As Yasenia pulled them over with the dragon claws, both Gods felt that they were reaching the end of their string. Fearing what was about to happen next, Tai Yang shouted. "Yasenia! We can speak about this! You don't need to be hasty!"
The shout of the god, much more emotional than any other situation he showed in the past, showed that he was becoming honestly anxious, even if he didn't realize it himself. Still, the dragoness ignored him and continued pulling them over.
Seeing her ignore the Sun God, Change'er tried her own luck. She was trying to keep a semblance of calm, but her expression betrayed the convoluted feelings clashing inside her heart. "Y-Yasenia! We can swear that we won't attempt any more tricks! We will become true guides of your inheritance! Give us another chance!"
To their dismay, Yasenia's golden reptilian eyes didn't even flinch. The cold glare from the usually warm and calm eyes was so piercing that it made both gods feel as if their limbs were freezing over.
"Another chance?" Yasenia almost laughed aloud in ridicule. "After all you've tried to do, I would rather have an Abyssal Horror as my inheritance mentor than both of you. It's true that thanks to the challenges you put me through, my strength has grown at a pace far beyond what I would've achieved without them." Yasenia raised her hand, stopping whatever they wanted to say. "However, it was at the cost of risking my own life. If I were not up to par, I would have been a corpse many years ago… Wrong." Yasenia squinted. "If I were by myself, without the healing of my maids or Valeria, I could've probably died during my first tribulation, ending my life at the tender age of 17 without knowing why."
Tai Yang gritted his teeth as he tried to escape the vice-like grasp of the dragon claws. "You should be grateful! Without us, you wouldn't have achieved anything!"
Yasenia shook her head. "My words seem to have no meaning for both of you. You are not listening and just preaching whatever you believe is the truth. I don't care, though. You both will soon disappear. There is nothing else I wanted to say but the following." Yasenia glanced at them and smiled. "Thank you for creating that ritual and allowing me to be born as Tatyana's daughter. Because of you both, I exist. And because of you both, I've managed to gain strength far beyond my peers, making me able to tread the path toward my deepest wish: Helping my mother and protecting my family."
Change'er shouted. "Yasenia, don't force our hands! We are not fully defeated yet! Our means are endless!"
Yasenia chuckled. "Perhaps. However, just like the challenges you've thrown my way until now, I'll face them and stomp them under my claws." Her wings sprouted behind her, the Sun and Moon in her wings shining brightly. Her tone became a notch lower as she spoke in a solemn tone. "Now, say goodbye to your existence. While it has lasted one million years too long, the end approaches."
The two dragon claws holding them moved and threw them toward the Celestial Energy Star. The strength behind the throw left them helpless to resist as the momentum carried both of them like a streaking comet toward the massive blue star with the black ring around it.
Knowing that Yasenia truly didn't give them a way out enraged both gods, and their eyes turned ferocious.
"Yasenia! I curse you!"
Tai Yang's resentful voice rumbled in her soul.
"I curse you so that all my children will know you are a sinner!"
Yasenia flinched slightly as a strange energy poured out of the Sun God and seemingly latched onto her soul.
The Moon Goddess was not that vocal. Instead, her lips arched in a crazy, cold smile. "Since you won't stop, don't blame me for being ruthless. I'll make you suffer in the last sunset of my hours."
She looked upward as her body approached the Celestial Energy star, and two beams of silver light poured out of her eyes to the sky.
Yasenia didn't know what that was, but she wouldn't stop and do nothing. She created several shields in the way of the two rays of light. However, to her surprise, they couldn't be stopped. A frown appeared on her face, and she quickly changed her perspective to the outside.
There, her body trembled once before she herself emitted those two silver beams from her back. They rushed upward and pierced through the Heavenly Tribulations, seemingly disappearing into the void. Yasenia was confused. "What was that?"
Still, she was in the middle of a necessary process, and she couldn't stop midway. Her ability to check on that was limited. Instead, she sent a message to Tatyana, Mirrory, and Valeria, who were nearby.
'Those two beams were sent by the Moon Goddess before she died. Can you three check them out? Her exact words before she launched them were… Also, the Sun God did…'
The three of them listened closely and when Yasenia finished her words, they acknowledged them and moved above the Heavenly Tribulation to check on the Moon Goddess's shenanigans. Meanwhile, Yasenia refocused on her soul. Inside, two miserable screams were echoing throughout the empty space.
"ARGHHH!!"
"KYAAAA!!!"
Yasenia looked over and saw their souls being shredded into pieces by the sheer pressure from the Celestial Energy Star and her Black Hole Energy Core. The process was slow, extending their suffering for a while. Moreover, due to the pressure from both Celestial Objects, that place had become their prison until the time of their death. Yasenia snorted. "A proper end for you both, who wanted to take over my body. Become my nourishment and help me reach immortality."
Outside, Heaven finally stopped creating the World Destroying Tribulation Soldier. Yasenia's golden eyes locked onto it for a moment. 'Exactly the same strength as the one before… No. I can feel that it is slightly stronger.'
With that checked, she glanced at the Heavenly Tribulation Clouds. 'Oh? They are much clearer. Instead of pure black, they are now grayish white. So, you've truly spent yourself with this last-ditch effort, eh?'
The Heavenly Clouds left were made of pure Heavenly Energy, the usual reward for those who overcame the Heavenly Tribulation. The six-meter-long dragon looked at the two-meter-tall black-armored soldier. "Heaven. It was foolish of you to think that this creature would work against me. Since this is your last effort, I will show you the extent of my true strength."
Her aura started surging even more than it already was, and then, her mouth parted and echoed through the void.
"[Celestial Pearl]."
The world fell to its knees.
All beasts and creatures below the Sixth Realm that could feel Yasenia's aura were helplessly pushed down, their heads pressing against the ground under the terrifying pressure exploding out of her body. It was as if the true monarch of the cosmos had manifested within the Dragon's body.
The Tribulation Soldier rushed ahead and appeared before Yasenia, swinging the white sword crackling with multicolored lightning. Yasenia raised her claw and matched its attack.
BOOM!!!
The void cracked open after the collision, but Yasenia was not blown away. On the contrary, she kept her position, only being pushed back a few meters. "My turn. [Celestial Dragon Claw]."
Yasenia's body blurred, reappearing in front of the Tribulation Soldier, and her arm flashed with a bright light. Her claw landed on the side of the Tribulation Soldier, bending its body sideways before it flew off into the distance.
Whoosh!
Everyone followed its bright trajectory, and after a few seconds, it hit a nearby rogue Moon.
BOOOM!!!!
The Moon's surface burst out with magma as a hole opened on it. Yasenia glanced at the aftershock with an indifferent face, her wings flapping slowly as she moved through the void and approached the planet a few million kilometers away.
Her movements looked relaxed, but her speed was such that even the space around her wobbled in her wake. The Tribulation Soldier's sword suddenly magnified beyond the Moon's radius and spun around. The crumbling celestial body was bisected as the Soldier shot from the debris.
Its black armor with multicolored veins had four long gashes at the side that spilled energy every second. The armor's plates were also somewhat dented, showing the terrifying impact Yasenia's full-strength attack transmitted to it.
Yasenia saw the Tribulation Soldier rush at her, and she stopped. The six-meter-long dragon transformed as she absorbed the cosmic energy around her. The energy of the Cosmos around her stirred, and her size increased at a ridiculous speed.
Soon, her size reached over 60 kilometers long, her wings stretching out for over 100 kilometers. The gargantuan Dragon made all beasts feel their hearts shudder as her Low-Level Immortal Beast Bloodline blasted her presence outward like a continuously blowing hurricane.
Then, the dragon opened her mountain-swallowing maw, and a new star shone in the night sky.
"[Celestial Dragon Breath]."
The dark void became bright as the recoil from the Dragon Breath made Yasenia's neck muscles strain. The galaxy blue beam streaked through the cosmos at a speed that left the Tribulation Soldier a few hundred thousand kilometers away, helpless to react. Then, the Soldier was swallowed by the gargantuan beam that could easily erase continents.
The beam streaked through the void, pushing the Tribulation Soldier with it. The powerful being crashed through the destroyed Moon and continued backward, approaching the rogue and deserted planet behind him.
Helpless, the World Destroying Tribulation Soldier crashed against the distant planet.
Another muted explosion occurred as that world exploded from within as if a massive bomb had been set off in its core. Seeing the destruction of that world several times the size of some people's home worlds made everyone's spines shudder with terror.
When buffed by the [Celestial Pearl], Yasenia's strength made a terrifying leap, which these two attacks showed.
Yasenia extended her spiritual sense and reached the place where the World Destroying Tribulation Soldier was floating, or at least, what remained of it. The powerful Dragon Breath, enhanced by Yasenia's new Sixth Realm paths, her usual buffs, and the [Celestial Pearl], was strong enough to almost one-shot the powerful Tribulation Soldier.
Yasenia's gargantuan wings flapped as she moved through the cosmos, leaving behind a trail like a comet. She arrived in front of the Tribulation Soldier and opened her maw once more.
CHOMP!
"..."
Evelyn blinked. "She ate it."
Andrea coughed. "Indeed. She ate it."
Angel frowned. "Won't she have a tummy ache?"
Cecile shared her feelings. "Perhaps… We need to find something nice for her to eat later."
The others sweated and looked at the petite blonde woman and the cold, silver-haired beauty. 'Is that your main worry? Isn't there a bigger problem here!?'
Meanwhile, Yasenia closed her eyes as the Tribulation Soldier released its powerful lightning inside her body, trying to destroy her from the inside. Sadly, it was ineffective. Buffed by the [Celestial Pearl], [Celestial Energy], [Cosmic Energy], [Mythical Beast Core], and [Undying Monarch Body], the dragon's durability was so high that if she struck a planet at her top speed, the one in trouble would be the world instead of her!'
Yasenia closed her eyes, curled into herself, and used her wings as a cocoon. Then, she began her final transformation.
Dramel knew that this was her chance. She had thought hard and long about what she could become. Yasenia's soul had the [Celestial Pearl] as its core, and the Soul Palace was yet to be revealed; [Draconic Heart] lived as Yasenia's Dragon Heart and Vital Blood; the [Primordial Energy Core] was Yasenia's [Beast Core] and the item that digested her energy; finally, the [Celestial Energy Star] and the [Black Hole Energy Core] worked as Yasenia's Energy Source.
So, where was Dramel supposed to be? Dramel was a treasure created from the remains of powerful and mythical creatures. She was, without a sliver of doubt, a treasure with tremendous potential. Hence, Dramel wanted to use her myriad origins to become the link between everything. Her cords will be what helps Yasenia link all her paths, harmonizing her existence into one whole.
The [Dragon's Melody of the Three Sacred Beasts Pipa] wanted to become her [Dantian Link].
Once Yasenia had completely surrounded herself in a cocoon with her wings, she looked into her soul. The two gods were screaming and suffering; after all, the pain of their souls being torn apart by the powerful treasures inside of her was not something one could get accustomed to.
Their pure Sun, Moon, and Star energies flowed into her lower dantian, being absorbed by her [Primordial Energy Core] and then transformed into new forms of her own energy without any trace of their previous owners.
However, the changes didn't stop there.
As she started crossing over the last hurdle, Yasenia's "normal" energy began changing as well. She had overcome the last part of the Heavenly Tribulation, so like it or not, the Heavens were pouring out the rewarding Heavenly Energy that Yasenia was absorbing and transforming through her [Primordial Energy Core].
This process was not fast. So, Yasenia stayed wrapped in a cocoon for a very long time.
In the meantime, Yasenia's soul body was transported inside her Solar System Dantian. There, the Star, Moon, and Sun energies rushed toward the Celestial Energy Star and merged together, feeding it. Not only that, but the Black Hole Energy Core also changed, or more precisely, it merged.
With the ridiculous abundance of energy rushing into Yasenia's lower dantian to cross the last Cultivation Path, the Celestial Energy Star and Black Hole Energy Core began resonating. It took over 10 years before the Heaven's Bell echoed once more.
This time, the strength of its sound was incomparable to the three previous times, making everything shake under the deep, resounding echo.
GONG~!
All the people looked up, their gazes moving toward the place where a broken planet floated silently in the middle of space.
Yasenia's core changed thoroughly, and her new energy source became a single entity. It had become the [Celestial Black Hole Star Energy Core]. The energy rushing along her meridians changed accordingly, and her body and soul were nourished as Yasenia stepped into the Transcendence Spirit Realm.
Right then, Dramel's existence became a linking part of the Upper, Middle, and Lower Dantian, finalizing the immortalization process.
The new Hegemon of the Cosmos opened her golden slit eyes. With that, Yasenia finally became a true immortal.