Is That A Wisp?

Back in the Luvile Universe, Soren and Heavin decided to leave once more so that Soren can focus on training Heavin. If they wanted to ascend in the next few years, Heavin would need to put more effort into it. Since what remained was only the travel to Luvile Universe's underworld, they thought that there would be no need for Soren's help either.

"Alright, then. You already know how to contact me. Of course, unless it's something really important, try to not bother Heavin's training."

Krune, Feifei, and Luvile nodded, with the latter responding.

"Alright."

Soren then opened another Spatial Gate for him and Heavin before the two disappeared inside.

Luvile then looked at Krune and Feifei.

"Since Barlo isn't sealed in the underworld anymore, there should be no problem for you in there anymore. I can't cultivate before reaching the Godly Path Realm anyway, so I'll go somewhere else with Cinnia. Just make sure you two don't die."

Feifei and Krune laughed as Krune said.

"It's fine. Nothing will happen."

Luvile shook his head in response, saying.

"When it comes to you, anything can happen."

Feifei couldn't agree more.

"The most dangerous moments are usually when he has a breakthrough. He's already in the Peak of the Divinity Realm. However, I'll make sure to use my Destiny Divine Soul to its fullest to suppress the Calamity Laws."

Krune's mouth twitched as he asked.

"You're doing it on purpose, right? Right?!"

Luvile and Feifei had a serious expression on their faces. There's no way in hell they would joke about it. Facts have proved that it was the right thing to be ready for it.

It was then that Feifei thought about something.

"Wait, Senior Luvile. Are you leaving now because you want to escape?"

Immediately, the room became silent. Suddenly, Luvile's body flashed away as he left a message behind.

"I'll see you when the time for ascension arrives. Goodbye!"

Feifei felt like crying before looking at Krune.

"See what happens when you practice Calamity Laws? Everyone wants to stay far away from you."

Even Krune, who was usually always calm, began to feel somewhat angry.

"Hmph! You know what? I'll do some research into this topic. If there is really something like that, I'll make sure to train it next time."

"Do you even need to do that?"

Krune scratched the back of his head, not finding a good excuse. 

"Anyway, let's go to the Underworld."

Now that Luvile's body was gone, the Universe lost the free energy for the tribulations. Because of that, the seal that blocked the Underworld lost its power as well. Krune and Feifei had only to concentrate a bit to find the connection to the Underworld. However, Feifei was the one who had a connection with Xanio, so she was able to use her Divine Sense to locate his soul.

"I can see him."

Not long after, she opened a Spatial Gate before the two of them entered it.

The Underworld wasn't as dark as many might think. Although Death Energy was everywhere, the dead souls waiting for reincarnation generated enough energy to illuminate everything. Of course, you won't find much green in a place like this, with a few exceptions, like the tree's dew Krune used in the past. Well, that tree only became green once every thousand years.

Krune looked around and could see all the souls moving in the same direction. After paying attention to where they were moving, he saw what seemed to be a gigantic swirl in the sky. All the souls were moving to the center of that thing.

However, the Underworld was enormous. As far as his Divine Sense went, he wasn't able to reach the center of the swirl. Considering the speed that these souls were moving, it would take tens, if not hundreds of years, before they finally arrived at the center.

Another thing that Krune noticed was that there were a few souls that didn't move. Instead, they stayed still in a few corners, as if they were seeing the others pass by them. However, their numbers were low compared to others. Krune's Divine Sense could cover many galaxies at once as long as he was in the Mortal Realm. Still, he couldn't see more than a thousand or so of those still Souls.

'Those should be the high-level cultivators who branded their souls to not lose their memories. Most likely, they're waiting for the right moment to reincarnate even though they have no will anymore.'

Krune then ignored all of that as he looked at Feifei.

"Is this the right place? We're quite far from the Reincarnation Path Entrance."

Feifei nodded as she said.

"It is. I can feel my connection with Xanio's soul. He's definitely close."

Xanio had several problems with the Sacred Lands in the past. That said, he made sure that before his death, he branded his soul in a way where it would be hard to find. Of course, he had no idea that the Underworld was sealed and that the Sacred Lands couldn't even enter. Feifei had seen his soul before passing through the Spatial Gate, though. She was certain it was somewhere around this place.

Suddenly, she felt some familiar energy coming from a specific direction. Immediately, her eyes lit up.

"Found it!"

Feifei immediately rushed in the energy's direction before spotting a feeble soul buried in a corner. The soul also noticed the connection with Feifei and subconsciously moved in her direction. 

"Is this Xanio's soul?"

Feifei nodded as she said.

"It is. Xanio asked me to bring his soul back from the Underworld. However, he would need to take someone's body or enter a puppet just like Heavin did. It would make sense in the past when we couldn't do anything to the Sacred Lands. However, that's not the case anymore."

Krune nodded.

"True. We can rebrand Xanio's soul to make sure that the memories from his past life won't be lost. Then, we throw him into the Reincarnation Path and wait for him to revive outside. It shouldn't take more than a month or so once he's already inside the reincarnation path. Once he reaches the Divine Soul Realm, his memories will awake once again."

Feifei nodded with a smile. That was her idea as well.

"Let's do it."

The two of them branded Xanio's soul, just like they mentioned. After that, Krune and Feifei marked the soul so that they would feel the moment he reincarnated in the Mortal Realm. With that, they could go after Xanio's new parents and take him to the Divine Path Sect, where he would have all the support necessary to reach the Divine Soul Realm with ease.

As soon as they finished that, Feifei opened a Spatial Gate. The couple then entered it with Xanio's soul in their hands before disappearing inside. They didn't know the Underworld well, so they had to use quite a few Spatial Gates until finally reaching the center where the path was located.

Feifei and Krune couldn't help but gasp at the gigantic dark hole in the sky. Naturally, that was the eye of the swirl. All the souls that reached the bottom of that would start to be sucked into it. As they looked around, they could see the tens of thousands of souls making their way up. It was quite a show of soul lights.

As Feifei looked in her hands, she could see that Xanio's Soul was also trying to get free so that it could enter the path as well. 

"Well, then. I'll see you back in the Luvile Universe."

Krune and Feifei let the soul loose. They accompanied it with their eyes as it got close to the entrance of the Reincarnation Path. Finally, it reached a point where it got too mixed between the other souls that they couldn't tell which one was Xanio's Soul anymore. As for Divine Sense and Mental Energy, it seemed like the swirl had some kind of protection that blocked both types of scans from passing through.

"Well, that's it. Let's go back home."

Feifei smiled as the two opened a Spatial Gate back to the Luvile Universe. Xanio's rescue was almost a pointless thing in the end. After all, there had never been a risk of his soul being caught by the Sacred Lands as he thought. His fear of getting close to the reincarnation path and getting captured should have never existed.

"I wonder how he'll feel once he finds out the truth."

Krune laughed.

"That's something worth waiting for to see. Unfortunately, it would take many years, even with the best resources, for Xanio to reach the Divine Soul Realm. We would have ascended by that time already."

Feifei nodded.

"That's true. Anyway, let's wait for his soul to appear. I'm going to visit my parents in the Wang Clan. What about you?"

Krune pondered a bit.

"I'll go visit Lakin and Ruik's family. Let's meet again once Xanio's Soul reincarnates."

"Fine by me."

Feifei then gave Krune a kiss before opening a Spatial Gate and entering it. After she left, Krune didn't open a Spatial Gate for himself, though. Instead, he looked in a particular direction before saying.

"Ahem... Senior Barlo, is there something I can help you with?"

"What?!"

Suddenly, space began to retract as a man appeared out of nowhere.

"How did you know I was here?"

Krune scratched the back of his head before saying.

"Every since I got the Heavenly Core, I'm quite sensitive to all the elements. Senior Barlo's Darkness Element Manipulation and Laws are far above anyone I've seen in the Mortal Realm so far. Because of that, I could tell it was you who came here."

Barlo was quite surprised with Krune. He didn't think that a mere Heavenly Core would be enough to reveal his existence. Well, in fact, it wasn't. Krune was able to do that because of Mental Energy instead. Of course, he wouldn't tell Barlo about that.

"Oh, well. Whatever. I need to talk with you."