After a moment, Ziz added with regret: ’But... the heroes weren’t fools and removed all my primordial blood. I doubt they fully understood the hidden potential of my law, but they acted cautiously.’
"So, what were your plans?" Bruno asked seriously.
’If I had received the heroes’ benefits, they promised me partial freedom for my soul, allowing me minimal interaction with the outside world beyond that internal realm.’ Ziz sighed heavily. ’I managed to preserve a single drop of my bloodline, fragmented and mixed with my bones... with it, I could activate the full power of the law and sacrifice myself to break that half of the seal.’
"What good would breaking the seal do?" Alm questioned.
’The items of the Primordial Chaos have their own consciousness, not as a spirit but as part of Heaven’s Will; they act as extensions of it. Once freed from the seal, Heaven’s Will itself could move it far away and hide it from the queen.’
’The Queen would take a long time to find it. My focus was buying time, just like my brother... without contact with him, I made my own parallel plans. In the end, it was all to create the chance for a rival to her to appear in time.’
"Great, now..." the whale interrupted himself, remembering something.
Ziz scoffed: ’Yes, you... destroyed everything. Including my only drop of primordial blood.’
"That shouldn’t be a problem; I have primordial blood, and so does Leviathan," the whale remarked.
’No, it’s impossible. Only extremely Yang primordial blood can do this. I am the Primordial Beast of the mortal world linked to Yang; Leviathan is linked to Yin. Our other foolish brother represents the balance between both poles,’ Ziz asserted without hesitation.
Alm and Bruno sighed. Ziz was known for his power over the laws of Wind and Time, but that was just the surface that people knew.
The foundation of his power was Yang, which theoretically enabled him to perfectly wield any law where Yang was dominant. Excluding the laws of water, which were practically pure Yin, he mastered everything else. Time, meanwhile, was a law that only required study and understanding; any immortal could learn it with enough effort.
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Leviathan, on the other hand, was similar, connected to Yin and, over millennia, mastered everything with Yin at its core.
The primordial beasts hadn’t lived their long existences in vain, while Behemoth... he never put in any effort and only used the basic essence of his power, the laws of earth.
His potential to balance both poles could have elevated him far beyond the others, but he never tried... he was the ultimate example of a heavenly treasure wasted.
"Damn..." Bruno cursed, but then remembered something. "Wait, those runes of your law, where are they now? Can we access them?"
’In that world where I was sealed, the formation that created it and kept me bound caused the runes to form infinitely there. Of course, the heroes absorbed everything before others could enter, leaving only minimal traces. But I could quickly make them appear if I had my bloodline,’ Ziz explained. ’Now, everything has been destroyed... I fear that...’
"No, you did well. Your plan is still on track," the whale said with an excited grin. "You’re not the only Yang primordial beast, remember?"
’Hm? True, but the Primordial Yang Dragon is an enemy, and the Fire Phoenix is sealed...’
The whale smiled sarcastically: "That dragon bastard no longer exists in this world, but everything of his was well used by me; in the end, he helped a lot after I killed him. As for the Phoenix, she’s hidden and very close to us. Your plans will be carried out, just differently..."
Purimu’s smile widened, while the other three’s eyes widened in shock. Leviathan knew the Chaos Dragon had died but was unaware of the Fire Phoenix’s whereabouts.
Seeing their expressions, the whale began explaining slowly. He detailed the events in which they freed the Phoenix in the past and how she now existed secretly within a woman.
"The Phoenix is superior to you, right? If Lyra and the Phoenix work together, it’ll be easy," the whale said calmly.
Ziz nodded silently. He really had killed that Chaos Dragon... and still kept three other beasts hidden.
"We’re not just going to break that half of the seal. If those two can master it perfectly, they’ll be able to keep it under control, hiding it from the world," the whale reflected.
"You’re not going to keep it?" Leviathan asked.
"It’s just half of a cauldron. Why would I need a cauldron? Besides, I want to collect all the other items; this is just the first move," the whale said lightly. "There are nine in total, and I won’t be able to use all nine together; but I have competent people who can."
Then, he added bluntly: "The real problem is the heroes. And how we’ll escape without leaving a trace..."
After that, they remained silent, deep in thought. This was the most crucial part. There was no point in taking the item and fleeing; their identities were exposed, and they would be hunted across the universe. Everything ever connected to them would be destroyed and scrutinized.
’The best scenario would be if everyone died,’ Alm murmured. ’What if this world disappeared... all the heroes, that cauldron, and the people in comas vanished?’
Bruno nodded. ’But the disciples who came for this trial can’t disappear. As for us, we’d have to remain hidden in the universe permanently.’
’The whole universe is at war, so that won’t be an issue,’ Alm stated coldly. ’There’s a little more than a day left before the event in this sealed world ends. Let’s just wait it out, then act and free everyone first. It’ll seem like everything happened normally, despite the strange events. The enemy Empyreans didn’t see or learn much, after all. Only Rivine and Yuan need to be hidden too.’
Bruno nodded seriously. ’That sounds reasonable, but it doesn’t solve the main problem. This place is completely sealed, and we can’t just take everyone out of here. Let alone deal with the heroes and destroy everything.’
’We need a capable power...’ Alm thought, then remembered something. ’We’re in a black sealed world. All red and gray sealed worlds are like branches of a large tree. Everything is connected to the center of the galaxy, which is exactly this black sealed world we’re in.’
Bruno recalled this fact. The black sealed world was the core of the vast formation. The other sealed worlds in the galaxy were its side branches. Theoretically, from this place, if they had control over the formation, they could absorb elements from the branches of this large tree.
’Unfortunately, Ruri isn’t with us. If she had a chance, she’d know how to do this,’ Bruno lamented. She was still in the Yinblood sect according to Purimu, but hadn’t woken up because her soul was injured.
Alm sighed. ’This is our best opportunity. The heroes would never imagine we could have the ability to use the formation’s power. If there’s no other way... we can just blow everything up.’
Bruno sighed too, acknowledging that this was an extreme and desperate measure. With the Eraser, they could, in fact, strike the formation’s core and destroy everything. However, the outcome of such an action would be nothing short of apocalyptic.
’We could use Leviathan to enter the Celestial state and temporarily control all the power...’ Alm continued, deep in thought. ’Sending the disciples away and dealing with the heroes wouldn’t be a problem. But once our energy runs out, that would be the end for us. Even if, by some miracle, our souls survived, the whale and everything we have would be lost.’
Bruno took a deep breath and stood up alongside the whale. "We don’t have safe options, so we need to create them. Let’s first find Lyra and the others."
He turned to Purimu. "Let’s work together, we can return in secret and look for a solution." Everyone nodded.
***
Outside that sealed world, beyond the senses of Alm and Bruno, something unexpected was unfolding.
At the entrance of that world, three strange cultivators stood still, focused. Around them, an unusual aura, unrecognizable to common cultivators, flowed; it was a kind of Heaven’s Will.
If Alm and Bruno could see them, they would immediately recognize their races and their power. They were Divine Inquisitors, not the ordinary kind, but immortals the queen had gathered before their recent actions.
The queen had sensed something was off in that sealed world. Although not too worried, her main focus was to open that universe and capture the fugitive. Still, she played this hidden card: the Heaven’s Will generated within the micro-universes of those Divine Inquisitors.
With every passing minute, the three cultivators merged more and more with the laws of that place, thanks to the power they wielded.