Chapter 224
The portal opening must have been us arriving. But since the King is a member of the Divine Council, maybe he will help out here, after all, it was them, at the suggestion of their Lycan member, who sent Karl and Elder Song here. Speaking of which:
"Librarian! I knew you wouldn’t actually be dead." I hear an advisors voice over the din of battle, and see Elder Song giving him an annoyed look even as both continue to fight. Dozens of Divine Realm Cultivators are here now. The Lycans followed Beta John through, the King brought his Bodyguard plus a few curious advisors, and it seems they’re calling on even more.
High level Nephilim and Lycans are still emerging from the Portal, more than I thought were in the castle, and are spreading out in every direction. Not just to secure the area, they’re going beyond the horizon as well.
With so many Divine Realm Cultivators in the battle, the area is now secure, so I’m going to check on my mate. It seems he’s healed, but the dizziness and pain are from a repressed breakthrough. I grab him and hop into his lap chest to chest, our usual position for a breakthrough, as it lets the energy resonate between us.
"Go ahead and break through, the area is secure." I whisper to him and he opens glowing purple eyes to look at me. That’s new, but the memories he sent me warned that the Elemental was getting stronger and merging with him, so this must be one of the side effects.
I feed him a concoction of pills that will hopefully smooth out his transition, including one of the new ones we designed for letting mortals cultivate Divine energy. That seems to have done the trick, his power is surging steadily upwards, while I can feel the nature of it changing as he leaves the Mortal Realm for the Immortal.
But his cultivation isn’t stopping. It’s transforming to feel more like pure Arcane power, and his Core is being absorbed into the spark of the Nascent Soul that was formed when he entered Immortality. That’s well beyond the stage that I’m at, which is developing my Spirit Ocean so I can begin that process. Maybe he did that while he was mortal to develop his mage abilities?
His body feels like it’s lacking something, probably Divine energy, as he’s got lots of Death Energy stored, so I send him what I can, and I feel the Elemental side of his nature glow with happiness, before becoming one with the Nascent Soul that is forming.
Karl mind links me in gratitude, and I can feel the knowledge that the Divine Relic left behind slip a bit of information into his mind, giving the bond a feeling of clarity, before Karl advances in power yet again, as if grasping at the truth of heaven and earth. I can feel everything in the area start to take on an Arcane Magic feeling and a hint of Karl’s aura as a Domain taking control of the area, before the feeling settles and his advancement stabilizes.
If he had fully formed that Domain, he would be halfway through Immortality already. Fusing a fully formed domain with the Nascent Soul changes your very nature. Shifting the remnants of the Mortal you were towards the Divine being you are becoming. The Nephilim call that the Origin Soul, capable of properly using the Divine Energy of the Divine Planes. When that Origin Soul is strong enough to become corporeal, it will become the Celestial Body that is the beginning of a Divine Realm Cultivators ability to rebirth themselves from a soul alone.