Chapter 1462 - Hidden Events (3) (1/2)
The leaders fell into silence. This was a difficult question to raise…
As they all knew, the reason Lilith stalled her own cultivation at the peak of the saint realm was because there was something very important she needed. This treasure was rumored to appear at the next Sapientia Auction in just a decade or so more.
The reason they sent the other young geniuses along with her was not only for experience, but because this treasure would be useful for them as well. They all believed that with the talent of their children, by the time the auction came around, they'd all be prepared to break through.
Thinking to this point.. One might curiously wonder if the perfect breakthrough Lilith sought was the same Dyon did. However, one thing was clear. They took separate paths to reach their goals.
This aside, one can see just how important this treasure was to Lilith and Nightmare Palace. In cultivation, the most important commodity wasn't energy or talent, it was time – with enough time, even those born in the most energy deficient universes with the worst of talent could reach world shaking heights. It was because of this constraint of time that geniuses who stalled in clearing their meridians would choose to breakthrough to the next realm instead of being stubborn… Why else would 7th or 8th order geniuses exist even though they were already so close to the perfect 9th order? Wouldn't it make more sense to take the extra time needed to clear that extra one or two meridians?
Yet… Lilith, who could have broken into the celestial realm at 16, was now already 23 and still hadn't despite being fully capable of doing so.
This might seem like nothing in the face of how long cultivators lived, but one had to understand that the beginning of a cultivator's journey laid the foundation for the rest of their lives. If Lilith was able to lay a perfect foundation so quickly, she might have even been capable of matching Amphorae's record time breakthrough into the dao formation realm. At that point, becoming a half-step transcendent was only a matter of time.
Yet, she hadn't… All for the sake of this perfect breakthrough.
The celestial realm was a major watershed moment the likes of which the previous realms couldn't match.
One of the greatest oddities in the martial world was the nomenclature of their weapons. Why was it that the title of transcendent was attached to the mightiest existences to ever be birthed, yet on the mortal plane, it was a title given to a weapon below the supreme grade? In fact, this 'mistake' was repeated with beasts as well… Just what was it about mortal cultivation that changed the meaning of this word?
Dyon had used plenty of transcendent grade weapons in his life. However, he had never been able to bring out their true power because he was too far from the celestial realm… One could say that the moment he broke into this realm, many of the weapons he neglected would suddenly rise to an entirely new level.
So what was so special about the celestial realm? What was so special about celestial energy? Why was it attached with such grandiose namesakes?
It was at this point that quiet ruler of Nightmare Palace slowly opened his eyes. Leaders who were about to speak froze, choking back their words. Since the Palace Emperor wanted to speak, it wasn't their place to interrupt.
”The situation has turned complex…” Eldaeranth's words were slow and deliberate, but had a certain enchantment to them that made them hang on each syllable. ”Three years ago… I sensed a change in Universe Cathedral… so a sent a shadow projection. However… before I could find what I needed… I was intercepted by another Higher Existence…”
The eyes of the surrounding leaders widened. Another Higher Existence? These two words could only be attached to another half-step transcendent! How was that possible?!