Death... and me



Luman was enjoying his 'wives' in the settlement as usual when the twins' group arrived. By now, everyone was already aware of Luan's presence, but no one found it weird since they knew the twins had Dimensional Realms as well. 

With Luan's guidance, they easily returned to the settlement. It was possible to see that on the southwest side of the place, a huge patch above the swamp trees had even more trees growing. Those were the Underworld Light Trees that Rean had been taking care of with Kentucky. There were so many now that they didn't even need to bother with it anymore. Rean's Light Gathering Equipment was more than enough to be used for the job.

Entering the room, Rean couldn't help but wonder how Luman cultivated since it seemed he was always fooling around. Of course, he didn't mention it. "Senior Luman, we came here to bid you farewell."

"What?!" Luman was taken aback by the twins' words. "What are you talking about? You have just entered the Late Stage of the Space Bending Realm. If you leave, you will not find your way back unless you are extremely lucky. Drop this idea and stay here to cultivate quietly. Don't worry. Once I step into the next Realm, I will try to use my Spatial Powers to find a way out once again."

Roan shook his head. "As you know, even an Elder Devil got lost inside this place, so this is not a problem of cultivation. We decided that we might as well try our luck and see what we find. Who knows? We might end up with something good."

Luman looked at them and narrowed his eyes. But then again, he always felt that this day would come sooner or later. The twins had never been the type to stay in the settlement for long. They were always going out for training if they were not cultivating. "Sigh... forget it. I've seen you fight before. With your actual cultivation, I believe you won't have any problems surviving unless you find Demon Beasts an entire Realm above yourselves. However, it is still possible if you end up going to the center of the Swamp of no Return. Make sure to keep an eye out."

Rean and Roan nodded as they took their leave. However, just as Roan turned around, he suddenly remembered something and turned back. "Luman, would you sell me some more Iridescent Tear?"

Luman didn't expect that. However, only the twins seemed to have any use for it in this place, and he had accumulated quite a lot during all these years. "Sure, as long as you can pay for it."

Roan looked at Rean, who understood Roan's meaning. Right after, another 10000 Rank 4 Divine Stones appeared in front of Luman, much to his satisfaction. Following that, he took out another vial of Iridescent Tears and threw it at the twins. "Then that's a deal. I wish you luck."

The twins never mentioned to anyone that Luan was capable of finding his way around the Swamp, so Luman thought they would never meet again once they crossed the distance limit. That was another reason for him not refusing to sell one last vial.

Coming out of the room, Roan immediately threw the vial of Iridescent Tear at Luan. "Keep it for yourself. Although you are not strictly restricted by the items you can use in your Starlight Cultivation, the result will be better if you use the same materials as we do."

Luan was ecstatic to hear that and immediately sent the vial into his Spatial Ring. "Thank you, father."

Rean bitterly smiled as he pointed a finger to his head. "That's good and all. However, you will be the one to appease Celis."

At the moment, Celis was complaining nonstop in the Dimensional Realm after seeing his precious Divine Stones being taken away. 'How the hell do you expect me to cultivate in the future? Did you forget how many Divine Stones I use to keep everyone's cultivation ongoing? Give my Divine Stones back!'

Roan wanted to say that those were the twins' Divine Stones, but it was true that the more Celis used them, the more everyone benefited. 'Alright, shut up already. Once we find our way out, we can try to accumulate more Divine Stones. Besides, we need to find a way to acquire Rank 7 Divine Stones instead of those below since only Rank 7 and above have Divine Origin Energy in them.'

'Rank 7!' Celis' eyes immediately lit up. Although it made their cultivation faster to use the Rank 4 ones, Celis and everyone else still had to convert Divine Energy into Divine Origin Energy. However, if they could find Rank 7 ones, it is no secret how much faster their cultivation would become. It's just that even big powers of the Realm of gods had trouble bringing out such high-level stones.

Rean, Roan, and Luan then jumped on Kentucky's back and flew to the Underworld Light Trees' area. Rean quickly collected a few of the trees and put them into the Dimensional Realm. Since there were many, no one complained about it. They would be very useful for the Dark Tides and perhaps could be used for other objectives too.

Kentucky flapped his wings once again and took flight. As always, he couldn't fly more than a few tens of meters above the Swamp Trees. Nonetheless, he was definitely much faster now that his cultivation reached the Spacen Bending Realm.

Luan's pupils rotated, and he looked at the Spatial Flow around them. "Kentucky, go northeast from here." With Luan's help, they could follow the flow of space power and move in the direction of the center of the Swamp. 

The settlement disappeared little by little behind them while Rean and Roan looked forward. There was another Universe Foundation Fragment in this Swamp, and once they recovered it, everyone would probably get free from the Swamp's ability. Finally, Kentucky's figure completely disappeared into the distance.