Chapter 1300 - What He Loves (3) (1/2)

The Heaven Clan's mention of tunnels was a complex one.

One had to remember that it sometimes took decades to travel from one quadrant to another. However, the kitsune had access to something no other clans in existence did: the supreme law Void.

Although it still sometimes took decades for the Void clan to reach a universe, the journey back would only take one or two years at the most, a fraction of the original time. These numbers were obviously significantly reduced if the quadrant in question was adjacent to their own.

One had to remember that Saru was only 12 years old when she got news of Dyon's first trial results, yet she was already back home. If it really took so long, then how did this happen?

When Saru was born, the shattering of the soul seal had already reverberated through the universes. While the clans of Dyon's universe were too low level to pick up on it, the Shruti clan didn't miss it. Curious about the reason, when Saru was still a toddler, she chose the location of this disturbance as her coming of age ceremony grounds.

When Dyon fought Saru, thinking that she was older than him, she had really been only 10 years old. Aside from how impressive her combat prowess was, the poignant point here is that it had taken her 8 years to reach Dyon's home universe, two more years to establish herself, yet less than a year to make it back to her home universe after being forced to leave.

How? The answer was simple. The Shruti clan had commissioned a Void Clan elder to make this so-called ”tunnel” for them.

The blackhole-like characteristics of Void will was perfect for creating long lasting roads between universes despite being poor for travel in battle. And these roads could last hundreds of years if they were constructed properly.

”Do you remember what happened after those Dukes and Duchesses came back?” Patriarch Heaven said a slight smile.

After a moment of thought, Patriarch Void answered. ”We decided to take the risk and sent Kawa to search for the Epistemic Tower… But, she disappeared for hundreds of years and it wasn't until the River Clan received signals that she was still alive that they went back and took her… It turned out that she hadn't come back because she found herself a husband and gave birth to a child, no?”

Patriarch Jikan spit on the ground in disdain. ”To abandon your family for such frivolous nonsense. How ridiculous. Did she not know how important she was? Even worse, that husband of hers actually came here and passed the River Trial, we had no choice but to let her go at that point or we would be breaking the rules of our ancestors…”

Just like Soul Rending Peak, the kitsune had very strict rules to follow. If they broke these rules, they would lose the protection of their ancestors and thus the amount of faith energy they had would decrease. This was no joking matter for large clans.

”Why are you bringing all of this up?” Patriarch Void pressed.

Patriarch Heaven's eyes brightened. ”What if I told you that the very universe the River Clan went to retrieve that traitorous whore from is the exact same universe the Shruti commissioned a tunnel to be bit to?...”

Suddenly, Patriarch Jikan and Void froze. It was suddenly clear as day to them. Who among dao formation experts weren't absolute geniuses?