Is That A Wisp?

by Srtyi

What if a wisp, with zero EQ about human culture and habits, gains the opportunity to cultivate and finally achieve human form? Now he can enter cities, experience technology, and fight his way to the top, right? In this universe where wisps are seen as nothing more than cultivation resources, a wisp stands up to challenge the wisps destiny! Not without causing a lot of misundersta

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Although there were more eyes than Krune expected, he isn't afraid of any of them disturbing Juji's breakthrough. After all, it would be the same as going against the Sect. Not to mention that Uncle Feng was also there, so Krune asked him to keep an eye on those guys.

Krune then introduced the wisp to Feifei.

"This is Juji, the first wisp entering the Foundation Establishment using the Myriad Wisps Technique. This technique is something that I invented, and it only works on wisps too."

Not only Feifei, everyone else was taken aback by Krune's words. Only now they tried to take a look at all the wisps' cultivation in the house, and the majority was at the 5th stage of the Qi Condensation Realm or higher! Krune then asked for everyone's communicator numbers and passed a copy of the Myriad Wisps Technique for them.

This is a technique that is being spread far and wide at the moment, so there was no point in Krune trying to keep it secret.

Uncle Feng took a look at the technique and immediately understood from where it derived.

"You used the Myriad Energies Technique to build it, didn't you?"

Krune nodded and then explained how it worked. Of course, he didn't tell things like the real Myriad Energies Technique or why this one only worked on wisps either. But he mentioned that wisps that cultivate it won't be useful as cultivation resources anymore.

Everyone was impressed by what Krune did.

First of all, he created a technique that only works on wisps using as a base the most common technique out there. Then he made it into a top-notch technique that allowed the wisps to reach the Foundation Establishment in at most three years! That is just too fast! Only their clan best cultivation techniques would be able to achieve such a rate of improvement, and they wouldn't be any better! Finally, he is also saving the wisps of the fate of becoming cultivation resources since their energy will be changed into something similar to the other races.

Uncle Feng looked at Krune and couldn't help but ask.

"Is it really okay for you to show us such a peerless cultivation technique? All the best technique of any of the big four are kept as the biggest secret, and they don't let anyone learn it that easily."

Krune then laughed.

"The technique is good, indeed, but the reason I created it was to save the wisps from their fate. If I don't spread it out to the wisps, what good will be there? So, at this very moment, this technique is being disseminated around all the Divine Path Sect territory! It will take a long time, but there will come a day where wisps can stand side by side with the other races."

Krune then continued.

"Besides, if you want to bring it back to your clan, I would be more than happy to see it happening. But considering that this technique is no secret to start with, your clan and the other two powers probably already have their copies. Still, this is what I want exactly."

Uncle Feng looked at that technique in his communicator and couldn't help but comment.

"The wisp race... will rise. Of course, that is considering that this technique really works as it says."

Feifei and the other Wang Clan participants that were there at the moment nodded. Krune also did the same. He knows that it is just the start, and he needs to see how this technique will fair in the future.

Krune then sent a Divine Sense message to Feifei.

"Anyway, Juji is the first one entering the next realm with it. Feifei, you have a destiny core, right? Can you take a look and see if anything will happen with him?"

Feifei nodded and did as she was told.

"It's a little hard to see since he has been close to you for some time already. As you probably noticed, your side-effect on the destiny energy also affects those close to you to a certain extent."

Krune nodded, Falanea, the Sect Master's friend, had already told him about it.

Feifei then put some effort into observing Juji's destiny energy, and after some time, she smiled.

"It is really quite hard, and I couldn't see much, but I can at least tell that Juji probably won't die today. Still, you better not tell him what I said. It might have a negative effect and make him take it easy. Such a thing might change the reading that I've done in the destiny energy, and he could still die because of that. Remember, the reading of destiny energy isn't absolute. The simple fact that we read it might be enough to change the initial outcome."

Krune nodded and did as Feifei suggested. But he was also happy to know that Juji would probably not fail as well.

"Alright, Juji, you can start anytime you want."

"Yes, ancestor."

With or without Feifei's readings, Juji was confident that he could succeed. He really spent a lot of time collecting and studying information about spaceships. With the wisps' innate high IQ, Juji is, without a doubt, an expert in the general concept of a spaceship.

He also had the chance to temper his soul in the Rainbow Sect pocket dimension, so he already has an idea of what kind of pain is waiting for him.

Soon, Krune and everyone were able to hear a 'crack' sound.

"Argh."

It doesn't matter how many times Krune hears it, he simply couldn't get used. But he was impressed with Juji's determination, though. The first time you attack your core is, without a doubt, the most painful one. Still, Juji only let out a small grunt. Krune then nodded and kept looking.

Lakin and Ruik were also there, and since they had seen a wisp's foundation establishment breakthrough before, they can tell that Juji was doing quite well too.

Of course, this was the case only for them. Feifei, Uncle Feng, and the other guys were still taken aback by that. They were using their Divine Sense to check what was happening, and they can see how the wisp is making its breakthrough.

Want Mo couldn't help but comment.

"This is crazy! Isn't the wisp's soul inside the core too? What if he fails? Besides, isn't that wisp doing the same as breaking his own soul apart?"

Tuesly Huviu, who was beside him, commented.

"Isn't that obvious? Failing in the Foundation Establishment means that your core is destroyed, and you will need to start again. But if it is a wisp, you are probably dead. As for the soul part, I guess they can only bear with it."

Krune heard that and commented.

"Did you think that my Myriad Wisps Technique was omnipotent or something? There is obviously a price to pay for that. So I have no doubt that a lot of wisps will end dying doing this process. Still, it is better than stay at the bottom for life. Not to mention that they can simply wait for when their life span is near the end to try as well."

Indeed, there is no such thing as free lunch in this universe. The reason that Juji is faring this well is simply because of the support that he has from Krune, Lakin, and the others. They know very well that it won't be so easy for the other wisps out there.

An hour passed without any big problems, and Krune recognized that Juji finished the most dangerous part. Feifei also sent him a Divine Sense message regarding that.

"It's all good now, his breakthrough did stir the destiny energy around him quite a bit, so I'm sure that he won't have any problems during it anymore."

Krune let out a sigh of relief and then turned to everyone.

"Alright, a wisp's breakthrough takes a very long time, so there is no need to keep looking at it. I reckon that Juji won't be finished before a month or two anyway. Come with me, I will make some food for everyone."

Food? Except for Feifei and Uncle Feng, the others were surprised by that.

'This wisp also cooks? Should the Sect Master's disciple really be wasting his time cooking?'

That was what they wanted to ask, but before anyone did that, they noticed a man appearing beside Krune like a ghost.

"Good! This Sect Master was starving after waiting for so long already."

Except for Uncle Feng, who had a similar cultivation realm, everyone in the room was frightened by his sudden appearance. Even Krune, who should be used to it already, felt his heart stop for a second. It was not that he wasn't expecting it to happen again. It is just that with Juji's breakthrough and Feifei's visit, he forgot about that possibility.

"Old geezer, if not because it would be against my principles, I swear I would poison the food and send you to the next world!"

Who else could it be other than Lucio?

"Hahaha! Do you think that any poison that you use would have any effect on this grandfather? Keep dreaming! Anyway, what are you making for eating today?"

Krune then sighed and told everyone what he was planning to cook. But no one of those who came to visit was paying attention to that anymore.

'The Sect Master's disciple likes to cook, and the Master himself likes to eat it. Is the Divine Path Sect this free?'

Lucio then looked at a particular direction and said.

"How long are you going to stay there? I told you that my disciple's food is quite good, so come out already."

It turns out that Lucio brought with him (although forced was more correct) the grand elders of the other powers too. They felt quite embarrassed to appear like this, but they couldn't simply ignore Lucio's 'hospitality.'

Then, Krune heard someone calling from outside.

When he opened his residence protection formation, his mouth twitched. Not only had the grand elders come, but even their participants of the exchange program came too. It couldn't be helped, though. The grand elders just didn't want to be in that situation alone. So, as per their orders, they came as part of the sacrifice too.

"Fine! I will cook for everyone too. It is not like I'm not used to making a lot of food anyway."

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In the end, the time alone that Krune wanted to have with Feifei turned our to be a group meeting. Krune also tried to contact Lofa and Tasier, but for some reason, neither one of them was answering his call. He could understand Lofa, but why he can't reach Tasier too? Still, he just thought that Tasier was probably busy and gave up calling him as well.

Feifei then spent most of her time with the wisps in the house. She looked like a kid who found a new toy and played quite a lot with the young ones. Although she wasn't pretending, that also helped to reinforce the other's convictions that Feifei was just being curious about the wisps and doesn't have any interest in Krune specifically.

Most of those who came left just a few hours later, Lucio and the grand elders were part of this group. The ones who stayed were basically Feifei, Uncle Feng, and the guys who tried to get closer to her all day long. Still, she paid little attention to their attempts. Krune saw that and just snorted. Feifei has already told him what the real reason for them to come to this exchange program, so he didn't mind. Not to mention that Krune trust her, so he didn't try to intervene either.

Uncle Feng just sat in a corner while drinking. At his realm, getting drunk was basically impossible if he didn't wish for that. Still, he enjoyed the feeling of good wine.

Of course, Krune and Feifei were also talking with each other. It is just that they did that through Divine Sense, so no one noticed.

"I see, so that is what this mark is about. Doesn't that mean that I'm considered your first choice?"

Feifei nodded.

"Exactly! So you better make sure to not lose it. Also, it has a unique effect. If any other woman tries to have her way with you, it will appear and stop them from doing it."

Krune was taken aback by that. But he finally remembered that day when Lofa hugged him and the mark activated.

"I see, that's why it came out that day."

Feifei then gave him a side glance and said.

"Well then, what day are you talking about?"

As expected, Krune wasn't able to see the 'angry' meaning of that question. So he simply replied truthfully about what happened with him and Lofa.

Feifei then started to laugh.

"You thought that she just wanted to join the exchange program? How can you be so clueless about a woman's heart? Still, I guess that was for the best. After all, it shows that you had no feelings for her to start with."

Krune then sighed.

"We can't be together that way, but we can still be friends just like before, so everything is okay."

Feifei didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Even she doesn't know if she would be able to pretend that nothing happened if she was Lofa. Feifei was also impressed that Krune didn't seem to have any problem doing that. As one says, ignorance is bliss. His low EQ had its advantages, after all.

Krune then said.

"Anyway, forget that for now. What should I do with this mark? Isn't it better for me to simply announce that I got it from you? That way, all those guys bothering you would fly away, no?"

Feifei then laughed once more.

"Sure, go ahead and do it. But remember that father would definitely do everything in his power to get rid of you. After all, whoever marries me is supposed to be someone from our own territory and must marry into my Clan."

Krune was taken aback by that answer.

"Cough, cough. I guess it is good to keep things as they are at the moment. As for marrying into your Clan, to be honest, I don't mind it. But I guess Master would definitely not agree with that. Can't we just get together without leaving our powers? It's not like you need to leave the Wang Clan, or I leave the Divine Path Sect, right?"

Feifei then sighed.

"I, too, think that it would be the simplest way. In fact, that's what I want to happen, as well. But for that, let alone you, even I will have to have enough power to make my own opinion valid. It has nothing to do with being a woman since my Clan doesn't care about the genders, it is just that my improved Destiny Core is too important for them."

Krune nodded and then said.

"Then that's okay. We just need to wait until we get strong enough to have our voices heard. Besides, Master wouldn't approve me marrying into your Clan, but I'm sure that he wouldn't care whether you marry into our Sect or not either. That old geezer just doesn't want to give me away."

Feifei shook her head.

"It's not that simple. I don't know how long I can keep it like this. In my Clan, it is normal for both men and women to marry before the age of 30. So if I take longer than that, they will probably think that something is not right. At that point, I won't be able to hide the fact that I already gave my mark away."

Krune heard that and asked.

"Talking about this mark, can they use it to track me down? I heard from Master that it shouldn't be possible."

Feifei nodded.

"You are right, other than that specific ability that I left inside, it can't be used for anything else other than proving that I selected you. But it won't be necessary to track it down anyway. With the mark gone and me not saying where it went too, the Clan will be left with no other choice other than creating a new one. Although it was rare, it did happen in the past."

Feifei then smiled and said.

"At that point, you better be ready since I will tell everyone where it is. It is much better than have a new one made and have to marry someone else. Hahahaha!"

Krune felt a chill on his back just by hearing that.

"I... will give my best into cultivation."

Feifei nodded.

"And so will I! You are the one I want, after all!"

Krune then laughed.

"Anyway, we still have five months before the missions part start. I won't be participating in the teaching program since I already have the Sect Master. But you can come to visit me, or I can go to your house any time you want."

Feifei then showed a playful smile and asked.

"Does it mean that you are going to visit a girl alone at her house?"

Krune nodded.

"Is that a problem?"

Feifei noticed Krune's clueless face and laughed out loud, much for the other guys' confusion.

"You are really the Krune that I know, totally clueless about those kinds of things."

Krune didn't know what Feifei was talking about, so he decided to ask someone else about it later.

As for Feifei, she could only think.

'Indeed, I wasn't wrong to choose you. All those annoying rules about the relationships have no meaning in your head. You are really the best!'

As a daughter of the Clan head, everyone around Feifei's age always treated her with the utmost respect and acted accordingly. For someone with a playful mind like her, their way of acting was nothing more than torture! The worst part was to have to act the same way back to keep the Clan's Face. But Krune didn't give a damn to all that, though. Even after finding out who she was, he still didn't change his ways. For Feifei, nothing could be better than that.

Feifei then alerted Krune.

"I will try to sneak away without the grand elder noticing, so you can just wait for me to come. But don't go to my house, the grand elder would never let a man staying alone with me there, even if it is a wisp."

Although Krune didn't understand why is that, he realized that it seemed to be important, so he agreed with her.

The day came to an end, and Feifei and the flies decided to leave. But before that happened, Krune told Feifei two things.

"Oh, right! I need to give you the real form of the Myriad Energies Technique, next time you come, I will let you try it out."

Krune then continued.

"Also, remember that I won't take part in the teaching program. I will use this time to finish improving my Blacksmith Rank before the missions start. I need to make sure that my shields are ready, after all. But I will send you a message through your communicator to tell when I'm not at the Blacksmith Hall."

Feifei nodded.

"Good, I doubt I will be back in the next few days anyway since it will be the start of the teaching part. But I will let you know too when things get calmer."

Krune bid farewell to Feifei and Uncle Feng and went back inside. He hasn't done anything during that day other than cooking, so he wasn't tired. He then grabbed his things and went to the Blacksmith Hall to continue his practice. Now that he advanced to the 3rd stage, his ability has improved once again, which helped him a lot.

Back at Feifei's house, Feifei and Uncle Feng were talking about what happened that day.

Uncle Feng looked at her and said.

"Well, at first, I was doubtful about your choice. But after watching Krune during this one month, I have to admit that there are very few out there that could match him. Even though the Spiritual Pool helped, the fact that he was able to jump two stages in a month is impressive already. But not only that, his combat prowess is at the very top too! I can only think about four or five names that could put up a fight against him at the same level of cultivation."

Feifei was very happy to hear that, only she knows how many times Uncle Feng tried to change her mind.

"Haha! So you finally recognized him. Now, look at that, who changed his mind in the end, uh?"

Uncle Feng didn't care about Feifei's teasing, though. With his age, there are very few things that could achieve that effect on him.

"Anyway, getting my recognition is one thing. I look forward to seeing how you will convince your Clan instead."

Feifei then showed an angry face that couldn't really scare anyone.

"Hmph! We will obviously find a way!"

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With Krune back to the Blacksmith Hall, his 'personal' blacksmiths also returned to answer his questions. The teaching part of the program would extend for five months, and Krune intends to achieve the Five Silver Stars Blacksmith Rank by the end.

Krune then spent around a week in the Blacksmith Hall without leaving. During that time, Krune and Feifei just exchanged a few messages through the communicator. Of course, Krune also sent a few messages to Tasier and Lofa, who were also there. Fortunately, it seemed that Lofa was finally willing to answer.

"I talked a little with Feifei too. Although it still bothers me that you kept with her, I have to admit that she is a good girl. She doesn't act like a spoiled child of a Great Clan like some of my cousins do back in Makui Planet. In fact, she is very playful. Now that I decided to not bother with the two of you anymore, she turned out to be very friendly."

Krune nodded and said.

"Oh, that's good then. Anyway, I have Master to teach me, so I'm not participating in this part of the program. But you are different, so make sure to use this opportunity right."

Lofa didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Krune seemed like he didn't care about what happened anymore. In fact, she is sure that he really didn't. Any other person would feel awkward in this situation, but that wisp really thought about it as nothing.

'I guess this is good.'

Lofa then answered.

"Don't worry, I will make sure to pay attention to everything."

Krune then ended the call and called Tasier after.

"Hahaha! This grandfather here is doing great! I think I might be able to reach the second stage of the Core Formation Realm by the end of the next month."

Krune then said.

"That's to be expected. You broke into the Core Formation Realm just as the Spiritual Pool opened, so you still had a lot of time to use it for cultivation. Besides, with the elders teaching you now, it goes without saying that you will improve even more."

Tasier nodded.

"Exactly! One of the inner elders here is a Lightning Eagle, and our way of doing things is very similar. So he had been helping me a lot. In fact, he is impressed with my talent for the elements that he is best at. He said that depending on my progress by the end of the five months, he might take me as a disciple too!"

Tasier then continued.

"Oh, there is one more thing. After all these months, I'm very close to finishing the last Pseudo Energy Meridians. The elders of my clan back in the makui Planet had also sent a lot of spirit stones for me. So I reckon that right after I create the Spiritual Energy Meridians, my improvement during this program will soar! Not to mention that I have enough spirit stones to open quite a few if not all nine Meridians by that time."

Krune laughed after hearing that.

"That's right, you told your Thunder Hawk clan is quite a big one back in the Makui Planet. Even if the Makui Planet is small, they sure have enough spirit stones if they focus solely on you. Not to mention that they never expected you to enter the Divine Path Sect, so they will definitely do their best to help with your cultivation. After all, it is the same as helping their own clan."

Tasier nodded.

"Right! Oh, I believe that Lofa isn't too far either. But I haven't asked her how many she had built so far. Anyway, I have some things to do, so I will see you later. Also, you should receive the payment for the Soul Healing Pill anytime now."

Krune nodded and then finished the call. He had never been afraid that Tasier wouldn't pay to start with.

"They are doing their best, so I must not lag behind."

In the third week, Feifei and Krune finally got some free time, and with Uncle Feng's help, she slipped by the grand elder's watch. She then went to Krune's house to see what the Myriad Energy Technique is really about. Inside, Ruik and Krune were talking a little while they waited for Feifei to arrive. As for Lakin, he went somewhere with Cassy. From the looks of it, the two of them are doing quite well together.

Krune then received a message that Feifei was already there and then opened the house protection formation.

The first thing Feifei did after entering was to give Krune a hug!

"Last time those annoying guys that father arranged to come with me were in the way, so I couldn't do it. But this time, I will spend a lot of time with you."

Even Krune had to admit that it made him quite embarrassed. As for Ruik, he just snorted at the scene.

"I won't stay here pretending that I can't see you two. Krune, if you need something, let me know later."

Uncle Feng also felt quite awkward, but he can't leave Feifei's side, so he just pretended that he was seeing nothing.

Krune then patted Feifei's head and said.

"Alright, I won't be able to show you the Myriad Energy Techniques like this."

Only then did Feifei let Krune go.

Krune also looked at Uncle Feng and called him over.

"Uncle Feng, I will pass it to you too. Although I can't say if it is of any use at your Realm, you can give it a try and see if you like it."

From the very moment that Krune found about the Myriad Energies Technique, he had made his mind to pass it over to Feifei and Uncle Feng. It was only because of them back in the Makui Planet that Krune had a chance to find about it. So whether they want to keep it a secret or show it to the Wang Clan, Krune doesn't care. Krune didn't even ask them to keep it a secret to start with.

Krune then spent the day talking about his experiences and showing his own Elemental Meridians. He told them about its good and bad parts, what they should pay attention to, and how they should proceed.

Feifei was impressed with such a thing, but the terrified one was Uncle Feng himself.

"This thing is too heaven-defying! It's even better than the Myriad Wisps Technique that you created. At least, it definitely is for the starting realms. Give me some time, I will try to practice it."

Uncle Feng is already at the Semi Divinity Realm. His control over spiritual energy is who knows how many times better than Krune at the moment. Because of that, even the creation of the Nine Pseudo Energy Meridians didn't show too much of a challenge to him. Not to mention that Krune is also there, so he gave Uncle Feng a few pointers during the process.

In the end, Uncle Feng was able to create all Nine Pseudo Meridians in just a bit more than 5 hours! No only Krune, even Ruik, the wisps, and other demon beasts there at the moment were taken aback.

Feifei also tried to create the Pseudo Energy Meridians. Still, she was only able to create the first two by the same time. She is also going to need a lot more than that since each new one takes even longer to form. That is the difference in the cultivation realm for you.

"Uncle Feng, that is too unfair!"

He looked at Feifei and said.

"This thing requires a lot from your spiritual energy control. But not only my control is hundreds of times better than yours, but I also have already comprehended some Laws. That helped me in creating them even faster. Don't think that this is because my talent is superior, this is just a result of my experience, that's all."

Although Krune also felt quite jealous, he had to admit that Uncle Feng is right. Krune reckons that if he didn't know about the Myriad Energies Technique and he tried to create the nine pseudo energy meridians from scratch now, he wouldn't take more than a week.

"Alright, Uncle Feng, try to create the Spiritual Energy Meridians now."

Feng nodded and took out around a thousand spirit stones. When krune checked them, he almost drooled. Those were all Rank 9 Spirit Stones!

Uncle Feng paid little attention to Krune's envious face. He then started to follow the process according to what was described by the technique to create the Spiritual Energy Meridians. Sure enough, different from the others who took weeks or even over a month, Feng only needed around three hours to create the first one.

After that, it was the same as anyone else. Once you understood how to create the first spiritual energy meridian, the next ones would be a lot easier to create. It followed the opposite trait of the pseudo ones where you need more time the more you create.

Krune was also very curious to see if the Meridians could help someone as strong as Uncle Feng.

Soon, there were two meridians, then three, four, five...

With Uncle Feng's Rank 9 Spirit Stones, spiritual energy couldn't even be considered a problem.

Finally, Uncle Feng created the 9th Spiritual Energy Meridian. As expected, just as he finished it, his spiritual energy meridians also evolved to the Elemental ones.

But then... that was it.

Nothing else happened after he got the Elemental Meridians.

"Let me check how good they are."

Uncle Feng then proceeded to cultivate while using the Elemental Meridians.

"Hum... this is quite good."

Krune was happy to hear that and immediately asked about it.

Uncle Feng then started to give a more detailed explanation.

"Let's start with the realms that are.

Qi condensation;

Foundation Establishment;

Core Formation;

Divine Soul;

Soul Forging;

Void Breaking;

Divine Path;

Divine View;

Semi Divinity;

Divinity;

After that comes ascension, but this is something way too far for you, so I won't enter in detail."

Feng continued.

"As you know, between Core Formation and Soul Forging, spiritual energy has to be converted into Elemental Source Energy. Those are the realms where this Elemental Meridians will make the biggest difference."

"After that comes the realms between Void Breaking and Divine Path. Those realms use Chaos Energy to cultivate. At this point, the cultivators and demon beasts will already have the ability to convert Spiritual Energy into Elemental Source Energy almost instantly. So the Elemental Meridians lose a lot of its effectiveness here."

"Of course, considering that a good part of the Elemental Source Energy is still converted by the Elemental Meridians, it still makes their cultivation a tiny bit faster. That is already quite good since any help can make a huge difference in the end."

"Chaos Energy is created by the use of Elemental Source Energy and Laws. But forget about the Laws. For now, this is also a concept that you won't be able to touch before Soul Forging."

"Since the Elemental Meridians can't convert Elemental Source Energy into Chaos Energy, you can't see any significant difference between those who use it and those who don't. Of course, as I said, those who have the Elemental Meridians will still have a little advantage."

"Finally, there is a type of energy necessary for Semi Divinity and Divinity. But your Elemental Energy meridians will have no use here, so I won't comment about that now."

Uncle Feng then looked at Krune and said.

"Still, this cultivation technique is marvelous! It is definitely worth it to keep as a sect's legacy. I look forward to seeing what you will do after you reach Void Breaking. Perhaps, you will find a way to evolve the meridians once more so that they can create Chaos Energy."

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Krune had thought about it before.

Spiritual Energy Meridians made the Spiritual Energy absorbed compatible with the user straight away.

Elemental Meridians went a step further and converted some of the Spiritual Energy into Elemental Source Energy.

So Krune thought that perhaps, his Elemental meridians could evolve once more and convert the Elemental Source Energy into Chaos Energy.

But he also noticed a problem here. According to Uncle Feng, comprehension about laws is necessary for the conversion of Elemental Source Energy into Chaos Energy. Since that is the case, Krune definitely won't be able to try anything new before he reaches a realm high enough to start touching them.

'I will need to reach the Soul Forging Realm first, it seems.'

Uncle Feng then said.

"Alright, this is it for now. Feifei, you should try to create the Spiritual Energy Meridians and the Elemental Meridians as soon as possible. It will be very beneficial in your realm."

He then turned to Krune.

"As for you, what do you want from us in exchange for this technique?"

Krune was taken aback, but he soon recovered and shook his head.

"I want nothing. If Feifei hadn't saved me back then, there would be no Myriad Energies Technique. The same goes for you, Uncle Feng. If you hadn't given me the standard version of the technique, there would still be nothing in the end."

"I have long since decided that once I met you again, I would pass the technique over. Whether you want to keep it a secret or pass it to your clan, it changes nothing for me."

Uncle Feng heard that and sighed.

"This technique's worth is immeasurable. I can't just take it like that, especially now that it is so beneficial for Feifei."

Feifei also nodded.

"That is correct. Although I'm your wife to be, we are still the ones receiving a lot here. Sure, I saved your life back there, but that doesn't mean that I will take advantage of you. Think carefully, there should be something that can pay you back. Also, don't worry, I will not pass this technique to anyone."

Uncle Feng nodded.

"Same thing here. In fact, to bring it out would sooner or later lead to your existence. Before you can defend yourself, I have no intention of putting Feifei's loved one at risk."

Krune couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Not because he wouldn't divulge the technique. But the fact that It was the first time Uncle Feng recognized him as Feifei's partner.

"Well, the fact is that I can't think about anything I want at the moment. I could say spirit stones, but in the end, this isn't a problem that I can't resolve myself with time."

Krune thought for a while and then asked.

"I'm intending to make a set of 38 flying shields to use during my missions. The guy in the Blacksmith Hall said that he is going to use Spring Spiritual Ore to make Peak Silver Stars Shields. Is there a better ore that I can use? It has to be able to hold all kinds of elements and Tribulation lighting. Of course, if you don't have anything, then just forget it."

Uncle Feng started to think. Although he isn't a blacksmith, he at least has knowledge about rare materials. After all, the worst thing to happen would be to pass by something valuable without noticing its value.

"I think... I might have something good for that. If fact, this is a Golden Star Material, but it can be used to create a Silver Star equipment as well. It's just that it would be considered quite a waste. Of course, shields made of this ore would be much sturdier and better at holding elements. As for your Tribulation Lightning, I reckon it will find it very natural to be conducted inside."

Uncle Feng then took a small purple ore out.

As soon as it appeared, Krune felt the familiar power of Tribulation Lighting coming from it.

"This thing here is called Tribulation Ore. As the name implies, it is made through the use of Tribulation Lightning. It appears during the heavenly Tribulation of a Soul Forging Realm cultivator or above. In fact, I believe that your Sect also has it. It's just that Golden Star Materials are not given for free. Usually, you have to provide the materials or buy them with the Merit Points."

Krune's eyes immediately lit up. He could feel the compatibility of his Tribulation Lightning and that ore. Without a doubt, his combat prowess would be much higher if his shields were made with them.

"That is perfect! Thank you!"

Uncle Feng nodded.

"As I said, it is quite a waste to use it to make a peak silver star equipment. Still, with your future prospects, it shouldn't be a problem if you use them for it now. Whether you are going to do it or not, it's up to you, though."

He then took quite a few more of them out and asked.

"Is this enough to create all 38 flying shields?"

Krune immediately confirmed.

"Yes, yes! That is even more than enough."

Krune then put all the ores inside his spatial ring. He was very happy at the moment. He didn't want anything in exchange, this part was true. But since they insisted, he won't be polite.

Suddenly, Uncle Feng looked in a specific direction and said.

"Seems like your Master is here."

Sure enough, a few seconds later, Lucio appeared inside Krune's house.

"Why did you tell him? It is no fun when he already knows that I'm going to appear."

Krune heard that, and his mouth twitched.

"Old geezer, since when did the Sect Master become someone with so much free time?"

Lucio ignored Krune's question and said.

"Anyway, why are you guys here? This rainbow guy is my disciple, you know?"

Krune's rage almost reached the roof after that comment.

Uncle Feng just shook his head and pointed at Feifei.

"The two love birds wanted to see each other without the flies sent by the Wang Clan bothering them. So I gave Feifei a little help to slip by the grand elder."

Krune's rage immediately deflated like a balloon after hearing Uncle Feng's answer, and even Feifei got a little red after that.

Lucio then nodded.

"Oh, that's good. I reckon that you aren't against their relationship, right?"

Uncle Feng also nodded.

"I'm not. But I won't lie either. Until the day that I arrived and saw his improvement with my own eyes, I was still against it. Fortunately, I did not try anything to stop it, and I'm happy about that."

Lucio then laughed.

"It's already very good if Feng the Crazy recognizes my disciple. I might as well tell you this: I won't give Krune to the Wang Clan, but I don't care whether Feifei marries into my Sect or not either. If she wants, she can still be part of the Wang Clan even after it. All I want to see is Wang Xin's face when he finds out that his daughter fell in love with my disciple. Hahaha!"

Uncle Feng heard that and sighed.

"You are still holding onto that issue. It was something that happened while the two of you were young, you know? Is there any meaning in thinking about that now? Besides, what's the point in using Feifei for that?"

Krune and Feifei were as puzzled as they could be.

Lucio then shook his head and said.

"I have already forgotten about that issue, and I hold no grudge. First of all, the final decision could not be made by Wang Xin or me to start with. So I've never felt like I had to take revenge or anything."

Uncle Feng was taken aback.

"Then why-"

Before he could even answer, Lucio cut him off.

"But it doesn't mean that I don't feel anything either. My disciple having a relationship with his daughter just turned out to be a coincidence. I knew that Feifei was the reason that I noticed Krune, but I've never thought that they liked each other. I want to help him get the girl he loves, and if that will also break Wang Xin's leg, then why not? Haha!"

Krune was feeling a mix of rage and gratitude at the same time. Anger because he was being used like that, and appreciation since being used wasn't his Master's primary reason. His Master first wanted him to be with the girl he loves, and his use against Wang Xin turned out to be a side effect.

"Old geezer. Don't you think that it is already time for you to tell me what's going on?"

Lucio turned his head away and said.

"That's not for you to know."

Krune was just about to continue when suddenly, he received a Divine Sense message from Feifei.

"It would be quite a boring story if it didn't involve the Wang Clan's Head and the Divine Path Sect Master. I heard it from my mother, though. It seems like that back then, both my father and your Master liked her. But she still had chosen my dad in the end. That's what Lucio meant when he said that the final decision wasn't his or my father's. The final decision was obviously my mother's."

Krune finally understood what was going on, and he could help but sympathize a little with him. Still, it was due to that choice that Feifei is here today, so he can't deny that he is happy that she chose the Wang Clan Head in the end.

Feifei then continued.

"Of course, back then, my father was just a descendant of the Wang Clan while your Master was only a disciple of the Sect. Neither of then had any power whatsoever. I heard from my mother that the two of them had been rivals for a long time even before that event."

Krune nodded and then told Lucio.

"Old geezer, now I know why you are still unmarried."

Lucio almost fainted!

"Now then, aren't you the brave one to spill it on my face?"

Krune didn't care, though.

"Hmph! So what? It's not like you don't say whatever you want, either. By the way, thank you for supporting me. I will give you this in exchange."

Krune then sent a message to Lucio's communicator.

When Lucio looked inside, he was puzzled.

"Myriad Energies Technique? What will I do with such a common technique?"

Krune then laughed.

"If you think this is nothing worth taking a look, then just delete the message."

Lucio narrowed his eyes but decided to take a look anyway.

"This!"

Krune then said.

"Just make sure to keep it as a secret for the moment. I don't want to attract the wolves too early."

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Lucio had his eyes glued in the technique for quite some time. He then took a deep breath and looked at Krune.

"This thing is impressive. As expected of the one that I took as my disciple."

Krune didn't know whether to laugh or cry! What does it have to do with me being your disciple?

"I won't bother with your comments, old geezer. Anyway, what you plan to do with it now, will you give it a try?"

Lucio pondered a bit and then looked at Uncle Feng.

"If I'm not wrong, it doesn't have much of use at our realm, correct?"

Uncle Feng smiled and nodded.

"Correct. This technique is amazing for those at the Soul Forging and below. You might as well say that it is the best I have ever seen. But at Void Breaking and above, it really doesn't change much. It can't create Chaos Energy, after all."

Lucio agreed with that point.

"I was already expecting it."

He then looked at Krune and said.

"I won't try it since it has no use for me at the moment. But if you are ever able to create a version that can use Chaos Energy, then let me know."

Krune was surprised by that.

"Aren't you going to ask to let the sect be able to use it?"

Lucio looked at Krune and snorted.

"I'm not that idiot. This thing would cause too much of a stir if we show it to the world. Even if I decided to only allow Legacy disciples to cultivate it, the other powers would sooner or later notice that they are improving way too fast. At that point, we might become the common enemy of everyone since the others would feel threatened."

Uncle Feng heard that and nodded.

"This is also the reason why I told you that I won't show it to the Wang Clan. It might bring more harm than good. We are not talking about only the Western Protectorate here. This thing could cause a stir even in the Central Region, let alone the other sides."

"Oh, right! There was one more thing. I noticed that it could also enhance the elemental understanding. It makes it easier to control them, as well. This is one more reason to not let it out so easily."

Krune knew that his technique was very good, but not to the point of starting a war.

Lucio then asked Krune.

"I want an account of everyone who is currently practicing this technique. I need to talk with them all to make sure that they won't let it go out."

Uncle Feng also agreed with Lucio.

"Your Master is correct. It is also for their own safety."

Krune nodded and said.

"At first, most of the wisps were using the real version, but now only those who entered the Foundation Establishment are still with it. I had all the wisps change their cultivation technique to the Myriad Wisps Technique. As you probably already noticed, that technique is also very good, but not like the real version. Not to mention that it only works for wisps, so they shouldn't have a problem."

Krune continued

"Other than them, there is also the demon beasts like the Lizard Dragons and Lakin's friends, which are three. So, at the moment we have:

4 Wisps counting with me;

9 Demon Beasts counting with Tasier;

The humans are Lofa, Ao, Yusa, Shinja, and Arlan;

And the rest are Master, Uncle Feng, and Feifei."

Lucio nodded.

"If those are the only ones, then that's okay. With this amount of practitioners, it will be too hard for anyone to notice any difference. After all, the Divine Path Sect has tens of thousands of disciples between Foundation Establishment and Soul Forging. But you should refrain from showing it to anyone else from now on, understood?"

This was one of the rare times that Krune ever saw Lucio talking really seriously. Hence, he understood that the situation was graver than he thought.

"Alright. I didn't have any intention to pass it to anyone else for the time being anyway."

Lucio nodded.

"I will talk with everyone, too, just to make sure."

Lucio hen turned to Uncle Feng, but before he could say anything, Uncle Feng cut him.

"You don't need to worry. I told you already, didn't I? I won't be showing it to the Wang Clan either. At least not until Krune has reached a realm where he can defend himself."

Lucio nodded, satisfied.

With this topic finished, Krune looked at his Master and asked.

"By the way, old geezer. Why did you come here?"

Lucio answered.

"Oh, right! The Blacksmith Hall contacted me about your progress there. When I sent you to make your flying shields, I didn't expect that you would try to create the Divine Imprints yourself. So I came to ask if you can get it ready before the missions starting in 4 months."

Krune nodded.

"That shouldn't be a problem. They said that although I can't create the shields themselves before reaching the peak of the Silver Star Level, I can leave the shields to them and make the Imprints only. Like that, I only need to reach the Five Silver Stars."

Lucio looked at Krune and narrowed his eyes.

"Is what they told me true? Were you just a Three Bronze Stars blacksmith around two months before the spiritual pool opened?"

Krune nodded. It's not like he needed to keep it a secret. He just didn't want to catch the others' attention.

Uncle Feng noticed Lucio's weird face and asked.

"Errr... Then, what level are you now?"

Krune then took out his Two Silver Stars badge and showed it to him.

Uncle Feng looked at that amazed.

"After you left the Spiritual Pool, you only spent three weeks in the Blacksmith Hall. Doesn't that mean that you have gone from a Three Bronze Stars to a Two Silver Stars in a little less than three months?"

Krune pondered a bit and nodded in the end.

"That's about correct. But it's starting to get hard to improve my rank. I believe I will need the next 3 to 4 months to reach the Five Silver Stars. Sigh... It's not easy to manage time when you are a wisp."

Uncle Feng felt like giving Krune a good beating! Are you making fun of me? Usually, any normal Blacksmith apprentice would take no less than two years to go from Bronze Stars to Silver Stars, and that is counting that they are part of a big power like theirs. Even the talented geniuses still take over a year. But you did that in less than three months!

Lucio, on the other hand, just laughed.

"Hahaha! As expected of my disciple, you obviously had to be at least this talented."

Uncle Feng's jaw dropped!

'Perhaps, both Master and Disciple need a beating... together!'

Unfortunately, he knows that it was not the place for that.

Feifei, on the other hand, felt even more proud of Krune. Her smile couldn't be brighter at the moment.

Lucio noticed that and chuckled.

"This Wang girl is having quite the deal for getting this disciple of mine. Still, you are quite talented yourself, so I look forward to seeing how good your children will be."

Uncle Feng also nodded.

"Indeed, I'm very curious to see how a wisp and a human child look like. Too bad that it is still too early for that."

Feifei's face went totally red like a tomato. After all, to have a child, she would need to make 'that' with Krune. Not that she is unwilling, of course.

Uncle Fend and Lucio saw that laughed out loud.

They then looked at Krune and were surprised.

Krune didn't seem embarrassed at all! In fact, he had a face that showed that he was thinking deeply about something.

"What are you pondering about?"

Krune was awakened from his stupor and said.

"To have a child... Doesn't that mean we need to have s*x with each other? Or at least, that's what the other common beasts did while I lived in the Makui Forest. Should I just do the same? But now that I think about it, how do I get my pe-"

Before he could finish, Feifei cut him off!

"Shut up!"

She couldn't take that anymore. Krune was making it way too much 'detailed' for her heart.

Uncle Feng and Lucio, obviously, were laughing even more. That is, without a doubt, the Krune that they know!

Krune was taken aback with that, though.

'Could it be that my information is wrong? I guess I will look into it on the Sect network later.'

While trying to stop laughing, Lucio turned to Krune and said.

"Don't worry. You are pretty much correct. Still, this is something that shouldn't be discussed in the open like that, especially in front of your beloved."

He then turned to Feifei and said.

"When the time comes, you just need to leave it to Feifei. I'm sure that as a girl, she can make your little friend work without a problem."

Feifei just wanted to dig a hole and hide inside there forever!

Still, Krune was puzzled, though.

"Which friend is it? Do I need a friend for it? So weird..."

Only then did Lucio remember who he was talking to, and then he explained which 'friend' he was talking about through a Divine Sense message.

"Oh! So that is my little friend. Alright, I will wait until Feifei can show me then."

Feifei finally had her fill and stood up to leave.

"I... am going back to my room. I will send a message to you when I get free again."

Krune nodded.

"Okay. I also need to go back to the Blacksmith Hall to keep my training too. If you get any question about the Myriad Energies Technique, let me know."

Feifei nodded and was just about to leave when she heard Lucio's voice from behind.

"Everyone here knows about your relationship. In that case, shouldn't you at least give Krune a goodbye kiss?"

Her feet then immediately froze in place.

Krune heard that too and looked at Lucio.

"Old geezer. If Feifei doesn't want something, then there is no need for that. I will never force her to anything that she doesn't want."

Krune then turned to Feifei and said.

"Feifei, just ignore this idiot Master of mine. Besides, I'm a wisp. I don't see too much of a meaning in things like a kiss anyway."

Feifei was taken aback. Krune might not, but she, as a human girl, obviously does! She then gritted teeth and walked back to Krune.

She then grabbed his head and... forcefully stole Krune's first kiss!

"You might not see much of a meaning, but I definitely do! Also, I want a lot more in the future."

Right after saying that, she disappeared like smoke! She probably had never moved so fast before. Uncle Feng, of course, followed Feifei with a smug face.

Krune was taken aback by that and looked at the direction that Feifei left absent-minded.

Lucio also had the same smug face as Uncle Feng and asked.

"So... you don't see too much of a meaning in kisses, right?"

Krune immediately came back to himself and felt quite embarrassed.

"Cough, cough. Even wisps can be wrong, no?"

Lucio heard that and laughed even more.

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Having sent his Master out, Krune also left for the Blacksmith Hall. Other than improving his skills at forging, he didn't have much else to do. Of course, he also left his nights open for cultivation and practicing the Elemental Regulation Technique.

Time passed, and three months went by.

During this time, Juji had successfully built his foundation and entered the Foundation Establishment Realm. Krune then asked him if there was any problem with the Myriad Wisps Technique.

"Nothing wrong here, Ancestor. My cultivation speed has improved a lot now that I brokethorugh too."

Krune nodded and made a few more questions, but it seemed that his new technique was really working fine, much for his relief.

Krune then returned to the Blacksmith Hall to continue his practice.

Today, Krune was in the middle of crafting something new. He was sweating all over and feeling quite tired. Still, he kept at it for hours nonstop! Finally, he finished his job. Krune looked at that thing that looked like a seal in front of him and smiled satisfied.

"Five Silver Stars Divine Imprint!"

As soon as he finished it, his Four Silver Stars badge started to shine. That was the proof that he had forged something above of the level that the badge represented. Krune's smile got even bigger after that since it also proved that he was successful.

"I can finally ask Elres to start forging my shields."

Krune then exited and went to the counter to exchange his Silver Stars badge. The Menial disciple that took care there was already numb to Krune's improvement. Krune came to him for every badge exchange, which scared him at first. But now, he decided to simply ignore it. Not to mention that the Hall manager gave him strict orders to not spread Krune's information around.

"Here is the Four Silver Stars Badge. Please exchange it for the next one. Also, can you call Blacksmith Elres over? I need to talk to him."

The Menial disciple nodded and left to change the badge. Sometime later, he came back with Elers by his side and the new badge.

Krune then received his badge and followed Elres to his private Blacksmith room. Elres had already been made privy of Krune's circumstances. Although he didn't want to believe it, the proof was right in front of him.

'In this universe, there really are those called heaven-defying geniuses.'

He sighed deeply and then asked.

"Did you make a Divine Imprint already?"

Krune nodded and brought it out. After checking it, Elres nodded.

"Very well. As you know, Divine Imprints must be attached to the equipment straight away after they are made. You will need to accompany me during the forging process to guarantee that every single one of the imprints is delivered at the right time."

Krune agreed with that.

"Yes, I already told everyone that should know that I won't be able to leave the Blacksmith Hall for some time, so we can start anytime you want. But before that..."

Krune then brought out all the Tribulation Ores that he got from Uncle Feng.

"I would like to use those ores to make my Flying Shields."

Elres looked at that and was amazed!

"This! They are all Tribulation Ores! How did you get your hands on them?"

Krune laughed and said.

"They were my payment, but that's all I can tell."

Elres then looked at Krune and asked.

"Are you sure you want to use them to make peak Silver Stars Shields? I will be honest here, it would be quite a waste. After all, these Ores are Golden Stars Materials."

Krune immediately nodded.

"I'm sure! It has to be them."

Elres then took the materials and said.

"Okay, we can start an hour later. Considering the time that you take to forge a Divine Imprint, we are probably staying there for at least 10 days, so you better be ready."

Krune nodded. As long as the shields are completed before he leaves for the missions in the dimensional realms, that is fine.

At the same time, somewhere close to the border between the Divine Path Sect territory and the Central Region. There is a frozen planet almost voided of any life called Zalein. The temperature is so low that a common human would freeze in just a few seconds. Still, this is also the Planet where the Blue Luan inner elder of the Divine Path Sect brought her disciples for training.

Shinja's Master's name was Lua. Like most of the demon beasts, she also didn't have a family name. Lua had prepared a full training program for all the disciples and their different realms. The reason that she chose this Planet was that it has existed for a very long time. Due to that, its core had long since cooled down.

Another reason is that this Planet was different from others. Here, the deeper you go, the colder it gets. Lua then brought the group to a place where they could see a gigantic hole. Once you looked down, you simply couldn't see the end of it.

In the end, Lua told them that this Planet was one of the places that the Sect prepared for its disciples. Especially those who use water or ice as the main elements. It was also because this place had been prepared for the Divine Path Sect that they could even breathe at the moment.

Lua looked at everyone and said.

"Alright, for those at the Core Formation Realm, I hope to see you reaching at least 10km deep by the end of our stay here. Divine Soul Realm is 30km. Finally, Soul Forging Realm has to reach 80km. Don't look down on the dangers of this place. The cold in this place is different from the one you all know. It can breakthrough your spiritual energy barrier and enter your body where it is really difficult to remove. If you see that you are getting close to your limit, come up again, rest, and go back inside when you are ready."

One of the disciples who came here for the first time asked.

"What are the advantages of this place, Master?"

Lua looked at all the new disciples and said.

"That cold that I told you is imbued with Water Element. Although it sounds obvious, the concentration that it reached in this place is out of the charts. Your objective is to use your own control of the Water or Ice Element to fend it out. You are not allowed to use any other element unless you get into a dangerous situation. First of all, if you use any other element to hold off the cold, the training will lose its meaning, and you will basically waste your time here."

Only now they understood how strange this place is, but it was obvious that it was made for them to improve their control.

"Alright, I'm going ahead, but I will keep a look at you all with my Divine Sense. Anyone who exceeds my expectations will receive a reward by the time we get back to the Sect."

Immediately, everyone's eyes lit up!

Shinja came to understand her Master a little during the time they spent together. She was very strict and cold, but she was also very generous. All that she demanded was for you to give your all. As long as you reached her target, you would usually be compensated. For her Master to make it so clear this time, it was evident that she had prepared something very good for those who succeed!

Lua then flew inside of the hole while her disciples followed right behind her. Just like this, Shinja's Master special training program started.

As for Ao's group, their situation could be called anything but good at the moment.

During this time, both Ao and Arlan had broken through the Core Formation Realm as well. Thanks to the Elemental Meridians, they are already close to the third stage while Yusa had already entered it. As for Ula, she had just broken through into the 4th stage when she participated in the Divine Path Sect entrance exam. So in the last months, she had reached the peak of the 4th stage. Don't think about it as slow, one must remember that she doesn't have the Myriad Energy Technique. This rate of improvement already shows how talented she is, even without the Elemental Meridians.

Ao's group was hidden inside a cave that they excavated themselves. They had quite a few injuries, including Yusa, who usually plays the support role. The one in the worst condition was Ula. As a 4th stage Moon Wolf and a Tribulation Lightning user, she turned out to be their main attack power. But because of that, she was also the one to suffer the most.

Thankfully, Ao had brought a lot of healing pills, which he passed to Ula so that she could recover faster. It pained Ao to see Ula in that state, but he knew that now wasn't the time to think about it.

Ao looked at everyone and couldn't help but comment.

"Just how are they even tracking us down time and time again? Can divination really be that useful?"

Yusa shook her head.

"I don't know, but I don't think it is divination anymore. Unless we are facing a group with a Divine Soul Realm or even a Soul Forging seer. But why would such a high-level guy play with us like this? With that cultivation realm, it would be much faster if he just came by himself and finished us off."

Arlan nodded.

"Yusa is right. Whatever it is, it's not to do with divination anymore. We have something that they are using to track us down."

Ula was in her Moon Wolf form at the moment so that she could control her spiritual energy better. Still, she was fully focused on healing, so she didn't pay attention to their conversation. Even in that form, Ao could see her pained expression, so he patted her head a little. Ula was taken aback for a second and then immediately relaxed while continued to recover.

Ao then looked at Yusa and asked.

"Are the detection runestones still working fine?"

Yusa nodded.

"As soon as a fly gets close, I will know."

The situation continued like that for a few hours when suddenly, Yusa opened her eyes.

"They are here, we need to move!"

And just like that, Ao's group missions were going through ups and downs while they strived to get used to a group where Krune isn't present. But one thing is sure, as long as they can survive, they will improve by leaps and bounds!

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Back at the Divine Path Sect, Krune had already spent 5 days during the process of forging his flying shields. His proficiency in making the Divine Imprints increased with each one made. It also decreased the amount of time necessary to make them.

'According to what I can see, just 3 or at most 4 more days and my flying shields will be ready.'

Elres already expected that, but to see it with his own eyes, that still did some damage to his pride. Still, he is a 3 Golden Stars Blacksmith, so he wouldn't let it bother him for long.

Krune also used the free time where he didn't have to forge the Divine Imprints to cultivate and practice the Elemental Regulation Technique.

'It won't be long before I reach the middle accomplishment stage of the technique. At that time, the difference between my Lightning Element and the others will reduce even more. It was thanks to this technique that I was able to create the purple flames so early, and I believe that their prowess will increase even more.'

It's also worth mentioning that during these four months and a half, Krune was also able to reach the middle of the 3rd of the Core Formation. He could have gone even further, but for the sake of his shields, he put a lot more effort into his Blacksmith path.

There is only another half a month or so for the teaching program to be over. During these months, both Lofa and Tasier were able to create their spiritual energy meridians. As mentioned before, both Tasier and Lofa came from wealthy backgrounds, so their elder had long since sent the spirit stones that they needed.

Thanks to that, the two of them have already been able to evolve their meridians into the Elemental ones. As a water element user, Lofa obviously had a transparent Elemental Meridians, just like Shinja. As for Tasier, his race has both high affinity with lightning and wind. So his Elemental Meridians were a mix of Lightning Blue and Air Pale Blue. There were also a few spots representing his control of the Metal Element as well.

Different from Ao and the others, they had the chance to enter the Spiritual Pool. During this time, Tasier was able to reach the peak of the second stage while Lofa was somewhere in the middle. One must remember that until a little time ago, they didn't have the Myriad Energies Meridians. It was thanks to the pool that they were able to keep more or less at Ao's group level.

As for Feifei and Krune, they would now and then find a time where both are free. Sometimes Feifei couldn't slip by the grand elder, so she had to drag the other guys from the Wang Clan territory around. But the times that she succeed, she would almost always spend it at Krune's side.

Of course, she did not neglect her cultivation. As Krune had suspected, Feifei was really at the late stages of the Core Formation. To be more specific, she was at the 7th stage when she arrived at the Divine Path Sect. After the month spent into the Spiritual Pool plus the time outside, she had finally entered the 8th stage two weeks ago. The main key for Krune and Feifei's situation is their own strength, so she was very determined to increase her power.

Finally, four days later, Elres put his tools away and took a deep breath. Krune's 38 Peak 9 Silver Stars Hexagonal Flying Shields were completed! Elres then passed the last one to Krune, who received it with his eyes shining!

"Thank you, Senior Elres."

Elres shook his head and said.

"That's the rule of the Sect, the first equipment is always free as long as it is not at the Golden Stars Level. Since you provided the Golden Stars Material, the crafting was free anyway. Besides, we blacksmiths, also get paid for the job that we do here. I reckon that I will get quite a nice reward from crafting those shields with Golden Star Materials too."

Krune nodded, but he still felt gratitude anyway. He could tell that every single shield was like a piece of art. It was evident that Elres really did his best at making them.

Elres looked at Krune and commented.

"During the time that we were doing your shields, your proficiency at making the Divine Imprints increase with every single one. With your talent, I believe that you won't take more than 3 or 4 months to reach the Six Silver Stars level."

Krune nodded and said.

"That is more or less what I think too. But I won't practice blacksmith for the time being. I've noticed that my rate of improvement in the occupation is also linked to the level of my cultivation. So the higher my realm, the easier it is to improve. After I come back from the missions in the dimensional realms, I will spend my time cultivating and doing other missions to gather merit points. I also plan to go back to alchemy and formations during that time, too, so that I can make them catch up with my forging skills."

Elres didn't know what to say anymore. Doesn't that mean that Krune will also become a Silver Stars Alchemist and Formations Master? But then again, with Krune's talent for side occupations, it might really be possible. No, if he puts the effort, Elres is sure that he definitely can do it!

"Anyway. After you come back form the dimensional realm, make sure to drop by. This is the first time I made a Silver Stars Equipment using Golden Stars Materials. Although, in theory, it should work even better, I want to check again and hear about your experiences with the Equipment Set."

Krune nodded.

"No problem. For now, I'm going back to practice using them a little. If I see anything strange before I depart, I will make sure to drop by to ask your opinion too."

Elres nodded, and they bid their farewells.

While Krune was going back to his residence, he decided to tell his Master that his shields were also completed. Immediately after, his Master sent a reply.

"Good. In that case, come to my home. You haven't received any lesson or had the chance to practice at all during your time in the Blacksmith Hall. I will give you some help and check your condition before you leave for the Dimension Realm."

Krune's eyes immediately lit up after hearing that. If there is one thing he wants at the moment, that is to test the power of his shields against someone who he doesn't need to be afraid of hurting. After taking a few teleport formations, Krune finally arrived at the Sect Master's house.

Lucio noticed his presence and sent a Divine Sense message from inside.

"Come in, I'm in the pocket dimension."

After arriving there, Krune noticed that other than Lucio, there was someone else that he had never seen before. But for some reason, he felt some familiarity with the man's aura.

Lucio then came forward and introduced the man.

"This person here is my Master, Lani Gobel."

Krune was taken aback by those words. If he is the old geezer's Master, that also means that he is his Grandmaster! No, first of all, the old geezer is already that powerful inside the Divine Path Sect territory. Then, just how strong is the man in front of him now?

"Are you really the old geezer's Master?"

As expected of the wisp who doesn't care about status, he still didn't give his Master any face at all!

Lucio's mouth twitched when he heard that.

"It seems like there is a wisp here in need of a beating. Good, good!"

Krune didn't care, though.

"Hmph! Knowing you, I reckon that it is very possible that you are trying to pull my leg. Don't think that I will fall for your tricks all the time, old geezer."

Lucio was feeling helpless. That really is his Master. He wanted to brag about how talented his first disciple is. Still, it turned out that he is being humiliated like that. But then again, it was his mistake to not think about such a possibility.

Lani, who was hearing everything from the side, suddenly laughed.

"Hahaha! No wonder you took him as a disciple. Now then, aren't the two of you just made for each other? If you two swapped your souls, even I would have some difficulty to notice the change."

Lucio heard that and felt embarrassed.

Lani then came forward and extended his hand.

"Hello there, kid. I'm your idiot Master's Master, or your Grandmaster if you prefer. I have to say that you are exactly as I thought you would be."

Since the man was being polite, Krune obviously followed suit and shook his hand.

"I'm Krune, the wisp that was forced to become the old geezer's disciple, or your grand disciple if you prefer."

Lani nodded, satisfied.

"Don't blame him too much. You might not know this, but this Lucio now is already excellent. You definitely wouldn't want to meet that young boy from 50 thousand years ago."

Lucio was feeling like crying.

"Master!"

Lani looked at Lucio and said.

"Shut up! I'm not saying any lies here. Besides, you will have the chance to do the same with your disciple's disciples."

Lucio sighed and just shook his head.

Krune, on the other hand, got an amazingly good first impression of this man.

"Grandmaster, I think we are going to get along very well."

Lani nodded and then said.

"Alright, I already helped you get back at him a little. Let's go back into the business."

Lani then retreated and let Lucio do the talk.

"Cough, cough. Anyway, Master was curious about the fact that I finally got a disciple, so he came to check on you. We will go through the things that you learned and then do some battle practice to check this new Flying Shields of yours."

Krune nodded and then immediately started to do what Lucio was asking.

"Let me check your improvement with the Elemental Regulation Technique."

Krune then sent a line of spiritual energy forward. Lucio looked at that and nodded.

"Good. I can see that you are getting close to the middle stage of the technique."

Lani was also looked at that and couldn't help but give some praise in his mind. Lucio was already very good back then when he passed this technique to him, but Krune proved to be even better at that.

Krune then spent the next days practicing and listening to his Master's words. Finally, Lucio told Krune.

"Alright, that is enough for now, you just need to digest everything you learned. For now, let's move into some combat practice. I want to see just how good you became with your flying shields."

Krune was ecstatic. The time that he had been waiting for was here!

"Old geezer, you better be ready!"

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Lucio looked at Krune and laughed.

"This time, I won't just stay put receiving your attacks. It would be of no use, after all. But don't worry, I won't hurt you... much."

Krune didn't care. In fact, it would be even better! Krune then changed back to his wisp form and immediately took his 38 Shields out. They started to orbit around Krune at high speeds, and one could see each one with a different Element.

Krune, of course, immediately took distance. He has never been a close combat fighter. After that, 30 of his Shields separated from him and moved in Lucio's way in various directions.

"Tribulation Thunder Line!"

Immediately, the Lightning Element plus Tribulation Lightning hit the closest shields, and from there, it followed to another one around Lucio. Thunder line was supposed to be a straight-line attack, but thanks to Krune's flying shields positions, the attacks can change route and confuse the enemy. That made it very difficult to know which Shield would be the one to send the attack.

Lucio saw that and snorted.

As soon as the thunder line was about to hit him from the side, Lucio raised his hand as if he was going to block it.

Krune saw that and wanted to smile. Unfortunately or not, his wisp form doesn't have a face to start with.

Just as the attack was about to be blocked, something unexpected happened. The Tribulation Thunder Line was supposed to move in a straight line after leaving a Shield, but surprisingly, it made a curve!

Lucio didn't have time to adjust, and the attack passed right through his defense. Sure enough, Lucio was hit!

Right after, several other Tribulation Thunder Lines hit at the same time.

"That's what you get for looking down on me, old geezer!"

But suddenly, Krune heard a voice behind him.

"Is that so?"

Krune was startled and only had enough time to reposition the 8 Shields that he left behind for his protection.

Boom!

His shield wall was struck by a powerful fire-lightning attack and was sent back against Krune. He did his best to stop the incoming shields, but they still hit him and sent his core flying back.

Krune was confused for a second, but when he looked in the direction where his Tribulation Thunder Line hit Lucio, he noticed a congregation of spiritual energy dissipating. Immediately, Krune understood what was happening.

'That wasn't the old geezer from the very start, it was nothing more than a spiritual energy clone! His one is also a lot better than the Elemental Ones that I and the others used in the past. Even after hitting it, I didn't notice any difference until it started to dissipate.'

But Krune wasn't sad. If anything, he was excited!

'I guess I know how it works, I will try to do that later as well.'

Lucio didn't continue his attack after the first hit. He only looked at Krune and said.

"Come on now. I'm suppressing my cultivation to the 3rd stage of the Core Formation Realm too, so you can't say that I'm bullying you."

Only now did Krune pay attention to his Master. That was right, he could feel that Lucio's cultivation was the same as his.

"Hmph! Practice makes perfect, it won't work twice!"

Krune then controlled his Shields and started to attack again. This time, he only sent half of his shields out while he kept the other half with him.

Lucio didn't try to block Krune, he only dodged while approaching him at high speeds. But that made Krune amazed! After all, Krune is using his Tribulation Lightning movement at 80% of the power. But his Master, with the same cultivation and without the Tribulation Lightning, was even faster than him!

'How's that possible?!'

Lucio then started his attacks.

"Lighting Palm."

"Azure Dragons."

"Meteor Shower."

While using several attacks of various elements, Lucio still looked calm and composed.

Krune, on the other hand, was doing his best to simply keep himself in the combat. Still, he was getting even more excited! Every movement, attack, defense, control, and everything else was helping him to comprehend his own shortcomings. Lucio was always striking where it hurts, but Krune was taking it all!

Of course, Krune hadn't forgotten his objective of giving his Master the taste of one of his attacks.

After a few more exchanges, Lucio once more found an opening in Krune's defense and immediately charged in. Krune noticed that I tried to retract his Shields, but it was too late.

"Haha! You fell for it, old geezer!"

Just as Lucio was about to hit Krune, he suddenly noticed the power of the Tribulation Lightning, Water, and Fire congregating around Krune!

'Oh! Is it that Tribulation Fire Attack?'

If Lucio wanted, he obviously could leave the perimeter. But at the moment, he is pretending to be at Krune's level, so he couldn't do so.

It only took a split of a second for Krune's attack to be ready. It shows how much smooth his control over the Tribulation Lightning had become after the final impurities cleaning.

The Shields that Krune pretended to retract to defend himself then took their position, making it look something like a dome around the two of them.

"Tribulation Calamity!"

From Krune's body, Tribulation Lightning shot everywhere! But they all had a target, which was the Flying Shields! At the same time, the Water Element and Fire Element covered the entire dome as well. The Tribulation Lightning, which was being reflected everywhere by the Flying Shields, then ignited the elements. Soon, the whole 'dome' was filled with Tribulation Lightning and Purple Flames! Not only that, Krune also used Wind Element to fuel the Purple Fire, turning the attack even more fearsome!

If you consider the power alone, this attack was at least 3 to 4 times more potent than the one Krune used against Wang Ting! The best thing is that even though Krune is right in the middle, he is confident enough to move freely without being hit by his own attack. If someone could see inside, they would notice a tiny space void of both Tribulation Lightning and Purple Flames. It was just big enough to hold a core, or better, a wisp core!

The attack used too much power, and maintaining it put a heavy burden on Krune. Because of that, the attack stopped just three seconds later. The power of Tribulation Lightning ceased, and the purple flames disappeared right after. One could only see the small sparks and of lightning and flames here and there, which would soon disappear too.

Krune then looked at the spot where his Master was, and his mouth twitched.

Lucio was glued at the same place while looking at Krune with a smile. Around him, one could see the Water and Earth Element forming something like a barrier. Those were the two elements best suited to deal with Krune's power, and sure enough, that's what Lucio did.

Lucio might be at the same cultivation level as Krune. Still, his understanding of the Elements wasn't something that Krune could match at the moment. Not to mention that he has already comprehended laws. Thanks to that, he was still able to defend himself against Krune's attacks.

"Not bad, not bad. This attack just now. If I was an ordinary early-stage Divine Soul Realm cultivation, even I would have been hurt by this attack of yours. Also, the fact that you were able to keep it hidden until the last second is commendable. You didn't let you Master down."

Krune then returned to his human form and put his clothes on. He knew that the battle was over at that point.

"Sigh. Old geezer, couldn't you let me hit you just a little? It could have boosted my morale a lot if you had, you know?"

Lucio immediately retorted.

"Boost your morale your head! I just said that this attack could even hurt an early stage Divine Soul Realm! Can I boost your confidence more than that?"

Krune, of course, was happy to know that his trump card was this strong. But his objective of giving his Master a beating seems to still be far, far away.

Lani, who watched everything from the side, was still smiling as if nothing had happened. But inside, he was totally different.

'What kind of monster did my disciple find? Even that Myriad Energies Technique couldn't make Krune this powerful! Is it because of that improved Elemental Core that he told me? No! The improved Elemental Core indeed plays a big role in this issue. But most likely, it is the fact that both the Elemental Core and the Elemental Meridians complement each other. They are just way too much suited for each other.'

Lani continued to ponder.

'Also, that Tribulation Lightning that he uses seems somewhat different. I've seen a lot of cultivators and demon beasts using it before, but Krune is by far the one with the best control over it at his realm. Not to mention that it is a lot more powerful too! Is it because of those impurities cleaning that it turned out like that? I've seen a lot of Tribulation Lightning users using the Heavenly Tribulation to increase their Tribulation Power. But I've never heard about anyone using it for cleaning the already existent one.'

In the end, Lani got to a conclusion.

'There is no doubt, he is not just fortunate, his talent is also far higher than those around his level. The fact that he was able to find about the Myriad Energies Technique real form and even create the Myriad Wisps Technique is the best proof of that. I still think that he has some secret that he hadn't told Lucio. But who doesn't have a secret or two in the cultivation world? My disciple really found a gem this time.'

Lucio, of course, had passed a copy of the Myriad Energy Technique to his Master. So Lani already got a grasp of how the technique worked.

Lucio was still discussing with Krune about their battle when suddenly, Lani came forward to talk.

"Alright. I've seen everything, and I can say that I'm very satisfied. Krune, you will be entering the Dimensional Realm to train with the others in a few days. But don't let your guard down. Even though you have this trump card, it is evidently not something you can use all the time. I reckon that your combat power is somewhere close to the others at the moment. Of course, except for those with Major Cores. Feifei, Uriu Orion, and Hulibe Acrol have them. So they are definitely stronger than you at the moment."

Krune nodded. His Master had already told him that against other Major Core owners, he would jump only two or three levels to fight. With the addition of his peak Nine Silver Stars shields, he might be able to skip one more realm stage, though. But the three mentioned are all at the late stages of the same realm as him. Krune had never been overconfident, and he definitely wouldn't start now.

Lani also nodded and said.

"Alright, come with me then. I will help you reach the 4th stage of the Core Formation Realm before you leave for the dimensional realm."

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Lucio heard that and couldn't help but comment.

"But Master, he has advanced two stages in just half a year, isn't it too fast? Although the Spiritual Pool left has the power to leave no side effects, I still think that we should give him time to adapt to each stage."

Lani heard that and shook his head.

"It will be fine. Krune's comprehension is far above yours or mine when we were at his age. You should be able to tell that after this last fight, no?"

Lucio nodded.

Krune was listening to them and said.

"To be honest, I think Master isn't totally wrong. I spent a lot of these months in the Blacksmith Hall, so I had little time to adapt to anything else at my level."

Lani then shook his head.

"Don't worry. I could judge by the battle just now that you are fine. Although there are indeed places to improve, you are already far above those at your level. Anyway, I'm only doing it because you are leaving for the training in a few days. Otherwise, I would just let you cultivate slowly."

Krune said nothing more after that.

Lani then teleported Krune to his personal pocket dimension, and there, one could see another spiritual pool. Krune then understood why Lani wasn't afraid to affect his foundation. It turns out that his Grandmaster has a Spiritual Pool of his own!

Lani looked at Krune and said.

"Alright, you can go in. This pool is a lot more concentrated than the one that was used by you before. So be prepared for an enormous flux of Spiritual Energy. Still, from what I could see, you should be able to hold it."

Krune then asked Lani.

"But if I use this pool, won't it get worse for you later?"

Lani laughed after that.

"You are wrong here. I don't have use for this pool anymore. At my level, this kind of help is unnecessary. The only reason that I have one is that I let some spiritual fishes growing inside."

Krune was taken aback! He then looked at Lucio and asked.

"Wasn't this thing supposed to be expensive to maintain?"

Lucio just shuddered his shoulders.

"It is, but Master definitely doesn't have problems with money, I can guarantee you that. Just wait until you see what he gives to his pets. I reckon it will make you feel like crying."

Krune decided to not ask anymore. This is too much extravagance for his little heart.

Lani, of course, was hearing them talking on the side.

"Shut up! Now, go inside before I change my mind."

Krune immediately jumped in the pool. Sure enough, the amount of spiritual energy was higher than the one that the sect used for the program. Even though Krune didn't cultivate as much as he usually does during his Blacksmith Practice, he still got into the middle 3rd stage. Krune has a little more than 10 days before departing, which should be enough for him to enter the 4th stage of the Core Formation Realm. Not to mention that he doesn't need to hold back in his absorption like last time.

Krune opened all his 9 Elemental Meridians at pull power, and soon, one could see a Whirlpool of Spiritual Energy rushing at him. Lani looked at that and was once again surprised. That rate of absorption of spiritual energy is even higher than he expected! He looked at Lucio and said.

"The others using these Elemental Meridians, are they all like Krune?"

Lucio shook his head.

"They aren't as good as him. Of course, from what I could see, they are still a lot better than those with common cultivation techniques. The main advantage is still the instant conversion of Spiritual Energy into Elemental Source Energy. It saves a lot of effort, after all."

Lani then pondered a bit.

"You also have an Elemental Major Core. Cultivate it until you transform the Spiritual Energy Meridians into Elemental Meridians, and see if you can replicate Krune's state."

Lucio understood and immediately took the technique out. Uncle Feng was able to do it all in a single day. As for Lucio, his cultivation was, in fact, quite a few stages higher than Feng, so he was even faster! A few hours later, Lucio took a deep breath and opened his eyes. He then opened his new Elemental Meridians.

Lucio entered the Pool that Krune was cultivating and suppressed his cultivation to the 3rd stage of the Core Formation Realm. After that, he started to cultivate. Just like Krune, his Elemental Meridians were quite colorful. In fact, there were even a few more colors, like Dark, White, Silver, etc. He then cultivated for a few minutes, and his eyes narrowed.

Lucio left the Spiritual Pool and returned to his Master's side.

"No can do, I can't get to absorb the same amount as him."

Lani heard that and nodded.

"No problem. I was already expecting this much. There is something... extra about Krune Elemental Meridians that yours don't have. But this is just a feeling. I don't really know what it is."

Lani then laughed a little.

"Anyway. This is also good! Anything that can help my Divine Path Sect is always welcome."

Lucio nodded and then left right after. Even though he is like that, he is still the Sect Master, so Lucio had more things to take care of.

Time passed, and soon, 8 days went by.

Krune finally reached the 4th stage door and immediately started to build up energy to make the breakthrough. Thanks to the cultivation resources used in the Spiritual Pool, Krune didn't have to be afraid of getting a shaky foundation due to the high speed of cultivation.

Sure enough, Krune entered the 4th stage without any issues. He then took a deep breath and started to stabilize his cultivation. After he finished, Krune looked around but couldn't see his Master or Grandmaster anywhere. He was puzzled but decided to ignore it for now. He still has another two or three days before leaving, so it is better to use this time to further stabilize his cultivation in the pool.

As expected, Krune received a message in his communicator two days later. It said that all those who are part of the program should gather at the Spaceship Port the next day morning. Krune saw that message and decided to leave the pool for now. He looked around but still couldn't see any of the two guys anywhere.

"Well, I guess I will just leave and send a message to Master later."

But soon, Krune noticed a problem.

"Errr... where is the exit?"

The one who had brought Krune inside this place was Lucio and Lani. Not to mention that they came inside through teleportation. Krune walked around but could not find anything like a teleport formation or an exit door.

"Let me call Master."

Krune still hasn't got his Grandmaster's number, so he could only rely on his Master at the moment. Unfortunately, Lucio wasn't answering at all.

"That old geezer, as unreliable as ever!"

But then Krune got puzzled.

"Just how am I going to leave this place?"

Krune was in doubt. Logic said that he should just stay put and wait for his Master or Grandmaster to be back. But he only has until tomorrow to appear at the Spaceship Port, so what if none of those two appear until there?

"I will wait here for a few hours. If none of them appear until there, I will leave and look for an exit."

Seconds turned into minutes, minutes, into hours, but still, there was no sign of anyone. Krune had tried to call his Master several times, but Lucio was never available. Calling anyone else would be of no use since this is one of the Sect's Ancestor's place. They definitely wouldn't be able to get information about it. Krune was starting to get nervous since he was supposed to go to the Spaceship Port already.

"Forget it, I will leave a message here and start looking for an exit."

After leaving a few words behind, Krune spread his Divine Sense to its max range, but couldn't see anything else other than the Spiritual Pool and the fishes inside.

"This pocket dimension is also enormous, and it might be even bigger than Master's."

Since he couldn't find anything, Krune randomly chose a direction and dashed forward. Using Tribulation Lightning for movement had already become a habit, so Krune, in his human form, used it straight away.

Still, another issue appeared. Even after moving in several directions for an entire hour, Krune still couldn't find an exit. In fact, he couldn't find anything at all!

"Why do they have to make things this big? Does Grandmaster really need all this apace?"

Finally, around two hours later, Krune eyes lit up! He could see a building entering his Divine Sense.

"It was about time already."

Krune isn't afraid of his Grandmaster not finding him. As the owner of a pocket dimension himself, he knows very well that it is possible to feel the presence of every single being inside it. That meant that his Grandmaster would be able to find him anytime he wanted once he is back.

After flying a little, Krune finally could see the place with his own eyes. That building was more like a tower instead. Krune tried to check inside with his Divine Sense, but that tower obviously had some formations that prevented it.

"Hum... Should I enter it? I don't want to be like a certain Sect Master who enters the others' houses without permission."

Suddenly, Light Spirit talked with Krune.

"That place, there is something familiar inside."

Krune was taken aback!

"Familiar? But haven't you been imprisoned for ages? How come there is something from your time here?"

Light Spirit answered.

"I don't know. I just feel a familiar type of energy, but I can't remember what it is."

Krune pondered a bit if he should enter or not. After all, it was evident that this place wasn't simple. Suddenly, Krune and Light Spirit heard a voice coming from the tower.

"This presence... Luvile, you rascal, is that you?"

Light Spirit then felt like the most terrifying thing of the universe appeared right in front of him!

"Pretend that you don't know anything. Doesn't matter what, you don't know me, understood?"

Light Spirit then hid his presence as much as possible and let Krune do the talk.

Krune, of course, was as puzzled as ever. Still, he decided to do as Light Spirit did.

"Errr... Sorry. My name is Krune, not Luvile."

The being inside felt puzzled for a second, but suddenly, it snorted.

"Oh, I see. That's my bad. In that case, there is no problem in me talking about a certain Lightning Kid and his 'interesting' experiences from a long time ago."

Light Spirit, who was pretending to not be there, immediately jolted up like a cat who had its tail stepped on! Suddenly, Light Spirit's voice projected outside.

"Cilia, if you dare to open your mouth, see if this grandfather here don't bet everything to shut it for eternity!"

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"Hmph! Is that how you treat your Dao Companion? Trying to hide your presence so that I can't tell that it was you?"

Light Spirit knew that it was a trap for him to fall, but he couldn't let Cilia open her mouth.

"Sigh. That was a long time ago, you know very well that we aren't as we were before anymore.

Cilia went silent for a few seconds.

"What happened with our Taliu?"

That was the reason that Light Spirit didn't want to appear, but he knew that he should give her an answer now.

"He failed."

Krune felt like the voice inside the tower trembled a little.

"I see... Was it because-"

Before she could finish her question, Light Spirit cut her.

"Yes, it was."

Cilia went silent again and then said.

"Anyway, let's go back to business. What happened to you?"

Light Spirit then answered.

"I was imprisoned, and my Tribulation Lightning power stolen. It is now used by the old villainous heavens as a trial for those who cultivate."

Cilia didn't seem surprised by that.

"I see, just as I expected. How come you would allow it to be used for something like that? Back then, you were the only one able to use it, after all.

Light Spirit confirmed and then asked.

"What about you? What are you doing inside this tower? Also, how come you are here in the Divine Path Sect?"

Cilia then said.

"My body was destroyed. This tower is what prevents my soul from dissipating. As for the Divine Path Sect, I made a deal with its founder, so I'm acting as a protector of some sort."

Light Spirit was taken aback.

"Acting as protector? Does it mean that you recovered your power?!"

Cilia answered.

"Not really. I do have the power to protect this Sect, but I'm not even close to what I was in the past. Also, it is not that I recovered it, but that I was able to prevent some of it from dissipating."

Light Spirit immediately got disappointed.

"I see... Still, that is also good. If you are strong enough to protect a Sect of this size, you probably have a long time ahead of you."

"By the way. What is the deal that you made with the founder of this Sect?"

Cilia sighed after hearing that.

"I need a body, but to find one compatible with my Soul is as hard as finding a specific drop of water in the ocean."

It was then that Cilia noticed something.

"Wait! Since you also lost your body, you should be in the same situation as me. How come you are sharing this kid's body? Is his body compatible with you?"

Krune heard that and felt alarmed, but right after, Light Spirit started to laugh.

"Hahaha! Compatible? Are you kidding me? Put some effort there and look at what race he is from before saying such baseless things."

Cilia got puzzled but then used some of her power to penetrate through Krune's human body barrier. Even the Race Covering Technique that he got from Hasik couldn't stop her prying at all!

"What?! A wisp?!"

Cilia sighed and said.

"Now, I understand. Indeed, it would be impossible for someone like you to ever posses a wisp body. Still, what are you doing there? How did you enter someone else's core?"

Light Spirit said.

"You are looking down on me way too much. Did you forget who I am? Tribulation Lightning is my power, and I can use it for several other things other than just attacking."

Cilia felt like she was enlightened!

"Haha! You scoundrel! Only you would try something as crazy as using Tribulation Lightning Source to hold your soul. I'm even more impressed that you didn't die during the process. Still, why did you chose a wisp? That makes no sense."

Light Spirit then sighed.

"It's not like I could choose, you know? You just said it yourself, trying to use my Tribulation Lightning Source to hold my soul was a dangerous attempt. After I escaped my imprisonment, I only had time to use the old villainous heavens' Tribulation Lightning power to scan those who were going through their Heavenly Tribulation. Then I selected someone who had low cultivation to prevent myself from being detected by the target. In the end, Krune was the lucky one!"

Krune had heard before from Light Spirit that he was selected by coincidence, and it seemed that it was really the case.

Cilian then asked.

"Do you have a way to recover?"

Light Spirit immediately answered with confidence.

"Yes! In fact, I have already recovered a tiny bit of my power. But my rate of recovering is determined according to Krune's cultivation level. The higher his realm, the faster my rate of recovery will be. Still, I'm not sure when I can leave his body by myself. But I'm different from you, I lost my body, but it hasn't been destroyed. It is still there, locked by this universe heavens, and I will do everything to take it back!"

Cilia felt happy for Light Spirit.

"That is good. Nothing is better than having your own body instead of taking someone else's."

Cilia then thought about another thing.

"About our Taliu, can you enter the-"

Light Spirit once more cut her in the middle.

"I can't, I'm not at a level where I can do it at the moment. Besides, it has been way too long. Finding Taliu might be even harder than it is for you to find a compatible body."

Cilia then didn't touch the topic anymore.

She was about to ask something else when suddenly, she stopped.

"Lani is back. We will talk about it another time."

Light Spirit understood that she didn't want to reveal his presence and immediately went silent as well.

A few seconds later, Lani appeared just beside Krune.

He then stepped forward and bowed to the tower.

"Senior Cilia, sorry for not stopping my grand disciple from coming to your place."

Cilia heard that and then laughed.

"Hahaha! There is no problem at all. Still, I heard that he is Lucio's disciple? I didn't expect that that brat would get a disciple in the end. He was always against it, after all. But look at it now. Not only he got one, but it is also a wisp."

Cilia then looked at Krune from inside the tower and said.

"Kid, don't misunderstand me. I'm not looking down on the fact that you are a wisp. In fact, I can feel your enormous talent. As long as you reach the Divine Path Realm, you won't need to care about Life Span anymore. Since Lucio chose you, I'm pretty sure that you have what is needed to get there."

Lani was surprised that Protector Cilia seemed to like Krune this much, but he didn't ask why is that.

Krune didn't mind, though.

"It's okay. I know very well about my own capabilities. Although the majority might think little about me because of my life span, I'm confident to cultivate fast enough to surpass it. In fact, I'm just 11 years old. But look at me now, 4th stage of the Core Formation Realm. I still have 29 years before running out of life span. Of course, I won't relax just because of that. I will do my best to make the disparity between my remaining time and my cultivation to be further and further away."

Cilia laughed again.

"Good, you can go now. I'm someone from too long ago, so nothing that I know can help you with the actual universe cultivation system. Still, I'm looking forward to seeing how far you can go."

Lani then looked at Krune and said.

"Alright, the other participants of the Program are already at the Spaceship, only waiting for you. I will bring you there now."

Krune nodded and bid farewell to Cilia. Once he gets some time alone, he will make his question to Light Spirit.

Cilia then said before they left.

"Lani brat, bring him back here once he enters the Divine Soul Realm. I think I have something good that just so happens to be of some help for a race like the wisps."

Lani was once again taken aback but nodded nonetheless.

"Yes, protector."

Lani then touched Krune's shoulder, and both of them teleported away.

Cilia looked at the spot where they disappeared and laughed a little before thinking.

'Well, that was a lie, though. How could I have anything good for wisps? I just want to check on Luvile's progress when that time comes. Sorry for that, Lani brat.'

A second later, a flash of silver light appeared in the room where the participants of the Program were staying. Right after that, Krune appeared there alone. In fact, it was already a room inside of the Spaceship that they were going to use. Lani explained to Krune that he is one of the ancestors of the Sect, so he couldn't appear that easy. It seemed to have something to do with the Sect's face. Krune, of course, didn't care about those things.

'It's probably one more of those useless habits of humans.'

Feifei noticed Krune appearing and sent him a Divine Sense message asking why he was late.

Krune couldn't speak about Light Spirit or Cilia, so he just told the part where his Grandmaster helped him to enter the 4th stage. Only then did Feifei notice that Krune really had jumped one more level, which made her happy for him.

Suddenly, an old man entered the room and introduced himself.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Ramon Gonie, and I will be overseeing the dimensional realms this time around. As I believe all of you already know, the dimensional realms were selected considering the overall strength of your groups. So deaths are well within the possibilities. I ask you to not take it lightly."

He then looked at Tasier, Lofa, and another three participants of the Program.

"As for you five, you will be sent into another Dimensional Realm. Simply put, your strengths are not enough to enter the same one as the others. It would be suicide, and you would only hold your friends back. But don't misunderstand. The other Dimensional Realm will present around the same amount of danger as the first one at your cultivation realms."

Tasier didn't mind that. He knows very well that with the difference in strength between him and Krune, he would really only hold him back if he stayed by his side. Instead, he is delighted that the Sect prepared a second Dimensional Realm that will give the same amount of danger for his cultivation level.

Lofa, of course, felt a little affected by the fact that Krune would be going together with Feifei. But she had already made her mind to not meddle between them anymore, so she stayed silent.

Suddenly, Tasier touched her shoulder.

"Forget it for now, and focus on the mission! If you hold me back, I will kick you out and proceed alone."

Lofa's mouth twitched.

"Who will hold you back, idiot bird? It will probably be thanks to my support that you will survive, don't forget it!"

Tasier just laughed after hearing that.

"Good! I'm looking forward to seeing you keep your words."

Lofa's mood then improved a little, and she started to discuss with Tasier how they would proceed during this time.

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The Spaceship departed while Ramon Gonie was explaining the rules.

"This dimensional realm exploration is also considered a mission, so everyone here will get merit points once it is concluded. For those who came from the other powers, make sure to exchange the points for the things you like before the end of the program. The number of merit points is determined according to how far inside you can reach."

Roman continued.

"Due to the instability of those realms, the highest cultivation allowed inside is the Divine Soul Realm. That means that no elder will be able to accompany you there this time. This is also the reason why we selected those places since its limitation in cultivation is also applied to all living beings inside."

"As for the groups, you can decide for yourselves if you are moving together or alone. All that matters is your accomplishments. If you think that you can do better alone, by all means, go ahead and try it. We are not going to intervene with anything that happens inside."

"Each of you will receive a Runestone Formation that can be used only once to leave the place. But don't misunderstand it. This is supposed to be a trial to check your survival abilities and improve your potential through Life and Death situations. There are only two ways to activate this Runestone. The first one is to reach the Inner Core region. The second one is to wait for the 6 months of the realm aperture to be over."

"Of course, once you get to the inner core region, you can select to go further and hone your skills even more. But don't forget, Divine Soul is the limit but also the realm of the most dangerous things in there. So don't overestimate your own abilities."

"Finally, we have no idea what you might find inside. We just made sure that the dimension is stable and won't collapse anytime soon. We did send a few Divine Soul Cultivators to take a look, but we made sure that they would not leave the outer perimeter. They basically entered just to see if the place was suitable for training or not. Also, the elders will stay guard outside in case something happens to the dimension."

"Alright, that's basically everything you need to know. We should arrive at the first dimension in three days while the second one is a week away. The first dimension is for the low realm team to enter."

Feifei was just about to send a Divine Sense message to Krune when suddenly, the guys from the Wang Clan flocked around her.

Wang Mo was the first one to talk.

"Feifei, let's go together. I'm the strongest between everyone from our Wang Clan territory, so I'm confident that I can keep both of us safe."

Wang Ting didn't lose this chance either.

"Hmph! Isn't that the same as saying that Feifei is weak and can't defend herself? Feifei, I might not be the strongest, but I know that you aren't as weak as Mo is saying. What about we work together?"

Mar Jilano and Tuesly Huviu also tried to convince her to move with them alone.

Hearing all of that was making Feifei feel a headache already.

Suddenly, she heard a Divine Sense message from Krune.

"Would it be a problem if you leave them behind after entering the Dimensional Realm?"

Feifei immediately answered.

"The grand elder will definitely complain after I return, but other than that, it is okay."

Krune then said.

"Then let's go together. I want to see if our combined strength will work fine. It's also an excellent opportunity to see if something different will happen due to our different Major Cores."

That was what Feifei wanted too, but there was a problem.

"Those guys around me definitely won't leave me alone. Not to mention that the grand elder probably told them to keep an eye on me all the time. Also, it is evident that the Divine Path Sect disciples intend to follow you too."

Krune, Tasier, and Lofa, obviously weren't the only members of the Sect in this program. In fact, the Sect had sent its own disciples this time around, so they had a total of five more Core Formation Realm cultivators and demon beasts. They decided that the safest way was to follow Krune since they saw his battle against Wang Ting.

Krune then smiled and said.

"That is not a problem. Once we are inside, just grab my hand and leave the rest to me!"

Feifei understood what Krune was going to do and couldn't help but laugh a little. The guys around her heard that and were puzzled about what she found so funny. Feifei noticed that and said.

"Oh, sorry. It's just that this situation reminded me of something else. Anyway, you guys do as you wish, and I will do the same."

They didn't know what she meant with that. Still, they had indeed received the grand elder order to have one of them staying close to her. So whether she wanted or not, at least one of them would follow Feifei around. All this discussion was to see who it would be. Feifei, of course, just ignored them and left.

Everyone had their own rooms in the Spaceship. When Krune finally got some time alone, he immediately asked Light Spirit about what happened back in the Sect.

"So, what is this thing about Luvile. Is this your real name?"

Light Spirit was already expecting him to ask that.

"It was a long time ago. Now, only someone like Cilia would remember that."

Krune then thought about the Dao Companion thing.

"Was she your wife? As for Taliu, was he your son?"

Light Spirit then answered.

"Sorry, but I don't want to talk about that."

Krune didn't force the issue, it was evident that something happened with Taliu. If Krune wasn't wrong, he didn't survive. Krune doesn't have a child, but he considers Lakin as one, so he understood that it wasn't his place to ask what happened.

"Leaving that behind, what is that thing about your body being imprisoned ?"

Light Spirit went silent for a little while and then said.

"It is as you heard, my real body is imprisoned at the moment, and I intend to take it back. But there is no point in us discussing it now. After all, it is not like you can do anything with your power. Wait for the day you reach the peak of the Divinity Realm, and then we can talk."

Krune sweated a little. The peak of the Divinity Realm? Just how long will it take?

Light Spirit then commented.

"Anyway. It is not like you aren't getting anything good for sharing your core with me, so it is a good trade. I'm recovering my power while you are getting to use the Tribulation Lightning."

Krune had to admit that Light Spirit is right, but he still had more questions, though.

"Can you tell me this time who you were and what happened?"

Light Spirit pondered a bit. There was a time he wanted to talk more. Still, Krune's Spiritual Energy Meridians acted on behalf of someone to send him a warning. So he wasn't able to say anything about the past at that time.

"Well..."

Just as Light Spirit was about to say something, Krune's Elemental Meridians once more acted on their own. Much for Krune's surprise. This is the second time it happened just when Light Spirit was about to talk. Light Spirit knew that it was the same warning from back then and said.

"Your IQ is very high, so you probably noticed this time, right?"

Indeed, Krune might have low EQ, but his intelligence is definitely not the same. For his Meridians to act by themselves two times and exactly when Light Spirit was talking. It was evident that they were the reason that Light Spirit couldn't say anything.

But that made Krune somewhat alarmed. Does that mean that his meridians are under the control of someone else?

"This... Are they not my meridians?"

Light Spirit then said.

"They are, it's just that they are also acting as an intermediate between me and whoever wants me to not say anything. Try to force them to calm down. At your level at the moment, I don't believe that your meridians will answer to anyone else's call."

Krune tried to do as Light Spirit said, and sure enough, Krune soon took back the control of his Meridians. It made Krune sigh in relief. At least, it seems like he can prevent them from obeying the other part.

"It is as you said. As soon as I tried to take the control back, they immediately answered my call."

Light Spirit wasn't surprised, though.

"I can tell you this much. The other side is as strong as I was back then. So I can't simply ignore his existence. Anyway, it is not like whatever happened back then would change anything for you now. When the time comes, I believe that the other part will tell you of his own volution. After all, you probably noticed no malicious intention, right?"

Krune nodded. When he tried to take control of his meridians back, he felt like the other part to be somewhat... gentle. As if it was a good thing. Still, Krune couldn't help but think about who it was. It was then that he had an idea.

"Someone who can control my Elemental Meridians from a distance as long as I allow it. Who else could it be if not the creator of the Myriad Energies Technique?"

Light Spirit laughed.

"Indeed. I also reached the same conclusion as you a long time ago."

It turned out that Krune didn't find much information, but there will come a day where he will understand what is going on.

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Three days later, Krune bid farewell to Tasier and Lofa. They were part of the low-level Core Formation Realm cultivators and demon beasts that are entering a different Dimensional Realm. Before leaving, Lofa gave one last look in Krune's direction and showed a determined face.

'This is the last time I look behind.'

She then moved out with the elders who were staying in this dimensional realm.

Krune and Feifei had no chance to spend some time together. Ever since they entered the Spaceship, the guys from the Wand Clan would keep a close watch to see when Feifei was free or not. So Krune and Feifei could only bear with it and use video calls to talk.

Four days later, they finally arrived at the Dimensional Realm for the high-level Core Formation Realm cultivators and demon beasts.

Ramon Gonie looked at the spatial gate in front of them that was being maintained by the Elders of the Sect and said.

"This is the Dimensional Realm. It was discovered around three years ago and soon categorized as a training realm. You are the first batch to enter it since it was found, so be ready for anything. Of course, as I said before, a few Divine Soul Realm cultivators and demon beasts entered previously to check the outer perimeter, but that was all. We won't tell you anything about that either."

Ramon then took out several Runestones and gave them to everyone.

"These are the Runestone Teleport Formations that I told you before, so make sure to keep them safe."

Ramon looked at the elders at the Spatial Gate and nodded to them. Immediately after, the gate expended, and one could now pass through without any problems.

"Alright. If you don't have any questions, you can go in now."

No one delayed their stay and entered the gate. As soon as they touched it, their bodies disappeared. Ramon looked at that and nodded. From now on, he would stay outside waiting for them.

At the same time, in the Central Region.

Here, there is a planet considered as a forbidden ground for almost everyone who lives in this Central part of the universe. That's because it is controlled by an organization called Blood for Blood. As one can imagine, this is an Assasin Organization. Usually, no one would ever try to find trouble with them.

In fact, this organization has branches everywhere in the universe. Even if this planet was destroyed, most of the organization's power would still be preserved. Not to mention that its strongest members rarely stay at the same place.

Also, they would accept contracts against almost anyone in the universe. Their scope of action is between the Divine Path Realm realm or below. The only powers that they wouldn't touch are the three Sacred Lands of the Central Region. The Extreme Yin Yang Palace, the All Life Sect, and the Darkness Land.

Around a week ago, the Blood for Blood got a contract from an unknown source. Its target? Feifei of the Wang Clan! One must know that the organization never asks the identity of its employers, only the payment. They had received the information that Feifei was taking part in the Big Four exchange program of the Western Protectorate. After going through the data, they found out about the Dimension that she would be entering this time around.

Somewhere inside the organization headquarters, there was a gigantic formation on the ground and five black-clothed cultivators and demon beasts on it. This is a Teleport Formation that the organization rarely uses due to how astronomically expensive it is to be activated. But this time around, the payment given for Feifei's head was well within the Formation's worth.

This Formation is capable of teleporting anyone to almost anywhere in the universe. Of course, places like the Divine Path Sect and any of the other powers with enough strength had their own ways to stop the use of such Formations from teleporting enemies directly inside their homes.

Unfortunately, the Dimensional Realm that Krune and the others are at the moment isn't one of them. In fact, no one would ever think that assassins would be sent inside to start with. After all, it would obviously be an affront against both the Divine Path Sect and the Wang Clan at the same time.

Due to Feifei's and Krune's importance, the Divine Path Sect had sent 3 Semi Divinity Realm cultivators and demon beasts to watch over the Dimensional Realm. So the Blood for Blood couldn't simply attack head-on. Not to mention that assassins rarely showed themselves until the last moment to start with.

The Formation activated, and hundreds of thousands of spirit stones started to dry out almost instantly! It is one thing for two teleport formations connected to each other to complete a teleport. But to teleport someone to a specific place where nothing is connecting to it is totally different! That's the reason for this Formation to be this expensive. Even Lucio would feel pain in his pocket to use something like this.

Around a minute later, the Formation Operator locked into the coordinates of the Dimensional Realm, and the 5 black-clothed cultivators and demon beasts disappeared with a flash of silver light.

The operator left out a sigh of relief and started to fix the places that had been damaged with this last use. A formation of this size had several shortcomings, and having some areas broken after the activation is done is quite reasonable.

While he was fixing it, he looked at the direction of another man beside the Formation and asked with Divine Sense.

"Who is paying so much this time?"

The man seemed to have been waiting for this question and just shuddered his shoulders.

"I don't know, we never ask for our employers' names, right?"

The operator snorted and said.

"We don't ask, but it is not like someone with your resources can't imagine it, am I wrong?"

The man just laughed a little and answered.

"Well, all I can tell is that no one of the so-called big four of the Western Protectorate has a hand on it. It seems like this order comes from our Central Region instead."

The operator was surprised by that information.

"Why would someone from our Central Region waste so much time and money to act this way? Considering the power of the Central Region, they could simply send some Divinity Realm cultivators or demon beasts to take that child's life head-on. I doubt that this Wang Clan would try to take revenge."

The man beside the Formation shook his head.

"You are expecting too much from me. It's not like I know everything, you know?"

The operator of the Formation snorted once more and didn't talk anymore. But he was pretty sure that the man definitely knew a few more things related to this issue. Still, he was being paid to keep the teleport formation running and to fix it when necessary, so he only asked all of that out of curiosity.

The man who answered the questions then turned around and asked the assistant beside him.

"Is the Spatial Lock Formation ready?"

The assistant immediately bowed and said.

"Yes! We can activate it at any time."

The man nodded and gave the order.

"Very well. Those five that we sent inside are not part of our organization, so our contract ends here. Activate the Formation. From now on, we have nothing to do with them anymore."

The assistant was taken aback. He thought that those assassins in black clothes were part of the Blood for Blood organization, but it turned out that they were someone else's power. Still, it wasn't his place to ask any further questions.

"Activate!"

Soon, the Spatial Lock formation that had been prepared before activated as well.

Back at the Dimensional Realm, where Ramon and the other two Semi Divinity Realm guys were staying.

Ramon had just taken a position to start cultivating when suddenly, he felt a fluctuation in the space. Immediately, he spread his Divine Sense, and sure enough, he could feel that someone else had teleported directly inside!

"Not good!"

As soon as he said that, the other two Semi Divinity Realm guys appeared by his side.

"Did you feel it?"

Ramon nodded.

"Yes, someone else used the back door. Gather the Divine Soul Realm members and quickly send them inside, we need to bring Krune, Feifei, and the others out immediately!"

The other two nodded, and just as they were about to do that, the Dimensional Realm gate in front of them started to shrink.

Ramon immediately understood what was going on.

"Spatial Lock Formation!"

He didn't even have time to stop it before the Spatial Gate was gone.

Ramon didn't waste time and contacted the Sect. Still, with the Spatial Lock in place, there would be little that they could do.

"Sect Master definitely won't like it."

The Spatial Lock Formations can cut the connection between the Dimensional Realm and the outside. Once it is used, they will need to wait for the Dimensional Realm to mend its connection by itself. The problem is that it all depended on the Dimensional Realm itself.

Another way would be to forcefully create a path. But this option had a high risk of destroying the Dimensional Realm outer shell. If that happens, everything inside will be destroyed by the spatial storm that will be created. Krune and the others were still at the Core Formation Realm, so there was no way that they could resist such a calamity!

The last method would be to have a Semi-Divinity Realm or higher cultivator or demon beast to help mend the link between the Dimensional Realm and the outside. But this method would probably take weeks and maybe even more than a month! Still, that seemed to be the only option at the moment.

Ramon looked at the place where the Spatial Gate disappeared and said.

"We can only hope that they can hold on by themselves."

The other two Semi Divinity Realm guys nodded and didn't say anything.

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Inside, Krune and the others appeared in sequence. They looked around to see if there was anything dangerous and then spread their Divine Sense. Noticing nothing wrong, every group gathered together to discuss where they should go first.

Just as the Wang Clan guys were about to do the same, Feifei left their group and went to where Krune and the other participants of the Divine Path Sect were.

They felt confused at first but still followed her nonetheless.

When Feifei arrived there, she and Krune started the play they had agreed beforehand.

"Krune, our deal is still up, right?"

Krune came forward and nodded.

"You already paid me for it, so don't worry, I will keep my part of the deal."

Both the Wang Clan and Divine path Sect participants didn't know what they were talking about.

Krune then asked.

"When do you want to go?"

Feifei pretended to think about it.

Wang Mo couldn't hold his curiosity and asked her.

"Feifei, what is this deal that you are talking about? Where do you intend to go?"

Feifei ignored him and said.

"Now is a good time! Can we go?"

Krune nodded and extended his hand.

"No problem! Hold my hand."

The guys narrowed their eyes when they heard that. Still, it seemed like Krune and Feifei had some kind of deal, so they just decided to follow Feifei, for now, to know what was happening.

As soon as Feifei did so, Krune's body started to let out sparks of purple lightning! Obviously, Krune was going to use his Tribulation Lightning Movement.

The next second, Krune and Feifei disappeared in a flash of purple light! Of course, as soon as Krune left, the others used their Divine Sense to see where he was. Krune might be fast, but not to the point where he can leave the range of the Divine Sense in a second.

As soon as the Wang Clan guys noticed that, they set off in pursuit. As for the Divine Path Sect participants, they were thinking if they should follow or not. They intended to stay with Krune from the start. But with what just happened, it seemed like Krune didn't care about having a group or not. Not to mention that different from the Wang Clan guys, they didn't receive any orders to stay with Krune or not.

Wang Mo was the fastest one between the Wang Clan pursuers. But his face was quite ugly at the moment. That is because even after giving his all, he is just barely able to keep up with Krune's pace. As for the others, they were falling behind little by little. One must remember that Krune's cultivation is quite a few stages lower than them. It's already impressive that he and Wang Mo have the same speed in his human form while carrying Feifei.

Krune was also using his Divine Sense and got surprised to see that Wang Mo was as fast as him with his Tribulation Lighting at 50%. Feifei also noticed that and told Krune through a Divine Sense message.

"Wang Mo is already at the 9th Stage of the Core Formation Realm. The three elements he uses the most are Lightning, Fire, and Wind, so it is normal for him to be able to keep up with you. After all, you are still 5 stages lower than in cultivation."

Krune nodded and then said.

"Since that's the case, there is no need for me to hold back anymore."

Krune immediately returned to his wisp form while putting his clothes back into the spatial ring. He then grabbed Feifei with his Spiritual energy and once more dashed forward! This time, Krune was really using his fastest speed, the Tribulation Lightning Movement, at 80%! Not to mention that his control is a lot better in his wisp form. Feifei saw that and smiled. It gave her the same sensation when she embraced Krune back when she arrived at the Divine Path Sect.

Wang Mo, who was already fuming with that fact that he could barely keep up, got even angrier when he saw Krune returning to his wisp form. It is common sense that Demon Beasts are always stronger in their original forms, so he knew things turned worse. Sure enough, Krune's speed got a lot higher than before! Wang Mo simply couldn't move that fast unless he is willing to pay the price.

The problem is, he knows that Krune probably can move at that speed without any side effects other than a higher consumption of Spiritual Energy. As for him, he would be damaging his dantian if he used the same technique that Wang Ting did back then. Not to mention that his increase in speed would have a time limit, different from Krune. In the end, he decided to not risk it.

He kept following Krune from a distance until a few minutes later, Krune and Feifei finally left the range of his Divine Sense. During all this time, Krune's speed hadn't lowered it the least! Wang Mo was now sure that that this is Krune's real speed, and that keeping the pursuit would give him no results.

He then stopped at the place where he lost Krune and Feifei and waited. Soon after, the other three guys from the Wang Clan territory arrived at his side.

"Did you lose them?"

Wang Mo nodded.

"That wisp is just too damn fast! Not to mention that he was carrying Feifei with him. Once he turned back to his wisp form, even me at my fastest couldn't keep up with him."

Want Ting and the other two were surprised by that since they know that Wang Mo's strength and specialized elements.

"What do we do now? Grand elder will explode in rage if he finds out that we lost her."

Wang Mo shook his head.

"With Krune's speed, there is nothing we can do. But we at least know where they should be heading to, which is the Inner Core region. As long as we go there, we should find them sooner or later."

Wang Mo then looked at the other three and asked.

"By the way. Do you know anything about this deal that Feifei had with Krune? It seems like Krune only did what he did because Feifei paid him for that."

Tuesly Huviu pondered a bit and said.

"Considering the deal that she said, it is probably because Feifei wanted to be alone. But she couldn't outspeed us, so she paid Krune to bring her away. Chances are that they will part ways once she thinks that they are far enough."

Wang Mo and the others nodded. With the information that they had, it seemed like to be the case.

Mar Jilano then said.

"Of course, that is considering that it is all true. At the end of the day, it might have all been a pretense as well. Still, we have no way to know that now, so we can only move to the Inner Core Region."

Wang Mo had to admit that it made sense. After all, there was no need for Feifei to use words to talk about this "deal." She could have used the Divine Sense message instead.

"Anyway, let's move out. Also, remember that this place is a dimensional realm for us to temper ourselves. So there should be quite a few dangers the further in we get. Make sure to keep your eyes open because I won't sacrifice myself for you in case you get into a hopeless situation."

They might be together now, but they are still rivals trying to get Feifei's heart. So the lesser the number of them, the better. It is also for the sake of their own futures.

Somewhere else in the Dimensional Realm, the five Black Clothed cultivators and demon beasts in human form appeared. Although they had been teleported right inside the Dimensional Realm, it wasn't possible to select a specific place to land. As soon as they looked around, an early stage Divine Soul beast noticed their presence. The beast was surprised that someone appeared inside its territory out of nowhere! But soon, the beast attacked!

"You dare to enter my Lava Golem territory? Die!"

The five guys looked at that and snorted. One of them came forward and took out a black pearl. That pearl then started to shine, and death energy sipped out. The Divine Soul Lava Golem noticed the danger and immediately retreated! It only took a second to understand that it wasn't those black-clothed guys match at all!

"Hmph! Isn't it too late to run?"

The lava Golem's life force then started to come out against his wish. Soon, more than half of his life force was gone! It noticed that it would be dead soon and immediately used a forbidden technique of his race. Its body then turned into flowing Lava and sipped into the earth. It didn't stop the life force from coming out but gave it the chance to scape its range.

The man noticed that the Lava Golem escaped far into the ground but didn't pursue it. His objective wasn't to kill the Divine Soul beasts inside this place, after all.

The leader and the other three looked at that but didn't move either. After he returned to their group, the leader came forward to give the orders.

"We are going to separate. Remember, unless you are leaving clues behind, try to focus on the target. If we fail this mission, consider our lives forfeit already. We need to kill her and take that thing back."

The leader then took a tool out that looked like a compass and charged it with Spiritual Energy. Soon, his eyes narrowed.

"It seems like we are on the northwest side of the dimensional realm. As you know, we can't use divination on that Girl, so we will need to look for them the old way. Considering the information that we got about the Divine Path Sect, they will probably take around a month to mend the connection with the Dimensional Realm. So that is our time limit."

He looked at the other four and said.

"Lastly, there can't be any witness. If you find anyone other than Feifei, kill them as well and make sure to not leave behind any clues."

Everyone nodded, and they immediately separated.

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Krune kept changing directions now and then to make sure that they weren't being pursued. Only when Krune was convinced that the Wang Clan guys couldn't catch them anymore did he stop. Krune then looked behind and felt relieved. He wasn't sure if those guys had any other methods under their sleeves, so he felt tense all the time.

Feifei looked around with her Divine Sense and also couldn't see those guys.

"Great! We are finally free of them. Of course, we might find them on our way to the inner Core Region. But at that time, we just need to flee again."

Krune then returned to his human form and nodded.

"Indeed. It seems like unless it is a dangerous situation, they won't risk overdoing it just to catch up to us."

Feifei nodded and looked back at Krune. But when she did, her face immediately became as red as a tomato.

"You- you! Where are your clothes?"

Krune looked down and then said.

"Oh! It is just that when I turn back into my wisp form, the clothes have no use. So I put them inside my spatial ring. Now that I came back to my human form, I obviously don't have them on. But it is okay, from what I heard, it seems like it is not a problem to be naked in front of your wife as long as it is just the two of you."

Feifei felt helpless and said while looking away.

"We haven't married yet! So put them back."

Krune was puzzled since he already considers Feifei his wife. Still, he did as she asked and put them on.

Finally, Feifei looked back at Krune with his clothes. Still, she couldn't simply forget what she saw just a few moments ago. Feifei then tried to put those thoughts behind her mind and asked.

"What should we do now? Should we go to the Inner Core Region straight away?"

Krune pondered a bit and said.

"The idea here is to temper ourselves, so we should do it. Also, if we don't find worthy opponents, there is no way we can test our combined attack power and teamwork."

Krune and Feifei had already discussed several times about their own abilities, elements control, etc. As one could imagine, Feifei is perfect for the support role with her Destiny Major Core. She can predict the enemies' next moves and deal with them before they are used. Of course, such ability had its limits. After all, she would need to do that in the middle of the battle. So at most, she could keep tags on three opponents of the same level.

There is also a problem with the difference in cultivation. If the opponent's cultivation is too high, reading the changes in the destiny energy would be a lot more complicated. So Feifei could at most keep tags against a single Divine Soul Realm opponent. Still, thanks to her improved Destiny Core, she would be able to calculate up to the 6th Stage Divine Soul Realm!

Other common Destiny Core owners would at most be able to calculate a 1st or 2nd Stage Divine Soul Realm while at the same cultivation realm as Feifei.

If Feifei decides to pay the price, a 7th or maybe even an 8th Stage might be possible! That shows just how much better Feifei's Destiny Core is in comparison to the others.

She specialized herself in Water, Earth, and Wood. As the daughter of the Wang Clan's Head, she received the best training since young. So she could also control Fire, Wind, and Lightning to a high level. It's just that she couldn't use Elements at the same time as Krune can. Of course, the other elements are still quite worse than the other 3 main ones. At the moment, Feifei is the same as Gomat, who can control Four Elements at the same time.

In the end, Feifei is almost like Krune. Someone who could even fight other Major Core Owners at higher cultivation stages.

Feifei didn't hold anything back when she explained to Krune about her abilities. Krune, of course, did the same. He told her what he could and could not do. The only thing that he left out was Light Spirit's existence. But Krune didn't think it was a problem since he didn't want Light Spirit's help to start with. So he obviously wouldn't call him out to help unless the situation was dire.

Feifei nodded and said.

"Then we can move in that direction slowly. The Sect also said that they only verified the ambient in the outer perimeter, so they don't know much about the insides. Who knows? Maybe we will find something interesting there."

Krune nodded.

"That might be possible. Just one thing, instead of moving directly there, let's take a roundabout route. That way, we can prevent ourselves from encountering others anytime soon."

Feifei agreed with that, and she immediately decided to set off. But just before she could do it, Krune grabbed Feifei's waist and gave her a kiss! Feifei, of course, was surprised that Krune took the initiative out of nowhere. After all, she knew very well that Krune wasn't the type to care much about those things... or so she thought.

"This... why that now?"

Krune looked a little embarrassed and said.

"Didn't you say you wanted a lot of kisses in the future? I have to make sure that you will get what you want then."

That was a LIE! In fact, ever since Krune got to taste a kiss from Feifei back at his home, he had been wondering when he could do that again. He couldn't understand the reason behind it, but this action had made him very happy. It was only at that moment that he realized why other couples like to kiss each other. So he decided that although logic said that there was no meaning behind it, he would still do that anyway.

Feifei, of course, didn't mind it at all! If anything, she was delighted to see Krune taking the initiative as a good man should! She wondered before if it would turn out that she would have to be the active side of their relationship all the time. But it seems now that her worries were baseless. Krune just had to learn a bit more. Besides, Krune's approach just now was quite satisfying!

"It's good that you know what I want."

Feifei also gave him a kiss back and then said.

"But we should move now, let's go."

Krune nodded, and the two of them departed.

The Dimensional Realm was enormous! Even for those who moved in a straight line, it would still take a few days to leave the outer perimeter and enter the central one. The Inner Core Region, of course, was even further away.

Uriu Orion had been moving with his group ever since they entered this Realm. So far, they encountered quite a few strong demon beasts that lived in the place. Still, Uriu and his companions were the geniuses of the Spiritas Kingdom, so they were able to deal with them. Some times it was easy, other times not so much.

Of course, they haven't bumped into a Divine Soul Realm enemy yet. Otherwise, things wouldn't have been this simple.

Uriu is just like Krune, Feifei, and Hulibe Acrol. A Major Core Owner! Of course, his one is a regular Major Core. He also has the Life Core, just like Nala back in the Divine Path Sect Entrance Exam. Still, that, coupled with his strong soul power as a Spiritas, made his healing abilities really fearsome! Nala is simply far from his level at the moment.

Thanks to that, his group of three is pretty much unscratched!

Uriu and his group are now traversing between the outer and central regions of the Dimensional Realm. As a place left behind by an expert a long time ago, there is bound to be traps left behind by its owner. So they were moving carefully to avoid attracting calamity.

Suddenly, Uriu started to feel restless, as if something wasn't right. When he tried to check what was making him feel like that, he noticed that his Life Core was the reason. As a Core Formation Realm cultivator, he also has a connection with his Life Core through the part of his soul inside. It was that connection that was passing to him his Life Core warning.

"This! A Death Major Core owner!"

After advancing into the Core Formation Realm, one can stop the resonance between Major Cores. For Uriu to be able to notice the Death Core's presence, it has to be because its owner is purposely not hiding it. If that is the case, it also means that the opponent had already noticed their presence.

Uriu was right, the one who appeared this time was none other than the black-clothed man who fought against the Lava Golem! As soon as he noticed Uriu's group presence, he decided to attack so that he could ask them if they know where Feifei is. After that, he would kill everyone to eliminate the witnesses.

Uriu didn't know if this Death Core owner was someone from this Dimensional Realm of if it was an intruder. Still, he can tell that the other side had no good intentions. Otherwise, his Life Core wouldn't be acting like this. Not to mention the close connection that Life and Death Cores have with each other, which made it even more evident for Uriu.

"Enemy attack! Everyone, defensive formation. The enemy is strong, no doubt that he is in the Divine Soul Realm. Also, the enemy is a Major Core owner, so you all better take it seriously!"

Uriu's group was alarmed for a second, but immediately after, they took their positions to make a defensive formation. As expected, Uriu took the center of the formation. One of his companions is focused on attack power while the other is on defense. Uriu's part was to serve as support.

"Good, start moving back from where we came through the right side!"

The other two were once more taken aback! That is because the route that Uriu chose would pass through a trap formation that they had avoided. Still, they immediately understood Uriu's mind. It seemed like the enemy is really strong, so they can only count on this method to somehow deal with him.

Sure enough, after some time retreating, the black-clothed man appeared in front of them.

"One question. Where is Wang Feifei?"

The black-clothed man asked only that. But that was enough for Uriu to understand that the enemy definitely isn't someone from this Realm. He looked at the man and said.

"We don't know. After we entered this Realm, we separated into several groups. So I can't tell you where Feifei had gone."

The black-clothed man then snorted and said.

"Okay, you can go to the other world now."

Uriu was already expecting that the other part wasn't going to leave them alone.

"Hmph! It depends on whether you can send us there or not."

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Krune and Feifei were using a roundabout route, so it took them some time longer to arrived at the borders of the central region of the Dimensional Realm. So far, they had also fought a few demon beasts, but nothing that they couldn't deal with. If anything, they had it quite easy until now.

But it seemed like their luck went just this far. Finally, they poked a hornet's nest and were swarmed by a large number of three-horned beetles! Those beetles weren't strong individually, with just a few of then barely reaching the late stages of the Foundation Establishment and even less at the middle stage. But the number alone wasn't something that the two of them could deal with anytime soon.

"There are too many of them! If we get surrounded, things might get really complicated."

Feifei used a wide range of fire attacks to keep delaying the swarm. In contrast, Krune targeted the higher cultivation ones with Tribulation Thunder Lines.

"Can you find the queen? As long as we deal with her, the swarm will disperse."

Krune then asked.

"Do you know how she looks like?"

Feifei nodded.

"She isn't much different from the normal ones, but she should have red eyes instead of black ones. Also, her cultivation is most likely in the Core Formation Realm. Otherwise, she wouldn't be accepted by the other beetles and changed into a queen."

Krune nodded and spread his Divine Sense. But there was a problem. Although Krune's Divine Sense was powerful due to his soul, there were still too many beetles. To make his Divine Sense pass through that mass of beetles and pinpoint a particular one in the middle of so many is very hard even for him.

"They are too packed, we need to get them to spread so that I can see better."

Feifei nodded and then said.

"In that case, be ready to use some strong attacks in the points that I will tell you."

Feifei couldn't use her Destiny Core to calculate the movements of so many beetles at the same time. However, she could still find the results that a few attacks would cause to the surroundings. That way, she focused on calculating where the attack would make the beetles spread the most. Of course, such a thing was also very hard to do since she was running and attacking at the same time.

After some time passed, Feifei started to sweat. Still, she kept trying to calculate the best positions. Krune decided that if things got out of control, he would immediately turn back to wisp form and charge out with Feifei using his Tribulation Lightning. Suddenly, Feifei's eyes lit up!

"Found it!"

Feifei then immediately sent the positions and time to Krune through a Divine Sense message. Krune nodded and waited for the moment that Feifei mentioned.

Krune the prepared 13 Tribulation Blazing Wind Blades. But this time, those fiery blades were also purple! Ever since Krune learned how to use Tribulation Fire, he applied it to all his attacks that used fire in the composition. As mentioned in the past, Krune's Blazing Wind Blades have the power to explode once they hit the target if Krune wishes for it. This time, it was no different. It was just that the power of the explosions far surpassed the past. Not to mention that they were also using Elemental Source Energy.

"Wait, wait... Now!"

All 13 blades shot in the directions predicted by Feifei and killed everything in the way. Once they arrived at the points selected by her, they all exploded into gigantic purple fireballs covered by purple lightning! Right after that, it seemed like a chain reaction happened, which made the beetles spread everywhere for a short while.

Feifei had selected those places because those explosions would momentarily cut the queen's connection with the swarm. That was the reason why the beetles went out of control for a short amount of time. But that was enough for Krune! With his Divine Sense power, he was finally able to pinpoint that specific red-eyed beetle. Sure enough, he could feel that that beetle was in the Core Formation Realm 2nd stage!

Krune showed a smile and said.

"Found you!"

The beetle queen obviously already had sentience. So the moment that Krune looked at her, she understood that things were not good. The queen tried to control the nearby beetles to create a living shield around her body, but that was too late!

From above, the power of the Tribulation Lightning was already gathered, just waiting for the order to come down.

"Heaven's Fall!"

Boom!

All the beetles on the way were instantly pulverized. The queen still tried to use her cultivation to defend, but that was useless. Krune could even beat late stages Core Formation Geniuses, let alone a simple beetle with cultivation lower than his!

As soon as the queen died, the beetles around lost their connection with her and started to hover on the air. After some time, they all went back from where they came as if it was an instinctual action. Without a queen to keep their race in control, the foundation establishment beetles ones immediately understood that a new one has to be found. So they gave the order to their own groups to move back to their nest.

Not long after, Krune and Feifei couldn't even see a single three horned beetle. Of course, except those who were killed or seriously injured on the ground. But even those with injuries were trying to move back to their nest.

Krune looked at that and sighed. He then used his water and wood element to create thin vines that connected to all the still alive beetles. After that, he used his spiritual energy to connect to all of them and started to heal their injuries. Soon, one beetle after another took flight and moved back to their nest too.

Feifei saw that but didn't say anything. She already knew that Krune was this type of wisp for a very long time. She, too, thought that Krune might be way too soft-hearted. If there was no need to kill, he would definitely not do so. But then again, if she asked him to change, would he still be the Krune hat she knows? In the end, she understood that this Krune is still the best one.

Feifei then used her own water and wood element to help the beetles who were still aline to recover. Around an hour later, all the beetles that could still be saved were healed and went back to their nest too. Without Krune or Feifei noticing, one of those beetles that they saved was at the 9th Stage of the Foundation Establishment. That beetle gave Krune and Feifei a final look before leaving as well.

Krune looked at the last beetle flying away and said.

"Sorry. I just couldn't let them be like that."

Krune couldn't help but think that those beetles, or at least the ones that achieved sentience, weren't having it easy too.

Without Krune noticing her approach, Feifei gave him a hub from behind. Krune was obviously taken by surprise.

"I know, but that's how their race lives, and it is not up to us to change that."

Krune then nodded and smiled.

"Anyway, we won't need to find another path, let's enter the central region!"

Feifei and Krune then left straight away.

Somewhere else, Hulibe Acrol and his two companions were also having a hard time. They, too, got to find one of those black-clothed men and were in the middle of a battle against him. But one thing was different about this battle, that is because of the one on the losing end was the Divine Soul Realm Assasin instead!

'What is happening here? The information said that all the participants of the Divine Path Sect exchange program were at the Core Formation Stage. But those three are obviously in the Divine Soul Realm too!'

He had the same plan as his friend, who attacked Uriu Orion back then. Get information about Feifei, and then kill those guys after. But let alone get any information, he doesn't even know if he will survive this encounter anymore.

Hulibe and his two friends were also taken aback when they got attacked by this Divine Soul Realm cultivator. But as soon as this guy had asked where Feifei was, they understood that he wasn't someone from this Dimensional Realm to start with. Most likely, he was an Assasin tasked to kill her.

Hulibe had no intention to get in his way to start with. But when he said that he didn't have any information about Feifei, the other side immediately attacked them. Hulibe and his two friends, of course, had to defend themselves.

In fact, the Assasin is wrong about Hulibe's group cultivation realm. They are still in the Core Formation Stage. But there is one thing that very few know about. Hulibe's Ancestor is one of the most influential figures in the Rasie Clan, Hulibe Ronary! Although he isn't a descendant of that Clan, he still has his voice heard in there. Not to mention that he is also one of the Semi Divinity Realm protectors of the Clan.

Ronary had high hopes in Acrol due to his Major Core and talents. So he obviously filled him to the teeth with protection measures. One of them was a treasure that had part of his will inside. Even for a Semi Divinity Realm cultivator, such a thing is very hard and expensive to make! Still, he crafted it for Acrol with caring about the costs!

It's thanks to that will that Acrol and his friends can fight at the late stage Divine Soul Realm for some time.

Although Acrol's group had an overwhelming advantage, he knew that his time was limited and that he wouldn't be able to kill that guy like that. He couldn't help but take another item out of his spatial ring. This one the power to release an attack at the Soul Forging Realm level once!

"Hmph! You can only blame yourself for having forced me to use this."

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Hulibe inserted his spiritual energy inside, and soon, a small projection of an old man appeared on top of it. The old man, obviously, was Hulibe Ronary!

The projection looked around and immediately understood the situation. It then gathered all the spiritual energy in over 10km radius in a split of a second! The black-clothed Assassin realized that things had just turned worse and took a protection runestone out. It was an 8 Golden Stars space displacement runestone! The man had long since charged it just in case he needed that. But he had never thought that he had to use it during his very first encounter!

The attack of Acrol's treasure that was supposed to hit the man passed right through him instead! It was as if the man was there and at the same time not. Of course, the man still paid the price since he couldn't displace the full power of Acrol's Ancestor attack. Still, that was enough for him to survive. After that, a small-time window appeared on Acrol's group attack. The man then immediately used a forbidden blood escaping technique to charge out of the encirclement.

Just like that, the man fleed.

Acrol saw that but didn't pursue him. He understood that the man won't be in any condition to battle anymore for quite a few months if not for over a year. He and his friends will be out of this Dimension Realm way before that happens.

Hulibe Acrol looked at the direction that the man left and narrowed his eyes.

'Just what is happening here? That man's attack skills didn't seem to be something from the western protectorate. Did he come from outside the Big Four territories?'

Acrol didn't have the answer for that now, so he decided to ignore him for the time being. He looked at his friends and said.

"Chances are that there is more than one, and it seemed like that guy wanted to eliminate all witnesses. We are moving straight away to the Inner Core Region and using our runestones to leave this place straight away."

The other two nodded, and their group immediately departed.

Hulibe Acrol, of course, didn't know that the connection between this Dimensional Realm and the outside was cut and that the runestones wouldn't work.

The Divine path Sect participants who came with Krune were in a different situation. They didn't get any significant challenge, nor did they bump into one of the Assasins. One must remember that this is still the outer perimeter, so it is to be expected that it doesn't have that many strong demon beasts or traps here.

Today, however, they had finally entered the central region.

There was a total of four of them together at the moment, and they made a demon beast called Juniu as the momentary leader of the group. At first, it was supposed to be Krune, but now that wisp wasn't here.

Juniu is a Light Shark from the Dinril Planet. Of course, the light in the name is just a name, it doesn't mean that they can use light element before others. Because he is a water demon beast, any time he is out of the sea, he has to keep in his human form.

"Juniu, now that we are in the central region, should we look around first before moving to the inner core region?"

Juniu pondered a bit and then nodded his head.

"I think it is good too. This place hasn't been explored yet, so we might really find something good."

They did as planned and got quite a few harvests like Silver Stars Materials for crafting or herbs for alchemy. Of course, there was more danger inside the central region, so they had quite a few battles in the meantime. There was even an encounter with an early stage Divine Soul Realm demon beast, which forced them to flee and almost got them killed.

Fortunately, as geniuses of the Divine Path Sect, they had quite a few trump cards themselves. It is just that they aren't at the level of the ones brought out by Hulibe Acrol at that time. Still, none of them were depressed by that. The meaning of this training was precisely that, to temper themselves in life and death situations.

On the fourth day, their group was moving around when suddenly, they noticed someone approaching. At first, they entered into combat state and were ready to attack or flee at any time. But surprisingly, the one coming was Uriu Orion, the Spiritas Kingdom Genius! When Juniu and the others looked at Uriu, they were taken aback.

Uriu had lost one of his arms. There was a grievous injury on his chest and seemed like to be rotting at a speed that they could see. Not to mention the various other places on his body that also didn't look much better.

Because of the fact that his opponent had a Death Core on top of the Divine Soul Realm cultivator, Uriu was having a hard time to counter its effects. The only reason why Death Energy hasn't killed him yet is that his Life Core just so happens to counter this kind of power.

Another thing is that Uriu's plan worked, and the trap left by the owner of this Dimensional Realm in the past worked on his favor in the end. Unfortunately for him, his two companions were not so lucky. Uriu gave his best to prevent Death Energy from taking their lives, but his Life Core wasn't so efficient on others as it was on himself. Not to mention that Death Energy Skills weren't the only type of attack that the Assasin used.

In the end, by getting both himself and the Death Core assassin inside the trap, he found a small chance at life! Now, this state is the result of all his efforts.

Uriu looked at the Divine Path Sect participants and used a Divine Sense Message to explain the whole situation. Divine Sense messages could be done in less than a second as long as you already know what you want to say to the other part.

When Juniu's group heard everything, they immediately felt alarmed! Assassins were able to pass through the elders of the Divine Path Sect and enter this place to attempt killing Feifei. They couldn't help but think that perhaps the elders outside are already dead! But soon, Juniu shook his head.

"No, that isn't the case. It had been several days since Uriu escaped from the Death Core owner pursuit. If the enemies were really strong enough to kill the elders outside, they definitely would have several more Divine Soul realm assassins sent inside. Still, we haven't found a single one since that time. I might be wrong, but I believe that those assassins entered the Dimension Realm without the elders noticing or at least not being able to stop them. Not to mention that if they had really killed the elders, then they have more than enough power to destroy the Dimensional Realm. That would guarantee Feifei's death without the need to send anyone inside."

Uriu nodded and then said.

"I also gave a lot of thought, and I believe that you are right. But before we continue with this conversation, do you have any spirit stones with you? I used almost all of mine just to escape the Assassin's attack. I need a lot of spiritual energy to get rid of the Death Energy inside me."

Juniu and the other nodded and immediately gave Uriu some of their Spirit Stones. If what Uriu said is true, the best option would be to stay together for the time being to increase their chances of survival.

Uriu immediately bowed and thanked them for the support. He was a little afraid that they would refuse and immediately flee from this place. Maybe even worse, they might have chosen to attack him instead!

With enough spirit energy this time, Uriu was finally able to get rid of the death energy in his body after a few hours. With his life core and the ability to use Light Element, it only took a short time for him to heal himself. The only thing that was preventing it from happening was Death Energy. Otherwise, those injuries wouldn't have bothered him until now.

The Life Core healing power was really awe-inspiring! Even Uriu's lost arm had grown back after some time. That is not something that an ordinary Core Formation Realm cultivator or demon beast should be able to do.

Uriu then looked at this group and asked.

"Who is the leader at the moment?"

Juniu immediately said.

"It is me for the time we are inside the Dimensional Realm."

Uriu nodded and then said.

"Alright. I will follow your orders from now on then."

Juniu's group was taken aback! For a second, they thought that Uriu would ask to let him lead them since he is the strongest here due to his Major Core. But he decided to not do so, much for their surprise.

Juniu looked deeply at Uriu, who was waiting for his words and then sighed.

"No need, you will be the leader from now on."

One of Juniu's companions immediately intervened.

"Juniu, we only have his words at the moment. What if he is trying to guide us into a trap?"

Juniu shook his head and said.

"I believe my instincts, and now they are telling me the Uriu isn't lying. Besides, if you are really doubtful, there is a straightforward method to check it, right?"

Only then did they remember that Uriu is still in the Core Formation Realm, which means that he can't go against a Blood Contract!

Uriu also nodded and asked for them to write one straight away. It was a very simple one. It only stated that Uriu was not lying about the things he said. Uriu signed it, and the seal entered his soul, just to disappear right after. Since Uriu wasn't lying, the blood contract lost its effect as soon as the conditions were met. Seeing that made Juniu's companion sigh in relief, but at the same time, they understood the danger that they are in.

Juniu then looked at Uriu and asked.

"Should we go back to the entrance?"

Uriu immediately shook his head.

"That is unnecessary. You said it yourself, after the number of days since my group received the attack, we didn't find any other assassin. But that also means that we didn't find any reinforcements. Because of that, I believe that this dimension has lost the connection with the outside."

Juniu was taken aback and immediately thought about a possibility.

"Space Lock Formation!"

Uriu nodded.

"Exactly! It also means that it was used from somewhere really far away. If the Space Lock Formation was used from somewhere inside the Divine Path Sect territory, I find it hard to believe that your Sect wouldn't notice it, much less not stop it in time."

Juniu and the others nodded.

Uriu then looked at the central region direction and said.

"Let's meet everyone in the Inner Core region. Only with the advantage in numbers, it might be possible to defend ourselves. After all, we have no idea when the connection to the outside will be mend. We can't count on luck to stay hidden forever."

Everyone agreed with Uriu's idea, and they also started to move in the Inner Core Region direction.

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The leader of the Assasins was still looking for the targets when suddenly, he got a message. Different from Krune and the others who couldn't communicate, those guys had brought special spiritual equipment that allowed them to talk to each other.

"What is it, Angil? Did you find them?"

The equipment could only transmit voice, so the leader couldn't see the person or demon beast on the other side.

"I found three of those mentioned in the information, but I almost died when I attacked. The three of them were, in fact, Divine Soul Realm cultivators or had a Treasure that allowed them to battle at that level. In the end, I received some severe injuries and had to use the blood escaping technique. Lanis, be careful of the Rasie Clan kids. They are not simple."

Lanis was the name of the leader of the assassins this time.

"Are you able to continue the mission?"

Angil immediately answered.

"No, the blood escaping technique plus the injuries had deeply affected my foundation. Let alone fight against another Divine Soul Realm, even some early-stage Core Formation demon beasts would have me running away at the moment."

Lanis took a deep breath and answered.

"Anyway, it is good that you gave us the information. I will send your message to the others. Did you leave behind any clues?"

"Yes, I had to use a lot of my best skills, so they might be able to at least tell from where I came once they are outside."

"Very well, I believe you know what to do."

Angil's voice, on the other side, went silent for a moment and then replied.

"Yes, I know."

Lanis and Angil finished their call. Whether the mission was a success or not, that would be the last time they talked with each other.

Lanis then sent the information to the other three and told them to not meddle with the Rasie Clan ones for the time being. They should spend their efforts on Feifei only if possible.

Krune and Feifei had been moving to the Inner Core region while fighting a few times on the way. With their own unique traits, they didn't have much difficulty in dealing with the beasts. So far, the most dangerous encounter was still with the swarm of three-horned beetles.

They even bumped on an Early Stage Divine Soul Realm demon beast. But with Feifei's improved Destiny Core, it wasn't too hard for them to escape. Not to mention that Krune's speed wasn't any lower than the enemy's.

Another week passed, and they got a few materials and herbs, just like the other disciples of the Divine Path Sect. Feifei then decided to leave them all with Krune. For her, those things didn't have much value, different from Krune, who still had to follow the Sect Rules.

When both of them were finally approaching the Inner Core Region, Light Spirit called Krune out.

"A Divine Soul Realm Divine Sense just passed through you. I also can feel that the owner is approaching your location at high speeds. Wait, the guy stopped."

Krune immediately stopped as well and warned Feifei.

Feifei was impressed that Krune was able to feel a Divine Sense that even she with her cultivation couldn't. Still, she believed Krune, so she was also put on guard.

They had finally encountered one of the assassins that were pursuing Feifei. When the assassin noticed her, he informed the other three, including the leader.

"Found Feifei, come to this location."

The assassin was planning to use a snake attack, but he didn't expect that Krune and Feifei would stop the moment his Divine Sense passed through them. With his cultivation, they shouldn't have been able to feel it, after all. Because of that, he decided to call for his companions first and keep Feifei under his watch.

Krune was waiting for Light Spirit's answer about the enemy.

"Weird, he stopped and isn't moving at all, could it be that he isn't here for you two? Try to move a few kilometers ahead first."

Krune immediately did as Light Spirit said, and they kept moving ahead for a little longer. As expected, the enemy also followed them but kept his distance.

"He is still there, but he isn't approaching. I can't tell which stage of the Divine Soul Realm he is, but from the speed that he was moving at first when he saw you two, I would say he is at least in the middle stages. Someone like him shouldn't be afraid of you two, which means..."

Krune and Light Spirit immediately understood what that meant.

"Not good, he is probably waiting for reinforcements."

That could be the only answer since the enemy noticed that an ambush wouldn't work anymore.

Krune then told Feifei his conclusion and immediately went back to his wisp form.

When the assassin noticed Krune's real form, he finally understood.

"So, that's Lucio's disciple like the information said. Why would someone take a wisp as a disciple, and a colorful one at that?"

For a second, there was disdain on his face, but it was really for a second only. That's because, in the next one, the disdain was swapped by surprise, and then disbelief!

Krune could already use Tribulation Lightning at 80% in his wisp form as soon as he entered the Core Formation Realm. He is now at the 4th stage of the same realm, which turned it even easier for him. Considering that a Divine Soul Realm was waiting for reinforcements, it is evident that they would also be in the same cultivation realm. Krune couldn't possibly allow them to surround him and Feifei. In the end, there was only one answer to this situation: Flee!

"Tribulation Lightning Movement, 100%!"

Krune grabbed Feifei with his Spiritual Energy and dashed away in a flash of purple light!

Although it was easier to use the Tribulation Lightning Movement at the 4th stage of the Core Formation Realm, it didn't mean that Krune could control it at 100% output. Still, Krune was confident that 90% would definitely be possible. As for 100%, although it would cause some damage to his Core, it wouldn't be anything serious as long as he doesn't use it for too long.

The result was that Krune now was moving faster than the enemy could even follow!

The assassin noticed it with his Divine Sense, and his face got even uglier.

"Fuck!"

This realm is enormous, so his companions would take a long time to arrive even at full speed! The guy started to ponder if he should use a forbidden technique to catch up with Krune. But after what he heart about Angil's situation, he hesitated. If Krune and Feifei had a way of communication and were moving in the Rasie Clan disciples direction, then he might be throwing himself into the tiger's mouth.

Of course, although Krune was faster than the Divine Soul Realm guy, it wasn't by much. The difference in the cultivation level was too high, and he was also carrying Feifei with him. But Feifei wasn't just sitting there doing nothing. From the moment that the Divine Soul Realm guy appeared, she started to use her Destiny Core to calculate a safe route. A route that wouldn't end up bumping on that guy's companions or other things that might delay them! That was also why Krune had no worries about the places he was passing by.

When Feifei finally calculated the best path, she started to smile.

"What about we give that guy a few friends to play with?"

Krune heard that and laughed inside. He totally understood what Feifei was about to do.

Feifei then guided Krune through some routes where demon beasts were guarding. While the two of them passed undetected due to some weird moves, the assassin didn't have it as easy as them. Finally, Feifei guided him to provoke a Divine Soul Realm demon beast, which immediately attacked the assassin. It wasn't that the demon beast didn't notice Krune and Feifei, it was just that it put a lot more importance on the assassin who was in the same realm as it!

The assassin felt like crying already. Although he was stronger than the demon beast, he wasn't a Major Core owner like the guy that attacked Uriu back then. In the end, it took him quite a few exchanges with the demon beast to finally force it into fleeing. Still, it was too late. Krune and Feifei had already left his Divine Sense range.

Light Spirit also noticed that and said.

"You are good now, he can't reach you with his Divine Sense anymore."

Only after hearing Light Spirit's voice did Krune reduce his Tribulation Lightning output to 80% again. With Feifei's help, they then got even further until the assassin couldn't follow them anymore.

When Krune finally stopped, both he and Feifei were exhausted. Feifei had been using her Destiny Core to divine a safe route. One must remember that although the Divine Soul Realm enemy wasn't the focus of her calculations, he was still part of it. Not to mention that later, a Divine Soul Realm demon beast also took part in the predictions of the Destiny Energy. Fortunately, neither of them was the main focus of her efforts, but the route instead. Otherwise, she definitely wouldn't be able to check both of them at the same time.

As for Krune, it is pretty obvious. To keep his Tribulation Lightning output at 100% all this time had hurt his Core quite a bit. Because of that, he didn't return to his human form but stayed like that so that he could heal himself easier.

Now that they are safe, both of them immediately started to recover their energy and heal the injuries. Feifei was only able to tell that this place was safe for the time being. However, now that the Divine Soul Realm enemy is out of her range, she can't Divine his actions anymore without more information.

While they were recovering, Krune asked Feifei.

"Is he someone from this dimension realm?"

Feifei shook her head.

"No, the changes in the destiny energy wasn't something that someone from our Western Protectorate should show. He definitely came from outside here, and even outside the territory of the Big Four."

Krune was taken aback! Doesn't it mean that they came for him or Feifei?

With Krune's IQ, he didn't take long to think about all the possibilities and reach the same conclusion as the other participants. He then told everything he thought to Feifei and said.

"We need to gather with the other participants. That's our best option at the moment since the realm is probably locked at the moment."

Feifei nodded, and they spent some time recovering to their peak. After that, they also left for the Inner Core Region.

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Somewhere around the border between the outer perimeter and central regions, a man just appeared out of nowhere. His clothes were quite ragged, and it was evident that he had passed through a hard time. His name was Gelius, the black-clothed man that was pursuing Uriu Orion back then.

"Fuck! That ant, when I find him, I will suck his life energy dry!"

He had a lot of difficulties to leave that trap left by the owner of this place a long time ago. Only after over a week of effort did he finally escape its range. He knew that Uriu was guiding into that place. Still, he thought that even if he followed Uriu inside, he would be able to deal with it easily. Unfortunately for him, he had underestimated Uriu's plans and the prowess of the trap formation.

But now that he is outside, he immediately dashed to the inner core region direction at full speed. He wasn't even afraid of alarming the beasts on the way. Anyone who tried to block him died!

Krune and Feifei were also making their way there while Feifei was trying to calculate the position of the others.

"It's quite hard, I have almost no information regarding this dimensional realm. Because of that, it isn't easy to calculate their positions at the moment. The best I can do is give a general direction."

Krune nodded and said.

"No problem, as long as you can tell where we should go, that's enough. Sooner or later, we will bump on them."

Sure enough, because everyone had been moving into the inner core region, Krune finally found some of them. It turns out that the ones they found out first were Feifei's pretenders! She couldn't help but sigh after seeing them in her Divine Sense. Still, it wasn't time to care about it.

The Wang Clan guys had been moving together ever since they separated from Feifei. It took them by surprise to see that Feifei was the one coming after them instead. When they looked at the wisp beside Feifei, they wanted nothing more than tearing it apart. Still, they knew that it wouldn't be easy. Not to mention that Feifei couldn't possibly allow them to do that.

"Feifei, where did you go? If something happened to you, the grand elder would have skinned us alive!"

Feifei didn't waste time explaining why she separated from them and immediately told them everything through a Divine Sense message.

"What?! An assassin? Here?"

They couldn't believe it! Someone tried to kill Feifei right under the Divine Path Sect and the Big Four noses.

"Feifei, are you telling the truth? This isn't a joke."

Feifei didn't blame them this time since she was the one to flee first. So to make things faster, she simply took out a blood contract and used it to prove her words. When the four guys looked at that, they were taken aback! Now they have no other choice other than believe her.

"This..."

Krune then came forward and told them his plans. But because of what happened, they weren't very willing to follow Krune's idea.

Feifei noticed that and then said.

"If you are not coming, then I will go alone with Krune. By the way, that is the safest option according to what I can see with my abilities."

Wang Mo sighed and then said.

"Fine, if it is what your prediction ability says, then I will follow krune's idea."

Wang Ting and the other two also nodded. Everyone knows about Feifei's divination abilities, so it would be an idiotic act to go against it in this situation. The end result might even be their death because of that.

Feifei then told everyone the direction that they should move, and they departed. On the way, Wang Mo passed Krune a combat formation through their communicators and told him to practice it for now. They would use it in case they find one of those Divine Soul Realm assassins.

Krune looked at the information and had to admit that this combat formation was excellent, not to mention that it could support different numbers of cultivators or demon beasts. After reading everything and pondering about it for a while, he arrived at a conclusion.

"For this formation to show the best result, I will have to be in the center controlling it."

Wang Mo and the others heard that, and their mouths twitched.

"You only learned about his formation a few hours ago, and you believe you can control it better than Wang Mo? Are you making fun of our faces?"

Krune shook his head and said.

"I see nothing funny in doing something like that. This formation requires a high control over the elements and excellent grasp between both attack and defense at the same time. I believe that I am indeed the best one here for that. With Feifei's calculations, I have no doubt that no one is better than me for this role at the moment."

Wang Mo and the others obviously didn't believe it, nor did they want to be under Krune's control. So they all immediately refused. Krune saw that and sighed. There would be no point in having Feifei demanding them to do as he said. If they are not willing themselves, the formation might indeed be worse in his hands. Only with everyone's full cooperation, Krune can bring the best result out of this.

Feifei also understood that point, so she didn't say anything. If she forces them to cooperate, they will instead hold an even bigger grudge against Krune.

On the way, they had also asked to Feifei why she had fled.

"Because if I kept close to you guys, I wouldn't be able to train myself, so I did a deal with Krune. He would bring me away, but he would not intervene in any battle that I went through. Thanks to that, I could finally test several attack and defense skills that I had thought about. It was a lot better than having you guys stepping forward every single second to 'protect' me."

They were taken aback, but they had to admit that they would indeed try to look nice in front of her by doing that. Also, because of the grand elder's orders, there is no way they could let Feifei pass through any dangerous situation. But a dangerous situation was exactly what she wanted.

Krune didn't say anything and let everything for Feifei to deal with.

A day later, Krune's group tried out the combat formation. In the end, Wang Mo was the one controlling it while Feifei used her Destiny Core to help with the battle. Krune could only sigh after seeing the several points where it went wrong or that he could have done better. Still, he followed the orders without complaining.

The Wang Clan guys had to once more admit Krune's talent. He was, without a doubt, the one who contributed the most both in attack and defense. Not to mention his flying shields that could add an extra layer of protection. Of course, they could only test it against Core Formation Realm opponents since they would spend too much energy if they challenged a Divine Soul Beast.

After a few more forced battles, they stopped at that since they were close to the inner core region now. Finally, Krune's group reached the central and inner core region border. When they looked at the place, they were taken aback.

There was a huge light barrier as far as they could see! It seemed like it entered the ground and also the air above. Also, they couldn't see anything like an entrance at all!

Feifei felt that something wasn't right about this place.

Krune noticed her behavior and asked through a Divine Sense.

"What is it?"

Feifei then said.

"I don't know, but it seems like there is something different inside."

Krune was taken aback but didn't show it on his face.

"Can you tell me what it is?"

Feifei went silent for a moment but then said.

"No, it's just a feeling, and it's quite weird."

Krune nodded slightly.

"Let's not care about it for now, then. We have bigger issues to deal with at the moment."

Feifei agreed with him and focused back on the situation in front of them.

Wang mo then looked at everyone and said.

"Let's follow the barrier to see if we can find anything further away. Also, the others probably were stopped by this thing, so it should be easier to find them now."

Krune and everyone nodded, but Krune told them something else.

"If we thought about this possibility, the enemy probably did the same, so let's be careful."

He then looked at Feifei and asked.

"Which side is should we go to found the other groups?"

Feifei focused on her Destiny Core once more and said.

"Right side."

Everyone nodded once more, and they departed.

Around one hour later, two men from the assassin's group appeared in the same place where Krune and the others were before. One of then was Lanis, while the other was the last Black-Clothed man. In fact, he is a demon beast in human form, a griffin, to be more exact. His name was Yano.

Lanis looked at Yano and asked.

"How's that?"

Yano nodded and said.

"They had been here, but they were stopped by this barrier. Let me see..."

Yano then took a piece of equipment and said.

"They went to the right side, and it seems like there are more of them now. But I can't be sure how much or who it is."

Lanis nodded and said.

"No problem. Gelius and Peily are also coming, so I will tell them the direction, and we are going ahead first. It's one thing for the Rasie Kids to deal with one of us, but it won't happen if we attack together. As for mounting an ambush, it seems it won't work. Peily said that they can feel our Divine Senses already, even though they are in the Core Formation Realm. Those are some scaring kids."

Yano and Lanis then moved out to see if they could find Feifei. Although Peily lost track from Krune, Lanis doesn't believe that the same can happen with him since he is a lot faster.

On krune's side, they finally found another group, they were none else than the Rasie Clan participants.

Hulibe Acrol had also noticed that, although he didn't see any other assassin, there had been no other Divine Soul Realm from the Divine Path Sect, either. So he also concluded that this realm is possibly closed to those outside this place.

He noticed someone approaching and went on guard, but when he saw that it was Krune and the Wang Clan people, he relaxed a bit.

After that, he asked if Krune's group knew what was happening and what they found.

Wang Mo came forward and nodded.

"Yes, we know everything already."

Both sides then explained what they knew.

"We should keep together for the time being. Like that, the combat formation that I have here will also get much better."

Acrol looked at the formation and said.

"Keeping together is indeed the best option since we don't know if they have a way to track us down. Separating now might just make us being hunted one by one. Still, my group has no need for your formation, so you can keep it to yourselves. We have our own way of dealing with our opponents."

They were just about to keep taking when suddenly, Krune came forward to talk.

"I'm sorry for stopping you two, but we have company!"

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Sure enough, Hulibe and Mo noticed someone else approaching. But to their surprise, it was none other than Uriu and the Divine Path Sect disciples! After they got close, Uriu immediately started to tell them what happened.

Krune heard that and said.

"So you guys also found an Assassin. It seems like they are here for Feifei, and we are the witnesses that they need to get rid of too."

If it was only Feifei, a few of them might have separated from her. But so far, it was evident that they should also be eliminated to prevent any clues of those Assassins to spread. That meant that just leaving Feifei behind will make them no good. Instead, it will reduce their combat power.

Juniu and the other disciples of the Divine Path Sect then gathered around Krune. They know that Krune is the strongest from their Sect at the moment, and he was someone selected by the Sect Master. In their eyes, it would be safer to follow Krune instead. Krune didn't mind it this time, he needed more strength, after all.

But there was also another thing. With Krune's group numbers, Wang Mo's group had no right to say that Krune should follow their order while using the battle formation.

Krune then turned to Wang Mo and asked.

"Can I pass them the battle formation?"

Wang Mo was taken aback since he thought that Krune would use this chance to ask for the central position in it, but he just asked for the combat formation instead.

"Sure."

He then sent the combat formation to Juniu and the others. But when they noticed that the one who was controlling it wasn't Krune, they got puzzled.

It was then that Krune said.

"Alright, I will make a new group with them while you guys make a group yourselves. We don't know how many enemies are there, but we can tell that it is at least three at the moment. The Rasie Clan seems to have their own way of dealing with one of them. So we need to be able to do something about the other two. The best way is to use two combat formations at the same time."

Only now did Wang Mo understand the reason. But he had to admit that Krune is right. It's just that after what Krune provided to their formation during that little training time, he felt like it was an enormous loss to have Krune leaving it.

"Very well."

Krune nodded and then told Feifei with a Divine Sense message.

"It's better for you to stay with them too. Only with your Improved Destiny Core can they have a chance against those guys. I will use my group to try to get rid of one of them as fast as possible."

Feifei nodded and didn't move away from Wang Mo's group. That made them sigh in relief. If she wasn't going with Krune now, then it meant that what they had before was really just a deal, and now it was over. So in their eyes, Feifei had chosen to stay with them.

Uriu, who hadn't said anything so far, came close to Krune.

"I will be joining your group them. I have a life core, which is especially efficient against that guy with a Death Core. It should give us a big advantage."

He didn't say it, but another reason was that he wanted to avenge his friends from the Spiritas Kingdom too.

Krune nodded and also passed to him that combat formation. They had little time to practice it, but with Krune's understanding and pointers, they still took a basic grasp in the following time.

While all that was happening, they were also moving along with the barrier. That was the only reason why the Assassin leader hasn't caught up to them yet since they are moving in the same direction.

Also, they wanted to see how they would enter this light barrier. After all, that was supposed to be the condition to activate the teleport runestone formation and leave this place.

Suddenly, Krune heard Light Spirit's voice.

"A Divine Sense passed through you just now, it seems like they had come. This time, it isn't only one, but two instead."

Krune was surprised.

"Only two, not three?"

Light Spirit focused a bit and then confirmed.

"Yes, only two."

Krune then asked everyone to stop.

"They are here, I just felt their Divine Sense pass through us, and there is two of them now."

Everyone looked at Krune, surprised. None of them had felt anything, but Krune, at the 4th Stage of the Core Formation Realm, could feel those Divine Soul Realm Divine Senses. That was ridiculous in their eyes.

Light Spirit then started to give reports on their movements according to the Divine Sense.

"It seems like those two stopped as well. They are just observing us. They noticed that we already detected their presence, so they are probably biding their time to wait for their companions."

Hulibe Acrol narrowed his eyes. They don't know if three is the total number or if there are even more of them.

"We should take this chance to attack. If even more of them appear later, we might not be able to deal with them."

Krune and everyone else nodded, so they immediately took action.

On the other side, the Yano and Lanis noticed that their target stopped and are now moving in their direction. Yano felt surprised and then snorted.

"Do they think that they can deal with the two of us together? I wish to see how they are going to do that."

But just as Yanos was also about to dash forward to attack, Lanis put a hand on his shoulder and said.

"Let's retreat. Those kids from the Rasie Clan are with them, and you know very well what happened to Angil after that."

Lanis wasn't afraid of taking them all at once, but he was prioritizing the mission above everything else. So he decided to keep his distance while waiting for the others. Like that, they can join forces and get rid of all the trouble at once.

Yanos felt a little unwilling but still followed the orders.

Back at Krune's group, Light Spirit immediately told him what was happening. Krune then asked for everyone to stop.

"They are not coming. Instead, the assassins are keeping their distance while keeping their Divine Sense on us. It seems like they have no intention of starting a fight with us before their group is full."

Everyone stopped and then looked at Krune. At the moment, he was the only one who could feel the enemies Divine Sense.

"What do we do then, they are both at the Divine Soul Realm. If they decide to keep their distance, we won't be able to catch up."

Krune also didn't have many options at the moment. He then looked at Feifei to see if she could use her Destiny Core to find a way out.

Feifei also knew what Krune was thinking and had already started to do that. Still, it was quite hard to do when Divine Soul Realm cultivators were involved in the calculation.

Uriu Orion then said.

"In that case, let's keep moving along the barrier the same way we did before. There might have something somewhere that will allow us to enter. We might as well do like I did with that Death Core assassin and force them into a trap formation."

Krune and everyone else nodded, and they resumed their travel in the opposite direction of the assassins.

Sure enough, both Lanis and Yanos followed them from a distance.

Time passed, and soon, two hours went by. During this time, Lanis and Yano gathered with the guy who pursued Feifei and Krune. His name was Yunir, and he too wanted to attack straight away. But Lanis didn't allow it and said to wait for Gelius, who was coming to meet them at the moment.

Krune also informed everyone about the appearance of another assassin and the fact they still stayed behind. Even though they didn't attack straight away, that didn't make anyone happy. That just reinforced their conjecture that the enemy still had more members.

Suddenly, Feifei's eyes lit up!

"Found it! The entrance to the inner core region."

She had been using her Destiny Core to try to calculate its position for a long time, and her efforts were finally rewarded in the end.

Everyone heard that, and their eyes lit up too!

"No wonder we couldn't find it. That is because the entrance isn't on the barrier itself. In fact, this light barrier is entirely closed, and there are no gaps. The entrance is a teleport formation instead. it is around an hour away from here in that direction."

Feifei then pointed to a direction on the opposite side of the light barrier, which took everyone aback. No wonder the Sect gave them around six months to complete this challenge. If they didn't have Feifei's Destiny Core, there was no way they could have found it anytime soon. They would probably spend a lot of time around the barrier, trying to finding something that didn't even exist!

They immediately moved in the direction that Feifei pointed.

Lanis, Yano, and Yunir noticed their change in direction and were puzzled.

"Did they give up trying to find an entrance?"

Lanis pondered a bit.

"I don't think it is the reason. Remember that Feifei has prediction abilities, so it was probably because of her that they changed direction."

The other two nodded.

"Should we attack straight away, then?"

Lanis also thought that it would be the best option to prevent Feifei from pulling some tricks once more. But just as he was about to give his order, he received a message from Gelius, which made his eyes lit up!

"Gelius is almost here already. Let's wait for him and then get over with it."

Hearing that their only Major Core member was close by made Yano and Yunir excited.

"Great! Now I want to see just how they are going to escape from us."

Back at Krune's group side, Feifei was still using her Destiny Core to predict the situation ahead when suddenly, she noticed something.

"Everyone, be careful. It seems that it won't be easy to use that Teleport Formation."

The closer they get to the teleport formation, the easier it is for Feifei to use her abilities, or so it was supposed to be. But surprisingly, she is having problems doing so. That means that the level of the dangers in that place is definitely above her cultivation level.

Krune immediately got excited after hearing that!

"That's great! This is exactly the type of situation that we need at the moment."

Everyone understood what he meant and nodded. Indeed, only with further variables would they have a chance against their enemies. Not to mention, there is another thing that Krune wants to try out.

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Krune then asked Feifei to keep trying to see what they would find there. For that, Feifei would need to get even closer, which was already happening. Finally, Feifei was able to give some information to Krune and the others.

"It is as you probably thought, there are quite a few demon beasts living in that place."

It was indeed what Krune was expecting, so he turned to everyone and said.

"Everyone, I have a plan to lure those guys."

They at him waiting for his words.

Krune then sent to them a Divine Sense message explaining what they would do. When they heard about what Krune could do, they were taken aback.

"Can you really do that?"

Krune nodded.

"We are almost there, so come closer. That will give us a big advantage. The assassins think that we are fleeing, but they don't know to where. If we suddenly disappear, there is no doubt that they will come straight at us to see what happened."

Krune then looked at Feifei and said.

"Feifei, I will need you to find a route where we won't bump on those Divine Soul Demon Beasts."

Feife nodded and started to use her Destiny Core to the limit. So far, she had been using it sporadically so that she would always be in a combat state. But with Krune's plan, it was now time to put it to good use.

Suddenly, Uriu's life core started to make him feel restless.

"Not good, the Death Core owner is almost here."

Krune then received a message from Light Spirit.

"I can feel a new Divine Sense. That Uriu kid is not lying. Still, he is further away than the other three, so it seems like they aren't coming before getting together."

Krune then didn't waste time and immediately went back to his wisp form.

"Now, gather together."

They got close to Krune, and suddenly, a small layer of Tribulation Lightning started to spread around them. That was the technique that Light Spirit taught him back then when he left the Rainbow Sect. The one capable of hiding oneself against Divine Senses! At that time, it was able to hide Krune against four Soul Forging Experts, so let alone a few Divine Soul Realm ones.

The reason that Krune hasn't used it so far was that he could only control it to cover himself. Even for Krune, he had to admit that controlling it was very demanding. It needs one to control Tribulation Lightning in a very delicate way, which was very hard with a power as berserk as this one. That's why he hadn't used it so far and asked Light Spirit to do it this time.

Light Spirit usually wouldn't intervene too, the more dangerous situations that Krune goes through, the faster he will grow. But the time now was different, so he had to do it for Krune for them to at least have a chance in this plan. In fact, Light Spirit didn't have Krune's limitation. If he wanted, he could control it even from far away!

Krune then took a runestone out of his Spatial Ring.

Surprisingly, it was a teleport formation one. But Krune's idea was not to teleport everyone, but to use its space power to fool the assassins!

On the side of the assassins, they had already noticed Gelius coming. They were just waiting for him to initiate their attack. But suddenly, Krune's group disappeared from their Divine Senses!

"Did they use a teleport formation or a runestone one?"

Lanis nodded.

"I was able to see that wisp bringing out a Runestone, and then I felt the power of the space around them just before they disappeared. Let's go, with the number that had just been teleported, they shouldn't have gone far. Yano, take a look if you can find the direction they had gone."

Yano nodded and immediately started to work, he couldn't pinpoint their exact location. Still, he could give a general direction as Feifei does.

"They are still further ahead in the same direction."

Lanis and the other two nodded and immediately dashed forward.

On Krune's side, he had Light Spirit use the Tribulation Lightning Layer just as they were about to enter the place of the Teleport Formation. With that, the demon beasts inside wouldn't feel their presence. With Feifei's help and the fact that she just had to predict what was in front of her, they were able to move past the demon beasts without being noticed.

A few minutes later, the assassins arrived. When they used their Divine Sense to see the place, they soon noticed the number of demon beasts in the area.

"No wonder they used a teleport runestone, there are too many beasts here, so they probably used it to pass by without alarming them."

Still, they couldn't waste time here. So they ignored the demon beasts' eyes and moved forward. Even if a Divine Soul Demon Beast appears, they will be able to deal with it straight away with their combined power. But what they didn't expect is that this place is guarded not by one or two of them, but six!

The reason was evident, this is the place that has the teleport formation that leads into the inner core region, so it had a lot more protection.

Sure enough, the low-level beasts noticed the assassins passing through and immediately informed their leaders.

On Krune's side, they were moving as fast as they can. Finally, they could see a giant building in front that seemed to be very old. Feifei then confirmed that the teleport formation is really inside. At the moment, no one was using their Divine Senses since they didn't want to alarm the demon beasts at the same level or higher. In that case, they could only count on Feifei's prediction ability.

Krune looked at her and could see that Feifei was sweating quite a lot. It was evident that she was using her Destiny Core to a great extent. Suddenly, Feifei shouted through a Divine Sense Message.

"Everyone get down now! Don't move."

They did as Feifei asked, and just a second later, they saw five flashes of light flying in the direction that they came. Immediately, Krune's group understood who they were.

As expected, those are the Divine Soul Demon Beasts guarding the location. They got information from their subordinates about the assassins coming in their direction. There were two Thunder Lions with one Lioness. Beside them, one could also see two Dark Tigers and one White. Of course, the White Tiger isn't the Divine Beast Winged White Tiger, just a normal white one.

Krune's group knew that their luring plan worked, and the assassins did really get the Divine Soul beasts attention.

The Assassins noticed the Divine Soul beasts coming in their Divine Sense. But at the same time, they also saw a teleport formation inside a building in the same direction! If they didn't understand what was happening now, they would have lived their lives in vain.

"Those brats!"

The Demon Beasts were left behind with an order to kill anyone that intruded inside, and it had been like this for a very long time. So when those beasts arrived, they didn't say anything and attacked straight away.

The assassins weren't weak, though. Even with the disadvantage in numbers, they were just put in a defensive position but were still able to hold the demon beasts back. But what they were afraid wasn't the demon beasts, but the Teleport Formation inside the building. If Krune's group goes through it and destroy the formation on the other side, it will take a long time until they find their group again.

Unfortunately for them, Krune had already predicted this much. So it was well within his plan that they would try to stop them from using the teleport formation.

With Feifei's help, Krune and the others entered the building without alarming any of the lower level beasts. They could feel quite a lot of Divine Senses passing through them, but only the Core Formation ones would pose any risk. Still, Light Spirit was controlling the Tribulation Layer, so even they couldn't feel their presence at the moment.

But because of the battle outside, the majority of the Core Formation Realm demon beasts went out to check. So the place was pretty much empty at the moment. Thanks to that, by avoiding the other beasts and getting rid of some on the way. They arrived at the teleport formation but didn't try to use it. Instead, Krune silently put several spirit stones around it so that they could use it at any time.

Outside, Gelius had finally caught up with their group. Once there, he immediately attacked and put the demon soul beasts at a disadvantage. But Lanis knew that they couldn't waste time here.

"Yano, you go ahead and destroy that formation before they can use it, we will hold the demon beasts back!"

Yano didn't say anything and immediately turned back to his griffin form. He then dashed forward while Lanis, Peily, and Gelius stayed to deal with the demon beasts.

The reason that Lanis asked Yano to do that is that in his griffin form, he is the best at keeping himself alive. They still couldn't detect Krune's group even after arriving into this place. But there is no way that these Divine Soul Beasts would let them use the teleport formation, so they arrived at the conclusion that Krune's group was hiding from their Divine Sense. If not, then they were not here to start with. But they couldn't take the risk, so Yano was tasked with destroying the Teleport Formation.

Light Spirit noticed Yano coming and immediately told Krune. Although there was more than one entrance to the teleport room, Krune had Light Spirit to tell from where Yano would be coming from. After hearing that, Krune smiled.

"Gotcha!"

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Knowing from where the enemy was coming, Krune asked Light Spirit to help cover his Flying Shields as well. Because the shields were made of Tribulation Ore, it was easier to use Tribulation Lightning on them. Light Spirit did as Krune asked, and with that, the shields were also hidden from the enemy's Divine Sense.

Krune had only one plan, get rid of at least one of the enemies before the rest came over. Even though they could use the teleport formation, there is no way to say if the assassins will be able to find a way to enter the inner core region. So it was best to eliminate part of the danger straight away.

Krune had told the others what he was about to do, but Hulibe Acrol was against it at first. Acrol and his friends still could fight at the Divine Soul Realm level once more, so he wanted to be the one to make the attack. But even though Krune didn't know why Hulibe could fight those guys, he decided to refuse his idea.

"If you have a way to fight them, you better keep it for later. Don't worry, I'm very confident in my attack power. At the very least, I should be able to severely injure him, so just keep looking."

Acrol was doubtful, but he had to admit that if Krune could deal with one of them without needing his help, then that would be for the best. But the main reason he trusted Krune at the moment was that he was Lucio's very first personal disciple. For the Sect Master to have chosen this wisp, Krune has to have some tricks of his own.

Yano, as expected, was using his Divine Sense to check what was happening inside, but all he could see are the demons beasts that remained behind. There was no sign of Krune or anyone from his group. For Yano, it was good. He knew that Krune and the others 'teleported' away, so with his companions holding back the demon beasts, it would be easy for him to destroy the Teleport Formation.

Unfortunately for him, Krune was there waiting for his arrival.

As soon as he entered the teleport formation room, Yano noticed several shields floating in the air around him. At first, he thought that it was a defensive formation, but that was for only a split of a second. That's because those shields were not appearing in his Divine Sense!

Immediately, he felt extreme danger fall over him and tried to retreat, but how could Krune allow him to do that? He had been prepared long before, and he wasn't holding back anything. After this attack, he definitely wouldn't be able to use it again before spending some time recovering the Tribulation Lightning power.

"Tribulation Calamity!"

Tribulation Lightning Spread from Krune and hit all the shields, which then reflected them everywhere inside his shields range. Water, Fire, and Wind Element were also in place, giving birth to the Tribulation Fire. Even Yano, who was the best one at survival in his group, had little time to react at that point. In the end, he could only use his spiritual energy to create a spiritual energy barrier around his body to defend against the attack.

Boom!

Tribulation Lightning and Fire spread everywhere inside the range of the shields, and even Hulibe felt afraid of it. Even if he used his treasures for defense, they still might not be able to defend that attack. Not to mention that Krune wasn't using any kind of treasure either. That was basically his own attack power!

One must remember that when Krune used this attack against Lucio, it was his first time doing it, so he had got a lot better at it now. Also, krune had gone one stage of cultivation higher, which also contributed to the attack. Finally, there is the fact that Krune didn't use his entire reserve of Tribulation Lightning against Lucio, but this time, he definitely did!

If even his Master, Lucio, couldn't leave the range of the attack in time, let alone this guy. Although Lucio had suppressed his cultivation to the 3rd level of the core formation, he was still a Semi Divinity Realm cultivator. But even he didn't notice the attack until he was already inside.

Yano's Spiritual Energy barrier broke apart as if it was made of glass! The Lightning and Fire hit his body from all directions. At that moment, he knew that he was about to die. Still, he is a middle stage Divine Soul Realm demon beast and one good at survival. In that moment of Life and Death, Yano used a forbidden technique that drained his griffin bloodline to out. Right after, all his feathers turned blood red!

His attack, defense, speed, everything increased, and he used that chance to charge out of shields range. That power of his would only last for a little while, and he would pretty much be without combat power left after that.

Krune saw it and snorted.

"You just got here, why don't you stay for a little longer?"

As soon as Yano hard that voice, his heart went cold. Just as he was about to leave the Tribulation Calamity zone, his griffin head hit a steel wall! To be more precise, he was stopped by Krune's Flying Shields! The shields that Krune used to attack with the Tribulation Calamity already lost their Divine Sense cover, so Yano could see them now.

Still, Krune had purposely left 5 shields unused for the sole purpose of defending in case his attack failed. But now that it succeeded, they were pretty much free, and they still had the anti-Divine Sense Tribulation Layer. Krune used them to stop the Griffin from leaving the range of his Tribulation Calamity.

Yano then threw caution to the wind! At first, he could still recover after a few weeks of the side effects of using his bloodline. But now that it reached this point, he couldn't care anymore. Yano then used even more of this power, which will definitely affect him for life! After that, he once more attacked the shields ahead.

This time, there was so much power behind the attack that Krune's 5 shields were sent flying! Yano used that change and left the place straight away. He didn't even look back, nor did he care about the Teleport Formation anymore. In a red streak, Yano left the building and disappeared in the distance.

Krune and the others knew that it was now time. The teleport formation activated, and the spirit stones left in place started to turn into dust. A moment later, Krune and everyone else disappeared with a flash of silver light.

All of this took some time to explain but happened in no more than 10 seconds. The assassins saw everything that happened inside with their Divine Sense and were taken aback. They wanted to go there and help, but not only was everything over too fast, but the Demon Beasts also had no intention of letting them go.

Just a second after the Krune and the others disappeared, the Teleport Formation suddenly broke apart. It was evident that the teleport formation on the other side was destroyed too. Usually, if you break one side of the teleport formation, nothing would happen with the other one. But because the formation was still active when they destroyed, the space power inside went in disarray, making that one break too.

Yano had left straight away, and he didn't come back to his group. It wasn't that he didn't want to help, but because he was almost without any combat power left.

Fortunately, the assassins had the upper hand even with the disadvantage in numbers. But in the end, they decided that there was no point in keeping this fight against the Divine Soul Demon Beasts and retreated too.

Sometime later, Yano contacted Lanis and told him where he was. After Lanis got there, his face went dark. Yano was basically only skin and bones, there is no way he would be able to participate in a battle anytime soon.

Lanis then asked

"How is it?"

Yano looked dispirited and said.

"It's even worse than it looks, I have overdrawn my bloodline way too much, and I'm basically stuck at the Divine Soul Realm for life now. Unless I find some heaven-defying treasure, I have no hope of improvement in the future."

Yano went silent for a second and then continued.

"Even so, I still can use Divination, which should help you guys find another entrance. There is one thing that I'm sure about. That teleport formation definitely connected to the inner core region, and I'm confident that it isn't the only one."

Usually, Lanis would get rid of anyone that had no more use in this mission. But Yano was right, he could still use his Divination ability. He then took out a healing pill and threw it to Yano.

"Use it."

Yano didn't say anything and swallowed the pill. Still, he would take a few hours before he could even move again. As for the battle, that was out of the question for a long time now.

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Back inside the inner core region, Krune's group was looking around after they destroyed the Teleport Formation. They were expecting that the other side would have some guardians, demon beasts, or traps waiting for them. But surprisingly, there was nothing at all, the place was completely empty.

Wang Ting then wondered.

"Could it be that the demon beasts didn't know how to use the teleport formation, so no one ever came here through it?"

Hulibe Acrol shook his head.

"It doesn't matter how ill-informed those demon beasts are, they should at least know how to use the teleport formation. For them to never come here, it is more like an order left behind by the owner of the realm."

Hulibe knew that Feifei could make predictions, so he was going to ask her if she could see anything. But when he looked in her direction, he noticed that she looked exhausted. Only then did he remember that to use divination with so many Divine Soul Realm involved should have taken a lot of effort. In fact, as said before, Feifei couldn't predict more than one Divine Soul Realm cultivator. It was because her focus was not on them but on the route that she was able to pull that off.

Krune also noticed that, but there wasn't much he could do either. Feifei could only recover by herself. Fortunately, thanks to Feifei's improved Destiny Core, she didn't have to deal with heaven's backlash, so she just needed time to take a breath.

Krune was just about to talk as well when suddenly, everyone heard a voice coming from everywhere.

"So, you are the first ones to appear, uh?"

Immediately, everyone raised their guard while spreading their Divine Sense to see from where it was coming from. But even Krune, the one with the largest Divine Sense, couldn't find even a shadow.

"You can already stop trying to find me. First of all, I don't even have a physical body. My name is Xanio Faren, the Will of the previous owner of this realm and also the one responsible for managing it."

Krune immediately understood.

'He is basically like Hasik from my old Rainbow Sect.'

The voice then continued.

"I was left behind by the real Xanio with hopes of finding an inheritor for him. But no one showed even after hundreds of thousands of years. Even this Will that my real self left behind in a hibernating state was getting close from dissipation. But my real self had predicted that a successor would definitely appear, so I kept waiting. Sure enough, here you are."

Krune and everyone else was hearing that, but they didn't seem to have too much of a reaction. Every single one of them came from the top powers of the entire western protectorate. So at most, they will consider anything they get here as some extra income like Juniu and the others did.

But there was one person with a different thought, and that was Feifei. Ever since she arrived at the light barrier, she felt like something inside was 'calling' her. As mentioned before, the Divine Path Sect only made a quick check to see if the realm was stable and didn't go too far. To deal with the dangers inside would be up to the disciples themselves, and that was the essence of this training.

Suddenly, the place underneath where Feifei was resting started to shine! Krune and everyone were taken aback. Krune had the fastest reaction, he immediately used his Tribulation Lightning at 100% and dashed in her direction. Still, it was too late. Even Feifei herself barely had time to even notice what was happening before disappearing!

Krune then immediately shouted.

"Where is she?!"

Krune wasn't the only one concerned, but everyone else too. It is just that the rest were expecting to rely on Feifei prediction ability. Different from Krune, who was really worried about the person herself. Of course, the Wang Clan guys had one more reason to be concerned. The fact the grand elder will take their heads if something happens to Feifei.

The voice went silent for a moment and then said.

"It is as I said, a successor has appeared. There is no need for you guys to worry, I have no intention of injuring her at all."

"My real self had a Destiny Core as well, so I knew from the start that that girl was a Destiny Core user. My real self didn't simply use the Core for predictions, though. For hundreds of thousands of years, he really studied it deeply. He studied his destiny core to the point where he almost destroyed it several times. All for a single purpose, or to be more precise, because of a legend."

"I believe that between you all, some definitely are Major Core owners, right? So there is no doubt that you heard about this legend as well."

Hulibe, Uriu, and Krune were the first ones to connect the points.

"The thing about the Heavenly Core being, in fact, the evolution of one of the other nine Major Cores, correct?"

The voice agreed.

"Correct!"

He then continued.

"What my real self studied was a way of making his Destiny Core evolve into a Heavenly Core. Still, that's all I can tell you at the moment, the rest will be up to that girl whether she wants to talk or not. Although I say inheritance, it isn't entirely correct. My real self left behind a few ways of using his Destiny Core that he found during his studies. But the most valuable thing is the knowledge about his research, which will be imparted to her."

Hulibe started to think. The Heavenly Core is something that was researched not only by this guy but by the entire universe. He doesn't believe that this Xanio has found anything that others haven't already. In the end, all the researches about this topic turned out to be fruitless.

But there is that rumor that his Ancestor told him. A story that Feifei might have a Heavenly Core. Still, from what he saw so far, Feifei's Major Core doesn't seem anything more than a Destiny Core. If there was anything different, it was the fact that her predictions ability seemed to be much better than what his Ancestor told him. The Rasie Clan obviously also had other Destiny Core users. Still, from what he knows, they aren't as good as Feifei with it.

'Could the Heavenly Core and Feifei's Core really be related? It doesn't seem like it, though. There is way too little information about the Heavenly Core. Still, one thing is sure, the Heavenly Core was supposed to be a lot more powerful and useful than Feifei's.'

Hulibe then put those thoughts on the back of his mind and went back to the issues at hand.

"I don't care about the inheritance, our problem at the moment are the assassins outside. They have higher cultivation than us and are definitely coming here. Without Feifei's prediction abilities, it will get really hard to deal with them."

The voice then laughed.

"That has nothing to do with me. My objective was to find a successor, and that's what I did. Now I only need to protect her until she finishes acquiring all the knowledge."

Because Krune had been in his wisp form until now, no one could check his expression. But at the moment, he is really fuming!

'My master is definitely a descendant of this guy, I'm sure about it! Both of them forcefully took a disciple against their Will. What is this, some kind of ill fate?'

But then he calmed down, what matters at the moment is that Feifei seems to be safe. Krune only has to think of a way to deal with those assassins outside. He isn't idiot, considering this place size, there are definitely other teleport formations connecting to this place somewhere.

"Xanio, you don't care about what happens, but you also don't mind if we take a look around, right?"

The voice then confirmed.

"Indeed, as long as you keep away from the center, of course. It is not that I don't want you to go there. It is just that if you are not at least at the Void Breaking Realm, you will definitely die if you enter that place. Unfortunately for you, this realm only allows those with cultivation in the Divine Soul Realm or lower to enter. Anyone who enters that place is pretty much signing their suicide letter."

Krune then thought about something else and asked.

"Can you tell us where the other teleport formations are? As long as we destroy them, they won't be able to teleport here, right?"

When everyone heard that, their eyes lit up! That's right! They have the teleport runestones that can bring them outside. Although it is not working at the moment, once the dimensional realm reconnects with the outside, they will be able to use it. All they need to do is to keep those guys far away until that time.

Unfortunately, Xanio threw a bucket of cold water on their heads.

"Oh, you talking about the fact the protection formation? Don't worry about that, it will disappear very soon."

Krune and the others almost vomited blood!

"What do you mean it's going to disappear?"

Xanio then said.

"Now that an inheritor was found, all the energy that is keeping that barrier activated is being redirected to the central building. It is because of this that the central building defenses can hold off even Void Breaking Realm cultivators and demon beasts. Simply put, there is no more energy to keep the barrier on."

Everyone felt like cursing this guy. Still, this is nothing more than a Will left behind, the real one had left a long time ago already. He might even be dead now.

Krune and the others decided to ignore him for now and think about a way to deal with those guys outside.

Fortunately for them, the assassins didn't know that, so they were waiting until Yano recovers enough to move on. Still, once that huge light barrier disappears, there will be no way they can't see what is happening.

Krune started to think and then told everyone.

"Maybe, we should be the ones attacking instead."

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Deep inside the central building, Feifei was looking around to see what was happening. Suddenly, an ethereal project of a man appeared in front of her.

"Hello there. Your name is Feifei, right?"

Feifei didn't seem surprised that he knew her name, this guy was the one who managed this dimensional realm, so he definitely had eyes everywhere.

"Why did you bring me here?"

Xanio then answered.

"I finally found an inheritor, so I brought you here to pass on my knowledge."

Feifei heard that and then laughed.

"Did you know? I'm a direct descendant of the Wang Clan, so I don't think there is anything you can give me that I can't get already. In fact, I might have even better sources."

Xanio wasn't angry with that remark, though.

"You say that, but your Destiny Core is saying the opposite, isn't that right?"

Feifei narrowed her eyes when she heard that.

"What do you mean?"

Xanio continued.

"Let's start with the legend about the Heavenly Core. It is said that the Heavenly Core always appeared after one of the 9 Major Cores evolved into it. This much you already know, right?"

Feifei nodded and waited for Xanio to continue talking.

"I dedicated my life trying to give birth to a Heavenly Core, but during most of it, I've seen my research turned into a fruitless effort. I thought that I would really leave this place before I could get an answer. I tried several things, both with my own Destiny Core and the other Major Cores. Still, nothing much changed. It was then that I thought about a possibility."

Xanio's face turned serious at this point.

"Is it really the 9 Major Cores the ones capable of evolving? What if the previous Heavenly Core owners didn't have a Major Core to start with? Or to be more precise, what if their Major Cores were not the same as the ones that I knew?"

Feifei's heart skipped a bit at that point. After all, both her and Krune seem to have a Major Core that is different from the others of the same type.

"Following this logic, I changed the focus of my research. I went after records of the 9 Major Cores that had appeared until that point. As you know, Major Cores are extremely rare. Still, with the number of cultivators and demons beasts in the universe, there are quite a few appearing every year. Remember that we are talking about the entire universe here, not the Western Protectorate alone."

"I spent thousands of years traveling around the universe and collecting records of the past Major Core owners. Finally, I stopped somewhere and started my studies."

"After going through all the information, I noticed one thing. During the time that a Heavenly Core owner appeared, quite a few Major Core owners showed some kind of 'peculiarity.' To make things easy, let's call them Advanced Major Cores. One time, there was a Black Hole Major Core that cultivated even faster than the others. Another time, there was a Life Core owner who was even able to bring a dead person back to life as long as he hasn't died for too long. At some point, there was a Yang Core Owner with the capability of changing Yang Energy itself."

"Another thing that I noticed is that no more than one of each showed those peculiarities. What I mean is that, during the time a Heavenly Core appeared, only a single one of each Major Core type showed those changes. Or at least, I didn't find any records of two Advanced Major Cores of the same type during the same age."

"If my research isn't wrong, every time those Advanced Major Cores show themselves, a Heavenly Core has a chance of appearing."

Feifei got confused at that point and asked.

"A chance? Does it mean that even if those Advanced Major Core owners appear, a Heavenly Core isn't guaranteed to appear too?"

Xanio nodded.

"Correct. You must remember this, there is very little information about the Heavenly Core, and that is because it doesn't always come to be. In fact, the chances are still low even during those times."

Feifei seemed to understand something.

"Wait, are you telling me that the Heavenly Core is a combination of those 9 Advanced Major Cores?"

Xanio showed a smile after heard that.

"Smart! That is also the reason why a Heavenly Core rarely appears. From what I found, each of those 9 Advanced Major Cores carries with them a fragment of the Heavenly Core. In fact, I'm almost 100% sure about that. Do you remember the thing that had been calling you inside this place?"

Feifei nodded, it was evident that Xanio knew that she had a Major Core different from the others.

Xanio smiled and said.

"That is the Heavenly Core Fragment of an Advanced Destiny Core. That's why you can feel its presence. No, to be more exact, it 'was' a Heavenly Core Fragment, but it is not the case anymore."

Although Feifei was already expecting it, she still was surprised to hear that.

"What do you mean with 'was?'"

Xanio sighed and said.

"That is just a projection of the real thing that I made with the help of a friend who had the Time Core. We spent hundreds of years until we pinpointed the right time when it appeared. You probably noticed it already since you have one of the Advanced Major Cores. It's impossible to ready the Destiny Energy of an Advanced Major Core. Because of that, it was really hard to get this projection working. Simply put, this Heavenly Core Fragnament of an Advanced Destiny Core doesn't really exist anymore. Remember this, I'm almost sure that there will never be two Advanced Major Cores of the same type at the same time in the same Universe."

Feifei heard this last part and made a question that was bothering her for a long time already.

"How did you know that I was coming? You said it yourself, the actions of an Advanced Major Core owner can't be read. In that case, it should have been impossible for you to find that I was coming."

Xanio laughed after hearing that.

"Exactly! That's why I didn't predict that you would come. First of all, I didn't even know if you would be human or not. What I predicted was that I would receive an inheritor as long as I waited here, that was all. Also, I was sure that this person or demon beast would have an Advanced Destiny Major Core."

Feifei is very intelligent herself, so she only needed those words to understand the entire situation.

"I see! You used prediction on yourself! As for the reason that you knew that your inheritor would be an Advanced Major Core, I think I understand that too. Basically, even though you knew that an inheritor would appear, you couldn't see anything about him or her. You couldn't predict the time, gender, race, or anything like that. Still, that was all the proof that you needed. Since you know that you will get an inheritor, but can't see anything about him or her, that can only mean that an Advanced Major Core is the only possibility. In the end, the Advanced Major Core special anti-destiny-energy-trait worked against itself."

Xanio was feeling happier and happier with this girl, she was a lot smart than he thought. Just a few words, and she was able to unveil everything by herself.

"Impressive!"

That wasn't all that Feifei thought.

Feifei now understood what was happening here. Why assassins that seemed to come from outside the Western Protectorate wanted her dead. Feifei is only 17 years old, and the rumors that she might have a Heavenly Core only started a few years ago. Also, only the high echelon of each of the big four knew about this rumor. So it makes sense that it took a few years to reach the ears of those from outside. But now that they did, that power wanted her Heavenly Fragment from her Destiny Core.

"How do you obtain the Heavenly Fragment of an Advanced Major Core?"

Xanio sighed and said.

"I'm not sure. As I said, there is too little information about the Heavenly Cores. Still, I believe that the Three Sacred Lands of the Central Region definitely have some information themselves. After all, most of the Heavenly Core owners in the past had been part of their powers. Unfortunately, it doesn't matter what I did, I couldn't take any information from them. In fact, there was even a time that I got pursued because of that."

Feifei's conjecture that those assassins came for her Heavenly Core fragment got even stronger now.

Xanio then continued.

"Still, thanks to those guys coming after you outside, I have some ideas now."

Xanio's eyes became cold when he talked about the assassins.

"When they first appeared in my realm, I heard they commenting about having to kill you and take something back. I don't believe that anyone of the assassins is an Advanced Major Core owner. That means that once you are dead, your Heavenly Core fragment can still be taken away."

"Most likely, it can be absorbed by anyone of the Advanced major Core Owners even if it wasn't they who killed you. This also proves another thing, the power behind those guys probably has an Advanced Major Core owner already. Otherwise, it would have been better to try to make you one of them. But it seems like they are dead set on taking your life."

Feifei agreed with Xanio's words.

"Can't you do something about them? After all, they are after my Heavenly Core Fragment. Also, I don't want my friends outside to die."

Xanio shook his head.

"The rules left behind by my real self didn't consider anyone else other than the Advanced Core owner, so I can't help them. They even asked me if I could tell them where the other teleport formations to the inner core region were. Still, I told them that it would be useless since the light barrier will disappear anytime now."

Xanio then explained the same thing as he did for Krune and the others.

Feifei was taken aback by that.

"In that case, I'm leaving. I have no need for your inheritance, nor do I want a Heavenly Core. If what I need to do to get that is to leave Krune behind, then I might as well pretend that it doesn't even exist."

There was another thing too. Feifei knows that Krune is probably another Advanced Major Core owner, so if she wanted a Heavenly Core, Krune had to die. That is completely out of the question for her. Fortunately, any comments about it were made through Divine Sense, so no one could have heard.

Xanio didn't expect that someone would simply give up the chance of getting a Heavenly Core like that. So he panicked a little when Feifei started to move away. Even though she can't leave without his agreement, if Feifei is not willing to do 'that' for him, then there is no point in it.

"Wait, wait! I can do a little bit about that."

Feifei showed a smile and then turned back.

"Oh, is that so? Let's hear your ideas then."

Xanio felt like he was being played with, but at the moment, he had no other choice. He must get Feifei's trust no matter what.

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Sometime earlier, Krune had commented about starting an attack by themselves.

Uriu looked at him and asked.

"Do you have a plan?"

Krune nodded.

"It's not really a plan, I just think that we should use my skill to hide from their Divine Sense and attack."

Wang Mo couldn't help but ask.

"Can we really succeed once more? As you said, they definitely have their guards up now, so I doubt that something like what happened before would happen. First of all, it seems like they also have someone capable of tracking us. So they should be able to know if we are close by or not even with your Tribulation Lightning Concealment."

Everyone nodded when they heard that. It doesn't seem very feasible to attack the assassins at this point.

Juniu then asked.

"Then what about trying to luring them one more time? We could try to lure the enemy inside the Central Building."

Wang Mo immediately intervened after that.

"To lure them inside, we would need to enter too. We would just die even faster."

In the end, Krune came forward and said.

"Let's just go with the first option, we will conceal ourselves and wait for a chance to attack. If it works, then excellent! If it doesn't, then we fight head-on! Isn't the sole purpose of this training to go into Life and Death situations to temper ourselves? Even though I didn't kill that demon beast, I still injured it enough. It definitely won't be able to battle anytime soon."

Hulibe Acrol was the first one to approve.

"Agreed! I also don't like to keep waiting. This is the best chance we have at the moment since the other two guys are out of the play."

Uriu agreed with that too.

In the end, everyone decided to follow this plan since Krune and Hulibe had a point. If they wait too long, the other two assassins might get back on their feet and help getting rid of them. Of course, they didn't know that Angil wasn't a risk anymore, so they also considered him as a treat.

A few hours later, just like Xanio mentioned, the light barrier started to disappear. Fortunately, it was enough time for Krune to recover his Tribulation Lightning power to the peak. Since that was the case, they immediately set off. Because Krune was the one to activate the teleport formation, he had an idea from which direction they came. Also, he made sure to ask Light Spirit to cover them with the Tribulation Lightning layer once more.

Just as they were about to leave, everyone heard Xanio's voice.

"I will give you some help with that. "

Krune and the others immediately got confused. Didn't this guy say that anything that happened to them didn't have anything to do with him? How come he is willing to help now? Of course, they just needed one second to understand that Feifei was most likely the reason.

"I made an agreement with that Feifei girl. Although most of the power is being used in the central building, I can still use some of it to give you some assistance. It should allow me to control one Middle Stages Divine Soul Realm Demon Beast or two Early Stages ones."

Immediately, everyone's eyes lit up!

But Krune was the only one who thought about another thing.

"What were the terms of this agreement?"

Xanio answered.

"That's not of your concern. What you need to know is that Feifei already accepted it, so you should use this chance well."

Although Krune wasn't happy with that answer, he had to admit that the task at hand was the most important now.

Hulibe looked at everyone and said.

"My two friends here and I can fight at the Divine Soul Realm level for a short amount of time, so we need to find the best way of doing it."

Krune was already expecting something like that since Hulibe said before that he could deal with one of the enemies at least.

"Bring a Middle Stage one to join my group. I will use this chance to eliminate the Death Core owner."

Wang Mo looked at him and asked.

"Are you sure you can do it? I doubt that they will fall inside your Tribulation Lightning attack like last time."

Krune nodded.

"I can, and that's because that wasn't my strongest attack. First of all, that kind of attack takes too much space and time to build. So unless I take the enemy off guard, it wouldn't work just like you said. There is one thing that I had been thinking, and I would like to try."

Wang Mo and the others narrowed their eyes. Krune was intending to try a new attack in this situation, so what if it doesn't work?

Krune didn't mind, though. He was pretty confident that it would be okay since the principle behind wasn't as complicated as his Tribulation Calamity. It was a simply head-on full-power attack.

"Trust me, it will definitely work. But I need that Middle Stage Demon Beast to hold the Death Core owner for a second."

Usually, they would complain about his confidence. But after what they saw in the teleportation building, they had to admit that no one here had an attack power as high as him. If the next attack was even more powerful than that, then it might be worth the risk.

Uriu was the first one to agree.

"Let's do as he says. I will use my Life Core to the max to keep the Death Energy of that guy at bay, so just concentrate on your task."

Krune then communicated with Light Spirit and asked.

"Are you sure you can control it?"

Light Spirit immediately answered.

"Hmph! Even if it was 10 times more powerful, I would still be able to do so. Although I have recovered just a little bit, it is still more than enough to control this amount of power. You just need to be sure that you can do what you said."

Krune then took a deep breath and reassured Light Spirit.

Not long after, a Middle Stage Divine Soul Realm demon beast appeared in their Divine Sense. They were surprised to see that it was a ten-legged Swamp Spider. It wasn't a very rare demon beast. In fact, just like Krune, it could also enter the human form at the Foundation Establishment Realm. Still, because Krune said that he needed the enemy to be held for a second, this was indeed a perfectly chosen beast.

Xanio then told Krune's group where the assassins were located.

Sure enough, as soon as they saw the light barrier disappear, the assassins immediately came inside. Thanks to Yano, who had healed enough to at least follow them, they could also tell Krune and the others' general location. Still, Xanio told them that the enemy seemed to be very cautious while coming.

Before Krune's group entered the Divine Sense range of the assassins, Light Spirit immediately covered everyone with a Tribulation Lightning Layer. Light Spirit also did the same with the Spider, but it didn't stay with the group. Instead, Krune told Xanio to keep it some distance away to launch a surprise attack at the Death Core owner.

Because of the Tribulation Lightning Layer, the enemy wouldn't be able to detect it. Not to mention that the enemy definitely isn't expecting that a Divine Soul Realm Demon Beast is working with Krune. At most, they think that Krune would try to lure them into fighting one.

Of course, such action wouldn't work anymore, and Krune knew it. That's why he wouldn't try this move to start with.

Krune's group moved not at the direction of the assassins, but almost to the opposite side now. Since they had a plan, the best was to make them think that they are trying to escape.

As soon as the Enemy's Divine Sense passed through them, Light Spirit warned Krune. As per the plan, Krune's group speed immediately soared as they dashed away. Of course, they wouldn't be as fast at the Divine Soul Realm assassins. Only Krune, perhaps, would be able to do it if he was alone. Yano, who was tracking them, immediately told Lanis about what happened, and their group increased their speed too.

Because both sides were moving away in the same direction, it took quite some time for the assassins to be able to see them. But once they did, they noticed that Feifei wasn't with them. Still, their only choice was to attack so that they could ask where Feifei was now.

Krune's group then increased their speed even more, but that was to no avail. Gelius, the Death Core Owner, had his eyes fixed on Uriu, and immediately chased. Lanis kept his Divine Sense fully activated to prevent any mishaps. Still, he could only see Krune's group trying to flee.

Finally, Gelius caught up with Krune and Uriu while Peily went after Wang Mo's group.

Hulibe noticed it and shouted.

"Fuck that! Since you want to fight, then let's fight!"

Hulibe then used the same treasure, and immediately, he and his two friends combat power raised to the Divine Soul Level. After that, they immediately rushed to Lanis, who was behind.

Lanis saw what happened and just snorted.

"Do you think I'm as weak as the other guy? Although my companion couldn't tell it at that time, I definitely can. Let me see just how long the will inside your treasure can hold before going out of energy."

Wang Mo's group was the one in the worst condition at the moment. Peily was obvious much stronger than their combined effort, so all they could do was defend.

Thanks to Uriu's Life Core, Krune's group was being able to hold the Death Energy of the Death Core Owner. Still, a Divine Soul Realm cultivator with a Major Core is usually much stronger than a normal one with the same cultivation. Because of that, even his group formation was having a hard time holding Gelius off. Fortunately, his Flying Shields were of tremendous help.

Krune then looked at Peily's direction and thought.

'It should be around time. Last time I failed to kill one of you, but I refuse to believe that you guys can be this lucky twice!'

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Krune looked at Uriu and sent him a Divine Sense message.

"Try to hold him for a second!"

Uriu understood and immediately took Krune's place in the center of the combat formation.

Immediately after, Krune recalled all his shields. He then used half of them to make something like a cage around himself. Lanis, the leader assassin, had been waiting for something like a trap all along, so he noticed the change straight away.

"Gelius, be careful."

Gelius noticed that, and he opened the distance between him and Krune's group a little, but he soon got puzzled. If he was the target, Krune's group should have tried to stop him from getting away. However, they did the opposite and immediately assumed a protection position in front of Krune.

Lanis still had a bad feeling about all of this. But he couldn't simply leave now.

Suddenly, everyone on the battlefield started to hear a loud sound of thunder. In their Divine Senses, Krune's shield 'cage' began to look like an Orb of Purple Lightning and Fire.

Gelius looked at that and couldn't help but think.

'Is he planing to self explode?'

But he soon shook his head. Why would he need to lock himself inside a shield's cage if he wants to suicide? But one thing was evident to everyone. The amount of Tribulation Lightning energy growing inside that cage was tremendously high! Not only that, but all the power was also compressed in that small place.

It was utterly different from Krune's Tribulation Calamity, which covered a wide area.

That shield's cage was as everyone saw it, something that Krune was using to hold and compress the power of the Tribulation Lightning to the limit!

Krune then sent another message to Uriu.

"Don't let that Death Core Owner intervene."

Uriu noticed that it was a critical moment and did, as Krune said.

Suddenly, Krune's remaining shields formed something like a tube in front of the shields cage and pointed at Peily in the distance!

After seeing that, everyone had the same thought!

'Is that a cannon?'

They were right, that was precisely what Krune had made with his shields, a Tribulation Cannon!

But before anyone could even finish processing that thought, Krune had already released all the energy inside.

"Tribulation Cannon, FIRE!"

Even with Krune's low cultivation realm, the Tribulation Lightning was already extremely fast. Let alone when it was compressed to that extent and released all at once. That wasn't all, the Tribulation Lightning obviously had the Purple Fire mixed within too!

Lanis finally understood what that bad feeling was. That's because Krune's target wasn't Gelius to start with, but Peily! Because Peily was busy trying to finish off Wang Mo's group, he was the last one to notice that change on Krune's side.

Lanis immediately sent him a Divine Sense message.

"Dodge!"

Gelius also attacked Krune's group with everything he had, he wanted to try to disrupt Krune's attack even if just a little bit.

Everyone on Krune's side was also taken aback by that, but for another reason.

'Wasn't it supposed to be used against the Death Core Owner? How come he is attacking someone else? Is it because he had a higher chance of success against that other guy?'

Everyone's focus, Lanis included, was in the Lighting attack that would reach Peily in the next moment.

Peily also noticed the attack coming in his Dinive Sense, and he immediately tried to move away from its route. But suddenly, Yano appeared right in front of Peily in his Griffin form!

Yano was watching the battle from close by since he didn't have any combat power left anymore. All he could do was keep moving, so he would hinder his companions back if he participated in this.

Still, it was because he had been not part of any battle that he was the first one to notice the changes. At that critical moment, he steeled his resolve and decided to take the attack on Peily's behalf!

Krune's group also noticed that, and they felt bitter all over. In the end, Krune's attack wouldn't hit the right target.

But it was at that moment that Gelius, who went all out against Uriu, felt danger coming at him. Still, it was too late.

"Hehe! Gotcha!"

Puft!

Out of nowhere, Gelius was hit on the back by some kind of sticky stuff. After that, he noticed that he couldn't move any more!

"Not good!"

Who else could it be other than the Swamp Spider?!

As soon as Gelius was caught by the Spider Attack, the Tribulation Lightning Layer around it disappeared. The four assassins then immediately noticed the presence of the Middle Stages Divine Soul Realm Swamp Spider in their Divine Senses.

Gelius then used his weapon, that Black Pearl, and released an enormous amount of death energy at once that was contained inside! The Spider web that was holding him started to deteriorate, and it wouldn't hold him for long. Normally, he would have noticed the attack coming at him and dodged it. But because of Krune's attack, his entire attention was on Uriu's group and that Tribulation Attack.

"Light Spirit, it's up to you now!"

Light Spirit then snorted.

"Hmph! You talk as if this is something difficult to do."

No one could hear Krune and Light Spirit's words, though.

Still, it was at that moment that everyone saw something that they thought to be impossible happening right in front of their eyes. That lightning cannon attack made a curve!

Let alone the assassins, even Krune's companions were taken aback by that change!

Lanis and the other assassins felt like crying already! Bro, can't you follow the script for once, please? Was there a need to even make your shields look like a cannon to start with?

The attack that was just about to hit Yano then rushed back at Gelius in the Spider Web confinement. There was nothing that anyone could do at the moment, even Lanis or Gelius himself.

It took some time to explain everything, but all of it happened in a flash!

Kabrum!

"Ahhhhhhh!"

The Tribulation Lightning and Fire attack hit Gelius head-on! Not only that, but that Spider Web immediately burned with the Purple Fire, increasing its attack power even more!

One must remember that different from the Tribulation Calamity, this attack was entirely focused on a single point instead of a big area. So it goes without saying that it was a lot more powerful once it hits!

Gelius tried to put up a defense with his Spiritual Energy and Death Energy, but it was useless. First of all, Tribulation Lightning is especially useful against Death Energy. Gelius only had the chance to let out that scream before he perished!

The battlefield then went silent for a moment.

"Great!"

Krune's side then immediately cheered after seeing what happened! So what if that wisp made something crazy? What matters is that it worked in the end!

Krune then came forward and told the assassins.

"Are you sure you want to continue this? That Demon Beast there is not a treat to us, and we have an extra Middle Stage Divine Soul Realm Demon Beast on our side. To be honest, I want to avoid meanless killing. Although I'm confident that our side can deal with the three of you, we would need to pay the price for that. So what about we cease this struggle?"

Krune's group was taken aback by those words, but they had to admit that Krune was right. They do have the advantage at the moment. Still, if those two remaining enemies decide to throw caution to the wind, they probably won't be able to avoid some casualties. In the end, no one wanted to die here.

Lanis heard that and then started to laugh out loud.

"Indeed, with you guys combined power, we probably have no chance of getting that girl anymore. Still, we reached a point of no return. If we go back without completing our mission, we are dead for sure. So I'm sorry, but we are going to finish it here and now."

Lanis then used a forbidden technique and started to draw out his own life essence. Such a move would forever damage his foundation. Still, since the only result was death otherwise, then he might as well bet everything at this last struggle!

Peily saw what happened and then sighed. Immediately after, he did the same thing as Lanis. Krune understood that no leeway was possible anymore and sighed too.

After that, The Rasie Clan guys, Krune, and the Swap Spider started to fight Lanis. As for Uriu and Wang Mo's group, they fused their combat formation to fight against Peily. Both Uriu and Wang Mo had been using the same formation to start with, so it was easy to merge them together.

This time, the ones running out of time were Peily and Lanis. The forbidden technique would leave them extremely weak once its effect runs out. Krune knew that so he used his entire concentration to just defend. At the same time, Hulibe Acrol's group and the Swamp Spider were responsible for the attack.

On Uriu's fight side, Uriu took the command of the formation. The Wang Clan guys didn't complain this time since they know that Uriu has a Life Core, which is perfect for this situation.

The battle continued for quite a few minutes, and just as expected, casualties came out on both sides. Still, both Lanis and Peily couldn't keep that amount of power running forever and ended up dying in the end too. The only survival now was Yano, the Griffin that didn't have any combat strength left.

In the end, everything was over with six dead on Krune's side between cultivators and demon beasts. One of Hulibe Acrol's friends, Uriu's two friends from before, Wang Ting from the Wang Group, and two members of the Divine Path Sect. Not to mention the injuries of the others.

Of course, that was already a miracle outcome. Be it due to luck or planning, the fact that Krune's group was the final victor was something that no one would bet their money on.

Krune then looked at Yano, who didn't even try to flee and asked.

"So, what about you tell us what is happening here?"

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Yano looked at everyone and laughed a little. Still, it looked like he had already lost his soul.

"Even if I wanted, I wouldn't be able to. You can forget about it already."

Hulibe Acrol narrowed his eyes.

"I can tell that you are definitely not someone from our Western Protectorate, that I'm sure. So, can you at least say from where you came from?"

Yano shook his head and said.

"For the sake of your own backgrounds, it would be better if you don't know that either."

Krune's group could try torture or something like that. Still, it would be better if they waited for the dimensional realm to connect outside first. The Divine Path Sect and the other three powers definitely had better ways to force this guy to talk.

"Let's just lock this guy somewhere and wait for the realm to reconnect. Once outside, we leave this guy to the elders to deal with."

Suddenly, Yano started to laugh.

"I don't think that it will go as you planned."

Just as they were about to ask what Yano was talking about, something happened.

"Ahhhhhh!"

Yano started to scream while holding his head, and it was evident that he was feeling extreme pain at the moment. But it didn't continue for long. That's because his soul soon disappeared right after. To be more precise, his soul was destroyed!

Krune and everyone else looked at the lifeless body in front of them. None of them felt too surprised, though. It was quite obvious what happened.

Hulibe touched the body and then said.

"Since the other three died, whoever is behind this attack decided that their mission was a failure. I think its safe to say that the other guy that battle against me before is also on the other world by now."

Everyone nodded. That could be the only explanation.

Suddenly, that Swamp Spider started to go back to its nest. Right after, everyone heard Xanio's voice once more.

"All the assassins are now dead, so my part is over here. You guys just go ahead and do whatever you want. As for the central building, it is still as I said, so you better not try entering it."

Krune and the others were taken aback and immediately tried to call Xanio back. Unfortunately, Xanio utterly disappeared, and no one answered their voices anymore.

Wang Mo then looked at everyone and asked.

"What do we do now? We already got into the inner core region, should we just wait?"

Krune was more worried about Feifei at the moment, so he decided to go back to that Central Building even if he can't enter. Wang Mo and the other two also did the same since they had the responsibility of protecting Feifei. Still, with everything that happened here, they weren't afraid of the grand elder blaming them anymore.

Uriu didn't have much interest in anything here to start with, so he just stuck with Krune for the time being.

Juniu and the other two guys from the Divine Path Sect decided to take a look around after they healed. Since they are in the inner core region, there should be quite a few good things around.

As for Hulibe Acrol and his friend, the left straight away. No one asked where they were going.

Krune looked at that enormous building in the center and could feel the danger inside. He then sat in a corner and started to recover himself. Because he is in his wisp form, no one noticed. But one must remember that Krune compressed all that power while staying inside of the Shields Cage! Because of that, his core got quite damaged too. Fortunately, it wasn't something irrecoverable, Krune just needed time.

Inside the building, Feifei just got the report from Xanio that the assassins were dealt with. Xanio also told her who, between them, died in the end. After hearing that Krune was fine, she let out a sigh of relief. Although it was sad that they lost a few of their members, Feifei didn't have much of a relationship with them to start with.

Xanio then ignored everything else and went straight to the point.

"You should have understood that there is something that I want to do, right?"

Feifei nodded and waited for Xanio to continue.

"First, you are going to receive my legacy. Well, in fact, it's just my own way of understanding the Destiny Energy and doing calculations. Considering that you are from one of those Big Four powers, my techniques might not be any better than theirs. After all, too long of time had passed already."

"Second, it is the part that really matters. I need you to take back my soul in the underworld before my memories are wiped by it."

Feifei was taken aback.

"Underworld? Are you talking about the place where the souls go before reincarnating? No, first of all, is it even possible to enter it?"

Feifei, as the daughter of the Wang Clan head, obviously had access to more information than most. Because of that, she knew about the underworld. Still, she never found anything about someone being able to enter it.

Only then Xanio noticed that he had skipped a few steps.

"Oh, I forgot to explain it from the start. It is possible to enter, but you will need to reach the Divinity Realm first. Usually, the cultivators and demon beasts at this level wouldn't comment about this possibility. After all, they don't want to raise the hopes of the young ones who lost someone important to them."

"It is definitely possible to enter the underworld, the problem comes when you want to find and bring back a specific soul. The underworld is controlled by the heavens, and anyone who tries to intervene will suffer its wrath. So even Divinity Realm cultivators and demon beasts would not dare to touch the souls inside."

Feifei then narrowed her eyes.

"And you want me to do it? Isn't it the same as committing suicide?"

Xanio shook his head.

"There are always exceptions for everything, and in this case, the Advanced Major Cores are the exception."

Feifei immediately connected the points and said.

"Advanced Major Core owners can't be seen by the heavens. It is so much that they don't cause any ripples to the destiny energy, which makes it almost impossible to use divination on them. If I'm not wrong, the heavens wouldn't be able to notice when I take your soul back, right?"

Xanio's projection nodded his head.

"Smart! But not entirely correct. It's not that the heavens can't see the Advanced Major Cores, it is because it chose to ignore them."

Feifei was surprised by that. She had to admit that Xanio had a point there. Who can guarantee that the heavens really don't know about her and Krune's presence? Maybe, only the sacred lands in the Central Region know the answer.

Xanio continued.

"What I'm going to say now is just an idea of mine, but it is also important, so pay attention."

"Why is it that the Heavenly Major Core is called like that? Is it because of the fragments inside of the Advanced Major Cores are, in fact, part of the Heavens itself? Think about it."

Feifei then thought about something.

"In that case, doesn't it mean that the Heavens can still see me once I get your soul back?"

Xanio nodded.

"Correct. That's why you shouldn't do it too much. One or two souls are fine, but if you overdo it, then even I can't guarantee that the heavens won't get back at you."

Feifei then asked.

"How do you know that the Heavens won't intervene the moment I take your soul, then? Can you guarantee that if I do it only once, I will not suffer a backlash?"

Xanio nodded and then raised his hand. Right after, a jade slip appeared on it. Xanio is someone from way before technology appeared, so he still had no idea what communicators and electronic information storage mean. Because of that, he is still with his jade slips until today.

Feifei knew what it was, but even she had rarely seen one of those. When she held that on her forehead to read, she couldn't help but giggle a little. That, of course, made Xanio a little confused.

After some time, Feifei came back to herself.

Xanio noticed that and then commented.

"As you can see, in the middle of the records that I gathered about the Advanced Major Core owners, there had been two cases where they took a soul back. Also, it is not mentioned anywhere that they received a backlash from the heavens. So I'm pretty sure that it should be fine."

"Even if it is not, once you notice that you won't be able to get it back without paying the price, then you can simply give up."

Feifei nodded and then asked the most important question so far.

"I understand everything, but why should I help you?"

Xanio smiled and said.

"Because I just saved your life and the life of your friends outside."

Feifei's eyes narrowed, but she waited for Xanio to continue.

"I'm not talking about those assassins from before, but the sacred lands that are probably behind them. If I haven't told you everything that I just said, wouldn't you and your clan be in the dark, just waiting for when the other side comes to get rid of you directly? Of course, if you think that this is not enough, then I can only give up."

Feifei felt quite helpless because she knew that Xanio told the truth. It is thanks to all his information that she now has a chance at living, and so does her Krune. Still, that feeling of being played with wasn't nice. Usually, she was the one to play with others, after all.

"Hmph! So be it, I will never own anyone a favor. If what you said is true and there is no problem to take back your soul, then I will do it if I survive until the day that I reach the Divinity Realm."

Xanio let out a loud laugh and said.

"Very well! I will pass you my experiences about the Destiny Core and what I know about the Heavenly Core. But the thing that will take you some time is that projection of the Destiny Major Core Heavenly Fragment. Although it is something that doesn't exist anymore, I believe that it will help you understand your own Major Core to a much better extent. This is definitely the best fortune I can give you."

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Outside the Dimensional Realm, Lucio Koffel, Wang Xin, and Hulibe Ronary were helping the other elders to accelerate the fix of the connection between the two sides. Between the participants who came around this time, the Spiritas Kingdom could be said to be the only one who sent members who weren't considered overly important. So after they got the news from the Divine Path Sect, they just sent another two Grand Elders to help.

Still, the place was in full lockdown, and not a single fly would be able to pass through. Lucio was putting his power on the task while talking with the others through Divine Sense.

"Just who could have sent those guys in and even used a Space Lock Formation from so far away? Could they be someone from the Central Region?"

Wang Xin nodded.

"It is possible, but we also can't discard the possibility of being someone from the other three protectorates."

Hulibe Ronary was also concerned about this issue.

"I find it improbable to be the other protectorates. They aren't any stronger than our Big Four, so why would any of them try to buy a fight with us?"

A grand elder of the spiritas kingdom then said.

"If it is some power from the Central Region, then it will be quite hard to find them. That place has several sects, clans, and alliances that aren't any weaker than us. In fact, quite a lot of them are even stronger. Let's not even talk about the Sacred lands."

When the elder mentioned the Sacred Lands, even Wang Xin and Lucio Koffel showed some respect on their faces.

The highest cultivation realm in their universe is the Divinity Realm, and all the Big Four have protectors or ancestors at this level. But the Sacred Lands are far ahead in this regard. A single Sacred Land has enough Divinity Realm cultivators and demon beast to wipe out the Big Four without using even half of their numbers.

That wasn't all. It is one thing to reach the Divinity Realm, but to achieve the late stages is something completely different. Putting the Big Four together, they probably don't have more than 5 or 6 Late Stages Divinity Realm cultivators and demon beasts. Lucio Koffel's Master, Lani, just so happens to be one of them. As for a single Sacred Land? Rumors say that a single one can mobilize over a hundred of them and still have some left to protect their homes. Of Course, how much of it is true or not, no one knows. But one thing is clear, they aren't the kind of power that the Big Four could afford to offend.

"Let's not think about who they are. First of all, why did those guys come? As far as I know, we don't have any grudge with any power that could afford such an approach. At least, my Divine Path Sect definitely doesn't."

The other also nodded. They, too, don't remember to have bought a fight with anyone. If anything, the Big Four had been quite peaceful in the past thousands of years.

Hulibe Ronary looked at Wang Xin and then commented.

"Wang Xin, that daughter of yours is the only thing I can think at the moment. In the end, what's the deal with those rumors about her Major Core?"

Wang Xin was already expecting this question. He just sighed and said.

"If I tell you that even our clan isn't sure about it, would you believe? I know about the rumors going around, but I can guarantee that Feifei's Major Core definitely isn't the Heavenly Major Core. In fact, I believe that you guys never really believed it to start with, right?"

Quite a few nodded. They all heard the rumors about the supposed Heavenly Core, but no one really trusted that information. They are far too rare, not to mention that Feifei never really showed any heaven-defying power other than her prediction skills.

Wang Xin then continued.

"So that's it. Feifei definitely doesn't have a Heavenly Major Core, that we are sure about. But her Major Core is indeed different from the normal ones, and as to why, we don't know. There are several theories between the higher-ups in the clan, but no one could prove anything. In my case, I think that this is just a mutation of a Destiny Core. But her Divination Abilities are indeed a lot better than anyone at her Realm, so that's why the clan put a lot of importance in her."

Hulibe Ronary then said.

"It still doesn't change the fact that she is probably the reason for those guys to come. It doesn't matter if we believe or not, the issue here is if someone else believed instead."

This time, Wang Xin went silent since he couldn't deny that possibility.

Lucio, who was hearing everything so far, then said.

"Alright, whether it was because of her or not, it doesn't matter at this moment. We need to get this connection to the Dimensional Realm fixed first. Also, since Wang Xin let Feifei come for this exchange program, then that means that at least Feifei herself should be fine, and probably are the others too."

Uncle Feng then commented.

"Lucio is correct. It was because of the Divination Abilities that the Wang Clan let her come. With that advantage, I doubt that something would happen to her."

Although he was worried, Wang Xin also believed in what Uncle Feng was saying. It was because Feifei couldn't see any danger and that her Destiny Core told her to come that he allowed it to happen.

Back inside of the Dimensional Realm, Krune, Uriu, and the Wang Clan guys were sitting close to the Central Building while cultivating. Krune had already healed his injuries, so he returned to his Human Form. It had been over a week since Feifei entered, but no sign of her could be seen. Krune had been wondering if he should risk it all and enter to take a look. But he knew that he had no chance against the defense system of that pace.

Finally, it had been almost a month since everyone entered the Dimensional Realm. Suddenly, Krune felt a ripple coming from his spatial ring. When he looked inside, he noticed the teleport runestone shinning. Immediately, he and everyone else understood. The connection between the Dimensional Realm and the outside had been restored!

Uriu got up and told Krune.

"I will be going then. I'll be waiting for you outside."

Krune nodded and said nothing. He had no intention of leaving before Feifei came out to start with.

Uriu wasn't the only one. Juniu's group and Hulibe Acrol also used their Teleport Runestone straight away and left the place. Wang Mo and the other two guys were also considering if they should leave or not. But after thinking a little, they understood that the elders outside definitely sent Divine Soul Realm members to check the situation inside. Sooner or later, they would reach this place as well, so they decided to wait before leaving.

Still, Krune and the Wang Clan guys didn't have to wait for long. That's because around an hour later, the defenses of the Central Building were turned off. A moment later, Feifei came outside with a tired face. However, Krune could see some excitement in her eyes. Whatever she got from Xanio, it seemed to have been very good.

The Wang Clan guys were the first to talk to her, but Feifei just gave a few words saying that everything was fine. As for Krune, he already received a Divine Sense message from Feifei the moment that she stepped out.

After that, Feifei approached Krune and smiled.

"We will need to talk with my father and your master."

Krune nodded.

"I know. We can talk about it once we leave this place. The teleportation runestones are active now, so let's leave first."

Wang Mo and the others were puzzled about what they were talked about. Still, Feifei and Krune used their runestones before they could ask anything.

Since there was no one else anymore, Wang Mo's group also used their runestones and left. Not long after, the Central Building started to tremble and then crumbled down. Xanio's will that was inside dissipated, and the projection of the Destiny Core Heavenly Fragment disappeared. Only Feifei would be able to tell what happened inside now.

Outside, Wang Xin and Lucio Koffel already asked Uriu and the others what happened. When they didn't see Feifei and Krune, they felt nervous. Uriu then explained everything that happened through a Divine Sense message that he had already formulated a long time ago. Only then did everyone there understand the circumstances. Lucio felt relived that Krune was fine, but Wang Xin narrowed his eyes.

Unfortunately, his cultivation realm is too high, so he can't enter the Dimensional Realm. In the end, he can only trust in the Divine Soul Realm subordinates that entered the realm a while ago. But his worries didn't last long since Feifei, Krune, and Wang Mo's group appeared outside an hour later. Seeing that Feifei was fine made Wang Xin sigh in relief. He looked at her and said through a Divine Sense.

"I shouldn't have let you come."

Feifei looked puzzled at her father and commented.

"Why? Did you forget about my abilities?"

Wang Xin was taken aback. Feifei talked as if she had never been in danger to start with. Xin then remembered that with her Major Core, he couldn't deny that perhaps, Feifei hadn't been in danger to start with.

Feifei, of course, was lying! Even she couldn't predict what happened, so she had really been in grave danger this time. However, if she said that, her father might never let her come out again. In the end, she had to pretend that everything had always been under control.

Feifei then put those thoughts behind her mind and was about to call Krune over. But when she looked in his direction, she felt like crying.

Krune and Lucio were once more in an argument!

She couldn't help but think about how they can find a reason to start a fight every single time. Perhaps, that's how they show their affection for each other.

"Cough, Cough. Sect Master Lucio, I need to talk with you and Krune about something."

Only then did Krune and Lucio stopped what they were doing.

"Oh, right! Old geezer, Feifei has found some interesting news, so you should hear her."

Lucio nodded and then made a cutting motion with his hand on the empty space. Suddenly, space divided itself, and a hole appeared where there was nothing before.

"Come with me back to the Sect first, we can talk there."

Feifei didn't feel surprised with that, but it was the first time Krune saw something like that. After Krune, Wang Xin, and Feifei passed through that Spatial Gate, they immediately appeared in front of the Divine Path Sect!

Krune looked at his Master like he wanted to eat him alive.

"How come you never told me you could do something like that?"

Lucio looked at Krune and said.

"Where is the fun in that?"

Krune's mouth twitched, he understood that he made an idiotic question. With a Master like this one, it was evident that he would act this way.

"I wonder if Grandmaster would take me a disciple instead of you."

Lucio only laughed after that.

"You can keep dreaming."

Wang Feifei, Xin, and Uncle Feng followed Krune and Lucio into his residence. When they arrived there, Lani was also waiting.

Not only the outsiders, but even Lucio and Krune also weren't expecting to see him.

"Master, why did you come?"

Lani looked at Lucio and then at the Wang Clan people.

"After what happened, it is evident that I would keep an eye on you. As soon as the Wang Clan Head appeared, I came out to check."

Wang Xin came forward and bowed respectfully to Lani.

"Senior Lani, it is good to see you again."

Lani Gobel is one of the very few Late Stages Divinity Realm cultivators or demon beasts in the Big Four Territories. So Wang Xin treated him with the highest esteem.

Lani nodded and then and waited to see what they had to say.

Feifei, on the other hand, had never seen him. Because of that, she didn't know if it was okay to talk in his presence or not. But it was then that she heard Krune.

"It's okay. This is my Master's Master, my Grandmaster. He is a lot more reliable than the old geezer. In fact, we might as well send the old geezer away and stay with Grandmaster only."

Pow!

Once more, Krune was hit on the head by Lucio.

"Shut up and let's hear what she has to say."

Lani just shook his head.

As for Wang Xin, he didn't know what to say. Is this how Lucio's first Disciple treat him? Why would he even accept someone like that?

In the end, he decided to ignore and pay attention to what Feifei had to say too.

Feifei did her best to hold her laugh. She then took a deep breath and resumed the entire situation in a Divine Sense message.

Everyone was taken aback. Lani couldn't help but comment.

"Heavenly Core Fragments, Advanced Major Cores, Assassins that probably are from a Sacred Land. What kind of mess did we get into?"

Wang Xin was concerned about another thing.

"Feifei, why is it that you had to talk with Lucio too? This kind of thing should have been kept inside our Clan."

Lucio and Lani didn't mind that comment. They, too, didn't think that what Xin said was wrong. Still, they know why Feifei also brought this issue to them. Before Feifei could answer Wang Xin's question, Lucio did it himself.

"That's because Krune also has one of those Advanced Major Cores, am I right?"

They didn't need to think much to connect the points.

Feifei immediately nodded.

"That's correct. Krune's Major Core is most likely an Advanced Major Core too."

Xin looked at Lucio and asked.

"Did you know that already?"

Lucio nodded and shook his head right after.

"I knew that Krune's Elemental Major Core was different since it is a lot better than my own when I was at his level. I had no idea about that Advanced Major Core thing, though. It was just recently that we found out that we couldn't use Divination on Krune since Destiny Energy doesn't move with his actions. It was also because of that that I reached the conclusion that Feifei's Major Core most likely wasn't the Heavenly Core."

Lani then intervened and said.

"This is something that profoundly affects both your Clan and my Sect, so you better call Mei over. We can continue this discussion when she arrives."

Wang Xin nodded and took out some kind of Token, after putting some Spiritual Energy inside, he just waited. After a few minutes, a Spatial Gate appeared outside of the Divine Path Sect Planet. The Sect protectors immediately noticed that, but Lani sent then a Divine Sense message that it was okay. The Planet's Anti Spatial power Formation then opened a hole that an old woman used to pass through.

Once inside, she quickly teleported and appeared right inside Lucio's residence, where everyone else was.

This time, it was Lucio who bowed respectfully to her.

"It's good to see you, Senior Mei."

Mei just nodded and looked at Wang Xin.

"What is happening for you to call me over with such urgency?"

She was the Wang Clan's Strongest Ancestor, the Late Stage Divinity Realm Wang Mei.

Before Wang Xin could talk, Lani commented.

"As cautious as ever, you only sent a close over."

Mei didn't mind that comment, though.

"Do you think I'm wrong?"

Lani shook his head.

"Not at all, I'm in fact relieved to see that you never change."

Mei laughed a little and then waited for Wang Xin to tell everything. Xin then used a Divine Sense message so that everything could be understood straight away.

After hearing everything, even she was taken aback and looked at Feifei and Krune with a bitter smile.

"What a mess!"

Lani immediately laughed when he heard that.

"Yeap! That's exactly what I said when I learned about the situation too."

Mei then commented.

"But why did they send such a weak group inside that Dimensional Realm? It would have been several times faster if they had sent a few Late Stage Divinity Realm cultivators. In the end, there would be nothing that we could do against such a power."

Krune heard that and gave his opinion.

"I think I can understand why."

Mei looked at Krune and asked.

"Is that the wisp that I heard about?"

Sure enough, Krune also couldn't hide his real form against someone of her level.

Lani nodded and said.

"He is, but don't look down on him. Krune is, after all, my grand Disciple."

Mei was surprised back then when she heard that Lucio took a wisp as Disciple. But seeing him now, she could at least tell how big his talent is. Not to mention his Advanced Elemental Core.

"No wonder. Go ahead, kid. Tell us your opinion."

Krune nodded and said.

"From what I could see from those assassins, they had techniques pretty much similar to each other. That probably means that they came from the same place. Considering that all Sacred Lands want to be the one to give birth to the next Heavenly Core owner, it would be bad if their competitors found out about the existence of the same Advanced major Core."

Krune only had to talk to this point for everyone in the room to understand this situation. Mei gave him an approving nod and said.

"Very good, kid! Indeed, considering that it seems that this Sacred Land already has an Advanced Major Core owner, they don't want to alert the others that they found another one. For that, they can't mobilize a strong force since the other two Lands definitely have several eyes on them. It would be the same as giving the enemy some free information."

Mei eyes then narrowed.

"But that is just a temporary issue. From here on, let's consider that our enemy is really the Sacred lands. Since the first Sacred Land already received information about Feifei, the other two will soon find about it too. First of all, the rumors about Feifei's Core isn't exactly a secret in the Big Four territories to start with. It only took this long to reach that Sacred Land due to the distance and the fact that only the high echelon of each of our powers knew about it."

Lani and everyone else nodded.

Krune then said once more.

"There is one good thing, though. The enemy still thinks that we have no idea about the Heavenly Core Fragments, so they probably will try to get Feifei without catching the other two attention. Still, the next time will be the last one. If they fail, they will probably throw caution to the wind and mobilize a full force to get Feifei straight away. Of course, this is just a conjecture that I have."

Wang Xin couldn't help but comment.

"This wisp... is quite smart."

Lucio heard that and laughed out loud.

"Of course, he is my disciple, after all."

Lani ignored the two and continued.

"The problem here is, what are we going to do? Forget about getting a Heavenly Core owner ourselves. That would require us to fight against the Sacred land and take or kill their own Advanced Major Core one. That would just bring the destruction of our Sect and your Clan. Not to mention that for it to work, Krune or Feifei would have to give their Major Core away too, and that is absolutely out of the question."

Lani and Lucio knew Krune, he would probably kill himself before taking Feifei's Heavenly Fragment away. Also, Feifei came to speak with them from her own volution, and she definitely knew that they would notice this issue. Still, she entered the Divine Path Sect Planet without fear. Lani and Lucio haven't declined so much to pretend that it had nothing to do with them.

Lani then looked at Mei's direction.

Mei, of course, understood what that look meant.

"Hmph! If even a shameless old man like you wouldn't try something like taking our Feifei's Heavenly Fragment, what makes you think that I, your grandmother, would do so?"

Lani narrowed at that comment.

"You know that I'm older than you, right? If someone can be a Grandfather or Mother, this one is me, not you."

Mei and Lani noticed that their status as Ancestors was declining in front of the young ones and immediately came back to the main topic.

Still, Lucio couldn't help but ask Wang Xin through a Divine Sense.

"Have you ever seen them acting like that?"

Wang Xin immediately replied.

"As if! Ancestor Mei had always acted high and mighty, this is a first for me too."

Uncle Feng, who had been silent for a while already, decided to speak.

"Anyway. Because we are expecting them to come, there is a very small chance of them succeeding in taking Feifei's Heavenly Core Fragment. I guess you understand what I mean here."

Everyone nodded.

"They will be left with no other choice other than coming for a full-force attack to take Feifei away, and a Sacred Land attack is not something that we can stop with our means."

Lani pondered a bit and then said.

"We have only one choice here, and that is to send Krune and Feifei away."

Wang Mei immediately rebuked.

"I agree that I can't keep Feifei in the Clan anymore, but should I send her with Krune? What if your Grand Disciple decides to take this chance to take her Heavenly Core Fragment."

Lucio and Lani narrowed their eyes and were about to complain when suddenly, Krune cut them off.

"Ancestor Meu, there is no need to worry about that, I can guarantee that I won't ever harm Feifei."

Wang Mei looked at him and said.

"Hmph! And why should I trust you?"

Feifei was a little worried about Krune, but she had never expected what was about to happen.

"Oh, that? It's very simple, let me show you."

Krune then walked in Feifei's direction, which puzzled everyone in the room, even Feifei.

Krune then grabbed her waist and gave Feifei a kiss right in front of everyone!

Let alone Wang Xin and Mei, even Feifei herself, was shocked by that!

Those who knew Krune were speechless!

IT, WAS, KRUNE! The last being in the entire universe that Feifei, Lucio, Feng, and Lani could ever imagine doing something like that!

Krune then looked at Mei and Xin and said.

"That's because I love her!"

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There were two people completely red at the moment, one was obvious Feifei. As for the other, it was Wang Xin, Feifei's father. It's just that his redness was for a completely different reason. He was so angry that he was about to explode!

"I'll kill you!"

Wang Xin immediately attacked. In fact, he only wanted to release his anger, not to really kill Krune. After all, he still knows that he and Feifei are inside the Divine Path Sect. But how could Lucio let him have his way?

"Kill who, you say?"

Boom!

Both Lucio and Xin separated immediately after that exchange.

Lucio looked at Wang Xin with a smile and said.

"Why are you so angry? It's mutual love, so is there a need for this?"

Lucio couldn't be happier. Krune had exceeded all his expectations. He felt like he had been avenged from what happened in the past between the two. As mentioned before, both Lucio and Xin loved the same girl, but that girl selected Wang Xin in the end. So he was feeling great to see his disciple snatching Wang Xin's daughter right in front of his eyes.

Wang Xin, of course, wouldn't let it go just like that.

"What mutual love? He obviously took Feifei by surprise! Or do you think that Feifei would ever kiss a wisp, uh?"

Feifei knew that hiding things would be useless now. Her face showed determination, and she called out.

"Father, check this out."

Then... she kissed Krune back, much for Wang Xin's despair!

"Feifei... this..."

Feifei nodded.

"That's excatly what you think. Sect master Lucio isn't wrong, this is really mutual love. I didn't expect it to be revealed in this way, but since things got to this point, then I might as well go all out."

Not to mention that she was really happy with Krune's actions.

Feifei then looked back at Krune with a big smile.

"To be honest, I'm happy that you showed such determination."

Feifei then made a seal with her hands, and right after, the Mark that she gave Krune projected outside.

Wang Xin felt even more helpless when he saw that Krune already had Feifei's marriage mark with him.

He then looked at Lucio and said.

"This is all your doing, right?! It's all because of what happened in the past, this is your way of getting back at me!"

Lucio laughed out loud and said.

"Although I am indeed very happy to see it, I will have to disappoint you. No, Krune and Feifei's relationship goes way back. Of course, I gave my full support when I found about it. Hahahaha!"

Wang Mei, who had been silent until now, then spoke.

"So, that's the reason you talked about?"

Krune nodded.

Feifei and Krune then explained the entire situation from the moment they met each other to now.

Wang Xin didn't know what to say, he then looked at Uncle Feng and asked.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Uncle Feng shuddered his shoulders and said.

"As you know, my duty was and has always been with Feifei. Without her word, I would not tell it to anyone."

Wang Xin then asked again.

"Alright, I can understand why you haven't told it, but why didn't you try to stop it."

Uncle Feng sighed and said.

"You think I didn't? I tried to convince her thousands of times in the past years. But after we got to the Divine Path Sect, I came to know a few things about Krune. So I can only say that you are definitely not taking the short end of the stick here. As for why is that, I can't tell you."

Krune wasn't surprised that Uncle Feng had tried to change Feifei's mind in the past. But he felt quite happy to see that he approved it now.

Wang Mei looked at Feifei and said.

"Feifei, you know about the wisps' life span, right? Are you really okay with it?"

Feifei nodded.

"I am! First of all, Life span isn't a problem for Krune at the moment anyway. He is already at the 4th stage of the Core Formation Realm and still has 29 years ahead of him. I have no doubt that he can reach the Divine Path Realm as long as he survives."

Wang Xin then tried to convince her again.

"Feifei, I will never allow you to marry into another power."

Feifei and Krune looked at each other and then laughed.

"Don't worry, father. I have no intention of leaving the Wang Clan to start with."

Both Mei and Xin were taken aback.

"Does it mean that Krune will marry into our clan?"

Lucio immediately snorted after hearing that.

"As if I would let that happen."

Wang Mei immediately understood.

"You two don't plan to leave your backgrounds, is it?"

Feifei nodded.

"Why should we? I love my Clan, and Krune likes his Sect, especially his Master."

Both Krune and Lucio almost fainted after that comment from Feifei!

"Who likes this old geezer? We only got together because of his shameless character."

Lucio gave him a side glance and snorted.

"If not for your talent, do you think I would ever get a rainbow wisp as a disciple? You should be thanking the heavens that I'm this big-hearted."

Feifei laughed a little and looked at her father.

"See? They are just made for each other."

Wang Xin's mouth twitched. Where is the love between disciple and Master that she talked about? How come he can't see it?

"Anyway, father, I have no intention of leaving the Clan, so you don't need to worry about me joining another power."

Wang Xin looked at Lucio and asked.

"Are you okay with this?"

Lucio shuddered his shoulders too and said.

"Why shouldn't I? My Divine Path Sect isn't a Clan. As long as our disciples don't betray or harm the Sect, I'm fine with anything. I also think this is a good thing since both sides will have their support in the future. You can deny as much as you want, but at your realm, I refuse to believe that you can't see Krune's real potential. No other cultivator or demon beast in the same realm is stronger than Krune in our Big Four territories. At most, they would be at the same level, but even that I find it hard to think about."

Wang Mei was a lot more cool-headed than Wang Xin, so she could see things further away.

"I understand. Still, it is not a reason good enough for me to trust you. As far as I know, it could all be a trick to fool Feifei and taking away her Heavenly Fragment."

Wang Xin immediately nodded. At least the ancestor is still on his side.

Krune couldn't help but ask.

"Then what would make you believe me?"

Wang mei replied.

"Give me a sliver of your soul, if there comes a day that Feifei dies, I will crush it and end your life too."

Lani immediately intervened.

"You are going too far, Mei."

But before they could discuss this issue, Krune already did as Mei said and sent and cut a sliver of his soul. He then delivered it right on her hands.

Except for Feifei and Lucio, no one expected that Krune would be that daring!

Mei received Krune's sliver of soul and looked at it with surprise in her eyes. She thought that with this one thing alone, she would be able to reveal Krune's real intention. In fact, she succeeded in doing that. However, it was a result entirely different from what Mei intended.

Lani and Uncle Feng sighed after seeing that and knew that it was now too late to stop Krune.

Wang Xin was delighted. As long as they have it, he can deal with Krune any time he wants.

Wang Mei looked at that small piece of Krune's soul with a gloomy face, though.

She then sighed and sent it back to Krune, which then immediately fused back to his soul.

Wang Xin delighted face immediately turned ugly again.

"Ancestor, this..."

Wang Mei immediately cut him off.

"Shut up! If you can't even see his determination after what happened, then you are a failure as a father! This wisp has more guts than any of those people from our territory that you have been sending on Feifei's way. Tell me, which one of them do you think would put their lives on the other's hand without thinking twice just for the sake of the one he loved?"

Wang Xin felt a little embarrassed about being rebuked like that in front of everyone.

"I..."

Wang Mei continued.

"Enough. Feifei already made it clear that she isn't leaving our Clan. Isn't that what you, the elders, protectors, and everyone else wanted? Then so be it."

She then looked serious at Wang Xin and asked.

"If you could marry the one you loved in the end, then why can't your daughter?"

Wang Xin was taken aback by those last words, and it totally affected him deeply! He looked at Feifei and asked one last time.

"Feifei, do you really want him?"

Feifei nodded.

"If not him, then no one else."

Wang Xin sighed and gave up.

"Fine! Don't say that I didn't try to warn you."

Feifei immediately jumped on Wang Xin's embrace after that. She was obviously very happy with her father's approval.

Wang Xin felt gloomy instead, though.

"Just how am I supposed to explain it to your mother?"

Feifei just said.

"Oh! Don't worry, she knows already."

Wang Xin's mouth opened wide!

"She... knows?"

Wang Xin couldn't help but feel like his position as Clan Head was more like a counterfeit. Why is it that he is the last one to know?

Lani then sent a Divine Sense message to Mei.

"That surprised me, the Wang Mei that I know would never act this recklessly. As far as I know, you would definitely keep Krune's life in your hands."

Mei heard that and sighed.

"I guess I'm getting old too. That's all."

Lani couldn't help but laugh at that comment.

Wand Mei then decided to go back to the main topic.

"Well then, now that this is resolved, how should we proceed?"

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Wang Xin wanted to ask why Feifei's mother knew about it, but he decided to ask it later.

"Keeping them in the Sect or the Wang Clan will only bring the entire Sacred Land forces to our doorsteps sooner or later. The only chance is for them to disappear. Still, is it one thing for the that Sacred Land to discover Feifei's existence, but another now that they know who she is."

"Now that her identity as an Advanced Major Core owner is found, is there really a place in our universe where we can hide her? They definitely already acquired a reading of her aura, so changing her appearance will do very little."

Lani and Mei looked at each, and it seemed that they came to the same conclusion.

"In our universe, the three Sacred Lands are absolute, but the same isn't for the others. They would have a tough time finding Feifei and Krune in that case."

Feifei and Krune got puzzled.

"What do you mean by others? Is there another universe?"

Uncle Feng, Wang Xin, and Lucio also showed a severe expression when they heard that.

Lucio couldn't help but comment.

"Master, if the thing about the Heavens ignoring their Advanced Major Core is true, then it probably won't happen if they leave our universe. After all, the other universes have their own Heavens."

Lani nodded.

"Indeed, I also think that once they leave, the destiny energy around them will come back to normal. But even if their destiny energy can't be read here, it won't be a big issue to the Sacrad Lands once they all find about Feifei and Krune. At that point, all three of them will put their full focus on this task. It will be very hard to avoid being found unless we lock them inside a remote place, and they never leave it again."

Lucio heard that and felt gloomy, he couldn't deny his Master's words, after all.

Lani looked at Mei and asked.

"What do you think, should we go with it?"

Mei nodded.

"Thankfully, their realms are very low, so both universes protectors won't notice their entrance or leaving. Still, we won't be able to send anyone else with them. Sure, we could send a few Divine Soul or Soul Forging Realms. But that would be too risky. I want to keep it between the people inside this room as much as possible."

Krune and Feifei were still waiting for them to explain what is happening, though.

Lani nodded and then told Krune and Feifei.

"You know about the underworld already, right? It's pretty much the same thing. There are other universes out there, and if you reach the Divinity Realm, you can force your way in. Still, it's very hard to do so. The higher your cultivation, the higher the rejection of the heavens on that side. Not to mention that once someone with cultivation in the Void Breaking Realm or above enters, the Heavens itself will alert its strongest Cultivators and Demon Beasts about the intrusion."

Krune and Feifei were really surprised by this fact. Even Feifei didn't know about the existence of other universes. She had never found any information about it, even in the Wang Clan network.

Krune then asked.

"Won't this 'rejection' that you said hinder our combat power?"

Mei shook her head.

"The rejection that we talked about is the fact that someone is entering. It is there to prevent that too many high-level cultivators enter at once without anyone paying attention. In fact, even for Core Formation Realm like you two, there would be a limit. I reckon that no more than a hundred or so would be able to be sent before the other universe rejects their entrance too."

"Of course, almost no one does that. It might be seen as one universe trying to occupy the other, which could start a war between the two. So unless there is no other choice, neither side would send people or demon beasts into the other's house. The only exception is in case you really intend to conquer that universe. In that case, why would you care about alarming the other side?"

Krune and Feifei understood.

"Would they be able to see if we are from another universe?"

Lani answered.

"It would be very hard for the Cultivators and Demon Beasts, but the universe itself would notice it straight away once you guys reach the Divine Path Realm."

Krune then asked.

"What do we do in that case?"

Lani and Mei shook their heads.

"We don't know. If you decide to come back at that point, you will need the help of a Divinity Realm cultivator or Demon Beast. If not, you won't be able to open the passage. Or maybe you could try to reach an agreement with one of those universes powerhouses like our Sacred Lands. Although it is very rare, sometimes some people or demon beasts flee from their universe for who knows what reason. In the end, they seek protection from the other side in exchange for their services or whatever."

Krune couldn't help but ask.

"Does it means that we also have people and demon beasts like that?"

Lani nodded.

"We do. In fact, you have already met someone in a similar condition before."

It was then that Krune exclaimed.

"Cilia!"

But it was then that he noticed something different in that statement.

"Wait, you said that she is in a 'similar' situation. What do you mean by that? Is she not from another universe?"

Lani didn't try to hide this information since Cilia's existence isn't a secret for the higher-ups of the Big Four anyway.

"She is not. Well, maybe she was in the past before she ascended. Anyway, Cilia is someone from a higher plane that you can only enter after you surpass the Divinity Realm. As for the details, I don't know since she never told us. Even if she had, I wouldn't talk about it without her permission."

Krune then asked Light Spirit about it.

"He is right, both of us came from the higher plane. But for now, I won't be able to tell you much more than that."

Krune was still curious but decided to not ask anymore since he knows that Light Spirit won't talk.

Lani continued.

"Back to the main topic, that is one of your options once you arrive there. But in the end, it is up to you to decide what path to follow."

Mei then commented.

"There is one thing, though. Would the powerhouses of the other universe target Krune and Feifei because of their Advanced Major Cores?"

Lani shrugged his shoulders.

"It is the fact that they don't know that Feifei and Krune have an Advanced Major Core that we are sending them, no? So they will have to keep their mouths shut while they are there. Not to mention that we don't know if they would target Krune and Feifei even if they knew that. This thing about the Heavenly Fragments is such a huge secret in our universe, so chances are that it is also the same there. In that case, I believe it should be fine."

Mei didn't comment on this issue any more after that.

Lucio then asked.

"So what is up for us now is to decide which universe we send them in, right?"

Immediately, Lani and Mei became silent. The two of them are the only ones who could open a passage to another universe, so only they had some idea about what to expect on the other sides.

Lani looked at Mei and said.

"To be honest, I know very little about them since I rarely ever interacted with their forces."

Mei then sighed.

"Me too. At most, I opened a few passages for us to make a few trades, but neither side ever entered the other, only the items being traded."

Suddenly, Light Spirit told Krune.

"Tell everyone to ask Cilia's opinion. She will be able to tell them the right choice."

Krune was surprised to hear that and immediately told everyone in the room about it.

"Senior Cilia?"

Lani pondered a bit and then said.

"It might be worth a try."

With a thought, Lani sent everyone in the dimension where the tower was located.

"Lani brat, what brings you and all these kids here out of nowhere?"

Lani bowed and then explained the entire situation to Cilia.

"I see."

Cilia went silent for a few moments and then said.

"It has been way too long since I ascended, not to mention that I lived for even longer in the higher plane. In that case, there is no doubt that anything that I knew about the other universes is probably different now. Still, a few things will never change."

Cilia pondered a bit and then said.

"Send them to the Dalin Universe."

When Light Spirit heard that, he gave her a mental nod.

'As I thought. That is indeed the best place for someone like Krune.'

Mei and Lani were puzzled. They had never heard about this universe before.

Cilia then sent a Divine Sense message showing its location to Lani and Mei.

Still, let alone Lani and Mei, everyone else had the same question in their minds.

"Senior Cilia, why this Dalin universe?"

Cilia then answered.

"If we talk about Spiritual Energy, there isn't much of a difference between there and here. But if we consider the Elemental Laws, it is a lot easier to perceive there."

Lani and Mei were surprised.

"How come we never heard about it before? Such a place would be great for training the young even if we had to pay the price to the other side powerhouses to allow it."

In the initial stages, laws don't matter much. But once in the Void Breaking Realm, it changes completely. One must remember that to create Chaos Energy, it is necessary to use Laws and Elemental Source Energy, after all. It is also very good to the Soul Forging Realm since this is the Realm where a cultivator or demon beast usually starts to comprehend them.

Cilia then commented.

"You know that in this universe, the Sacred Lands are the absolute power, right?"

Everyone nodded.

"The same thing could be said about the relationship between the various Universes. There are stronger ones and weaker ones. The Dalin Universe that I showed you is the place used by the most prominent Universes to train their young ones. In the past, this Universe had been conquered by the others when it was still in its infancy. The reason is simple, such a Universe would become one of the strongest ones way too fast if left alone because of its difference in Laws. It might have even tried to get rid of the other ones at that pace."

Cilia continued.

"After it got conquered, the other Universe Powerhouses reached an agreement to only allow their offsprings to use it mutually. That way, they could keep their own position as the strongest ones and prevent other weaker ones from trying anything funny. After all, they wouldn't become a match for them. Of course, there are always exceptions. After so long, some of those Universes' Powerhouses of the past probably changed hands or crumbled completely."

"Still, I believe that the Dalin Universe didn't change. The only thing that changed was the ones who lost their free passes into it and those who got theirs."

Cilia then laughed a little and said.

"Since there are always quite a few different cultivators and demon beasts from other universes entering it, no one will pay attention to Krune or Feifei. After all, they would be considered just another pair from another Universe going there to train."

Lucio then asked.

"In that case, the Universes controlling this place definitely have several methods to find out if someone from an unrelated Universe entered or not. After all, if they don't do this much, the other weaker Universes would definitely try to send their own people and beasts in. If we try to send Krune and Feifei there, won't they be found straight away?"

Everyone there nodded, Lucio had just spilled out their main concern.

Cilia, on the other hand, just laughed once more.

"That's why the location that I sent you is a secret point that they definitely don't know about. It doesn't matter how long it had been, I refuse to believe that anyone found that connection."

Immediately, Mei and Lani's eyes lit up.

"Great!"