Chapter 846 - A Possible Soul Realm
"Will the souls of sea monsters suffice?" Leon inquired.
"All types of souls will help me improve, but it also depends on their quality. It will take a lot of sea monster souls to achieve any significant improvement, especially if it's only the souls of Lesser Demon-level sea monsters," Duna answered.
"How many souls are we looking at, though? Do you have an estimate for Lesser Demon-level sea monster souls?"
"We're probably looking around 10-million souls if they're only Lesser Demon-level sea monsters," Duna casually replied after a brief moment of contemplation.
However, Leon's lips twitched upon hearing such a high number.
"That's quite a high number of souls…" Leon rubbed his forehead with a wry smile.
"Fortunately, the Bone Sea has quite a lot of sea monsters… So we can aim for some Greater Demon-level sea monsters and maybe even some weak Arch Demon-level sea monsters…" he added.
Nevertheless, Leon could not help but feel conflicted.
Even if the lives of sea monsters didn't concern him, the method of sacrificing the souls of others to improve one's soul seemed rather evil.
"Unfortunately, there aren't many ways to cultivate the soul efficiency, and even then, they aren't considered true soul cultivation methods; it's not possible to keep a pure soul when cultivating it."
Duna spoke after reading his thoughts.
"A true soul cultivation method doesn't exist—or at the very least, the gods and devils in the primordial era never figured one out," Leon added with a wry smile.
He remembered conversing on the topic with Maya.
"That's right," Duna nodded and said, "True soul cultivations methods don't exist, or rather, they can't exist. After all, no one can change the very source of existence they are born without dying."
"Unless you can die and revive yourself as you please, it's not possible to cultivate a pure soul," she stated.
After hearing that, Leon rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"Is it truly impossible, though? I thought the True Divinities are everlasting? They can die and revive themselves, no?" he wondered.
However, Duna shook her head.
"It's not the same; I'm talking about a true death of the soul, and that doesn't apply to True Divinities. As you said, True Divinities are everlasting, existing eternally; when their souls shatter, they remain in the world, never disappearing."
Leon felt pained when he had to recall his father's true death.
Duna noticed his mood and decided to quickly wrap up the topic, "Anyways, a soul can't experience a true death and come back. Once it's gone, it's gone for good."
"I don't think so," Leon suddenly said with a hint of confidence as his eyes brightened.
However, Duna furrowed her brows with confusion, not knowing where he suddenly gained his source of confidence.
"This might sound harsh, but I wasn't stating an opinion; I was stating the truth," she reiterated.
"And who determined the truths? You? The True Divinities?" Leon questioned her before adding, "They may have been the forerunners, the supremes, and the wisest in the pursuit of knowledge and cultivation, but that is it."
"Did the True Divinities believe reversing matter in True Grandmist Energy was possible? They didn't; only Hegemon Primal Madness believed it was possible," he stated.
At the very least, that is what he believed.
Otherwise, what other reasons could Hegemon Primal Madness have for creating the Hegemon of Primal Chaos technique?
Duna glanced at Leon's firm look before she conceded helplessly and asked, "Do you have some basis for your belief at least, Leon?"
"Of course," Leon nodded as if it was natural for him to do so.
"I don't know whether I am the first, the second, or whatnot, but since I comprehended Nihility, my understanding of nothingness is above everyone else."
"I see… Go on," Duna urged, sensing he was onto something.
"Only Nihility can reduce anything into nothingness. All other powers can only transform them into imperceptible forms. Just because we can no longer see or sense them, it doesn't mean they no longer exist."
"Thus, I believe after experiencing true death, a person's soul travels to a different realm—a soul realm that not even True Divinities can perceive or reach."
"How is that any different from being impossible?" Duna said with knitted brows.
"It's different, of course. The difference between zero possibility and a slight possibility completely changes everything," Leon replied.
"True Divinities couldn't touch upon the realm, but what about Beyond True Divinity? And if Beyond True Divinity isn't enough, then perhaps the realm even beyond that; there's bound to be a level of existence that can touch upon the realm of those lost souls."
Even if everything he said seemed nonsensical and out of reach, he will not, shall not, and cannot stop believing that it's possible.
So long as the possibility is there, he will always have hope of bringing his father back from the realm of true death.
Duna's eyes flickered as she looked at Leon.
No matter how crazy he sounded, she should never stop nor discourage him from pursuing his dream and ambition.
"As much as I want to believe such realms and possibilities exist, we are still far from reaching that level. Forget about the True Divinity Realm; we are not even Celestials," Duna reminded.
Dreams are nice, but they shouldn't lose sight of reality.
"This is why we have to work hard to cultivate and prove that such realms exist," Leon said with a determined look.
Revenge was his driving force to live, but what happens after revenge?
He would feel empty and bitter.
However, it's different if he still had hope of bringing his father back; it'll keep him going after his revenge.
"Come, I'll take you to hunt sea monsters right now!"
Leon suddenly grabbed Duna's wrist while swimming towards the surface, causing her to flash him a puzzled look.
"But we are already moving at our quickest pace," she stated.
"I'll show you an even faster way of traveling," Leon replied with a smile before calling for the realm spirit's service, "Tak-si, take us to the Low-rank Arch Demon-level sea monster region."
"Yes, Master," Tak-si answered.
In a short instance, Leon and Duna's figures disappeared from the deep depths of the Bone Sea and reappeared roughly 8000 feet below sea level.
Duna was greatly astonished after the discovery.