Lest Mistwalker turned to glare at the rolling King before standing up.
"It seems like we won't have a succeeding war. It is very rare for Heaven's Warriors to see a bunch of Divergents and not attack."
Lereza spread her hands, "They could've changed their minds after seeing your incredible formation."
"Ah, I knew Fairy Lereza has a good eye for formations." Lest Mistwalker looked smug again, "If they come here, they wouldn't even know how they died. This formation is too terrifying. Even my elders, who are probably out to kill me, would be proud."
Lereza and the others laughed at his words. They knew he would sure like to throw some mud on those who looked down on him in his family.
Nonetheless, they didn't let their guard down.
They continued with their staring competition for a while, waiting for the other party to make a move.
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Tina stood near the Realm Core of the Whispering Wildlands Lower Realm and placed her hand on it.
With Esmond Stavenger once again abdicating the connection, the Realm Core became unbound, allowing Tina to reclaim it.
*Bzzz!~*
A golden light erupted from the Realm Core.
This light was known as the Light of Binding.
It surged all the way up, shooting through the vast cavern like a celestial pillar of light before bursting through the ceiling. The Light of Binding made its way up but was disguised with an illusion formation that was built earlier, dismantled, and built again.
Tina felt the circular mark on her soul that had nearly faded into obscurity shine brightly again. Her cultivation base began to rumble, becoming denser and denser.
Esmond Stavenger watched this happen, looking pretty speechless as he thought Tina would fail and a new Realm Master would be introduced.
After all, he knew of a secret that only the Realm Masters knew- which was that Empyreans and Autarchs who had bound the Realm Core for a hundred thousand years could rebind it if they lost connection with it. However, the limitation was that the Realm Core needed to be in an unbound state, and the rebinding had to be done within another hundred thousand years.
However, it seemed like this secret or this mechanism that they thought was some kind of rule didn't turn out to be the case.
Fairy Tina obviously hadn't bound the Realm Core for a hundred thousand years, so reconnection should've been impossible, but it happened.
It left him speechless but not surprised since there was now a high possibility that the Realm Core seemed to possess a spirit. With the people of the Divine Emperor of Death being able to talk to it, he understood that there could be many more abilities that could be unearthed from the Realm Core.
The truth was that the Realm Core Spirit looked to familiarity as a foremost choice when rebinding. If a new binder and an old Realm Master who had bound it for a hundred thousand years tried to bind it at the same time when it was masterless, it would go with the old Realm Master for familiarity and stability's sake.
It remembers the aura of the old Realm Master and gives them the chance to reconnect again.
Tina once again felt the changes that underwent in her soul that carried the Five Elements Physique, a physique that was theorized to be even greater than any or most Supreme Law Physiques since it was a higher-tiered Law. They still didn't know the categorization because no one around them knew. Perhaps the Venerable Knights knew, but they obviously wouldn't go out of their way to say it.
Regardless, she felt the changes that were being made to her being.
The Heaven Immortal Vessel or the Heaven Immortal Soul Vessel naturally lost its prowess upon entering the Empyrean Stage. Since it got bigger and encompassed all three cultivations, it could now be called an Empyrean Vessel. Still, it provided no prowess, and there were no records of increasing its prowess to their knowledge.
Then came her Sigil, which was a Supreme Immortal Sigil but had mutated when she created the Five Elements Soul Physique. This allowed her prowess to increase from two levels to three levels.
Then came her comprehension of Laws. Tina comprehended Level Seven Quiddity in Fire, Wood, Metal, Earth, and Water Laws, which are the basis for creating five elements. It was the ordinary kind of quality of energy. There were no specialties involved. This had been a requirement to create the Five Elements Soul Physique, or it would've been even more challenging with the introduction of new properties, perhaps even impossible.
Still, her comprehension of Laws allowed her prowess to increase by two levels. She had also comprehended the fusion of any two or more of these Laws, but it wasn't as high as the intent level she comprehended for the Primary Laws, thereby not changing the prowess.
Then came her physique, the Five Elements Soul Physique, which she achieved with the help of Myria, Dalila, and pure brilliance.
It had been the most powerful physique ever created in the Davis Family, at least until Davis created the chaos-destruction variance of the Chaotic Genesis Physique.
However, the Five Elements Soul Physique was never fully realized.
Tina understood the best why that could be the case since she condensed all the essence of the Five Elements Physique into a seed after receiving inspiration from Davis's Grand Chaos Body Art. Even with the Realm Core aiding her, the energy it required to grow was practically endless to the current her. There were no signs of the seed growing, so her prowess, which should've been theorized to be three or even four levels higher, was only one level higher.
However, this became a boon, allowing her to bind the Realm Core and still stay in the Third Layer.
The Realm Core provided her with a prowess that was three levels higher, which filled in what her physique couldn't fully give her.
The diluted Gilded Realm Ascendant Pill of Minor Realm had actually given her two levels since her physique was not realized to its full potential and her prowess didn't exceed nine levels without the Realm Core, but after binding the Realm Core, it dropped to one level higher again.
Therefore, she now possessed a prowess of ten levels higher, which left her near the layer limit. If she exceeded one more level, that would put her in real danger as she could break the layer limit. Tina could easily do that by just combining two different types of energy and using a technique.
Because of that, it had been dangerous for her to engage in battle, so it also became a reason for her to stay at home and only make a move when needed.
Tina opened her eyes, feeling her base prowess increase from seven levels higher to ten levels higher. She didn't lament that her physique gave so little since it was bound to grow in the future and make her even stronger. She also had a lot to work on in terms of her comprehension of laws, and using five elements of energy was ridiculously powerful.
If she used it now, she had no doubt that she would be thrown out and crushed into meat paste in an instant for wildly breaking the universal rule.
"Congratulations on becoming the Realm Master of the Whispering Wildlands Lower Realm again, Fairy Tina. Realm Master Tina."
Tina turned to look back at Esmond Stavenger and nodded.
"Good work on remaining on our side. You wouldn't have survived past this day if you had been the slightest bit disloyal."
"…"
Esmond Stavenger wryly smiled, "I am aware. I saw the battle the Divine Emperor of Death had with the Venerable Knights. He defeated them as an Immortal Emperor. No such being should exist, but one exists. I am more fearful for the universe now."
"Oh? Having second thoughts?"
"Perhaps, but I am fairly confident that the Divine Emperor of Death will not be a calamity. He even spared the Heaven's Warriors, who tried to attack him en masse. This will convince more people that he is not evil even if he could not convince the majority."
Tina couldn't help but smile vaguely.
For Divergents, it was considered evil to retaliate. It was apparent that they needed to hand over their head on a silver platter and not make any trouble for the universe to be considered a good person in death.
However, they had enough of that. They would kill anyone in their way and make sure anyone who wants to harm them would think thrice. Then again, the amount of aggression they received needed to be controlled, so every once in a while, she understood that they needed to spare people.
Tina's lips curled with amusement.
Funnily enough, there were no reports of those supreme geniuses at the Autarch Stage coming to challenge the Divine Emperor of Death. In fact, there were some reports of them leaving the Whispering Wildlands Lower Realm. It seemed like they had all turned tail after hearing the Divine Emperor of Death defeat six Venerable Knights.
Unlike the suicidal Heaven's Warriors, the supreme geniuses from major powers seemed to have a brain.