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,
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