Exchanging spiritual stones for those two pills would be a tremendous achievement because of how desirable pills were to most people."It… It really is a third-grade low-rank pill!" Elsa's mind went blank for a few seconds. She then gulped and said in awe, "Even the color shows that these are top-quality pills! I'll give you three and a half billion spirit stones, with that brings the total to seven billion for two pills."Elsa tried to remain calm, but the awe and shock that she felt were still resounding deeply in her heart. She was very certain that Severin was a third-grade low-rank alchemist, and an alchemist of that level was undoubtedly the strongest there was in Dracodom's regular society.At long last, she realized that Sheila had not been bragging at all. Severin was the real deal. She could only hope to get on the good side of an alchemist like him, so she immediately decided on her initiative to give Severin an extra five hundred million high-grade spiritual stones.On
"You're giving it to me?" Elsa was completely dumbfounded. She was feeling super excited. Her red lips parted open slightly as she looked at Severin in disbelief. "Are you sure you want to give it to me?""Of course! Is there a problem with that?" Severin smiled. He did not expect her to look so adorable when she was surprised."Thank you, Mister Severin!" Elsa gulped and thanked Severin after confirming that he wanted to give the pill to her.Something clicked all of a sudden and she immediately asked, "Did you give Otto a pill too? Wouldn't that mean he'll get a breakthrough soon? That will give me a chance to resign!"Severin had a speechless look when he heard that. "Don't you get treated well here as the senior director? Why are you in such a rush to resign?"Elsa smiled awkwardly and said, "I've lost interest. I used to enjoy the challenge of fighting my way up the ranks, and I used to think it was fun because I got to see all sorts of treasures. However, I still rekindled m
Severin did not know how to react when he saw those two women teasing each other.On the other hand, Felicia was all smiles. Elsa was a beautiful woman who had high attainment and worked as the senior director of the auction house. Should she resign, she would retain many connections in Dracodom. Severin had every reason to be proud of having her as an apprentice. Besides, feelings might develop between them with time, and it was even better to have someone as influential as her join the family.Severin looked at Felicia's smile and felt goosebumps. 'Does she have to be so happy that I took in an apprentice?'"Please allow me to bow down to you! Am I supposed to kneel and kowtow or something? I don't really understand all these ceremonies and procedures," Elsa said to Severin with an awkward smile.Severin smiled wryly. "Don't worry about all that. Just drop by South Link City and look for me when you're done with your work. Tell the guards that you're my apprentice, and they'll le
Severin wanted to ignore Starkel at first, but he was not going to just let Starkel make such rude remarks about his character. He sneered. "What's there to be so proud of when you're just a senior director of an auction house's branch? Whether or not I'm a good person isn't for you to judge."Elsa's expression soured immediately and she retorted unhappily at Starkel, "The fact that they're with me right now means that they're my friends. How could you talk to my friends like that?" Elsa then paused briefly before adding, "Besides, who I exchange numbers with is none of your business! I'm free to do whatever I want. Do you understand?"Starkel was appalled that Elsa would side with someone she just met and say something like that to him. He pulled a long face and became even more frustrated. With a snicker, he said, "I'm doing this for your good, Elsa. Look at all the women around him. Do you think someone like him will have good character? Governors nowadays are surrounded by women.
Elsa looked at the two men floating in the air and said to Diane, "What level of attainment does Mister Severin have? Starkel is a level seven warrior king."Elsa was worried because she knew that many alchemists spent a lot of time studying alchemy at the expense of doing training. Some alchemists therefore had very low attainment. Starkel was considered one of the best in Dracodom, which was partly why he did not take Severin seriously even after knowing that Severin was a governor.Diane replied with a faint smile, "Don't worry, Miss Elsa. If I told you that the Four Great War Gods are my husband's apprentices, would you still think that he might not be able to deal with that kid?""What?" Elsa gasped, wondering if she had misheard Diane's statement.Megan also smiled and said, "Starkel is just asking to have his butt kicked.""I won't go easy on you," Starkel had a smug look as he clenched his fist and produced a surge of spiritual energy. In a flash, he rushed out at Severin
Starkel knew right away that he had lost to Severin. He was not as good as Severin, and he was hardly on Severin's level. He had no choice but to accept that he was almost nothing in front of someone so strong.However, he still could not resign himself to that crushing defeat. He walked up to Elsa, looked into her eyes, and said to her, "You know how much I care about you, don’t you? I feel compelled to tell you right now that I love you. I want to know whether you feel the same toward me. I hope you'll give me an answer."Elsa was momentarily speechless. She felt that she had made her stance clear when she rejected his repeated invitations to watch a movie with her. She has been keeping a distance from him since the beginning! Elsa smiled bitterly and said to him, "I've always regarded you as a brother and a friend. I hope you'll understand that."Starkel had a disappointed look. He smiled wryly and said to Elsa, "Guess I'm the one who's thinking too much then. I'll leave."Stark
Elsa returned to her house after she was done sending Severin off. Once she closed her room door, she excitedly took out the pill that Severin gave her and took a big whiff of it. "This is amazing! It's an elite-quality third-grade high-rank pill that will probably allow me to make a breakthrough to level one warrior emperor. Hehe! My boss might even give me a huge reward when I bring the other two pills back! Just thinking about it is getting me all excited!"Severin's handsome face appeared in Elsa's thoughts and a faint smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of her lips. "I got lucky when I met such an amazing master. Why is he still roaming around in normal society if he's so powerful? He's also so proficient in alchemy that any sect would be more than happy to accept him! I'm so glad I could become his apprentice."By then, Severin and his family were already on the street. Sheila smiled and said, "You've got yourself a very pretty apprentice now! Her attainment level is als
Sheila also said excitedly to Severin, "Awesome! The combat technique you gave us previously was good, but it's not very high in terms of grade. This one even sounds so intimidating."Severin smiled and said, "Well, I need to prepare some combat techniques for you since your attainment is already on the verge of a breakthrough to warrior king. I personally learned this combat technique when I fought against Deborah from Shadraw. Her technique is good, but her attainment is so far behind mine that she would never be a match for me."Severin then paused briefly and said to the two women, "A person's combat ability has a lot to do with their level of attainment. After all, there is a big difference in attainment level, and the strength of a particular combat technique would be different too. For example, a warrior king could easily defeat a profound master.""What is Shadraw anyway? Why did the members of the organization attack you? Was that Deborah a woman? Why did she want to kill y
At that instant, Infernatur and Damnatur felt a sudden chill, as if an impending doom loomed on the horizon.Severin then said softly to them, "I'm gonna need you as a helping hand!"Infernatur and Damnatur recoiled as a horrifying realization dawned upon them."Have you taken that leap?" Infernatur's voice trembled with uncertainty.Severin remained silent and simply waved his hand gently. The 129,600 cosmic laws surged with boundless power, reducing the huge figures of Infernatur and Damnatur to dust.Within moments, two essences of pure primordial power flowed into Severin's inner world, while the desolate chaos sea crumbled and was consumed by his voracious appetite.Severin's form eventually began to fade until it became a flicker of light that vanished completely. His consciousness had been devoured entirely.Everything before him was empty and devoid of substance.An indefinite amount of time passed before Severin's voice echoed through the emptiness, "Chaos springs from
With a deft stroke of the bronze halberd, the path hovering above Severin shattered."This is a peculiar weapon," Severin recoiled in alarm, raising the Oculus Blade to defend himself "It has the ability to dismantle the great path!"Simultaneously, he utilized his space-time path to shield against potential assaults, especially any sneak attacks.Explosions reverberated, unleashing torrents of elemental energy and spatial turbulence throughout the chaotic sea. Time passed indeterminately amidst the chaos.For centuries, the trio engaged in combat, their auras undiminished by time's passage.Meanwhile, the four Dominus Nosters in the Celestial Realm waged war against the extraterrestrial intruders, reclaiming territories with unparalleled ferocity.Under the leadership of figures like Callide, the extraterrestrials were simply no match for them.The Southern, Western, and Devil Regions were reclaimed quickly, yet everyone from the Celestial Realm remained vigilant, for war conti
Outside the Heaven Palace, the few who had been appointed Dominus Noster along with a cohort of quasi-royal celestials were faced with the grim reality at hand.Clad in resplendent hues, Callide—who was their leader and carried the title Dominus Noster Arcanum—donned celestial attire woven from stars and the galaxy. With a regal bearing, she commanded from atop a cloud, "Follow me, my brethren! We shall vanquish the extraterrestrials in the Devil Realm!""At your command, Dominus Noster Arcanum!""Yes, Dominus Noster Arcanum!"With their resounding battle cries, streams of light surged across the Nine Heavens Ten Lands, converging upon the territories occupied by the extraterrestrials—they were the Devil Region, Southern Region, and the Western Region.Amidst the vibrant rainbow, a towering figure emerged, blotting out the sky and earth. Everyone recognized that figure as Severin, and knew that the battle against the quasi-celestial regents would soon begin.Adrian, who was alrea
Armin then spoke with a calm authority, "You cannot remain in this time and space, for you are from the future. It is time you return."As he uttered these words, Severin sensed an invisible force pushing against him and urging him to depart.Standing upon the river of time, he overlooked the tumult of the quasi-celestial regent conflict looming below. He mumbled Armin's counsel, "By receiving nourishment, shattering constraints, tearing open chaos, and reaching the other side…" As Severin pondered over those revelations for an indefinite amount of time, clarity dawned upon him like the sudden rising sun. "So that's the way!"By the time he snapped to his senses, he discovered that his primal spirit had traversed countless epochs in the river of time. "Did I spend that long in the river of time?" he asked himself. Fortunately, the duration he spent in the river of time was but a fleeting moment in the real world.Severin's resolve solidified. Though his brief discourse with Armin,
Severin could sense the mental connection between himself and the weapon, almost as if it was an extension of himself. Severin then raised his gaze to the celestial expanse beyond."I'm almost on Armin's level now that I've made a breakthrough to the rank of quasi-celestial sovereign. However, facing the extraterrestrials' quasi-celestial regents isn't going to be easy meat for me," he mused aloud.Armin was once the sovereign architect of the Imperial Court and the ruler of the Celestial Realm, yet even he found himself at the mercy of the attack of Heaven's Will. Even a mighty quasi-celestial sovereign was reduced to naught but dust.Severin felt the weight of the responsibility settle upon him. Confronting the two quasi-celestial regents would require him to transcend to the realm of celestial sovereign—a realm of which he had scant knowledge of.He understood the concept of the celestial sovereign only in the context of attaining liberation through enlightenment via the 3,000 p
In the vast expanse of the chaotic sea, occasional gusts of strong wind whipped up the formidable chaotic energy. A single whirlpool could claim the life of even a true immortal.Amidst that tumult, two colossal figures lay prone within the abyss. They emanated an aura of unparalleled power, commanding even the paths to heed their authority. The turbid breath exhaled in their slumber had the capacity to tear the fabric of the chaotic void, unveiling dreamlike cosmic chiliocosms.They were the progenitors of the extraterrestrial race, the alpha and omega of the enigmatic beings. Their names were Infernatur and Damnatur. To the uninitiated, and sometimes even to their own kind, it was widely believed that Infernatur and Damnatur were distinct entities. However, they were but facets of the same being.Infernatur could be deemed the primordial offspring of chaos itself, having borne witness to the most primitive and barbaric epochs of the Bleu Celestial Realm. Being born of chaos, he po
Heaven Palace could now boast four royal celestials, along with nearly 20 quasi-royal celestials and 5,000 true immortals. Those esteemed individuals once served the Longevity Alliance, Clear Wind Sect, Tri Celestial Island, and Ingeni Paradise. While their numbers paled in comparison to the 120,000 true immortals during the ancient Imperial Court's heyday, Severin was confident that he could revive that with time. After all, the new Imperial Court had only just been re-established, and there was still more work to do.Severin then addressed the assembly, "As you continue raising your attainment, you shall have to anticipate the looming threat of conflict with the extraterrestrials. Now that you have are bestowed with titles as the custodians of heaven and earth, it is our solemn duty to reciprocate the blessings bestowed upon us.""Yes, we shall!" echoed the resolute affirmation from the gathered immortals.Having concluded his address, Severin went to speak briefly with Diane and
In the Heaven Palace, Callide sensed that the aura emanating from Severin was simultaneously as vast the sky and ocean but as indiscernible as that of a mortal. Tremors of terror gripped her, as she knew that he had far surpassed the realm of a cultivator who had attained the perfect-stage royal celestial. It was no exaggeration to say that Severin could obliterate a royal celestial with a mere thought.Balke, Libra, and Creatia shared Callide's apprehension. To them, Severin embodied the very essence of the path—intangible, silent, abstruse, incomprehensible, and undetectable.As the imperial robe adorned Severin, Balke and the others bowed in reverence. "Long live the Celestial Sovereign!" they chanted in unison.A subtle wave of fortune floated toward the heavenly heart imprint as Severin acknowledged their worship with a satisfied smile. He raised his hand and lifted them effortlessly with an unseen force.With a thunderous voice that resonated in their ears, Severin proclaimed
The true immortals, quasi-royal celestials, and even the eminent royal celestials held their breath. Everyone observed in silence as Severin wielded the heavenly heart imprint.With each strand of luck infused into the heavenly heart imprint, Severin sensed his dominion over the Bleu Celestial Realm becoming stronger. He had the feeling that he could reshape the world with only a single thought.Once the destinies of tens of thousands of races were bound with the heavenly heart imprint, the golden tourmaline quivered violently and radiated an aura that could be felt across the Nine Heavens Ten Lands. Acknowledging the momentous occasion, Severin tapped his forehead and directed a fragment of his soul to command the heavenly heart imprint. The 3,000 great paths within him erupted from his being and materialized."Today shall be the day that I, Severin, rebuild the Imperial Court in the Nine Heavens! As wielder of the great path, the world shall be inscribed in me, and I shall embody