Chapter 697: Leave? (2/2)

”This is definitely not good news. Zule's soul is connected to the Space Heavenly Fragment, and the Space Heavenly Fragment is connected to my own Heavenly Fragments. He's not lying. His soul was really just a hair's breadth away from crumbling.”

Iem couldn't help but wonder.

”Just what could be so important that a Seal which could destroy a Primordial Demon Beast's Soul in an instant was left behind?”

Zule shook his head in response to Iem's words, saying.

”That's not how Memory Seals work. This Seal was supposed to only activate if someone tried to forcefully read Kun-Peng's memories.”

Krune understood where Zule was coming from.

”I see... You can still be considered Kun-Peng's Soul and, at the same time, not. That was the side-effect of being absorbed by the Heavenly Fragment. The Seal thought that you weren't Kun-Peng and tried to activate it.”

Zule nodded.

”Yes. Fortunately, I'm still more or less Kun-Peng's soul. That and the Space Heavenly Fragment's power allowed me to stop the Seal from activating. However... that also means I can't look into the information related to the creation of the Four Realms. Well, to be more specific, I can't look into the reason for their creation.”

Luvile and the others didn't think he was lying. After all, having one's own soul reaching near destruction just to pretend was very idiotic. One mistake, and he would be gone forever. Besides, the Zule at the moment could probably kill all of them if he wanted to. One must remember that he now had all of the remaining Kun-Peng Soul Fragments and his memories. That means he could control everything around them as he wished. Why would he try to hide the truth by almost killing himself if he could simply kill everyone in here? That would make no sense.

”What do we do now?”

Zule pondered for a bit and tried to see if there were any other memories that could help him out.

”It's useless. There are no Primordial Demon Beasts in this place anymore. Only they might be able to answer the questions.”

Harold then went back to the previous topic.

”Alright. In that case, can you remember anything about a way to leave the Four Realms? You said that there is only one exit, but you do know what will happen if we try to use it.”

Zule nodded and began to search in his memories once more.

”There is only the exit you tried to use before. If I'm not wrong, you tried to barge your way through by force, correct?”

Luvile and Harold nodded.

”That was the only way we found.”

Zule then continued.

”You did it wrong. The exit was sealed with several doors. Of course, I'm not talking about standard doors that you can open with your hands. If you try to destroy them by force, the foundations of the Four Realms will suffer the consequences. That being said, it will immediately retaliate. Even if you were Gods with your own created laws, you can't possibly believe that you can fight the Four Realms, right?”

Luvile and Harold immediately grew silent. Obviously, the two of them understood it better than anyone else.

”However, forcing the Four Realms to defend itself is also extremely detrimental for the Four Realms themselves. The Four Realms are not sentient beings, so they don't know how they should really act. With their self-preservation instincts, the Four Realms drained their own foundations' powers to counter-attack. You really got very close to destroying the Four Realms yourselves back then.”

Luvile and Harold knew what Zule was talking about.

”Yes. That's why I intended to stop the new Gods in the God Realm from trying the same idiotic thing once again. It doesn't matter how many Gods are present. It will make no difference. In the end, those idiots will simply perish while damaging the Four Realms. Worst case scenario, they will still die while the Four Realms will follow in their footsteps.”

Zule then explained.

”As I said, the Four Realms were sealed with several doors. To be more specific, four of them. The Seals were put by none other than the Primordial Demon Beasts and the other existences that helped create the Four Realms. Their use is self-explanatory, which is to prevent anyone from escaping.”

Krune couldn't help but ask.

”Why didn't they try to hide the exit instead?”

Luvile and Harold chuckled after hearing that.

”Because it is impossible. Anyway, you will understand when you arrive at the God Realm one day.”

Zule nodded.

”They are right. Something like that is not something even a Universal Formation like that Dalin one you talked about can hide. Sealing it was their only choice. Of course, I don't think they expected the Four Realms' residents to grow strong enough to challenge it one day. That was a mistake on their part.”

Iem felt like they were deviating from the main topic.

”In the end, what were the Gods supposed to do to exit?”