"It seems we've restored balance through killing and blood. That's always the best solution," Alm said with a satisfied expression.
Suddenly, celestial runes began to glow around them. Dozens of them, which soon multiplied into hundreds, and then thousands. Their light was so intense that everything around them vanished, and they found themselves surrounded by an ocean of bright runes. Then, as if swallowed by overwhelming darkness, their visions and consciousness abruptly disappeared.
Ti passed unnoticed, everything happening so suddenly that it seed to have lasted only a few seconds. In the next instant, light returned to their eyes, and the moon and stars' glow roused them from their stupor.
Suddenly, a strange sensation erged, like a volcanic eruption of emotions; it was an intense hunger that could drive soone insane. And then, a weight settled upon their bones... yes, they were back in the darkroom... and that massive lump of flesh and fat was their body again.
"Even as just a skeleton, at least we had so attack power, but now, here we are, with no cultivation and inside this whale's body. I wonder if Heaven's Will is doing this for fun," Alm said gruffly. He could feel that they were back to being just a mortal.
"Accept the reality; this is our body and ti now," Bruno said calmly. "We spent almost a week in another universe. I don't know what happened to this body, but... what the hell... ti and space are frozen?" he comnted, clearly stunned.
Suddenly, a sensation that the air, the laws, and everything around them were frozen was perceived by them. It was an unbelievable temporal manipulation, sothing that would seem impossible even in their original Universe. Now, they were in a universe with much more complex and powerful laws, making this phenonon even more perplexing.
In the next second, as if the air had been expelled from their lungs, the world seed to resu its movent. They felt all the changes happening around them with a palpable shock, and then a green screen appeared before them.
[Accept Rewards?]
[Yes / No]
"In addition to taking us to another universe, Heaven's Will kept ti frozen here," Bruno comnted with a sigh, continuing afterward. "It seems like the system solved a big problem. We would have had to explain our disappearance."
"At our peak, we could do sothing similar, but only in an area of a few kiloters... maybe just the mortal planet where we were affected. A week isn't much ti for the Queen to notice sothing strange at the end of the world," observed Alm. "Screw it, let's see our reward," he concluded, ntally responding "Yes" to the screen in front of him.
[Extra Reward 01: 40 Upgrade Points Acquired.]
[Performance level 60/100]
[Extra Reward 02: Orichalcum Chest Acquired.]
[Main Reward: Qi Gathering Realm Cultivation Liberated]
Suddenly, a crack reverberated throughout the imnse body, causing their muscles to tense and warmth to flow through every pore. A nostalgic feeling enveloped their minds; it was only a remnant that shouldn't even represent a single drop... yet, Qi was flowing through their ridians again!
The sensation was entirely different from when they had dominated that body. Now, they were officially in the first level of the Qi Gathering Realm, but an indescribably powerful feeling emanated from their muscles as if sothing long forgotten had been reignited.
"The system didn't disappoint; our cultivation is perfectly firm and flawless," Bruno analyzed, with a satisfied expression.
"This strength... it's not human," Alm pondered until sothing occurred to him. "We can cultivate now, and maybe this bloodline has been awakened."
"Sothing is still missing, the points," Bruno thought, and imdiately another green screen appeared before them.
[Open Upgrade Shop?]
[Yes / No]
"Yes," they thought with anticipation.
[Available Upgrade Points: 50]
[First-level Options: 05]
[Supre Physical Cultivation Technique: FiendGod's Hegemony] [30 Upgrade Points]
[Primordial Spiritual Cultivation Technique: Ancestral Sacred Spirit] [50 Upgrade Points]
[Yin and Yang Supre Qi Collector Cultivation Technique] [15 Upgrade Points]
[Alchemist God's Dao] [40 Upgrade Points]
[Forger God's Dao] [40 Upgrade Points]
The minds of the two worked tirelessly, trying to understand the aning behind those intriguing nas. "Just the na and the price? No other information..." Bruno comnted with a touch of frustration.
"This damn system explains nothing again. And it seems to be directing us where it wants... We have exactly two options that can be purchased together; if we choose another, we'll only have access to one of them," added Alm, expressing his displeasure.
"Cultivation technique... when we arrived in this Universe, I was curious to know if cultivation here was different, but it's all the sa. Even the realms are the sa as ours," said Bruno.
"If the Heaven's Will can take us to other universes, it must also have access to techniques from other universes. Maybe... we can use different cultivation techniques at the sa ti?" pondered Bruno, considering the possibilities.
"Techniques that use the soul and mind for attack and defense aren't anything new, though they're extrely rare and highly complex. Until now, we thought Qi Gathering was the only existing thod. At the very least, we've never seen anyone following other types of cultivation in our Universe or even in that Primitive Universe we just returned from," Alm added.
Yet, that reminded Alm of sothing. "Now that I think about it, so divine and demonic beasts end up creating variations in so cultivation realms to enhance their powerful bodies. For example, the next cultivation realm for us is supposed to be the Foundation Establishnt, right? However, so Demon or Divine Beasts ended up creating a variation for this realm that diverged from the one we know. That ans they might have combined two different thods into a new one."
"Divine beasts... we have the bloodline of one," Bruno thought, looking closely at the green screen.
"Maybe it's not exactly the Heaven's Will trying to manipulate us. We are a soul that has been split into two poles, Ying and Yang. So, the 'Ying and Yang Supre Qi Collector Cultivation Technique' seems to fit with us," pondered Alm.
Bruno added. "At the sa ti, even though we're only at the first level of the Qi Gathering Realm, the behemoth's bloodline is already influencing our physique. The physical cultivation technique also seems natural to us."
Alm continued. "I don't think it's a coincidence that these two are the cheapest. The value must match our body's assimilation capacity. After all, we never studied Alchemy or anything like that."
Alm had pretty much decided already. "We don't have many options or information in this crap. Let's go with these two and see what happens."
Bruno also wondered. "We'll have five points left, if I rember from gas, there should be a shop for cheap items, a lottery, or sothing like that for this purpose, right?"
"Can you just stop it already?" Alm got impatient. "This isn't a ga! There is no way such a thing-"
[...]
[Lottery available: Exchange 5 points for a random chest of variable level between 01/100]
"...Oh fuck this shit!" Alm gave up already.
"Hahaha!" Bruno laughed out loud. "Don't underestimate my imagination!"
Bruno then looked at the options. "Still, it's exactly five points. The Heaven's Will had already thought of this, don't you think?"
"Screw it. Let's exchange them now," said Alm impatiently, and Bruno agreed.
[Supre Physical Cultivation Technique: FiendGod's Hegemony (First level)]
[Yin and Yang Supre Qi Collector Cultivation Technique (First level)]
[A chest of random level]
[Total 50 Upgrade Points]
[Accept? Yes / No]
As they ntally accepted, a deep pain struck Alm and Bruno's minds and souls. Cold sweat ran down their backs as if a large amount of information was being dumped into their brains. It was an intense, almost unbearable sensation that left them montarily stunned.
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