Death... and me

"Hmph!" Celis didn't fall for Rean's words as he replied, "I only killed the weaker ones. Those who reached the Late and Peak Stage of the Transition Realm were still able to escape from me with relative comfort. If it was you or Roan doing what I just did, I don't think they would have escaped so easily."

Rean shrugged his shoulders in response. "Well yeah, but they also didn't dare to stay and battle you at close range, even though they have the advantage of numbers. That alone speaks a lot about your strength and experience. Roan and I could probably defeat you, but it would definitely result in a pyrrhic victory."

Celis didn't deny that point. "So, what now? The ones who are still in the range of my vines are the ones who prefer to continue cultivating. As for the ones who escaped, they obviously want to kill other cultivators or me to get the other pieces of the immortal cultivation techniques." Sure enough, Rean and the others had also received the same offer, so Celis knew about it.

Hurio noticed the problem almost instantly, though. "The cultivation method might be fated to fail. After all, we did lose quite a few cultivators who won't be able to use Divine Origin Energy in this place anymore. Can we still deplete the Divine Origin Energy here?"

It was then that Wekil contacted everyone once again. "Whatever the other guy offers you, I can do better. First of all, I'm in the Lost Star Realm at the moment, while he isn't. You should know that it would be better to accept my offer."

Immediately, a cultivator of the Lanqueas Sect asked in response, "And how do we know it isn't you instead? As far as I know, neither of you two might be present in the Lost Star Realm to begin with."

Wekil pondered in silence for a bit when he remembered something. "One of my descendants is within your group. Also, a few others are present in the chamber where I'm being held. I'll show you, and you'll be able to recognize them."

Suddenly, the ground, which was just a huge patch of white, instantly turned transparent. Right below everyone, the chamber where Wekil, Mira, Lamanto, and the other members of Hurio's group were, had appeared in front of them.

"Sister!"

"Mira!"

Naturally, Hurio recognized Mira's group there. At the same time, Mira noticed them as well.

"Hurio! What are you doing here?!"

Hurio felt like crying after that. "That's what we also want to ask you!"

Sure enough, a few of the top ten powers' disciples recognized Mira's group. After all, they were part of the cultivators that stayed put outside the barrier between the outskirts and the depths for several months. Even if they didn't want to, they would still remember some of the faces present there.

"I do remember those people."

"I do as well."

"Who cares? Did any of you know that there was such a thing below the Divine Plane?"

"I've never heard of it."

"Me neither."

"Hmm... I do remember one of my elders saying something about a strong presence in the Lost Star Realm, but he had never had the chance to find out what it was."

"Oh, I heard a similar story as well."

Of course, that conversation didn't last long as they could see that some kind of clash was happening between the chamber's inscriptions and the Law-breaking Eye. They didn't know what was happening very clearly, but they could tell that things were at a kind of stalemate.

It was then that Hurio asked Mira. "Sister, what does he mean by descendant? How come I don't know anything about it?"

Mira shook her head as she told him, "This is not the right time to talk about it. We need to set our ancestor, who is locked in this chamber, free. Just focus on cultivating for now."

At the same time that Wekil tried to convince the cultivator to start to cultivate, the Divine Sense from Braga tried the opposite. Unfortunately for Braga, he couldn't prove that he was present, so the benefits he could provide were limited to what Wekil could if he came out.

"Alright, if I escape this chamber, I'll take one of you as my personal disciple, and I'll bring you with me home. Do any of you know the difference between this trash continent and the place where I came from? Let me give you an idea. There, a five-year-old would already be in the Transition Realm. Even the problem with finding one's path can be easily overcome with our methods. One of you will have the chance to look down over the entire Realm of Gods in the future."

Braga, of course, tried the same method, telling everyone, "Don't listen to him. What could an imprisoned guy do? First of all, do you feel alright in setting someone you had never heard of before free from his prison? Do you even know what he did in the past to deserve this?"

Everyone fell in deep thought when they heard Braga's words. However, there was an exception. Roan! "Hmph! Nicely done. This is the cultivation world. As far as I know, the guy locked in the chamber might have been put there unjustly. Of course, I can't tell whether that may be the case or not. But then again, one thing's for sure. He didn't ask everyone to kill each other, while the one speaking from the formation did. Since that's the case, I'll bet my coins on the imprisoned guy. Something tells me that I definitely won't escape this place if he succeeds in keeping his enemy in that chamber."

Without looking at anyone, Roan immediately began to cultivate again. By now, the fact that the twins know about the Divine Plane simply didn't matter anymore. The situation had spiraled way further from that. At the moment, survival and possible benefits were more important. With that said, everyone who was still within Celis's roots and vines began to cultivate as well.

In fact, even those far away decided to do the same after hearing everything up to this point.

Wekil couldn't help but feel some gratitude towards Roan. "Great! Do your best as Divine Origin Energy is plenty in here."

Braga obviously didn't like it. Then again, he didn't seem to care that much that everyone decided to take Wekil's side. "So what? Quite a few of them had died already thanks to the Demon Tree and mutual killing. Some even got a few more parts of the immortal cultivation techniques. Let me see if you can deplete the Divine Origin Energy in this place first or if I deplete your energy first."