Chapter 500 -500-The End of the Trial

Chapter 500: Chapter500-The End of the Trial

Sophis stared at the place where Grand Oracle Sirius had died.

There was no joy on his face.

Only relief.

At the same time, he could vaguely feel his understanding of the fate of the universe deepening.

A thought quietly surfaced in his mind.

Grand Oracle Sirius clearly knew that sparing me would eventually bring about his own death.

Even knowing that he would one day fall because of that decision, he still did not care.

He chose to let me live.

He simply did not dare resist the fate that had been arranged for him.

If I were ever placed in the same situation, I would definitely resist.

I would never become someone who meekly accepted whatever destiny forced upon me.

Just like Holly.

The instant Sophis thought of Holly, his heart inexplicably trembled.

He released a long sigh.

"Back then, Holly swore a Cosmic Oath that she would never meet me again for all eternity."

"I wonder where she is now."

"I have already reached T8 Oracle-grade."

"I now stand at the same Rank your father—my master—once stood at."

Some feelings were simply like that.

Time might not erase them.

Instead, the passage of countless years merely caused those feelings to settle deeper and deeper within the heart.

...

At Celestial Academy, Sophis stood quietly and gazed into the distance.

A look of remembrance flashed through his eyes.

Faintly, he seemed to hear that young woman reciting the old poem once more.

"The peach tree glows in youthful bloom, its blossoms burning bright..."

Holly.

Hundreds of thousands of years have passed.

Are you doing well now?

The only response Sophis received was a faint, cool breeze.

The wind brushed past his face and lifted the strands of hair beside his forehead, allowing them to drift freely.

Sophis remembered the promise he had made when he left all those years ago.

Eternal Divine-grade.

Only by reaching Eternal Divine-grade could he break the restrictions of a Cosmic Oath.

I will definitely cultivate to the highest Rank in the universe.

Eternal Divine-grade.

Even if fate has never once favored me, I will still exhaust every ounce of Strength I possess to reach Eternal Divine-grade.

I want to see her.

Holly.

Having made that decision, Sophis drew in a deep breath.

His figure disappeared from where he stood.

However, this time, he never returned.

...

A T8 Oracle-grade powerhouse was already capable of roaming freely through the River of Time.

Following Sophis, Daniel experienced what it felt like to travel through the River of Time firsthand.

They continuously crossed through spacetime, moving between the past and the future.

In order to discover every possible method of becoming stronger, Sophis did not hesitate to venture into places of unimaginable danger.

During his long years of tempering and exploration, he gradually accumulated an incomparably profound foundation.

Many years later, Sophis finally reached the point where he was ready to attempt his breakthrough to T9 Oracle-grade.

He directly seized an extraordinary natural treasure land by force.

The treasure land had formed naturally within the universe, and its grade had even reached the level of a Primordial Supreme Treasure.

Sophis expelled the T8 Oracle-grade powerhouse who had originally occupied the region.

Afterward, he immediately began preparing for his tribulation there.

His preparations were nearly flawless.

After so many years of accumulation, his foundation was more than sufficient to support an exceptionally complete tribulation attempt.

However, Daniel already knew that Sophis would definitely fail.

Because this place was none other than the predecessor of the Sacred Origin Forbidden Land.

Sophis arranged countless formations and restrictions throughout the surrounding region.

He intended to borrow part of the Strength contained within this natural treasure land to help him survive the tribulation.

Finally, the day of the tribulation arrived.

Just as Daniel had expected, Sophis completely failed while attempting to break through to T9 Oracle-grade.

Even his Divine Soul was utterly destroyed during the process.

What was strange, however, was that Daniel could still remain attached to Sophis’s corpse.

He could no longer control it, but his consciousness had not yet been expelled.

At this point, Daniel could end the experience whenever he wished.

All he needed was a single thought.

Yet just then, a graceful figure suddenly appeared before him.

It was a woman.

Holly.

Daniel examined Holly’s cultivation Rank.

She had clearly reached T7 Oracle-grade.

His heart stirred.

Why is she here?

A moment later, Daniel suddenly understood.

So Sophis was not the only one who had been working hard all these years.

Holly had also wanted to break the Cosmic Oath binding her.

She too had been striving to reach Eternal Divine-grade.

She had also been desperately becoming stronger.

So even though these two had not seen each other for hundreds of thousands of years, they had still shared the same thoughts.

Even after so much time had passed, the feelings they once held for each other had never truly disappeared.

However, Daniel frowned slightly.

The Cosmic Oath was still in effect.

If Holly met Sophis now, that would still count as violating the oath.

And the consequences would be extraordinarily severe.

The punishment was the complete destruction of all her cultivation.

Sure enough, Holly quietly lay down beside Sophis.

Tears slowly slid down her face.

She whispered,

"Sophis..."

"I regret it."

"If I had known things would end this way, I would never have chased after something like Eternal Divine-grade."

"There is no such Rank as Eternal Divine-grade anywhere in this Endless Starfield."

"I understand it now."

"The time and memories I shared with you..."

"Those were the only things that were truly eternal."

"Sophis, if I were given another chance to choose, I would rather defy the Cosmic Oath and become an ordinary mortal."

"Even if I could only remain by your side for a hundred years, that would still be better than the two of us being separated forever by life and death."

"Do not be afraid."

"You will not be lonely."

"I will come to join you very soon."

"This time, we will never be separated again."

The next moment, Holly’s aura began declining at a terrifying speed.

T7 Oracle-grade.

T6 Oracle-grade.

Tier-5 Oracle-grade.

Her Rank continued falling without pause.

Eventually, every trace of cultivation disappeared from her body.

Holly became an ordinary mortal.

However, a mortal body could not possibly withstand the aura contained within this supreme treasure land.

In only an instant, Holly’s fragile mortal body was shattered into countless fragments by the pressure filling the region.

Sophis had died.

Holly followed him into death.

Daniel silently watched everything unfold.

At last, he released a long sigh.

"End it."

At that moment, he chose to terminate the experience.

The next instant, his consciousness separated from Sophis’s corpse.

...

Within the Sacred Origin Forbidden Land, Daniel slowly opened his eyes.

He immediately looked around.

Only then did he realize that he was still standing within the formation core.

The small treasure bead remained quietly suspended in midair.

It continued supplying power to every formation and restriction throughout the surrounding space.

Yet Daniel clearly remembered that when he had reached the formation core earlier, he had already grasped that treasure bead in his hand.

It had been this very treasure that carried him into the memories of the T8 Oracle-grade powerhouse Sophis.

But now, the treasure bead was still floating exactly where it had originally been.

Did that mean everything he had just experienced had merely been a dream?

However, the gains Daniel had obtained from that dream were completely real.

As Daniel recalled everything he had acquired from Sophis’s memories, a smile appeared on his face.

Throughout that experience, his Law of Destruction had advanced alongside Sophis and reached the transcendent stage.

He had also experienced countless real battles.

Secret realms.

Treasure lands.

Forbidden lands.

Dangerous regions scattered throughout different eras and different regions of spacetime.

All of those experiences had benefited Daniel immensely.

He had even accumulated one trillion Divine State Points.

And there was one more thing.

The most valuable essence hidden within Sophis’s memories.

The formations that the T8 Oracle-grade powerhouse Sophis had used during his final tribulation.

Daniel silently analyzed his current condition.

If I were to classify my present strength according to Rank...

Then I should now be roughly equivalent to a half-step peak Oracle-grade expert.