Chapter 175: Secret Realm Fest, Breakthrough
Chapter 175: Secret Realm Fest, Breakthrough
Aleron finished refining the Flame Blaze Abode's core, grasping it within his control. Afterward, he directly linked its core with Eldertide Archipelago's core, beginning the assimilation.
This wasn't something he had to oversee, so this was one task done. According to Gachapi, it would take over a day to finish the process of Eldertide Archipelago's core to absorb the Flame Blaze Abode's core and upgrade itself.
But Aleron wanted to re-design this secret realm as well and began by shifting tens of islands together to form a single big island, using abundant magic to mend the problems if any arose before he finally finished the design.
The huge island spanned 2000 kilometers from north to south and 2200 distance from east to west.
This huge island became the target of the influence that the upgrading Eldertide Archipelago would spread.
"This island will be called Flame Forge Island," Aleron declared as he looked at it from above with a smile.
Since the process started, the number of fire elements on this island had already increased. During the next 24 hours, this island would completely change from fundamentals.
"Since I am here, I might as well create more of such big islands."
Aleron then made four more giant Islands and positioned them such that they were in a five- pointed star position with nothing in the center except for the all-permeated ocean of this secret realm.
Aleron also had to control the waters due to his island shiftings or the whole secret realm's islands would be flooded with tsunamis and bring aquatic monsters on the ground. All in all, a huge chaos would have occurred if he hadn't prevented tsunamis from forming.
By the time he finished this arrangement of islands, Yorin was done creating the pill set.
Aleron went there and chugged the pills one by one as his stats boosted crazily.
"Awesome, Yorin. These pills are great."
"Thank you, boss. I'll proceed to make big batches of Primeval-rank pills, using the tons of resources we have," Yorin grinned.
"Good," Aleron's eyes shone. "We can use these pills as a reward. We can use pills of all ranks as rewards to boost competition."
...
Aleron didn't linger and went to the second secret realm. He was still processing the pills and didn't plan to stabilize his foundation until he finished assimilating the remaining elemental-type secret realms with the Eldertide Archipelago.
Dark Tide Island-Darkness-elemental realm.
Terraflux Grove - Earth-elemental realm.
After he finished assimilating both of them, Aleron fell into thought, 'Should I summon more secret realms from the banner?'
[Gachapi: You should, Master. There are many elemental-type secret realms, in hundreds, but we should get all elements available-Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Darkness, and Light. The rest of the elements are essentially the product of combinations of these elements.]
[Gachapi: Just like the Magma and Crystal elemental syllabus was produced from a combination of Earth and Fire in different ways, the other advanced elements are the same.]
'Yeah, I get what you're saying. We should have those six elemental zones at least for people to train in. From those six, the rest would be up to people to master on their own.'
[Gachapi: Exactly.]
'Alright, let's summon. I need the Light elemental secret realm and the Wind elemental secret realm. Hope we get it in without wasting too much Gacha points.'
Aleron bought two tickets for the banner-Secret Realms: Fest of Demiplanes.
[... You have acquired the secret realm: Rising Crow's Nest-Dungeon-type.]
[... You have acquired the secret realm: Ventus Sky Windward-Elemental-type.]
'Damn, we got lucky. Now we only need Light.'
Aleron bought three more tickets and summoned more secret realms.
[...You have acquired the secret realm: Spectral Overlook-Primeval-rank/World-type]
[... You have acquired the secret realm: Wraithwood Grove-Exceed-rank/World-type]
[... You have acquired the secret realm: Ebon Crypt-Dungeon-type]
'Ouch.'
[Gachapi: Let's not summon more. Who knows when we'll get the Light elemental secret realm.]
-Gacha Points: 56,620
'True, the chances are low now but let me do three more,' Aleron decided after looking at the remaining Gacha Points.
'If we don't get it, then screw it.'
Aleron summoned three times more.
[... You have acquired the secret realm: Thundering Mesa-Elemental-type]
[...You have acquired the secret realm: Luminous Cascade-Elemental-type]
[...You have acquired the secret realm: Mizupa Aquadome-Elemental-type]
'Holy shit?!'
Aleron's eyes shone.
'This is more than what I asked for!'
[Astral: Wonderful.]
[Gachapi: Let's finish it. We didn't need Water-elemental, but we also got it. Let's just assimilate it to the water source of Eldertide Archipelago.]
'Haha, this is amazing. Glad I summoned.'
[Gachapi: True...]
[Astral: Kekeke, big bro got busted.]
Aleron went to both of those secret realms, cleaned all the people inside sent them back
before closing portals, and finished refining the secret realms after half an hour.
Once he was done, he sat down in meditation to stabilize his foundation.
His physical body's foundation was consolidated quickly with his high mastery of Body Path thanks to Primordial Genome Whisperer's knowledge and power.
Ten minutes later, he began consolidating his magic source and was done with it ten minutes
as well.
His soul source was already at max stat points and consolidated, so the moment he finished with his magic source, his aura exploded and his lifeform evolved, breaking the limits and
opening new ceilings.
He had already met the main requirements to break through long ago, so he instantly broke through to Ascension-rank after reaching the peak of Primeval-rank.
[Gachapi: The main struggle starts now, Master. There are no Ascension-rank resources because they are only available in Ascension-rank planets and in control of this Cosmic Will. In short, only a Warlord can begin to acquire it.]
[Gachapi: It's like how Cane gives Ascension-rank resources as rewards for various competitions and challenges in Radrata Cosmos, this Cosmos Will must have something as
well.]
'And we'll only know that after becoming Warlord or...checking out another Warlord's turf,' Aleron's eyes glinted and a thrilled glint appeared in his eyes. 'Time to meet up with Arran'tel
and Nerathi.'
Aleron still lacked some subordinates to fulfill the requirement to become a Warlord. He
could become one if he just visited Elves and Draconites and added them as members of the Golden Fool Club, but not yet.
He wanted to visit Graystar Warlord's turf and look around personally first.
Aleron opened a portal and left while five Islands were undergoing foundational changes
along with the upgrade process of Eldertide Archipelago as it was assimilating seven cores
simultaneously!
Fire, Earth, Wind, Water, Light, Darkness, Lightning.
Water element was already present heavily in the Eldertide Archipelago, but now it would
become even more prominent as the Mizupa Aquadom's core power would permeate
throughout the sea.
After Aleron was done, he checked on Enorin but didn't wake her up and let her rest.
Yueha and Mei were still comprehending their Concept, while Fang, Riki, Ruan, Lee, Ying, Liang, Jiang, Roxen, and Rias were clearing up Serpent's Spine mountains one by one and sending resources to Yorin.
The group was training hardcore and was improving tremendously in combat art while
increasing their proficiency in various fields.
...
Graystar Warlord's Star System, Planet Zerbris.
Arran'tel and Nerathi had already roamed in towns to find general information before they departed in the direction of Zerbis Great City.
This planet under Warlord Graystar's rule had established dynamics for population.
Great Cities-only three existed on the whole planet, but they were jointly handled by
Generals and Warlord Graystar himself. These cities were the largest in infrastructure and population, a hub where resources were distributed and events were held.
Aside from the Great Cities, the rest of the population was allowed to form Sects or Clans to
live their life and progress in any way they liked.
Planet Zerbris was a Tier-1 planet, ten times the size of Planet Ardentia while having abundant resources and development.
While Arran'tel and Neranthi were traveling, Aleron appeared out of nowhere in front of them
before the trio began traveling fast with Aleron's teleport, soon arriving at one of the three Great Cities-Candloom City.
It appeared massive in size and housed 740 million population, causing Aleron's jaw to drop to see the city of such a massive scale. It appeared semi-sci-fi with a mix of technology vibe and magic vibe in terms of appearance and infrastructure. 'There are over ten thousand Primeva-rank powerhouses in this city!'
[Gachapi: The city has many portals and some strange phenomena, which I believe are boons
for Warlords. This large population means this Warlord has access to huge resource sources.]
'Like how I have Secret realms?'
[Gachapi: Yes. I think it must be related to Warlord status and the perks that come with it.
We'll find out later.]
...
While Aleron was touring this Great City with Arran'tel and Nerathi, an emergency meeting was held in Warlord Graystar's Space Castle which was situated between his three planets. "Karthos is dead. He died on Zerbris Planet. I can't come there right now, so investigate this
thoroughly."
"What?! My lord, are you saying Karthos was killed in our own territory?"
"At his own clan. I have already found out that his clan and the nearby Elf clan are no longer
there. Something has happened and I want to know what as soon as possible." "How is meeting going over there with the big shots, Lord?"
"The visitors from the higher cosmos want to play a dangerous game in order to enslave this
Cosmos' Will. The discussion is still in process with the top 5 Warlords. Get the job done fast, I am cutting off." Graystar's screen vanished and the Generals furrowed their brows.
"The Cosmic Ascension Competition's next round is going to start soon and now this..."
"It feels like something big is about to happen."
"Whatever it is, we need to finish the task first. Let's go."
The other General's screens also vanished while one physical present in the meeting room left
as well, returning to work.