related to his death, but well, we shall see", he then vanished, leaving the last figure pondering, who also faded into the divine light moments later. Austin, who had rushed to the fifth level, now stabilized his cultivation and condensed his sword essence further, albeit faintly, as to manifest it entirely, one had to completely grasp his Sword intent.
Another unexpected boon was seventh level beast marrow essence of an azure windscale penglin,g which he fed to his little bird, who had been riding his coattails and hiding in his space ring, enabling it to break through to the third level. He also acquired a ten-thousand-five-element essence ore, which his faint essence was absorbing mana from now, and he felt it become more established, but was frustrated as he now had three essences: Sword, Yin Yang from the Five elements, and the unknown essence, but they were all faint, especially the third one which would make it harder to condense them completely in the Transitionary level to the second step.
As he absorbed the mana from five-element essence ore: fire, water, Earth, metal, and wood, the yin &yang essence condensed, albeit faintly, and it felt incomplete as if something fundamental was missing. The sword essence was also enhanced by the metal essence in the five elements. The unknown essence did not change much, and it also felt "incomplete" as if the laws that were its building blocks were too few, but he could feel that if he comprehended the corresponding essences, then laws, the path past godhood which he sought would be within reach.
After he was done, he got rid of his two rings and got another 1000 cubic metres one, which he stored metal ore, a myriad of high quality mana crystals, array talismans, dragon scales and claws, preserved beast essences, the remanining azure windscale beast essence, all his harvest from Magnus, and the bird, after he warned it not to eat anything in the ring, bound it with his soul sense and prepared to leave. The will, which had been watching him from the shadows, finally materialized," Since I have fulfilled my creator's will, I am now free and can vanish. If I appear outside, I will attract the Universal laws, since I have reached the Seventh level, and shed my mortal body on the brink of the Second step".