Chapter 119 - The Realms
Kai appeared in the middle of the galaxy for the second time.
Even though he had been unconscious for the first time, this time he could see it all with eyes.
He remembered the glimpses of cosmos he had the first time he was here but he was wrong about that.
The swirling masses of energy were actually the entrance of different realms. Classified by their color, the entrances were used to decide the realm's rank.
Or rather, after finding the level of spiritual energy on a realm, people had classified them by using the color of the entrances.
But Kai was not happy to see them. His eyes lingered on two particular entrances that gleamed black in color.
They were the entrances to the angel realm and demon realm, two out of the three upper realms.
The demon realm, the angel realm, and the imperial realm were the three major upper realms and were often called higher upper realms.
After them came the spirit realm and the human realm which were also upper realms but were simply called as upper realms. Their entrances were black in color.
Below them came the sovereign realms casually called as middle realms. They were stronger than most realms but couldn't compare to the upper realms. Their entrances were blue in color.
Below them were the lower realms, the mortal cultivation world being one of them. Their entrances were greenish-white in color.
And at the last place were the abandoned realms that either had very little population living on them or were simply abandoned because they didn't have any resources to provide for the living beings. Their entrances were white in color.
Kai remembered this as he thought about his first inter-realm travel. He had been quite afraid at the time but thinking about it now brought a small chuckle out of him.
"Trying to throw me out of that realm huh." Kai said out loud though no one was visible in front of him.
But he knew that the world which maintained the balance in the realms was listening. In the world, there were three major powers, the One, the Darkness and at last, the world that was born because of the first two powers.
It was responsible for maintaining balance and all that drama that Kai came to know very late in his life.
And since he was a danger to the mortal realm, the world was trying to send him to a higher realm.
"You didn't send Sahara to a higher realm because of her demon powers and Azazel too since he was an immortal. If you are afraid of them, why don't you fear me? I would have asked you that but since you don't have any physical presence, there is nothing I can do." Kai said to again but his lips quirked up as his right hand lit up with black flames while his other hand lit up with white flames.
"The flames that destroy everything and the flames that purify everything. Even though I can't deal any damage to you since you are too powerful, I can still destroy some meager realms." Kai used his powers of bluffing to see whether it would work or not.
He could easily go ahead and destroy a lower realm but that would knock him out and would leave him floating between the entrances of realms.
The world could very much toss him out for good because of that so the best thing he could do was wait.
But fortunately, the world took the bluff and sent Kai back to the mortal realm through a greenish-white entrance.
"Beware of emotions and ₩!#$@%&# me-" A gentle whisper resounded in his ears as Kai looked around but saw no one.
As he appeared on the surface of the Central continent, his eyes started hurting a little. But the pain was gone as soon as it has come.
"Beware of emotions." Kai repeated the only part of he had understood and sat down as he closed his eyes.
The words didn't make any sense to him but when he slowly started thinking about it, he finally understood the first part of them.
Kai had an idea of why he was sucked inside that space as he started thinking about some certain things.
A crack again appeared beside him and he quickly opened his eyes and dispersed the thoughts he was thinking. The crack vanished as Kai sighed and stood up.
"So feelings of happiness and excitement would open the crack huh? The world sure knows how to trap me." Kai sighed and started walking towards the Outcasts headquarters as he thought about what he had said.
If his theory was correct, any extreme feeling of joy, happiness, anger, etc. would probably activate the crack again.
Kai didn't understand how this worked but it didn't matter to him. After all, he would be gone from the mortal realm in a few weeks and he had finally got back his supreme control of emotions.
But when he reached the outcasts headquarters, he was surprised to see that the entire place was empty.
He spread his spiritual sense in a wide area and didn't find any other outcasts colonies anywhere. He frowned a little and extended his sense towards the royal capital.
And that's where he found Jiyai. He immediately teleported near the place and found himself in the middle of a calm neighborhood.
While walking through the place, Kai saw a few people from the outcasts headquarters laughing while doing their daily jobs.
No one paid any attention to him as he had disguised himself as a normal-looking person. So without any interruptions, Kai walked towards Jiyai's direction and ended in front of a green house.
He saw Jiyai and a man sitting in the garden drinking tea. His eyes narrowed for a moment as he stared at her stomach before he smiled.
After all, it looked as though Jiyai had finally found someone she loved and was now pregnant.
"Jiyai." He called out as both she and her husband turned to look at Kai.
They looked at him in confusion as they didn't recognize him. But they soon gasped as Kai's illusion wore away.
"Kai, what are you doing here?!" Jiyai asked as she stood up and tackled him with a hug.
"Nothing, I just came to check up on you to see if you were doing well and I have to say, I didn't expect you to be pregnant so quickly." Kai said with a smile as Jiyai's jaw dropped in shock.
"Don't ask how I knew that." Kai added as Jiyai closed her mouth.
"Anyways, meet my husband. He was one of the two men who came with me when we first met." Jiyai said as the man stood up and offered Kai a small bow.
"After you went away, the royal family came and asked to make amends with the outcasts. At first, we thought it was a trick but when he realized it was not, we agreed to forgive each other and we came here. At first, the people were on edge and thought that something and would happen and who could blame them? After all centuries worth of hatred wouldn't just vanish in a matter of days. But we are all getting accustomed to living here and we are finally changing our old ways." Jiyai said as Kai nodded.
She talked to him for an hour before he excused himself. As he walked away, he saw Jiyai's husband touching her belly protectively and Kai subconsciously smiled.
"Every place I went in search of my harem is now changed for the better. Guess I can leave this realm without leaving behind any blunders." Kai said to himself and teleported back to the sect.
It looked as though Tzu had been officially given the post of the sect master because Riang was roaming around wearing a normal flowered blue dress.
Speaking of blue clothes, he would definitely break her out of her habit of wearing blue and nothing else.
"You are back earlier than I expected." Riang remarked as Kai smiled.
"How do you feel now that you are no longer a sect master?" Kai asked as Riang thought about it for a while.
"Even though I loved being a sect master, it feels as though I am finally free to do anything I want." She replied honestly as Kai nodded.
"Since we only have two to three weeks left on this realm, you can spend some time with your friends. I will take this time to give the disciples one last cultivation session with me." Kai said as Riang nodded and went away.
Kai then teleported to the place where he had started his healing center and smiled as people bowed do to him.
He then put up a new sign saying that he would be willing to cultivate with any disciple for the next two weeks.
And just like he had though, girls gathered around him as he went inside one of the rooms in the sect master's residence to cultivate with them.
He stayed there for two weeks straight as the disciples came back for second times and personal requests.
However, after two weeks, the crack reappeared.