Death... and me

Nevertheless, Rean smiled back before asking, "And why would you care?" That was the best way to send Ophele away in Rean's mind.

Sure enough, Ophele was taken aback by that question. Why should she care? However, she immediately came up with a reason, saying, "Hmph! Isn't that obvious? Your life is too important for our Hafel Clan and the rest of the other forces in the faction. It would be terrible if you were suddenly attacked or even killed."

Rean then began to walk around Ophele with a mysterious smile. "Hmm~..." 

As he did that, he looked at Ophele from head to toe as he questioned with a knowing grin, "Are you sure it's just because you're concerned with your clan's position? Isn't there something else more...personal?"

Ophele felt shivers in her spine when Rean did that. "Wh-What are you talking about? There's obviously nothing else!"

Rean laughed in response before saying, "Alright, alright! I'll stop it here. Now, go ahead and leave me alone. I want to cultivate." Rean patted her shoulder, trying to reassure her. "There's no one threatening me, don't worry. Now, you better go back, or I'll truly start to think that you want to have my children."

Ophele's expression went bright red as she stormed out of the room while saying, "Who the hell wants to have your children?" Well, it wasn't very convincing, though.

Rean just faintly smiled and spoke before she disappeared in a corner, "Until we meet again."

Ophele's steps froze for a moment. Didn't those words mean that he would leave? But then again, she didn't have the courage to go back to his room anymore. 'He's definitely trying to tease me again. Yes, that must be it.' She then continued to run away even faster now.

Rean closed the door behind him and sighed after that. As mentioned before, he already noticed her feelings. Well, it was very obvious, even for Palaris. But since he was a human, Palaris didn't worry that something would happen. As for Rean, he had Qia, so he had absolutely no intention of betraying her. 'I hope you can find someone better than me,' Rean thought before putting those thoughts behind.

'Death Style, Fifth Form, Mirage Assault.'

Sure enough, Rean created a clone of Spiritual Energy and swapped himself with it before entering the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm as he said with a chuckle, "Hey everyone, did you miss me?"

Roan completely ignored his words before saying, "Alright. Since you're here, we can start. Sister Orb, let us begin."

[Roger that! Access your cultivation techniques and follow my lead.] Sister Orb then began to absorb the Spiritual Energy from the outside world, using Rean and Roan's last positions as the entrance point. 

The two first waited for the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm to fill with energy before sending it into their Dantians. From there, it went straight to their Soul Cores. 

[Your Nascent Souls are a little different from normal ones. It's a little similar to the Foundation Establishment Realm, where we use the opposite element to balance your affinities. The difference is that you won't create a full Light or a full dark Nascent Soul. Instead, it will carry a 50-50 ratio of both.]

She then continued, [Make sure to balance your elements and exchange them. Feed the Spiritual Energy and the two elements to your Soul Cores at the same time. The Nascent Soul inside will absorb them on its own. As you know, the Light and Dark Cultivation Techniques are perfect, so you have no risk of failing as long as you have enough Spiritual Energy for it. There's no need to worry, especially in a place like the Soul Rulers' headquarters.]

As Sister Orb mentioned, their Soul Cores absorbed both elements and the Spiritual Energy without any issues. Sometime later, they once again heard that baby's cry coming from the cores. Little by little, it began to get louder and louder. Of course, only Rean and Roan could hear that...and Sister Orb.

[Now, would you look at that...I was expecting Roan's Nascent Soul to be dead silent until the very end. To think that it has more emotions than Roan himself. Isn't that great?] Sister Orb said in the middle of their breakthrough process, trying to hold her laughter.

Roan's mouth twitched as he said, "For fuck's sake, can you just shut up for once?"

Even Rean found it hard to keep his concentration. Nevertheless, he didn't hold his laughter. "Come on. Your Soul Core was made with a part of your own Soul. That means you aren't emotionless as we thought. Hahaha!"

If it wasn't because Roan was busy controlling his Spiritual Energy and absorption of Elements, he would definitely send Rean flying with a kick by now.

*Creeeeee!* 'Oh yeah, baby! Stage Five, make sure to treat papa well!' Kentucky, on the other hand, was enjoying his breakthrough a lot. The remaining Spiritual Energy flowed into his Demon Core nonstop as he muttered, 'At least you two didn't hold me back for too long.'

Does this idiot bird even know how fast they progressed? We went from the Initial Stage of the Core and Soul Fusion Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm in just two years, hey!

[Well, it's Kentucky we're talking about. He is a Minokawa, so you really held him back with this limitation.] Sister Orb said as she sighed...or so she would if she could breathe.

*Crack, crack, crack...*

After some time, Rean and Roan heard cracking sounds coming from their Soul Cores. By now, the white and black cores were full of Spiritual Energy and Elements, just waiting for the right moment to burst apart.

*Boom!*

Sure enough, the Nascent Souls inside their Soul Cores destroyed its shell, sending broken pieces everywhere inside their Dantian. However, those broken pieces soon transformed into Spiritual Energy that was absorbed by Rean and Roan's Spiritual Energy Pull that enveloped the Soul Core before. It's just that there was now a Nascent Soul floating around it.

The twins immediately felt their connection with it, placing the Nascent Soul under their command. In a certain way, it wasn't wrong that it was another part of themselves. While all that happened, their Spiritual Energy Pools began to increase in size as their cultivation followed suit.

[Congratulations, you are now Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, thanks to your Sister Orb.]