chapter 3217: that direction!

the world darkened around the twins, and the void shattering pill, which was still raging inside their bodies, suddenly began to get suppressed. soon, the twins felt something they were very familiar with. rean and roan couldn't manipulate anymore, but they could still feel them, the laws...
the laws of the mortal realm in this universe acted on the twins and the pills inside their bodies. everything necessary for the breakthrough was barred, and the pills' power quickly vanished. not long after, the twins were left in a daze as their cultivations stabilized at the peak stage of the transition realm, at the very limit between it and the next realm.
roan opened his eyes, not finding it surprising at all. his instincts were telling him ever since he began to work on the pills that something wasn't right. now, he knows why. "the werdlem empire's control over the realms of its universes is truly phenomenal. even though it was only for a moment, we were able to feel it..."
rean sighed, knowing what roan was talking about. "indeed. the laws that stopped our breakthrough, they aren't natural. there was something mixed in them, something that wasn't supposed to be there. it was that something that prevented our breakthrough just now. it wasn't targeting us, though."
sister orb confirmed their words. [indeed. i was checking your conditions all the time. these laws didn't really stop you because you were you. they simply stopped the process of breakthrough. to be more specific, they seem to stop anything that tries to surpass the limits of a mortal realm, in this case, the void tempering realm breakthrough.]
rean and roan were now at the limit of that realm, and both of them knew how to break through. even without the pills, rean and roan definitely had the experience to have a breakthrough right now. they could simply ask rifindio for a little of his remaining divine stones. unfortunately, with those laws in place, they knew that reaching the void tempering realm on this planet and this mortal world was out of the question.
rifindio approached the two, looking at their progress. "void shattering pills, uh? i didn't expect you could concoct such pills in this mortal world. still... how come you didn't break through into the void tempering realm?"
rean shrugged. "you have your beloved werdlem empire to thank for that. it seems like the cultivation realms above transition can only be achieved in the divine realm, no exception. once again, i marvel at how thorough their control of their territories is."
roan wasn't in the mood to negotiate. "give me the stones, or i will take them myself."
rean patted rifindio's shoulder. "bro, if we don't do something in the next 24 hours, we are all dead. so..."
rifindio wanted to cry, but he knew rean was right. "fine! you better pay me back when this is all over!"
63 rank three divine stones, that was all rifindio still had in his spatial ring. he gave rean and roan 21 each and another 21 to kentucky. finally, with a heavy heart, looked away. "just tell me the plan before i hang myself here..."
rean, kentucky, and roan quickly took the divine stones and began to absorb them. they weren't using the stones. instead, they were storing their energy in their dantians, separating it from the normal spiritual energy. if necessary, they can bring it out at any time. with that over, roan looked at the skies again. he didn't look for long, though. "kentucky, spatial power is your area. only luan is better at it than you. can you tell where most of it is being gathered? whoever is controlling it all is probably somewhere near there."
kentucky, now with much more of his cultivation released, could also feel and use spatial powers. "give me a moment..."
he quickly focused his senses on the spatial powers, and the flow became clear to him. "hum?" finally, kentucky opened his eyes again. yet, he seemed surprised by something. "rifindio, weren't you the only camazotz bat to come to this planet?"
rifindio didn't expect that question. "that's correct. why?"
kentucky then pointed his wing in the direction he was feeling most of the spatial power of the world concentrating. "well, there is definitely another one with the same bloodline as yours in that direction. it's the same direction i'm feeling most of the spatial power of this world concentrating."