The Inheritance Of The Supreme Immortals

Somewhere in the vast universe, countless stars were floating in the vacuum.

Some had life, and some didn't. Some had strong beings, and some were yet to birth beings, able to evolve.

Everything was going according to the rules bestowed upon them by the great Universal Tree, or as the cultivators liked to call it, the Grand Dao of the universe that ruled the entire cosmos.

Both the worlds that had yet to birth beings and the worlds that had already been birthed with life were planted with a world seed by the Universal Tree.

This world seed we are talking about is something that would grow into the World Tree.

Though it's called a seed, it's not actually a planet-sized seed or anything; the term is just used to describe the process. Anyway, that's not important.

Right now, something strange was happening among the World Trees of these stars.

"Do you feel that? Is that who I think it is?" a woman spoke in a private telepathic channel that only she and those who were capable could communicate through.

"I feel it too. He is finally awakened," a second woman in her mature voice replied.

"Who else could it be but our brother?" a third woman joined the conversation in their telepathic communication channel.

"I want to meet our brother as soon as possible. I miss him so much," a little girl's innocent and excited voice spoke with her childish tone.

"Wait, I cannot communicate with him through the channel? W-What's wrong with this?" the little girl spoke in a calm voice, but the other women could imagine that she must be crying silently, just like a little girl, even though she is literally billions of years old.

"Don't cry, little girl. It's just that he is still in the process of awakening. Once it's completed, we will be able to communicate with him like we used to do... probably?" the fourth woman explained calmly.

"But I want to talk to him right now."

The women were silent; they didn't know how to console their little sister. Even though she was billions of years old, she strangely had the intelligence of a child.

"Mother, can't you do something? I don't want to make her cry," the third woman suddenly asked their mother, who had been silently listening to their bantering.

"He will come to you soon," a stern but soft voice replied.

...

"Where am I?" Sam couldn't see anything.

Every direction his eyes were drawn, all he could see was white.

It wasn't intense enough to blind him, at least that's what he thought.

The truth was there was a blinding white light, but it was too weak compared to him, feeling like a normal white space.

Anyway, the white space or the blinding white light wasn't important right now.

"I just ordered my shadow soldiers to help the others, then suddenly my consciousness was pulled here," Sam sighed.

Before he could start his monologue, his consciousness faded again.

When he opened his eyes, he found himself standing in an unfamiliar territory that, for some reason, weirdly made him feel at home.

The first thing that caught his eyes in this unfamiliar but familiar place was the huge tree that resembled the banyan tree of the mortal world.

It was about fifty feet tall, stretching into the blue sky, with golden leaves and a dark blood-red trunk. Its red roots were stretching deep into the water.

"Wait, water? Am I standing on water?" He looked down, and sure enough, he was standing on water. As far as his eyes could see, it was water bodies. "It's like an ocean."

The tree's thick and gigantic roots were visible through the water bodies.

He slowly and gently walked toward the tree.

Each of his steps created a small ripple in the water, but strangely he felt like he was actually walking on solid ground.

When he arrived in front of the tree, he noticed there were lotuses growing out of the water surface, nesting under thick branches.

He bent down and touched a reddish-black lotus. "Hmm, the Dao lotus of War?"

His eyes then went toward the bright red lotus. "This one is the Dao lotus of Blood."

His eyes widened before they landed on the remaining Dao lotuses.

There was the Dao lotus of Nature, Soul, Runes, and Dual Cultivation.

These were all the Dao lotuses he manifested when he reached the Dao-seeking realm.

Then, a revelation dawned upon him. "Is this my inner world?"

"Fufu, looks like you finally figured it out," a voice startled him.

Following the source of the voice, he found a man who looked awfully lot like him—handsome, charming, sitting on one of the branches of the tree with an ancient book in his hands.

"Is that my codex he is holding?" Sam raised his eyes a little.

He looked at the man who seemed like the adult version of himself with a scrutinizing look, thinking about something. "Are you the Eternal Dragon Monarch?"

"Yes and no."

The man disappeared from the tree branch and appeared before Sam, landing on the water surface, creating a ripple.

Then, he waved his hand, and a very luxurious throne appeared.

Sitting on the throne, the man looked at the lotuses, then nodded in satisfaction seeing the transcendent-grade Dao lotus among them.

"It's good that your growth is abnormal, because if it isn't, it would mean that something is wrong with you."

"What the heck is he talking about?" Sam thought that the man in front of him must have a screw loose.

"That's not very nice," the man shook his head, trying to act as if Sam's words hurt him.

"You can read my mind?"

"Hehe," the man chuckled slowly. "I wouldn't call it mind-reading, more like reading my own mind."

"After all, we are the same person, my reincarnation..."

...

"What's wrong with my son? Why does he look like he got possessed by a ghost? And what's that weird energy surrounding him?" Helena muttered in worry, seeing the strange and unknown state her only son was in.

Sam's figure was illuminated by blinding golden light that didn't seem to disappear anytime soon.

To add more to the strangeness, the wind, the cold, the spiritual energy, and even the climate seemed to have become erratic—not in a dangerous way but in a gentle way.

Under the cover of the essence of this unknown energy, his figure was totally invisible; all they could see was a silhouette not moving from the outside.

"I want to go to his side immediately, but..."

She wasn't able to do that because Sam's shadow soldiers and shadow beasts were forming a circle, protecting Sam inside.

It happened when the shadow soldiers sensed their lord undergoing awakening.

Even though Sam had ordered them to keep his identity a secret, when they sensed that their lord was temporarily vulnerable, ignoring the order, they went with their primary task, which is protecting their master.

"I want to go to my brother." Sophia landed in front of the shadow soldiers and approached Sam without caring for the shadowy being guarding her beloved brother.

"Our lord is currently undergoing awakening; you can't come any closer," Bobby, the acting general of the shadow army, spoke, holding a shadow spear to the ground.

"I'm going in. What are you going to do about it? Attack me?" Sophia snorted and continued walking.

"We wouldn't dare to attack the mistress, but please, we are saying this for your own good. Please, mistress, it might be dangerous if you get closer," Bobby said respectfully, but he still stood in the way.

"Fine," Sophia snorted and stood together with Bobby like a soldier guarding the entrance to the castle.

Bobby sighed.

Seeing that the shadow soldiers didn't do anything to Sophia as she approached, Adriana, her daughters, Victoria, Sam's wives, and secretly Mira walked, hiding cleverly behind Victoria, as if not wanting to attract anyone's attention.

"Mistresses, all of you cannot walk past this, as it might be dangerous," Bobby stated calmly while standing in between.

"So, my grandson is the Lord of the Abyss, huh?" Adriana clicked her tongue in amazement and a little mad that he didn't tell her about this.

Usually, she gets to hear every single detail that happens in his life during their pillow talk.

"Why are you calling me mistress?" Ava asked the shadow soldier. She was still a little wary and creeped seeing the shadow beings with scary looks.

"It's because you are my lord's kin; it's only natural we would address you with respect."

Just as they started to converse with the shadow soldiers, something weird happened in the arena.

"King Shun, explain what happened?" Adriana asked as she heard the commotion and rushed to find Yuna standing with a black look on her face, her eyes glowing with white energy.

"I don't know; she was just talking, then suddenly she entered this state," he replied, worried about his daughter.

"Matriarch, it's not just her. Our Ophelia and Lenora are in the same condition too," the third ancestor spoke, bringing Adriana to the girls.

They also had black expressions, and their eyes were glowing white.

"Something is wrong with my daughter." Count Scarlett brought Queen Dracula to his daughter to check up.

"What is happening?" Even Kate, who is greatly proficient in the Dao of Blood, couldn't find out what's wrong with Amelia.

"What happened to our princess?" Suddenly, a new unknown voice attracted the crowd.

They saw two new people with Mia Hasegawa, who also had her eyes turned pure white and wore a blank expression.

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