162 Another Transcenden (1/2)
Leon swept the grey crystal with his divine sense but couldn't find anything special apart from the cluster of essence swimming inside it. Leon soon shook his head. Comprehension of the elemental laws wasn't something tangible, so how could it be seen?
”There won't be any problems if I take this crystal with me, right?” Leon asked.
”Yes, there will be no problem, your Highness. In fact, there will be problems if you don't take it instead.” Captain Dylan said.
The grey crystal had already been used, and anyone would be able to discern that some of its essence had been absorbed. If the prince takes it, no one will say anything since he is royalty. However, if the crystal stay, someone was bound to be accused for secretly absorbing the crystal's essence regardless of the explanation.
”I see, thanks.”
Leon stowed away the grey crystal, flew out of the underground mines and began heading towards the palace. He had things to consult his mother. Also, she was more knowledgeable and may have an idea towards the crystal's origins. There was already a faint guess in his heart, but it was too shocking to believe.
However, after taking a few steps in the palace direction, Leon stopped with a change in expression and looked up at the sky. The weather was drastically changing as the clouds were being gathered towards the central airspace above the palace in a whirling motion like a hurricane taking form.
”Is this another Transcendent Phenomenon?” Leon mused. ”It doesn't share the same appearance as Grandpa Don's breakthrough to the Transcendent Realm, but such changes in the heaven and earth can only be phenomenon created from breaking through to the Transcendent Realm. I haven't heard of any other cause for a phenomenon outside of it.”
Besides the artificial phenomenon he created from wantonly devouring large amounts of energy of heaven and earth into his Worldspace, there really hadn't been any other irregular cases or news. Furthermore, a more experienced person could differentiate the two.
There was a difference between the gathering of the world's energy and the energy that seemingly came from the heavens. The skies began to glow with a silver light and an immense amount of metal essence could be sensed within it.
”Mother must be the person breaking through to Transcendent Realm.”
Leon came to a surprising conclusion. Other than his mother, who was at the level of seven-stars, there couldn't possibly be any other Awakener of the metal attribute breaking through to Transcendence within the palace grounds.
Few minutes later, after the beam of silver light struck down and disappeared silently as the sky began to regain its usually color and shape of the clouds, the Transcendent Phenomenon ended.
”Haih… both paths seem to lead to the everlasting, but the difference between them is like the difference between life and death. One was favored by the heavens, while the other goes against it.” Leon sighed. Why was there such a disparity between them? What set them apart?
After a moment of pondering, Leon thought, ”Is this the so-called balance of the world? The Divine Realm was rich with spirit energy and allowed life to thrive. In return, the heavens of the Divine Realm forbid divine practitioners from becoming stronger. As such, tribulations called the Divine Damnation exists at the latter stages of cultivation to stop them.”
”While in this world, the conditions are appalling. The spirit energy is scarce, the lands was perilous, and every other race threatened the annihilation of humanity. In return, if one can gain the acknowledgement of the heavens, they can gain access to untold power and their lifespan could also be lengthened. The greater the acknowledgement, the greater the benefits received.”
”But the world is fair, that is why Awakeners had to cultivate to receive the acknowledgement of the heavens, when they reach the prerequisite threshold. However, if one was favored by the heavens and receive the full acknowledgement straight from the start, was it possible for an ordinary person to immediately ascend to the peak of power, becoming almighty and everlasting?”
”The lifespan of a normal human was only a mere 100 years, while the vast universe was seemingly eternal. If one can become with it, they would share life with it and achieve the everlasting, right? Even if they don't, they should still be able to live as long as the sun and moon, right?”
The lifespan of a Divine King Realm practitioner was said to reach 100,000 years, but such lifespan was nothing compared to the billions of years, the sun and moon had.
”Divine practitioners chase the everlasting by recreating their own universe, while Awakeners conforms with the existing one to achieve it. But I have begun to walk both paths. Where would the end road lead me?”