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"...Who is he?" Qianye Ying'er who's waiting outside tried asking the abyssal human: "I heard that you called him Master before..." she cautiously asked them.
She's nervous but she wanted to try if they would answer her question.
The abyssal human who heard her question had their eyes homing in on her at the sa ti.
Qianye Ying'er flinched but stands her ground regardless...
"Master is... absolute... the one who stood at the very apex of the entire universe..." One of them who has a monster skull on top of its head answered.
Although she already suspected this, hearing it from the abyssal human mouth still made her slightly taken aback...
"...Is he at the ?" She continues to ask.
The abyssal human shakes its head: "No... Master is... stronger than the ."
Hearing this answer, Qianye Ying'er brain went haywire. Stronger than the ?! That ans that... he's at the and the dreaded and the . The Eternal Heaven Realm's original strength was only average. It didn't have the supre inheritances the Moon and Star God Realms possessed, yet it still beca one of Eastern Divine Region's four great king realms after obtaining the Eternal Heaven Pearl. Moreover, its total strength and prestige exceed that of both those realms."
"The Eternal Heaven Pearl's strength lies in its own self created ti-space that possesses an almost entirely independent law of ti and the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm is precisely the core world that has its own independent ti law. Only one day will pass in the outside world if one cultivates inside the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm for three years!"
"Oh?" Issei had his interest piqued at this.
If he could stay for one day inside the pearl then maybe he could recover completely? But... will it be that simple? Can the pearl even affect him at this point?
After all, Issei himself can do the sa thing just like it...
Nevertheless, he could give it a try later on... maybe he should participate in the convention after all? He can just forfeit if the pearl is proven to be of no effect for him later on...
"But of course it wouldn't be limitless." Mu Bingyun lightly shook her head seeing the intrigued expression of Issei. "The Eternal Heaven Orb's divine power isn't completely endless. It has to maintain the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm's independent ti-space and that requires an enormous amount of energy. The current God Realm isn't like the God Realm back then so its self-restoration ability naturally couldn't be compared to back in the Era of Gods. As a result, the Eternal Heaven Realm has always been extrely careful whenever they use the Eternal Heaven Pearl's divine power. They would never try to go over its limits and very rarely would they allow those from other realms to enter the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm.
Issei who heard this feels a little disappointed... it looks like it indeed won't be that easy...
The amount of energy he needed to absorb perhaps would make that said pearl beco a dud later on... and it probably won't even fully heal him either...
But oh well... he will give it a better look later on.
"This ti, however, they have actually announced to the entire Eastern Divine Region that they are going to allow the top thousand contestants to enter the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm to cultivate for three thousand years that ti span is probably close to the limits of the Eternal Heaven Pearl's divine power. This kind of generosity has never been seen before in the entire history of the Eternal Heaven Realm."
Mu Bingyun's crescent brows knitted as she muttered, "Those able to rank in the top one thousand out of the entire Eastern Divine Region will undeniably be the divine region's future hegemons. They will all possess extrely high innate talent and a boundless future. Bringing them into the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm so they can cultivate for three thousand years is bound to bring up a thousand peerless experts and once they exit the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm, roughly three years will have passed in the outside world."
"It is such a hurried and abnormal Profound God Convention yet it doesn't hesitate to pay the price for the Eastern Divine Region to bring up a batch of powerhouses," Mu Bingyun exclaid. "It looks like sothing shockingly huge really will happen in the God Realm soon Moreover, it is not sothing related to just a one-star realm. Instead, it is a huge matter that requires the entire God Realm to face it together."
Issei who heard this rembered what Lieyan told him before... it's most likely the 'calamity' that would befall this universe...
[Do you know of this, Nyarlathotep?] Issei tried asking Nyarlathotep.
[Hnn~?] Nyarlathotep lazy sound resounded... It seems that she was asleep just now. Not surprising because of how intense Issei was back then...
[The calamity? It's most likely those groups of ants who are corrupted by Chaos that reside outside. When you first arrived here, they were trying to break into this universe after all] She said nonchalantly: [They also tried to lay their dirty hands on you, but of course, being a dutiful wife that I am, I protected you from the harm's way~] She said playfully.
Those ants won't be able to do anything remarkable either, according to her perspective that is... but if they were to successfully infiltrate the wall then it will be extrely dangerous for the inhabitants of this world.
[...Thanks.]
[...You're welco, dear husband~] She chuckled feeling a little surprised that Issei would thank her: [As a reward, you can just give your 'essence' again later on~]
[...If I feel like it] Issei said with a sigh. If that's all it takes to make her beco obedient then... why not? It is sure as hell better than having another battle that could wipe another universe in the process...
[I'll be waiting~] And with that, she went silent once again...
"However, the matter of entering the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm has nothing to do with our Snow Song Realm." Mu Bingyun clearly ant that there was no one in the Snow Song Realm that was able to rank within the top one thousand In fact, forget about the top one thousand, ranking within the top ten thousand might also be impossible.
Even if Issei did participate in it, he's still not the disciple of their sect just like Xiaolan said... so it doesn't really matter much.
"Well... I might not participate but the girls might though." Issei who sensed the girls' fighting intent said lightly.
"Them?" Mu Bingyun of course knows just who Issei is talking about.
"Although their talent is good... I doubt that they will be able to reach the in such a short amount of ti." Mu Bingyun shakes her head in pity.
If only they beco the sect disciple ten years earlier at the very least... then they might beco their sect ace along with Mu Feixue...
"Hmm, I won't be so sure about that..." Issei said with a knowing look: "Well, you'll understand soon enough."
Mu Bingyun's gaze turned around. She rembered that Issei is an anomaly itself...
"...Then I will wait." She said with a thin smile.
Mu Bingyun and Mu Xiaolan then excused themselves...
When Issei saw that both of them have left, he took out a couple of hundred bottles filled with water.
The water inside these bottles is not a normal water... but it is the upgraded version of the !
Issei has already processed this water into a tonic.
It can temper and enhance a person's strength and also talent along with their spirit!
He sends a ntal transmission to the girls and created a spatial opening to their location. He instructed them about the usage of this water briefly...
The girls who received his voice transmission gasped in surprise before they smile wryly to themselves... it looks like their young master really like to spoil them a lot...
What should they do now? Him spoiling them just make them feel more and more captivated towards him...
[Big brother! Let's go and play!] It was at this ti that Hong'er excited voice resounded.
"Sure sure..." Issei smiled wryly before he went inside the .
But when he went inside, he sweated internally when Nyaruko asked him why did he cut off the connection to the a while ago...
She also said: "Mother said that father wanted to sleep with Nyaruko? But didn't we often sleep together already, Father?" She tilted her head slightly since she doesn't really understand.
"Ah? Hong'er wanted to sleep together with big brother too!" Hong'er chid in while feeling jealous.
"Gege..." Bai'er doesn't say anything else but it's clear that she also wanted to sleep together with him...
Of course it ans just sleeping on the sa bed... not that kind of 'sleeping'...
[Nyarlathotep!] Issei shouted while gritting his teeth. But all he received in return is a peal of mischievous laughter from her...
...
An unceasingly large commotion arose due to the information on the Profound God Convention relayed through the Voice of Eternal Heaven. Other than the Eastern Divine Region, the largest Western Divine Region, as well as the Southern and Northern Divine Regions naturally received the news as well. Similar large uproars arose in these three regions.
Under these requirents for this upcoming Profound God Convention, which was strangely much harsher than the past conventions, there was only an extrely small number of disciples who possessed the qualifications to participate even in Divine Ice Phoenix Sect, which was of the highest caliber in the Snow Song Realm. Furthermore, nearly all of them were from the Ice Phoenix Divine Hall. Those in the thirty-six Ice Phoenix Palaces who qualified numbered less than a hundred and all of them were at the very brink of being qualified.
The people in the Snow Song Realm who were qualified for this heavenly opportunity with the Eternal Heaven Pearl were all unable to contain their excitent. However, they were also incomparably aware that no matter how hard they were to work, it was definitely impossible for them to obtain the qualifications to enter the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm Squeezing into the top one thousand positions of the young generation of the entire Eastern Divine Region was but an illusory fantasy for profound practitioners of a middle star realm.
Because of this Voice of Eternal Heaven, Ice Phoenix Realm lost its usual calm. A large portion of people was focused on the Profound God Convention that was going to happen thirty months later, as it would definitely be more extraordinary than usual.
"Master, what do you think of senior brother Ise said?" Mu Xiaolan asked. It's been a week ever since their previous conversation and now they're about to visit him again.
"I'm not so sure either... but I have a feeling that what he said will indeed co true." Mu Bingyun said softly.
Standing in front of the main hall, both of them subconsciously took a deep breath...
But when they step inside, they didn't see anyone in the main hall. They are wondering if Ise and the other girls are currently cultivating when they heard a small whispering sound...
They look at each other before they slowly walk towards the source of the whispering sound.
They can't really understand what this voice is saying but they can tell that it is the voice of Ise.
When they arrived at the source of the sound, they beco stunned...
They can see that all of the girls are gathered in one room while Issei is sitting lazily in a chair.
He's holding a smoking pipe and the whole room is filled with reddish-white smoke which ca out from that very sa pipe.
Now that they're here, they can clearly hear his voice but they cannot understand a single word he is muttering right now.
Esdeath, Altair, Sirius, Zin, Naru, Xiaotao, Lieyan, Su Ling'er, Huan Caiyi, and Feng Xue'er is also standing beside him.
Xiaotao is using her hands to lightly massage his shoulder while Lieyan is holding a golden scripture for Issei.
Issei is reading so sort of scripture that they can't comprehend at all... at least in their view, while the girls seem to attentively pay attention to each and every single of his words.
What made them beco further flabbergasted is the aura the girls are currently releasing... Most of their cultivation realm is already at the early stage to the middle stage! While the most talented of them all, which is Xia Qingyue and Chu Yuechan already reaches the late stage!
And then they saw one of the girls achieved a breakthrough right before their very eyes.
The girl who just achieved a breakthrough is Murong Qianxue. A bright glow enveloped her body and her cultivation rose from the 4th stage of the into the 5th stage in one fell swoop!
Issei who realized the Mu duo arrival stopped reading the golden scripture: "Hm? Well, that should be enough for today... " Issei said while lightly tapped onto his smoking pipe.
The smoke that is currently enveloping the whole room imdiately dispersed...
Xiaotao stopped her action and Lieyan took back the golden scripture...
The girls had their expression eased up and they gaze longingly at Issei before realizing the Mu duo arrival.
"We greet Palace Master and senior sister Xiaolan," They said in unison.
Mu Bingyun could only dumbly nod back at them while Mu Xiaolan is too stunned to respond.
"Wh-Wh-What was that?! And how co all of you are already at the !?" Mu Xiaolan shouted in surprise.
The girls once again could only look apologetically at her... They can't share anything unless Issei himself did it.
Mu Xiaolan knows this so she can only look at Issei in askance.
"Ah... it's nothing special. It is just a scripture that I found sowhere." Issei said nonchalantly.
"Xiaolan... that's enough." Mu Bingyun said lightly.
"B-But... I understand..." She said feeling deflated...
What the hell... it's only been a week and they have already reach the ... Her position as their senior sister started to beco more and more pitiful to say nonetheless.
Lieyan and the others who heard Issei's words almost laughed out loud at their Master joke... normal scripture? If a scripture left behind a True God is just a normal scripture then what about the scripture left behind by a normal God? Jibberish writing of a toddler?
Usually, when soone achieves too many breakthroughs in a short amount of ti, the profound energy in their body would be in restless turmoil as a side effect... but Mu Bingyun can see that the girls' condition couldn't be more perfect and healthy... Even their foundation is the sa.
It's as if they have been a cultivator for years instead of just days...
This kind of cultivating thod can be called outright cheating... who knows how many cultivators would do everything they can just to get their hand on this thod.
Even she feels slightly jealous, to be honest...
"Can I help you with sothing, Bingyun?" Issei asked lightly.
"Ah? I-I'm here to give the girls their monthly allowance... and as for yours..." Mu Bingyun's face started twitching when she rembered the amount of Issei's purple crystals...
Then she passed a spatial ring to Issei while giving the girls their allowance at the sa ti...
"Oh, thanks." Issei nodded slightly at her: "Is there sothing else?" Issei can sense that is not the only reason why Mu Bingyun is here.
"Um... Sect Master has finally decided that disciples of Ice Phoenix Palace can enter the in seven days. By now, all the Ice Phoenix Palaces should have received this news. At first, I just wanted to bring all of you there to cultivate but now..." Mu Bingyun said while looking at the girls feeling unsure.
Do they even need to go there in the first place? From what she has seen, even without her help, their cultivation is already increasing at a terrifying rate!
" what's that?" asked Chu Yueli.
"Do all of you rember the Ancient God Burying Inferno Prison I ntioned to you before?" Mu Bingyun asked back.
The girls nodded, "We do. That place has an ancient horned dragon that's at least several hundred thousand years old and below that is the fla vein left behind by the Era of Gods"
Midway speaking, the girls sowhat understood. "Could it be that below the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake"
"Right." Mu Bingyun lightly nodded. "Our Snow Song Realm also has a divine vein left behind by the Era of Gods, a cold vein that goes against the Fla God Realm's fla vein. This cold vein is the reason for the climate of the Snow Song Realm and after a long period of ti, it gives rise to the .
The power of the Snow Song Realm's first ancestor originates from this cold vein. From the recollections the ancestor left behind in the records, it is extrely probable that this cold vein was left behind by the Primordial Divine Ice Phoenix and the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake was where it lived. If that is all true, then the Snow Song Realm ought to have been the territory of the Ice Phoenix Gods back in the Era of Gods."
"Oh..." The girls said with a thoughtful look.
"But compared to the five hundred thousand kiloters wide Ancient God Burying Inferno Prison in the Fla God Realm, our Snow Song Realm's Heavenly Netherfrost Lake is much smaller. It is only fifteen kiloters wide, not even ten-thousandth the size of the Ancient God Burying Inferno Prison. The cold vein is also much weaker. Once the water of the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake has been contaminated or its cold energy absorbed, the purification and restoration process takes a long period of ti. Because of that, the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake is rarely opened. Even if it is the elders and palace masters, they would only be permitted to enter if they are confronted with a breakthrough.
"As for disciples, only disciples of the Divine Hall and the top disciples at that too, are allowed to occasionally enter. That is probably the highest reward bestowed by the sect. For Ice Phoenix Palace disciples, however, this is perhaps the first ti it has happened. Moreover, every palace is allowed to select one hundred of their most outstanding disciples." A complex look flashed past Mu Bingyun's face.
"The reason for this sudden decision should have sothing to do with that voice from the Eternal Heaven right?" Issei guessed.
"Yes... Even if they cultivated for another thousand years, a ten-thousand-year-old expert would not make much progress. However, those peak profound practitioners below the age of sixty cultivating for a thousand years inside the Eternal Heaven Pearl would unquestionably advance many levels, giving the Eastern Divine Region a thousand more peerless experts. The Eternal Heaven Realm that rarely allowed others to get a share of the Eternal Heaven Pearl power is actually not hesitating to nurture profound practitioners from other realms, so our Song Snow Realm is also not hesitating to use the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake's power. Even though we still do not know what's hidden behind it, if we don't prepare as soon as possible, it would be too late when the ti cos."
"It's also because of the Voice of Eternal Heaven that the sect master has shifted the direct disciple selection to a much earlier date. The core reason for opening the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake in seven days is to select a direct disciple."
Mu Bingyun finishes her explanation.
"Seven days huh..." Issei mused: "Well, Qingyue and Yuechan should be able to reach the ..."
The Mu duo faces started to twitch again after hearing his words... but they don't try to deny it since there's already a proof for their rise in cultivation...
They decided to just ignore him for now or their heart wouldn't be able to take it... others are trying their best to cultivate but here he is talking about cultivation as if they're talking about cutting cabbages...
"Master, between Senior Brother Hanyi and Senior Sister Feixue, who do you think the sect master will most likely choose?" Mu Xiaolan couldn't help but ask with great curiosity. This was also what everyone in the entire sect wondered about during the last couple of years.
The person that the Realm King selected to beco her direct inheriting disciple could only be either Mu Hangyi or Mu Feixue. There were no other disciples qualified enough to compare with them this was the general consensus of the entire sect.
"We will know in seven days," Mu Bingyun answered. "But I believe that there is a sixty percent chance for Hanyi to chosen and forty percent Feixue. A great majority also believe this."
She can tell that the girls most likely wouldn't want to separate themselves from Issei so they won't really participate in the judging test. The girls are numbered more than a hundred but it shouldn't be a real problem.
She could just have a word with her elder sister later on...
She then said softly, "When you are in the cultivation room, rember to leave a bit of consciousness to take note of any outside movents. In order to match the opening of the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake seven days from now, this year's Amorous Frost Dew will be granted ahead of schedule. A divine hall disciple will personally co within three days to deliver it. I will also have to cultivate in seclusion for a brief period of ti during these days so I won't be in the palace. All of you must not miss it."
"Yes, Master. I will pay attention to any outside movents." Mu Xiaolan grew excited once more when the Amorous Frost Dew was ntioned.
But the girls don't share her excitent. They just received a better treasure from their young master after all...
Mu Xiaolan thought that the girls' lack of reaction was because they don't know anything about it, so she started explaining: "The Amorous Frost Dew is a kind of precious spirit liquid produced by the Amorous Grass. It is a dewdrop that will not solidify no matter how strong of a cold energy it is exposed to. You can drink it no matter how low of a profound strength you possess and it won't harm your profound veins or body. In the following three days after consumption, it will cleanse your marrow and ridians. Even though it doesn't boost your profound strength, it can permanently increase your body and profound vein's affinity toward ice profound energy. Ice Phoenix Palace disciples like us can only receive one once a year. Being able to receive one in just three months is just too lucky."
"Oh." The girls nodded briefly. Increase affinity toward the ice elent Do they even need it?
Mu Xiaolan still didn't notice their lack of interest and continued, "Since the Amorous Frost Dew is too precious and needs a really strong profound strength to keep its spiritual energy from leaking, it's always an Ice Phoenix Divine Hall disciple who cos over to personally deliver it to each Ice Phoenix Palace. This is also a rare chance where we can see our senior brothers and sisters from the divine hall!"
"When you obtain the Amorous Frost Dew, rember to imdiately consu it. Otherwise, once the seal is released, its spiritual energy will quickly dissipate." Mu Bingyun advised.
"We understand."
"Then benefactor Ise, if you would excuse ..." Mu Bingyun said softly towards Issei.
"Um..." Then the girls also went back to their respective rooms after they paid their greetings to Issei... Xiaolan also does the sa.
"Master... There's a living ice Phoenix in this place." Xiaotao told Issei after they're alone.
"Um... I can tell. It's most likely residing within that Netherfrost lake." Issei said.
"Will you absorb its energy just like you did to us, Master?" Xiaotao questioned.
"Hmm, we'll see later..."
...
Ti quietly flowed by and the entire Ice Phoenix City was much quieter than it normally was. All the disciples of the Ice Phoenix Palaces that had been chosen entered into a ditative state in order for the extrely rare, to the point where it may never happen a second ti, an opportunity that would happen in seven days.
In the afternoon of the third day, a current of frost aura flowed toward the main hall of the Thirty-sixth Ice Phoenix Palace. Issei sensed this from inside his room.
This aura Issei mused to himself.
It is too strong just for a ssenger that supposedly going to deliver that "Amorous Frost Dew"...
And the owner of this aura is intentionally released their aura just so that only he can sense it.
Issei then calmly walks outside of his room and headed for the main hall. He shifted his gaze over to an ice pillar...
The main hall of the ice phoenix palace was filled with all sorts of gorgeous ice crystals. Wisps of gentle light spilled in from two ice windows at the sides.
An ice chair sculpted in the image of a gorgeous ice phoenix sat beneath the window and a fantastical figure was leaning sideways on it right now. Her sitting posture was lazy and casual. It was as if she was sitting inside on a fragrant couch of her own chamber. She was clad in a snow-white dress and the hem of her skirt was pulled a little upwards due to her sitting posture to reveal a bit of ankle. Her ankle looked soft, silky and so flexible it might as well be boneless. It was plump enough that it looked like it was covered in a layer of snow.
Her long hair stretched all the way to her waist and it had a kind of icy color that he had never seen before in his life. It wasn't pure white but a lustrous white that was freckled with icy crystals and gleaming with a bit of light blue. Her hair was dazzlingly beautiful beneath the sunlight.
When Issei saw her, she had already directed her gaze to Issei.
Both of them then look at each other in silence...
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