Spiritual Ascension Pond's Disappearance
The second option would be to do what he had done for the past two months and be close to someone of said Law. Surely, once he spent enough intimate sessions with Andra, he'll acquire Ice Laws too.
But, the drawback was obvious once more. He, Blade would need to spend much time on quite a bit of intimate sessions with several women to acquire an affinity for a world Law. Intimate sessions weren't needed but, it might probably take longer than normal without the special sessions.
Anyway, the last option was by far the hardest but, Blade was someone very confident. This option would be to slowly comprehend the world Laws from scratch.
Though it sounds difficult, this was something he was doing at this exact moment. This was the perfect opportunity in this state of mental enhancement.
With his comprehension speed at an unimaginable pace at this exact moment due to the spiritual ascension pond, he decided that he'll spend more time trying to comprehend and gain an affinity for the world Laws he didn't yet have an affinity for.
With the amplifications from the spiritual ascension pond, and by relying on his perverted talent, Blade began doing something that would cause a massive uproar throughout the Ancient Universe if ever known by others.
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"Hehehe... Interesting. As one would expect from this one's child. I spent my blood essence creating my little monster...
I slaughtered countless pinnacle powers of this universe, refined their souls merely to strengthen this little brat of mine... As expected, I've created a little monster... my little monster..."
The purple-haired young man sat on a couch, eating some popcorn and laughing while glancing at the child next to him.
"But, can the Ancient Universe simply watch as someone takes the same path you did back then..? I'm sure that he'll die once he begins breaking into the Martial Emperor realm...
And even if he doesn't, until he surpasses the mortal realms, each of his breakthroughs will become more and more impossible..!" The child replied, seeing the cocky grin on the face of the one known as Pure-Heart.
"Humph! What is your existence then? Don't try to scare me... You can't watch as your champion dies before he becomes the champion... No, you can't watch him die no matter what.
And even if you could, hehe, similarly to how I previously helped him escape that little continent, I don't mind helping him again...
After all, your suppression is becoming easier and easier to resist... I must admit, before, if I wanted to improve, I'd have to become a Champion to survive, but now...
Hehe, thanks to your foolish decision to suppress me, it has honed my body... I'm 100% certain I'll survive... "
Hehehe... Hahahahahahaha... Hohoho Hohoho!
Hysterical demonic laughter reverberated throughout as Pure-Heart stood up and turned into a mysterious mist that slowly faded, disappearing from this mysterious space.
Tch..!
The small child clicked his tongue in anger as he disappeared too.
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Inside a dark and narrow pathway, one would see the appearance of an otherworldly beauty sitting cross-legged on the cold floor.
Her long strands of white hair fell on her back and contained a lustrous glow that was capable of reigniting the desires of any man.
Though the veil covered her features, she was an immaculate beauty capable of causing the downfall of Empires... Around her body was a fiery red hue of aura that released intense heat into her surroundings.
Suddenly, she opened her eyes, revealing a pair of appealing and mysterious crimson orbs. There was visible excitement in her eyes as she muttered.
"I'm not sure how long has passed but, I've already become a Pinnacle Martial King. With this, I only need to wait for my soul and dantian to become one, once it's merged completely, I can enter the Martial Emperor realm! Hehe, Blade... I wonder how he'll react."
Due to how high her insights into Fire had become, once her soul and dantian merge, the laws would descend and etch their essence onto her core, forming the heavens.
Rumble!
Suddenly, the ground shook, startling Athena. Abruptly standing to her feet, she rushed toward the origin of the rumbling. After all, it came from the depths of the cave, and there was one person she cared very much about, located at the depths of the cave.
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The spiritual ascension pool was something that Martial Kings weren't ever able to reach. Any being higher than a Martial King didn't need external objects to boost their comprehension as it became useless once acquiring the essence of a world Law.
At this time, for the first time since its creation, the waters of the spiritual ascension pond had begun to shrink. At a visible rate to boot...
By now, from being completely enveloped by the waters, Blade's meditating figure that sat cross-legged at the bottom of the pond was peaking through the top of the water.
At the same time, multiple colors of light appeared on top of his head. These lights carried a divine aura that would dazzle any soul. After all, these divine lights were what made up the world...
One Heaven... Two Heavens... Six Heavens... At this time, Blade had already comprehended six of the most basic world laws, coupled with lightning, he had fully comprehended seven.
The more he comprehended, the faster his speed improved. It was as if his body and soul devoured the very essence of the spiritual ascension pond to boost his comprehension speed.
The most shocking thing would be the speed at which the two rarest Laws were being comprehended but, at the same time, these two laws caused the spiritual ascension pond to slowly become less and less.
It was a test of depth. Though he didn't perceive what took place outside his body, it was common sense that eventually, the spiritual ascension pond would reach its limits.
Whether it reached its limits before he comprehended Light and Darkness before grand accomplishment or not, it all depended on these next few minutes...
And like this, a few minutes passed... The pond had become useless as it was now a damp sandy surface. The whole cave rumbled as if it had lost its support and would collapse at any moment.
Most importantly, there was one more light above Blade's head. This light was a blinding silvery white light that would send beings even at the level of Martial Lord blind.
Light... The Law of Light had descended... The Law of Darkness did not seem to have descended though as it seemed like the spiritual ascension pond wasn't enough.
To support Blade in comprehending eight laws to grand accomplishment, one being a rare Law like Light, this was already unbelievable, and only thanks to Blade's nonsensical comprehension ability.
Suddenly, as if facing a great suction force, all these lights swirled around his body before fazing into Blade's chest, specifically, his heart region.
Inside the mysterious space, a golden core with peculiar purple patterns etched around it was at the center, floating in the middle of a gathering of seven lights.
These seven lights were in a circle around the core.
Though mostly together, there was a space between the silvery light and crimson red light... A space large enough to fit another light, but was filled with darkness instead.
This...
Suddenly, drawings and patterns had mysteriously begun being etched onto the walls of the dantian as simultaneously, the seven lights surrounding it flickered, slowly fading away.
On the walls of the dantian, eight colors... No, black patterns also appeared, making it nine patterns of different colors slowly intertwined with each other, becoming more and more mysterious as time passed.
In the outside world, many changes took place. Since the disappearance of the spiritual ascension pool, slowly but surely, more and more Martial Kings began awakening from their meditation.
It didn't take them long to realize something was amiss. As for the slowly crumbling cave, no one batted an eye. Martial Kings are what they were... So what was a mere cave?
Was it going to harm them if they were caught under it..? Laughable! But, they were much more interested in what was located in the depths of the cave...
Or more accurately, what was present near the spiritual ascension pond that caused its effects to so quickly subside?
After all, even if the spiritual ascension pond was being used up, the speed of one's comprehension would slowly lessen, making it obvious that the pool would be dried in a couple of years.
But this had happened in a few minutes. Surely something bizarre was taking place.
So even though the cultivators saw many other cultivators, there weren't any arguments as everyone had one goal, which was to satiate their curiosity.
Closer to Blade's location, Athena appeared. Her figure was a blur as she soon reached her end goal, being the first to appear in the previous location of the spiritual ascension pond.
Well, at least, what was left of it.
For a moment, she was shocked by the disappearance of the spiritual ascension pond, but right after, she was even more shocked by the sight that entered her vision...