Apotheosis

The Latent Theurgy had a very unique history.

Sixty years ago, Laura had managed to send an important person to the Oneness Sky Palace.

As a reward, the Oneness Sky Palace gifted her the Latent Theurgy.

Most of the Latent Theurgies would work automatically if their owners were in great danger. Now, however, Laura activated it herself.

Once it had been activated, Laura's voice could reach every disciple's ear. "Don't struggle," she said.

Stretching out her hand, she beckoned to them. As if by an invisible force, all the disciples were dragged towards her.

Zen also felt the invisible force on his body while flying in Laura's direction. Once he was fifty feet away from her, the Latent Theurgy above her head suddenly split into two.

"Whoosh!"

Then, the two parts of the Latent Theurgy began to spread, and finally covered Laura, Ingram and all the disciples like a giant umbrella.

At the sight of this, Reynald could only sneer. "How naive!" he scoffed. "Do you think that this pathetic little trick is enough to keep me out?" he yelled, pointing at the umbrella-like formation.

"Swish!"

A huge shadow of a sword appeared out of nowhere and lashed at the Latent Theurgy.

Laura was not startled at all. She simply looked up at the falling blade calmly, as if it were a feather.

A loud bang shook the earth, and with it, a blinding light flashed in the sky. It was so dazzling that it blotted out the sun and the entire sky.

Slowly, the light began to dim. Once it had disappeared, everyone squinted at the sky, their eyes slowly recovering from the assault. Once they had regained their sight, they saw that the umbrella had remained unscathed.

A mocking smile formed on Laura's lips. "This is the Heaven Earth Umbrella Master Goran gave me. You cannot break it, no matter what you do," she sneered.

"Master Goran?" Reynald echoed, his face darkening.

Goran was one of the elites of the Oneness Sky Palace, as famous as Athemar. He had few equals, and Reynald could only imagine how powerful his Latent Theurgy was.

There was a silver lining in this for Reynald, however. He was secretly happy that Laura had used the Latent Theurgy for defense. If she had used some other Latent Theurgy to attack, he would have surely died.

Feigning confidence, he looked up. "So what? This Latent Theurgy isn't eternal. How long will

a connection with the Oneness Sky Palace.

He could ask Dora for help, but if he did so, he would expose his identity.

However, the only thing that would become known was that his body had entered the Sea of Truth.

"Zen, what are you thinking about?" asked Laura, interrupting his train of thought.

Zen had always been something of a mystery to her.

Nevertheless, she had never asked him any specific questions concerning his past. As long as he didn't harm the Sword Light Palace, it was fine. Besides, he was not at a level high enough to do significant damage to the Sword Light Palace anyway.

"Is it possible to get to the Oneness Sky Palace from the Seven-Star Province in five days?" Zen asked.

Laura knew what Zen meant. "Do you know anyone from the Oneness Sky Palace?" she said, narrowing her eyes.

"Maybe," Zen replied ambiguously. After all, he was not certain about Dora's background.

The eyes of the disciples lit up. Laura and Ingram also saw a glimmer of hope. "Who is it?"

"I don't know. I made friends with her in the Sea of Truth," Zen answered honestly.

Skeptical, Elgin sneered. "It's just speculation, and that can't give anyone hope," he scoffed. "Don't listen to him," he added, rolling his eyes.

Beldene, however, was optimistic as ever. "Even so, it is worth a try! Let's go to the Sea of Truth together!"

Finding someone in the Sea of Truth was not an easy task. To find Dora, Zen had to ensure that Dora entered at the same time as him and waited for him in the same area.

This was not a problem for Zen, of course.