In less than one minute, the public outrage and battle stance taken against the Myriad Dreams Valley resulted in a bloody carnage from which even sect leaders and prominent elders couldn't escape. With a single formation, the Valley Lord suppressed all sides, refusing to spare even that only showed veiled antagonism.
What was overbearingness? This was overbearingness!
At first, Kama truly couldn't comprehend where that boldness came from. But when the level of Truth Laws registered within his mind, he no longer had any doubts!
"No wonders…no wonders the ring couldn't expose him. He must have long reached Truth Embodiment."
Kama realized, far too late. However, he never connected Rudra to the Chthonian Primogen, thinking that he must have lucked out and obtained some high-level Truth Inheritance. But in that instant, it mattered not.
"His cultivation is definitely not as simple as an early-stage Cosmic God. With such Truth Laws, what can't he fake? If Rati's breakthrough indeed stems from him, then he should at least be a Legendary God. I can't spend another second here."
Kama reasoned, and turned into a ball of golden flames to bolt from the scene! But instead of running away from the mountain range altogether, he dived toward the hall where Rati current lay!
"What a passionate man. Although he stood no chance to escape, he should at least give it a proper shot. What would seeking Rati do besides ensuring his captivity?"
The Valkyrie scoffed at Konrad's left. But at the right, Verena shook her head in disapproval.
"It might not be that simple. You said it yourself, he cannot escape. You know it and so does he? That being the case, of course, he'll try to find himself the most reliable shield. Who knows, if Rati pities him, she might even activate the Temple's defense formations to buy him time."
Verena reasoned. Of course, none believed that such an outcome could occur. But as Konrad stared into the hall, his eyes contorted into a frown.
"Oh? Interesting."
…
Within the main sect hall, the guiltless protectors stared in awe as Kama barged in, hurtling through the hall to land before Rati's stairs.
"Rati, there is no time to waste. You must come with me. Together, we can start over!"
Kama exclaimed while crossing the stairs to reach Rati. The clearly written "urgency" on his face needed no explanation. However, Rati included, none expected him to speak such words. It was as if he completely forgot all that just occurred, and the bridges now standing between them due to Konrad.
"Are you muddled? With everything that has transpired, you still yearn to stay by my side? Even if you don't mind me making a cuckold out of you, shouldn't I mind you plotting against my maimed father?"
Rati asked with a derisive smirk as she remained seated in her Temple Lord Throne. All along, she kept her eyes shut close, never glancing toward Kama. But as he possessed by the devil, the fool ignored all the signs to stride toward her.
"Rati, my love, I know that you aren't guilty. It must be that vile creature's fault. He's the one sowing discord between us. If not for his foul tricks, you couldn't betray me. Since I forgive you, why can't you look past my moment of misconduct? For the sake of our past, please…come with me."
Kama urged while stretching his hands toward Rati. But as they neared hers, her eyes opened wide, releasing a terrible pressure that made even Surya look like a good-for-nothing junior!
"Impudence. How dare you stretch your hands toward my eminent self?"
Rati asked in a relaxed but bone-chilling tone that forced Kama back! Every word seemed laced in a transcendental force that oppressed every fiber of Kama's being. Unable to resist, he dropped on his knees, quivering like a paltry feather before an unrelenting storm.
Now, as he stared at Rati's sitting form, Kama's eyes widened in fright!
"You…you are not…you are not R…"
*BOOM*
Kama could never finish his words. As his lips stammered, a boundless force locked him from all sides, fried his brain, and made him burst into ten thousand light particles, leaving neither flesh nor soul behind!
Undisturbed, Rati closed her eyes.
…
Meanwhile, as a grand cleanup swept the Sea Dream Temple, the Primal Sun Sect received the visit of unexpected guests. Or more accurately, a shadow visit. Konrad and Selene stood above the Primal Sun Sect's headquarters, looking down on all the lives lying within.
"Chandra is a pig, Malkam a eunuch and Mahava a corpse. Now, of your enemies, a few underlings aside, only Surya remains. How about I trade his head in exchange for your cunt?"
Konrad, whose true body had long-since left the Myriad Dreams Valley alongside Selene to monitor Surya, asked with a devious grin.
"This kind of crass talk, you can only use with me. But…I like it."
Selene replied with a wolfish grin.
"That is natural. You are, after all, the bimbo imp I personally raised for more than two centuries."
Konrad chortled, and in tandem, the two dropped from the sky and bypassed all walls and defenses to land in Surya's cultivation abode. There, the Sun God sat with a golden lotus hovering above his head.
His four remaining sect elders stood in opposed corners of the room, injecting unending waves of God-Force into the lotus. Surya always had a plan B, and when that failed, a C. Although he hoped he could complete the lotus's maturation with the Sea Dream Temple's Dream Stone, God-Jade was still an issue. An issue he could only fix with the sacrifice of his elders.
With his Truth Wielding, he took control of them, forcing them to dump the entirety of their energies into the lotus, and to not stop until they perished!
Without hesitation, they carried out the order, dumping the entirety of their Godly Force into the golden lotus whose sun-like radiance heightened with every jet.
When the last drop of God-Force readied to leave their bodies, the four burned their blood, making a last-ditch effort to dump even more fuel into the lotus. Soon, they collapsed. But as their bodies tumbled onto the ground, the lotus' radiance reached its acme. Golden flames erupted from its core, stretching toward its petal and turning it into a golden flame lotus!
Seeing this, Surya could barely contain his elation!
"The Primal Sun Lotus is mature. Now, as long as I can lay hands on that Dream Stone, the result can rise a hundredfold! To say nothing of the peak of the Legendary God Rank, becoming an Overgod is within sight!"
Surya exclaimed, and to grant his prayers, Konrad stretched out his right hand, causing the Dream Stone to appear and merge with the Primal Sun Lotus.
*BOOM*
An explosion of magenta and golden flames swept the room, sending the unprepared Surya flying against a nearby wall as the Primal Sun Lotus successfully went from eight-star to nine-star God-Medicine!
Konrad beckoned, and as Surya regained his composure, he was startled to see his lotus, the result of millions of years of work, fly away from him and stop near his secluded room's entrance.
The Devil Concealment vanished, and to Surya's stupor, the Chthonian Primogen appeared, very much alive, with his lotus now hovering above his hand!
Instantly, Surya's eyes widened in fright!
