"You’ve got some insight, little girl, but you're still a little off the mark," Adrian said playfully.Annoyed, Eloise replied, "What do you mean by that, old man?""We need to start with the levels," Adrian began to explain, "Do you know how many levels there are?""Even a three-year-old knows the answer to that. It's Body Trainer, Foundation, Golden Core, Level Eight, Integration, and then Void Abyss. Beyond that, who knows," Eloise rattled off, finding the question childish and almost laughable.Adrian chuckled and said, "Yes, that's correct, and level seven is a dividing line. I lived with a level nine immortal for two hundred years and naturally have a different understanding.""Hmph, a level nine immortal? She’s probably my stepmother, right?" Eloise said with an apprehensive look, clearly skeptical of this Water Sage Adrian had brought up over and over again.Adrian cleared his throat and quickly steered the conversation back to levels. "Below level seven, you practice spi
“But...""Spit it out already.”"But I have my methods.""And what methods are these?""I have the Draco Veinergy. As long as I have enough life in me, I can seal away all the bad karma. If that doesn't work, I transfer this karma. At a certain level, these things are possible."Hearing this, Eloise felt relieved. She then said, "We've talked so long, yet you still haven't explained why the level nine immortals disappeared. Besides, there are still seven land sages alive right now.""Silly girl. The reason level nine immortals disappear is because they pose a threat to that entity.""A threat?""Yes, a threat. Because of faith power, that entity began to worry about them. Although level nine immortals can bring him more law fragments, they would have a chance to contend against him once they mastered faith power. The law fragments in this Exile Realm can be used for attacks and one fragment is consumed per attack. This is why level eight immortals can live well, while level nin
“Although I have yet to see what the celestial barrier looks like, I have discerned its function. I also know the role of the daemons in all this," Adrian said."Their function?""They are here to raise livestock, the livestock being the humans of this world. That entity needs humanity to generate law fragments for them, so they can't let humanity go extinct. However, when daemons became dominant and humans had a hard time coping, they gave humans a chance by forming the celestial barrier. If humans continued to live and die on this continent, laziness and lack of external threats would inevitably lead to extinction. This has been proven in the Exile Realm."“That is a terrifying thought... Are we really that pitiful?" Eloise found all this unbelievable but could not refute it, so she accepted Adrian's perspective.Suddenly, she realized something was off. Was she not out on a journey to break through to level nine? This quest she was on was exactly for that, right?"Then I can't
"It's my fault I failed your mother. Our parting was too abrupt back then. Where is her grave?" Adrian wanted to visit Rozi, to talk to her and share his experiences, hoping it would bring her peace."In the Southern Forest at Oxridge where you two lived together. I made all of Oxridge into her resting place. Mother often went there, so after she passed, I laid her to rest in the place she always longed for," Eloise replied."Did she ever say why she thought I didn't come for her?" Adrian asked.Eloise murmured, "She never said, but I think she believed you were dead. I often saw her crying alone in front of your portrait. She never showed her sorrow in front of me, only when she thought no one was watching...""Your hesitation is because of her, isn’t it?" Adrian asked.Eloise nodded. "If I have to stay here forever, I won't be able to visit her grave and talk to her. If that's the case, I'd rather not break through to level nine."Adrian smiled and said, "Silly child. In a few
“After Mother broke through to level eight, she stopped paying me so much attention. She often went alone to the deep sea, searching all over the South Sea, yet still found no trace of you. In her later years, she gave up. She brought me back to live in Oxridge in the Southern Forest to make pills for some junior immortals. She didn't ask for essence stones for payment, nor let them owe her any favors. She only asked them to let her stay on Oxridge. Many immortals benefited from Mother’s offerings and naturally had no complaints. With her being a level eight immortal, Oxridge became our home.“The day I broke through to level eight, Mother finally said she could rest assured and leave. From that day on, she no longer searched for Longevity Pills. I stayed by her side and stopped training. Before she left this world, she gave me the Water Spirit Soul of Weststar. After merging with it, I advanced to the middle stage of level eight.“For the hundred years after Mother passed away, I fo
[Adrian, if you see this letter, please find me at Oxridge. The time we spent here together was the happiest time of my life. You forged weapons, I made pills, and our lives were peaceful.[These past thousand years have been so hard because you weren't here. I didn't know where you were and searched everywhere but could never find you. I searched all over the Southern Forest but found no trace of you, nor had anyone heard of you. I combed through the South Sea, but the sea route was slow and the islands were countless, making it impossible to find you.[All my friends advised me to give up. Some even pursued me, but Adrian, do you know that my heart belongs only to you? Without you, the sky was always gray. I often went to the stall in Oxridge, reminiscing about our time together. If only Eloise had been with us then. Our family of three would have been so happy.[Eloise came to me just right on time, and she has been with me ever since. Without her, I don’t know what I would have
Once no one was there to do everything for her, Eloise had to push herself to plan her future. Although she was at the peak of level eight and faced little danger, she knew she had limits. She was essentially a reflection of Weststar's legacy, a coming-of-age gift from Rozi. However, in terms of combat and strategy, she was still a child. Otherwise, Rozi would not have worried so much about her.Adrian had long seen from Eloise's behavior that this little girl was no pushover and was very capable of causing trouble. Since Eloise was already at the threshold of a breakthrough, he decided to let her manage the Exile Realm. This way, she would not be bored or in danger. It was a perfect solution that also honored Rozi's wishes. According to Rozi's hopes, she wanted Eloise to spend her days innocently in a utopian-like place Adrian described.Adrian was worried about his daughter. Therefore, he decided to have a serious talk with her about the future. As a newly-minted father, he was con
"Looks like I have a younger brother. So you’ve decided to abandon me since you have another child?" Eloise said, her voice growing louder and more accusatory with each word.Adrian speechless. He hurriedly tried to explain that that wasn’t the case, but no matter what he said, Eloise wasn’t hearing it. Defeated, he decided to change the subject and informed Eloise of his plan: to rectify the karmic entanglement caused by the faith he had established, erasing the beliefs of the people in the Southern Forest and the South Sea to avoid attracting the attention of that entity.The entity could sense level-nine immortals because their emergence generated faith power, which came from heaven rather than believers' prayers. The entity likely decided to cleanse anything that emitted this faith power. If Adrian didn't sever these beliefs, the entity might come down to eliminate the threat. He thought it best to avoid provoking such a powerful being."I have no choice but to let go," Adrian l