CHAPTER 108: TRIAL OF THE HEART... TALENT DEVOURING PILLS!

While using the unique time ability unknowingly, Kranos had thought of many things and simulated countless events in his mind. With that, he was able to come to a conclusion on certain things. He could faintly guess that this wasn’t the real world. Realising this, Kranos also understood that this world tampered with his mind greatly.

In order to truly live he had to... overcome the world!

It wouldn’t be that easy, so whenever Kranos used rapid thought to think on these things and simulate countless possibilities, he wrote them down... After the period of rapid thought passed and he forgot everything, he would easily be able to recall them and continue his simulation from where he stopped the previous time.

This lasted for a couple of years. And it was also because of this that Kranos’ comprehension of the unique ability of rapid thought had increased greatly. He glanced at everyone with a smile and then made the wish inwardly, after which he proceeded to eat the cake and celebrate his birthday with his family.

...

On Luka’s side...

Just as he made the decision to kill the Monarch Realm demon while being just a mortal, his chest area gleamed faintly. Immediately, space twisted apart and a lot of strange things began to happen.

"A space rift that can only occur once in a billion chance? How can it appear here so coincidentally?" The demon was puzzled and stared at everything in shock. However, the demon didn’t dare underestimate the space rift. After all, there were some he had heard about that could kill god immortals.

With a single leap, the monstrous demon quickly lunged back. Although it was a single step of his giant figure, it took the demon a few meters away from Mark. As soon as the demon left Mark’s vicinity, the next moment the space it previously was at cracked and soon combusted...

Boom!

It resulted in an extremely huge explosion which caused Luka to be slightly stunned. He stared at the towering figure a few meters away. At this moment, the towering figure didn’t seem so big that the gap was insurmountable anymore.

He felt that given more time he would definitely increase his strength to such a level. Just as he had this thought, a towering palm pressed down on him. Luka was shocked then horrified, I’m dead! This was his last thought before the giant palm fully crushed him. He didn’t think the demon still wouldn’t spare him even after running so far away.

...

In the blink of an eye, four hundred years had passed. During this time, all the surviving races of countless immortal worlds were in a state of distress. After all, having a group of terrifyingly strong cultivators come and take away some geniuses they had raised was a hard pill for them to swallow.

However, recalling the strength of the terrifying Eldest, they thought twice before making any rash decision.

...

Meanwhile, in the meeting hall, atop the throne sat Kathryn who was glancing down at the elders kneeling below with her pair of cold, indifferent eyes. She sighed wryly internally, glancing at the cultivators behind them.

According to her rough estimate, the number of cultivators was slightly higher. Towards this she was extremely glad. She then ignored the cultivators and turned to the elders once again.

"Bring Ordon here."

The elders nodded instantly and rushed to bring the alchemic master. And soon, Ordon was once again brought before Kathryn. She glanced at him, then narrowed her eyes.

"How many talent-devouring pills have you been able to make?" she asked curiously.

Ordon thought for a moment, quietly rephrasing his words carefully. "Your Highness, as you know, the success rate for refining the pill is quite low. Because of this, we have only been able to produce about ten thousand pills during this time."

After saying so, he handed a spatial ring to Kathryn, who collected it with a faint smile. Actually, this was much more than she had anticipated. She nodded at the old man silently, and then urged in a low tone that only they could hear.

"Continue creating more talent devouring pills in the meantime. You are free to leave." After waving him off, she turned her attention to the more than hundred thousand cultivators. She knew that in the coming calamity the only way to survive was to become stronger. By creating a set of death warriors, she had come up with a final line of defence atop the many layers of defense she had planned.

"Did you note down those with greater potential than the others?" she asked the elders.

One of the elders immediately walked up to her and whispered a few things in her ear. Kathryn frowned for a moment before smiling slightly. "In that case, give them these pills and begin brainwashing them into becoming death soldiers, puppets who are extremely terrifying on the battlefield and are willing to do anything to guarantee our victory," Kathryn advised coldly.

Hearing her words, most of the elders’ expressions were unnatural, but they didn’t dare question this ruthless empress. They turned to the cultivators and began selecting the ones with the most potential which they had recorded. Soon, more than ten thousand of them were left.

They then began distributing the medicinal pills to the cultivators... Using their cultivation pressure, they forced those that were unwilling to take the pills into taking them. Soon, all ten thousand pills had been taken. At this moment, all the cultivators who had taken the talent devouring pill felt a slight tug at their vitality.

They could also feel themselves growing stronger at a rapid pace. Some of them which were previously at the initial stages of Qi Condensation realm had quickly broken through to the Golden Core realm, Dao Palace realm, God Incarnate realm, God realm and so on...

Their cultivation continued to rapidly increase and showed no signs of stopping. Their combined pressure became more terrifying by the second... Soon, they had increased their strength to the limits... They were all stunned as they stared at each other.

From being so weak they had stepped into the realms of... God Sovereigns???