Death... and me

2573 A Way To Find It

'How do you think they do it?' Rean asked Roan through their connection.

'There are a few ways, and I believe you already thought about a few of them, no?' Roan answered with another question.

Rean pondered a bit and confirmed. 'That I can think in my head at the moment it is through natural formations, normal formations, and through the help of many Space-Time Realm and above experts.'

Roan agreed with Rean on that. 'Indeed. As a Semi-Celestial, Gragatou, as well as the other Semi-Celestials, can easily gather many Space-Time and Divinity Realm experts to their cause. Once someone enters the Space-Time Realm, they can control Time Power to a certain extent. Gather a few of those experts, especially if they have high levels of cultivation. They should be able to keep the time around Gragatou accelerated by taking turns. That's the simplest and quite easy way of doing it, in my opinion.'

Rean and Roan were right. Let alone Gragatou, most Semi-Celestials employed this method every time they had to mess with the Celestial Laws and ended up forgetting them. So, even though only two or so years passed since Rean and Roan talked with Flinyu face to face, Gragatou probably experienced quite a few hundred years after communicating with Kafan.

Gragatou didn't know what the twins were thinking, nor would he care. He simply continued talking. "The jade slip you passed me mentioned something about a certain hidden realm. This hidden realm is something most of us, Semi-Celestials, have been looking for a very long time. We know it exists, but we can't find its location. The reason is that this hidden realm changes location constantly, and there is no such thing as a pattern."

Rean and Roan looked at each other. They had never heard about a realm that can move on its own... Well, there is Hyeoumu and the Realm of Gods on his back, but Hyeoumu was simply on a completely different scale. Not to mention that since Hyeoumu is a living being, you can't say that the Realm of Gods is really a Realm.

"Is it some kind of Dimensional Realm?" Rean asked, curious.

Gragatou immediately shook his head. "No. However, it is very similar. That's because it doesn't exist in this plane but in a separate layer of the Universe."

Rean got more confused. "That's pretty much the description of a Dimensional Realm, no? A Dimensional Realm exists in the Universe, but not in the same Dimensional layer. Dimensional Realms exist within the fabric of Space itself, which is, strictly speaking, indeed another layer. Since this hidden realm you said is in a different layer, it should be considered a Dimensional Realm."

"Hehe!" Gragatou smiled. "Then let me ask you. If this hidden realm was truly just another Dimensional Realm, do you think we Semi-Celesitals would have so much trouble in finding it?"

"This..." Rean went silent. He didn't know what the Semi-Celestials were capable of, but he did know they had some kind of crazy sense towards laws. They can even feel each other's presence as long as they are in the same Universe and they aren't purposely trying to hide themselves. Rean and Roan could do something similar, but that was due to the Soul Gem System, not themselves. Sure some hidden Dimensional Realm shouldn't be that hard for such experts to find. Yet, they couldn't find this hidden realm.

Seeing Rean's speechless expression, Gragatou snorted and continued. "Normal Dimensional Realm isn't a problem. They are operated based on the Laws of Space. When a Dimensional Realm is created, like a pocket Dimensional Realm, for example, it will cause a distortion in the fabric of Space. After all, a gap has to be open there for such a Dimensional Realm to exist."

"That's how we, Semi-Celestials, are able to look for Dimensional Realms if we need to," Gragatou explained. "It isn't that hard to understand this concept. For example, you two can feel the presence of other experts' Pocket Dimensional Realms when they are inside your Divine Sense Range, can't you?"

The twins nodded. That was something pretty much anyone in the Void Tempering Realm could feel. That wasn't any kind of secret. Perhaps the Semi-Celestials' ability to search had something to do with this fact.

Gragatou noticed their understanding. "With our Divine Senses that can even break the limits of any Divinity Realm cultivator, we can truly search over a gigantic area. I alone can cover the entire Realm of Gods with my Divine Sense if necessary."

"The entire Realm of Gods?!" Rean and Roan didn't expect it to be that ridiculous.

"But there is a price," Gragatou added. "Kafan should have explained to you that Semi-Celestials are still Divinity Realm experts. So, obviously, although stronger, our Divine Senses are still within the bounds of what a Divinity Realm expert can do."

Rean and Roan first heard about it from Huban, not Kafan. Still, the twins simply nodded and waited for Gragatou to continue explaining. "To break this limit and have my Divine Sense cover such a huge area, I would need to change the laws to accommodate this task. Naturally, I would have to comprehend any laws I forget in the process later."

"We, Semi-Celestials, joined forces and used this method to look for that hidden realm all over the Universe. No, to be more specific, to look for it on this side of the Universe."

"Let me guess," Roan interrupted. "This hidden realm is on the other half of the Universe where Kafan is."

"No, it is not." Surprisingly, Gragatou immediately denied the idea. "It is definitely on this side. The reason is simple. For it to continue moving on its own, it definitely needs Divine Energy or similar energy. The other side doesn't have it, so it can't be there. If it was, it would have been extremely easy to find since it wouldn't move anymore due to the lack of energy."

The twins got confused once again. "Then...?"

Gragatou finally mentioned the real topic. "It is not on the other half of the Universe, but Kafan, as a Semi-Celesital, is also interested in it, so he did his own research. It seems like he found a way to locate it... and that involves you two."