Advancing to the Saint Realm

Ever since Matthews defeated the genius mage Kane from the Imperial Capital in a single strike at East Mountain last week, various factions in the Imperial Capital had been visiting Matthews one after another.

Matthews bought a new courtyard and hired some servants, then began preparing to go into seclusion to break through to the Saint Realm.

Mia approached Matthews that day to say she wanted to go to the Magic Beast Mountain Range for training with Winter and the others, and after some thought, Matthews did not refuse. He even had her take along the level seven magic beast Asolun. After Mia and the others left, Lucas mentioned that he happened to know a Necromancer and brought him to Matthews' new courtyard.

"I have brought you Master Ret, the Necromancer."

"Hahaha, thank you for the trouble."

The level eight Necromancer bowed to Matthews: "Greetings, my lord!"

"Master Ret, you are too kind. I will have to trouble you with my family member."

Ret began setting up the inheritance array for Necromancy in a room that had already been prepared. He explained to Fiona: "This array will escort your Soul Fire to the Netherworld, where you must subdue and contract a spirit."

"When the time comes, the inheritance of Necromancy will appear in your mind based on the quality of your soul. This array can protect you for three days, which means you must contract a spirit within those three days."

Ever since Fiona began following Matthews, he had noticed that her soul quality was quite good. He had also started teaching her meditation, and with her current soul strength, contracting a low-level spirit would be no problem.

Fiona lay within the array, and her soul awakened in a desolate land. Normally, such Soul Fires scattered in the wilderness without the protection of a physical body would be snatched up by many level one spirits. Protected by the magic array, Fiona began to search the wilderness for the spirit she wanted to contract.

A trembling skeleton soldier was walking through the wilderness when suddenly, a skeleton soldier wielding a bone club lunged out from a cave. With one strike, it knocked the trembling skeleton soldier down, while Fiona watched the battle from afar. She saw the trembling skeleton soldier resist for a moment before being dismantled by the ambush, leaving only its head behind.

The ambusher had also paid the price of losing an arm, and Fiona realized that this skeleton soldier, which knew how to ambush, must have good talent. She immediately seized the opportunity to control her soul and rushed into the skeleton's Soul Fire; once there, it became a tug-of-war of soul quality.

The soul quality of the skeleton soldier Fiona had chosen was very high, and she could not overcome it for a while. Just as they were locked in a stalemate, the skeleton soldier that had been knocked down earlier took the opportunity to reassemble its body.

It suddenly pounced on the skeleton soldier that was locked in a soul tug-of-war with Fiona. Sensing a threat to its life, the skeleton soldier resisted even more violently.

At this moment, Fiona chose to transmit the intent to form a contract. The skeleton soldier, which usually lacked intelligent thought and followed only instinct, resisted for a moment before choosing to compromise and was contracted by Fiona.

After Fiona formed the contract, the primary inheritance of Necromancy appeared in her soul. The spirit Fiona had contracted was dismantled at that moment, and the trembling skeleton soldier tried to absorb the contracted spirit's soul, but ultimately lost the battle of Soul Fire and had its own soul absorbed instead.

The contracted spirit dragged its skull and broken bones back into the cave, and the three days passed quickly. Fiona also awakened from the magic array.

"How did it go?"

Seeing the young master ask, Fiona summoned the spirit she had contracted. The Necromancer Ret looked at Fiona's unusually agile skeleton soldier and praised: "As expected of Lord Matthews' family, this spirit has good talent."

Seeing the success, Matthews said gratefully: "Haha, thank you, Master Ret. Thank you, Lucas. I owe you both a favor for this!"

"Hahaha, you are too kind, my lord!"

"Indeed, you are too kind!"

Afterward, Matthews had his servants treat Lucas and the Necromancer Ret to food and drink; the dining table was always the most comfortable place to bring people closer. After three rounds of drinks and five courses, they took their leave.

Two years passed in a flash, and Matthews was sitting in the training grounds practicing Battle Qi that day.

"Boom--"

The Blood-Eyed Mane Lion Pal clearly sensed the change in his master Matthews' aura, and a moment later, seeing his master Matthews wake up, he asked: "Master, have you broken through to the Saint Realm?"

Matthews nodded and closed his eyes again to feel the changes after breaking through to the Saint Realm. He had previously gained an entry-level understanding of the Laws of Thunder elements, so his advancement to the Saint Realm meant he possessed the strength of a peak Saint Realm expert.

As long as a Saint Realm expert has comprehended the Laws, even if it is only 0.01 percent, they are at the peak of the Saint Realm. The Saint Realm is the most suitable stage for fusing the Profundities of the Laws; of course, the ocean of the Profundities of the Laws is vast, and many people comprehend things haphazardly and cannot break through to the limit of the Saint Realm.

Matthews naturally knew that continuing to comprehend the Thunder elements could lead to the limit of the Saint Realm. Breaking through the limit and then comprehending the complete Laws of Thunder elements would allow one to become a god.

However, this kind of god is a relatively weak god, and Matthews knew a little about the conversion between electricity and magnetism. Even if the laws might differ because the world was different, Matthews' previous world's science had touched upon the slight connection between the Electromagnetic Profundity and the Thunder elements.

This was the key to his compatibility with the Laws of Thunder elements and the Electromagnetic Profundity. The most difficult part of fusing elemental laws is the breakthrough from zero to one. As long as there is this key of "one," the remaining ninety-nine can be fused successfully step by step.

Matthews visited the Imperial Capital's auction house again that day. His Natural Magnetite had been obtained through their auctions previously, so Matthews intended to get some more from them to begin sensing and fusing the Electromagnetic Profundity in conjunction with the Thunder element laws he had already mastered.

"Greetings, Master Matthews!"

Compared to the fact that they did not know Matthews had broken through to the Saint Realm, the auction house valued his identity as a master painter even more. Matthews did not choose to hide anything and said directly: "I remember your auction house auctioned Natural Magnetite before. I wonder if you could get some for me."

"This, our auction house can only accept items consigned by clients and then auction them off."

Matthews was silent for a moment before saying: "Then can you contact the auction staff from ten years ago? I purchased a piece of Natural Magnetite at your auction house ten years ago with Winter, the young master of the Utteridge Clan."

"Of course, I won't let you help for nothing."

As he spoke, Matthews took out the level nine Magic Beast Core he had intended to trade for a Sovereign Artifact and placed it in front of the auction house staff.

"This level nine Magic Beast Core is my payment!"