Death… And Me

Chapter 1533 - Foundation

Naturally, Himatikia was happy to hear that. ”Great! In that case, Iʼll bring you two there. Of course, I heard about your Demon Bird and the young boy. I donʼt mind bringing them together as well.”

Rean felt like laughing once he heard that. Those same guys she was talking about were in the Dimensional Realm at the moment, so there wasnʼt really any Demon Bird or young boy for Himatikia to carry. ”Itʼs fine, senior. We will deal with it ourselves. In fact, we prefer it that way. So, when do you intend to go?”

Himatikia didnʼt mind it either. Since they didnʼt want her to bring the others, she wouldnʼt insist. ”To be honest, I have no reason to stay here. I didnʼt even want to come to start with. If it wasnʼt for the fact that I had to be a judge, I would have stayed in our headquarters until now. Are you ready to go now?”

Rean and Roan looked at Celis, who nodded at them in response. Seeing that they also had nothing else to do in this place, they decided to head out with Himatikia straight away. ”We can go now.”

Himatikia didnʼt waste time and used her Divine Energy to grab the twins and Celis. Following that, she left the room and went to see the Sect Master of the Tranquio Sect. Well, that was more because Rean wanted to bid farewell and let them know they wouldnʼt be joining the Tranquio Sect either.

Of course, Ormo couldnʼt help but feel sad about that. With the twins there, he most likely would have a guaranteed win for every Core and Soul Fusion Realm challenge. ”I see... so you wonʼt be able to fight for any other power anymore. I would be lying if I said I didnʼt mind, but I guess the purging organization has its reasons. In any case, thank you for the help this time around. We definitely won because of you two.”

Rean and Roan nodded once they heard that. Ormo then asked if they wanted to stay for the banquet, but the twins refused, saying they didnʼt have an interest in it. Only after that did Himatikia take flight again and leave the Tranquio Sect with the twinsʼ group and a few other elders.

”You will like it there. Because of our role in the Upside Down World, we have access to a lot of resources. Itʼs also because weʼre prohibited from intervening directly and must remain neutral at all times that we have the most freedom. Divine Stones arenʼt plenty, but there are a few every now and then,” Himatikia said.

Rean couldnʼt help but ask, ”Will we need to take part in that so-called purging every one hundred years? Iʼll be honest with you. I canʼt force myself to kill others like whatʼs expected of your organization.”

Himatikia narrowed her eyes in response, saying, ”You do know that itʼs the purging that prevents this place from going nuts, right? If we donʼt control the population, this Upside Down World will eventually collapse.”

Rean nodded, replying, ”I know that. However, I still canʼt go around killing innocent people, even if they were chosen randomly.”

Himatikia didnʼt insist, though. ”Well, itʼs a rare thing that weʼre the ones asking you to join our side, so perhaps there can be an exception for you. However, you better not try to get in the way of others. Even if youʼre part of our organization, you will be immediately executed if you stop anyone from doing their jobs. Even I wouldnʼt be an exception in this case.”

Rean could only nod for a moment. Though, he decided that he would definitely try to bring the people of the Upside-Down World out to end this purging thing.

Roan didnʼt care about any of that, though. Once Rean finished his questions about the organization, he decided to go back to the main topic while they flew. ʼNow then, thereʼs a good chance that the reason we need to stop everyone from leaving is that it might break this place.ʼ

Rean knew where Roan was coming from. ʼThe Upside Down World is connected to 33 places in the Pol Continent. All of them had the Salt Sweep phenomenon, while the statues were brought to this place by the natural formations. It pretty much meant that this place was very important to the entire Pol Continent in some way.ʼ

Roan nodded, saying, ʼCorrect. Since weʼre at it, we might as well try to discover whatʼs so important about this place that we must prevent it from being destroyed. Of course, we still donʼt know if the method used for escaping is really going to break this place. For example, perhaps this place needs its cultivators and demon beasts so that it can work properly.ʼ

ʼDo you mean fuel?ʼ Celis, who was also participating in the conversation, asked.

ʼYes,ʼ Roan replied in agreement. ʼThe Divine Energy of the cultivators themselves might be partially used by this Upside Down World. If they escape, this world might collapse or simply stop working on whatever its existence is meant to be doing. We still donʼt know if itʼs a Dimensional Realm, after all.ʼ

Rean pondered over it for a bit before asking Sister Orb, ʼSister Orb, do continents have foundations? Like the foundation of the universe which we have a fragment of?ʼ

Roan and Celis looked at Rean in surprise as they became very curious about Sister Orbʼs answer.

[Where did you get this idea from?]

Rean then explained, ʼWell, this is a tube-like world, right? It moves in a straight line on both sides. Donʼt you think it looks like a pillar?ʼ

[Thatʼs quite perceptive of you. Unfortunately for you, I have no idea.]

Rean quite expected that answer already. ʼIs it because this is restricted information from the system?ʼ

[Not really. The system is not preventing me from talking about it at all. Itʼs just that I donʼt know. Of course, I canʼt guarantee that the system, or Soul Gem for that matter, doesnʼt know about it. Perhaps the system will give you more information in the future.]

Rean nodded after hearing that. ʼAlright, Iʼll keep this idea in mind.ʼ