Alm and Bruno absorbed all those memories in less than three seconds. Instantly, they understood with surprise what Kronde had done.
A soul was constantly connected to the heavenly laws, and the two gates he created represented that link. It was a triple connection between the physical body, the soul, and the heavenly laws.
Kronde used this connection to refine his body twice, using extra energy flowing from the heavenly laws. At that moment, Alm and Bruno realized, albeit late, why their celestial annihilation had become absurdly powerful in such a short time, to the point of causing despair and forcing them to come up with an even crazier solution to survive.
The gates of life and death, and the energy that flowed when opening them and nourishing his body, were actually a direct theft from the heavenly laws. ’I gotta admit, I like that Fiendgod’s style,’ they said with a slight smile.
The reason Kronde said he was born with a sense of urgency and why he was so determined to complete his Dao was still a mystery. The queen had not ascended yet… maybe the Heaven’s Will, which can partially foresee the future, already knew this could happen and started manipulating events.
The Threshold of Life and Death was the last step of the fourth level of physical cultivation. By completing this step, the Dao was accepted by the heavenly laws, even if it broke their rules.
’The heavenly laws are so weird and full of loopholes. They exist to control the lives of mortals, but at the same time... it’s like they want them to break free from those chains. It’s like feeding a lion that’ll devour you in the future,’ they murmured, realizing there was a deeper mystery behind it. But there was no time to dwell on it.
Five seconds had passed since the queen’s figure appeared. They estimated they had at most five more seconds...
’A mortal managed to steal the Origin Law and use it to refine his body. Kronde didn’t know exactly what this law was, but, like immortal cultivators who can use it without fully understanding it, he must have had enough hints to nourish his body using those cultivators.’
’We, on the other hand... not only have a celestial soul but also know how to manipulate this law with relative skill.’
Thinking this, a wicked smile spread across the whale’s face. Their soul focused on the two gates in their body. With a simple push from their souls, both gates opened once more.
They had always had the ability to advance in physical cultivation but couldn’t guess that simply reopening those gates was enough. This, in the end, turned out to be an advantage, as they had now learned even more about manipulating the Origin Law and possessed a superior soul.
’Give me everything!’
**BOOM!!!**
Suddenly, the queen’s entire universe roared as if the end of the world was near.
The heavenly laws flew into an unprecedented rage. All the light from all the stars in the universe was suppressed by that fury. In moments, every form of life felt as if every inch of what they could see and perceive was wrapped in a dense shadow.
Inside the sealed world, Alm and Bruno felt their bodies being filled by the Origin Law; their entire meridian was flooded with this energy.
As soon as they opened the gates, they used their celestial soul and experience to steal as much as they could. They wouldn’t be satisfied just advancing in physical cultivation. Once their bodies were completely filled, they stored a large amount inside their inventory.
After two seconds, they looked up at the golden shadow in the sky. With a sigh, they manipulated all the available Origin Law.
"This will be our first direct slap, it should be a good appetizer for a bitch." The whale muttered as they waved, distorting the world around them.
Purimu, the Leviathan, the Ziz, and everyone in the inventory were stunned watching the changes in the external world. In an instant, the whale radiated a light capable of erasing all existence; under its will, nothing could survive.
The two Primordial Beasts felt that if he targeted them, even in their true bodies and at full power, they wouldn’t survive a single second. Not even in front of the Primordial Dragons had they felt so insignificant.
"Disappear! Eclipsing Divinity!"
***
In a distant place, a pair of closed eyes suddenly opened. They were like two golden beacons, radiating intense light. But this time, they were wide open, and the sound of heartbeat reverberated like a drum.
"What the hell…" the queen murmured, visibly shocked. Then, she placed her hand on her chest and felt a dull pain, unable to believe it.
"Pain? How long has it been since I felt that… He actually destroyed that fragment of my soul? How is that possible?"
***
Back in the sealed world, it felt as if the whale was in the dark, absolute void of some universe; the entire sealed world had vanished, replaced by darkness. Yet he was like a flame of sacred light in the middle of that darkness.
"Oh? Did I go that far? You didn’t let me take that much, stop being stingy. Next annihilation, we’ll see what you’re really made of," the whale commented sarcastically.
All the darkness around him was the oppressive and deadly presence of the heavenly laws focused on him. At that moment, throughout the queen’s universe, he was the ultimate target. All other life forms were completely ignored, as if he were the greatest threat to be eliminated, a danger to everything and everyone.
After the attack, they stole more energy, and the laws took a moment to react, stopping them after five seconds. It was like an open faucet with water flowing endlessly until, in desperation, something was slammed on the other side to stop the flow. But it was enough for them to recover everything they had lost and even fill up their inventory again.
Alm and Bruno weren’t worried. There were no annihilation rays yet. They could sense the laws’ intent; they couldn’t attack them directly at that moment. This debt would be collected later.
In a few seconds, the fury subsided. The entire event in the universe disappeared too.
The whole sealed world returned… or almost. The sea of bones was no more. There were no more laws, no Divine Inquisitors, no trace of life. Everything was a dry wasteland.
The distorted space where the immortal heroes were also vanished. All of them who had been struggling to escape were obviously annihilated without a chance.
Inside the inventory, everyone swallowed hard. What kind of terrifying power could turn the sealed world into a wasteland in a matter of seconds?
Alm and Bruno, who had never killed an immortal cultivator before—the Chaos Dragon wasn’t a true cultivator; he was practically born immortal—now had officially taken out hundreds of them.
The whale looked down, completely indifferent. With a wave, hundreds of cracked runes appeared buried under the ground, clearly on the verge of breaking.
These runes were what maintained the sealed world and the center of the vast galaxy formation. They lasted a bit longer because the attack wasn’t directly aimed at them, and the power from the other sealed worlds had been consumed in a defense mechanism.
*Crack!*
But just a few more seconds, and they broke. It seemed that not even all the power in the world could hold on.
"Well, the initial plan ended up being completed one way or another," the whale commented, and the whole dark sealed world began to collapse.
They took a deep breath, and the Eraser hammer appeared in their hands. Without hesitation, they shot upwards and struck the space.
*Rumble!*
A hole opened up, and they simply went through, disappearing from there. Now, with the collapse of the sealed world, everything that happened there and everyone involved would be buried forever.
If the queen hadn’t encountered them before and felt a minimal pressure, she definitely wouldn’t have been so cautious. She sent a part of her soul with the Divine Inquisitors due to a faint suspicion and then was overly careful when appearing and gathering all possible power first.
Had she identified the target first and attacked afterward, it would have given him the chance to sense her presence and flee. She didn’t know how he managed to escape from her micro-universe, but she knew he had that ability.
So, she did the opposite: first sealed everything and gathered power to ensure he wouldn’t escape… which ultimately led to her defeat, and she couldn’t even identify the true identity of that missionary.
Alm and Bruno got out of this one, but at the same time, they revealed two of their main weapons. She now knew about the hammer and would definitely recognize the Origin Law they used.
Now, things would become complicated in her universe. They would have to be even more careful and couldn’t use the Origin Law or the power of the hammer again. Even using physical cultivation to its fullest seemed risky.
The whale emerged in the vast emptiness of the queen’s universe and shot away as far as possible. Everything had gone so perfectly that they didn’t even need to go to the underworld.
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