When Bai Xiang fell asleep this night there was a major difference between what happened usually and what happened today, he stayed conscious and appeared in a dream that was incredibly realistic.
When he realized that the world he was looking at was a dream and that his body could not move or do anything he was very confused.
'Wasn't I not supposed to get a mental space for a very long time?'
He remembered that his cultivation technique was supposed to unlock a mental space where he could train during his sleep to practice techniques and process information but this did not feel like that kind of place.
The location of the dream was a barren wasteland which was occupied by 9 people, two of them were having some kind of conflict Bai Xiang had no idea of the origins of it but watched with bated breath as they began to fight.
The group of two consisted of a man and a woman who had an appearance that went beyond mortal understanding, the man had shoulder-length hair that was darker than the void and icy blue eyes. The female was an elf with long white hair and smooth white skin, her green eyes were glowing as she fought with a silver longsword that was slightly shorter and thinner than average, it produced a pale white light as she engaged her enemy.
The seven attackers seemed like more normal people but were still extremally impressive in their own right, Bai Xiang could tell that everyone in the current fight was at a significantly higher level than even Miss Amanda, the level of destruction they fought was ridiculous.
As the fight continued the man who was using a short sword and one-handed shield seemed to be lagging behind his three opponents while the woman was on the attack against the four attackers she fought.
Skills fired off like magic as everyone continued to pile up injuries that also quickly healed, soon however the men attacking the woman backed off and spoke.
"Elenora leave and we will let you live your life, we only came here to kill your husband for what he has done. You might be able to fight us for now but what happens when you have to fight all 7 of us and your energy runs out? Save yourself and you can join or create a major faction, if you are able to peak the peak you might be as strong as the heavenly Emperor, why are you fighting to the death for this maverick who doesn't know how to follow the rules?"
In response, the woman growled angrily.
"You want me to abandon my husband to a bunch of cruel tyrants? How wretched are you to ask someone to abandon the family for something so useless as future strength? You insult my conviction and love and ask me to be cowardly? I will kill all of you and then the entire alchemy association and pill-maker guild! Your wives and children will not escape my wraith either, even if I have to paint the divine world red I will exterminate you slimy miscreants."
One of the men who seemed to be in charge and stronger than the rest laughed and spoke in response.
"If you say so then don't blame me for what I do to your daughters when we find them."
While they were talking the other fight was still going on and suddenly a loud sound spread through the area, it sounded as if someone slapped the water in the bathtub as hard as possible, the loud sound originated from the lone man.
During the entire fight, he was at a disadvantage against his three attackers but finally, the pressure built up, and a technique landed on him flush, blowing half of his chest away from his body, any normal person would die instantly but as immortals if not deities he quickly retreated with shaky legs while swallowing alchemy pills.
Instantly the three attackers pressed their advantage but were blocked by the woman, now she was fighting 1on 7 and was slowly losing ground.
As the fight continued the same man from earlier spoke with a tone of real respect which was surprising.
"Jumping realms in the divine realm to fight 7 attackers is beyond impressive, adding your daughters to my bloodline will boost the future generations of my clan a dozen fold!"
Bai Xiang watched the entire fight with his mouth wide open, what the hell was he watching!? These people were in the divine realm, not to mention that, this lady was jumping realms to fight 7 of them, wasn't that the most protagonist-like thing one could do?
As the fight continued everyone got more and more injured, it was clear that no matter who won the fight they would not be able to do anything for a long time. The white-haired elf was missing her left arm and had a gash across her right leg that was leaking blood endlessly, her opponents were only slightly better off, some having mangled or missing limbs themselves and others with massive holes in their bodies.
When they separated for a momentary halt in the fight the elven woman Elenora suddenly slipped a pill that glowed golden and green out of her sleeve and swallowed it. At first, nobody reacted in any special way, everyone had been using pills whenever they got the chance throughout the fight, the only weird thing would be that she only took one pill when given the chance to swallow a dozen.
Quickly everyone suddenly felt the temperature increase significantly and her skin and hair glowed white and her previous green eyes glowed a bright golden color, only one person knew what was going on.
He had been healing with pills this entire time to try to get back into the fight but it took time to heal attacks by such high-level cultivators and he could barely stand, as soon as he saw the light however he let out a sorrowful yell.
"NOOO! ELENORA!"
Suddenly one of the other men slowly realized something that horrified him.
"Forced race evolution! We need to kill her now!"
As the man started wailing sorrowfully the seven attackers charged toward the glowing ball of light at full speed, despite their quick recovery from the shock they were all terrified, this woman could fight them all on an almost equal footing and now she was evolving her race. If they let that happen would they not all die, would she not go after their families afterward?
As they got within range to cleave her in two a powerful force suddenly pushed them all back, throwing everyone onto their backs as all they could do was watch what happened.
Out of the light a fully healed Elenora suddenly walked out with a viscous expression, without words she charged at the men instantly and quickly killed her first victim, shocking everyone there. People in the divine realm did not die easily, usually after a long fight, they would be whittled down and eventually overwhelmed.
In this case, however, although the man was already injured he died almost before he could react at all, soul destroyed and body turned to dust. It was a terrible sight that made everyone feel a shiver down their spine.
As the fight continued one-on-six nobody else died instantly but the rate at which the group of six gathered wounds increased significantly from before while Elenora only had a few shallow scrapes.
Suddenly however the skin on her arm started to crack as golden light started slowly seeping out, suddenly one of the men spoke with relief in his voice.
"Soul collapse! As long as we can wait it out she will die, it seems the forced racial evolution was not successful, with th-"
Suddenly before he could finish a silver sword pierced his chest, destroying his divine sea and annihilating his unprotected soul in a single attack.
For the first time since the process happened, she spoke in a venomous voice.
"Even if I am about to die I will take all of you with me!"
Now that they knew she was on a timer the remaining five grouped up and tried to fight as defensively as possible but once another one of them died they turned and fled, in theory, they were hoping that as long as they were faster than the other guy they could escape while she killed them.
Unfortunately for them, the reality was cruel as within a few breaths all of them were dust.
After the fight was complete the landscape was completely destroyed and there were massive cracks in the ground that stretched beyond where the eye can see.
As Elenora approached the still unnamed man who was clearly her husband she instantly collapsed, the cracks had spread throughout her body and it could be assumed that her soul collapse was nearly complete.
As she lay in her crying husband's arms she calmly spoke to him.
"Please get vengeance for me when you get stronger, you are the only one deserving to stand at the top of alchemy. Kill all of those bastards and use alchemy to make the world a better place, an amazing place for our daughters."
Amid sobs, the man nodded before slowly the light faded before a quick flash of light and her body went limp as if all the strings controlling her were cut, she was dead.
As the man who Bai Xiang identified as the Alchemy God continued to recite promises of murder and revenge the sound of the dream suddenly came to an end. As everything faded he heard a booming but familiar voice, it was Elenora!
"GET STRONGER"
"GET STRONGER"
"A HEAVENLY WAR IS COMING"
"A HEAVENLY WAR IS COMING"
"YOU HAVE A THOUSAND YEARS TO MAKE IT TO THE DIVINE WORLD"
"YOU HAVE A THOUSAND YEARS TO MAKE IT TO THE DIVINE WORLD"
As the booming voice disappeared into the void along with the rest of the dream Bai Xiang was terrified.