CHAPTER 457: OWNER OF THE REALM OF LIFE AND DEATH

’God Essence? Isn’t that what the Green Corpse Emperor was talking about?’

Ethan raised his brows when he saw the notification that he received a Unit of God Essence.

’System, what can I do with this God Essence?’

Other than the fact that it was the purest form of energy solely for the entities known as Gods, Ethan didn’t have much information about the ’God Essence.’

Thus, Ethan curiously asked the system for more information about it.

[The host has not met the requirements to use the God Essence]

However, to his disappointment, Ethan didn’t receive any new information about the God Essence.

[For more details, please upgrade the system]

’So, upgrading the system will give me more details? Great.’

But when he saw the latest system notification, Ethan’s eyes lit up.

It was because the ’System Upgrade’ was a reward for one of the two missions that he was stalling.

One of the missions was to help Shadow Bee undergo a Perfect breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm inside the Primal Beast Enclave.

As for the other one, it was reviving the Green Lotus Tribe and the Green Lotus Enclave.

’After returning to the Emerald Green Plains, I was thinking of taking care of those missions anyway. So, it is just a matter of time before I upgrade the system.’

The rewards from both missions were what Ethan was looking forward to, and now he found another reason to complete them.

’Anyway, let’s not think about those things and focus on the current things.’

Soon, Ethan stopped thinking about those things and focused on the system notifications one by one.

[The host has killed the Green Corpse Emperor]

[Heavenly Talent: Heaven’s Virtue is triggered. The host has received 1 Billion Life Points]

[Congratulations to the host for completing the mission: Owner of the Realm of Life and Death]

[The host will be rewarded with One Billion Life Points]

[Current Life Points: 2.3 Billion]

’So many Life Points.’

Ethan was not surprised by such huge Life Points; instead, he was a bit disappointed because the Green Corpse Emperor was two major realms higher than him.

Moreover, since he had invaded so many realms, he must have killed so many innocent beings. So, considering his evil deeds, getting One Billion Life Points was very little.

As for the Life Points from the mission completion, it was already mentioned by the system when the mission was issued.

’But, I am happy with the two Billion Life Points.’

Nevertheless, Ethan didn’t complain about it as he was more than happy with the rewards.

[For killing someone who is above two major realms higher than you, the host will be rewarded with three High-level Life Cards]

’Right! How did I forget about it?’

The tiny disappointment from before had completely disappeared when he saw his additional reward for killing the Green Corpse Emperor.

Whenever Ethan killed a higher realm being for the first time, he would receive special rewards, and since the Green Corpse Emperor was someone who broke through the Nether Soul Realm, Ethan received those special rewards.

’Three High-level Life Cards? I wonder whether there are any new ones.’

Ethan hoped he could get some new High-level Life Cards and wanted to check them; however, he suppressed his excitement as he still had many system notifications to check.

[According to the rules of the Official Duel, the host is the sole owner of the Realm of Life and Death]

[The host can either keep the Death Region or replace it completely with the Life Region?]

After becoming the owner of the Life Region, Ethan slowly received complete knowledge about many things.

One of them was, when there was a sole owner for the Realm of Life and Death, he could completely remove the other region.

If the Green Corpse Emperor won the Official Duel, he could completely turn the Life Region into a Death Region, making the entire realm into an Undead Realm or a Death Realm.

However, since Ethan won the duel, he could do the same, but for the Death Realm and when he does, the realm will turn back into the Greenheart Realm.

’No. I don’t want to remove; instead, I will keep it.’

However, Ethan had no plans to remove it, and there were two main reasons. They are:

[1) He needed a good place for his Undead Avatar and the Skeletal Race that decided to follow him. The Death Region of the Realm of Life and Death was very good for them.]

[2) He was interested in the Ancient Corpseheart Tree. Since it was an entity that had the same status as the Ancient Heartwood Tree, there was no way Ethan would destroy it with his own hands]

Compared to the first reason, the second reason was more important for him.

’Although the two trees are only Rank 7 entities, they are Origin Beings of the Realm of Life and Death that could nurture an entire race.’

Even though Ethan had yet to get any information regarding the Ancient Corpseheart, its status as an Origin Being was enough for him to know how valuable it would be.

[Host, once you decide it, the realm will permanently become the Realm of Life and Death.]

[Do you still want the realm to stay as the Realm of Life and Death]

’I am sure about it. There is no need to destroy the Death Region or the Ancient Corpseheart Tree in it.’

Ethan had already decided on it even before issuing the challenge to the Green Corpse Emperor.

For him, the Ancient Corpseheart Tree was more important than anything.

[From now on, it will be permanently called the Realm of Life and Death unless it changes its owners through the invasion]

[The suppressions on Life Beings and the Undead Beings when entering the other regions will be continued as usual; however, as the owner of the realm, you won’t receive such suppressions]

’Huh? T-this power....’

Suddenly, Ethan felt a foreign but gentle life power brewing inside his body.

[As the owner of the realm, your strength will be equivalent to the Quasi-Soul Transformation Realm. Of course, it is limited to the time when the host is inside the Realm of Life and Death]

[If your strength is less, it will be increased, but if your strength is equivalent to the Soul Transformation Realm, it will be suppressed to the Quasi-Soul Transformation Realm]

’So, now, I have the battle prowess of a Quasi-Soul Transformation Realm Cultivator?’

Ethan clenched his fists with excitement while enjoying the power brewing inside his body.

For humans, the cultivation realm after the Nascent Soul Realm is the Soul Transformation Realm.

The Quasi-Soul Transformation Realm was an illusory realm created by the cultivators to define someone who is invincible below the Soul Transformation Realm and has almost the battle prowess of a Soul Transformation Realm.

Of course, the only thing that is stopping them from becoming a Soul Transformation Realm Cultivator is the missing Transformed Soul.

’Wait a second...the reason why the Green Corpse Emperor got repeatedly killed with just 1000 Emerald Lightning Talismans ... ..is this because his battle prowess was already suppressed to the Quasi-Undead Emperor Realm?’

At the same time, Ethan realised something that gave him quite a scare.

Although Ethan’s special talent had suppressed the Green Corpse Emperor’s battle prowess by 50 percent, Ethan still felt it was quite easy to kill the Green Corpse Emperor.

However, after learning that the Realm of Life and Death was already suppressing the Green Corpse Emperor’s Battle prowess to the Quasi-Undead Emperor Realm, Ethan realised why it was very easy.

’If his battle prowess were not suppressed....then.....I would have only given up on the Realm of Life and Death.’

Of course, Ethan also had a backup plan; for that, he had to give up on the Realm of Life and Death.

’Forget it...luckily, things went well for me. So, there is no need to stress about such things.’

With that thought in mind, Ethan stopped thinking about it and focused on another set of system notifications.

[According to the realm’s time, the Realm of Life and Death would be protected by a Void Barrier for 1000 years]

[During these 1000 years, the Realm of Life and Death will stabilise both the Life and Death energies and only after that, the Owner can find ways to evolve it]

[Once the 1000 years are gone, the Void Barrier disappears, and it is visible to the beings passing by, and they could try to invade it]

’So, the realm will be protected by the Void Barrier? Excellent.’

Ethan was not surprised at the fact that there would be invasions in the future; however, the thing about the ’Void Barrier’ made Ethan heave a sigh of relief.

’It means I can leave the Realm of Life and Death without any worries for the next 10 years...according to my world’s time.’

1000 years in the Realm of Life and Death will only be 10 years in the Verdant Skymount Province; however, it was more than enough time for Ethan to wrap up all the things he planned.

Soon after, there were no more new notifications, and Ethan was standing alone in the Realm’s battlefield.

He knew he could leave the Realm’s Battlefield whenever he wanted; however, Ethan was not in a hurry as he still had something to do.

’Once I take care of the Green Corpse Emperor’s corpse, I will go and check on the Ancient Corpseheart Tree.’

Ethan silently muttered to himself as he went to the Green Corpse Emperor’s rotten corpse.

[The Green Corpse Emperor’s soul has long escaped the body, but it is detected that there is God Essence inside the Green Corpse Emperor’s corpse]

[Do you want to extract the God Essence?]

’What? The Green Corpse Emperor’s soul has escaped?’