Is that a Wisp?

"The God Realm is destabilizing?" Krune asked, slightly nervous. "That makes no sense, though."

"The Gods of the God Realm had once attempted to exit the Four Realms. Their attempt almost destroyed the Four Realms. Thankfully, the laws of the Four Realms stabilized themselves somehow," Gegrafikan told him. "However, the stability we attained wasn't perfect. Some foreign entities managed to make their way into the God Realm, beginning to wreak havoc throughout it."

"Yes." Gegrafikan nodded after seeing Krune's suspicion. "The Abolition Tower is one of them."

"The Abolition Tower?" Krune muttered, asking after some time, "Do you have any idea as to how their powers work?"

"I'm getting to it." Gegrafikan turned silent, articulating his thoughts as he said after some time. "The powers of these foreign entities aren't available in the existing laws of the Four Realms. So, our methods are ineffective against them. This is also the reason why no one has managed to uncover the methods of the Abolition Tower."

"One of my clones recently became a member of the Abolition Tower," Krune said, recounting the experience. As it was his clone, everything that ran through the clone's mind was shared in real-time with Krune.

So, that allowed him to obtain first-hand data related to it. Even though neither he nor Sterlena were able to obtain anything from it, Krune hoped for Gegrafikan to obtain some clues.

After all, he was from the mysterious Spirit Aberrant race and had already become a Heavenly Aberrant. It was not to mention the fact that he was the leader of their race and had been alive for god knows how long.

After listening through Krune's experiences, Gegrafikan thought long and hard, saying, "There are some ideas that I can piece together. Though, it's nothing quantitative yet. I'll inform you once I finish my research."

He then continued, "In any case, the goal of the Abolition Tower is to weaken the structural stability of the God Realm and invade it fully before wholly consuming it."

"I suspect it's related to an entity on par with the creator of the Four Realms. This was all that I've managed to find out." Gegrafikan sighed. "Every time the Abolition Tower takes action, they impede the development of those that shoulder a lot of fate of the Four Realms."

"They impede the development… I see." Krune nodded, getting a slightly better idea of their goals.

"And uh... that's where you'll come into the picture, Krune," Gegrafikan said, surprising him.

"I'm able to do something against them?" Krune was pleasantly surprised.

"I'm unsure about it yet." Gegrafikan shook his head before saying, "The only thing I'm sure about is the fact that wisps are equipped with the means to deal with the Abolition Tower since they're beings made out of pure energy. But I have no idea beyond this."

"What about True Spirits?" Krune asked next.

"They don't have that." Gegrafikan shook his head. "After all, only wisps are able to leave the God Realm and enter the lower three realms without any price. There's a reason this is possible. And I feel like this is the key to going against our eventual foes."

"How much time do we have until the God Realm is destroyed?" Krune asked next.

"A lot of time, I think," Gegrafikan replied. "The God Realm is incredibly vast, after all. With the recent increase in the number of Gods, it has stabilized further. Sure, the rate of deterioration right now is rather slow. But..."

His tone turned solemn as he continued, "That would change the moment the Abolition Tower takes action on a grand scale. The scale would quickly tip towards destruction. So, an accurate time limit could not be determined."

"Haah!" Krune sighed. "This is indeed troublesome."

"Also..." Gegrafikan whispered, "Are you able to contact Wally?"

"Wally?" Krune thought a bit before shaking his head. "I have no idea where he is at the moment, nor do I have a method to contact him."

"There's a good chance you'll be able to find Wally once you become a God. However, that might already be too late. But anyway, Wally is a Wisp God. So, his help is a necessity in this situation. There shouldn't be any strong wisps in the God Realm." Gegrafikan sighed before getting up, saying…

"I'll continue researching about this and will tell you if anything happens." He then walked away, murmuring something from time to time.

Sporting a heavy expression, Krune slowly left the library, sighing as he gazed at the clear skies beyond, slouched as he scratched his head, for a moment wishing to pull out his hair.

Sensing his worsening mood, he let go of all attachments, returning to his wisp form as he took flight, flying in the air. Slowly, as he continued to fly, the sombreness in him was washed away.

From time to time, returning to his origin was a means to keep himself sane. He really wished to head back into the past and live a carefree life.

Things were really great before he arrived at the God Realm.

"No, that's just giving in to weakness. I'm not like that…" Such a thought emerged in his mind before turning blank. And, a couple of minutes later…

"Wheeee!"

Some of the Outer Sect Disciples gazed at the sky, watching an ethereal figure that resembled cotton candy emitting parlous laughter while it skittled through the air. A peaceful warmth radiated from it, calming their minds.

Before they realized it, all the Outer Sect Disciples that were in the area had seated themselves on the ground and had closed their eyes, feeling that all troubles they harbored in their minds had been alleviated to a certain extent.

Moreover, a mystical feeling enveloped them as they felt that they were able to think faster. The godly techniques that they had learned became clearer in their mind, allowing them to understand them better.

Some of them even went a step beyond and derived new techniques.

Seated within the clan's main hall was Zamura, conversing with a couple of elders about the sect affairs in preparation for the upcoming war with the Mist Sect.

Suddenly, his eyes widened as millions of thoughts clashed in his mind, allowing him to solve many doubts in cultivation that he had before. Followed by a flash of green, he appeared outside, noticing a certain wisp making circles in the air like a newborn.

"Wheeeee!"