Duality of Shadows-Chapter 993: Golden Fruit

**BOOM!**

In the underworld, suddenly, all life forms heard an apocalyptic explosion. Everyone was scared and turned to the dark space. There, no matter where they were in the underworld, they could see or, in distant places, feel something that seemed like a world of destruction, as large as several galaxies combined.

It didn’t take five seconds, and everyone saw golden shooting stars cutting through the underworld’s space. The heroes moved at full speed toward that place, their faces full of fury.

But when they arrived, they were stunned. Just thinking about invading the place made a palpable aura of death surround them.

It was a celestial annihilation of a level that shouldn’t exist, yet it still couldn’t kill them. However, if they dared to enter, the figure inside would immediately kill them.

Their instincts were sharp, so they chose to wait outside, coldly awaiting any slightest fluctuation that would announce the end of it.

After fifteen nonstop days, the heroes were even more shocked; the level of that annihilation hadn’t decreased but was now twenty times worse than before.

However, that was the last day, and everything began to dissipate.

When they charged in furiously, they found nothing and tensed up. They ran to the center using the queen’s void power and searched in every direction...

*Pierce!*

That was the last thing they saw when a gray branch pierced the chest of a dozen immortal heroes.

"Too bad they’re just useless scouts she sent to investigate," Bruno grunted, and then the whale attacked with the hammer and disappeared quickly.

Shortly after, the two souls appeared inside the internal universe, after making sure they were completely safe in the underworld.

All their allies were still happy with the first victory of the great army alongside the whale. The two moved toward the Chaos Tree, very curious to see that fruit, but... when they reached its root, Ruri was there, standing and waiting for them.

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She approached and whispered in their ears, "Master teased me and played with me many times... I got really frustrated... master has to make up for it, right?"

The two sighed; there was no escaping her. They were forced to leave the internal universe with her. Then Ruri got excited when they found themselves in a dark cave, underground on a lifeless planet in the underworld.

Several days later, Ruri returned alone to the internal universe, seemingly glowing. The whale stayed outside, feeling weak and a bit drained.

"...She really got her revenge," Bruno murmured with a sigh. "After having Meru, she just wants to have intense fun... but asks for a bit too much." He added, but there was a slight smile on his face. Alm ignored him and focused on the system.

[Upgrade Points: 1000]

[Heavenly Points: 810]

They checked the total and didn’t think much about it. There were things they felt were essential to buy at that moment. They selected celestial knowledge and then the regular store.

[Immortal Level] [Heavenly Laws – The faith of life in a god] [175 Upgrade Points]

[Search for a new technique or Dao] [Amount of Points varies]

[Searching...]

[Complete] [Dao of the White Guardian God] [425 Upgrade Points]

[Total: 600 Upgrade Points]

[Accept?] [Yes / No]

They quickly bought it, leaving 400 upgrade points. Those points were kept for emergencies, in case they needed to use the Oracle power or elemental calamity.

Now, with Ciceya to give tips and help, Bruno wanted to buy as much knowledge about the power of faith as possible; this would greatly benefit both of them.

As for the Dao, they felt it was very close to Rehvka’s Dao. She had a completely Yin special body and developed her Dao using the Yin tattoo as a base.

Her partner Thea was also special and very similar since both had their souls residing in two soul jewels. Thea used the Yang tattoo as the base of her power. With this Dao, which used pure Yang, the opposite of Rehvka’s, maybe the two of them could get a terrifying boost if they combined their powers.

Back in the internal universe, Alm and Bruno sent the message to Thea with the completed Dao. Finally, they took a look at the Chaos Tree; specifically, at the new fruit that had appeared.

It was round and completely golden, but its shape seemed like a cluster of energy that twisted from time to time. It was strange, and they felt that the fruit was unstable. It was still feeding off the power of the heroes it had recently absorbed. It should fully ripen soon.

They moved to the Pristine planet. Caipora and the other primordial beasts were analyzing the thousand primordial eggs. Lieson and Lyra, who contained the two Phoenixes, were also among them. The sisters were the most experienced in this, after all, when they were reborn, they returned in the form of eggs and had already done it several times before.

The two searched for the Behemoth but didn’t see him yet. Bruno turned toward the old Alpenglow planet, which had been his incubator, and felt that it was still inside. His physical body was ready, but...

’That lazy bastard is sleeping and doesn’t want to leave the world anytime soon.’ Alm spoke coldly.

Bruno snorted, but neither of them wanted to bother with him. He had worked hard and helped a lot on various occasions. In the end, he had his own time and did what he wanted, but he was reliable when needed... or almost.

As Alm and Bruno got closer, and everyone saw them, the Tarrasque spoke quickly: "These eggs are dead. The queen didn’t remove the celestial will remnants inside them, so they would have grown to a limit over time, but nothing was born from them. She waited for them to reach their maximum, but then cut off the connection with the heavenly laws when she removed them from her universe."

"Hmmm... so just reconnect them then?" Bruno asked thoughtfully.

Leviathan responded coldly: "It won’t work that simply. The heavenly laws only give the creation orders once. Since they were cut off, even if you reconnect them, it’s unlikely the laws will make them be born and give the commands a second time."

Alm snorted. It was like a cell that didn’t have the programming to multiply and form a body and life. It had everything it needed but wouldn’t do it. The two reflected and, at the same time, had a strange idea.

"What if you created them like a child? Primordial beasts don’t give birth to others... but you still divide into genders. The feminine Yin is best for incubation, and you can use your power and body to be the instructions for what will form. Also, you can put two inside and mix them." Bruno spoke quickly.

"Is... that possible?" The voice of the Fire Phoenix echoed from Lyra.

"I’ll put a little of my celestial will inside all the eggs. With that, you can make it happen easily. Just have a female beast use her Yin and nurture it little by little." Bruno added, then looked deeply at Caipora.

"You can do that with the Tarrasque, right? The others... in the future, the primordial beasts can unite and generate them all. We have a thousand of them to use, so it shouldn’t be a problem."

Everyone froze, unsure of what to say. A primordial beast didn’t have a father and mother; they were born alone and learned everything on their own. What would happen if they were born more like mortals, having two figures from the start to guide them?

"It’s worth seeing what happens." Alm spoke dryly, reading their thoughts.

Alm and Bruno turned to Caipora and gestured toward one of the hundred-meter eggs. Quickly, using the power of the Chaos Tree, it shrank and shrank until it was the size of a grain of sand.

They slowly moved it toward her. It took a few seconds for her to wake up, and then she jumped, grabbing it eagerly, as if it were the most precious thing in the world.

"Don’t rush this." Bruno spoke to her, then turned to the others: "The rest of you, don’t feel forced into anything. If one day you feel like you want one, you can take one of these eggs. But make sure you’ll take care of it properly."

Suddenly, a voice sounded from the Ice Phoenix, coming from Lieson, who was next to Lyra: "Look, now you can be a useful bitch and have many legitimate children."

"Fuck you! You’re a cold, boring envious person, no one should even care about you..." Then, a series of curses echoed from the Fire Phoenix.

Alm and Bruno snorted, not caring about the two of them, and floated away. Little did they know, all the beasts were extremely curious, and others were excited about the opportunity. Soon, a very peculiar new army of hybrid primordial beasts would be created.

Bruno called Ciceya and handed her the knowledge of the power of faith that he had acquired. She was more experienced at using it, so she could study everything faster, and then he would learn from her, without wasting too much time studying.

Once everything was ready, the whale opened its eyes. Soon, the two felt its body: they were now in the last divine realm. Finally, the next step was the immortal realms.

Quickly, they moved all the Qi that Meru and Ruri had taken from that formation. Their terrifying tribulation had already been absorbed by the Chaos Tree and converted into nourishment for everyone in the universe. Everyone inside, even without focusing on cultivating, just breathing, was naturally breaking through realms.

They could easily cultivate on their own now. As for the whale... even if it devoured everything in the internal universe, they felt it wouldn’t rise even halfway enough to advance in realm. As always, they depended on many resources.

Without delay, they began absorbing all of it. When it ended...

’We’ve only reached the beginning of the first level of the Divine Sovereign Realm...’ Bruno murmured, a bit desperate. ’Would it be better to absorb that little primordial sun?’

Alm didn’t answer. Turning the primordial power into Qi for cultivation was a terrifying waste. That power was very unique, and there were many things that could only be done with it. Qi was the most basic energy.

Unfortunately, they had no options. They needed to cultivate as quickly as possible... just as they were about to accept doing it, a message appeared:

[Optional mission available: 01]