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--- Chapter 239 ---

"First of all, holy shit-!" Beta shouted in excitement. "Dude, I just got a secret realm!"

Alpha snorted, "It's just a small plane, not that impressive, I can ask Thirteen to make one anytime."

Beta groaned, "Yeah, yeah, it must be nice to have a plane's consciousness helping you around. Why don't you ask Thirteen to wipe your ass after you poop, too?"

"Bro, stop it! That's gross..." Alpha gave him a disgusted look.

"Duh, I am you. We are gross, take it or leave it." Beta shrugged as if he didn't care.

Anyway, the secret realm.

Misty Mountain Secret Realm is related to the Misty Mountain Sword Art Beta obtained from completing his quest. This place is essentially similar to the Elemental Plane that Thirteen created for Alpha.

But instead of a vast ocean with islands, it features an extensive mountain range shrouded in mist. While it has no profundity of elemental laws like the Elemental Plane did, this secret realm is an excellent place to set a base for "Martial Union" and grow their resources.

No amount of medicinal gardens Beta developed in the North Western Region can rival a secret realm.

Not to mention, Misty Mountain Range has rich energy from heaven and earth that can help medicinal herbs grow faster. Not as fast as Yin-Yang Ice Fire Well, but better than nothing.

Nevertheless, the secret realm aside, the other related rewards are just as awesome.

Let's start with the Barrier Making Talent Runestone. It's a cheat because this runestone allowed them to obtain talent and affinity in barrier making, whether it was an array, formation, or even a simple energy barrier.

Any barrier-related subjects will become much easier to understand for them.

Of course, instantly mastering it is a different thing.

To top it all off, they received the Inheritance of Misty Mountain Sage, which is essentially a "barrier-making" legacy.

There are also various insights available, including cultivation techniques, spiritual arts, and artifact refining.

However, Misty Mountain Sage is particularly renowned for his expertise in array and formation-making. He is even capable of creating traps that can take down a Dou God, provided he has sufficient resources.

It is a perfect reward for Beta, who is in dire need of a safe space to grow his faction.

"Glad that you have your own safe territory now," Alpha commented casually.

Beta grinned, "You said that as if you can't use the Barrier-making talent and Misty Mountain Sage's inheritance."

"I don't need them as much as you. They are helpful, but I'd rather focus on other things." Alpha replied carelessly. Unlike Beta, whose foundation in the Dou Qi Continent is shaky, he had no such problem.

After all, Dao Academy's position is solid on the Douluo Continent. The only threat is god above.

"Still, with this 'Universal Spirit Awakening Method, Martial Union should grow quickly," Alpha added. "I dare to bet that those people in the Dou Qi Continent wouldn't awaken as many beast spirits as we do in the Douluo Continent."

"Unlike Douluo Plane's unfair laws, Dou Qi Plane is truly the law of the jungle for all races."

"True, true..." Beta nodded. "People here most likely awaken body spirit or tool spirit, though someone with mixed blood of Magical Beast might awaken beast spirit, still."

"That's what I thought, too." Alpha agreed.

"But what kind of martial soul Queen Medusa would awaken, do you think?"

"Seriously, dude?" Beta gave Alpha a speechless look.

Alpha chuckled, "Come on, you said that as if you don't imagine her awakening a literal succubus martial soul."

"She's gonna dry you into a stick at some point...

Gulp!

"Well..." Beta swallowed his saliva nervously as he couldn't deny Alpha's accusation. It would be a lovely sight for sure, but he and Queen Medusa weren't that close yet. Although Queen Medusa is interested in him, they are merely acquaintances for now.

Alpha smiled victoriously as he knew himself best. They are interested in Queen Medusa just as they did with other 'mature' women in their group.

Beta groaned in annoyance, "Damn it..."

"Just focus on the reward. We are off topic by a mile now."

"No, not really," Alpha responded calmly. "But you're right, the next reward is interesting."

"Howling Dragon Arms, a pair of Greaves and Gauntlets."

"To think we would get these as a random divine artifact."

"Yeah, these are basically Beowulf from DMC," Beta said after skimming through the information about the Howling Dragon Arms.

Howling Dragon Arms are a pair of Greaves and Gauntlets from a random fantasy world where dragon races ruled everything, and a fearless human slaughtered two of the strongest dragons and turned their remains into a Divine Artifact.

The Greaves were 'literally' made from the fresh remains of the "Heaven-Piercing Sky Dragon," a colossal and fearsome wind dragon known for its ability to generate a drill-like typhoon with just a flap of its immensely vast, cloud-like wings. This beast of a dragon was so dangerous that it crushed a mountain towering 10,000 meters into ruins with a single attack.

On the other hand, the Gauntlets are 'gruesomely' made from the remains of another colossal and dangerous thunder dragon called the "Falling Star Flash Dragon,". This dragon could create a sea of lightning with its roar and summon a spear-like falling star from the starry sky.

These two dragons are a literal catastrophe in their world, yet a "human" somehow killed and turned them into divine artifacts.

Technically speaking, the dragon's remains are very much still alive and could grow by consuming its wielder's blood.

"Must be another Son of Destiny," said Alpha solemnly.

Beta nodded with a similar expression, "It can't be anyone else."

"Still, this world has a potential..."

"For that task?" Alpha raised his eyebrow.

"What other task requires us to create a haven for spirit beasts?" Beta shrugged helplessly.

When the World Travel unlocked, they were 'instantly' faced with three choices of tasks: one that Beta completed by curing Xiao Yixian, one that required them to enter the Primal Chaos Dimension, and the last that required them to visit an alternative universe of the Douluo Plane.

Xiao Yixian's task is the safest.

Primal Chaos Dimension is the most dangerous.

In the case of the alternative universe, the real issue isn't whether they can offer the spirit beast a "safe habitat" but instead whether they can crack the "limit" or "ban" imposed by the late Dragon God in the Douluo Plane.

Even Thirteen was helpless with this limit. No, in fact, even the God of Destruction can't lift the ban easily.

That's just how powerful Dragon God is.

Beta could have teleported "Golden Dragon King" and her surviving fellow spirit beasts to the Dou Qi Continent, but their arrival could be either a blessing or a disaster.

While Dou Qi Continent is a lower plane in the Great Thousand Worlds, it is still an impressive one because it has given birth to several Dou God Experts, who have explored the higher realm, though it has somehow declined in recent years.

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it." Alpha calmly said.

"You're right." Beta was stunned before chuckling.

"But talking about the bridge, we actually found the solution for sharing our abilities."

"This Profound Veins is truly the answer for our problem."

Rootless Dream Source Veins. It is a "Profound Veins" that didn't exist nor ever appear in the Primal Chaos Dimension, but was born from the power of a deep "void" that their soul wandered for god-know-how long.

Unlike typical 'profound veins' from the Primal Chaos Dimension, Rootless Dream Source Veins don't have a physical form. Instead, they are a set of veins that are attached to Han Yuan's soul. These veins have no roots and arise from the power of dreams, imagination, and firm will, allowing 'Alpha' and 'Beta' to connect through the dream world, despite being separated by infinite dimensions.

They can directly access each other's abilities; however, there are some limitations, such as energy consumption and the unstable laws of their world.

After all, the difference between worlds isn't simple.

For example, manipulating space is difficult in the Dou Qi Continent, and vice versa. Manipulating the fire is much more difficult in the Douluo Continent due to the universe having a "Deity" related to that law.

Even then, Dou Qi Continent is like free real estate right now.

With the addition of Rootless Dream Source Veins, Beta's development to the top of the Dou Qi Continent is just a matter of time.

A system notification appeared before them.

[Ding! Do you want to awaken the Rootless Dream Source Veins?]

"What do you think?" asked Alpha while leaning on his throne.

"You're the boss, so after you..." Beta also leaned on his throne.

Alpha stared at the system notification, "Well, then..."

"Awaken!"