Immortal Kingdoms

When the shock subsided, inspiration and enlightenment suddenly struck Leonardo's mind as an absolutely ridiculous idea popped in his head.

The black shadow from the obelisk already taught Leonardo how to extract the lifelong combat experiences of First Dizmason Eternus, and the first-lifetime experience was invested into Ingrid as the First Twilight, should he give Rosaline the lifelong experience of the Second Dizmason Eternus?

Leonardo made a split-second decision on the spot, deciding that since the mutation had already occurred and her life was now linked to his, he might as well go big.

Thus, the silent black sea began to boil and roil over as countless fragmented images of endless slaughter flashed through the deep waters, quickly gathering into a compressed black pill with a terrifying will of extermination. Leonardo's innate martial intent was pushed to the limits as he calculated thousands of future avenues, searching for a possible merging path.

Rosaline had long surrendered control over her soul and will to Leonardo, hence he didn't receive any backlash from reading the timelines of her karma.

With a thought, the black pill shot into his soul pearl, phasing through the bloodthirsty nebula and merging into the pulsing embryo.

The miniature infant within the small core went silent for a moment. Then, its entire body started oscillating with a flash of black that began to burrow deep into what resembled skin.

The pearl began to spin faster, prompting the bloodthirsty nebula to increase its rotation speed, and like a domino effect, the other nebulas and the black sphere they orbited also began to spin faster. The pores on Leonardo's skin expanded as the speed at which he drew in ether almost doubled, over half of which poured directly into the embryo.

Very quickly, the embryo's situation stabilized, the flickering black skin reverting back to a milky white luster.

…

"Mhm? Can your body handle that much ether? I recommend absorbing it slowly." The junior brother noticed the irregular fluctuations, kindly reminding Leonardo.

Leonardo opened his eyes slightly with a faint smile.

"I'm fine, this is barely manageable…" As he spoke, a strand of worldly energy began to spiral out from his index finger. Only he knew that no matter how much ether his body absorbed now, he was distributing it between Rosaline and himself in a 9:1 ratio.

He couldn't help but smile faintly as he had inadvertently scoured through the woman's memories when her soul surrendered to his control, not knowing whether to laugh or cry upon finding out that she named her granddaughter after the name he chose for her in the middle realms.

He also found out that Nier and Ingrid had already made it into the Core Mainland, and the Interstellar Supreme Court was hunting them down.

A faint deep blue color could be seen within the formless invisible flow of spiraling worldly energy, displaying Leonardo's current progress of converting his energy. This blue quintessence will slowly push Leonardo's cultivation into the divine realm, achieving divinity and creating his own sub-dimension.

"Here you go," when the flying sword stopped next, junior brother tossed Leonardo a silver spatial ring. "The earlier teleportation formations aren't guarded because they cross vast distances outside the region of provincial borders. As for the next few teleportations, we will need to go through the teleportation halls of the Luan Dynasty, and I can't let you go into the halls naked."

Leonardo suddenly remembered that he was naked, laughing bitterly.

"If I withdraw the protection of my ether from your body, you'll undoubtedly die. Hence, just tidy yourself up with some casual clothes, for now, you can shower and all once we make it to your residence."

Leonardo nodded, quick to put on his clothes while asking curiously, "Just how massive is the surface area of the Core Mainland? I'm getting dizzy from all these teleportations."

"Even I don't know," junior brother chuckled bitterly, "The amount of uncharted territory, even after millions of years, could only be measured in the units of light years. To put things into perspective, some of the larger cities have a surface area equivalent to the surface area of one or two middle-realm planets of a stellar world combined."

"However!" Junior brother quickly waved his hand, "The amount of people capable of cultivation is also dismal. Most of the ether is being concentrated into those great sects and dynasties. Of course, this allows the common people to live happily, but on the flip side, it cripples their path to cultivation. Unless you risk your life and leave the provincial protective formations, happen to join a sect, or have enough fortune to gather ether rejuvenation pills, you're almost never guaranteed to achieve rebirth."

Leonardo's gaping mouth suddenly relaxed with a sigh of relief.

"Heavens are fair after all," this was all Leonardo could say in response to that.

Junior brother simply smiled faintly without saying anything. However, his eyes said that he didn't believe in the concept of fairness.

…

There was plenty of traffic inside the teleportation hall, despite how deserted the outside area seemed. It only took Leonardo a moment to understand why.

People who walk into the teleportation hall from an ether-rich environment were mostly people above the rebirth realm, but most cultivators on that level are monopolized by sects and dynasties. As for everyone below that level, they could only go from one teleportation hall to the next.

rebirth realm cultivators and above seemed to receive preferential treatment as a staff member dressed in a white uniform with the emblem of a bluebird illustrated by water, wind, and snow stepped forward to greet them.

"How can I help you, esteemed guests?"

The staff member smiled faintly with practice courtesy. Although, he was shocked to see such a young rebirth cultivator who didn't look much older than fourteen or fifteen years old.

Junior brother smiled amicably, "We wish to teleport to the Lush Skirts Plains Province if possible, only the two of us."

The staff member nodded. "Do you have any identification certificates with you?" He turned to face Leonardo and asked politely.

Leonardo didn't say anything as he was positive that the junior brother took this into consideration.

"I am a hired bodyguard and won't be prolonging my stay within the borders of the Luan Dynasty. As for my client here, these are his certificates." Junior brother handed over a flat translucent card that seemed to be crafted from a fine mineral similar to diamonds.

The staff member checked the card and smiled, "A universal identification card, I see. Oh, your client didn't implant his spiritual imprint in the card, it would be very difficult to locate it in the unfortunate event of losing it."

The staff member handed the card over to Leonardo with a kind smile, "Sir Shi, I hope you enjoy your stay in my Luan Dynasty. As for the bodyguard, please leave a temporary spiritual imprint on the teleportation formation, you will have a limited seven business days to complete your affairs."

Leonardo and junior brother nodded, each proceeding to place their spiritual imprints on the identity certificate and teleportation formation respectively before crossing over to the Lush Skirts Plains Province.

…

The teleportation hall is connected to many branch teleportation halls located across the various provinces and the cities within. Small towns and villages were practically nonexistent, you would either live in a small or a large city.

Nonetheless, the cities are further split into districts, and the teleportation hall where Leonardo ended up was in the 7th District of Greenheart City, a medium-sized city with a decent population of a dozen billion people.

"This is where we part ways, I was merely worried that something might occur during the teleportation, but the channel was stable enough. Your certificate holds enough information about the coordinates to your house, and the spatial ring has plenty of raw ether crystals to get yourself together."

The moment junior brother finished talking, he turned around and re-entered the teleportation hall, leaving Leonardo to his own devices.