> as his eyes landed on a particular ability that shone the most.
[Harbinger of Sin] :: As the Original and Absolute Sin, the user can appoint each sin to a person, making that person a harbinger of that sin, giving them access to the standard version of that ultimate skill. If the harbinger is killed, the ultimate skill will return as a charge to this skill, allowing for a new harbinger to be picked. The user can at any time take back a sin given out.
The abilities of the Seven Deadly Sins that he held were the strongest forms possible, and he had the right to assign each of the Ultimate Skills to those he chose through the use of this [Harbinger of Sin]!
His gaze sharpened as he sent out multiple messages to seven specific beings, his mind already wondering who would be most fit to receive which sin. The abilities were extremely powerful, and would give a huge boost to the strength of anyone that held them.
Among the people that passed through his mind, Barbatos, Kazuhiko, and Mikhail were among the top, with his thoughts also wondering about the Ice Queen he had not seen in a while as he decided against it. He did not want others to be fighting fights they did not need to.
Aside from the first three, the remaining Mythical beasts from the Beast World were also excellent candidates to nurture with the gift of a Seven Deadly Sins skill.
Noah's figure disappeared from the center of the Demon World away from the celebrating planetary core as he reappeared in the grandly floating Spiritual Land above the Demon Capital.
He was still in the Arch Demon Lord form, his arrival causing a heavy pressure to descend to the beings around him as those that were already gathered above the Spiritual Land felt their bodies trembling from the immense power Noah portrayed.
Noah realized this as he reigned it in, canceling the Arch Demon Lord form as he looked at the people already here on the Spiritual Land, as well as a few more who were on their way after hearing his message. It didn't take too long for seven beings to be gathered in front of him, all of them still unsure of exactly what was going to happen.
Kazuhiko was the only one comfortable enough aside from Barbatos as he came towards Noah with a refreshing smile.
"How far behind are you planning to leave all of us before you share something eh?"
The confident Kazuhiko was itching with enthusiasm after his contribution to the defeat of the demons, his gaze excitedly watching the Spiritual Land they were on as his mind was already imagining growing his own Spiritual Land to this level.
Noah looked at the dark-haired Kazuhiko who was moving around while still clutching his treasured Katana, his gaze somewhat softening after seeing all these people that he felt like he had not seen in ages, even though it had only been more than a week. Barbatos, the Kraken, the Emperor Penguin, Steel Mikhail, the Imperial Phoenix, and the 2nd ranked Demon Ruler Agares were the other 6 figures looking towards Noah with a variety of gazes. Some were respectful, others were fearful, and one was mischievously smiling. He looked at their faces closely as he spoke.
"The universe is vast and filled with many dangerous things."
Their gazes hardened as they were addressed, even Kazuhiko's enthusiasm turned serious as they paid attention.
"Don't ever think you are anywhere near the strongest, as there are almost always others much stronger than you. Even now, I can only give the few of you a small boost in strength."
He moved as he spoke, his gaze landing on the Emperor Penguin as he activated [Harbinger of Sin], sending a command for the Sin of Pride to be given to the first Beast of his Spiritual Land.
OONG!
A wild burst of essence erupted as the arrogant penguin felt its body elevated, gradually being filled with strength as a transparent runic marking appeared on top of his head.
"RAA! RAA! RAA!"
The Emperor Penguin let out loud cries as it noticed the appearance of an Ultimate Skill in its stat panel, its gaze towards Noah softening as it thought that its Master wasn't so bad after all.
The others noticed the change as they looked forward with rapt attention, and Noah continued.
"The universe has been here before us for an untold number of years, with so many powerful beings so many levels above us that we cannot even be considered along the same lines."
His gaze landed towards the Kraken as he sent another command, the Sin of Wrath being sent forth and appointed to the Calamity of the Sea!
"There are old monsters and powerful schemers all around us, and we're only just beginning to grow."
From then on, he moved even faster as he sent multiple commands, the Sin of Greed being sent to Kazuhiko, the Sin of Sloth appointed to Steel Mikhail, the Sin of Envy being appointed to Agares, and the Sin of L.u.s.t being appointed to the Imperial Phoenix!
Lastly, his gaze turned towards the mischievously smiling Barbatos as he sent the command for the last Sin of Gluttony to be appointed to her.
Gorgeous red lights continued to shine all around as the figures of the beings around Noah were elevated, runic markings appearing on each of their heads as Seven new holders of the Seven Deadly Sins were decided. Noah nodded as he continued, his body erupting with strength as he activated the Arch Demon Lord Transformation, a fearsome body of a regal demon appearing in the Spiritual Land.
"We are in no hurry, so we will carefully advance forward as we increase our strength. In time, we will build our power and be able to stand with status in this chaotic universe, where we will not be randomly bullied or put under the rule of ruthless beings!"
He was saying these words more as a message to the holders of the Seven Deadly Sins in front of him, but they acted more as reminders for himself as he planned for his next movements. He had time on his side, he had to be careful!
He could not rush forward randomly, and he needed to build his power as much as possible before he moved.
"We can do all of this, together."
An air of mystery spread out from the center of the Spiritual Land as Noah stood at the center, surrounded by seven beings looking up at him. The beasts throughout the Spiritual Land felt this environment of power as they let out powerful howls, instinctively feeling winds of change they had not observed before.
Chapter 245 - Acceleration
After assigning the abilities of the Seven Deadly Sins to the chosen few, Noah moved forward with the next phase of his plans, the upgrade of the Spiritual Land that would have occurred days from now!
He still held with him the wondrous pill making technique, the {Forge of the Silver Flame} that he received from Sect Master Inuit of the Karmic Sect. His thoughts lingered on this figure that continued to be veiled in mysteries as he moved forward, harvesting the many fields that were holding ripe [Ice Phoenix Fruits] as they quickly entered the transparent cauldron with burning silver flames.
It did not take too long before the [Ice Phoenix Pills] he had made for the first time not too long ago were born again, the process being even faster this time as the many abundant fields all over the Spiritual Land were emptied out faster and faster, a nonsensical amount of mana going into the {Forge of Silver Flame} as more and more radiant pills appeared in the surroundings.
The beasts of the Spiritual Land were excitedly looking at this scene, the smell alone that was drifting from the pills already making them send voracious looks. Noah flicked his fingers as the pills flew towards the beasts the moment they finished being made, wanting to get the upgrade of the Spiritual Land as soon as possible for the upgrade of the Time Space from the 1:5 ratio of time and into the 1 to 10 ratio that only appeared after the upgrade into the Fifth Tier.
The process was smooth, exactly the same as what had occurred before as the Emperor Penguin was the first to break through and reach the Phantasmal Rank once more, with its brothers and sisters following soon after.
The pills were extremely effective for the beasts of the Spiritual Land, but they still provided spectacular boosts in strength similar to cores for other beings. The holders of the Seven Deadly Sins that were still on the Spir
itual Land shockingly watching Noah perform this brand new technique as the resplendent pills flew towards them as well, with the Calamities of the Sea not being far behind.
The process of breakthroughs into the Phantasmal Rank did not take too long for the beasts of the Spiritual Land, soon meeting the requirement as Noah began putting the required mana into the Spiritual Land that had sensed the requirements for the next stage to be met.
Vibrations and a gorgeous show of lights followed thereafter as soon enough, a gloriously improved Spiritual Land that let out a much grander light than before shining brightly above the Demon Capital.
The achievement of the Rank 5 Spiritual Land was thus achieved just a few hours after his return, with many more days left before the horrendous events took place in the World of Cultivation.
With this goal being met, Noah appeared in the extravagantly large Time Space that he could now spend 10 days in with only a single day passing outside. He would be spending the majority of his time from now on in this space as he trained himself to become even stronger!
He had an abundant amount of skills, with a few new ones to peruse through when he thought about the bloodied Celestial that he devoured. His goal was to max the proficiencies of his current skills, and then combine them until he felt confident enough to move forward.
It might be boring and strenuous, but it did not matter! Carefulness and much planning was exactly what he required from now on, as something like what had occurred in the Devilish Abode could never be allowed to happen again.
His mind focused as he first perused through the memories of the Celestial. His gaze shifted from calm to shock as he went through the memories, getting just a small glimpse of the Power that he knew as the Celestials.
Something even more frightening was that for some of the memories where the Celestial Drax was subserviently talking to other beings, these others beings were vortexes of darkness that Noah could actually not observe from the memories!
He was shocked to find that a sort of power that could even block others from perusing stolen memories existed, as many of the memories of the young Celestial Disciple were actually blank voids of darkness whenever they involved higher-ups, or his Master!
This was yet another wake-up call for the many mysterious powers he was not knowledgable of, but he was still able to significantly expand his network of information with the memories that entailed the life of this young Celestial.
For example, he now knew the Planet where one of the many powers of the Celestials was stationed! He knew the identities of which beings were connected to the Celestials from the vast worlds across the Universe, and even more importantly, he knew which Cultivators from the World of Cultivation were connected to the Celestials!
This was extremely important information that he could use to his advantage, but there were also many things he could not do. Firstly, unless he wanted to die within a few seconds, he could not even step foot on the planet where he saw the young Celestial Drax talking to the darkness that was his master. The planet was monitored so closely that not even a fly could slip in.
But there were many more things he could do with the memories, especially things that aligned with his goals in the Word of Cultivation. He continued to peruse through the memories as he planned, at the same time checking out the skills he could choose from the Devoured celestial.
Two extravagantly shining skills appeared in front of him, one unique and one Ultimate, the Celestial truly living up to their names of being powerful.
UNIQUE {Celestial Aura} An aura only for those blessed with a special fate. The aura can be manipulated to strengthen oneself or weaken one's enemies, as well as provide healing to those it encompasses.
ULTIMATE {Eye of Fate} A skill geared towards helping the user achieve their most favorable fate. Abilities include [Domineering Fate], [Empowering Fate], and [Displacement of Fate]
A spectacular set of skills appeared in front of his eyes as he began the long process of understanding his newly gained skills, the uses of <
It would be long and arduous, but it was required.
30 days passed like this in the Time Space of the Spiritual Land.
Only 3 days had passed in the outside world!
Chapter 246 - Roles
The passage of time could be very different depending on where one was. In the Demon World, only 3 days had passed since a grandiose new Ruler had risen, yet more than 30 days had passed in the Time Space of the Spiritual Land as Noah finally made huge improvements in his skill combinations and future planning.
In the Time Space of the Spiritual Land, the [Sheath Regalia] that required to be recharged in order for the Dagger of Time to be used had been constantly refilled to full charge and used, the ability of [Insight] being used by Noah multiple times over the span of the last 30 days to think about different possibilities he could pursue.
[Insight] :: Time can move in a myriad of ways, with no single being able to predict certainties among its chaos. Insight will show the wielder of the Dagger of Time possibilities of what could be. Requires Time Essence from the Regal Sheath in order to be used.
The ability was so insanely powerful that it showed possibilities of the future based on what Noah was currently thinking of doing. Following his train of thought while using [Insight], he was able to calculate a few pathways for the future that would be most ideal! This was such a crazy idea to process if he was told he would be doing this just a few weeks ago, but he was already at this stage where something as exemplary as this was becoming the norm.
Of course, [Insight] only showed the possibilities of what could happen, it did not foretell of the full future. Any changes could occur as time continues to move that might have not been foreseen through Insight, and that was why the ability only showed the wielder of the Dagger of Time 'possibilities of what could be', not exactly what would happen.
But for Noah, taking into account this stupendous ability added to his many abundant memories, it was more than enough!
Events should have already been underway in the outside world, so he would begin to move as well. A meeting was called for the upper echelons of beings from the Beast World, Demon World, and Noah's Homeworld just a few days after they were made harbingers of one of the Seven Deadly Sins abilities.
Noah spent a few hours transferring to the Frozen Kingdom of the Beast World as he went to personally bring the Ice Queen who was still ruling the Frozen Kingdom into prosperity. He had chosen not to make her a harbinger of one the Sins because she was not a fighter, but a ruler. As a ruler though, she could attend meetings like the one they were about to have.
Above the generously floating Spiritual Land, a variety of different beings from different worlds were gathered in an exquisitely styled futuristic building that held a conference room that only the richest in the world could be sitting in. An extremely large oval table was at the center of the wide room surrounded by a glass exterior that showed the scene of falling snow outside of the Frozen Plateau Spiritual Land. It was a peaceful scene as these beings looked up towards one man who was sitting in a grandiose ergonomic chair surrounded by voluptuous women sitting on either side of him.
Barbatos had her legs resting sideways as she spun around the seat she was in with a bored expression while the Ice Queen regally sat on Noah's left side with a cold smile.
Kazuhiko was looking at this with an envious gaze as Steel Mikhail kept his stone-faced expression. The Ocean Master of Atlantis still constructing his new land in Noah's Homeworld as well as the miniaturized Calamities of the Sea were also situated in their own seats, a weird scene of a vibrant Goldfish and a vicious Kraken floating above sleek black seats playing itself out.
The 2nd ranked Agares was respectfully standing by the side as he tucked his powerful devilish wings behind him, his gaze towards the central figure at the end of the oval table showing slight fear and reve
rence. The three remaining Mythical Beasts from the Beast World that were led by the Imperial Phoenix were also sitting in their own seats as they adopted human forms.
Even closer to Noah was an arrogant miniaturized Penguin that held so much confidence that one could feel it, with its attention occupied as it passed its flippers across its sleek runic marking on its head as it nodded at its reflection on the glass windows surrounding the huge room they were in.
A meeting of the highest levels of power across three planets were all collected into a single conference room as a discussion that concerned their future began!
The progress of the World Engine from the inhabitants of Atlantis, the most efficient way to improve the strength of awakened beings and the procurement of skills, as well as the creation of dungeons across the three worlds.
Noah spent a few hours in this conference room as he grasped to understand all the things he was connected to, before a few final messages were laid out at the end of the meeting.
Besides the already ongoing projects, another one was established as Noah put forth the plan for a possible future he had calculated. This was the expansion of their power and influence into more Worlds!
They had to act behind the scenes and be sure that they did not catch the attention of anything too powerful, and Noah found the perfect target from the many memories he had obtained these past days. This place was a Large World similar to the Demon World, with the highest level of power being individuals at the Phantasmal level.
The one upside is that it was a warring world with many factions, thus a diverse number of Phantasmal beings populated the world. It had no ties to higher worlds or organizations, and was only something that Baal had come across sometime in the past.
After cross-referencing with the abundant memories from the Celestial and other beings he had devoured, the Icebound World would serve as their first targetted world that they held no connections to!
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