Is that a Wisp?
chapter-697

Zule then continued.

"The idea was for the Four Realms to be a closed space. Neither Luvile nor Harold should have known the existence of an exit since it was not supposed to be there in the first place. Anyway, I don't want to talk much about it. You just need to know that the failure during the sacrifice attempt left a gap to the outside, which you call the 'exit.'"

Luvile couldn't help but ask in response.

"Alright. I understand that this place had to be completely closed. Why is that? Also, from the way you're speaking, it seems like your Primordial Kun-Peng race was involved in the creation of the Four Realms. Is that right?"

Zule nodded.

"It's correct. The primordial Demon Beasts were involved in the creation of the Four Realms. Underworld, Mortal Realm, Godly Path Realm, God Realm, all of them were created with our help."

"As for your first question, I can't answer it right now. It's not that I don't want to, but it's because I can't remember. As I said before, several Soul Fragments of mine have already disappeared for so long. Even though I absorbed the rest, there are still gaps here and there."

Krune then said.

"To be very honest, this situation makes me feel very unsettled."

Harold asked in response.

"Are you talking about the Kun-Pengs' sacrifices?"

Krune shook his head.

"Yes and no. The Kun-Pengs' sacrifice was related to it, but that's Zule's revenge, so I'll leave it to him. My concern is about something else. Something far more vital that all of you are forgetting."

Krune once again looked at Zule's projection.

"Why exactly did you create the Four Realms? Of course, I'm delighted that you did. Otherwise, none of us would have been here today. Still, there has to be a reason for it, right?"

Krune then continued.

"The reason I feel unsettled is that I don't think the Four Realms were created on a whim. Something tells me that the Four Realm's very existence is a lot more intricate than the Kun-Pengs' sacrifice."

Iem narrowed his eyes.

"What do you want to say?"

Krune scratched the back of his head.

"Can't you see it? The creation of the Four Realms was part of a bigger plan. There was definitely a reason for it. For example, what if the Four Realms were created to be used as a sacrifice as well? They created the Four Realms, they left, and never showed their faces ever again. Only some vague records were left behind about the Primordial Demon Beasts' existence. Also, was it only the Primordial Demon Beasts who helped create the Four Realms? Was there no other race other than them?"

"I can't shake off this feeling that we are in more danger than we had ever been before."

Luvile, Harold, and Iem felt a chill behind their backs.

"This... seems plausible."

They all looked at Zule, waiting for his answer. Zule, too, narrowed his eyes and began to ponder about it.

"Krune is right. Let me see if there are any memories related to it."

Zule continued to search through all the memories he recovered from the Soul Fragments. There were a few flashes and gaps that he tried to put together. However, just as he was about to finally get some answer, something happened.

"Arrrghh!"

Out of nowhere, Zule's Soul began to tremble inside Krune's Divine Soul. It started to show cracks as if it was about to collapse. Zule's projection that was outside also disappeared straight away. Krune was alarmed by that and immediately used his Godly Energy to give Zule support. He used everything he had, trying to prevent the soul from breaking apart. Finally, Zule's soul began to mend once more as it absorbed all the Godly Energy Krune sent to it.

"What happened?"

Zule didn't answer for quite some time. Just as Krune was about to check once more, Zule's projection appeared once again. However, it was a lot dimmer than before. Also, Zule seemed to be in a bit of pain now.

"That scared the shit out of me..."

Krune and the others still looked at him, not knowing what to say. Zule then calmed down and explained.

"I have to thank the fact that I'm not exactly Kun-Peng's Soul anymore. Perhaps, having my Soul Fragment being absorbed by the Space Heavenly Fragment was the best thing that could have happéned to me."

"Just now, I tried to access the memories related to the reason the Four Realms were created. However, there was a powerful Seal on them that almost destroyed my soul. Fortunately, the Space Heavenly Fragment and Krune's Godly Energy helped me suppress it at the last moment. That was really dangerous."

Krune and the others felt even more disturbed after hearing that.

"This is definitely not good news. Zule's soul is connected to the Space Heavenly Fragment, and the Space Heavenly Fragment is connected to my own Heavenly Fragments. He's not lying. His soul was really just a hair's breadth away from crumbling."

Iem couldn't help but wonder.

"Just what could be so important that a Seal which could destroy a Primordial Demon Beast's Soul in an instant was left behind?"

Zule shook his head in response to Iem's words, saying.

"That's not how Memory Seals work. This Seal was supposed to only activate if someone tried to forcefully read Kun-Peng's memories."

Krune understood where Zule was coming from.

"I see... You can still be considered Kun-Peng's Soul and, at the same time, not. That was the side-effect of being absorbed by the Heavenly Fragment. The Seal thought that you weren't Kun-Peng and tried to activate it."

Zule nodded.

"Yes. Fortunately, I'm still more or less Kun-Peng's soul. That and the Space Heavenly Fragment's power allowed me to stop the Seal from activating. However... that also means I can't look into the information related to the creation of the Four Realms. Well, to be more specific, I can't look into the reason for their creation."

Luvile and the others didn't think he was lying. After all, having one's own soul reaching near destruction just to pretend was very idiotic. One mistake, and he would be gone forever. Besides, the Zule at the moment could probably kill all of them if he wanted to. One must remember that he now had all of the remaining Kun-Peng Soul Fragments and his memories. That means he could control everything around them as he wished. Why would he try to hide the truth by almost killing himself if he could simply kill everyone in here? That would make no sense.

"What do we do now?"

Zule pondered for a bit and tried to see if there were any other memories that could help him out.

"It's useless. There are no Primordial Demon Beasts in this place anymore. Only they might be able to answer the questions."

Harold then went back to the previous topic.

"Alright. In that case, can you remember anything about a way to leave the Four Realms? You said that there is only one exit, but you do know what will happen if we try to use it."

Zule nodded and began to search in his memories once more.

"There is only the exit you tried to use before. If I'm not wrong, you tried to barge your way through by force, correct?"

Luvile and Harold nodded.

"That was the only way we found."

Zule then continued.

"You did it wrong. The exit was sealed with several doors. Of course, I'm not talking about standard doors that you can open with your hands. If you try to destroy them by force, the foundations of the Four Realms will suffer the consequences. That being said, it will immediately retaliate. Even if you were Gods with your own created laws, you can't possibly believe that you can fight the Four Realms, right?"

Luvile and Harold immediately grew silent. Obviously, the two of them understood it better than anyone else.

"However, forcing the Four Realms to defend itself is also extremely detrimental for the Four Realms themselves. The Four Realms are not sentient beings, so they don't know how they should really act. With their self-preservation instincts, the Four Realms drained their own foundations' powers to counter-attack. You really got very close to destroying the Four Realms yourselves back then."

Luvile and Harold knew what Zule was talking about.

"Yes. That's why I intended to stop the new Gods in the God Realm from trying the same idiotic thing once again. It doesn't matter how many Gods are present. It will make no difference. In the end, those idiots will simply perish while damaging the Four Realms. Worst case scenario, they will still die while the Four Realms will follow in their footsteps."

Zule then explained.

"As I said, the Four Realms were sealed with several doors. To be more specific, four of them. The Seals were put by none other than the Primordial Demon Beasts and the other existences that helped create the Four Realms. Their use is self-explanatory, which is to prevent anyone from escaping."

Krune couldn't help but ask.

"Why didn't they try to hide the exit instead?"

Luvile and Harold chuckled after hearing that.

"Because it is impossible. Anyway, you will understand when you arrive at the God Realm one day."

Zule nodded.

"They are right. Something like that is not something even a Universal Formation like that Dalin one you talked about can hide. Sealing it was their only choice. Of course, I don't think they expected the Four Realms' residents to grow strong enough to challenge it one day. That was a mistake on their part."

Iem felt like they were deviating from the main topic.

"In the end, what were the Gods supposed to do to exit?"