It was a scene of a never before seen world with a unique look, but this was just the beginning as the possibilities for what could be designed in this wondrous Spiritual World were endless!
Chapter 421 - Cultivating
Noah glanced at the results of the Division feature of the Spiritual World as a fantastical sight of four huge land masses that could be considered Continents separated from the central landmass that held the Time Space and the Blacksmith's Forge.
The continents were mostly filled with a similar type of essence and environment, the only thing different being the one in the North that was slowly turning fully into a fiery continent that was filled with the Law of Fire.
Many possibilities lied in front of him as he sent a message to the Spiritual World System.
"You can handle the farming of the new plants and designing architecture and layouts of these continents?"
[Yes. Just let me know which style of architecture you wish for, as well as any ideas you have for Recipe Design and the building of new Law Spaces. Anything you need, I can handle.]
An extremely competent reply came from the System as Noah nodded, seeing that he had placed a significant amount of time in this particular task that an entire day had passed.
He currently looked at the passing of days as extremely crucial, as his mind had calculations of what he could possibly achieve in a single day in terms of Fate Lines and Chaos Particles. If he was doing anything else and a day passed, it felt he missed out big in advancing his power forward!
The upgrade of the Spiritual World was more than worth it, as he left things in the hands of the Spiritual World System and glanced towards the few beings he had in the Spiritual World.
There were a large majority of Spiritual Beasts populating the central landmass, with other cl.u.s.ters in the risen continents aside from the fiery ones the current beasts were still major of the Ice Element.
When he came to this thought process, he couldn't help but ask something that was on his mind.
"The beasts that were born in this Spiritual Land were always of the Ice Type Element. If the convergence of essence in the continent that is covered by the Law of Fire births new Spiritual Beasts, will they be of the Fire Element?"
Noah's mind was already thinking in this manner, simply wanting a confirmation at this wondrous possibility.
[Yes. When the Earth Law Space or Fate Law Space or Chaos Law Space are established in the future, beasts of those respective elements will also have probabilities of being born.]
A spectacular affirmation came as Noah shook his head at the wonders of the Spiritual World, looking towards the Harbingers and other beings that were looking at him with reverence and a tinge of fear.
Some understood his power and knew him for a long time, others only heard stories as they now came face to face with him and looked at him in an entirely different manner.
The beasts of the Spiritual World like Emperor Penguin simply looked at his figure with shining eyes filled with strength and trust, making his heart settle with ease as the more he rose in power, the more alone he felt.
Even with the company of women like Adelaide and Barbatos, he only had a chance to be around them briefly as he was constantly moving, his heart settling down when he was around them and had a chance to relax, but most of his time was divided into adventuring into new lands or facing powerful enemies, with him doing almost everything alone.
It was a unique feeling that those on the path of power would occasionally find themselves in. A position where they seemed to be forging ahead while others were just trying to keep up!
It was the solitude one felt when they were in a position that others could not come close to! Even someone like Prince Cassius who Noah could talk freely with in the past, he could not do so anymore. The moment the prince moved together with her aunt and saw the actual picture of Noah's true strength, a change occurred as he knew they weren't even remotely close to the same positions, not looking at Noah the way he used to before.
Noah sighed as he sent telepathic commands to the Emperor Penguin and Elena, as well as the other major figures that over the worlds he was connected to as he cast one more skill before he disappeared from the skies of the Spiritual World.
He cast [World Veil] that now applied to this unique treasure of his, letting it stay in this expanse of space for now as he prepared to come in contact with powerful laws.
He would set no time for celebration or anything like that for this amazing upgrade that had turned the Spiritual Land into a Spiritual World, teleporting away from it as he appeared tens of thousands of miles away from the junction of the Light Expanse and the Dark Expanse where he would leave the Spiritual World briefly, letting those within cultivate as others could use the portals in the Central land mass to head back to their respective worlds whenever they wished.
His clone appeared far away in the void of vast space, feeling his eyes close as he enjoyed the weightlessness and power because of the [Child of Space] ability from the Lesser Cthulhu Skill Tree.
He felt extremely safe and content when he floated in this dark expanse of space, his heart already looking forward to when he would soon upgrade the skill tree of the Lesser Cthulhu along with Fate's Guardian.
If one could place the things he had to do on a plate in the form of food, they would overflow as there were truly too many of them.
Skill trees, Laws, Celestials, Infernals, Ancients, the Spiritual World...there were so many things that he wished his Blood Lord ability could grant him another clone for him to do all of them!
His main body had been spending the last day with Athena as they continued their cultivation session that pushed Noah's Fate Lines from 26,000 over 27,000 in the span of a day, this being an amazing number in the eyes of the Celestials.
But...he planned to start a cultivation session now where he would condense double the amount of fate lines that he and Athena condensed in a day...in just the span of an hour!
He looked forward to seeing the future results of obtaining close to 50,000 Fate Lines in the span of a day as he comfortably got in a seated position in the void of space he was in, clearing his mind as he initiated {Fate's Disciple} first this time around, watching as a golden line of fate began falling down. His body pulsed as he shone gold and brought to surface the hidden Fate Lines already in his body, covering his surroundings with the aura of fate as he then slowly began also activating {Disciple of Chaos}, commanding just a few Chaos Particles to come to light as the golden aura of fate felt like it had found its biggest enemy, going forward and overpowered the few Chaos Particles as they were quickly wiped away and purified into nothingness.
This reaction of purifying pure chaos elements was rewarded with multiple Fate Lines that then went on to descend and attach to his body, this session being one where he increased the number of Fate Lines while Chaos Particles stalled, his heart at peace as he repeated the process and began wildly burning his mana as it poured endlessly into two techniques which cultivated two Supreme Laws!
Chapter 422 - One Cultivates, One is Showered with Treasures.
In the wide expanse of space, some starts shimmered brightly while others were dull. There were millions of these stars littered across this wide space as in a particular location, a being was floating peacefully in this terrifying void that many would not make as their home.
There was a splendor of golden color as around this being, one could see numerous lines of fate descending down consistently, the truly observant ones being able to notice the formation of a few Chaos Particles that were quickly purified by the intense aura of fate that was in the surroundings.
A calm expression was apparent on the being, Noah's Ancient Blood Clone, as he continued to make rapid progress in the Law of Fate, and this time there were no limits!
The process had already been going on for more than half a day, the area of space he was in being filled with an aurora of golden colors that spread throughout the blank void beautiful
ly. In this span of half a day, he had already amassed more than 24,000 Fate Lines, obtaining the same amount of Fate Lines that he had spent the past weeks collecting after he first received the unique skill of {Fate's Disciple}.
The number of Fate lines he currently had was actually over 56,000 in total, his main body that was being spoiled with numerous materials and cores filled with the Law of Chaos adding on to the progression.
His Ancient Blood Clone continued the project of amassing fate lines as the plan was to complete a full day of cultivation before he moved on to do anything else. In the Celestial Realm, his main body was moving yet again through the fantastical and essence filled forests of this expansive realm. He was accompanied by the valiant Athena to his side as the Righteous Fire Exploration Team he was a part of was moving again towards the direction where the Elite Chaos Behemoths were located.
After spending a significant amount of time freely purifying the chaos materials and absorbing cores in the Celestial Watch Tower, the regiment of the Grandmaster was for them to head out once more to take down Chaos Behemoths.
This would allow for a rapid increase in their Fate Lines while giving them battle experience and the consolidation of their power that was being forcefully raised up through treasures.
With the abundant Soul Rank Cores that Noah and Athena continued receiving, Noah did not doubt that the Celestials were confident in forcefully pushing the levels of the beings they knew to be of Noble Fates to the Domain Expansion Realm soon enough!
This was a type of treatment that would normally draw in jealousy, as even the powerful Boru felt the strength of Athena nearing his while Noah was not too far away. But these beings that were following the lessons of Celestials did not show any outward signs of discontentment as they even volunteered their own materials, attributing this all for the cause of reducing Chaos and maintaining Order!
ROAR!
Yet another powerful Elite Chaos Behemoth fell in the hands of the Righteous Fire Team that was led by the returning Grandmaster Vredral, the beast holding enormous chaos essence slumping down unwillingly as the Domain of Fate that the Grandmaster Released had only gotten stronger.
This powerful Grandmaster was receiving a higher level of treatment than many others, his power also continuing to rise rapidly as he acted on a grand scale to influence the fates of beings in the Light Expanse. He was also the one that had initiated the campaign to allow the inhabitants of Light Expanse to enter the Celestial Realm, much of the influence obtained from this event also coming to him as his Fate Lines continued to increase!
Grandmaster Vredral cut through the body of the Chaos Behemoth as he pulled out a shimmering dark Chaos Core, the powerful chaos essence sizzling as it floated a few inches from his hands.
ZING!
A golden glow shined out as the powerful Domain Rank core was cut into pieces, each of them floating towards an out of breath Athena and Noah that were leaning on each other's backs as they recovered their energy after the tough battle.
They reached out to grab the pieces of Chaos Cores as the Grandmaster spoke.
"What we are currently doing can be considered violating the natural order, rapidly enhancing the rate at which you two increase your power. But the two of you are those with Noble Fates, having a big hand to play in the future which will go on to reduce an enormous amount of chaos! So the price we pay to achieve this is very small."
His voice was filled with conviction as the two beings with Noble Fates looked at each other with determination. As they continued to train and move around each other, the Junior Brother and Senior Sister had gradually gotten closer, the impassive mask of Athena ever so slowly breaking down in front of Crixus as the battle driven War Princess was even leaning on the back of her Junior Brother to recuperate.
"Since we are raising your power speedily, your realm and handling of essence will be very rough once you reach the Domain Expansion Realm. So for your next mission as you near this level is to handle an Elite Behemoth yourselves while I oversee things!"
Stern expressions covered Noah and Athena's faces as the members of the Righteous Fire Exploration Team also looked forward seriously. With the abundant treasures and Cores that Noah and Athena continued to receive, they would undoubtedly be able to reach the next realm soon enough! With this knowledge, the Grandmaster wanted to use the opportunity to further stimulate their breakthrough as he wanted them to conduct a hunt against a Behemoth by themselves.
"This will be one of the prices to pay for pushing your realm up so quickly, where we can at least stabilize your power as time goes on. Come, let us move on to the next one!"
The Celestial Grandmaster waved his hands righteously as he pushed the Exploration Team to continue, an amazing event currently playing out in the Celestial Realm!
Those with Noble Fates had the full backing of this powerful organization, the abundant treasures they had collected over the years being something they could use to push the realm of whoever they wanted higher at a rapid rate. This time around as the war approached, the Celestials were focusing their resources on beings with Noble Fates like Noah and Athena, with others holding the same title not appearing in front of them yet as they were under the leadership of other Grandmasters!
Aside from those with Noble Fates, Grandmasters with high comprehension in the Law of Fate were also favored as resources continued to be taken from the vaults of the Celestials and spent wildly, leaving no risk for the coming war as they prepared.
Although just as quickly as they were depleting their treasure vaults, even more materials and cores were coming in from the half tax imposed on all the beings they allowed to move in the Celestial Realm.
Although unknown to the Celestials yet, a stable spatial connection was on the process of being established between the Celestial Realm and the Dark Expanse through the use of unique skills of certain beings from the powerful Scholar's Guild as the side they were fighting on also began getting their hands on the share of resources!
Chapter 423 - A Vast Number of Abilities
In the Southern Region of the Celestial Realm where Behemoths proficient in the Law of Water resided, the powerful beings from the Scholar's guild had gathered into a nondescript area underground as they finalized their spatial connection and made sure that nothing was out of place!
"Agrus, you are sure that even with the Celestial's method in the Law of Fate, they would not be able to discern what we are doing here?"
Malthus, the Spatial Magician from the Scholar's Guild asked Agrus, the 'Walking Library', who was relaxing in the cold underground area without a worry. The relaxing Malthus replied while stretching his hands, his eyes gazing upon the structures that a few figures had already begun building in the wide space they were in.
"Just as the Celestials have their own mysterious abilities and means, increasing their power over the last thousand years- so have we!"
He spoke with a slightly passionate expression as he pushed the glasses on his face up, his hand reaching into his robe as he pulled out a dark pulsing object that caused the expression on Malthus to change.
"That is...the Chaos Wand?!"
"Sadly no, just an imitation of it. But this is more than enough for our uses to evade the eyes of the Celestials as we build a connection that will be able to stably transfer both materials and eventually beings to our nearby bases that aren't under the gazes of Celestials."
Malthus's gaze was still on the glowing dark stick as he asked once more, knowing full well the history of such an object that his partner held!
"What did you say to the Elders for them to hand you a Chaos Wand, even if it is an imitation…"
His gaze was that of envy as he looked at this powerful weapon, Agrus chuckling as he replied.
"The Scholar's Guild is one that operates on knowledge and power. After those old Wizards were hit with such losses from being utterly unprepared to counter attack the techniques of Celestials in the past war, they have been dutifully moving,
this time associating too much with the Infernal Lords as they have been gaining large benefits in knowledge and items such as this…"
Argus revealed secretive information as Malthus nodded his head unwillingly and sighed, knowing the treasure in his friend's hand was something extremely valuable, actually being the main thing that would render the eyes of the Celestials and their powerful techniques powerless in this region they were in!
This was a weapon that was simply an imitation designed from the knowledge that the powerful Scholar's Guild had been collecting since their defeat a thousand years ago, working closely with the beings proficient in Chaos, the Infernal Lords, to get to a new level of power that gave them a level of confidence against any future wars!
This was the level of power of the Scholar's Guild, one of the forces besides the Vampyre Clans holding the Alliance of the Dark Expanse together.
Those that were knowledgeable called the powerful beings in the Scholar's Guild Magicians, some called them Warlocks and Witches, with others even calling them mages! But those truly knowing the truth behind the scenes would know them as those with Blessed Knowledge, beings that were extremely proficient in magic as they used powerful weapons to channel the universal laws to their will!
This Chaos Wand that the 'Walking Library' Argus held was one of these powerful weapons that was drenched in the Law of Chaos, granting a shade from the powerful skills under <
Agrus had a profound expression as he continued to reply to Malthus.
"There is a great deal of things in this wide Galaxy of ours, and Celestials do not hold all of them. There is a vast abundance of abilities that even they do not know. What the old fogeys at the top of our Guild are trying to do now is prevent the further advancement of these Celestials to the point that even with our knowledge, we will not be able to compete."
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