Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Chapter 2145  Closest

Alex made it further than any Immortal Transcendent realm cultivator would cross and reached a point where Immortal Spirit realm cultivators were beginning to stop and tread carefully.

By this point, there was nothing he could see other than the Ever Dark realm, its frost-covered frigid surface barely reflecting any light through the dark, yin-filled atmosphere.

Alex looked at his talisman and saw the number 97 thousand. He had crossed the 100-thousand-kilometer mark already and was finally being pushed back by the aura.

Despite his usage of his Intent to fight back against the Yin, it was too strong now. Very soon, even Divine Realm cultivators would have to stop. Very far away, he could see Snowleaf having come to a stop as well, slowly making his way forward now.

"Can you continue?" Silvermist asked him.

"I can continue," Alex said. "Not for long, but I can continue."

"Alright, go on. Do the best you can and don't worry about Yin. If you get yourself in more trouble than you can handle, we can protect you."

With the approval of his master, there was nothing that could stop Alex now. He went forward, pushing himself as much as he could, getting closer and closer.

95 thousand kilometers. 93 thousand kilometers. 90 thousand kilometers.

This was a distance that even Immortal Spirit realm cultivators would have to think twice before proceeding, but with the help of Divinities, Alex pushed through with no regard for his own safety.

The further he pushed in, the more the Yin got stronger. Soon enough, the prickly coldness around his body changed to deep stabbing pain that should have made him stop. But it didn't, Alex continued pushing on ahead.

Around 85 thousand kilometers, the pain was close to being unbearable, but there was still some distance Alex knew he could push. His Spiritual sense was running low, but he was sure he could last until he made it there.

He flew closer and closer, the yin getting stronger and stronger. Then, at some point, he heard another voice in his mind he hadn't heard in a while.

"What is this?" Godslayer's voice came from inside his head. "Kid, did you find me a meal to eat?"

Alex was surprised by Godslayer's sudden words. He had gone into slumber after they had fought the remaining sect master of the Poison Fighter's sect. Alex had no idea when he could awaken again. It seemed the time was now.

Was that a coincidence?

"Godslayer? You're awake?" he asked in his mind, letting away the bare minimum of his Intent to talk with him.

"Of course. With this much Darkness aura around you, it would be a shame if I kept sleeping, wouldn't it?" he asked. "Such familiar darkness too."

"Familiar darkness?" Alex asked, surprised. "There's Darkness aura here?"

"There's all sort of Yin aura here. Even the ones that shouldn't exist, surprisingly. Yin Cold, Yin Ice, Moon, Darkness, Death, Shadow, Decay, Undead, Poison. Everything. What is this place?" he asked. "Wait, are you in space?"

"I am," Alex said. "I am above… or rather behind the Eclipsing Heaven, now close to the Ever Dark realm."

"The… Ever Dark realm?" Godslayer asked.

"Yes," Alex said. "Do you know this place?"

"Know?" Godslayer laughed out loud. "How many times have I come here to recover from my battles? No wonder this felt familiar. Get closer, let me eat more."

"I can't," Alex said. "I'm already in a great deal of pain. I can't go forward."

"No, go forward. This is too little. You can't bring me to a buffet and force me to stay at the gates. Take me in."

Alex wanted to laugh at the sword spirit's words, but he didn't have the possibility to do that. He simply repeated the same thing again.

Godslayer grumbled a bit before finally calming down. "Alright, if you can't do that, then at least don't stop all of it from coming toward you."

"I… I will die if I do that, won't I?" Alex asked.

"Not when I am here," Godslayer said. "I will gather it all."

Alex thought for a moment and shook his head internally. He couldn't do that. At least, not right now.

"Later. I'll come here again. You will have to wait," Alex said.

"Wait? No. I don't want to wait. I want to eat now!" Godslayer shouted in Alex's mind, but Alex didn't listen to him.

He simply let go of his aura and let the Yin slam onto him with all of its might.

Silvermist immediately moved, placing his own aura around Alex to protect him. The moment his Qi wrapped around Alex, Alex felt the coldness disappear all of a sudden.

Not a single bit of discomfort remains in his body.

"Are you okay?" Silvermist asked. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Yes, master. Thank you," Alex said.

Silvermist nodded. "Is this the most you can go?" he asked, looking around. He thought for a bit and said, "Not bad. You are stronger than most Immortal realm cultivators out there. At least when it comes to things that don't have their own intent."

He threw out his ship before him and let Alex and Grimsight get in it. The ship had an aura around it, protecting them from the Yin.

"You two will have to go back further now. This ship's durability will drop a lot if I take it with me," Silvermist said.

"We know. You go on ahead. I'll watch over the kid," Grimsight said. "And don't get into any fight."

"Haha, don't worry. I'm not so eager to kill myself when you're not around," Silvermist said and continued on his own journey. He went on straight ahead, leaving the two behind. Grimsight took Alex away from the Ever Dark realm, getting further away from the Yin aura so that the ship didn't have to work so hard to protect them all.

"Are you sure you want to stay here, senior?" Alex asked Grimsight. "You can take my talisman and go on. I don't think it would matter."

Grimsight shook his head. "There's no need for that," he said. "I have no need to prove anything to anyone."

"Oh…" Alex said, taking his talisman back. "I see. No wonder you didn't get one for yourself."

Grimsight shrugged. "It would be useless either way. I have been to the surface of the Ever Dark realm multiple times before after all. There is no point in there for me to use a talisman for that."

Alex looked at the man with wide eyes. "You've been at the surface before?" he asked.

Grimsight said. "Yes. And it's as useless as you might have imagined. It's a world that is shrouded in Yin aura, with everything you lay your eyes on covered in ice or degraded over the hundreds of thousands of years of blizzard."

"It's just… not a very good place to be at. I only went there to train myself against Yin so I could fight against the demons. That's all."

"I see," Alex said, surprised. "You are incredible, senior."

Grimsight smiled. "You can call me that, but I'm not as incredible as you. To reach the distance you have reached today all on your own— should no misfortune fall upon you, you will be an incredible figure in the future."