Chapter 390 - Compass & The Grail (3) (1/2)

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Yan Zaizen felt shaken. He stared heavily at the sword hilt embedded into the stone. From it, he felt a repulsive yet familiar and gentle aura.

”This is…” he walked towards the sword unhesitantly. His body flickered with a soft, pure white light. His innate aura of his Non-Entity physique revealed itself for the first time.

Observing himself, he couldn't help but gasp softly in wonder. This was the first time he'd ever seen the Non-Entity physique of his react. Even while he traveled into the actual universe, or the space that inhabited its laws, didn't illicit such.

”Stop! You can't touch it!!!” A feminine voice shouted.

Yan Zaizen glanced at the three individuals nearby. He had nearly forgotten about their auras, his attention focused heavily on the sword in the stone. The one who shouted was a young girl. Her hair was violet and she was a beauty.

Yan Zaizen noticed that behind her was several beast-like tails. He frowned. His eyes looked towards hers and he grew confused.

He had met many humanized beasts in his lifetime. They cultivated a unique path and had a unique aura, but they all had the same characteristics: No pupils. However, this young girl radiated a beast's aura, but had pupils. This contradiction didn't line up with his understanding and caused him to pause.

”W-who...are you?” Akane asked, getting up and exiting Kaiga's protection. Her eyes held a deep vigilance and struggled to muster her strength. For some reason, her body was abnormally weak.

”You can call me Ascension,” Yan Zaizen replied. After, his frown deepened as he turned and saw a violet light and a sea of black. The light in the distance was radiant and powerful, it was definitely at the level of someone at a high-level Heavenly Genesis Realm or path equivalent.

When he saw the knights and felt an impure aura from them, as if they were infected by the most impure existence, he grew even more confused. This was only an aura, and it didn't seem as if it defined them. If he had to compare it, it was like the black orb from the Oneuli Empire's Prince was a sun, and these people were basking lightly in its light.

It was so vastly different that most wouldn't even notice. However, what surprised him was that it wasn't just the knights.

The violet light, the three individuals that was beside him, and the people in the distance with tails all had the same aura. If he closed his eyes, not letting his eyes differentiate, he would think they were the same type of existence.

There were far too many questions that made this situation odd, and little to no answers. However, he decided to take it one step at a time. Without hesitation and disregarding the words of the young girl, he moved swiftly.

Reaching out, he clasped the hilt of the sword.

Zuuum!

His amber-gold eyes transformed into a pure white color. The surprise caused his eyes to widen.

”No way?!” Yan Zaizen's heart started to beat wildly. ”How is this possible? Why is it here?” A surge of information that was instinctual flowed into his mind, like a well-timed release.

The sword hilt was connected to a blade and this blade was something he had only read in legends. In various stories, it was said that everything had a heart. This was often taken metaphorically, but this was a universal truth.

Even existences of a spiritual nature had a heart, so did the Yaoguai, and every living and sentient life, even plants and mountains. This 'heart' was often loosely termed in literature. It could mean spirit, soul, or core of something's existence. You would know if something has a heart if it could not live without it.

If taken, it would die.

What made humans, beasts, and various physical lifeforms special, why they can even cultivate, had to do with this unique aspect of theirs. They had both a physical and spiritual heart.

A blood-driven heart and a soul flame.

In fact, cultivating relied heavily on these hearts. The Yaoguai grew and died with their hearts. It wasn't just limited to them either.

This sword was a heart.

”A piece of it, anyways.” Yan Zaizen paid special attention to the sword. However, before he could feel out more about this, a sword sliced towards him with imperious momentum.