Saint realm

"That black bear sure ran fast. I'll let him off this time. We'll meet again."

Lister watched the fleeing Purple-Striped Black Bear without giving chase, letting it leave. After all, the bear still had a part to play later. Blinding one of its eyes counted as matching the plot, too. If Lister really wanted to kill the Purple-Striped Black Bear, he could still do so easily.

Turning to look at the underground hall before him, Lister began searching for the sealing formation of the Planar Prison. He had two reasons for finding it. First, he feared accidentally damaging it one day, releasing some vicious criminals and losing his own life in the process.

Second, the closer he was to the sealing formation of the Planar Prison, the denser the natural elements became, and the easier it would be to comprehend the power of laws.

Sensing the concentration of natural elements to determine his direction, he dug several hundred meters toward the upper left of the cavern and reached an open space of about a hundred square meters. At its center stood a black circular platform. Various markings Lister could not understand formed an extremely complex magic formation on it, with a purple longsword in the middle.

"This should be the planar magic formation. That purple longsword in the middle must be the Purple Blood Soft Sword."

"I'll cultivate here from now on. I can also bring Daidai in. As a mage, he'll get twice the results with half the effort cultivating in an environment like this."

Then Lister left the cavern and let out a series of dragon roars, announcing to the magical beasts in the canyon that this was now his territory. Anyone who dared approach or pry was courting death.

When he reached the entrance to Mist Canyon, he saw Daidai and his contracted beast, a Velociraptor.

"Big Brother, you're finally out! A Level Nine Magical Beast, a Purple-Striped Black Bear, charged out just now and ran all the way toward the outskirts of the Magical Beast Forest. It looked as though something was chasing it. Do you know what happened?"

Daidai Douyalai had been waiting at the canyon entrance the whole time. Upon seeing Lister, he immediately had his Velociraptor, Redfire, step forward and recounted what he had just seen.

"I beat him and drove him off."

Lister replied.

"What?! You were the one who drove him off, Big Brother?"

Daidai Douyalai looked astonished. The Purple-Striped Black Bear was terrifying, yet Big Brother had beaten it into fleeing for its life. Big Brother really was amazing. The admiration in Daidai's eyes grew as he looked at Lister.

"Don't make such a fuss. Follow me."

"All right, Big Brother."

Lister paid it little mind. He called to Daidai and led her into Mist Canyon.

After reaching the cavern, he instructed Daidai to stay in the underground hall and cultivate diligently, while he went to cultivate beside the Planar Prison's magic formation. As for Redfire, he had him stay at the cavern entrance and guard it. Redfire was more than willing. The concentration of natural elements here was dozens of times greater than outside, giving him a chance to break through to a higher level.

Lister began his cultivation as well. Throughout his journey to find Mist Canyon, he had constantly tried to comprehend the laws. According to the original story, he first had to comprehend Heavy as Light and imposing force before comprehending the power of laws. What was imposing force? It was a kind of deterrence, an aura brought about by each law. Wind had its imposing force, and fire had its imposing force. Lister had comprehended the imposing force of lightning, which was why the Purple-Striped Black Bear had been unable to react during their battle. That was the effect of imposing force.

One day afterward, Lister entered a special state!

"What is lightning? Lightning is electricity. Its form appears before its sound is heard. Speed! Extreme speed. But how do I turn myself into lightning? I need a conductor." Lister sensed the lightning elements around him, their pulsating ripples spreading. "Become lightning. Arrive before the sound does."

Following the fluctuations of lightning, Lister's body suddenly appeared in an open space a hundred meters away, then returned to its original position. Only afterward did the sound reach him. It was not very loud, a sound like static electricity.

"This!"

"This feels like becoming static electricity,

becoming electricity without actually turning into electricity, letting my body move with the fluctuations." "This should be a branch of the law of Lightning Speed."

"I'll call it Static Lightning Escape."

Lister kept practicing and familiarizing himself with Static Lightning Escape, sensing the law of lightning.

Over the following year, Lister cultivated diligently here. During that time, two reckless Level Nine Magical Beasts tried to seize the place. Lister used both as sparring partners, easily dealing with them with the aid of the law behind Static Lightning Escape. Meanwhile, Daidai Douyalai advanced from a late-stage fifth-rank mage to a late-stage sixth-rank mage. During the years spent searching for Mist Canyon, Daidai had advanced from the early fifth rank to the late fifth rank. In this year in the cavern, he reached the late sixth rank. Even the protagonist, Linley, had only progressed so impressively with the cheat-like aid of the Flat Blade Style. Outside, Daidai would probably have needed at least five years.

One day a year later, Lister seemed to pierce a sheet of paper in his comprehension of the law of lightning. The magical power within him surged and constantly changed, transforming his body as well.

"I'm finally about to reach the Saint-level realm."

At that moment, a blade of grass appeared before Lister. It was the Shape-Shifting Grass he had obtained earlier. He immediately consumed it. As his magical power transformed him, Lister's body slowly assumed human form: 1.95 meters tall, with long black hair and refined features. He looked the same as he had in his previous life, somewhat like Madara Uchiha.

A long while later, the transformation by his magical power ended. Lister looked at his body:

Name: Satius Lister

Race: Mutated Sharingan Spined Iron-Armored Dragon

Level: Early Saint-level divine beast

Laws: Lightning Speed

Description: A growing mutated Sharingan Spined Iron-Armored Dragon, a lightning- and fire-attribute magical beast. The smallest of the dragons, with the strongest defense and greatest agility among those of the same level. Its mutation gives it greater innate talents than ordinary Spined Iron-Armored Dragons, and its strength far exceeds others of the same level. It has awakened part of its innate talent, Susanoo.