Chapter 291 - What is the next step? (1/2)

Chaos exists in the universe even before it dawned. A being lonesome of being born alone came to crave the presence of others so he created worlds inhabited by beasts and other races.

Through the Nine Chaos, the highest realm was created and two Middle Realm that connects the One realm to the rest. The Highest Realm became known as the Origin of the Universe and the Chaos who created the Middle Realms expanded his rule and created life.

Two Races opposite of each other but exists as a sign of peace and harmony that represents his whole being. The two worlds referred to the chaos as King, and this King picked its first two creations as its envoys.

From then on, everything had been cut as Wang Ling woke up. Wang Ling sat up straight from the bed and felt his head. Last night was long, and with the harmonization of his Yin and Yang and the process of getting taken over by the Gray figure in one day, it gave Wang Ling the feeling of pleasure, happiness, and confusion.

Pleasure and happiness are easily explained but the confusion was birthed from the bits and flashes of the past he never knew. The Chaos' creations used the term King to refer to the one who created them.

And in the middle of it all, the feeling of boundless void remained as he wanted to search for more of the memory. He craved for it as if it was a piercing piece in his life.

But that craving disappeared as he heard the sweet m.o.a.ns by his side. He turned and saw Bai Xue, curled up as her rosy skin seemed to glisten in the morning light, she was sleepy, from both the 'activity' last night and her innate craving for sleep.

She m.o.a.ned as she whispered, ”Do not move so much, let me sleep.” She grumbled in her sleep. Wang Ling smiled sweetly and proceeded to caress her hair. Despite having a human form, Wang Ling had been trained to caress her hair as gently as he could like he was caring for a fragile animal, ”Rest well.”

He didn't want to disturb her so he got up without her knowledge but he didn't leave the room. Instead, he picked one side of the room and examined his condition. Starting with his Yin and Yang which was already harmonized and then to his cultivation which had reached half-step Immortal Spirit Realm.

Wang Ling then went to check on his bloodlines and for some odd reasons he could still the lingering thoughts of the Gray Figure letting him know that he is lacking in terms of Holy Lord Bloodline, ”I am now a Transcendent Holy Lord, I need to reach new heights quickly.”

And with hesitance, he proceeded to check his heart which now had a mark that resembled a purple skull. The skull had two horns and it was emitting a thick aura of death, ”It seems like my life has been marked, and from what he said, I can only live for fifteen years just like Yue.”

A life in exchange for a life, that's what supposed to happen. But the gray figure didn't want that, as he too would die in the process of reviving the lass. To save both, the Gray Figure had to do the next best thing, create a pact with the land where all souls end up when it leaves the body.

The land where the Wheel of Reincarnation resides, a place called the Underworld. The pact the Gray Figure created was simple, with his own life he will become the anchor or the lifeblood that will keep Wang Yue alive and keep her here.

The one who will benefit the most here would be Wang Yue and the one taking the full brunt of everything would be Wang Ling. Wang Yue will be granted a fifteen years lifespan that is not connected to the Underworld through a pact.

Meaning, Wang Yue can lead a normal life of someone who has fifteen years long lifespan and she can still increase that lifespan of hers like a normal cultivator. And like a normal person, she will be able to have hundreds of thousands of years of lifespan if she reaches the Celestial Phase.

But for Wang Ling, the ending is different. Every time he reaches the next level, the cultivation he will have will be forcefully stripped away and only ten years will be added to his lifespan rather than thousands of years.

The lifespan that is stripped away from him would be sent to the Underworld as a tribute to not take his soul away.