Death... and me

Rean then began to talk about what happened when he died. "Then I grabbed Death's leg and pulled him with me into the Reincarnation Path..."

"Reincarnation Path?" Juliana felt more surprised as she heard. "Is there such a thing?" She wasn't religious or anything like that. In her mind, as long as you died, it was all over. She never believed things like souls truly existed.

Rean nodded. "Yes, although this one is fake," Rean added while shrugging his shoulders.

Rean continued the story, telling how he and death passed through the reincarnation path, just to be dragged into another part of the Universe, eventually being reborn as twins. "Can you believe that? That guy ended up becoming my brother!"

"Hahahaha!" Juliana couldn't help but laugh out loud. "This is just too funny."

"Ehhh?" Rean was taken aback. "I thought you would be angry for me..."

"Angry?" Juliana shook her head. "You are here now, aren't you? The combination of factors that led to you finding me in this place definitely had this Death Spirit brother of yours involved. If anything, I have to be thankful to him."

Rean had to admit she was right. "Well, I guess I can give him this little bit of credit."

The story didn't stop and Rean reached the part where Sunkan Planet was destroyed while his group teleported away to save themselves. "I truly got mad at that time. However, the planet wasn't truly gone. Due to some circumstances, the planet was restored, and most of the souls in there were revived."

"If you were not in front of me right now, I would say you were spitting bullshit," Juliana commented. "Yet, you revived... reincarnated... close enough. Well, if you can, so can others."

Rean nodded. He saw how his mother was starting to get used to all the craziness in his stories. Of course, during his tales, he had the chance to show his own powers. At some point, Rean even took his mother into the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm and flew around with her. She saw many Demon Beasts that didn't exist on Earth, and a few even talked to her. Whether she wanted it or not, she could only believe it.

Several hours later, Rean finally arrived at the moment when he met his father on the other side of the Universe. "That's how I found out about Dad being an Archangel. This facility we are at the moment, it was something built by him. He isn't just an Archangel; he is a being that came from outside of this Universe."

"How could he hide it all from me?" Juliana asked back. "Wait, then that makes him how old? Millions of years?"

Rean laughed. "Millions of years? That's nothing. He's probably hundreds of millions of years old. Well, from what I know, he did spend more than 99% of this time in the Cryo pods, the same I found you inside. That said, it was as if time didn't even pass for him. Just so that you know, I myself am already over a thousand years old."

"A thousand... How come you look so young?" Juliana asked back.

"Oh, right!" Rean remembered he was still using his appearance from his previous life. His Light Element quickly gathered, and the structure of his body changed. Finally, he returned to his white hair and eyes, having completely different facial features. 

"This..." Juliana was taken aback once again. "Are you truly Rean?"

Rean nodded. "Yes. However, did you forget what I said? I reincarnated on the other side of this Universe. That means I was in a new woman's womb and carried a different DNA. Naturally, my appearance on the bloodline side is a lot like my new parents. Don't worry; my soul is still my soul. My new mother is also in the Dimensional Realm with my new father's avatar. I'll introduce you to them later."

"I see... I forgot about the DNA part of things... It feels quite sad seeing that you are nothing like me or your father anymore." Juliana sighed.

Rean didn't mind. "It's fine. Anyway, the reason we look this young is because of cultivation."

"That thing about collecting energy and entering different levels that you said?" Juliana obviously heard Rean commenting about it many times.

"Yes," Rean nodded. "Your lifespan increases every time you reach a new realm. Once you reach the Space-Time Realm, you have no more lifespan as you don't need it. You can literally live forever... as long as no one kills you, that is."

Rean then gave a quick explanation of how everything worked, making it very simple to understand.

"You... can get younger?!" Yet, the only part Juliana cared about was about the appearance. "Teach your mother how to do it! Even though I do exercise regularly, my age is truly taking its toll on me. I want to be younger too!"

Rean bitterly smiled. "Unfortunately, you were born in a world where cultivation energies don't exist. Simply put, humans and all other animals on Earth evolved to fit the environment, which doesn't have cultivation. Your body simply doesn't have the characteristics necessary to cultivate."

"I see..." Juliana immediately felt it was a shame. "That's so unfair. Oh well, if nothing can be done, so be it."

"There are a few pills and other medicines that can increase lifespan, though," Rean added. "I'll ask Roan later to make a few for you."

"Alright!" Juliana once again got happy.

Rean continued his tale from there, telling how he ended up on this side of the Universe and finally found this facility. It was here that the facility's system told him the cryo pods were working and had three individuals inside. Naturally, his mother was one of them.

"And that's how everything happened up to this point now," Rean concluded. 

Juliana then looked around the room and saw the cryo pods. By now, she wasn't much afraid anymore. "Then... who are the people inside the other two?"

Rean looked at the cryo pods on the back. "I can only find out after opening them."