5. A Soul, a Wisp, and a Coffin

Orval sent for Susie to meet him in the entrance grotto. Once they both arrived he took out the artifact he created for Susie. It was a bracelet, it was made of emerald. On the inside of the emerald bracelet, there are countless golden runes swirling constantly on the inside.

"This is an artifact I created for you. It's called Emerald Chaos Bracelet. It does not have its own spirit, but you can have your spirit pet that you obtained in the foundation grotto connect with it and become its spirit." as Orval explained this to Susie he handed over the bracelet. "Now you can begin to refine the artifact. I will be going over to the sects main hall to pass on the other artifact."

"Yes, Master. And thank you for not only this artifact but also every opportunity you have given me." Susie said as she bowed to her master.

Susie returned to her room to refine the bracelet and Orval went to the main hall. When he arrived at the main hall he was greeted by the elders and sect leaders. After entering the hall Orval began speaking.

"I have created an artifact for the sect." as he made this statement he waved his hand. A small round object flew out from his hand and moved to the ceiling. "Activate! Infinite Celestial Mirror!" as Orval shouted out the command the mirror began to expand, until it was the size of the entire ceiling.

"This is called the Infinite Celestial Mirror. It will allow you to view everything that is happening inside the Infinite Legacy Pagoda. It will also allow you to view anything inside the sects new barrier." explained Orval.

Sect Leader Luke then asked "Orval, we have noticed the change in the barrier over the sect, but were did it come from?"

"It is a part of the Infinite Legacy Scripture. Burlesque will maintain the barrier at all times. The array formation is called Infinite Sky Shroud. Its current ability will stop anyone from the Rebirth Realm and lower from not only breaking through but also being able to spy on the situation within the sect. As the scripture gains more power, the array will grow more powerful and be able to block even more powerful cultivators." Orval explained a simplified version of the array. Of course it would take far to long if he explained it in details.

After these explanations they all began to view what was going on in the sect and inside the pagoda. They watched several disciples go through the different grottos. Most of them were in the foundation grotto, while only a handful was in the Qi Manifestation Grotto. Something that Orval noticed was everyone who entered a grotto, would have a unique experience. For instance Susie's was simple, she gained a spirit pet that suited her, while another disciple received armor and a weapon. Some of the disciples entered a few times, but after a while they began to have no gains after entering, it was obvious they would need to advance in cultivation and access a higher level grotto to gain more benefits.

After the discussion everyone present went into the pagoda and entered the grottos. As Orval entered the grotto for Soul Formation he felt a strange sensation, it was as if his soul was taken from his body. In the next moment he felt as if he was in the void, everything around him was covered in darkness. He could feel that his current form was just his soul. He could not see or sense anything around him, this made him nervous as this is the first time he was unable to confirm anything.

"Hmm? Interesting, it seems that the time is getting closer." said a voice far in the darkness. Orval was still unable to see or sense anyone. "Since you are here I shall give you a glimpse of knowledge."

Suddenly, in front of Orval's eyes a hooded figure stood in front of a giant planet. This planet was glowing and as if the being was holding the planet with easy, Orval could see two giant hands holding the planet. After a second the scene in front of Orval vanished and returned to darkness once again.

The mysterious voice spoke again. "I allowed you to see one zeptosecond of the knowledge of the universe. Enjoy"

Just as suddenly as the scene had appeared and disappeared, a burst of information and knowledge rushed into Orval's soul. While it was such a short moment the amount of information was immense and would take a long time to comprehend. While still in his soul state he began to cultivate and comprehend the knowledge given to him.

Royal Capital Tempest Void City

Iris is currently cultivating in her personal seclusion cavern. She has been steadily making progress and has currently moved to the middle level of Nascent Soul. She has also cultivated her art to the peak, only being a short step away from perfection. Of course she knew even if it was a short step, it was still very far away.

Tempest Continent Glacier Manor

Abel was currently in seclusion. He was fuming over the fact that both his father and the princess punished him. And for what, for trying to put that lowly bastard in his place? He resolved himself to heal up and get stronger in the next ten years. He will make sure to kill that fool.

Suddenly, a mysterious force appeared in front of him. It was a blood red wisp. 'Do you want the power to kill those who have disgraced you? If you do grab a hold of this wisp and absorb its power.' The mysterious force used telepathy to send information to Abel. Without hesitation he grabbed the wisp and began to absorb it. He could feel a massive amount of power surging in him now.

"Hahahaha! I will make this power mine and kill that bastard! And why stop there I will kill all those who defied and attacked me!" shouted Abel hysterically.

Unknown Location in the Universe

"This is very interesting. The time is almost here. I will need to increase the speed at which I work. I did not realize it was already this time." said the God.

He continued to create life on the giant planet. He was beginning to look forward to the event.

A year later, Emerald Gem Sect

Orval has been in the soul formation grotto for a year now. He has been constantly comprehending the knowledge he received. Even though he has been cultivating for a year he still has only gained some minor success in understanding it. He still had a long way to go until he could fully comprehend it.

During this year the sect had undergone a large amount of change. Burlesque had continued with the growth plan and has already completed the core, inner, and outer portions of the sect. Next was to begin the city portion that would be for mortals to live in. The sect has already doubled in size compared to before he began building. As he built he would expand the size of the array to cover the entire sect.

The amount of disciples also increased by about 100 disciples. There were even some new disciples that had enough talent to join the inner sect immediately after joining. Most of the original disciples joined the inner sect as well after breaking through to Core Manifestation Realm. All the elders successfully entered Golden Core, unfortunately they were only normal golden cores, none of them entered into the extreme golden core.

Sect Leader Luke had successfully evolved his Golden Core into a 4th level Extreme Golden Core and Vice Sect Leader June had successfully evolved hers to 5th level Extreme Golden Core, surpassing her husband. While it may only be one level of difference, the difference in power between each level is massive.

Currently the biggest change currently is that Susie went from the Qi Manifestation Realm and has successfully moved to the peak of Core Establishment. Her core had been established, it began to shine like a miniature sun. The power it emitted was several times stronger than what a normal core establishment cultivator is. She has also cultivated her art, Infinite Art: 10 Stars Chaos Method, to the peak of micro success and is only a step away from entering the entry level of macro success. She has also mastered her artifact, the Emerald Chaos Bracelet, to its current maximum ability. Her coi fish, which she has named Little Chaos, has been successfully refined into the artifact spirit of the bracelet.

Susie could not wait until her master, Orval, came out of the pagoda so she could show him just how much she has grown.

Unknown Location on Glass Planet

A dark and dreary mansion, surrounded by nothing but dead trees for miles. There are no living beings moving in the entire area surrounding the mansion. Inside the mansion in the lowest level of the basement, there is a large coffin. On the ground around the coffin is a massive array covering the entire room, this array was glowing a blood red. The red glow continued to get brighter and bloodier as the time passed. The black coffin was clearly absorbing the red energy from the array, which was slowly dying the black coffin blood red. It was giving off a very sinister feeling.

Suddenly, a black shadow appeared in front of the coffin. Nothing other than the deep purple eyes could be seen from the shadow. As it peered at the coffin it spoke in a deep and chilling voice. "The time is almost here. My Lord shall finally awaken after a trillion years, and hopefully this time you will succeed in breaking through the restrictions of the world!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" the shadow laughed crazily and loudly. At the same time the entire mansion and space around it shook violently to the rhythm of the psychotic laugh.