Severin sipped his wine and remarked, "The wine here is exquisite, and the spirit beast meat here is delicious too. The texture is just nice.""In that case, let's enjoy our food then! I'm glad we chose a good restaurant," Sofia smiled. The restaurant had a very classic feel. There was also a nearby pathway around a lake of lotuses, the fragrance of which was carried by the breeze.Severin said with a smile, "I still think that spirit beast meat tastes better when barbecued or roasted. It lacks a certain addictive aroma."When Sofia heard that, she said nonchalantly, "Addictive? That sounds a little exaggerated. How can it be so addictive? The food we're having right now is already incredibly delicious."Severin smiled and said, "It is, but the meat that I barbecue has a slight edge over this.""Does it?" Sofia's eyes lit up. "I'd like to try it if I have the chance. If it isn't as good as this restaurant, then I'm going to call you out for talking big."Faced with her skepticism
"It was through a sliver of fate that we met each other back in that huge forest," Severin raised his wine glass and said to Sofia. "To our fate."Sofia did the same and clinked glasses with Severin. "To our fate. If meeting you in the forest was due to a sliver of fate, then meeting you in Riverson is much more than just fate. The world bestowed us with this destiny. We must cherish this and see it through all the way."Her cheeks turned red and she finished her glass of red wine right away. Her nervousness was slowly getting the better of her.She picked up from where Severin left off about 'fate' and revealed her true feelings. It was very easy to misconstrue what she had said. She never said something like that before, not that she had the courage to say that anyway.It was probably the ambiguous atmosphere between them that day—along with the help of some alcohol—that allowed her to muster up the courage.Severin did not expect Sofia to say something like that either. He coul
Severin had been chatting away happily with Sofia while they were walking past a crowded place. He did not have his guard up then, because they could not possibly should have offended anyone when they just arrived at the city several hours ago.When they arrived at that deserted park, Severin came to realize that someone was following him. "We're being tailed."Sofia frowned and turned around to see an attractive and slightly curvier young woman following them from behind. The strange woman seemed to want to say something but was hesitant to do so.As soon as the young woman noticed that Sofia was looking in her direction, she immediately lowered her head and averted her gaze, as if a little scared.Sofia stayed close to Severin and walked forward slowly. After some time, she turned to Severin and asked him curiously, "Do you know her? Why is she following us?"Severin smiled wryly. "Why would I know her? This is my first time coming here."Sofia teased. "But she keeps following
"Hey, miss, you're..." Severin could tell that she had placed his hand on something soft and tender, but when he looked back to see what it could be, he was completely bewildered by what he saw."You can't be serious!" Sofia approached them just in time to be dumbfounded by the situation. 'Didn't Severin that he didn't know her? Why is he grabbing her boobs?'"I'm being molested! Help me!" Betty shouted just as Severin and Sofia were in a daze."Hic, hic! You pervert! How could you grab my breast when I was only asking you for directions?" Although that was Betty's first time doing something like that, she had a natural talent for acting and her eyes turned red in an instant."Hey! Don't make false accusations!" As soon as Severin came to his senses, his face soured and he knew right away that he had been set up. He broke free from Betty's hand and pushed her several meters back with the invisible force that came out of his hand."She did it on purpose, Sofia! You know the kind of
"Well, well. You molested this young woman, but rather than admit your mistake, your lady friend here just went ahead and slapped her! You're courting death!" Ferrol came forward as he glared at Severin and Sofia.However, there was no denying that he was swooned by Sofia's beauty. She was gorgeous, and her looks had completely eclipsed Betty, whom he always thought was a very beautiful woman."You've dug your own grave by bullying this young lady!""Shameless! Absolutely shameless! That's not the way to express your attraction to a girl. You're a pervert for grabbing her tits just because she didn't give you her number! Disgusting!""A person like that deserves to die." Eulon and the elders immediately began to condemn Severin.Severin frowned. "You're all in on this, aren't you? If you wanted to attack me, you could have just come out with it and say so. Why even bother making these ridiculous excuses? It's ridiculous for you to try and cook up some legitimate excuse to kill me.
After speaking, Eulon instantly turned into an afterimage and charged right at Severin."Hehe, do you think you could kill me?" Severin sneered. Although he did not know why Eulon would want to attack him, he did not intend to hold back after Eulon attacked him without warning. Severin clenched his fists and channeled his spiritual energy around them using his mental power.The next second, their fists collided with each other and Eulon was sent flying. Blood gushed out of his mouth in mid-air. The elders watched Eulon go first and were eager to know if the patriarch could kill Severin effortlessly. The scene left them completely dumbfounded, for they never expected the young man to have such formidable strength."We'll attack him together!" the great elder gave orders to the other elders."I haven't had a chance to test my strength yet after making a breakthrough. Let me handle two of them," Sofia requested, rubbing her palms with glee. She was already a level four warrior emperor
Severin and Sofia left as soon as they pocketed the spatial rings. Not long after they left, more and more people gathered around after hearing the earlier commotion. Everyone rushed over to try and see what was going on there."Are these the Marcloids? Their family head and their elders are all warrior emperors… but they're dead now!"The Marcloids were a rather decently strong family, so it came as a huge shock that all their strongest men had died. Ferrol and Betty were also considered to be one of the family's brighter talents, yet the same fate had befallen them too."Did they offend another powerful hidden family? This seems a little impossible, though. How could they kill so many strong people in the blink of an eye? Are they so strong that the Marcloids did not even have a chance to escape?"Some people were aghast and in awe of that frightening aftermath. If the head of the Marcloids and their four elders were all dead, then they would no longer exist as one of the dozen o
The two of them flew into a courtyard and Severin called out from outside. "Is anyone in?"The living room lights lit up and soon two siblings of different genders came out. They were still very young, with the boy being about 14- or 15-years old, and the girl about two years younger than her brother."Where are your parents? Aren't they in?" Severin glanced at the two siblings and asked concernedly.The young man smiled bitterly and said to Severin, "Do you need something from us? My name is Tara, and this is my sister, Lina. Our parents went to a dangerous area two years ago to search for spiritual herbs, but they never came back after that. Some people told us that our parents are dead, but I believe they're still alive. Perhaps they'll come back one day.""What's the name of that dangerous place your parents went to?" Sofia felt a bit of sympathy when she heard what the teens said. After all, they were both still young, and it was not easy for them to survive.Tara then said,
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