Chapter 135: Leave It to Me
Aldrian felt puzzled by what the figure said. He looked behind him, wondering if the figure was talking to someone else, but all he saw was darkness. The only visible area was the ground they were standing on. He turned back around and was stunned to see a completely different scenery.
Now, he stood in the middle of a green garden, and in the center was a pyramid-shaped platform with a flat top. On the side of the platform was a large symbol that he recognized — the same symbol he had seen in some of his visions and on the golden box he had touched in the treasure vault. Atop the platform floated a sword.
Aldrian walked toward it and stopped just before reaching the sword. This was the exact same sword that the Forgeheart Kingdom had been trying to complete for so long. As he moved closer, he inspected the floating sword. Although it had the same shape and pattern, Aldrian could sense that this one felt more ’genuine.’ He could even feel its power coursing through him, despite this not being his physical body.
After a few moments of admiring the sword’s craftsmanship, he tried to touch it, but as he expected, his hand passed right through. He sighed in frustration, wanting to feel its details more closely. Suddenly, the sword trembled, and before he knew it, he was whisked away to another place — a dark space.
He frowned, feeling disoriented after being transported again so quickly. As he took in his surroundings, he finally realized where he was.
"This is my being’s essence!" Aldrian thought as he gazed at the solitary ’star,’ the only source of light in this dark space. He sensed something different.
"Is it just me, or is that star much closer now?" In the past, whenever Aldrian tried to move toward the ’star,’ time seemed to slow down, and his mind was always drawn back to memories of the past. No matter how far he flew, the star never seemed to get any closer — it felt like he was chasing it endlessly.
But now, the star seemed nearer, and with it, Aldrian felt he was making progress in unraveling the mysteries of his past. He concluded that the figure from earlier and the sword must be strongly connected to one of his true selves from the past like the Heavenly Demon and his wife. He was tempted to fly closer to the star and learn more about his past, but after some thought, he decided against it. The last time he stayed in this mindscape, it had kept him in cultivation for months!
He closed his eyes, a smile forming on his lips, feeling as though he had gained something important. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the treasure vault, where the golden box containing the sword’s blueprint was. The symbol on the box was now slowly fading away, and after that something new had been embedded in his mind — a fresh knowledge.