A Cultivation Tale: The Godly Punisher

Chapter 148: Guilt

While the black-colored sound waves shot forward in a particular direction, a tall and handsome young man floated very high in the sky. He saw all that happened.

Then he vanished.

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In a particular forested region that wasn't affected by the vastly destructive sound waves Alex generated using the grand destruction god-eyes, a treasure-palace could be seen very high on top of a tree. It was well-hidden from view by the large canopy of the tree.

Then in the large, empty hall of this treasure-palace could be seen Alex, lying unconsciously on the ground. If one looked at his body, one would think that it would scatter apart the next moment. Then around his cracked body could be seen part of his body and about a hundred spatial rings.

The palace-spirit used it power to move Alex's body part to the sections they broke away from. After doing this, a pill appeared in the air. The pill was green in colour and emitted radiance and power of vitality.

Just when it would put the pill into Alex's mouth, the handsome man that was observing everything that went on earlier and vanished from the altitude he was at in the sky, appeared before the tree's massive canopy.

Then he became a thin ray of light that shot into the now small-sized, treasure-palace hidden from view by the large, bright green canopy of the large tree. Then he transformed back into a human when he appeared in the large hall of the treasure-palace.

The palace control-entity was shocked to see the man and just when it would use the various offensive power of the hall to attack him, the man's voice rang out "Wait. Don't attack. I am his uncle. I saw everything that happened and I am here to help him"

The control entity was surprised.

So Alex had such an uncle? It never knew.

Then it felt that because it had been slumbering too much to regain some energy and preserve them, it had missed out on a lot of things that it should know about.

It greeted Alex's uncle respectfully as he had a cultivation rank that was higher than it own.

"Hmm" Alex's uncle nodded and replied in a friendly tone.

When Houston saw that Alex was surrounded by nearly a hundred cultivators who were many ranks above his in cultivation, he had appeared to shield him from harm and repel them while simultaneously inflicting serious injuries. But he waited to see what Alex would do. And surprisingly, Alex who had studied how to release the power of the grand destruction god-eyes back at the black dragon academy was able to generate an attack-amplification field which infused the sound waves he produced upon shouting with the power of cataclysmal destruction.

Houston was impressed by Alex's decisiveness. Not caring about what would happen, he dished out the power.

But initially, he was scared that the power would reduce Alex to bits.

Alex was smart. He could have unleashed the power of destruction when he was confined by that unseen force. But he felt that he might die if he did so. Then instead, he conjured up a divine physique which would give him the power of a Saint stage cultivator, enabling him to withstand the aura of destruction-power much more than when he was in the condensation stage and might explode into mist of blood.

"You can give him the regeneration pill. I would give him this" Houston said and the palace control-entity nodded.

Then a radiant, crimson pill appeared in the air which floated towards where Alex's badly broken body laid in. Then it went into his mouth after the vitality restoration pill produced by the palace-spirit entered.

These pills dissolved into energies that began to rapidly heal the grievous, internal and external wounds Alex had sustained from the devastating power he put out.

The part of Alex's body which had broken off rejoined the part it was ripped away from and healed without scarring. Likewise the others. Not long, Alex's body was made whole again.

A moment later, the weapon-spirit of The Purifier's sword appeared before Houston. It form was blurry as it was phasing between visibility and invisibility.

"Houston. I am sorry that I wasn't able to protect the kid." The weapon-spirit said.

"It's okay. Looking after the boy till he grows powerful enough to fend for himself isn't only your job. It's mine too and every other artifact-spirits that would join later." Houston replied. Then he paused as he looked at the blurry form of The Purifier's sword-spirit which faded in and out of vision. "I can see that your form is unstable which means that you haven't being able to recover your energy. You can go back to your energy-preserving state. I think you would be able to recover some of your energy very soon when this boy reaches the Silver-Violet Sword Banisher's temple"

The entity was surprised.

"Silver-Violet Sword Banisher?"

"I don't think you would know about him since you and your master have long been cut off from the society because of secluded cultivation. The Silver-Violet Sword Banisher is a cultivator of the sword. Just like your master. He was one of the many supreme cultivators. He even has a Greatverse named after him just to tell you how powerful he is. But right now, for some reason, his entire legacy is in this Mortalverse and only cultivators at the saint stage can acquire it" Houston replied.

The sword-spirit looked at Houston weirdly.

"Saint stage cultivators? But the boy is only in the condensation stage. If he isn't slaughtered by the numerous saint stage cultivators who have gathered for the legacy, he would be slain by the restriction devices put in place by this supreme sword-cultivator which would be installed at the entrance into his inheritance bestowment ground. It's too risky. He should just keep growing. And when he's ripe to set out for famed ancient legacies like this type, then he can go without no one worrying about his safety. Remember that I haven't repossessed even a sliver of energy. I wouldn't be able to protect him in there." It said in a refuting tone.

Houston smiled.

"Well, I myself thought in this manner too. When the legacy first appeared, I felt bad that he wouldn't be able to fight for it. But later, I saw that he left the academy he studied at and was heading back to his city, where the legacy surfaced from. So I arrived at a certain deduction that he was heading for the legacy ground. I know he's weak as he has a low cultivation base. But Alex has this mystifying ability to summon near-innumerable types of physiques which grant him the power of a Saint stage cultivator. So I think with this, he would be able to trick whatever restriction the Silver-Violet Sword Banisher put in place and gain entrance into the legacy ground" He replied.

The entity became astounded by what Houston said.

"He has that kind of ability?" It asked.

"Yes." Houston replied. Then he continued "Therefore, he can use that form of ability to enter there. But where the danger which would be a great threat to life lies in is his inability to last in the physique for more than a minute. Anymore than that, he would suddenly go unconscious. And this could be deadly for him as he could be killed by whatever saint stage cultivator he would battle with for the legacy. That's where my only worry is since I wouldn't be able to go in to monitor what happens in there."

The sword-spirit thought for sometime. Then it said "It's okay. He can go. From what I have observed so far, he has many ways of protecting himself. Since he has decided to go for the legacy that only Saint stage cultivators should go for while in the condensation stage, he wouldn't do it without preparation. He knows where his ability lies in. So he would be careful, strategic and smart with whatever he does in there."

Houston nodded.

"I will return." He said to the sword-spirit. Then he thanked the palace control-spirit for also looking out for Alex's safety.

Space warped around him and he vanished.

Then the sword-spirit faced the Azure Beastsman's palace control-entity.

"Thanks for looking out after the boy" It said.

The palace-spirit in it corporeal form nodded and gave a smile.

"It's my duty to protect the boy. He has my master's legacy. So I have to protect him or my master's legacy would be lost forever." It replied.

"Hmm." The sword-spirit agreed. Then it continued "I am going back to rest. I want to preserve my energy"

Then it vanished from the palace hall and reappeared in the vast spatial dimension compressed into The Purifier's sword.

Not long, Alex's eyes sprung open. He quickly stood to his feet to leave. But then, he realized that he was in the Azure Beastsman's palace hall.

Then he saw the palace-entity standing before him with a smile.

"Young one. You have finally woken"

Alex nodded with a smile. Then he asked "What about those proud bastards. Did I successfully wipe out them out?"

"Of course. Nothing can withstand that kind of terrible, destructive power you put out. I am not sure cultivators at the immortal stage would be able withstand such. Even if they do, they would be severely injured. When you leave here, you will see the vast destruction you caused. You have made many mortals and low-rank cultivators homeless." It replied.

Alex's eyes widened with surprise and then shone with guilt. He had actually made a lot of people homeless. He thought that the power he would generate should only be powerful enough to kill the greedy cultivators who circled him. But he had used it to destroy more than thousands of properties.

Then he wanted to see for himself the degree of damage he had caused.

He looked at the palace-entity and said "Take me out. Let me see for myself"

The palace-entity nodded. Then with a slight spatial fluctuation around Alex's body, Alex vanished from where he was and appeared on the tree top. The miniaturized palace-treasure shot back into his spatial ring and Alex jumped down from the huge, tall tree.

Then with a powered-dash, he stopped dozens of feet away from where he fought the near-hundred cultivators who surrounded him many hours ago.

Using his augmented sight, he looked into the distance from where he stood and saw the amount of destruction he caused by putting out that power.

He shook his head guiltily as he could now hear sorrowful cries of people over their properties from far away using his enhanced hearing.

He was sad for sometime because of what he witnessed, then his eyes began to radiate intense coldness.