Alm and Bruno had long understood that there were divisions among the queen’s heroes. In their original universe and in the universes they visited for main missions, the heroes were equal and possessed similar power, which they knew well.
But in the queen’s universe, everything was different; there were Empyreans with different levels and absurdly stolen powers. The hero was the pinnacle of this; clearly the heroes from the queen’s main universe were infinitely superior.
From the succubus heroine’s memories, they learned. She was known as a Heroic Heir, like all those from the other universes. Initially, they were exalted cultivators from secondary universes, with only a fraction of the power of true heroes. They were the lowest soldiers of the queen, used for missions. Most of these heroes went through a ’hero academy’, similar to the Heavenly Realm they had destroyed in the past.
The highest-level heroes she knew were called Heroic Founders. The supreme heroes of the main universe, where the goddess was born. They were pioneers and holders of unparalleled power, establishing the laws and order of all universes.
Alm and Bruno suspected that there were things beyond this, but it should be related to the immortal realms.
For some reason, this heroine received a high-difficulty mission from the queen. She had to go to the underworld to the Mountain of the Devil God. That place is what remains of the battlefield from a war millions of years ago. From her description alone, Alm and Bruno were sure it was a battle between immortal cultivators and the queen’s army.
The heroine’s mission was: terrifying enemies from that battle were still there inside. But, like the entire place, they were sealed in that space by the Devil God’s seal. Sinners guard legacies, weapons, and infinite things left from that battle. Inside, there are endless treasures from ancient eras.
After much effort from the heroes, they managed to manipulate the place lightly; anyone could enter, and some left with those treasures, but the enemies inside were completely trapped. Those from the battle were already dead, only their descendants live there wanting to kill anyone who enters. Over the generations, they are slowly deteriorating and eventually will fall.
The queen gifted the heroine with this mission that could change her future. She would be one of the heroines who would enter the place, with the mission of bringing one of those treasures back to the world. If successful, she could keep her gains. The goal was to weaken the prisoners’ power for a quicker victory.
The reasons for not ending everything quickly were the same as those that led the heroine to order her followers to prepare equipment and extreme things. Inside that place, cultivation is nullified, and only the hardness and a minimal part of the power of the equipment can be counted. Also, pills and talismans are useful.
That was a sinister tactic of the queen’s enemies. They created a spatial trap that separated the heroes from the celestial laws and removed all their power. Inside, they defeated the heroes who couldn’t use their cultivation or heroic power.
’This seems pretty similar to the secret continent that existed on the Pristine Planet. They learned well how to use, and invented this lie saying that they couldn’t remove it here; the reason we’ll find out,’ Bruno said dryly.
The succubus heroine and the human with a wild appearance, using sinister armor, bid farewell to the people of the universe. Then Liumi removed a cyan spherical object, which seemed almost formless; it was pure energy and a strange law existed within it.
That was the item the heroine received to go to the underworld. Alm and Bruno tried to study the laws of it, but they felt a heroic power mixed with a rune similar to the queen’s mental dominance. If they tried to investigate, they would be discovered, not worth it. For now, finding out they used it was better than nothing.
Liumi waved the object, and the heroic rune on her forehead lit up. Alm and Bruno helped her control the rune; she just needed to tell her rune where she wanted to go. The rune inside had intelligence to take her exactly to the place.
A spatial portal appeared in front of the two, and they entered without hesitation. It was a completely stable and powerful channel, it was like passing through a door; in the next second, they already saw themselves in that completely Yin place, called the underworld.
The portal behind them closed, and the two then focused on that cyan sphere. They saw that the power of the laws was consumed, half of their energies were lost, and it shrank in size. That could only be used one more time; it was calculated to go to the underworld and return to her universe.
’It’s enough, let’s find that strange seed and get out of here,’ Alm said nonchalantly. ’The system said the primordial seed gave rise to a probable tree, which initiated plant and natural life. To bear fruit with such a grand name as Genesis Fruit, it must require chaos laws to function. We just need to go to a younger universe and use our chaos sprout to fetch those laws, shouldn’t be impossible. That’ll complete it.’
Bruno agreed. All the chaos power they accumulated from their universe was absorbed by the chaos sprout. If someone from their group were with them, they could use them if necessary, but currently they had nothing and would have to go to a universe that had some available. (Chapter 521)
It took two seconds, and Liumi didn’t understand why the whale was standing still. Bruno waited, then it finally came. A massive and exorbitant amount of faith power reached him, coming from other universes that worshipped them. They weren’t with their faith rune, obviously, but Bruno put it all in the inventory.
’We can physically recover our group when we return, but they’re still drained of Qi. We have to find a good amount to take, or we’ll be doomed,’ Bruno concluded seriously.
The pair was floating in space very close to a small, grayish rocky planet. There was no natural life on that planet, but they felt some people’s auras at its center. The two moved directly to that place.
The Devil’s Mountain was just a name. Whether it was really a mountain inside or not, no one knew. All people knew was that the entrance to the place was at the peak of a mountain.
This mountain was enormous and completely scarlet. Even from afar, one could feel an aura of decadence and yet a vast pressure. Legend said this soil had been dyed with the blood of countless cultivators, and even after all these years, it still emitted that terrifying pressure.
There were two ancient stone pillars at the top of the mountain. They rose into the air, resembling the pillars of a gate that upheld the sky. The pillars formed a huge entrance, and blood-red runes rotated over the stone pillars, making the void tremble.
Between the two pillars was a huge blood-red runic seal. Its pressure was at a completely different level. It was something that could suppress heaven and earth.
Below the seal was the entrance to the Devil’s Mountain, while the two stone pillars were a massive sealing formation. As for the runic seal between them, it was the seal of the Devil God.
At this moment, the pair was approaching the gate head-on, looking at the huge seal. As they approached, dozens of eyes landed on them. They were underworld cultivators from powerful sects; they were preparing to enter the place and try their luck, even though they knew the chances of returning were minimal.
Alm and Bruno felt a power from that seal that they had never felt before. When they focused their divine soul, the seal suddenly trembled slightly, then a will and an image connected to their minds.
It was the image of a sinister man in a red robe, with eyes as bright as the sun, and his demonic power was disturbing even to see something that no longer existed. He was like a god, so imposing that others would feel it was blasphemy just to look at him. That was definitely the will of an immortal cultivator, but it was infinitely larger and more powerful than the Oni or the immortal Golem they had encountered.
Suddenly, that figure looked at Alm and Bruno. Then, that being bowed and spoke, ’Finally, Heaven’s Will has sent someone. Thank you for coming, missionary. Please, I have already died, but she is still alive in that place. I beg you, free her, I will reward you as best I can.’
’Hm... you’re just a will... but you seem quite capable,’ Alm spoke slowly, emotionlessly.
’I am the Devil God. I created my own Dao and completed it. As for her, she was a disciple of the Fey Goddess. If you save her, you will gain both Daos,’ he replied quickly.
Bruno rubbed his chin and spoke calmly, ’One or two more Daos aren’t a big deal, but... you seem more valuable. Can I take you with me? You seem to have quite a bit of power.’
’Indeed. It doesn’t represent even a fraction of when I was alive. But after I created this world and everyone died, the heroes, for some reason, kept my seal and my will intact. That’s why I still maintain much of the original will and certain power. I can reward you with my power as well,’ the devil said seriously.
Alm nodded satisfactorily and said, ’Great, we have a deal. But from what I’ve researched, the stories say the heroes lost the fight. What happened and what exists inside?’
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’In short, myself and five other immortal demons joined forces and created a new law capable of nullifying and stripping the power from the heroes. With our arrogance, we thought we could win and didn’t join the other immortals... in the end, the immortal Kun Peng sacrificed himself, breaking space, and we lost the battle,’ he said with a regretful look.
’Interesting, take a look at my saber.’ Alm suspected something and spoke. The rune from his inventory emerged and opened. Soon that will peeked inside and caught sight of Vorion.
It took a second for his expression to change. ’This... impossible! It’s very similar to the law we created. We extracted the essence of countless demonic materials and fused it with Yin. All six Immortal Demons had to unite to create just a few runes, which served as the basis for the formation of this place.’
’I see, my method of forging this weapon was similar, and I achieved a similar result. Can you teach me exactly the method and details of this law?’ Alm asked, hiding his excitement.
’If you save her, everything will be yours,’ he said gruffly and didn’t ask anything. ’As for your other question, after the battle ended and the outcome became clear, my will was sealed inside here and I can’t see or know anything further inside. I can only connect within a kilometer of the entrance. I don’t know what the heroes plan, I just feel that she is alive.’
Alm and Bruno sighed. Things wouldn’t be easy as always. Then, that figure continued.
’You’ll need to know to find her. My wife was just a divine cultivator, very close to reaching immortal realms. She was a Fey, and I persuaded her to bring her mistress, the Fey Goddess, to the fight; in the end, I condemned her along with everyone else.’
He took a deep breath and explained, ’In the final moments of the battle, the Fey Goddess made a move and secretly sealed my wife’s soul in her ancestral weapon. It was a perfect thing, and she’ll never be discovered; it’s impossible to know that she wasn’t the original spirit of the weapon. It’s an immortal sword called World Splitting. She must live forever until someone takes her out of this place, and I guarantee she never left.’
Alm and Bruno nodded. The main mission didn’t prevent them from gaining other rewards, and it was essential to bring back resources and useful things; now they had another objective.
’Alright, you can sense me and use your powers near the entrance, right?’ They asked, and the demonic figure nodded in agreement. ’Great, I’ll find her. See you later.’
That being waved hopefully and disconnected from them. It all took a few minutes. Then, the two walked between the two stone pillars. The huge Blood Seal floated above their heads.
The stone pillars and the seal between them formed a large gate. But at the base of this gate was a rift, a tear in space that was dozens of meters wide. Before distant eyes, two people were now standing before this rift.
Alm and Bruno felt in those gazes a subtle presence of the queen, probably someone connected to the heroes who saw the succubus enter and confirmed she was fulfilling the mission.
"Let’s go." The two took a deep breath and entered the rift.