Alm and Bruno felt the Queen's presence clearly, and, naturally, she sensed them too. In that instant, they realized a profound similarity: the Queen was like them. Her existence had reached the same level they had just attained.
Of course, they'd skipped a few steps. The Celestial state they were experiencing was temporarily sustained by the laws they had absorbed and would soon revert to normal. The Queen, however, had reached this level through cultivation, step by step, refining her existence permanently. She was like a fish in the ocean, while they were only wearing diving suits, with limited time before they'd be forced back up.
"Hmm… how interesting," she murmured softly, moving the heavenly laws with a voice only they could hear.
"So, it was you all along... That other missionary who ran was just a distraction? What a waste of time; I even captured his body, waiting for him to return from wherever he ran off to."
