Established Pinnacle: The Enigma

""Each one stronger than the last?"

"Yes, indeed."

"Alright. I'll take it. And to be clear, once I'm done, there will be no Karma between us anymore, right?" Su Han nodded to her suggestion, then verified.

"Yes, indeed." She affirmed.

Su Han took everything to mind and then agreed to her words. But the entity above them did not say what the first trial was, and instead told them to recuperate.

She told the Deific Tree to take them out to let them get to know the City outside. The place they were in, was a large forest, and outside of that was a very large city.

Su Han did not disagree, and helped Su Xue out. The Deific Tree said nothing and just led the way. From that day onwards, Su Han and Su Xue first recuperated.

It took two weeks for Su Xue to heal to top condition. Throughout that time, they did nothing but expore the forest they were in. The fruits and herbs here helped heal her faster.

It would have taken at most another week's time to completely heal. She also realized that, the form had a very secretive ability at the end of recuperation.

Which was that, when she completely recovered, she could obtain 0,0001% the overall speed and strength she had when she was at her zenith state.

One had to remember that she was fast enough to cross a nigh-quintillion light years worth of distance at her peak state. And her strength was capable of erasing Universes with force alone.

Even just a millionth of that strength was still hundreds of thousands of galactic strength. Then when it comes to speed, she would still be capable of traversing the distance of a Universe in just a second!!

And these... were now her base stats!!

If she used the form again, she would reach an even higher state of zenith. And after the form, will have an even higher base state. In other words, this form had an immeasurable limit!!

Another discovery made was that, this forest was especially terrifying. The beasts here were abundant. And those with Realms of Deity Kings and Deity Emperors were also abundant.

They were even those that matched Su Han with his Divine Form, and some that were stronger than him.

Just that alone made this forest all the more terrifying. Let alone the combat prowess of the Deific Tree, now that she was restricted no more, and Su Xue was at her base form.

The godparent-god daughter pair were even more excited about this new environment. Su Han even knew that he might have found himself within a Higher Realm!!

As for which Realm? He was not sure as of yet, and was looking forward to finding out. And also fulfilling the seven Trials of a terrifying being.

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The days went by, and the godfather-god daughter duo found themselves within a prosperous city. It was the city directly under the terrifying woman they met weeks ago.

They walked through the busy roads in intrigue, watching everything take place. As residents of the Middle Realm, they were very much curious how the structure of a Higher Realm looked like.

And to be honest, it was amazing.

From knowledge learnt, they knew that the city they were in was a Tier 5 City, meaning that it was as grand as a Five Star Empire back at the mortal world.

The number of gods were immense. They were a lot of them to the point where, most were just treated as ordinary beings. Some were even poor to the extremes.

"Whoooaaaa!!! Godfather godfather!! Here here here." Su Xue hurriedly dragged Su Han along the streets, and brought him next to a small stand on the road.

Behind the stand, was a man who seemed to be grilling some meat. He was emotionless, and seemed bored. Hearing Su Xue's call, his face bloomed with a smile, and he called out. "Welcome, welcome. What can I get for you, young couple?"

He asked in a kind tone, soft and affectionate. Su Xue did not mind if much, and asked back in excitement. "What do you sell here? It smells so good, it has me almost salvating. Hiiii, by the way."

"H-Hey, how are you?" The man was shocked by her beauty, and felt his heart skip a beat. For a moment, he thought an Outer being was standing right before him.

And when he turned to Su Han, the towel in his hands slowly slid down as he froze in stupor. The latter's charm had him questioning his gendr, but most importantly, 'Outer!! Two Outer Gods are defined standing before me!!'

He became nervous, and did not know what to say. Su Xue blinked her eyes at him, and even waved her hand before his eyes. "Godfather... Is he broken? Is he okay?"

Su Han nodded, and took two sticks of already prepared, well braised steak, and left a Divine Crystal on the desk. "Yeah, but he will be okay. Let's go somewhere else."

"Okaaaay!!" Su Xue replied in joy. She then hugged his arm, and continued to drag him around the district. People around them continously mistook them for people in authority.

And some even mistook them as a couple, while others were able to tell through their looks and behavior, that they were clearly related by blood.

Bit regardless, their journey was a blast. Su Xue got plenty of rest, and also plenty of spending time with her godfather. Striking two birds, with one stone.

The rest of the day went by, and by noon, Su Han stood before a dragon held carriage, and was having a conversation with the driver. "You're moving out? Is it far or close by?"

The man asked, and Su Han responded. "Far, yet not too far. We are looking to go to Goldberg City if possible." He said with a smile.

The carriage man thought about it for a moment, and realized that his destination did not take that route. But the route he took was not too far from Goldberg City. From there, a person could reach the city in a week or two.

"That's a bit too far from my route, but... if you don't mind the exercise, you can take the ride and you'll walk. Is that alright with you, lad?" He said, and Su Han did not overthink it much.

He nodded in agreement, and with a smile of purity. "Alright, thanks uncle. Please give me a moment. Hey Xue'er, let's go. We have a free ride." Then he called out to Su Xue.

The young lady who was talking with a group of young women, suddenly turned around to respond to her godfather. "Okay!! On my way godfather!!"

She turned back to her new friends and said with a bitter smile, "I'm sorry, but my godfather does not like women. Better luck next time sisters." And took off to meet Su Han.

The remaining ladies sighed in disappointment. "What a pity." One of them said, another them added in sadness. "Yeah. Why us it that the most handsome of men, are not straight? It's too infuriating?"

Another one then followed, "You're right. It's as if they are saying that men are better looking than us. As if men are better at being wives and women better than women. Hmph."

"Well what's done, is done. Nor like there's anything you can do about it." The first one closed the topic, looking bitterly at the carriage that took flight and left.

The other woman followed after her gaze, and not far away, a very large group of men watched bitterly as Su Xue waved at them all. Deity Kings and Emperors mixed within.

Unlike the woman, they never dared to go after her. Su Han alone was enough deterrent for them to go. None could compare to him in charm, and let alone in strength.

Unfortunately that being the case here, did not mean that it was the same inside the carriage. A dark haired, red eyed man stared at Su Xue and smiled. "What beauty you got there. Is she your sister? You two look alike."

Su Han looked up at him, and felt disgusted inside. He did not understand the feeling, but from experience, he knew that he simply did not like this man. It was instinct.

But he still smiled at him, "Thanks. She's my God daughter." And responded as such. The man nodded his head, and did not speak any further.

He felt Su Han's strength silently climb up, and when it stopped, he felt like even he had no chance of winning. Or rather, even if he were to win, he might lose more than he could obtain.

'It's just a girl. Not worth losing an arm or a leg for it. I can get as many tools like her if I just get stronger. All I need is time.' The man thought, ignoring the godfather-god daughter duo.

And just like that, Su Han was on his way to try and find a being that he could eliminate, to clear out his first trial. As for who it was, he just knew that they went by the name of; "Mountain God".