âWhat do you think we should do?â A group of Planet Mino elders sat around, seemingly discussing something as though they were in a world separate to the chaos of the outbroken war. However, interestingly enough, all of their attentions were focused on a young girl. That young girl was, of course, none other than Saru Shruti!
âDo you all remember why I came here at all?â Saru responded after a momentâs pause.
âOf course, Princess.â An elder responded quickly. âBut, there seems to be too many variables at play here. This may not be the right universe to use for your coming of age ceremony. Not to mention itâs far too early for you to take such a test anyway⦠You know your father didnât want you to leave until ââ
âI was far too cooped up in that place. Donât you think coming to this universe was fruitful though? How else would we have learned what we haveâ¦? To think that the dysfunction of this quadrant would seep so far to its roots⦠You are right about one thing, it isnât safe to remain here anymoreâ¦â Saruâs eyes glistened with something imperceptible as she looked off to Dyonâs figure in the distance. âI like him.â She suddenly said.
âThis⦠Princess you must choose your words carefully.â The elder responded with a nervous sweat coating his back.
âIs there a problem with what I said?â
âUhâ¦â
âCan you find another that is so young, capable of beating me, and also isnât from a clan I would have to marry into as a woman?ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âBut⦠Heâs nineteen years old. Heâs much older than you! How can he be considered a talent?!â The elder was hyperventilating at this point. Without King Shruti here, there was no controlling Saruâs actions. What if she really chose this man? By the time they got a message back to their quadrant for help in stopping this, it would be too late and their princess would be tainted!
Even worse, a nineteen-year-old with a mere meridian formation cultivation? Heâd be laughed out of their clan and forced into a servant role. So what if he could fight above his station, at the end of the day, that was only against these subpar beings. He was clearly the very best this universe had to offer, and yet he was so pathetic. If he hadnât injured Saru, how would she have placed so poorly?
âCousin.â Arivata interjected. âYou know theyâre right. Thatâs not to mention, how could you be the third wife of anyone? I agree that he is a good man. But, good is not enough.â
âYouâre all wrong.â Saru replied simply, still looking off into the distance.
âWrong?â The elder furrowed his brow alone with the rest.
âCan you see his soul strength?â Saru asked.
âOf course. Itâs at the Higher Foundation stage. Thatâs even more pitiful than his energy cultivation.â
âWrong. We as body cultivators know little of array alchemy, but you should at least comprehend the basics. How often have you see him use an array laced with purple and gold?â
The elders were stunned. How had they not realized this?
âAlthough I donât know what level heâs reached, heâs at the very least capable of drawing a master level array, which means his soul canât possibly be at the Foundation stage like you think. And, despite the fact weâre body cultivators, our souls grow along with our cultivation over time, so the fact that you, as a celestial expert, canât see through his soul, means that his soul strength far surpasses yours.â
âThis⦠But, Princess. Even if his soul talent is exceptional, you understand as much as anyone how that isnât translatable to true strength. The soul is simply too fragile. Heâll have an advantage in comprehending wills and stamina in using them, but at the end of the day, if his energy and body lag too far behind, he wonât be able to make use of his wills past a certain point. Didnât you see how much strain using a mere first level intent placed on him? Even youâre capable of using an intent without struggling that much!â
Saru sighed. âHow can you all be so blind?⦠How is that soul useless to him when he comprehended a Supreme Law! And you dare to say that the benefits are minimal? With his use of death qi, even if he met up against our best sixteen-year-old geniuses he would at the very least be in the top 50%, and thatâs without access to the same teaching and resources they have.â
The elderâs lip twitched when Saru said top 50%. Was that supposed to be impressive? This was a Princess of a Supreme God Clan! Not some commoner slave girl!
However, they could not deny how impressive it was to understand a supreme law at such a young age⦠Even their princess had yet to, and the amount that had at Dyonâs age wouldnât be a mere top 50%⦠It would be more like 0.1%. That said, with how many trillions of life forms there were, that number was still quite large.
âYou think top 50% isnât impressive? Well, let me tell you something else⦠You all understand that the sutra I have mastered allows me to comprehend my opponent the more I battle him, correct?â
The elder nodded solemnly. It was one of the reasons Saru was looked upon so favourably by their king despite the hundreds of children he had. She was simply the most talented.
âThen you know Iâm not lying when I say that he has cultivated for less than three years. Before he was sixteen, he knew nothing of the martial world. Nothing.â
The space became silent as the words of their princess set it. Suddenly, their eyes widened in astonishment. They couldnât wrap their heads around this at all. Even if Dyon was 19, if the words Saru said were true, those younger than him in their Clan would have cultivated for more than threefold that amount of time.
But what she said next was even more shocking.
âOh, and he also happens to be a peak first grade warrior.â
BOOM!