NOVPUBBeyond the celestial barrier, the landscape of the corrupted realm stretched out in all directions. A bleak and desolate wasteland marred by the taint of darkness. Jagged mountains loomed on the horizon. Their peaks were obscured by roiling clouds of malevolent energy.
Peering into the depths, Elysia could catch glimpses of countless corrupted monsters imprisoned within. Their forms were twisted and grotesque, eyes gleaming with malice as they pressed against the confines, seeking release from their eternal torment.
Within the depth of darkness emanated an eerie glow. The sickly green light that cast twisted shadows upon the celestial landscape. This ghastly illumination hinted at the horrors that lay imprisoned within, waiting for an opportunity to break free and unleash their fury upon the Heavens.
Elysia had just caught a glimpse of Nirvana Realm from the Nirvana Seal’s gateway, but she already felt a sickening aura that made her want to escape immediately.
However, she had her own task there. Her vision remained sharp, staring deep into the Nirvana Seal. After that, she took out an artifact Yuna had just given her.
Nirvana Air Time. The divine class artifact with the shape of a glass crystal ball could be used to record a person’s vision. Elysia activated the artifact and shared her vision to start the recording.
It could also broadcast her vision, but she didn’t want to do it. 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
It was her divine sense and partial consciousness from her Sacred Vision.
The eerie green lights within that fog of darkness also made her somewhat wary. She couldn’t see beyond the thick fog easily, and she had to prepare herself mentally because she was afraid of a jumpscare.
"He-Dao, is there any place that you want to check out? I can’t stay focused for long. Those eerie green lights keep staring at me..." Elysia waved her hand to the side.
"Sure enough..." He-Dao felt a bit surprised, but he had expected it.
Nobody could peer beyond the Nirvana Seal due to the heavy restrictions, but Goddess Ely received Nirvana’s blessing to observe the corrupted realm unhindered.
"Avoid those green lights. Can you record the core domain? The center region, the Nirvana Palace." He-Dao looked at the Nirvana Seal and then grabbed Goddess Ely’s hand. He could sense her heartbeat becoming somewhat irregular.
"I’ll try to look deeper and record it." Elysia nodded slightly.
Her divine sense remained with the spectral guardian at the seal boundary. The Nirvana Realm was like a realm enclosed in a glass ball. Nirvana brought her to the highest point of the glass ball and began to advance further to observe the core domain.
The fog was getting thicker, covering almost all domains. Elysia strengthened her Sacred Vision to see through the thick fog of darkness and observe things more clearly.
The eerie green lights within the darkness increased in number, and they all stared at the reddish sky with deep hatred.
Elysia tried to ignore those monsters on the assumption they couldn’t actually see her, only feeling observed by the sky.
However, a pair of giant green lights suddenly flashed brightly at the center of the core domain, and a shadow suddenly shot high into the sky, striking the Nirvana Seal’s boundary.
*Bang!*
Elysia jerked back in surprise. Her breathing became erratic, and her heart beat faster.
"Devour you..." The giant monster growled, stating his declaration with intimidation.
*Crack*
The realm boundary cracked upon the giant monster’s claw’s grip, but Nirvana immediately made her move. With a sweep of her hand, the giant monster was thrown back. "Return to the ground."
After that, the cracked boundary was repaired.
"Your Grace, he has awakened and will target us. The boundary is vulnerable in its current state. Have you got enough information?" Nirvana supported the Supreme Goddess from behind and closed the sealed boundary under her heavenly principle’s laws.
"I think that’s enough." Elysia had already roughly measured the enemies. She had observed the status screens of several prominent monsters, and only those with glowing green eyes possessed the highest threat.
*Bam!* *Bang!* *Crack!*
Several shockwaves shook the space boundary. The tremendous impact crashed against the space, and the almost tightly closed seal suddenly cracked apart.
A pair of long black claws tore through the space, and a bright green eye peeked from the gap.
"Found you!" The giant monster growled in his speech.
"Your Grace, quickly retract your divine sense from this space boundary! I will restrain him and seal him back into Nirvana Realm." Nirvana stepped aside and extended her hands forward, pushing the giant monster back into the sealed realm.
However, the monster tried his best to resist, tearing the space boundary to accelerate the Nirvana Seal collapse.
<| 18th Rank | Sovereign of Abyss | Helfheim | N/A | HP: 911.1M / 919.8M | MP: 741.2M / 728.9M | SP: 740.8M / 789.2M |>
<| Talent: 7 Stars | Heavenly(7) |>
<| STR: 128.4K | DEX: 21.2K | CON: 19.2K | PER: 2.1K | ARC: 95.2K | VIT: 952.5M | LCK: 6666 |>
Elysia was about to help Nirvana repel the giant monster back to his place, but she was a little intimidated when the giant monster’s status screen popped out before her vision. This monster’s stats were much higher than He-Dao!
"Goddess Ely, what happened? What did you encounter?" He-Dao became somewhat panicked when he discovered Goddess Ely’s aura suddenly became unstable.
"The Abyssal Demon Sovereign wants to break out. We need to prevent him." Elysia retracted her hand from He-Dao’s grasp and touched the Nirvana Seal with both hands.
Her response took everyone by surprise, especially He-Dao. He immediately asked Goddess Ely to retract her divine sense.
Unfortunately, Elysia was too focused on preventing the inevitable disaster from happening earlier than expected. She was unaware of what was happening in the outside world as she had to channel more divine power to help Nirvana repel the Sovereign of the Abyss out of the space boundary.
At the same time, a spiraling void emerged in the distant sky of Heavenly Realm. A pitch-black arrow head poked out from the dimensional gap. At that instant, the arrow of chaos was released, tearing apart the space it passed through like an unstoppable doom.
"!?"
The Gods and Immortals were alarmed by the approaching danger. Dozens of them immediately mobilized their divine treasures and ultimate defensive techniques to withstand the ambush.
"Hmph!" Yuna led in manifesting a protective divine formation strengthened by the heavenly laws.
*Shatter!*
Several Gods and Immortals got their defenses penetrated like thin glass before a bullet.
"Make it stop!" Yuna exclaimed in shock.
Even the defense of dozens of Gods and Immortals could not stop that arrow. Even several God Kings still couldn’t make it stop.
*Bam!*
The defense formation supported by the Heavenly Agents was also shattered into pieces upon contact with the arrow of chaos.
Yuna and other Heavenly Agents spat out a mouthful of blood, but Amy immediately sprang forward, catching that arrow with her bare hand.
Unfortunately, the ambush was way stronger than her divinity. Her hand evaporated instantly.
Everyone didn’t expect that they still couldn’t stop the ambush. They had been notified beforehand, and the sole target of that unstoppable ultimate attack was none other than the vulnerable Supreme Goddess!
When the God Emperors and Primordial Gods were ready to stop that arrow as a final defense, He-Dao warped and crushed that arrow into dust using his full might.
"Who dares to make trouble in my Heavenly Realm? Show yourself!" He-Dao made a gripping motion toward the sky in the distance.
The space split into pieces, but the spiraling darkness disappeared into particles. Unfortunately, He-Dao held ultimate authority over the entire Heavens and their heavenly principles.
He forcibly pulled the attacker out of the hidden dimensional hole with tremendous force.
It was a little heavenly demon with a divine arrow of the apocalypse. He-Dao spoke nothing more and immediately strangled the demonic hell boy to death, extracting the dead’s soul most painfully.
He then sealed the anguished soul into a container as he would interrogate this offender later.
"No wonder Her Grace warned me three times... This little heavenly demon is a disposable pawn, but he was strengthened by elements of chaos to reach the Immortal King for a short time. What do they pay to get this power?" He-Dao observed the injured.
Even though they had been warned beforehand, they were still insufficient to stop an ultimate attack equivalent to an Immortal King that could harm even a God Emperor.
He-Dao’s palm was bleeding slightly, but he hid it. Dozens of people suffered minor injuries due to their artifacts being destroyed.
However, He-Dao immediately returned to Goddess Ely’s side because she was still struggling to keep the abyssal monsters from breaking out.
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"Leave it to me." Elysia made a triangle with her fingers, launching a chaotic interruption to disrupt the Sovereign of Abyss’s mind.
It caused extraordinary confusion for a few seconds. Elysia used the opportunity to assist Nirvana in knocking that giant monster back into the Nirvana Realm. At the same time, she immediately helped Nirvana to speed up the repair and sealing.
The entire space boundary soon returned to serenity. Only bluish-gold light could be seen everywhere.
"I will bless you with a blessing. Give us five months, and we will eradicate those corrupted monsters with thorough preparation." Elysia supported Nirvana from the side.
"Alright. Thank you. I will wait for you, Your Grace." Nirvana felt a little dizzy, almost fainting. If that monster managed to break through, she had to use her desperate measures so the Nirvana Seal wouldn’t collapse immediately. Luckily, the Supreme Goddess immediately came to her aid.
"Nirvana, right? Please forgive me for the trouble I brought."
"It’s not your fault, Your Grace. He’s been eyeing me since eons ago. His current objective is to break out, and he would do anything when he sensed the possible exit. I weakened part of the barrier so we could observe the Nirvana Realm, which instantly drove him crazy."
"You’re the Lady of Heaven. Sacrificing everything, you’ve protected the Heavens and the worlds for so long. At least talk to him once. I feel like you don’t deserve this ending."
Elysia held Nirvana’s hand. She could revive Nirvana if the variables for revival could be met. He-Dao would be the one to pay the price, but unfortunately, Nirvana was left with only one’s wisp of will, without soul and spirit.
It might be brief and faint, but she sensed Nirvana and He-Dao had an unusual relationship. Unfortunately, He-Dao never knew Nirvana’s wisp of will was still around.
"Please forgive me, but I can’t do it. I am already dead and will disappear soon. It’s only my wisp of will that remained. Please don’t make my sacrifice end in deep sadness again. I want him to move on and forget me. I want to see Quadtria become a beautiful world where everyone can live in harmony and peace. That is my deepest happiness." Nirvana shook her head.
Elysia tried to convince Nirvana once again, but Nirvana refused continuously.
Therefore, Elysia could only sigh because she couldn’t force it either.
"Please receive my blessing as well, Your Grace. No, this is not a divine authority and power transfer." Nirvana stretched out her hand, assuring the Supreme Goddess of her good attitude.
Elysia stared at Nirvana’s blue eyes with a profound gaze. She asked Nirvana to say everything one needed to tell her, He-Dao, or whoever it was.
She recorded it as if they were Nirvana’s last words and separated the recording from the primary visual because her gut feeling told her it might be the last time she met Nirvana.
After that, Nirvana reached out her hand to Elysia’s divine sense, placing a blessing to strengthen the Supreme Goddess with her last remaining power but leaving enough to maintain the seal for five months.
"I’ll leave the future to you, Goddess Ely." Nirvana smiled brightly as if all her burdens and regrets had disappeared.
However, she could no longer maintain her will’s form. Therefore, she broke into particles, merging with the Nirvana Seal’s space boundary.
"What a stubborn lady..." Elysia stretched out her hand, stroking Nirvana’s divine particles with a sigh.
She could sense Nirvana’s wisp of will was still conscious within the Nirvana Seal but could no longer put the remains of one’s existence into a form of manifestation.
