The Tale of the Void Emperor

Gerian's expression changed hearing that, but he quickly formed a wry smile before saying, " Indeed. I went to find her a month ago after discovering her trails, but after reaching there, Her trail disappeared at some point. I tried other ways to find her but failed....sigh. "

" You did give her the Chaos-port, right? If so, Why isn't she returning? Could it be...? " Yukan's expression became grave as he became aware of a possibility.

Gerian shook his head, " No! She is not dead. I've already confirmed that with a blood soul technique. It's just...I also don't know why she isn't returning. But we don't have to worry about it for now because when I sent her away, I gave her enough things so that she would stay safe in the lower world. " Pausing here, Gerian suddenly laughed.

" Hahaha. As you know, My daughter is more of playful nature and doesn't focus much on training. Maybe she wants to stay in the lower world for some time? Anyway, I am sure that she will return in a few years at best. Until then, I will also keep trying to find her. "

Yukan nodded in understanding. He knew Gerian's daughter was like that, so she might want to stay in the lower world for some time, especially because of the reason she was sent there in the first place. 

" Alright. She might have been scared because of the attack by those two clans, so It's also good that she stays there for some time...It's just when she hears about her mother's news..." Yukan shook his head and didn't continue.

Gerian's eyes turned a shade red as his face displayed grief. He couldn't help but clench his fist as he wanted to slaughter those two clans very badly. But he had to move carefully and make plans because he alone is not enough to destroy them.

...

On the third level battlefield, Athan was almost finished tempering his whole body with primordial force.

Finally, after half an hour, He reached the final part of the tempering, which was his heart.

He gathered the primordial force towards his heart and started tempering it. He had to be careful in this process as the heart is a fragile place, and if he messed up, he doubted even white gold energy would be able to restore his heart. Such is the primordial force.

Athan gradually tempered his heart with focus and care.

After two hours, he finally finished tempering his heart with the primordial force.

He was also out of primordial force now, but his source core was still slowly producing it. Athan had unlimited primal and genesis energy and even a good amount of soul energy. Still, the speed of producing primordial energy by his source core remained the same.

Though right after Athan finished tempering his heart, He felt suffocating pressure on him.

The air around him turned tight, and even his space spells didn't work—a shining dark brown barrier formed around him at a 3-meter radius.

But he was calm. He knew that he would have to break the primordial barrier which has formed around him.

The only way to break this barrier was by using his physical power. He can't use his spells that consumed primal energy, genesis energy, or soul energy. However, he can use the armament forms of his altar spirits, which can increase his physical power to a very high degree.

After taking a deep breath, Athan formed a fist with his right hand and punched forward.

*Shuuaa.....Boom*

" What the heck...That's hard! " Athan rubbed his fist because the barrier didn't even budge or showed any sign of cracks but instead, his right hand's bones became visible, and blood flowed out.

The 3-meter radius barrier around him also shorted and became a 2.8-meter radius barrier.

He was confused and shocked. From the information he got, The barrier wasn't supposed to be this tough and retaliative.

He told his altar spirits to turn into their armament forms. 

A dark gold throne with inscribed fancy patterns materialized right behind him on which he sat down. A crown also appeared on his head with the same material as the throne but with a different design and a shining golden gem on the crown's gem socket.

A dark blue robe with white patterns also appeared on his body, which was soon covered by Skylord's second ability: Assult Scale Mail, as it covered his body into a cool-looking dragon armor.

After doing this, Athan punched out his left hand with his current enhanced physical strength while sitting on the throne.

*Ssssshuaaaa...Boom*

The left-hand armor of assault scale mail was destroyed along with the gauntlet. Athan's left hand also became the same as his right hand. Though, the white gold energy had finished healing his right hand already.

Athan waited for a few more seconds until the white gold energy healed his left hand before punching out with both his hands and exerting all of his physical power from his body.

*Ssssssua...BOOOM!*

" Shit!...What the hell is going on? Why can't I break this primordial barrier? "

Athan was perplexed and panicked a bit. The primordial barrier was already shrunk to a 2-meter radius around him. If he couldn't break this primordial barrier in a few more tries, then he would be completely obliterated.

" There has to be a reason why my primordial barrier is unbelievably tough and powerful..." Athan muttered.

He thought about this phenomenon and started to point out the difference between him and regular people at the peak spirit astride plane.

" Hmmm...My primal energy is more powerful, but it can't be the case since it is related to the Ark. It should be common between regular people and me. "

" Magic power! " Athan exclaimed before he started to mutter, " It should be unheard of to comprehend High-grade magic spells while still being in spirit Astride plane. It significantly boosted my strength. This is the most plausible reason I can think of because the only common thing between regular people and me is magic power. "

" But...There might be more than this reason for this phenomenon of the absurdly powerful primordial barrier. "

But now, he had to think about a way to break this barrier.