Alm and Bruno looked at the generous rewards with excitement. At the same time, all the phenomena around the whale dissipated. Bruno quickly moved, carefully picking up little Fey in the palm of his hand.
Mistie watched them without blinking, while Alm and Bruno sighed, feeling the energy fluctuations coming from her and her womb. Suddenly, everyone in the room noticed a change in the heavenly laws. The energies of life were gently passed to Mistie, accumulating in the fetus.
"Sorry for putting you through that. I knew it would happen, but I ignored your feelings," Bruno said honestly, looking Mistie directly in the eyes. She trembled and nodded silently, unable to find words.
"Well, I’ve now adjusted the laws a bit and created a new race. You’ve become the matriarch of a new type of Fey. I called them Dire Fey," the whale explained softly.
Everyone in the room was left breathless. It was too absurd to believe at first: he had altered the heavenly laws and created a new race?
"Since it’s a new race, I made sure your child will be a girl. Your genes will be dominant, like those of a primordial beast. If she has children with a demon or any other humanoid race, they’ll still be pure Dire Fey," the whale continued calmly. "This race has inherited control over the laws of earth, Yin, and Yang from the Behemoth. Her talent in these three areas will be immense, so your daughter could become very strong very quickly."
Excitement surged in Mistie and everyone present. The whale nodded and added, "Anyway, having another child later will be possible, but it’ll be as challenging as a dragon."
When he finished, he saw Mistie was about to break down in tears. The whale turned to Ruri, and she understood. They pretended to be gods to attract followers, but in front of someone they considered an ally, that only irritated them.
Ruri moved over and carefully held Mistie. She turned and saw Quirio watching the whale with trembling eyes; she smiled slightly and left the room.
After they left, Bruno turned to Quirio with a sigh: "Don’t even think about saying words of thanks. Remember, Mistie is my sister-in-law now, and that daughter will be my niece too. Go, help her recover. Then, take care of them both with your life."
Quirio took a deep breath, clenching his fists tightly. Alm and Bruno nodded in approval. The young, immature brother had grown explosively. Now, he’d be a father and would have to dedicate himself infinitely to cultivation, all to build a future for the two women in his life.
"Who would’ve thought that demon, famous for his wickedness on planet Pristie, would turn into this," Bruno commented mentally, watching his brother’s back as he left the room.
"He’s already found his purpose. The point of reincarnating him was to give him a fresh start. We don’t need to restore his memories like we did with Zaimo," Alm said coldly.
***
Shortly after the events, the whale headed to the forge in the basement. It was the perfect moment to upgrade Fides.
Bruno had hesitated to do so before because, after receiving divine-level knowledge about the power of faith, he found information about a "divinity" that the God of the Forge had made the followers of the God of Wealth steal.
That divinity was inside a round crystal with a strange liquid, which was actually made up of billions of small runes. Each rune represented the mark of a worshiper that the God of Merchants had given to his followers. With that mark, he could act more directly, helping them with their cultivation, among other things.
After being stolen, those runes lost their connection to the God, turning into ownerless faith essence. It was an invaluable gift, something Bruno could never create at his current level. Only a god with millions of times more followers could condense something like that.
"I was hesitant whether to use this for the followers or for Fides. But now it’ll be perfect," Bruno said excitedly as he moved a colossal mass of pure primordial Yang inside the inventory.
Recently, the Yin Chaos Dragon had taught Ruri how to separate and use everything from the body of the other Primordial Dragon. They divided the body into flesh, bones, scales, primordial bloodline, and Yang. The flesh was completely consumed by the dragon races, and now the Yang would have its use.
It was absurdly pure and dense Yang, from a primordial beast. Bruno was going to fuse it with the divinity he had received. He also pulled out the treasure he won at the convention: the Earth Dragon Heavy Sword.
This weapon was forged by the God of the Forge as his personal weapon. Despite the name, it had no direct connection to dragons; it was a tribute to one of the nine races of pure dragons, as it was created by refining countless minerals and heavy metals. Its terrifying weight and hardness made it similar to an Earth Dragon.
Compared to Fides, the Earth Dragon Heavy Sword was only 30% heavier, but its hardness was 400% greater. Fides was originally forged with the crystal created by the Behemoth. Its current performance was already far inferior to Vorion. So much so that lately, they only used Vorion in combat. Even Liumi had fallen behind, though her spear still had other useful properties.
Fides’ immortal core was slowly removed from the weapon. Using Chaotic Refinement, Bruno fused the original blade with the Earth Dragon Heavy Sword. He also added several Yang crystals and immortal weapon blades brought from the Devil’s Mountain. Bruno used everything he had.
Then, the pure Yang of a primordial beast was fused into the new weapon. He used his immortal-level knowledge to its fullest. He had only had time to study the basics, but even with that, he could already create something terrifying.
Three days passed. Since only Bruno could handle the Yang, he had to do everything alone. In the end, two runic seals were placed, and a new shocking weapon was born.
When the immortal core was reinserted into the heavy sword, Bruno pulled it out of the inventory. The moment the sword touched the ground...
**RUMBLE!**
The entire underground collapsed as if a colossal beast had attacked. It wasn’t just the forge they were in; the whole planet Gloom felt the tremors, and its inhabitants were alarmed.
Bruno activated all of the whale’s physical cultivation… but he couldn’t move the sword even a single centimeter.
"Heavens… what a marvel… I’ll finally shine again!" he murmured in awe.
He placed the new Fides directly into his inventory, feeling the weight of the weapon multiplied by five times. But that wasn’t all. Before, Fides had only one enchantment seal. Now, a ’Feather Weight’ rune seal and a ’Heavy Weight’ rune seal had been added. If needed, Bruno could use the first to drastically reduce the weight for himself, or make the weapon three times heavier with the second.
’Fides, study your new body carefully. I can’t use it fully on my own, but when you adapt perfectly, together we can strike at full force once or twice. We’ll put on a great show together,’ Bruno said, excited.
’Y-yes…’
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The response came, and Bruno’s eyes widened. Fides had finally managed to speak, even if only minimally. Liumi stood beside him, proud.
It was then that Bruno noticed someone missing. He searched and felt Alm in the inventory, doing something with a mischievous smile.
The inventory was as vast as a planet, and Alm was in a distant spot. When Bruno approached… he stopped, startled by what he saw.
’What the hell did you do?!’
Alm turned and laughed maniacally. ’An abomination! Hahahaha!’
In the darkness of the inventory, Bruno glimpsed something terrifying. A dry, scraping sound echoed—it was bones clattering together in a funeral rhythm; the feeling was as if something was forcing its way back into the world of the living.
Slowly, a colossal silhouette began to rise. The Primordial Dragon—or what remained of its immense, serpentine skeleton—was moving on its own, shrouded in a thick mist of Yin energy. Each bone of that abominable body was covered in carved Yin runes, glowing with a sinister light, like living scars… or dead ones.
Its hollow eyes burned with a deep glow. A strange shine pulsed in its sharp claws, long tail, and teeth. Bruno was completely shocked:
"Those… those are rune seals on the bones?"
Even without flesh, every movement carried the weight of its colossal existence. Its mere presence was enough to envelop everything around it in the Yin of death. The now Bone Primordial Dragon was the embodiment of death itself.
Alm smiled, thrilled. In the past, they had ventured into necromancy and pushed the art to its limits. At its peak, if they managed to get a body at the apex of divine cultivation, it would still be weaker than the original. But Alm could use his own power or combine it with others, creating an army of powerful undead, which would have been fearsome.
However, against heroes, that was ridiculous. One swing of a holy sword would destroy the entire connection with death that animated the bodies. That’s why they had abandoned the art—it was only useful while they were rising back then.
Now, just as Bruno had benefited from the immortal knowledge about Yang, Alm had tested necromancy with high-level Yin knowledge. Adding to that the skeleton of a Primordial Beast, he wasn’t satisfied and carved Yin runes full of power into the bones. Then he thought: if there are bone weapons, why not consider the skeleton a massive weapon?
Various types of rune seals were placed in strategic locations. With the Yin runes, he would have enough energy to activate the seals on his own. The result… was terrifying to think about the power that thing could unleash.
The problem of fighting against heroes still existed. But with the immortal knowledge of Yin, Alm was confident that it would be able to withstand a few exchanges easily.
Seeing Bruno dumbfounded, Alm turned to him: ’You think that’s all? Hahaha! I connected everything with the Yin runes. This skeleton has become a gigantic weapon, and…’
’Holy shit! Can we put an immortal core in that?’ Bruno interrupted, astonished.
Alm answered slowly: ’Obviously. The drawback of undead soldiers is that they lack intelligence. With an immortal spirit commanding it… maybe not even another Primordial Dragon could face it.’
Bruno was in awe. The skeleton moved like an undead, using Yin. It had no spirit or thoughts, but with an immortal core…
’If we use this, we risk being discovered as the ones responsible for the Dragon’s death,’ Bruno said, sighing.
Alm nodded: ’Yeah, this will be our new secret weapon. To use it, we have to make sure everyone dies and no information leaks. But… when my new baby is revealed to the world… hehehe…’