Chapter 411
Ursula’s expression softened, though the weight of her concern lingered in her eyes. "Good. Just remember, strength isn’t only about enduring pain or overcoming obstacles. It’s also about knowing when to let others help you. Even the strongest flames need fuel to keep burning."
Xerosis gave a small nod, her lips curving into a faint smile. "I’ll keep that in mind. Thank you, Ursula."
Ursula nodded as the call ended, leaving both of them lost in their own thoughts.
While the demigods were laying out their plans, so was Nwadiebube. He had fallen into a calm state after receiving word from Yuki that the gods he feared would punish him were not present in their world at the moment.
This news lifted a significant burden from him. His previous haste to accomplish his goals had left many gaps in his kingdom’s stability. The most painful of these was the theft of the sacred branch.
Ezinne had used half of the branch to break through to the fifth stage, leaving only the other half. This meant they had the potential to produce another fifth-stage death shaman to strengthen their forces.
Unfortunately, the process for achieving a death shaman breakthrough proved problematic. Unlike Ezinne, who had successfully reached the underworld and condensed her domain with the help of her ancestors, the death shaman who followed her was not as fortunate.
This second death shaman attempted the same process, but the ancestral souls were overwhelmed. The underworld souls, drawn by the benefits that Ezinne’s ancestral soul was reaping, could not stand by and watch another chance be lost like last time.
In their overwhelmed state, a soul that was not of their ancestry infiltrated the process. This foreign soul played a pivotal role in condensing the death shaman’s domain. While the result was a new fifth-stage powerhouse, there was a major drawback: the death shaman now had to pay a price to activate their domain. This was in stark contrast to Ezinne, whose ancestors aided her freely without any cost.