The Witch Hunter System-Chapter 1211: Returning to the Astral Soul Realm

Although Empyrean Oceanheart found Vaan’s claim outrageous and impossible, she also hoped she was wrong.

In fact, she was excited to see if he could realize it.

After all, advancing to Divine Lord from the Divine Warrior rank within a week sounded too incredible.

There were numerous ways to allow a mere mortal to directly ascend to the Divine rank or even the True Divinity rank, but such methods involved powerful inheritances. Simply put, they were just transplanting a predecessor’s cultivation into another.

As such, it was not the same as self-cultivation.

In terms of self-cultivation, ascending to the Divine Lord from the Divine Warrior within a week was simply unheard of. Leaping two ranks within the Divine rank was just that difficult, though it might be possible in the mortal realm.

As for the realm of True Divinity, such a concept would simply be a fool’s dream.

The difficulty would be simply too high to be possible.

"If you can really advance to Divine Lord in a week through self-cultivation, and in soul cultivation, no less, then you will most likely be the first in the long history of Chaos," Empyrean Oceanheart said.

To be honest, she was somewhat thankful that she had decided to send Vaan to the Grand Unity Human Clan.

Given Vaan’s numerous heaven-defying and unprecedented achievements, he would eventually bankrupt the Myriad Sea God Palace through the merit system. In fact, he would put everyone into debt.

The merit system was set up to encourage growth, but they had never expected to encounter a being like Vaan.

His level of genius was simply beyond comprehension.

While Empyrean Oceanheart was having these thoughts, Seraphina’s thoughts were also running wild, thinking Vaan was too impressive.

Recalling that her great-grandmother wanted to bond the two of them, her heart skipped a beat, and a blush crept up on her face, making her feel shy and embarrassed. Having such an amazing person as her husband would be truly fortunate.

She just didn’t know whether Vaan fancied her.

Considering his god-given talents, he would prosper anywhere he went and attract countless admirers and worshippers.

Moreover, given his incredibly skilled massage techniques, she figured he would be quite experienced with women. In fact, she even suspected he was in a relationship with many women to be so skilled.

That said, although Seraphina was very curious about this matter, she couldn’t bring it up. She wasn’t sure if her heart could accept it. She didn’t want to be disappointed.

"Don’t be alarmed when I start to cultivate."

"Oh?"

Empyrean Oceanheart and Seraphina were immediately curious after Vaan gave them a heads-up. They weren’t sure what he meant about being alarmed.

What could they be alarmed about? Wasn’t it just cultivation?

Nevertheless, once Vaan settled down in a meditative position, he closed his eyes and departed his soul for the Astral Soul Realm, leaving his seemingly soul-less body behind in reality.

Originally, Vaan required sound arts to condition his body and mind to an optimal state before he could enter the Astral Soul Realm with his consciousness.

However, after making regular trips to the Astral Soul Realm in the past several months, he eventually mastered the ability to enter the Astral Soul Realm at any time, as long as he was in an uninterrupted state of rest.

Swish~! 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

The moment Vaan’s soul and consciousness departed for the Astral Soul Realm, Empyrean Oceanheart and Seraphina were given a huge fright.

What!

"I don’t sense Sir Vaan’s soul! It’s as if his soul had just disappeared from the world!" Empyrean Oceanheart exclaimed in shock.

If Vaan’s soul had simply left his body, she wouldn’t be so alarmed. After all, she would be able to trace his soul’s departing direction.

However, Vaan’s soul never left his body. It simply vanished on the spot, as if it had been annihilated in form and body, disappearing from the world forever, never to return unless the Lord of Chaos intervened; a true death.

"This...!"

Seraphina felt her heart beating rapidly in horror. However, she quickly recalled Vaan’s warning before he entered self-cultivation. As such, she was able to calm down in moments.

"Is this why Sir Vaan told us not to be alarmed? Does that mean this is not true death but a kind of cultivation state?"

"This..."

Empyrean Oceanheart also calmed down after hearing Seraphina’s doubts, but she also had doubts of her own.

"What kind of cultivation state is this?"

The body was still alive, but it had lost all sense of the soul; there was no spirituality within it. One could say that it was similar to brain death or a living corpse without any will.

"Is this what they call the state of emptiness?"

When Seraphina thought of this, Empyrean Oceanheart felt a little at a loss for words. The state of emptiness was just the disappearance of one’s sense of self; it was a mental state.

Losing one’s sense of self wouldn’t mean the soul would truly disappear like this.

This was much more than that.

"If this is a state of emptiness, then it is a state of emptiness that has transcended the state of emptiness. Maybe Sir Vaan’s soul hasn’t really disappeared after all."

"What do you mean, Great-grandmother?"

"Perhaps Sir Vaan’s state of emptiness is so extraordinary that it has also affected us, making us experience his disappearing sense of self, too. In reality, his soul is still there; we just can’t sense it."

Although Empyrean Oceanheart found this logic the most reasonable given the circumstances, she didn’t have much confidence in it either.

After all, how extraordinary did Vaan’s state of emptiness have to be to even affect an Empyrean God such as herself?

However, apart from this possibility, she couldn’t think of any other reasonable possibilities. It wouldn’t make sense for Vaan to just unalive himself like this. Thus, it should really be the case of looking dead but not actually being dead.

Meanwhile, Vaan found himself in the tranquil and peaceful land of eternal rest once more.