Several Months

Sitting on a rock next to the river of flowing water that sparkled beautifully under the green star hanging up in the skies, Blade held Andra's body tightly in his embrace.

On her head was a crown made up of the nearby nature. Manipulating the plants, Blade created this solely for her, lighting up her mood that was already splendid over the past few days

Lightly waving his hand, Blade produced another gem, this time made up of condensed flames that he placed on the crown.

Besides the fire gem, there was an obsidian one made up of earth, a sparkling blue at the center, a gem that devoured any light and one that released splendid light, one releasing small streaks of purple lightning, and one that contained the aura of the wind laws...

As for how he could control soo many world laws, Andra could care less. After all, this was the man she chose to be with... Surely, he couldn't ever be ordinary!

Though his body was always cold, as if he was a living corpse, somewhere deep inside, resting on his chest, there was a warm feeling that she could perceive...

Maybe he was an outwardly cold person, and ruthless, and a murderer, and maybe he would even be willing to kill her but for her, he was everything. For her, she could perceive that he also cared...

"Do you love me?" Andra asked. She pulled away from his embrace, staring into his eyes, as if ready to detect whether it would be a lie or not, his reply...

"I'll love you when I become immortal and all-powerful...!" Casually replying to this, Blade placed the fiery gem in the remaining slot before making a gold gem to place in the final slot, representing the worldly law of gold.

"This..." Andra replied... "It is good enough for me." And as she said this, Blade smirked, his lips touching her forehead before he said.

"You know I consider you my object, my possession, and I'm very, very possessive of my items, the moment I see you smile at another person, they'll die!"

"Hehe, so if I smile caringly at Athena, would she also die?"

Sighing, Blade flicked her forehead. "The time you smile caringly at Athena, this is the time that Hell would freeze over. But to answer, I'd be very happy instead."

"And if I find someone more attractive than you?"

"Hahaha, someone more alluring than I Blade Pure-Heart doesn't exist... No, the only person more attractive than me is me from the future. To find him, you'll need to wait a while longer."

The duo spent some time under the sun. This happened for a few days. As for cultivation, Blade wouldn't rush. In the Martial Sovereign realm, if he pushed himself, he'll find that his soul will be damaged and might even die from overstressing his soul...

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There wasn't any sun or moon but the skies were bright and the surface underneath was an endless flowery field. Standing opposite Blade, several tens of meters away was Astral.

In Blade's hand was his origin-grade sword but in Astral's hand was a bamboo stick carved into a sword yet, it radiated a grade much higher than an origin-grade...

It was a Profound-grade weapon!

The two figures blurred and attacked each other. Immediately, with a casual stab forward with his bamboo stick, Blade was sent hurdling back from where he came from. His body crashed into the dirt of the flowery field as he came to a halt.

Argh!

The process to stand to his feet was slow as Astral levitated in the skies, watching Blade struggle to get back up. Barely crawling out of the crater, Blade stared at Astral's condensing eyes with utter hatred and boundless killing intent.

Tch!

"Fuck off...!" Shouting in anger, Blade's vision turned blank for a moment, what his eyes showed was the ceiling as he lay on the bed with a naked Andra covered by a thick blanket.

'The Omniscient Battle Space is too useful...' He said but his face didn't show any happiness to have such a treasure.

'But damn... Even when wearing that Profound-grade Defensive treasure, my internal organs exploded merely from the shockwaves of the coming together between Astral's power and the protective treasure!'

Yes, even though Blade was always adorned in the Profound-grade treasure that took on the form of his clothing, he had never felt safe.

The system said that all attacks from the Mortal Transcendent realm to below would be nullified but it seems like it lied, or at least, Astral could produce attacks more powerful than the normal Mortal Transcendent and probably even comparable to the realm above...

Glancing at the sleeping Andra, he kissed her forehead before leaving the room and appearing next to a river stream.

"Even as I am now, with a Profound-grade defensive treasure, it is still not enough but, at least, I can protect my life now...

Even if someone in this world wanted to kill me, even if Astral himself wished to kill me, it'll be very, very hard. My power might not be high, but my ability to escape is very very high!"

Saying this, Blade closed his eyes. Inside his Origin core, above his soul that sat in a meditative posture was a golden pool that simply levitated above its head. Ever so often, a golden drop of liquid would fall, landing on Blade's soul, and strengthening it greatly.

The process was slow but fast. Slow for Blade but incredibly fast for others. As a Martial Sovereign, one must refine the soul but Blade's soul had nine layers... Something he had realized. While others had one, he had nine.

After several days, close to a month had passed and he had almost refined the first layer of his soul which would normally have placed him as a High or even Pinnace order Martial Sovereign if the realm was separated like such.

Like this, unconsciously or not, time passed. For Blade, it was the most peaceful time he experienced since entering this new world of cultivation.

In the second month, Blade had broken past the first layer of his soul, and his power and control of the worldly laws had reached an even more powerful state.

His divine sense had practically doubled and encompassed most of the continent and a part of the Forbidden Zone 029, not that he constantly used it though, he also experienced why seeing too much isn't good...

Even with practically endless control of his body, externally and internally, he almost vomited from certain things he saw, making him even more disgusted by humans.

Just before five months had passed since his breakthrough to the second layer, he had once again broken through to the third layer where he realized that another breakthrough would take incredibly long...

His breakthrough had increased his divine sense once again as it encompassed the waters that separated this continent from the nearby ones and also three Sectors into Forbidden Zone 029, from Sector 15 to 12.

Naturally, he had perceived several treasures, each more useless to him than the last and even Andra would find them useless to the current her.

As several months passed, and Blade broke into the third layer, Andra also transformed her Origin core and formed a Heaven, becoming a Martial Emperor.

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Heavenly Celestial Sect...

In a large hall, several figures gathered. Each wore luxurious robes and carried noble auras as they stared at the lone figure meditating in the air and absorbing the essence from the Heavenly Lightning, strengthening her soul and breaking past the Martial Emperor realm, into the Martial Sovereign realm!

"Amazing!" The Sect Leader stood next to Sophia and the other Overseers as a few meters away, a few more figures with the identities of Young Holy Children also watched on as Athena broke into the Martial Sovereign realm merely after seven or so months.

"When you had told me she was a Martial Emperor merely a couple or so months after being Martial Lord, I thought you were speaking nonsense... It seems like even then, her talent hadn't matured fully!" The Sect Leader mumbled in astonishment.

"She surprises me every time I build some immunity to her shocking speed of cultivation. As her master, I suddenly feel like I might not even deserve such a title." Sophia replied...

"Master, surely that brat from the Limitless Sky Sect can't compare to junior sister now!" One of the Young Holy Children of the Heavenly Celestial Sect who had cultivated feelings for Athena suddenly said, referring to the Sect Leader as master, showcasing his status as the Heavenly Celestial Sect Leader's direct disciple and possibly a contestant for the throne as the Heavenly Celestial...

"Yes, with such speed, maybe there is a chance that even before the appearance of the Holy Lands, this Athena might be strong enough to fully resist and defeat Blade of the Limitless Sky Sect." The Sect Leader happily proclaimed.

Rumble!

As the skies brightened and Athena's tribulation came to an end, the faces of all present changed, and the Sect Leader who, only a moment ago had a bright smile, suddenly frowned...!

"That?" Sophia adorned a serious expression as Athena's feet landed on the ground. Immediately, she opened her eyes... Her hair was now fiery red and her eyes released an intense heat as she arched a brow in confusion from the sudden shaking of the ground.

It wasn't simply her but all individuals in this location who felt the tremble, as if an earthquake was taking place... But, even then, the scale wasn't as small as this...

The whole Heavenly Celestial Sect felt it, along with the whole Celestial Continent, and the Demonic Continent, in the Limitless Continent, Blade, along with the residents felt it, and throughout the world, in the several main continents, and the waste continents, everyone else felt it too...

In the skies above the center of Forbidden Zone 029 perfectly located at the center of the world, something appeared... Two large and pristine white doors with golden dragon drawings appeared...!

The Holy Lands made its appearance!