the earth, in this underground, he managed to give life to the golems.
This small region was sealed because it was the center of the formation, the Yang would not leak. All golems were born there with the help of the Elven Ancestral Tree. Then... they had to sacrifice themselves and die to the invaders. The Immortal Golem knew that the core of his Dao could be used as a treasure.
He had to generate golems only to be killed. All so that the sect wouldn’t mind the changes and might even be thankful; the treasure of this secret world was easily the best of all the red worlds.
The lives of the golems were bleak and miserable. They were born without knowing when the whale would come, so they sought mana fiber, cultivated until they could burn their lives, and then just waited to be killed. Of course, they didn’t want to die, so some fought back, but in the end, the golems knew their fate and did not unite or seek revenge.
"As they were going to sacrifice themselves, I made them burn almost all of their lives and create Petricite. So, all the dead over millions of years knew that their lives would be used to please you, and then to save our race. Please, take care of them well, they deserve to live for real."
They nodded without caring, because with the Dao knowledge they received, they could remove their earth core without killing them. So, they could easily take them out of that place, then they would rebuild the body without major losses.
"The gifts my children harvested are for you to accept them. Now, to help my race by distributing my Dao. The Elven Ancestral Tree is at 60% of its power, and I have kept all this Divine Qi in my core. You must know how rare and difficult it is to get this. My children have accepted you as King and will do everything to be useful; in the future, my whole race will also help to repay this debt," he concluded solemnly.
"Just your Dao was already very useful, with everything else, you have given me so much that I seem to be indebted," Bruno said lightly.
Alm had an idea and added, "Can you still manipulate the sealed Yin?"
"Hm? Directly manipulate, no, but I can do a little," he replied somewhat confused.
Alm nodded. "Great, can you compress everything into the smallest possible space?"
"It’s possible to condense it into an area of one kilometer, but my power will be consumed quickly and it won’t last long," he replied thoughtfully.
Alm spoke with a pained expression, "If you use this Divine Qi. To make it last a day... how much would be left?"
"Hm? One day, I think if I burn 95% of it, it’s possible," the answer came like a dagger to the heart of Alm and Bruno.
"Damn, we gained so much... and we’re already going to lose almost everything," Bruno said disheartened. He knew what Alm wanted. "Well, this will completely change our disciple. She’ll become stronger, our power will increase too."
The immortal golem listened, and his eyes widened. Was he going to burn all of this just to benefit someone else? At that moment, he sighed in relief; his race and his children were in good hands.