The Witch Hunter System

Chapter 1181: Three Months Later, Vaan’s Gift

After Vaan left the Core Palace, he quickly headed off to settle all of his matters in the Myriad Sea God Palace.

Back in the Fishmen Domain, the three Empyrean Fishmen welcomed Vaan with joy and enthusiasm, immediately preparing a free pass for him, allowing him to utilize any of the Fishmen Domain’s resources without cost.

Evidently, Empyrean Wavebreaker, Empyrean Voidcurrent, and Empyrean Tidefather were much more generous than Empyrean Oceanheart.

However, this was also because their race had three Empyreans, three times as many as the mermaid race. Even their True Gods and Heavenly Gods were more numerous. Thus, they were able to produce more quality resources.

Naturally, Vaan didn’t hold back on the offer, grabbing whatever he took a liking to from the Grand Exchange Hall. As long as he deemed it useful, he would take it.

The three Empyrean Fishmen didn’t imagine that Vaan would act so unrestrained. They failed to keep a straight face when they heard the news of his exploits.

"What the..."

A True Divinity almost cursed, his heart bleeding as the goods in the Grand Exchange Hall depleted at an alarming rate.

Normally, someone with a free pass would just take whatever they wanted when they actually needed it. They would show modesty in their actions rather than hoarding everything.

However, the word "shame" did not appear to be in Vaan’s dictionary.

In just one sitting, he fattened up his Heaven-Swallowing Space so much that he could support Pangea’s development for millions of years to come.

Thousands of star realms could be developed with this amount of resources.

Of course, this was just a slight dent in the Grand Exchange Hall’s reserve of goods. But at the current rate of depletion, it would lack many items needed to support normal business if Vaan continued his looting for several more days.

Nevertheless, Vaan knew when to stop, not taking his actions to the point of destroying his good impression among the three Empyrean Fishmen. At most, he had given them a scare.

Within the mountain of items he claimed from the Grand Exchange Hall, he secured five World Consciousness Embryos.

Only one was needed for Pangea’s transformation into a true life planet.

Still, it didn’t hurt to have extras on hand. After all, each World Consciousness Embryo represented a potential life planet.

He could use them to nurture new life planets that met the qualifications to fuse with Pangea.

Nevertheless, after enjoying much of the Fishmen Domain’s benefits, Vaan ultimately had to reciprocate the favor. Thus, he spent most of his time in the grand libraries, soaking up all the knowledge. ṞάＮỒ𝐛Ёṡ

Ultimately, he used his new knowledge to create more Pinnacle Divine-rank Mana Cultivation Techniques and even Heaven-rank Mana Cultivation Techniques.

After Vaan offered them up to Empyrean Wavebreaker, Empyrean Voidcurrent, and Empyrean Tidefather, even conducting a few public lectures, the linger traces of unhappiness in their hearts vanished without a trace.

His contribution had completely offset his looting spree.

At the same time, Vaan’s status in the Fishmen Domain soared to an unprecedented peak, completely eclipsing the current members of the Golden Generation. He was like the sun at high noon; his light outshone everyone.

The other Noble Beings could only avoid his gaze and lower their heads when they met. Even the families behind them had to show him respect.

Whatever schemes they had planned, or rivalry they felt,t could only be abandoned.

They weren’t on the same level.

The Myriad Sea God Palace was generally a neutral faction with the Fractured Boundless Sea and Sky Domain, but the Noble Beings and the families backing them all had their hidden ambitions toward the supreme throne.

However, they could only keep their ambitions hidden, unable to see the light of day.

Although the Boundless Sea and Sky Aura in them granted them the qualifications to compete for the supreme throne, their overall power was ultimately too weak to compete with the True Heirs in the Fractured Boundless Sea and Sky Domain.

Moreover, Vaan still had his True Divinity Bodyguards around him. Thus, it was impossible for them to make any moves against him.

During Vaan’s stay in the Fishmen Domain, he surprisingly discovered three Prime Factor Bearers. Thus, he recommended them all to the Soul Master Hall, allowing them to embark on the path of Soul Master Cultivation and completely transform their ordinary lives.

At the same time, he managed to reach an agreement with the Proteus Faction, allowing him to take his Sea God Temple Gate with him.

Generally, such a thing had never happened before.

However, with True God Proteus away and Vaan being the inheritor of a Sea God Temple, they had no reason to stop him from taking his Sea God Temple Gate.

Moreover, they were permitted to publicize Vaan’s status as an in-name disciple of True God Proteus, boosting the reputation of their Proteus Faction. This was their agreement, and Vaan had no issue with it.

He was indeed named an in-name disciple of True God Proteus after passing the trials to inherit the Sea God Temple.

In the blink of an eye, three months quickly passed.

During this time, Vaan paid a visit to at least every Empyrean-ruling sea domain in the Myriad Sea God Palace, acquiring resources and imparting the way of cultivation.

At that moment, the Myriad Sea God Palace was completely different from the past.

It had experienced more changes in the past three months than in the past billions of years. Each day was filled with shocking changes. There was never a moment of peace. Yet, no one disliked such positive rowdiness either.

The Myriad Sea God Palace’s heritage had practically improved tenfold after Vaan enriched each Empyrean-ruling sea race with at least ten Heaven-rank Mana Cultivation Techniques each.

At first, it wasn’t that easy to create a Heaven-rank Mana Cultivation Technique.

However, as Vaan enriched his knowledge of the Myriad Sea God Palace’s plethora of Mana Cultivation Techniques, he gained new insights and understandings, allowing him to become incredibly proficient with each of the Empyrean-ruling sea races.

As such, even the Mermaid Race’s ten Heaven-rank Mana Cultivation Techniques were also achieved after he acquired numerous insights and inspirations from the other Empyrean-ruling sea races.

During Vaan’s passing visits, he also found another seven Prime Factor Bearers, whom he also recommended to the Soul Master Hall to embark on their Soul Master Cultivation Path.

As a result, the Soul Master Hall received a total of ten new Soul Master Candidates, though they did not hold such titles for long.

This was because Vaan helped them awaken their Soul Master Abilities early, allowing them to become Soul Masters with higher potential than Soul Master Vastmind and Soul Master Voidwhisper.

However, since they lacked the foundation of knowledge in Soul Master Cultivation, they ultimately couldn’t make use of their Soul Master Abilities and were still considered Soul Master Candidates.

It was the equivalent of possessing a car but not knowing how to drive.

Even so, it was just a matter of time before they learn how to utilize the power of thought and become true Soul Masters. Their Soul Master Cultivation Path was already guaranteed. Thus, they received the Soul Master Hall’s nurturing.

Each of these ten Soul Master Candidates was just a nobody in the Myriad Sea God Palace. Yet, because of Vaan, their lives all drastically changed for the better.

They received attention and care beyond their imaginations.

As such, they also felt incredibly indebted and grateful to Vaan, even wanting to take him as their master. By right of awakening, Vaan should indeed be their master.

However, he didn’t acknowledge such a relationship and instead had them call him "Uncle," adopting a familial relationship rather than a teacher-student one. After all, he wouldn’t be around to teach them anyway.

Although no one could understand the thought or reason behind Vaan’s demand, they could only accept it. That said, in their hearts, they still regarded him as their master.

"I’ll be leaving the Myriad Sea God Palace with Empyrean Oceanheart tomorrow," Vaan informed Soul Master Vastmind and Soul Master Voidwhisper.

"This..."

Soul Master Vastmind and Soul Master Voidwhisper immediately felt a sense of loss. They were aware that such a day would come. But now that it had actually come, they felt reluctant.

During these past months, they had benefited too much from Vaan. Not just the Soul Master Hall, but them personally too.

As such, in their hearts, even they had come to recognize Vaan as their teacher.

"Grandmaster, must you really go?" Soul Master Vastmind asked wistfully, reluctant to part with this young teacher.

"Mm." Vaan nodded, firmly replying, "I must go. However, before I leave tomorrow, I have one final gift for the Soul Master Hall, something that both of you need the most right now."

When Vaan mentioned this, the hearts of Soul Master Vastmind and Soul Master Voidwhisper couldn’t help but tremble with nervous anticipation and excitement.

Since those were Vaan’s words, this so-called last gift must be of utmost importance to them.

After taking a Memory Crystal from Vaan with nervous anticipation and excitement, they carefully seeped their consciousness into it to peruse its contents. In that instant, their hearts and minds were overwhelmed with shock and disbelief.

"Everlasting Will Secret Art... Th-This! This is a Heaven-rank Soul Cultivation Method!"

Soul Master Vastmind and Soul Master Voidwhisper simultaneously exclaimed word for word, as if they were of one mind. They wore stupefied expressions as thousands of complex emotions and changes surged through their hearts and minds.

A Heaven-rank Soul Cultivation Method! This was truly the best gift they could ask for!

With this Everlasting Will Secret Art, they could finally overcome their stubborn bottlenecks and step into the legendary True Divinity Realm!