Heaven, Earth, Me-Chapter 1203. Miscalculation.

Outside of the Nine Clawed Trial, things were quite heated. Long Tianyi looked at the closed Trial with a worried expression. 'Yasenia...'

By her side, Long Aoshuang commented. "No matter how long you look at it, it won't change. The trial is still ongoing, so Yasenia should be alive. Now, we need to pray that she will be able to get what Ancestor Long wanted."

Long Tianyi frowned at those words. "However, not telling her a single hint about what she needs to do inside is ridiculous. Why did Ancestor Long force us to lie to her?"

Long Aoshuang shrugged. "Who knows. Ancestor Long has his own thoughts. While we've managed to beat this trial three times and gathered enough information to beat it reliably, we don't know how to unlock the hidden reward."

Information couldn't be shared inside the trial location. However, once outside the secret realm, it was not prohibited. After all, it was not a Heavenly Oath that tied their souls or anything like that. The effect came from a very powerful formation surrounding the entire trial location.

Long Tianyi scowled. "Although all the trials above the Seven Clawed Trials have hidden conditions that can be fulfilled to gain extra reward, the one in the Nine Clawed Trial must be ridiculous! Asking someone to complete it without even knowing what to do in general is..."

Long Aoshuang spoke coldly. "Tianyi, I know you are fond of Yasenia. So am I. However, our Long family goes above and beyond her safety. If Yasenia dies, well, that's that. If she only completes the main objective, that's okay as well." He looked at her pointedly and said. "You better not mess this up once Yasenia comes out. Also, don't forget to keep the [Lie Concealing Necklace] on you when we act like we know nothing. The [Blood Pond] is too precious!"

They didn't know Yasenia had already guessed most of what they were discussing. Long Tianyi sighed resignedly. "I know... But, what if beating the hidden condition involved overcoming the [True Abyss] rift that appears inside?"

Long Aoshuang shook his head. "How is that possible? According to the seniors, the number of monsters is in the tens of thousands. Moreover, they are a mix of peak-fifth realm and low-sixth realm Abyss creatures. Not to mention Yasenia, even if all the participants who had entered the trial grounds were to participate together, it would be impossible to beat it. The [True Abyss] is there as a vague time-limit countdown."

Long Tianyi agreed with his words; beating the [True Abyss] inside was impossible.

As they were talking, a burst of energy surged outward from the Nine Clawed Trial.

"What?"

BOOM!

BANG! BANG!

Tianyi and Aoshuang slammed against the walls at the side, their eyes widening in pain as the air in their lungs was forcefully expelled. "Gah! What was that!?"

Aoshuang and Tianyi looked at the terrifying aura oozing from the trial door with trembling bodies. It felt as if their bodies were being constricted by the sheer pressure and presence of whoever was emitting this presence.

Long Aoshuang frowned. "This aura is too abnormal. Has Yasenia done anything strange?"

And then, the sky shook.

RUMBLE!

Everyone across the entire secret realm placed their hands on their ears as they cowered. The deafening sound was so strong that even the heads of the Transcendent Realm cultivators were ringing in pain.

In a room inside the [Fleeting Cloud Dragon Temple], Soluna's eyes snapped open, and she looked in the direction of the sound. Her face was full of confusion. "... Yasenia? Why is she breaking through? What about the baby?"

They were separated because those hateful people intervened, so Soluna was waiting outside until Yasenia finished her business. However, her heart felt an ominous sensation.

Outside of the Secret Realm, things were not tranquil either. Above the location of the Secret Realm's portal, a terrifyingly dark cloud loomed ominously. A single [World Destroying Heavenly Lightning] was circling on the clouds, gathering strength and emitting such pressure that even veteran Sixth Realm cultivators looked solemn.

In one of the most famous shops in the city, the Astral Sky Shop, led by a group of powerful Sixth Realm women, everyone jolted once and exited their seclusion chambers.

Once outside, they looked at the black-haired and red-eyed woman. "Tatyana, is that..."

Tatyana's face was full of confusion. "What happened? Why is that Heavenly Tribulation Cloud gathering when there is no one there?"

Far away across many heavens, the man's face bloomed into a smile through his bloodied lips. 'Finally... Now, let me see your despair!'

However, as he relaxed and let go of all the fate strings, every single person stopped being affected by his manipulation.

The girls, who were looking at the cloud confused, suddenly felt something breaking in their minds and the scenes of Yasenia's attitude started flashing in their heads like a movie. Their eyes widened simultaneously, Andrea throwing her hands to her head with a hint of dread. "T-This... ha!? How did I not notice!?" Her face changed from fearful and angered, and she glared at Tatyana. "Tatyana, how—"

However, her shout got strangled in her throat when she looked at Tatyana. Then, the Death Empress's aura exploded outward with so much violence that the space around her was wobbling dangerously. "WHO DARES MESS WITH MY LITTLE TREASURE'S FATE!?"

Her red eyes burst with white light as she glanced skyward. Her gaze pierced through the cosmos as both her main and secondary bodies surged with Fate Energies.

The relaxed man blinked, confused. "Huh?"

When he looked back, he saw the angered face of a gorgeous black-haired woman with red eyes. His heart strangely felt a chill, and the feeling known as fear flooded into his mind and soul. "Y-You...!? How!?"

Those shining, blood red eyes carried so much killing intent that he could feel it across dimensions. Tatyana's voice echoed in his room like the wails of a thousand wrathful ghosts. "I've remembered your energy signature, filth! Don't ever think of doing anything similar."

Then, their connection broke, leaving the man baffled on the spot. "H-How did she...? Impossible! Her [Fate Law] understanding can't be this advanced!" Looking down, he saw his hands trembling while his back was soaked in cold sweat. 'What...? I am scared of an ant?'

Back in the city, Tatyana spoke coldly to the rest. "There was an Eighth Realm cultivator manipulating our perception. Mirrory was unable to detect it before because Angel had yet to reach the Sixth Realm. Same for me."

Cecile spoke with trepidation. "Then... That sensation of Yasenia almost dying that I felt... Was it real?"

Tatyana's heart was honestly a mess, and when she heard that question, she nodded. 'There was no reason to stop the manipulation. While he looked injured, he didn't look tired. Someone like him would probably not stop his schemes just because something hurts. Then, why...'

Tatyana looked at the Tribulation cloud, and her eyes suddenly flashed with understanding. Instantly, her face became as pale as a sheet of paper. "Oh no..."

Evelyn had never seen such a scared expression on Tatyana's face. Her heart instantly surged with anxiety as she asked. "What's wrong!? What did you realize?"

Tatyana's fists clenched hard enough to pierce her own flesh with her nails. "Yasenia is pregnant..."

Evelyn nodded, not understanding. "Right, she is. However, now that the..." Evelyn paused, and her eyes widened as she looked at the Tribulation Cloud. Tatyana spoke with a heavy heart. "That's right... She is pregnant, and she is going to face the Sixth Realm tribulation."

Andrea, anxiously listening from the side, felt her entire body chilling down. It was as if her limbs had become submerged in pure ice. "T-That... The child..."

Valeria saw Tatyana's face, and she spoke in her stead. "A person needs to shed their mortal shell to pass the tribulation. Unlike the other times, there is no extra protection for anything in that regard." ƒrēenovelkiss.com

Andrea's eyes widened as her heart clenched in pain. After staggering a step, she fell to her knees while clutching her heart. A whimper-like plea escaped her mouth. "No..."

Everyone in the group stayed silent, their faces showing different degrees of grief. Kali asked, her voice trembling. "Wait... Since the perception control has disappeared... Then, Yasenia..."

Cecile suddenly felt a surge of wrath and despair from her connection, and she gasped in pain. "She... knows."

***

A few hours before, Yasenia was bathing in the [Blood Pond] with her legs crossed. As she absorbed the essence in the [Blood Pond], her Soul and Blood Essence recovered at a ridiculous pace. 'Wow~. At this pace, I'll fully recover in just a few hours.'

She was not expecting the [Blood Pond] to be so effective. Once she dipped in it, even her own bloodline resonated. Yasenia muttered while sighing comfortably. "While my bloodline is several times stronger than this one, that doesn't mean that it is useless. After all, this is a Seventh Realm Dragon's remains..."

Yasenia could feel that the limit of her bloodline's realm was actually loosening as well. "Not only that... My body and soul are both being refined to the limits as well, using the [Blood Pond] in conjunction with my skills."

However, the mix of herbs she used to fill her usual body and soul refining baths was not nearly as strong as the mix in the [Blood Pond]. That was a miscalculation on Yasenia's part that she completely overlooked.

As Yasenia cultivated peacefully and absorbed the [Blood Pond]'s pure energy, her bloodline stirred, and her energy surged. The Celestial Energy Star and Black Hole Energy Core greedily absorbed the energy. 'Ah, this was worth it indeed. It was hard, and I had a few things I'll need my dears to punish me over, but if I can allow each of my lovers to bathe here once, it will be worth it.'

After thinking about it for a long time, Yasenia decided to use the [Blood Pond] for each of her lovers and maids before returning it to the righteous owner. Naturally, she would also take around a tenth of the pond in her Spatial Ring for future uses. Looking at the red pool holding around 5000 cubic meters of [Blood Pond] inside her ring, Yasenia smiled happily. 'Hehe~. I don't think they will blame me or notice~. Sorry, Ancestor Long~, I'll take this as compensation for deceiving me.'

However, as time passed, Yasenia's forehead faintly creased. 'Hm... The energy is a bit much, no?'

She quickly adjusted her energy absorption rate. However, as she did so, she noticed that she couldn't stop absorbing energy and was basically locked in her position. 'Huh? Why can't I move?'

As her energy surged, she suddenly remembered the reward of the trial. Her eyes widened, and her face paled for a second. "Wait... The trial said until I break through... Don't tell me."

Then, as her body became accustomed to the [Blood Pond], a terrifying whirlpool of nourishing and powerful energy entered through her meridians into her dantian from everywhere around her body. "Wait, wait, wait!"

Yasenia became slightly fearful. She was not fully prepared to take on the Heavenly Tribulation! She needed to be in a place with formations to help her and other treasures! Right now, she was basically naked.

However, as her energy surged without control, Yasenia's face changed from a scared one to a resolute one. "Ah... Whatever! Since I can't stop it, I need to absorb as much as I can to use later!"

She closed her eyes, and soon, the sky shook.

RUMBLE!