Niyad was exhausted as he walked home, he didn't even have any strength to circulate his Qi anymore. His head was already hurting from overdoing his cultivation but now it hurt even more after crashing into the gates. He didn't dare to run like he had before either, what if in place of that gate there had been a person? He had thoroughly learned his lesson, next time he should get used to his strength increase immediately after cultivating.Niyad was in shock however, just how had he gotten so drastically strong after only five hours of cultivating the God body technique? He knew there was already a significant increase in physical strength after returning to the Blenheim kingdom but what exactly is happening?With almost no recollection of his journey, he arrived home and pushed open the door. "Mother?""Ny, you're home? But your master just left." Niyad stood in stunned silence, "Sercy was here?""Why are you calling her name casually like that? Shouldn't you be more respectful?"
The two men were surprised that the boy was able to approach them then change directions before they could even react. Viktoria couldn't help using her spiritual sense to probe him over and over again, this boy was merely 16 and was already so strong, but something was off, there was no Qi being circulated when he approached, is he a body cultivator!??While Sercy was shocked for multiple reasons, firstly Niyad should be in his room right now, why was he just entering the palace grounds. Also, when did he attain the golden bone realm in the god body art? Was this because of what Count did to him? Sercy soon realized that his aura wasn’t quite at the golden bone realm although it seemed so.Count looked at all the varying expressions before finally saying, "My Queen, I think it's better if you send me to Niyad's house to remove all his doors. He's the one who charged into the gates headfirst last night."It was then that Viktoria realized what had angered the Jade Queen, she thought th
A knocking at the door pulled Lianlian's gaze from the medicinal scroll she was studying. The Queen had ordered them to remain in their own respective rooms and as a result, training was cut short today. Could it be that Minki ran out of patience and snuck out?After opening the door, she was shocked to see who the visitor was. "S-Sir Count?""Ah, little bird." Lianlian's eyes widened and she had to force herself not to shrink back from his gaze.The way he said little bird made her anxious, she already knew it was impossible to hide her species from those within the Sovereign realm but it still made her uneasy. Although Count hadn't said anything the other times they met, it was obvious that he had seen through her right away. This made her have a good impression of him; The same was true of the Jade queen, although they knew, neither of them treated her like an exotic pet.However, for Count to randomly show up and refer to her as a little bird, it made her skin prickly, by chance,
Sercy furrowed her brows a bit then stood; Viktoria and her men were already led to the rooms prepared for them so she was alone in the conference room.She took a step forward and space seemed to shrink as she appeared in the mountains in an instant.The moment she appeared, Count asked, "Sercy, I need to ask one more time. Will you not allow me to kill them?"Sercy hung her head then replied softly. "I'm sorry.""Then will you allow me to hide you at least.""This-""You already know it will be difficult to advance in cultivation because of your injuries. If I am to die in that battle what will you do? There is already someone in the divine realm who wants to kill you.""The formation masters...""And what if they fail? What if the Helshire continent has a way to counter formation masters?"Sercy bit her lower lip, she honestly didn't have anything to say that could convince Count, she wasn't even able to convince herself. Count was right, she kept putting herself and everyone else
Niyad woke up in a groggy state, his hands first shot to his face then he blinked twice, looking around. He sighed in relief when he realized that he was seeing ok and maybe even better than he was before. He then started to pat random areas of his body as he got up and rushed to the mirror. His entire body was covered in filth, and golden blood stained his face and robes. Had it been that bad? He felt chills as he thought back to the excruciating pain he felt before. He thought for sure that he had died. Using a cleaning art he quickly noted the changes to his body then started laughing. Overnight he seemed to have grown at least three more inches and his face looked more chiseled. Not only that, his body looked more robust. Even his hair had grown much longer causing his topknot to be a bit loose. He was so pleased with his new appearance that he couldn't help laughing out loud. "Have you gone mad?" A voice floated over to him that pulled him from the little world he had descended
"T-this, by chance..." Viktoria gulped as she stared at Sercy, she didn't finish her sentence and instead her head swiveled around to examine Niyad who now showed the aura of an early sovereign realm expert. Initially she thought Niyad was only a body cultivator, but this Qi aura coming from him told her his Qi cultivation was at the sovereign Realm!? That was only a few stages lower than herself who was half step into the Divine Realm.But that wasn't what stunned her the most, based on what the Jade Queen Ordered, wasn't she planning to unite the Helshire continent? By only sending a hidden expert and a sovereign realm cultivator?Although the Ice Queen knew Count was strong, to her, this sounded like madness, wouldn't it be better for them to all move together? However, what Viktoria didn't know was that each stage in the divine realm had a vast difference in power. The difference between a cultivator in the first stage divine Origin realm in comparison to one in the second stage d
Sercy moved too fast for anyone to react and Viktoria watched as the scene played out with shaking hands. She watched as Sercy grabbed a handful of Aloysius' red hair and brought her elbow down to meet his nose. A sick crackling noise rang out causing everyone to shiver in stunned silence. She didn't stop there, while still holding his hair she brought back her leg and in one swift movement swung it forward into Aloysius' stomach. His huge body seemed to fold into two as it flew away from the impact. Sercy dusted her palm and a clump of orange hair fell from it. Their reactions were delayed but the two men who accompanied Viktoria moved to stand in front of her in a defensive posture. But were two first stage sovereign realm cultivators really enough to stop a divine realm expert? It was naught but a suicidal move, but luckily for them Sercy didn't spare them a glance. All seven of Aloysius' entourage moved at the same time, they were big but nimble as they shot towards Sercy, f
The Helshire ContinentThe Azure Dragon palace, situated in the center of the Helshire continent was just like any other palace located in a cultivator city. To the rear of the palace was a couple acres of woodland and in the center was a beautiful lake that reflected the image of the moon.A spatial tear appeared above the lake and Count appeared with Niyad following not far behind. The peaceful night was disturbed by a yelp that came from Niyad as he fell from the sky like a boulder smashing into the surface of the lake.Count wore a blank expression while watching Niyad swim to the surface then struggle to pull himself from the body of water.Cough CoughCalmly reaching out he grabbed Niyad by the scruff before flinging him forward toward land. Niyad, who had been shocked initially, quickly assessed the situation and twisted his body to land smoothly.He got up then used a cleaning art to cleanse and dry himself all while glaring at Count. "You did this intentionally didn't you?""
Helshire Continent Kiro gritted his teeth in anger, his entire body was coated by fire Qi as he inspected one by one, the lifeless bodies strewn in random locations. A few days ago, Peter put him in charge of leading a search group that consisted of only tyrant realm cultivators. Their goal was to find the location of the lamia then alert Kiro who would be in charge of capturing it. His group started out with a total of thirty eight cultivators in all who were then split into several smaller groups in order to efficiently comb the forest. However, the lamia was far craftier than he had expected, and as a result fifteen of his men had disappeared. After a brief search, he found their remains. The wounds on them were similar, a single slash to the neck; This suggested that they were all killed by the same person or beast. The most eerie part was that none of them seemed to have expected their deaths. Which means whatever killed them, was quick enough to surprise them and quiet
Sercy, Nora and Niyad stood above the walls of the Southern Kingdom, they arrived just in time to see Aloysius grabbing Viktoria before sprinting in their direction. The moment he breached the wall they made eye contact and his shocked expression turned to one of relief once he recognized them. After coming to a stop he gently placed Viktoria on the ground then turned to face the trio, now that he had backup they could easily wipe out the rest of the sovereign realm experts.Nora, who didn't think much of the red haired man, asked directly, "I'm only sensing a few Sovereign auras in the city, are they all enemies?" Aloysius, not sure of her identity, hesitated a bit before nodding in response. Receiving an answer, Nora swiftly raised her bow aiming it at the city. The temperature around them rose rapidly and the trees withered as all the water in the surroundings vaporized.She relaxed her fingers and a red Qi arrow shot forward growing in size as it descended on the City. Unlike w
Southern Kingdom The people within the Cultivation city of the Southern Kingdom didn't hesitate to evacuate. Although they weren't allowed to use the transportation formations for security reasons, the borders of all three Kingdoms would be opened if they decided to relocate via merchant routes. They also had the option to retreat to smaller villages and cities within the Southern Kingdom if they wished to stay in the territory. After making sure everyone left, the two split up to destroy the transportation formations. It didn't take long before Viktoria finished and contacted Aloysius. "Are you done destroying the formations to the North and east?" The Ice Queen used a communication talisman to speak with the Barbarian King. "Yes, what about on your end?" "I'm already done so meet me back at the Western entr-" A large Qi fluctuation caused Viktoria to pause; Her eyes grew wide as her divine sense picked up on something. "Aloysius, 20 of them, sovereigns..." "Shit!" Was A
Niyad stared wide eyed at the two figures before him. One was his mother but her current image looked unfamiliar to him, even her aura seemed foreign. The other was technically his master, someone he had grown fond of in a weird way. But he had transformed into a strange beast with a baleful aura of death surrounding him. Count's true form was ten times more terrifying than anything he could have possibly imagined.It was almost impossible to find a creature of his likeness, what exactly is he? An amalgamation of beasts? A chimera?Niyad made a mental note of Count's true form, the more details he noted the more his mind felt jumbled. ~The head of a fox, eight eyes, his two centermost tails were snakeheads, shiny fur the color of obsidian. Chains, what beast had chains? ~Just what exactly is he? I was disrespectful to this thing? How am I still alive? GULP~ Once more Niyad's mother pulled on her bow string and aimed. Niyad wanted to stop her but was interrupted by a deep voice pro
The Blenheim KingdomNora was angry as she glared at Sercy, "What do you mean Niyad isn't with you? I just sensed more than twenty new sovereign auras on the continent and you can't tell me where my son is?""I assure you Niyad is safe, he is currently on a mission with a hidden expert who has been with me for more than a century. He has the cultivation base of a Divine expert above the origin realm even stronger than myself"~Someone I was unable to sense?~ Information that Sercy thought would comfort Nora made her worry even more.Nora remained furious but reeled in her temper a bit. "You should know that being the minor lord doesn't mean you're the strongest person on Thorsus."Sercy became rigid at Nora's warning and was unable to mask her shock. Although she knew Nora wasn't normal, for her to know such things without being in the Divine realm..."I just hope Niyad is safe for your sake." were Nora's last words before she turned to leave. Once again Aliel was left dumbfounded by
Peter was shocked that even with his Azure Dragon blood and domain activated he was still being suppressed. The aura of the creature before him was enough to intimidate him, it even caused the image of the illusory dragon behind him to tremble. He realized that he couldn't depend on his instincts as much as he did before because the danger was now all around him. ~I need to act now if I want to survive this.~ With a roar he raised his arm and pointed it at the figure of Count in the distance, "DRAGON DESTRUCTION!" Peter yelled and all the divine energy he could muster accumulated in the illusory dragon behind him. In one swift movement the dragon shot around him and charged towards Count in the distance. The dragon transformed into waves akin to a tsunami and a loud rumbling sounded out as the dragon crashed into Count. Peter didn't stop there, he brought his hands up above his head and swirls of green Qi representing wind energy formed into cyclones. He then slammed the palms of h
Peter's hair stood on end, trusting his instincts, he quickly tilted his head to the side then glanced to the left. The clawed hand of a beast was suspended in a grabbing motion right where his had been a second before."F*cking Cockroach!" He heard someone behind him swear and he didn't hesitate to leap away quickly then twisted his body to get a good look at what it was that attacked him."As I thought, it's difficult to kill someone in the divine realm without using divine energy myself." Peter's eyes narrowed at the eerie figure that stepped out of the spatial tear.A grating sound rang out as it moved forward akin to chains being dragged along the floor. It wore robes with a familiar crest that represented the Blenheim Kingdom and a veiled hat that hid its face. Though it had the figure of a man, something told him that this thing was not human. He could feel an aura of death seeping from it.The creature moved a clawed hand to remove his hat revealing a bluish tinted face with br
The Sovereign realm cultivator wore an arrogant smile as he probed Niyad with his Qi sense. "Your aura is that of a third stage Sovereign realm expert, while that is abnormal talent for a kid like you, what makes you think you can stay alive after that declaration?" Niyad smirked, "You should know that A Divine tribulation expert is currently at the Azure Dragon palace assassinating your current lord, unless you want to be next, I'd advise you to choose wisely." "Divine tribulation? Don't let me laugh, that's impossible. Plus whoever it is won't make it out of the palace. Our current lord has the azure dragon blood running through his veins." ~What bullshit even if he had the blood of the divine turtle he would still die.~ Niyad was already annoyed, to him, the sovereign realm expert's looks were annoying, his clothes were annoying, even his voice was annoying. In one fluid moment he pulled his bow from his life space ring and notched an arrow. "Is your final answer no?" The Sove
The old man stared at Niyad like he was a lunatic and what a coincidence, he never felt more like a lunatic than he did today. "How did you find me?" The man finally said. Surprisingly, Niyad felt no hostility directed towards him, even after he had made such a ridiculous declaration. This encouraged him to be honest with the old man, "I didn't, Lua did." He replied pointing at the beast next to him.After eyeing Lua with slight interest the man scrunched up his nose then looked at Niyad like he was a pile of dung, "What kind of mad person thinks they can just go around ordering people to sign a soul contract? Your Queen must be batshit crazy." Niyad: "I..." He did expect a response similar to what he got albeit a little less vulgar. He wasn’t sure how to respond to the old man, because without any context, their sudden demands did sound ridiculous.~I should have gone to fight Kiro instead.~ Lua snorted and Niyad couldn't help thinking he was being laughed at. Feeling the urge