Chapter 590: Iridia Suien (1/2)
Although neither of them would be able to fight or flee from her, it didn't seem she had malicious intentions. As soon as they got close to her, the Godly Energy holding Krune and Iem disappeared.
Krune then bowed before asking.
”Senior, what exactly is happening here?”
She smiled at Krune.
”First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Iridia Suien. I'm the last survivor from the time our city wasn't locked down. As you probably already noticed, no one can enter the Mortal Rejection Realm, so an unlimited lifespan is impossible for the rest. But do you know why that is?”
Krune nodded.
”The city is hidden from the heavens.”
Iridia was surprised to hear that.
”That's impressive. I thought I would need to tell you myself. But you are right. The city has been hidden from the heavens since 50 thousand years ago. Because of that, demon beasts can't attain sentience, and cultivators can't enter the Mortal Rejection Realm.”
Iridia then took a deep breath before continuing.
”However, don't you think it's weird that such a large city doesn't have a single Mortal Rejection Realm or higher cultivator? Even if this city was locked later, sure there should be more of them, right?”
Iem and Iem nodded.
”We did think about it before. But we already thought about this. Considering the environment and that 'No Return Maze,' this place was probably a trial grounds for a sect or something like that. Obviously, the ones who participated in the trials were young, which means they were people under the Mortal Rejection Realm. Most likely, there were sentient demon beasts too, but they had long since died of old age.”
Iridia was happy to hear that.
”Seems like I don't need to explain this part then. You are right again. This was the trial of the Umekran Sect. The cultivators and demon beasts had to find their way through the maze to enter the underground city. Here, they would need to make their way to the last floor of the tower and then make their way back to the surface through the maze once more. As you can imagine, calamity struck us during one of those trials. I was the elder in charge during that time too.”
”During the last trial, thousands of youngsters made their way here, trying to complete the task to enter our Sect. However, who could have thought that that thing would lose control?”
Krune and Iem got puzzled.
”What thing?”
”Do you know about th Heavenly Fragments and Cores from the Lower Realms?”
Krune and Iem nodded. They are prime examples of those things.
”That makes things easier to explain then. Heavenly Fragments and Cores are one of the best items to make treasures in the Higher Realms. Not too surprisingly, people and beasts who have them would be hunted down for those. Because of their connection with the Heavens, these treasures become extremely powerful. So much that they can only be used by Nascent God Realm cultivators and demon beasts. Others can barely get close to it.”
Krune and Iem felt a chill on their backs. Good thing that they never revealed that they are such owners back on the surface. However, there was one thing that they were confused. What cultivation stage is the Nascent God Realm? Obviously, they could only ask it to Luvile and Harold.
”Basically, it goes like this:
Transformation Realm;
Godly Fusion Realm;
God Foundation Realm;
God Core Realm;
and finally, Nascent God Realm.
Nascent God is obviously the strongest existence in the Godly Path Realm.”
Luvile and Harold used their connection with Krune and Iem's Souls to tell that information, so it only took a second before they got the answer.
Krune then nodded at Iridia.
”I see... Then what we have in the floors above is a treasure made with one of those fragments or cores, correct?”
Iridia nodded.