Yasenia flew over and landed on a large and spacious area above the massive structure. Yasenia looked around with quite an awed expression. The sect was large enough that she had quite a lot of ease to move around the outer sections of the place.
Tatyana commented. "This place is big. I made it from the core of the world. Shaping it with the help of Blacksmith, Formation, Talisman, and Feng Shui knowledge. Thankfully, what I needed to create was not that complicated, so I plan to expand the sect in the future. For now, it will be suitable for beings up to the first level of the Transcendence Realm."
Yasenia laughed. "Are you sure that the future Sect Masters will bother upgrading the sect? Who knows what will happen in 1,000 years, right?"
Tatyana shrugged. "As long as Ghana doesn't die prematurely, she should be in charge by then still. She is the woman that you'll pass down the position to, right?"
The dragoness nodded. "I have already relegated quite a lot of responsibilities to her. The maids are also helping her train a group to help her, right?"
Tatyana smiled. "Indeed. At least, we will be able to have the first generations of the Astral Sky Sect avoid corruption from within. We'll see in the future, though. Anything might happen."
Yasenia sighed and commented. "Well, I guess I should return to my human form…"
Soluna giggled. "You sound reluctant."
"I am!" Yasenia flopped down, her weight making Tatyana and Soluna bounce up. "I just feel very comfortable in my current body… The Cosmic Energy flowing through me is very comfortable. Moreover, I feel so free in my dragon form."
Tatyana snorted. "Free enough that you are having thoughts of just flying off into the void of space and have a journey, eh?"
Yasenia blinked, turning her hill-sized head toward Tatyana. "How'd you know?" Taytana rolled her eyes, and the dragoness added. "Well, they are just thoughts. Over that, I just want to spend time with my babies before their wings harden and they fly off."
Yasenia hummed. "Speaking of which. When are we activating the teleportation formation?"
Tatyana used her cultivation technique, moving through the sect's passageways and arriving at the center of the structure. There, a glowing Formation Core that flowed like a plasma could be seen, powering up the massive formation that covered the entirety of this place. Yasenia followed Tatyana's movements with her spiritual sense and saw Tatyana observe the spherical and floating formation.
The core of the formation was a sphere full of runes and complex lines. With Yasenia's current knowledge of formations, she was unable to make much sense of it.
Tatyana spoke. "Do you see these formation sub-cores here? I need to link them without affecting the stability of this one over here. For that, I need to write something like…" Tatyana's finger glowed, and she used pure energy to paint a few lines and runes in the air.
Yasenia looked at them, and Tatyana smiled. "Don't worry, these are not real runes. I can't write this level of runes and formation geometry with just my finger as long as I am still in the mortal realms."
"Oh…" Yasenia laughed faintly. "Does that mean that you can write them as long as you are in a stronger body?"
Tatyana grinned. "Busted~." Then, she frowned. "The problem is with these formation runes… These four especially. They need a quite high-level material, which I currently don't have."
Soluna appeared by Tatyana's side and asked. "Not even using the world core materials? They should be very strong, right?"
Tatyana groaned. "Well, I can use those. However, I would need to consume one of the youngest Natural Treasures to melt them… That's such a waste of resources."
Yasenia asked, curious. "So, where do these 'World Core Materials' come from? Did you destroy one of the planets or something?"
Tatyana waved her hand. "Me? Destroy a world? Pfft. Impossible! Why would I do something so inefficient as to destroy a world for its core materials!"
Yasenia hummed, not denying or confirming her trust in those words.
Tatyana sighed. "Okay, okay. I will admit that I used that fire-spirit world we discovered as a resource. One thing led to the other, and well, the world couldn't bear the staring and died."
Yasenia and Soluna deadpanned. Soluna spoke without any emotion. "Aha. The world just spontaneously died, right?"
Tatyana nodded a few times. "Of course, Soluna. Do you think I would kill a world on purpose? Moreover, after seeing so many rich resources, why would I leave them floating around!? Creating a Spatial Ring with enough space to store that entire world took around half a year. However, I persevered and did not waste the gift that Mother Nature decided to give me!"
Yasenia and Soluna continued listening with emotionless and judging faces, clearly knowing that Tatyana's story was filled with half-truths, making Tatyana cough once. "T-Then, using the materials that were given to me so generously, I built this place in the following two and a half years! Of course, I was in a rush, so it is a bit half-assed and needs a lot of retouching! However, well, it is good enough for now, and with my instructions, the future formation masters will have enough work for a few millennia!"
Yasenia sighed and commented. "So, you killed that world for some reason and then used its corpse to create this place? Being truthful to your Death Empress title even at a planetary level, are we?"
Tatyana laughed dryly. "Well, perhaps. BUT! What's important is that we have this place now! Isn't it awesome and nice?"
The dragoness couldn't deny it. A look around it with her spiritual sense was enough to notice how many levels and facilities it could hold. This place was around 500 kilometers from top to bottom. That size was more than enough to house billions of people and the food production capabilities needed to feed those trillions of people. This giant palace could become its own ecosystem due to the layering.
Yasenia sighed. "This is quite… A place. How did you build this in such a short time, alone?"
Tatyana explained. "Formations are quite wonderful at automatic expansion. Using that world's core energy, which was abundant as I have yet to use even one-ten-thousandth of it, I built a relatively small formation that would take the material and expand with specific commands. In short, I built a formation that would use space as efficiently as possible, with a few zones for cities, forests, and many other necessary locations. What took the most time during those two and a half years, taking two years and three months, was creating that complex order sequence that could expand to this degree."
Yasenia couldn't help but be awed. "That's honestly ridiculous. I can't imagine the complexity of a formation that would be able to do that."
Tatyana gestured at the fifteen-meter-wide sphere with complex runes and layering of geometrical formation. "No need to imagine. You have it here. When it was built, with its exponential growth rate, it reached this size in less than three months by consuming materials from that world. Now, we just need to carry over a few forests and animals from Distancia and let them get used to this place to create a natural ecosystem. The formation can support life out here with relative ease for a long time. Later, it will become self-sustaining by automatically absorbing energy."
Yasenia laughed. "I guess this is how those 'Ancient Artifacts' with lost knowledge are created at first. An ultra genius creates them, feeling that it is something possible for anyone to understand. Years pass, and then, people just look at them with confused eyes."
Tatyana shrugged. "Not my problem if people become dumber with the years. I've done more than enough for this place, and the rest will be in the hands of its residents! Oh, it is also orbiting Distancia. With its current size, it will probably start appearing like a second Moon or a very large star in the Distancia sky."
Soluna and Yasenia rolled their eyes. The dragoness, eager to fulfill this masterpiece's potential, said. "Tatyana, use one of the Natural Treasures. Even if it is a bit of a waste, I feel that this thing will become a legendary thing that will perhaps outlive us. I would be quite proud to have people discover this in who knows how many years in the future and be awed by its complexity."
Tatyana laughed. "Sure, love. If that's your wish, I'll use one."
For the following week, Tatyana got to work, and Yasenia slowly returned to her human form. Now in her human shape, Yasenia looked at Tatyana's working figure closely, absorbing as much as she could from what she was explaining and doing.
Soluna understood nothing, as her formation expertise was null. So, she stayed in Yasenia's arms, taking a nap. As a spirit, she could modify her body slightly, and using that quality, she shrunk in size enough to fit perfectly between Yasenia's arms.
"Done!"
Tatyana sighed with a smile and looked at the red, black, white, and green colored formation sphere. Yasenia clapped slowly, waking up Soluna. "That's beautiful. It feels as if it is alive."
Tatyana shrugged. "It is semi-sentient, after all. Of course, it can't really go outside the directives I gave it. However, it does have the capability to make a few decisions on its own."
Yasenia burst into laughter. "I bet that it will develop a Treasure Soul and become sentient, leading to a big catastrophe and evolving by itself or something."
Tatyana smirked. "Who knows~. Perhaps I built it with that intention from the beginning~."
Yasenia clicked her tongue. "So mischievous. Wanting to end a whole civilization that you built! Bad! That's very bad!"
"Hahaha." Tatyana laughed and commented. "Well, let's start the teleportation formation! It should work without a hitch by now."
Pondering about the potential risks, Yasenia asked. "Where will people teleport to? Here?"
The Death Empress quickly denied it. "Not at all. This room will only be accessible by the Sect Master and very few other people. The teleporting location is in the biggest city location, where the outer sect will be located. Come, I'll guide you there."
The dragoness stood up, carrying Soluna between her arms, and the three of them disappeared from the Formation Core Room.
After a minute of running, they arrived at a massive open area with nothing built. It was a bunch of rocky surfaces without a single living being. There were even mountain areas in the distance. Of course, all of this would soon change when they transport what they need.
Above them, a circular formation manifested, expanding fold after fold. Then, Tatyana spoke through the communication device. "The teleportation device is open! Everything should be okay for everyone to be able to come over."
Cecile's voice came from the other side of the device. "Understood."
Around ten minutes later, the giant circle floating in the air lit up, and several streaks of light shot down taking the shape of Yasenia's family. The dragoness smiled and opened her arms. "Welcome!"
"MOMMY!"
All the children flew and tackled Yasenia to the ground, purring and growling while cuddling with her. Their tails were wagging enough to create strong winds!