"Ultimately, it's still a matter of insufficient strength. You must improve quickly, or you won't know when you'll be able to return to your sister's side!" Lady Cloud sipped her tea, her gaze scanning over Bexia, while Christine, dressed in a black and white maid outfit, served her tea. Conesy stood behind her like a bodyguard.
"I understand. It's not just me; Christine and Conesy need to improve as well, especially Conesy. This time, as soon as we go out, I'll bring out her battleship body!" Bexia took a sip of the fragrant tea and suddenly had an idea.
"Can your strength be enhanced, Lady Cloud?"
"Yes, it can! If you prepare ten thousand pieces of spatial rule fragments for me, I can transform this puppet into an immortal body of rules. My strength, as a member of the rule family, will then be elevated to immortality!" Lady Cloud said with a smile.
"Ten thousand pieces of spatial rule fragments..." Bexia sighed and took another sip of tea. In Arahtys' treasury, there were only a few pieces of spatial rule fragments. How would she collect ten thousand pieces?
Rule fragments are also graded based on the complexity of the rules. Basic rule fragments are the lowest level and relatively easy to obtain, such as fire rule fragments or poison rule fragments. These are the most basic and straightforward rules.
In the next level are the quasi-god-level rules, which incorporate complex rule forms instead of simple rules. For example, the explosive rule combines fire and explosion rules, a minor rule in the operation of the universe.
Above that are the true god-level rules, which adhere to the major rules governing the operation of the universe, such as the yin-yang rule of birth and restraint, or the five elements rule of continual generation.
Beyond the true god-level rules are the supreme god-level rules, which are fundamental laws inherent in the universe itself, such as spatial rules or the equivalent laws of time and reincarnation, but they are few in number and types.
It is rumored that above the supreme god-level rules are the ruler-level rules, which consist of only three: creation, destruction, and chaos!
Lady Cloud needs ten thousand pieces of spatial rule fragments. According to the exchange rate in the virtual network world:
Ten basic rules exchange for one quasi-god rule!
Ten quasi-god rules exchange for one true god rule!
One hundred true god rules exchange for one supreme god rule!
This means that ten thousand basic rule fragments exchange for one spatial rule fragment. Therefore, ten thousand spatial rule fragments would require one hundred million basic rule fragments, even if there were a hundred more Arahtys' treasuries, it still wouldn't be enough.
Lady Cloud's words were almost like a joke; Bexia certainly couldn't produce ten thousand rule fragments, so she just smiled and left it at that.
Bexia looked up at the clear sky, faintly able to see countless tiny cracks still present in the sky. These were remnants from his most powerful strike. Despite a month passing since his battle with the Abyssal Demon, this mark had not fully healed.
Not only were the faint cracks visible in the sky, but the overall energy density of the world had also decreased significantly. It's not an exaggeration to say that the battle with Baso accelerated the world's path towards destruction, a world that was already in decline.
"Almost time for us to leave!" Bexia retracted his gaze and looked at the four little ones hiding nearby, a slight smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. Despite having lived a peaceful life here, he knew it was time to move on after getting enough rest.
After dealing with Basao, the fact that the elven queen was still alive prevented the elven race from falling into disarray. However, the large-scale loss of their people plunged the elves into deep mourning. With their already small population drastically reduced by over half, and their high-level combat strength severely diminished, they now numbered less than two thousand individuals. Among them, only two monarchs and a dozen or so champions remained, with many of them still children.
Bexia couldn't do much about the situation, as he couldn't directly increase the elven population. Thus, he did what he could to enhance the elven race's combat power by giving the queen the skills he had organized for free. He believed that with the ability to learn these skills, the elves would soon regain some of their fighting strength.
Two days later, Bexia bid farewell to the elven queen. Unexpectedly, a situation similar to what had happened in the cat tribe's village unfolded once more. The elven queen directly considered Baizhi and Heitong as a "reward" for recording skills and handed them over to Bexia. Moreover, the two were carrying two elven artifacts with them. Regardless of Bexia's refusal, they, along with the elven queen, were determined to follow him.
Bexia was not foolish and could see through some of the queen's intentions. Though she outwardly wanted Baizhi and Heitong to be Bexia's subordinates, she knew he wouldn't go along with it. Thus, she simply found an excuse to have the two accompany Bexia, perhaps hoping he would lead them to a wider world outside, rather than staying in this dying world awaiting death. Otherwise, she wouldn't have entrusted them with the most precious artifacts.
Little did Bexia know, the elven queen had placed the only seed of the elven race's mother tree within Baizhi. As long as they could cultivate a new Tree of Life, their elven race would not perish.
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The Celestial Realm
The Celestial Realm is divided into seven layers, with only the dominant race of this world, the Angel race, able to ascend beyond the fourth layer. The fourth layer is the living area of the two-winged Angels, the fifth layer is where the four-winged Greater Angels reside, and the few six-winged Archangels and their Angel legions occupy the sixth layer. As for the seventh layer, it is an empty expanse, illuminated constantly by a shining "sun" emitting sacred light.
The Celestial Realm's world is peculiar, with each layer being isolated and separated by impenetrable "barriers." Without crossing these barriers, one would be completely unaware of what was happening on other layers.
In a vast temple within the space of the sixth layer, once the palace of the Archangel Lord Lucifer, now transformed into a prison for the fallen Lucifer who had defied the will of the Creator.
In the center of the palace, bathed in sacred light, surrounded by four massive stone columns, a figure was bound in chains, with not a thread covering her perfect form. Even a woman would be mesmerized by her flawless physique, but her jet-black hair and the dark six wings on her back clashed starkly with her environment.
"Clank, clank!" The sound of metal colliding echoed as footsteps approached. A figure bathed in light stepped forward, casting a complex look at Lucifer.
"Lucifer, are you still obstinate? Only by returning to the embrace of the Lord can you find redemption!"
"Hehe." Lucifer raised her head, her crimson eyes filled with disdain and mockery as she looked at the approaching figure. She retorted, "Who has truly strayed onto the wrong path? Is the will of the Lord really His own?"
At that moment, the palace suddenly shook, especially the four chains locking Lucifer on the pillars abruptly snapped. Gabriel, witnessing this scene, narrowed his eyes in shock. By the time he reacted, Lucifer had completely freed herself from her bindings.
"Morning Star!"
"Judgment Day!"
Lucifer clasped her hands, two beams of light entered her body from afar. Subsequently, a black robe shrouded her delicate figure. Her six wings trembled, breaking free of the palace's constraints as she flew towards the heavens beyond.
"Lucifer..." Gabriel called out, receiving no response. Lucifer had already flown beyond the heavens. It was impossible for him alone to stop Lucifer. She was the strongest among the original seven archangels, requiring the other six archangels to capture her back then.
But why did the chains suddenly break? Gabriel stared at the pillars and chains in a daze.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, a figure was peering through a crystal ball, observing Gabriel. A faint smirk appeared on their lips as dark energies slowly suppressed the light emanating from Gabriel.
She was Lucifer, one of the original seven archangels!
