Birth of the Demonic Sword

Robert revealed a broad smile that didn't reflect the state of his injuries. Noah felt slightly surprised at that sight, but he soon understood the reason behind that gesture.

"Did you grow bored of Heaven and Earth so quickly?" Noah asked while keeping his voice down. "I didn't believe to be so convincing."

"Your words were nothing more than childish taunts," Robert whispered, "But your power showed me a path that I have failed to see in my journey."

"Do you want to use me to pursue a cultivation journey free of Heaven and Earth's control?" Noah asked.

"Of course," Robert replied. "The method doesn't matter as long as I can reach my goals. Is that a problem for you?"

"Not at all," Noah laughed. "That's the only determination I'm willing to accept."

"I might end up betraying you if your path turns out to be another failure," Robert imitated his cold laugh.

"Who cares!" Noah shouted as his ambition intensified.

A crazy laugh came out of Noah's mouth as his existence continued to transform Robert's law. Night never stopped severing the expert from Heaven and Earth, and the mutations helped the companion in the process.

Noah felt ecstatic. His potential had increased after defeating Melissa, and the sole idea of stealing one of Heaven and Earth's followers improved his mood further.

His pride and anger joined the sheer output of power released by his law. Noah's newly improved features targeted Heaven and Earth and quickened the transformation.

Robert's condition worsened. Heaven and Earth didn't manage to heal his injuries since Noah was in the way, and the ambition didn't help his state either.

Death was necessary when it came to that type of transformation. Robert couldn't directly mutate into a being that didn't belong to Heaven and Earth. The expert had given up on his law to fuse it with the world's system, so Noah basically had to rebuild him.

Of course, Robert still retained a stable foundation. Noah's ambition didn't need to start from scratch. It could use the expert's law and modify it until it returned to a state that suited him without belonging to Heaven and Earth's system.

'Don't devour him,' Noah ordered while dark matter came out of his figure and enveloped Robert.

His pride had developed a tight connection with his hunger after the transformation. Noah didn't think that the black hole would eat Robert by mistake, but he still reminded his existence about his d.e.s.i.r.es.

The dark matter quickened Robert's transformation. It applied a procedure similar to Fergie's rebirth. Noah's higher energy began to imitate Robert's new existence and sever its ties with the black hole to become part of the expert's body.

Noah knew how dangerous the outcome of that process could be. He was transforming an existence that he couldn't hope to control even after establishing a silent leader-underling relationship.

The process would give Robert the chance to defeat Noah since it removed his greatest weakness. The absence of Heaven and Earth's laws would make Robert able to use his real might against Noah, and the transformation would even improve his foundation.

However, Noah didn't care about those details. Placing restraints on the expert's mind also went against his belief. His underlings had to be free. He didn't want to have puppets in his organization.

The other battles continued while Noah kept Robert sealed inside a chrysalis made of dark matter.

King Elbas led Luke, Fergie, and the Foolery in a fierce fight against Rebecca. The expert had lost a lot of her power after her deaths, but she still retained the cultivation level of a solid stage cultivator.

Rebecca didn't even have to rely on a weaker law against her opponents. She could show her true power while benefitting from Heaven and Earth's constant support.

King Elbas and the others found themselves unable to do anything in that situation. Winning a few exchanges required their full power and didn't lead to any decent outcome. Rebecca always healed her injuries through Heaven and Earth's light, and she never depleted her energy.

Divine Demon and Wilfred were even worse off. They were monsters among experts at the same cultivation level, but their opponent was a fully-fledged solid stage expert that never exhausted his energy.

Castor didn't suffer during his battle against Noah. His existence brimmed with power that Heaven and Earth made immortal. Wilfred and Divine Demon managed to put up a fight, but their struggles felt pointless.

Needless to say, Noah's companions soon began to feel desperate about their situation. Their opponents were immortal beings that their laws couldn't affect. Even King Elbas' mighty expertise couldn't find a solution to that issue so quickly.

Their glances would fall on Noah from time to time. He was the only existence capable of tampering with Heaven and Earth's laws and inflict lasting injuries on those immortal experts, but he seemed too busy at the moment.

King Elbas and the others could only endure Castor and Rebecca's reckless assault as they waited for Noah to complete his battle. They didn't completely rely on him, but their struggles didn't seem to lead anywhere.

'It's done,' Night eventually transmitted through the mental connection.

The Pterodactyl returned inside Noah's figure and resumed its recovery. Night had yet to fix its wing, and only the black hole could help in the matter.

A layer of dark matter continued to remain around Robert. Night had severed his connection with Heaven and Earth, but the transformation had yet to end.

Noah oversaw the transformation, but he didn't do anything to affect the process. Robert had to mutate on his own to obtain suitable results, and he still needed some time.

A vortex eventually manifested in front of Noah. The black chrysalis became the center of an intense pulling force that began to affect the environment.

Waves of energy fell prey to the pulling force and began to converge toward the chrysalis. Even the power that Heaven and Earth sent to Rebecca and Castor ended up flying toward Robert due to his influence.

Noah's dark matter didn't contain enough power to fuel the transformation of a solid stage cultivator. Robert required another source of energy, and the world couldn't oppose that d.e.s.i.r.e.

The chrysalis increased in size as energy amassed in its insides. Noah slowly removed his weapons and stored the cursed sword before burning part of the power that Robert was absorbing.

The process had reached its final stages. Robert didn't even need Noah's ambition anymore. He would continue to transform until his new existence stabilized.

Noah's flames didn't affect the transformation. He knew how that process worked and stealing a bit of energy from the pulling force wouldn't hurt Robert in the slightest. Moreover, he had to fix the damage inflicted by the cursed sword, so he didn't mind delaying his underling's rebirth.

A crack eventually appeared in the chrysalis. Waves of dark matter flowed back inside Noah's body and filled him with the energy that Robert didn't use during the transformation.

A humanoid figure that featured a single small horn on the left side of his forehead became visible among the black currents. Robert appeared among the white sky again, but his existence had changed completely.

Heaven and Earth expressed their rage at that scene. A single lightning bolt fell on Robert's figure, but the attack crumbled when it touched his new aura. Its energy even fused with his body and nourished his flesh.

The expert's new law was a product of Noah's ambition. It shared the same resistance against Heaven and Earth. Robert was similar to a Devil now.

The Tribulation didn't stop there, but a wave of dark matter promptly shot toward the incoming lightning bolts. Noah still needed energy, and Heaven and Earth had given him the chance to obtain it.