It is akin to meeting some wondrous existence.
If they are still within the limits of one's cognition, one would feel envy, jealousy, or competitiveness towards them.
If they are not…
It turns into a one-sided awe and admiration.
That was what Kalpas felt when he saw Shi Tian.
A Void Refinement Realm cultivator possesses the power to affect star sectors at will. Coupled with the Dao they comprehended, they are absolute powerhouses capable of fighting and dispatching strong Emanators at will.
Earth…
The Federation possessed a complete twenty-two of them. Kalpas met some of them too.
After hundreds of years, the Elysian Realm was turned into a bonafide legacy space where the Previous Era's Flamechasers met and trained the next generation of cultivators.
All of the World Serpent's operatives, save for Natasha, were sent to the maximum security prison. The nominal leader of this space, Kevin, did not have any qualms in training the new-gens, hence the Elysian Realm's current state.
Kalpas met almost all of the current Golden Core Realm experts produced by the Federation. Only the ones with the highest potentials could enter the Elysian Realm, so as to not excessively disturb the peace inside.
Other than them, he recalled several girls whose strength was the same as Shi Tian's.
Their existence quelled his fighting spirit a bit—a nigh-impossible feat to pull off.
"If you don't mind me, I will be meeting up with Miss Mobius."
"Wait."
"Hm..?"
Kalpas called out to him before Shi Tian walked away.
"The kid wants to meet you."
"Pardo?"
"Right."
Thinking about her, he did neglect her.
'Come to think of it, she can be considered as my first student…'
Shi Tian did not interact with her due to the astringent consumption of Seele and Veliona. Their breakthrough allowed them to summon the Bubble World's figures with lesser consumption. The meetings between the Bubble World and the Elysian Realm became frequent, with intervals of decades.
"I understand. I'll drop by after this meeting."
He strolled the Elysian Realm after that. Akin to a large space connected by countless corridors, every 'space' belonged to a Flamechaser.
It did not take long before he arrived at the 'center' of the Elysian Realm. It is a room connected to every other room, a place where the Flamechasers gather normally.
'It's still the same…'
Shi Tian recalled the time he pulled Elysia over. He urgently needed her presence and the 'compass' made by Vill-V at that time to attract the authority of Origin to himself. That was how he became the Herrscher of Origin, which lasted until they bested IX's fragment.
Soon, he entered the lounge. It has a bright red couch spanning a dozen meters long.
'They don't hold it anymore?'
He was aware of the regular 'meetings' every Flamechasers had. Elysia usually took the center stage. She is the connection everyone else in the room has. That was how strong she was as a social terrorist.
Without her presence, the place wasn't as lively as before.
As the culprit behind it, Shi Tian felt slightly guilty.
'If there are two Miss Pink Elves present…'
That was one way to kill the silence in the room.
Seeing the two still not here, he decided to "play" around with his ability. Faint gray mist emerged from his fingertips. Ten different lights—paired between dull and vibrant—danced inside the clouds. Their movements grew more extreme as the gray cloud struggled to maintain its form. The hectic movements gradually caused all ten lights to merge with each other. A tinge of pitch-black curtain coated the entire gray fog.
The process of Creation was done at his fingertips at a huge cost.
However, something seems to be lacking.
'As expected.'
Crack-!
The sound of ice shattering resounded within his palm. The gray fog bore the texture of both gases and shattered solid crystals.
Before it shattered completely, Shi Tian threw it out.
Sou-!
The trail of ice shards and gray fog instantly turned into a humanoid phantom. It wasn't long before a familiar Pink Elf appeared sitting at the right cornermost part of the couch.
"Ah~?"
The Miss Pink Elf looked around the familiar yet unfamiliar room.
"Long time no see."
"You are…"
Elysia could not say anything towards Shi Tian.
She was way too confused.
The la st thing she could remember was her guiding him in using the power of Origin. She examined Shi Tian who bore a pale face.
"Are you alright?"
"Mn. It's not that bad."
He shrugged it off as trivial, though it wasn't.
Seeing a completely fine Elysia, although a digital lifeform, Shi Tian felt satisfied with his handiwork.
It all started from the time he encountered the Flame Reaver. He forced him to listen to his story to 'unlock' the 'karma' between them. That was also the time his Remembrance system was completed.
The first thought he had in mind was:
'Can I use this to hack immortal cultivation's resurrection skill?'
This world inherently lacked a complete cycle of life and death. Those who died dissipated into utter nothingness. If there was an Aeon capable of affecting this process, it would be Fuli.
THEY preserve the memories of the universe. It is reasonable to be able to intercept these 'memories' given a proficient control over Remembrance.
This heaven-defying ability was treated by Shi Tian as an auxiliary skill. What mattered was its capability to affect this world's "time", bringing back the deceased through a roundabout method.
When mixed with immortal cultivation's real resurrection involving the reversal of time, karma, and fate, it brings down the necessary threshold to pull it off.
Simply speaking—
Shi Tian turned back time and temporarily brought the simulated Elysia.
'The pinnacle of Void Refinement… and the complete comprehension of All Creation. I can bring them all back.'
"You are lying."
"..."
"I knew it~"
Elysia skillfully moved right beside Shi Tian.
"The power of Origin… is gone. You feel much stronger than before. Can you tell me what I missed out on?"
"Alright…"
Their conversation was destined to be lengthy.
From her disappearance, Kevin's defeat, then to the battle against IX at the Theater of Domination…
Then came the long period of peace. Shi Tian skipped a lot of somewhat trivial details.
He was about to tell her the "romantic" story at Amphoreus when hurried footsteps came.
A small figure pushed the lounge door open. His eyes scanned the green-haired girl with messy hair. The haughty look on her snake-like pupils matched the black tiara on her forehead.
Her gaze turned to Shi Tian, and then to Elysia.
Mobius' eyes widened as she saw them.
"How did you…"