What's my plan now, you might wonder? Well, even though I had so idea of what I was supposed to do, I had no clue where to even start. Ti passed slowly, and whenever I had a mont, I would stop to cultivate, to study the laws of life and death. With each passing day, my power grew, but life itself remained too hard to comprehend. It was as though it was so profound that it would take years—perhaps even centuries—to grasp fully. No matter how close I felt myself to be to the next realm in cultivation, I couldn't quite touch it.
I rembered, from the ti we'd been trapped in the mysterious world of cultivation, that the next realm above Soul Lord was supposed to be the Soul Fuse stage. But that left with even more questions. Did it an that all the souls I had now, those scattered across different entities, would have to fuse together? How was I supposed to do that? How could I control all those energies at once? Was it connected to the laws I had been struggling to understand?
For now, all I could do was harvest energy from the air around to cast attacks, grasping at the loose laws and fusing them together to create power. It wasn't much, but it was sothing. If only I had a teacher, soone who could guide , I believed I would be able to grow stronger faster. But that wasn't possible in this world. The original cultivators were all gone, and only a few original beasts remained—beasts that were now my enemies.
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I could feel the Soul Fuse stage tantalizingly close, yet still so far away. It was a frustrating sensation, a gnawing feeling of inadequacy that I couldn't shake. Five more years had passed since I started, and still, the goal remained just out of reach. I stared at my reflection one day, and for the thousandth ti, I saw the sa youthful face staring back at —no wrinkles, no signs of aging. I had stayed the sa while ti moved forward. Was this the power of longevity? Staying young for eternity? Part of found it comforting, though it left a bitter edge to my thoughts.
After all, what woman wouldn't want to stay young, to keep her beauty, to never have to battle against the inevitable march of ti? The thought of losing my youth had always terrified , and now I had been granted the kind of immortality most people could only dream of. It felt heaven-shattering in a way, but there was sothing unsettling about it too. Was this how the immortals felt—never changing, never aging? Perhaps they were more cursed than blessed. Still, I could hardly complain. There was no rush to face the passing years.
In these five years, I had accomplished so things, though not all of them were as exciting as I hoped. I had tracked down another demi-god level beast. The hunt had been long and tiring, and the beast lived in the ocean. Searching for a monster in the vast ocean was no small feat, even for soone like . The odds of finding it were slim, but that only pushed further.
Now, I stood on a tall cliff, gazing out at the endless blue ocean before . The wind swept gently across my skin, and the scent of the saltwater filled the air. My feet were far from where I had first started this journey, and in this new land, I found there were many more like —people from my world who had been brought here. So spoke in tongues I didn't fully understand, but I recognized one language, Arabic. The faces were different, but there was familiarity in the way they looked at , and in my eyes, I could see the sa confusion that had once overwheld .
This continent was called Qamaris. I didn't know what the na ant exactly, but sothing about it felt connected to the moon. It seed fitting—this new world felt so alien to . It was a place full of secrets, of hidden power, and yet, none of it seed to matter right now. What mattered most to was finding Khalid.
Khalid, a human who had managed to reach level 179 and was ranked second in the world, just below . His Role, [Immortal Emperor], made him a formidable opponent. This was a world where strength mattered, and no matter how much I tried to distance myself from it, I knew I would have to face him eventually. That day would co sooner than I expected.
The past five years had sharpened my focus. I had fought, hunted, and grown stronger with each encounter, but the weight of it all was starting to take its toll on . ntally, I was exhausted. Ti was pressing, and the looming thought of Khalid's strength only pushed further, making realize just how little I had ti to waste.
What a pain in the ass, I thought bitterly. But there was no turning back now. The next step in this journey was closer than ever, and I would stop at nothing to face whatever ca my way.
At least my level had risen to 195, just enough to give a slight edge over the others, but not enough to put far ahead. Of course, that ant I wasn't exactly in the clear. Rumors swirled that the next demi-god level beast was a beastly 301... typical, right? Why couldn't they just be at my level for once? But the challenge was real, and I wasn't about to back down.
In order to find this beast, though, I had to get past a certain soone. It wasn't just about tracking the monster. No, this ti I had to deal with an entirely different issue—him. The self-proclaid "Emperor of the World" who'd made it his mission to impress . What a joke. His arrogance matched the title he gave himself, and his delusions were only rivaled by his utter confidence. Ever since the first ti he laid eyes on , he'd been trying to woo with his ridiculous offers. Marry him? Pfft. It was laughable. Yet, here I was, forced to deal with him, because of his supposed connections that could help lure the beast to the shore.
He knew I could easily end him if I wanted to, but for so reason, he thought he stood a chance. I wondered if he really did think I'd take him up on his absurd proposition, or if he simply enjoyed watching toy with him. Either way, I wasn't in the mood for his antics today. I had more pressing matters to attend to, so I'd leave him for tomorrow. The Al-Qamarim Empire's capital city, Dawhar, was my destination, and I needed to focus.
With a sigh, I prepared myself for what awaited there. Another power-hungry man with a huge ego to knock down. At least it wouldn't be boring.
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