Chapter 12: Chapter 13 – Getting to know the Locals

[Anastasia’s perspective]

The Land shifted and reformed, changing yet everything keeping its form, as if a god were shaping it with their hands. Each moment was accompanied by rising waves of qi, soaking everything in its transformative presence. Once the qi stopped rising, so did the reforms of the two continents, I could immediately feel they became one and we had become part of a far larger world than I knew.

If I had not been humbled and had my world view widened by my years with Eze and Luka I doubt I would be able to comprehend it. Now I am traveling with the local cultivators of what must be the mythical Immortal World, that was what father said when we watched that stone arm tear the sky apart.

During the flood of rising qi, I broke through into the Immortal Realm, well before I was stable at the Transformation soul stage, but no problems arose as the laws here were firmer and clearer. Both qi and laws nourished my cultivation built about myself, something that happened when talking with Luka when we first met. She would go on about the categories being inadequate and that everyone was distinctly different, as cultivators we had to understand out differences.

My father immediately went to organize the Empire as Ezekiel and I went to find our new borders. After a few days we met with finely robed cultivators flying from where we were headed. All of them were ‘Arrogant Young Masters’ as Ezekiel put it, they would proclaim me their servant and order us around like they own the place with their Spirit Realm cultivation. It always broke into a fight when we tried talking normally with them and did not take long to incapacitate. Eze used some puppets to deliver them to my father, they should help with our lacking understanding of our surroundings. We finally met a group that would talk somewhat normally, still a little stiff like the sects were.

“Possibly killer formation aside, what is local around us?” This group asked us about some gold wires that pulled Immortal Realm cultivators into the depths below and are traveling with Eze and I since they could be potential neighbors or allies.

“We are Inner Disciples of The Great Azure Wind Sect, a low-ranking Sect in the scope of the Immortal World. The region your island appeared in the Dread Lands, a place of poor cultivation due to the damage done in the past, I do not know the story of that time, but it has been the rural area of the Immortal World. Our Sect borders this place as nothing lives here for long and the Great Sects control the abundant locations.” Salem, the leader of the cultivators that would talk with us explains. It would seem our homeland is really small if the two continents together are just an island in this world.

“What are the powerhouse forces we will meet once leaving our ‘island’?” An important question that I can fact check with father later.

“There were members of those Sects ahead of us, did they go some other way? Anyways, the Sects with power all over the Immortal World are Flower Capital Sect, the woman only Sect. The Mighty Divine Ruler Sect who have the most Immortal King stage cultivators, they rule the prosperous central region. Beast Tamer Sect are high ranking, and their unique teachings leave them with a monopoly on many things, they are more present here in the south as Northwest of here is the divine beast range starting and ending well into the west region. Finally, is the oldest Sect the Dao Seeker Sect, they have been around since before the Dread Lands. All these Sects have many subordinate Sects under them and control prime cultivation locations.” She answers, seems the politics of our new home will be far worse than our petty Empire politics we just got through.

“That Might Divine Ruler Sect is absolutely a puppet, no way a sect with that name isn’t one. I bet my left shoe its some kind of cover for the Dao Seeker Sect who are the masterminds of the Dread Lads.” Ezekiel immediately states with confidence.

“What are you on about now Eze?” I raise my brow at him as I ask about his strange theory.

“Well, who would call them something with so many words if they are respectable, no offense you guys.” He just insults our possible allies, but he has a point, the Empire was only ever the Divine Empire at most whilst the third-grade sects were the mouthy ones in the past.

“Don’t mind us, it’s the unofficial rules here, thinking about it now, it is weird such a name goes to the unofficial number one sect.” Salem comments.

We continue traveling for half a day, chatting with the group, and learning more about the Immortal Realm, we arrive at the new coast as the sun arrives at the horizon. I could see across the serene sea of water to the distant coast. Thinking about the strings of gold that are likely lurking in the depths as Salem’s group said. Landing at the top of a cliff I fear the danger that could be surrounding us.

“Eze can you contact the lab? Maybe they have some ideas from the data our puppets have sent” We both had some puppets with us, but they would send information to the lab instead of us directly. Eze starts fiddling with his communication runes.

“Yea, it’s odd though, we have perfect connection here, I doubt the change put infrastructure all the way here so why can I connect perfectly fine?” He stops as he listens to the replies.

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“Well, the lab says its just like the city everywhere we went, network and all. I think I know what the string of gold are. They are the spirit network, you know that thing that we discovered recently, creeping from the East continent, we couldn’t affect it at all. So, I think the spirit network is basically alive and growing.” Eze continues, his theory reminding me of the strange wires discovered underground before the civil war went off. It does make sense, but now I wonder what that spirit network of the east is.

From the distant coast I feel an Immortal Realm cultivator approaching at speed. His blood-lust reaching us already as he rushes past the others remaining at the shoreline. Ezekiel and I brace for his attack but just as quickly as he appeared, he quickly got bound by wires and pulled into the water. Salem says that was it, that was horrifying because I could feel the immortal, but I couldn’t feel anything about the wires other than they were there.

“Uhh, I think those are okay for us, I… it’s Luka somehow. Donno how I can tell but just feels like her and that strange arm of hers.” Ezekiel stares at me as he hesitantly says his thoughts.

“Is Luka some kind of Immortal reborn?” I ask, if yes then it explains a lot about that girl, she was always hard to grasp but still friendly and fun to be around when she wasn’t concentrating.

“It’s the metal one! Oh, the great dao, the metal one is growing.” The young girl called Bedisa exclaims. We were told she had some kind of sixth sense when it came to fortuitous encounters. If Luka is this Metal One, what other secrets does she have?

[Elise’s perspective]

The world had changed suddenly, right after I had uhh… I connected with Luka more deeply. I broke through into the Immortal Realm as our mountain grew. Luka said we just returned to where our world came from, and she seems to be in the Immortal Realm too. Luka wanted to go out and visit her brother outside of the mountain, so we flew out of our enlarged mountain.

“Ugh” Luka lets out a not so pretty noise as her face smooshes against the air.

“What’s wrong Luka?” I asked worriedly, it did become a little funny watching her press against the sky like it was a solid wall.

“It would seem I’m stuck… Range seems to be the mountain. No force involved. Laws seem normal. I believe it’s the goddess.” She stops trying and holds her chin as she studies her efforts. She is really adorable when she thinks seriously like that.

“Well let’s head back home first and work out a course of action.” Noticing she wasn’t moving I fly up to her and drag her by the collar of her shirt home. Settling back in our house and holding the thinking Luka on my lap, I silently hug her for hours.

“Theory, I am locked in our mountain due to some rules. Only my physically body is stuck here. Solution develop an avatar or utilize the spirit network. Spirit network already proven to work” Her lovely voice speaking a little mechanically as she begins nuzzling into my chest. She really likes doing that now. Smiling softly as I run my fingers against her back.

“Well since you have a working solution it’s no worries now, what do you want to do now sweetie?” Whispering into her ear with a voice with desire, getting a shiver from her as her eyes find mine.

“Some renovations after we have some love.~” A wide smile on her beautifully pretty face.

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