Severin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead when he saw Eliza's lifeless body floating before him. "That ancient true immortal was truly worthy of the Celestial Lord title. He almost had me there."The memory of Eliza's near-supernatural powers left a lasting impression on Severin. Without the Small Thousand World within him, the heavenly heart imprints, and the celestial weapon, and the space-time domain that formed the trump card of the space-time path, he would have never been able to stand a chance against Eliza.Severin grew more cautious and apprehensive about the impending realm convergence, which was due in another two months. If a Celestial Lord could pose such a threat, then there was no telling what quasi-royal celestial or a royal celestial was capable of doing.A Celestial Lord was nothing more than an ancient true immortal. They were individuals who had picked up the rules of heaven and earth before the world became fragments. Their power was strong enough for them
Although Eliza was only a true immortal, he was an ancient one at that, and his combat power rivaled that of a quasi-royal celestial. The notion that such a figure had suddenly perished was simply too shocking.King Luther's soul bridged heaven and earth and scanned across the entire devil realm. At long last, he detected certain clues and beheld Severin dashing wildly through Eliza Sect with Eliza's lifeless form.He was momentarily stunned when he saw Severin and could not believe his own eyes. That denizen from Bleurealm had somehow gotten the guts to venture into the Devil Realm! Snapping out of his daze, King Luther seethed to himself, still haboring resentment from his humiliating encounter back in Bleurealm when Severin destroyed his projection. King Luther had intended to settle the score after the realms converged, and it came as a huge shock that Severin would be audacious enough to enter the Devil Realm.Though he was unsure how Severin managed to arrive there, he harbore
In the modern era, traversing the Chaos Realm Sea was the only route from the Devil Realm to the Celestial Realm. Due to its governance by the royal celestials, and the membrane of the world that formed its shield, progress from the Devil Realm remained stagnated.Discovering a new passage to the Celestial Realm or Bleurealm would mark a significant triumph for Oliver, but Severin slipped away because both he and King Luther had not reacted quickly enough.He turned to King Luther and noticed the traces of anger borne on King Luther's expression. "The intruder bears a fragment of the heavenly heart imprint, thus enabling him to escape heaven's scrutiny," Oliver explained. "Our oversight allowed him to breach our realm, and it is incredibly frustrating that he had killed one of the Devil Realm's true immortals!"Oliver intentionally omitted King Luther's attempt earlier, as he knew it would be prudent not to further incite his wrath. Having known each other for countless eras, Oliver
During the quarter or so of an hour that Severin was not there, Larry, Mick, and their comrades swiftly scoured Skyblue Sect to rescue disciples and administer pills to the gravely wounded.Meanwhile, on another front, Diane and Gilda had returned with Rachel and Gilda's son Hardin.When Severin appeared before them out of thin air, Diane was the first to notice Eliza's lifeless form. A vaguely strong aura emanated from the corpse, and its pallid skin was suffused with the law of death. The surrounding space seemed to distort under its residual power, as if on the verge of rupture.A mere glance at the corpse sent shivers down everyone's spine, making them feel as though there was some kind of inexplicable urge to submit to the corpse. They all knew that the corpse once belonged to a formidable individual that was feared even by heaven and earth. Diane and Gilda, in particular, paled at the sight, as the corpse's aura—bolstered no doubt by the essence of death and destruction—was ev
Rachel noticed Severin's gaze and squatted down. She gently took Hardin's delicate hand in hers and said softly, "Say hi to your 'daddy', Hardin?"Still wary from the ordeal, Hardin hesitated and sought refuge behind Rachel.Upon seeing Hardin's timid demeanor, Gilda's mind drifted back to the day she entrusted her infant son to Rachel's care. A couple of years had flown past in the blink of an eye, and the sight of her son's fearful expression tugged at Gilda's heartstrings, causing her to tear up."Do you still remember me?" Gilda approached him tenderly and reached out to stroke his head. "I'm your mom," she whispered softly.Rachel, too, felt her eyes moisten as she gently touched Hardin's head. "This is your mom, Hardin. Remember how you always asked me about your mom and dad?"Encouraged by Rachel's words, Hardin tentatively emerged from behind her and gazed at Gilda with a mix of longing and cautious hope. "You're…my mom?" he asked softly.Overwhelmed with emotion, Gilda e
Severin nodded. "The spiritual energy on earth is a little too thin, and besides, it's going to be inconvenient for me to move back and forth from Bleurealm to Earth. We might as well just move the Skyblue Sect there."However, he did not explicitly mention that the reason for the move was so he would be able to protect the Skyblue Sect in the Bleurealm. After all, it would be too much of a hassle to keep an eye on Earth all the time, much less travel there constantly.Gilda nodded lightly and proceeded to bring Hardin, Diane, and Rachel to the sect hall deep inside the Skyblue Sect.When Severin noticed that Larry and the other practitioners were busy, he lowered his head and glanced at Eliza's corpse in excitement.His trip to the Devil Realm had been a near-death experience, and he had almost failed to escape after the intervention of a royal celestial.At long last, it was time for him to assess the spoils.He then carried Eliza's body to the courtyard halfway up the Skyblue
After extracting the map, Severin discovered that it depicted the map of the Devil Realm. It detailed the various forces within the realm, as well as information about foreign races beyond its borders. After a prolonged silence, Severin exhaled heavily, "Who would've thought that the Devil Realm's territory would span hundreds of millions of miles! They have hundreds of their own true immortals and many more foreign ones too."The mere thought of it sent shivers down his spine. It was wider than Bleurealm's territory by a hundredfold, and the number of true immortals reached the hundreds too! Bleurealm could not hope to survive an onslaught by them.According to the map, the Devil Realm's territory resembled a Middle Thousand Worlds that far surpassed Bleurealm in size. As a result, they had a greater number of practitioners. Apart from the Devil King's Palace in the Nine Heavens and the foreign inhabitants on the Celestial Mountain, there were five major local forces that dominated
After scrutinizing the map, Severin put it away and turned his attention to the box and the two jade plaques. Both jade plaques were of the same specifications, the only difference being that one was silver and the other was gold. Eliza's restrictions covered them, which suggested that they must be of immense value. Intrigued, Severin reached out and beckoned the two jade plaques toward him, choosing the silver one first.With a surge of celestial power, he shattered the restriction and delved his divine senses into its depths.In an instant, a scripture saturated with the essence of death and destruction materialized in Severin's mind.After a while, Severin slowly opened his eyes as his eyes gleamed with excitement. The jade plaque in his grasp contained the teachings of Eliza, titled the Parnava Scripture. It was an ancient training exercise that focused on the path of death.Severin showed little enthusiasm for it because the Inner World Skill he trained in was superior to all,