I ventured out of city. I also brought along Xiao Ninger. I kept her inside my world.
[I had informed her of possession of a small world, but not of its mind blowing contents nor size.]
Inside my world, a small realm devoid of heavenly energy using array I constructed within. I did some work inside and added few things; a wooden house, I assembled and a lot of exotic looking plants without any alchemy uses, (since the things in here which were meant for consumption will make you explode at our current power levels, if accidentally tried it on)
The edges of the 10km section, is laid with powerful arrays, to prevent any entry and concealment in addition to the rings own realm barrier, other wise my little garden I prepared would be already full off those deity level beasts...'
I then merged with void phantoms power and successfully left the city.
After about 100 km away from City, I release her out. It was her first time coming so far out and was very excited. I actually had a plan on my mind to visit Tian Yuan plateau.
'If I bring Yu Yan out, heavenly plateau will collapse due to the awakening of 2 legendary rank beasts waiting below the cliff. I could in theory can have a safe period of more than 2 months with my flawless inscription to mimic her presence. People of Tianyuan plateau,if I need to bring them out, how will they consider following me? I don't have protagonist aura. Well even if do manage to bring them out to glory city I have to be wary of demon beast horde attack expecting a week from today from my memory...Wait why do I need to have choices? I forgot I was also very powerful now...Nie Li used law energy at black gold rank to kill of 2 of them with the help of Yu Yan right, I could also do the same.. '.
Xiao Ning'er and I arrived at the heavenly fate plateau. I transformed to female form while Xiao Ning'er used some cloud mud we obtained along with some illusion inscription I have written over her clothes. Why? Simply because I wish to keep our actions here private from Nie Li. She also agreed my suggestion. Come to think of it Xiao Ning'er has been acting like little strange recently. She is expecting some kind of action from myself. Listening to my requests as an order, now a days she may have felt like (infact I also feel) she is more like subordinate like originally devised. I will compensate her this afterwards.
We engaged with the people over here....
brought some rice and dress materials for them. Explained about glory city, showed them the safe route towards glory city. But advised them that we will be expecting a horde attack in coming days, but they will probably take 2 months to reach there. There wasn't any protagonist play showoff, but we fell from the sky indicating legend rank and slight aura released deliberately was enough to confirm their suspicion..
Moving away from them, I arranged the soul spirit herbs and starfall fruits essence diluted over 1000 times from my ring. Ninger further diluted it by 10 times to use and I also sat down and consumed them.Since obtaining a treasure land, I am not much interested in the pills or purple smoke stones or anything...
My array was used to attract aura and our soul forces and thus Xiao Ninger was able to advance to Black Gold Rank 4. And I was able to increase from legend Rank two to Legend rank 4 after a half day cultivation. But this time, the robbers tried to attack us when we were vulnerable in the middle of breakthrough, but I was already aware of there attacks and even though they attacked with their weapon on me, I didn't budge. Killed their leader and rest of them ran away. I arranged her to stay and wrote some defensive inscription on the ground.
Since I was a legend rank and could fly, and impervious to poisons after consuming the immunity herb before, I went into Black spring and flew down the cliff, and reached the platform as in my memory.
I used flaws to decipher some of the runes present. Because it was a combination of many offensive and defensive runes, I played it safe and used LoHP. I went inside, obtained the legendary rank wind spirit armour from one of the spatial rings. And then with a sudden bright light and fire, the soul of the goddess appeared after I tried to enter the black spring by cracking it's runes.
She explained about her identity, and the laws, and spiritual gods of the world. As per her, she can already sensed law energy coursing through me. But spiritual gods are demigod experts who merged with law. Essentially, their physical bodies are made with law. Other demigods could master law, but if they wish to attain power they must merge with law. Merging with law will fundamentally change a person's thoughts.. Their emotions will fade and become pure rational creatures which are indestructible and essentially immortal...
And after hereing all this, I stated my discovery of runic nature of laws of this world and possibility of helping her. I also mentioned Nie Li as reincarnated expert among humans currently helping us in fight against demon beasts. There was a reason for doing so, as she began to classify me as the arrangement made by space time spiritual god. I don't want to be acknowledged as saviours or destiny arranged by god's so I sold Nie Li out.
After promising her to meet him. I went into Black spring. I understood laws originally, so the laws helped me cultivate and I broke through legend rank 5. The sacred vine inside my soul realm also expanded and formed branches and connected to the new laws I have discovered like metal, lightning and snow, wind, etc. through just recombinations of inscriptions. So I am a demigod expert now. If I reach Legend rank 5 peak, I am at the pinnacle of this world.
"Since you are the spiritual goddess of humans and you were willing to share this treasure for my law cultivation, I will help you" I told Yu Yan.
But my actual incentive was to check whether her body was different like those spiritual humans from the memories of soul that was in the ring, since she was sent here as a baby. And also to use the adaptive body to gather her dna to check whether any change would occur.
I then proceeds to help, goddess yu yans body gather divine spark and rebuilt. My flawless runes caused her to gain physical body fast and efficient but still enough fire law in black spring to cultivate to that of legend rank peak. She did exactly that. After half a day, she regained her power but the divine spark is needed. I also had excess of soul spirit herb, so I gave her some elixir made from it.
Meanwhile, I have collected her physique information from the the divine body being built. My adaptable body followed some changes starting with my female body, that resulted in new meridian structures branching and condensing into bead shaped items that began to gather my life force..It is being slowly glowing with life force, as seen from my mindscape. This has more connection to the astral body, the soul force. Which means, it is a sort of backup even if my body is collapsed and cultivation is gone, it will slowly regenerate back consuming the available life energy connected to the Soul immediately.
I informed her about the memory of hers I saw in vision via a small illusion manipulation which got her wondering her about her origin. I only informed her about the possibility of high level worlds like draconic ruins land.
" Since, you mentioned that demon beast monster spiritual gods are your real enemy, it should not be wise to move around freely, as the pinnacle legend rank beasts below the cliff might just be lackeys of the real boss, and hence as you still have not reached your pinnacle power of heavenly fate realm, it should be wise to stay close to my body wherein I could shield you with darkness runes (and even my shield.) "
I also assured her than no law power fluctuations were observed from those beasts down the cliff when I moved in here.So they are just legendary rank beasts.
Since my runes were perfect and cultivation rank is higher I could mobilize power of law to a very high degree near my body all the time so she doesn't really need to snuggle really close to my body, but could flew around near me, besides shield is also activated. Darkness runes are just icing on the cake.
We went outside, flew down near the cliff and as a result, feeling the fluctuations we exude, the two legend rank beasts were alarmed.
Upon sensing them, I immediately flew away guiding them near ground away from Tian yuan plateau or else the people of the plateau would probably be killed in our fight..
After 5 minute run, we reached about 150 km away from the plateau on a grassland near edges of forest.
" Why not running anymore human? Also Yu Yan, your divine body is not supposed gather this quickly... haha then again, instead of hiding and integrating your divine spark, you came to fight us directly, what recklessness.."
" Since you are not longer hiding, we will violate you thoroughly, bitch.." They each spouted some nonsense.
" Lü Qiansha, Lü Qianmo, you pursued me all the way from ancient battle field to black spring..I will kill you even if I have to sacrifice my life force ..."
'Crimson shark and Demon Lizard, Tao you can take the smaller one first. ....' she mentally transmitted message.
Onto my perspective, as soon as I locked eyes with the lizard dragon, he came in striking me with his physical power, which I withstood but it caused some pain in my chest, (without using vector control or energy just to test out physical strength). Seeing that physical attack doesn't work, he took out his sword.
I took out my thunder god meteorite copy sword. We crossed our swords, but it was obvious that he is slowly taking a step back with each moment of our collision. I had more flexibility and reaction time than the other guy. But he sprayed venom at close distance. The venom from a peak legend rank demon beast will not poison me, but it would burn my skin so I had to dodge immediately.
After sensing that Yu Yan was struggling, I stopped ....atleast in his eyes. He was confused for a moment before his eyes widened and head got cut off...Evolutionary advantage of body is no joke...coupled with sword intend and good sword..(refer to biological change of bodies signal conduction in nervous system, the MCs body essentially evolved to very high conductive pathways for signal transfer complemented by soul force enhancing with each life level increment, the reaction time is no joke. .. )
With a quick movement technique , I went around unnoticed by the red crimson shark and sent a merging law energy beam consisting of 8 different laws, that vaporized his so called indestructible body...
Yu Yan looked at me impressed by the display of power comparable to heavenly fate realm expert....
I took out the green poison pearl and his legend ranked sword as it was good, I will use this as main sword. I need to add some runes on it. The scale of the lizard dragon and its full body is present, Should I gift this to Nie Li to make an armor from it.
We returned back and I saw Xiao Ning'er looking for me. I caught her in my arms and gave a kiss on impulse... After the initial daze, she also actively engaged.
And later, we went back to the plateau. Some of the people over there sensed powerful demonic beasts we were fighting, so they were terrified, but upon seeing us, they expressed their willingness to come to glory city. We bid them good bye and went back to city. I don't know the hidden entrance to nether realm, even if I know I don't have time, as by now Nie Li probably came back from Abyss prison realm and dark guild may have organized the attack on glory city on a million level beasts scale.
We explained the recent encounters to Ning'er and she wanted to stay but after making some excuses and some promises...
I gave Yu Yan a choice to either follow me or the person who time and space god arranged for a savior. Being grateful, she wished to accompany me back..to human realm. So we explained a bit of our own situations to her, about my comprehension ability, heavens will, fate, Nie Li plight in the original time line, Draconic ruins realms etc. and as such. I have been exposed of my transformed looks and minor world to goddess but only the safer regions after she saw me took in Xiao Ning'er .
[ Because she was a very curious person having no emotional basis like shame or embarassment in asking what people trying to hide and just pure trusting to any person who shows her some goodness. And spiritual spark is a bit of wild card as I see her condition, able to create such a rational creature]
She was happy that she has one more backup. Now that I am a true Demi god, both as a fighter and a spiritualist, I decided to use a movement technique at maximum speed to try out my limit. I took half a day to return. [People take 2 months on foot].
I got inside my house without anyone knowing into City lords premises. Released the other two. Yu Yan decided to stay close to me and be invisible . [I arranged some illusion over her]. Going outside we met with Nie Li running away from Huyan Lanruo as if his life was at stake.. Goddess was flabbergasted to see an ancient expert like this.