Chapter 724: Deepest Secret (1/2)

Some seconds of silence passed as Gravis calmed down. The past minutes had felt like he stood at the edge of chaos. Just one wrong step and he would stop existing.

”So, what is this Brand?” Gravis asked.

The Opposer looked at his son. ”What I am about to tell you will never be repeated again, and you are not allowed to talk about these things with anyone, including your mother. Don't even talk to me about it with a voice transmission after our talk is over since the danger is too great that someone will overhear your voice transmission.”

”If anyone ever hears of this, no matter who, they and you will be immediately extinguished by the old bastard. Absolutely no one can hear about this,” the Opposer said severely.

Gravis felt like a colossal weight pressed on his entire being. This was obviously something of paramount importance, which the Opposer had never shared with anyone, including his wife. Probably only two beings in existence knew of this thing, and Gravis was about to become the third one.

Gravis took a deep breath and released it. Then, he looked at his father with conviction and nodded. ”I will never repeat anything you will say to me during this talk.”

The Opposer nodded. ”You are only allowed to speak of this when you are directly in front of me and only when I give you permission to. If you handle this incorrectly, you will stop existing. Understood?”

Gravis nodded again. ”Yes, father.”

The Opposer looked at his son for several seconds.

”Good,” the Opposer said. ”I will now tell you why it is impossible for a second Opposer to exist.”

'Impossible?' Gravis thought. It was one thing that reaching this power was very hard, but straight up impossible?

”This will also explain to you why I specifically targeted the Star Gods back then, and not the more powerful Gods,” the Opposer said.

Gravis nodded again.

”When a Heaven's Magnate steps into the next Realm, they will be able to somewhat resist the Old Bastard's power. I won't tell you the details since that power level is simply too far away from you and might move your cultivation into a different direction,” the Opposer said.

”When I reached that Realm around 50 billion years ago, the Old Bastard immediately tried to kill me. That had always worked, and he thought that this would continue to work.”

Then, the Opposer smirked. ”But he underestimated me. I managed to resist him just long enough to ensure my survival. With my survival ensured, I managed to cultivate in peace until I broke through again and reached the power of the Old Bastard. That's when I returned and fought him.”

'Broke through again?' Gravis thought with surprise. 'Does this mean that father is not only one Realm higher than a Heaven's Magnate but two Realms? That's insane! No wonder they are so powerful!'

”The Old Bastard realized that he had committed a fatal mistake and vowed that nothing like this would ever happen again. Because of that, he implemented the Brand,” the Opposer said.

”A Star God is called a Star God because they condense a star inside their being. They become connected to that star, and it will act as the embryo for all their future advancement. The star is the very thing that allows them to become stronger.”

”As their power increases, their star transforms multiple times until it finally gives you the ability to retreat into your own space, absent from the Old Bastard's control. That's when you reach the Realm after a Heaven's Magnate.”

”The Brand is an infusion of the Old Bastard's essence and control into your star when it condenses, and its purpose is to grant him access to your star when necessary. This means that the protection of the Realm after the Heaven's Magnate Realm doesn't work anymore. Because of this, you can't protect yourself against the Old Bastard. You can imagine the rest,” the Opposer said.

Gravis nodded. Not being able to run from someone an entire major Realm above themselves spelled certain death. Battle-Strength also didn't matter since the highest Heaven probably had the most powerful Battle-Strength out of anyone alive, except for the Opposer, maybe. Additionally, the highest Heaven would be an entire Realm higher.

That was why the Opposer said that it was impossible to reach the Realm after the Heaven's Magnate Realm. No one could escape from the highest Heaven.

”Infusing a star with this Brand costs the Old Bastard a lot of Energy, and that Energy will only be reclaimed when the Star God becomes an Ancestral God,” the Opposer said.

'That's a lot of Energy,' Gravis thought. Yet, he still had a question.

”Then doesn't it mean that the highest Heaven loses most of its Energy? After all, only a select few will ever become Ancestral Gods,” Gravis said.