Divine Emperor of Death

Chapter 5335: Bringing In The Astral Expert

"My lovely daughter!~"

"Ahhh!~"

Davis ran after Lydia and finally caught her from behind, hugging her as he made her scream in embarrassment. She tried to struggle out of his grasp, but had no choice but to endure the fatherly harassment. She looked to Mother Mingzhi for help, but was only laughed at.

Lydia inwardly sighed as she resigned herself to fate.

Her father in this life was a stark contrast to her previous one, whom she hadn’t even had the opportunity to see since she was stripped away from her parents at the young age of one, but she had no doubt, since she had heard he had been a cold and stoic man who abandoned her mother for cultivation, and after he died to a beast tide, it caused her mother to be remarried to someone who lusted after her and then abused her to death when she was merely sixteen years old.

Fast forward to when she was three hundred years old until the day she died, these memories were so distant that she couldn’t even be bothered to reminiscence. There was not a single good memory in there. When she had gone to see her mother after growing up into a teenager, the two of them were already cold, distant women. There was nothing to converse about.

But being reincarnated into this family changed everything.

She dared to love. She dared to be vulnerable. She dared to make memories with her family.

She stopped struggling eventually and then let herself be held with a sweet smile on her face.

Fairy Glacia and the others blinked, thinking this man truly dared to love without restraint.

This little girl was a reincarnator, right? Even if she was his daughter, how could they be so close?

Laphria Rinmei grew fond of this bond and turned to glance at Jaiyan, her sweet face signaling to him with a knowing look. Jaiyan caught sight of her gaze and then turned his head away embarrassedly as he ran his fingers through his hair.

Having children as Exalts and Divergents? Could the difficulty be any more crazy?

Suddenly, they understood the importance of Saint Riyal Mendez’s Technique.

Davis finally let Lydia go as he put her down and patted her shoulders, "My little Lydia, your sixth martial grandmother- Fairy Qiyra is suffering from a deficiency of astral essence. I’m sure you heard about it from Mother Mingzhi, but I’ll explain it again. It’s like this-"

He gave a lengthy and detailed explanation of the problems he had found in Fairy Qiyra Darkstar’s cultivation.

Lydia’s expression gradually turned solemn.

It was her first time hearing about the issue plaguing a Divergent Physique, but she was no stranger to Divergent Stars since the Starshroud Family warned again and again not to connect with unknown stars.

She opened her small lips, "Divergent Stars are dangerous. Not much is known about them, but they are the main reason why Astral Cultivation is banned in the Greater Realm and why the Starshroud Family and many other powers that cultivate Astral Cultivation stay in the Upper Realm Space, the Second Layer. One reason is that the Three Layers form a protective shield. The deeper you are in the layers, the less you’ll be affected by astral energy and astral essence."

"Hence, the Third Layer is also not suitable for Astral Cultivation since the astral energy one could cultivate and unleash would be less than what they would be able to do in the First Layer with the same cultivation base. But if you’re in the First Layer, you should be prepared to deal with all kinds of stars trying to connect with you through the resonance of constellations, and the most dangerous incident being Divergent Stars that try to corrupt you."

"Therefore, it is always better to link with stars that are from the Major Constellations and Minor Constellations. They are the safest options to link with. However, a constellation distributes power to all those who are linked with it, causing the astral energy received to be weakened by varying margins at a time, so astral cultivators who desire power end up trying to connect with odd and distant stars and untapped constellations. They become powerful, but also stupidly end up becoming Passive Divergents even if they are careful since the Divergent Stars tend to corrupt a whole constellation full of good astral stars."

Lydia blabbered information filled with karmic burden one after another since these were all Exalt-level powerhouses in front of her.

"Oh, so that’s why the Celestial Transcendent banned it..."

"Yes, it’s not a full ban like it is for Divine Exalts, but Astral Cultivators should cultivate in the Lower Realms and Upper Realms before making their way to the Greater Realm as they ascend, like an Exalt breaking through to the World Hegemon Stage. Otherwise, it’s easier to get corrupted during the time when one tries to sense through the vast Astral Seas to link with Astral Stars but ends up being forced into a link with a Divergent Star. However, plenty of Astral Cultivators still go to the First Layer to sense the stars because one is able to sense the astral stars better that way."

"Doesn’t this mean Arc is in danger since he can sense First Layer and Zeroth Layer Stars? Aren’t the stars from the latter discreetly called the Origin Astral Sea?" Mingzhi asked worriedly.

"I’m not sure. It shouldn’t be a problem since we’re in the Second Layer, but Arc is honestly-" Lydia laughed awkwardly, "Just too deviant. He has the greatest sensory perception for sensing Astral Seas as far as I know. It’s honestly frightening that he isn’t a Divergent."

"Hahaha!" Davis laughed proudly with his hand back as he threw his head up.

Karyot rolled his eyes, wanting to punch him.

Could he not slap it on others’ faces that they had no children to be proud of? Actually, no children, for that matter?

"So? Is there any way we can deal with your martial grandmother’s illness?"

"To be honest, it’s easy-" Lydia blinked, "But only if we had access to the Starshroud Family’s Grand Astral Essence Formation Array that allows one to help and refine astral essence from the astral sea directly without even having to link to the astral stars or the constellations. It is used to allow Sky Empyreans and above to gather astral essence for their cultivation, which is similar to the immortal essence that an immortal cultivator collects in their vessel."

"Sooo..." Davis’s brows raised, "How about we crash into your previous home and attain vengeance while we are at it?"

Lydia nearly jumped.

She couldn’t tell if her father would really go or not, but she shook her head.

"Imperial Father, you have just come back safely. The thought alone is enough for me. There’s no need to go there right now, and my main priority is to cultivate to my previous peak. I’m also a formation master, but I don’t have the knowledge to create a Grand Astral Essence Formation Array. However, grafting astral essence- I think I can help you with that with my link I have to the Grand Divine Phoenix Constellation. Its healing effect is incredible, so it should be able to help martial grandmother recover smoothly."

"..."

Davis pursed his lips, frowning a bit. "You’re not an Empyrean yet, and you aren’t even cultivating the astral path as your main cultivation base anymore. How would you have stored astral essence in this life?"

"My reincarnated soul still carries the astral essence I cultivated back then." Lydia uttered with a calm smile, "How else do you think I would be able to flee from you, imperial father? It’s just that you can’t sense it because your perception towards astral essence is near to null, but it’s always there, hidden deep inside my soul."

"..." Davis wryly smiled. "But when you start your astral cultivation as a support cultivation, wouldn’t it be detrimental for you to lack astral essence?"

"It’s fine." Lydia smiled sweetly, "I’ll just start from the beginning like all my siblings. Can’t brag in front of them if I rely on my previous life’s cultivation. More importantly, isn’t martial grandmother important to our survival?"

"She is... she is. Although she’s going back to her master, she’s still important."

"In that case, it’s settled." Lydia flickered her small sleeves, appearing grand.

Karyot and Jaiyan looked at each other.

This little girl was more mature than their junior disciple Laphria Rinmei, or even some of them. Despite her dubious previous life, she seemed to care about the Davis Family as well. They didn’t know how to thank her, as they still felt like they were looking at a little spoiled child, but the words she said were clearly something a little girl wouldn’t know.

"Alright, since you have decided, let us discuss the specifics. I don’t want to leave any injuries in your soul behind while transferring the astral essence."

"Father, you told me her Starlight Devouring Veins is capable of absorbing astral essence or even devour, so I wouldn’t need your help."

Davis shook his head, "Fairy Qiyra is stubborn. She wouldn’t drain astral essence from anyone, much less a child."

"Oh..." Lydia looked like she understood before nodding, "In that case, I’ll leave it to you father. We only get one chance to make the astral essence resurface in its full glory- whatever could be salvaged after reincarnation, but it should be enough to boost martial grandmother’s natural recovery. However, if it stays for too long, the Starshroud Family’s phoenix star cultivators would be able to sense it. After all, they are also connected to the Grand Divine Phoenix Constellation."

She shuddered lightly, "If they knew I survived despite all their attempts to block me from reincarnating, they would probably send their full force to deal with me."

"Haha, just let them come." Davis chuckled mockingly.

In the Second Layer, he wanted to see who dares harms his family while he was with them. If he was already on the level of dealing with multiple Celestial Transcendent avatars, then not any layer limit expert would be able to easily harm his family.

What could a Starshroud Family amount to even if they had hundreds of Exalt-level astral cultivators considering their long history?

However, Lydia shook her head, looking pale.

How could she bring her enemies here? She knew the Starshroud Family would contact the Celestial Transcendent if they knew she was born to the Divine Emperor of Death. In that case, she would’ve committed a cardinal sin.

Davis could only console her by saying that he wouldn’t easily allow themselves to be exposed.

Only then did Lydia calm down.

Soon, Davis and Lydia began discussing the details of the grafting, and tried to arrange a treatment session with Fairy Qiyra Darkstar, but the doors ended up being shut on them.

"You-"

Davis pointed at the closed door, afraid that it had almost harmed Lydia, but the latter just shrugged.

Now it became a question of how to accept astral essence infusion from a little girl.

For Fairy Qiyra Darkstar, he was sure this would be extremely humiliating, so he could only sigh inwardly, wondering how to make her accept this medical treatment.