Chapter 112: Chapter 106: Sura and Asura
As soon as he said those words, a small portal opened in front of him. A blade started rising from it. When the handle appeared, Zeke grabbed and pulled it out. There was a sonorous cry as he brandished it.
A tear appeared in his eye as he said, "Don’t worry, Yeomra. I’ll make you even better than before. There’s lots of blood to be spilled."
Cass asked, "What’s that?"
Zeke said, "It’s the weapon I used in Murim. It sacrificed itself for my breakthrough."
Cass asked, "Was it conscious?"
Zeke nodded.
Then they opened their Skill Windows. For Zeke, it was—
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1. Transcendent Evolver I: Perfectly cleared the second Ascension Trial at the Transcendent Primogenitor difficulty.
Potential +450% (150% + 300%)
2. Gemini Primogenitor: The first race to have two Primogenitors.
Skill: Primogenitor’s Blood
Skill: Gemini Fusion Harmony
3. Juvenile Chemist Supreme: The first being to create an Ex Grade elixir before unlocking the System.
Skill: Supreme Creator’s Insight
4. Hidden Predator: Strike fear into two of the strongest races (Angels and Demons) of #@%#$^@.
Protection against divination
5. Creator of a New Race: Created a systematic method to create a specific race (Blood Soul Slime).
Potential +10%
6. Destroyer of a New Race: Thorough destruction of a specific race (Blood Soul Slime).
Potential +10%
7. Trickster: Tricked a large number of living beings into believing your words.
Skill: Tongue of Loki
8. Conqueror of Untold Worlds: Conquered and assimilated an Independent Plane.
+Planar Will Affinity
9. Master of Mana: Rediscovered a lost cultivation path (Magic Circle).
Skill: Mana Control
10. Rune Grandmaster: Created a new runic language in #@%#$^@.
Skill: Language
11. Asuran Star of the Neo-Nephilim Primogenitors: Elevated your universal status even further.
Trait: Infinite Adaptation Physique
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Cass’s Achievement window was different.
-----------------[Achievements]-----------------
1. Transcendent Evolver I: Perfectly cleared the second Ascension Trial at the Transcendent Primogenitor difficulty.
Potential +450% (150% + 300%)
2. Gemini Primogenitor: The first race to have two Primogenitors.
Skill: Primogenitor’s Blood
Skill: Gemini Fusion Harmony
3. Hidden Predator: Strike fear into two of the strongest races (Angels and Demons) of #@%#$^@.
Protection against divination
4. Creator of a New Race: Created a systematic method to create a specific race (Blood Soul Slime).
Potential +10%
5. Destroyer of a New Race: Thorough destruction of a specific race (Blood Soul Slime).
Potential +10%
6. Supreme Skill Architect: Created a skill in a manaless world (Death Point).
Skill: Supreme Skill Architect
7. Armament Grandmaster: Mastered every cold weapon that exists or will exist.
Divine Armament Set: Devic Kavach Kundal
8. Timeless Warrior: Survived alone in a timeless world.
Skill: Serene Mind
9. Devic Star of Neo-Nephilim Primogenitors: Elevated your universal status even further.
Trait: Unlimited Armament Physique
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Zeke said, "That’s... a lot of achievements."
Cass replied, "Tell me about it. But that’s not all that’s changed. Did you sense the changes in the Racial Trait: Celestial Trinity?"
Zeke said, "I did. Our Vessels’ cores have begun evolving. It’s as if they are at a critical stage, but it seems that the evolution will only be completed after we ascend to the D Grade."
Cass asked, "Have you received any skills? I’ve received two skills apart from the one that I created, a Trait, and a... Divine Armament Set. Whatever that is."
Zeke said, "I have. Two skills, a Trait, and increased Planar Will Affinity. I’m guessing it has something to do with Independent Planes. And there’s the Mana Circle and the runic language, but I didn’t get those from the System.
I recreated the Mana Circle and compiled the complete runic language of Murim. But I guess that it had never been used in the main world, so I was recognized as its creator."
Cass asked, "I know what a runic language is, but Mana Circle? Is it the same one that I’m thinking of?"
Zeke said, "Yup. But I can still improve it a lot, as this one is based on just one runic language. I should be able to integrate all of the runic languages that I know to make it much stronger.
Especially with one of the skills that I received. If it does what I think it does. But what is going on with the armor? You had it on you when we came out of the cocoons, but it was gone when we reached home. Same with the earrings."
Cass scratched his head and said, "They were absorbed into my body just like our wings. Also, why do we suddenly have four arms? And what happened to the pair of wings we were supposed to grow when we ascended to E Grade?"
Zeke said, "I’m still not sure. I’m guessing it has something to do with the Asuran and Devic titles that have been added before our race names. Wait, what is the name of your Divine Armament Set?"
Cass replied, "Devic Kavach Kundal, why? Do you know something about it?"
Zeke said, "Hmmm... maybe. Let me think for a moment. The name sounds familiar."
Zeke started thinking, Where have I heard this name before... right!
Zeke said, "I remember now. It was when I was searching for religious texts all over the Federation. It was in the Eastern Empire, the Mauryan Dynasty. In the epic, Mahabharata, Karna, the demigod son of Suryadev, the sun god, was gifted a set of indestructible armor and earrings upon his birth by his father.
However, he was abandoned by his mother, Kunti, who was still unmarried and afraid of the social backlash. But he gave it up later on when the king of gods, Indra, disguised himself as a Brahmin, a Hindu priest, and asked for the divine armaments as daan or donation in English.
The divine armor made Karna invincible, which was not acceptable to Indra, as Karna was part of the enemy side in a war that his demigod son, Arjun, was at the center of. Arjun was also Kunti’s son and Karna’s younger half-brother, although they discovered it much later. Karna ripped the armor and the earrings, which were a part of his body, from his flesh and gave them up.
And here comes the interesting part. The gods, known as Devas in Hindu mythology, had another name—Sura. Their half-brothers were known as Asuras."
