The old manās tribulation lightning was in fact getting stronger by a realm each time. On the 6th one, they were now at Immortal Spirit 5th realm of strength. The old man could still handle it quite easily, so there was nothing for them to worry about.
Bladedance turned toward Alex, scanning his body with her Divine sense. "Do you want to break through right now?" she asked. "After my tribulation is over, the Qi in the area will be thick enough for you to break through."
Alex considered it for a second but shook his head anyway. "No, but thank you for the opportunity, master."
Bladedance raised an eyebrow. "Such an opportunity doesnāt come so easily, you know?"
"I know," Alex said. "But I canāt do it just yet. I havenāt prepared myself and the next breakthrough is going to put me through an Inner Demon."
Alex said as much, but he had a weird feeling he didnāt have to worry about it. Just like he had skipped it all those years ago when he broke through from the Immortal Ascendant realm to the Immortal Origin realm.
Or that time when Whisker broke through to the Immortal realm, and he had to bear the tribulation, and yet he could ignore the Inner Demon too.
āNow that I think about it, Whisker reached Immortal Origin while he was in my Soul Space. Why doesnāt he have to deal with an Inner Demon, or if that passes to me, why donāt I have to deal with it?ā
The question concerned Alex.
"Do you have other plans then?" Bladedance asked. "If you can deal with your Inner Demon right now, I can delay for a few days."
"No, master," Alex said. "I will have another moment soon. Or at least I hope I will have one soon."
Bladedance narrowed her eyes. "What do you mean?"
"My Daos, master. Iāve learned so much while in Hell, but Iāve yet to learn a Dao. If I push a little further or learn a bit more, Iām no doubt going to learn the Daos, right?" Alex asked. "At that point, the heaven will descend just as they do when I break through, and I will use that opportunity."
Bladedanceās eyes widened slightly. "You havenāt learned any Dao?" she asked. "Not even in those 50 years you were missing?"
Alex shook his head. "I only have those 16 Daos from before. If Iām not mistaken, Iāll learn 3 more at the very least."
Bladedance was stumped for a few long seconds. "...at the very least, you say."
"Yes. I will no doubt learn the Dao of Time Awareness, the Dao of Spatial Contraction, and the Dao of Spatial Distortion. If Iām lucky, Iāll learn the Dao of Time as well. If Iām more lucky, thereās the Dao of Temporal Swiftness and Temporal Stagnation too. But I donāt know how good of a chance I have there."
Bladedance remained silent for a while before sighing. "You speak of them so casually; it almost makes me jealous. I barely learned the Dao of Sharpness in time before I reached the Immortal realm and learned the Dao of Cutting afterward. Those are the only ones I know, and sadly the only ones Iāll ever know."
Alex turned to Bladedance, wanting to ask if she lacked talent perhaps. But then, it was almost certain she did. She was about as talented as Whisker was since they were both only capable of consuming only half a fruit.
But that perhaps showed more to how hardworking she was. She had managed to become a Sword God and enter the Celestial realm despite only having two Daos. That should be something worthy of praise.
Alex didnāt know what else to say, so he tried to change the topic. "Oh right, master. I was thinking of going to the Godkillerās tomb. Do you have any ideas or suggestions on how I could do that? I need to find a ticket, but I donāt know where to start."
"Godkillerās tomb?" Bladedance asked with a frown. "I... I have heard of it, I think."
"Heard of it?" Alex asked. "Isnāt it supposed to be something everyone has heard of?"
"Godkiller died, or well he made us think he did, just 10 thousand years before we captured Godslayer. In a way, Godkillerās apparent death was the thing that made us go for Godslayer, which then led us to defeat the Demons and end the War 10 thousand years after that. Because we had been so busy during those years, we didnāt really think much about the tomb. And by the time we were free enough to think of it, I had long since lost my soul."
"That is all to say, I havenāt the faintest clue about anything in regards to that manās tomb. You will have to ask someone else."
Alex nodded. He would ask Bai Jingshen. He would certainly know a lot.
Alex considered his masterās age a bit and remembered how she had become a god after the old Sword God had died. "Master, do you know much about the Alchemy Godās death? You said you didnāt know much about him, but surely you heard about his death, right?"
Bladedance nodded slowly. "I remember hearing about his death. Why?"
"Was there anything strange?" he asked her.
Bladedance didnāt know what was being asked of her. "I donāt know. Gods died all the time back then. It was common to hear about their death. He probably died to some demons. Why?"
Alex frowned. "I donāt know if he did."
"What does that mean?"
"I donāt think he died in a random battle in the war. I think he was assassinated by someone instead, someone who wanted his treasures," Alex said.
Bladedance narrowed her eyes. "What makes you say that?" she asked.
"He told me someone was following him. He was afraid of that person. And then... he suddenly turned up dead," Alex said. "I wondered if you knew who it was that killed him."
Bladedance froze. "What do you mean he told you?"
Alex turned. "He left behind an inheritance, which I now hold, master," he said. "And in that inheritance, he left behind some messages that speak of someone who was coming to get him."