Divine Emperor of Death

Hearing Myria's words, Davis couldn't help but sigh, wondering why he should explain himself to this woman but the points she put out was intriguing. He hesitated for a moment before he answered.

"Because those children have little memory of their parents and mentors, they possess little harm compared to so many others who were already invested in their identity and power. That's why I left them alive, so they can later find a way to live for themselves. Of course, if they want revenge after learning their origin, then so be it. At that time, it would be my responsibility for even leaving them alive in the first place."

"Good answer." Myria nodded, "I can't say that I approve of your actions, but someone has to stain their hands in innocent blood in order to protect the ones close to them. You're a devil like me, but more than that, you're a good man to your family."

Davis blinked, but he was inwardly stunned.

He was least expecting Myria to understand what he had done that he couldn't help but find this acknowledgment sarcastic instead, almost even suspecting that it was Ellia who was speaking in Myria's tone. Nonetheless, he somehow felt understood, which made him look at her in a new light.

"You all, do you remember what I talked about Divergents?"

Myria panned her gaze at Sect Master Bing Luli and the others, causing their hearts to skip a beat. Why was she bringing that out in front of the Emperor of Death? Wasn't it dangerous to do so?

"You can think of him as an Anarchic Divergent like me."

"…!?"

Sect Master Bing Luli and the others were shocked. However, they understood the next moment that it was no wonder that such a tragedy occurred in the Vast Sky Emperor Palace without any interference from the other three Great Righteous Sects.

"What's an Anarchic Divergent?"

Davis confusedly asked, which made Myria blink, causing her to think if he was playing dumb. However, she still explained and explored the dangers.

Davis's lips twitched.

Was he an Anarchic Divergent? He had been thinking it was Fallen Heaven that changed everyone's fates, but if he could alone be in that category, then would the heavens send an annihilating heavenly tribulation for him regardless of Fallen Heaven hiding during the heavenly tribulation or not?

"Is this fine? Talking about this?"

Nonetheless, he couldn't help but ask as they were talking about something that sounded like the heavens would guard. As he asked, he also looked at the five maidens of the Mystic Ice Sect.

"It's fine." Myria noticed his gaze and spoke blandly, "They've all been inflicted by my karmic burden long ago. The same could be said about the people close to you. Your karmic burden has inflicted them. However, low-level secrets like these aren't considered much of a burden, so you can share them with your people. But…"

"I know."

Davis nodded as he knew Fallen Heaven's existence was probably forbidden to be spread.

Thinking that he understood, Myria no longer bothered about him and assured the Mystic Ice Sect maidens that everything was fine and that they should return. The five maidens listened and left after some time.

At this point, only Myria and Davis remained.

Davis's main body had already returned and was taking rest, but an avatar could be independent of the main body, unlike soul bodies. Moreover, his Solitary Soul Avatar already regained twenty percent of its soul force in this time. It was not much but still significant.

"You hid the fact that you were sealed to them. Did you want to avoid the embarrassment, or did you not want them to cause trouble and accidentally die?"

"This seal is like tying a thread to seal a wooden door that is going to be rammed by a dragon. I could easily break it, but I'm only binding myself because I have given my word, and you're a coward to face me while I'm unsealed."

"Yes, I'm afraid that I will accidentally kill you, causing my precious Ellia to die." Davis sadly uttered.

Myria's expression changed, "Ah!~ You two… Once I take the back seat, you always end up warring with words. Hmph!~"

Ellia sounded angry before the glint in her eyes changed.

"Whatever, let's get back to the topic we were interrupted at. Supreme Immortal Sigil, was it?"

"Yes!"

Davis quickly added, causing his sapphire eyes to glow in excitement. As expected of Ellia, she knew what he wanted.

If possible, he only wanted to rely on himself to obtain the Supreme Immortal Sigil, and to that end, he had done some research.

Sigils depended upon one's prowess in Soul Forging Cultivation, meaning that it directly related to the quality of soul force and its essence. Of course, Laws may be an indirect factor, but their contribution was less. That's why when Davis conjured Emperor Sigil, his soul force quality was factored in, not his Laws. If his Death Laws were factored in, the Sigil's quality would've been much worse instead.

Davis felt that Fallen Heaven more or less influenced his soul force's quality. It not only acted as an anchor to allow him to practice Death Laws and Life Laws simultaneously, even Light Laws and Darkness Laws for that matter, but it also allowed him to use other laws in his soul by not interfering with his cultivation method. For example, since he practiced the Incandescent Vermilion Soul Mantra, he was able to use Fire Laws while using soul force without a problem.

The same couldn't be said about using Lightning Laws and Earth Laws because of the incompatibility with his soul, but the fact that Fallen Heaven acted independently of his cultivation method was a big mystery and a miracle by itself.

By all right, his Sigil should contain the traces of his cultivation method, but no, it didn't. Instead, it contained the traces of Fallen Heaven. Judging in these criteria, he understood Sigils were a manifestation of a soul essence, which is the source of soul force. Since his soul was fused with Fallen Heaven's, the Sigil contained its mysteries, and part of the reason why he is able to power his Emperor Sigil with Reincarnation Laws was also due to the Sigil's compatibility with Fallen Heaven.

When he thought like this, everything made sense and naturally made him think and cemented the idea of increasing his soul essence's quality to obtain Supreme Immortal Sigil, but how?

Increasing the prowess of Soul Forging Cultivation was easier said than done. He knew what he had to go through to get his prowess four levels above that he had to grind hundreds of soul essences of the same stage many times upon reaching the peak of a stage.

He had also made sure to keep his soul essence's quality the same upon reaching the King Soul Stage and Emperor Soul Stage.

But to reach five levels higher in the Emperor Soul Stage, how many soul essences was that?

How many Peak-Level Emperor Soul Stage Powerhouses were there? How many Peak-Level Emperor Beast Stage Magical Beasts were there? How many Peak-Level Spirit Ancestors were there?

Unless he massacred everyone in cold blood, Davis didn't think he could obtain a Supreme Immortal Sigil in this place. The irony of it was that even then, he could fall short.

At the same time, there was the karmic sin aspect of it, which he still didn't know if it affected him or Fallen Heaven just completely hid it. After all, if Fallen Heaven erased its presence during heavenly tribulation, would it also release his karmic sin, or would the heavens be capable of finding his karmic sin after it hid?

He felt like he couldn't rely on his experience with Tia's heavenly tribulation for this because it was not his heavenly tribulation. It was just something he intruded upon and consequently bought its wrath.

In the end, he could only rely on Ellia to point him out another yet general way to obtain a Supreme Immortal Sigil. After all, his way of increasing the quality of soul essence was unique to him because of Fallen Heaven's soul refinement ability, so other contemporary or unorthodox methods should exist.

Ellia stood up from her seat and strode towards him, arriving before him. Abruptly, she flicked her sleeve as she reached her hand out in front of him as though demanding something. However, Davis noticed that an adult fist-sized jade container was suddenly above her palm, glimmering with a lustrous light.

"This is…"

Davis hesitantly uttered when Ellia smiled, "It's called the Supreme Ebbing Sigil Pill, allowing an Emperor Soul Stage Cultivator to conjure a Supreme Immortal Sigil as it directly raises the soul essence's quality to the extreme limit."

"…"

Davis possessed a blank expression on his face, his sense of hearing becoming vague on having received a sudden hit. However, Ellia continued, her expression becoming sadder.

"Originally, this was supposed to be my gift to you regardless if you became Myria's disciple or not. However, because your soul prowess is more powerful than expected, its eighty percent potency on you has probably dropped to thirty percent or lower, decreasing your chances to conjure a Supreme Immortal Sigil. I apologize for having underestimated your growth, but this is the best pill I can make with my knowledge and the resources that could be obtained after searching for two years. I fear that with the current world's resources, I am unable to make a better pill…!?"

Davis suddenly captured Ellia's hand, his sapphire eyes glowing with fervor, "Ellia, marry me!"

"Wah!?"