"Tribulation Lightning? I havenāt heard of anyone using it as their Creation before," Bai Jingshen said with a curious look. "I wouldnāt know if itās possible or not."
"Master said itās a bad idea, because it isnāt as offensive as I think it is," Alex said. "She said Heavenly Judgment lightning is better, but I wouldnāt know how to even begin to get a hold of that at all."
"You can forget about getting Heavenly Judgment lightning as your Creation. You will die before you ever even get a chance to absorb any aura from it. It is the most vicious of all lightning bolts. Xuan Luhei barely managed to survive at all, and that too because we came here right away."
"Senior Luhei?" Alex asked with a concerned look. "Heās wounded?"
"The snake brother of the two nearly died," Bai Jingshen said. "Only his soul had survived when we teleported here. The Black Tortoise took him away immediately, and I later heard that he had survived, but not without having lost his body."
Alex could only stare in horror at that information. "Thatās terrible."
"Yes, that is Heavenly Judgment. If youāre not prepared for it, it can kill you," Bai Jingshen said. "Even when youāre prepared, it can still kill you. Xiao Ren nearly died the same way too. Had I not arrived in time, she wouldāve died as well."
Alex nodded slowly, feeling a little guilty upon hearing that.
He had been the reason why Xiao Ren, Pearlās great-grandmother, had nearly died back then.
"If the Sword God said Tribulation Lightning is a bad idea, then it most likely is a bad idea," Bai Jingshen said. "So maybe you should look elsewhere for another Creation. I will still search for what I can find. Iāll come visit you in a few weeks when Iām done gathering the information."
Alex bowed slightly. "Thank you for all you do for me, brother Shen."
Bai Jingshen smiled. "Oh, and Iāve sent a message to Scarlet. She should be replying soon, depending on when she receives it."
Alex gleamed. "Thatās great to hear."
Bai Jingshen left the room, leaving Alex, Pearl, and Whisker to be by themselves.
"Brother," Pearl said. "If you want to absorb Guardian Tiger as your Creation, Iām happy to share. With the technique you found some years ago, we can easily make use of the corpse armās aura without having to worry about not having enough."
"No, thatās fine," Alex said. "I donāt particularly think I would want any Transformation type Creation. I have learned to fight as a human with a sword, so changing that now would be detrimental to my fighting style. And I canāt imagine I will gain much from becoming a Guardian Tiger either."
"If it were just the Guardian Tigerās beast core, then maybe I wouldāve considered it, but since the core was used to form its spirit back in Hell, we canāt use that."
Alex also already had another transformation ability in the Blood Demon, and that was annoying enough. At least, that one was humanoid. If he got a beast transformation, he would have to learn how to fight all over again, whichāeven if it would somehow be good in the long runāhe didnāt want.
In the end, Alex could only leave the last few Origins open for when luck struck and he got something.
He moved the topic to something else, asking Pearl how he was doing in this place now that it was his home. Had he made any friends? Or maybe enemies?
"The trial has taken over all of my thoughts, brother," Pearl said. "I havenāt had the chance to meet anyone else. I want to go meet my cousins and uncles, but I have no time."
Alex nodded.
"Well, at least I wonāt have to worry about it now," Pearl said. "Since grandpa would be coming with me, I wonāt have any underhanded battles to worry about. Iāll complete the trial with my best capacity."
"Iām sure you will," Alex said. He patted Pearl on the side. "Iāll let you be then. I have some things of my own to do. Whisker, do you want to stay here or will you come with me? Senior Wu Shaozhe is planning on leaving this world with my Master soon, so he might need some help the next few days."
"Oh! Iāll come," Whisker said. "I have to check on the plants and beasts in the Beast realm too."
Alex nodded. "Iām thinking of letting the beasts go free whenever we can. Do you think thatās alright?" he asked.
Whisker thought for a moment. "That might be a good idea. They donāt have any reason to live in your Soul Space, and they will benefit more by living in a place with more potent Qi. You will benefit from it too."
"Well, I donāt know how much I will benefit from having simple Saints and True beasts leave my Soul Space," Alex said. "I think the difference will be minimal."
"Any improvement is good, isnāt it?" Whisker asked.
Alex shrugged. He couldnāt argue about that.
"Weāll be leaving now, Pearl. Weāll see you soon when my Master is about to leave."
"See you later, brother."
Pearl went back to cultivating, and Alex left the palace as well. The guards gave him strange looks, most likely because he was a human inside the main palace.
He moved over to the other smaller palace to the side that he had been allowed to stay in, where the beasts recognized him and didnāt stare at him like the others did.
Bladedance and Battlesage were in their room, so Alex decided not to disturb them. He went into his room and sat down, thinking of what he could do next.
Whisker disappeared into Alexās Soul Space, leaving Alex alone to make the decision.
"Cultivate," Alex thought to himself. "I havenāt cultivated in a long time, so it might be time I did."
He brought out a cultivation pill, realizing he was running out of it as well. "I should make more later," he thought to himself and closed his eyes, soon getting lost in his cultivation session.