Birth of the Demonic Sword

The dark world transformed during its expansion. The nature of the dark matter flowing in its insides changed as its power increased.

The dense liquid-like currents solidified until they became a black metal that filled the whole dark-yellow hall. Then, their power increased further until they exploded into a raging black storm.

A similar process happened to his companions. A pure expression of their laws flowed through the hall and improved until it reached levels of power that they had yet to touch.

King Elbas' curiosity intensified as it flew through the hall. It became a golden radiance that seeped in every material and made him understand their structures.

The world around Divine Demon fell apart under the influence of his aura. Even the bricks of the pyramid seemed unable to withstand his overbearing law.

Alexander's hunger shattered the bricks and multiplied the primary energy released in the process. He seemed able to generate power from nothing.

Theodora's mental waves became able to see the true nature inside the laws around her. She could understand the faint desires carried by that matter, and part of its power flowed inside her after obtaining that knowledge.

Luke's thoughts began to transform the matter and force it to obtain a different nature. The laws morphed according to his will without requiring additional energy.

The Foolery's influence transformed some of the weaker materials into resources full of energy without investing anything. He could generate power by simply spreading its aura.

Similar events happened for the other experts. The pyramid had copied their laws and put their consciousness inside ethereal figures to make them able to withstand that power. The structure was showing their path and was replicating its effects.

The benefits of that procedure didn't only involve their sight. Noah and the others were wielding that superior power as if it was theirs. They were experiencing those techniques in their strongest form.

The effects the techniques caused in the matter around them also gave more hints about the end of their path. Those experts could partially see what they would become at the peak of the cultivation journey.

The experience was breathtaking. The various auras didn't even affect each other. The pyramid was restraining their effects on the bricks that made the immense hall.

Noah felt that his control over his power often vanished. The pyramid automatized as many parts of the procedure as possible, so he rarely had to act.

Still, Noah didn't feel the need to do anything in front of that spectacle. He only wanted to watch and learn how his law would play out once he reached the ninth rank.

More materials began to melt or shatter while the various auras pressed on their structure. Even the sturdiest metals bent in front of influences that had become able to handle rank 9 materials.

Great Builder's corpse left the bed and flew toward the center of the three rank 9 fake cores. A vertical cut that ran from his head to his toes then opened and made everyone in the area suppress gasps.

The pyramid's aura was keeping Great Builder's corpse in the air and ready to receive the new materials. Noah and the others could only move on the three fake cores at that point, and those items transformed under their influence.

The experts' auras worked together to improve the fake cores and adapt them to Great Builder's existence. Great Builder was right in front of their eyes, so they could study him while completing the procedure.

The fake cores crumbled before regaining their original shape under the influence of those auras. They became stronger and changed form as the process continued, but they soon transformed into entirely different items.

One of the fake cores took the shape of Great Builder's body. It copied his face and various features perfectly before halting its transformations.

The second fake core transformed into a small shining sphere that reminded Noah of a dantian. It even contained rank 9 "Breath" that suited Great Builder's law.

The third lost its shape. It became a dense gas of white thoughts ready to flow inside Great Builder's mind. That material was almost as shiny as the dantian.

The experts then finished melting the materials acc.u.mulated on the floor and made their energy flow inside Great Builder. His injury slowly healed, but the pyramid opened the cut again since it needed it to complete the procedure.

The three modified fake cores then flew toward Great Builder. They fused with his centers of power and tried to give life to those organs.

The effects of the pyramid's aura slowly disappeared. The ethereal figures began to vanish as the heavy aura's attention went on Great Builder. Noah and the others slowly returned to their bodies and regained control of their actions.

The experts fell on the floor and experienced the most intense weakness of their entire life. Their centers of power were almost empty, but neither of them dared to complain about their state.

The pyramid had given them the best experience of their life. They knew where their techniques and laws would lead them at the end of the cultivation journey.

The process continued at the center of the immense hall. The pyramid closed the injury after the three fake cores fused with Great Builder's centers of power before creating a series of defensive layers around the expert.

The array of defenses gathered around Great Builder and created something like a chrysalis. His aura then vanished altogether, and even the pyramid stopped applying its heavy pressure.

Everything went silent. Only the white light radiated by the strange chrysalis in the air made the experts understand that the procedure was still ongoing.

The light radiated by the dark-yellow bricks dimmed, and the random tremors that ran through the pyramid stopped. The resurrection had reached its last phase, so the structure had to focus its entire attention on Great Builder.

Noah and the others didn't have the time to mind those changes. Their minds were still wandering through the many feelings experienced during the procedure.

They wanted to seclude themselves right away and see how beneficial that experience had been, but a series of lights suddenly ran through the floor and reached them.

The same went for their companions on the stages. White lines ran through the dark-yellow bricks and stopped only when they reached them.

Noah and the others were about to devise methods to contact the pyramid's will, but their vision suddenly changed. A heavy force enveloped their figures and dragged them away from that structure.

The white light of the sky shone on the army for the first time in decades. The experts were right outside the pyramid, but neither of them managed to return inside it.

White lines ran on the surface of the pyramid, and earthquakes spread from its area. The structure didn't tremble, but the power that it was acc.u.mulating made the air and ground around it shake.

"We should focus on recovering our energy," Alexander exclaimed once a dangerous sensation appeared in his mind.

Noah felt the same after a few seconds, and the other experts followed. They also began to sense that an immense danger was about to fall on them.

Those experts didn't have to say anything else. Their best hope to handle rank 9 threats was behind them, so they had to hold their ground until the resurrection was over.

Noah and those who had been a core part of the procedure immersed themselves in training sessions to refill their centers of power while the others began to deploy defenses in the area. Neither of them would hold back in front of an imminent threat.