Walker Of The Blue Sky

Chapter 219: Ch 219: Shocking Revelation

Aside from the two more Soul Marks, Ling Xiaolong also helped Emrys awaken his Ice Pegasus Bloodline and Lightning Wraith Bloodline. After all, when the Curse of Eternal Silence was broken, the seal on his bloodlines was also lifted automatically. All it needed was a little push that Ling Xiaolong gave for it to awaken.

When Emrys’s bloodlines were awakened, he felt another rush of power. This power originated directly from his bloodline, and when activated, Emrys will be able to showcase the strength far surpassing that of Mystical Mist Soul Master.

After that, Ling Xiaolong taught Emrys a few Soul Skills. If there was something Emrys was lacking the most, then it was the Soul Skills. Fortunately, the creator of Soulforge Prism Orb was there, otherwise, who knows when he would have been able to learn Soul Skills?

The Soul Skills that he learned were Soul Shield, Soul Healing, Soul Sealing, Soul Manipulation, and Soul Suppression.

⧼Soul Shield⧽ can create a protective barrier around his soul using his Soul Force, guarding it against the opponent’s soul attacks.

As the name suggests, ⧼Soul Healing⧽ can heal one’s own or another’s soul. The speed of healing depends on the user’s Soul Force and the type of injury. Even if one’s soul is shattered, as long as this ability is activated, it can slowly but surely start healing the soul.

Using the ⧼Soul Sealing⧽ ability, Emrys can lock away parts of his or another’s soul’s power, memories, or emotions, preventing access or use.

⧼Soul Manipulation⧽ can directly manipulate the souls of others, influencing their emotions, and thoughts, or even controlling their actions. Of course, if the opponent’s soul is stronger, the effect of this ability will decrease drastically.

⧼Soul Suppression⧽ can suppress the power of another’s soul, weakening their abilities or causing confusion and disorientation, stopping their actions for a few seconds to a few minutes. In the meantime, the user can easily take advantage and solve the problem from its roots if they are powerful enough.

Ling Xiaolong first taught Emrys Soul Skills before giving him tough training. During that period, Emrys died multiple times. Fortunately, the death was not real.

Emrys trained for months, only stopping when Ling Xiaolong deemed it sufficient. Although his cultivation and other stats didn’t increase during this period, his fighting prowess and strength grew severalfold.

During this time, Emrys also learned many truths from Ling Xiaolong. He learned that when there was nothing but darkness, a divine voice echoed which gave birth to a light that cut through the void of infinite darkness, giving birth to several eternities. These eternities were later named the Vast Expanses of Eternity. Spiriatrium is located within one of these countless eternities.

All the eternities together form an omniverse called the Inked Tale Omniverse, which is supported by a colossal tree known as the Tree of Origin.

The Tree of Origin is located somewhere at the very heart of the Inked Tales Omniverse. It is a humongous tree that connects different realities, realms, and dimensions. This is a towering sentinel tree of life and wisdom, a tree that was later known as the mother of all.

Emrys already knew that the very first era was called the Primordial Era. This is also the era that gave birth to countless primordials. Sage, the strongest of all in that era, was one of the primordials as well.

Ling Xiaolong told Emrys that existences in the Primordial Era thought that beginning from nothingness was possible only because of this tree. This tree gave birth to the first life and the very essence of creation itself.

However, the reality is far from the truth.

Ling Xiaolong explained that the Tree of Origin was not the one that gave birth to the first life and the essence of creation, instead, it was that very first creation. It can be said that the Tree of Origin is the progenitor of all that came into being. It was only after this tree was birthed that other primordials began to appear one after another. Furthermore, all the primordials’ life essence was similar to the Tree of Origin, so they mistook it for their creators.

One day, if Emrys can become powerful enough to travel through different realities and dimensions, he can have the opportunity to see the Tree of Origin with his own eyes. It’s too bad that that time is still far from Emrys’s reach. He has yet to even enter Spiritarium, let alone the Vast Expanse of Eternity, and be able to travel through different realities.

Anyway, Emrys at least learned that Sage was one such expert who was able to travel through different realities and meet the Tree of Origin. It was then he learned that there is another reality that exists above the Inked Tale Omniverse. Since he didn’t know its name, Sage called this reality "Beyond".

Emrys already knew one or two things about Beyond. But Ling Xiaolong reconfirmed his information. He told Emrys that Sage had already cultivated to the peak of the Vast Expanse of Eternity. In fact, he was already the strongest in the entire Inked Tale Omniverse. He wanted to enter the Beyond where he could continue cultivating and become more powerful. Unfortunately, the entities above never let that happen. At first, they warned Sage, but when Sage continued to try entering the Beyond, those entities above struck down, killing him and destroying his entire civilization. That is how the Primordials disappeared.

Primordials don’t have a fixed shape like other races such as Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and more. They come in different shapes and sizes.

Fortunately, during that war, the Tree of Origin intervened and saved the seeds of the weakest primordials. These seeds are also the last Primordials still in existence. Some of them are the Tree of Chaos that gave birth to Chaos, the Tree of Abyss that gave birth to Abyss, Mother Tree of Life that gave birth to elven Cosmic Field Aurum is from. Aside from these trees, there is also Celestial One, a human-shaped giant, that gave birth to a Cosmic Field where people can hunt beasts to level up, Xylo, a mechanical Primordial that gave birth to a Mechanical Cosmic Field and Mechanical Civilization, and more.

The important point is that only a few thousand Primordials remained alive. These primordials also stopped using their strength, not wanting to fall in the eyes of those living above in the shadows (Beyond). As time passed, their existences were forgotten by all other races.

Emrys already knew that Cosmic Cultivation Civilization appeared after the destruction of the Primordial Era. They actually discovered the remnants of Primordial Era Civilization and created the Cosmic Cultivation System based on the concepts of Primordial Cultivation.

This is also the main reason why the Cosmic Cultivation Civilization is currently known to be the strongest civilization even in ancient times. After all, Primordial Era Civilization has already been forgotten.

When the Cosmic Cultivation Civilization was at its peak, they discovered a few sites left behind by Sage and got to know about the "Beyond". They also tried to enter the Beyond, only to be destroyed by the entities living above.

However, when they were about to be completely destroyed, an unknown power intervened and moved fragments of Cosmic Cultivation Worlds to an unknown corner of the void that was out of Beyond’s people’s reach.

From Ling Xiaolong, Emrys learned that the unknown power that had intervened was actually Ling Xiaolong himself. Ling Xiaolong had stepped in for only one reason—Emrys Frazier.

Emrys was stunned to learn that Ling Xiaolong had been carving a path for him to follow since the birth of the Primordial Era. The Sage’s discovery of the Tree of Origin, his attempts to enter the Beyond, and his willingness to leave behind a legacy specifically for Emrys to inherit—all of it was orchestrated by Ling Xiaolong.

How could Emrys not be astonished upon learning all this?

After all, Ling Xiaolong, this mysterious being who existed since the Primordial Era, had been doing everything for "him" who appeared in this era. Who knows how many Sage Eras had passed for this moment to arrive, and throughout all that time, Ling Xiaolong had been patiently planning, guiding, and shaping the path that he, Emrys Frazier, would one day walk. Every event, every discovery, and every challenge had been meticulously placed for Emrys by Ling Xiaolong, ensuring that when the time is right, he will be ready to fulfill the destiny that Ling Xiaolong had envisioned for him since the dawn of creation.

By why?

Emrys could not help but ask Ling Xiaolong. Unfortunately, Ling Xiaolong didn’t answer him. He only smiled at Emrys and said that he’ll know when the time is right.

This was the exact answer he got previously.

Anyway, coming back to the point, Ling Xiaolong’s manipulation runs so deep that even Elysia Nightshade was not spared. Her appearance on the Infinite Soul Star, her encounter with Emrys, her decision to choose him, and her choice to throw him into the fragmented Cosmic Cultivation World to learn and walk the Cosmic Path—everything was meticulously planned and executed by Ling Xiaolong.

All of this was overwhelming for Emrys. The extent of Ling Xiaolong’s manipulations and the realization that so many events in his life had been carefully arranged left him utterly stunned.