Chapter 266 - VII Completed Path? (1/2)

After a long period, Elijah's deep shut eyes slowly opened wide. Staring down at his body and Chloe tightly holding onto his neck with her eyes closed. Moving his hand, he scanned her body only to reveal a huge grin on his face.

”It worked, she's not just a fragment anymore.” Seeing her previously incorporeal form, regain its once healthy complexion as well as the warmth on the surface of her skin made him sure he got successful in restoring her as well.

”Ell...” Chloe muttered, his name before awakening from her slumber. Staring blankly at him, memories of the previous events struck her like thunder, her face gained a deep shade of red, but instead of releasing her grasp on him she only held him tighter. To her surprise, Elijah removed her hands from his neck as there was a different emotion in his eyes.

Chloe was about to ask something when she realized something that shouldn't be there, coming from herself.”What happened? Wait, this is...”

”ba-dum, ba-dum”

Feeling the surprising fast heartbeat from her own body, confusion only deepened in her eyes when she removed her attention from Elijah to inspect herself. At first, she saw both her hands were significantly smaller, then she reached out with her hands and felt her head, nose, eyes, ear and the rest of her body.

Seeing she must have realized what he did to her, Elijah didn't wait before explaining himself. ”As you know, I'm fully merged with the supreme origin of time, which gives me nearly free control of time itself as long as I have enough energy. There was a bit of energy remaining from my breakout which I used to make you mortal again.”

”Mortal?”

Elijah coughed a few times, feeling a bit anxious before continuing. ”Then, with the use of my memories and this power of mine, I searched through the past and used the pre-awakening Chloe as the base for the time reversal I used on you. In other words, I simply reverted you to the person you were before your awakening, but as there is no divinity within you anymore, you've become just a normal girl of your age. This may have created a screwed timeline somewhere, but who cares right?”

”It is just that because of this, the artifact you made for me has never been made. And if it wasn't because of your connection with me, your memories would also be lost.” When he finished, pulsing from his fingertips is a strange, bright white light. Elijah observed it flicker, changing colors from amber, to ruby, then purple, blue and back to white.

”I've also redone my cultivation. Using the same way to initiate the cultivation of the trinity, but with my upgraded bloodline, soul and the energy of creation within the core of the celestial world. My senses tell me that my path has been completed.” Within Elijah, the entire structure of his body changed. His bones, organs, blood vessels and energy paths were gone, replaced by a mass of white light. He wasn't sure what he became, only that it wasn't mortal or celestial.

His image within the hall tried to touch one of them, but no matter what he did none of them would respond to him. Looks like even he couldn't not break the rule that only one supreme origin can be fully assimilated per person, he understood his destiny was to be their creator not their holder.

When both finished observing the changes within themselves, Elijah and Chloe noticed the whole desert as well as, well, everything there was in the celestial was gone. Replaced by profound emptiness, above them was a massive sphere connected by numerous threads formed by countless galaxies made from even more stars.

There were in the middle of the chaotic space! This place was too dangerous for them, even Yawen's father and the cosmic heart would be doomed if they dared to step out without any protection. Chloe realized that and was confused to why there are event here, especially when she was an ordinary mortal like Elijah said.

”Then what should we do now?”

”Search for the abyss.” Elijah said, his eyes searched through the chaos before locking on a thin form in the distance. If looked closer, it was similar to a small-scale galaxy, or at least it was small compared to the massive cosmic realm.

”We have no clue about what happened, my eyes should be able to see through time, but all the energy of creation at that moment in time is messing with my vision. I can't see what happened with Eternia. When we get there, I must find a path and manuals for you to cultivate, as a six-year old once again we must use the opportunity to find something that suits you.”

Taking Chloe in his arms, he simply thought and his body moved through the void, heading to the abyss. ”Hold me tight.”