A Cultivation Tale: The Godly Punisher

Immediately he appeared on the floor of one of the palace's numerous halls, he instantly fell unconscious. And the instant that he became unconscious, his body fully reverted to normal. While the Palace-spirit being an omniscient entity in this palace produced a healing pill which he quickly fed Alex to quickly heal his badly damaged body.

The Palace-spirit had teleported Alex to one of the halls in the palace so that Layla wouldn't see how badly damaged Alex's body was.

After a few moment, Alex's totally ruined body which had been filled with healforce energy fully regenerated. Then he woke up in the next instant with horror in his face. But when he saw where he was, his horrified mind calmed.

With a deep exhale, he stood up from the ground.

"That was a close one" He said.

"Yea. A really close one. If you didn't have me, you would have been utterly destroyed" The Palace-spirit said and appeared beside Alex, causing him to be shocked.

This was the very first time that the Palace-spirit would appear by his side.

It was an illusory old man who had a straight back and was surprisingly towering in figure. Then with long white hair that reached his waist, a white mustache and a long white beard that reached the level of his chest, he appeared like a wizard. But there was no wizard in this world. However, despite looking old, his form was striking.

"Senior" Alex greeted respectfully.

The old man who was the treasure-spirit of the treasure-palace nodded his head.

Then he asked "Why don't you ask for help when you are faced with difficulties? There are many things in this world that are impossible to be done by yourself."

Alex smiled.

"I know. I just don't like bothering anyone for help. Besides, I would first like to see if I can do said thing myself. But if it's too tough for me to do, then I would call out for help" He said and grinned.

"Hmm" The Palace-spirit uttered.

"Alright. Your girlfriend is at the door. I directed her here. Should I allow her in?" The Palace-spirit asked.

"Sure. Please allow her in" Alex said.

The Palace-spirit nodded his head.

Then the door opened in the next instant with Layla coming in. While the Palace-spirit disappeared.

"Alex, are you okay?" Layla asked worriedly.

She had seen that Alex was almost destroyed in the screen that she watched to see how he fought.

"Yes, I am fine." Alex replied.

Then when Layla arrived at his side, she looked at his body and saw that it had healed.

"Your body is healed. So quick! What did you take?" Layla asked in shock.

"A healing pill. I must have been fed with it by the Palace-spirit" Alex said.

"Hmm. Alright" Layla said.

Then she looked at him and recalled all that he did when he battled those cultivation beasts and couldn't help but shake her head.

"What's it?" Alex asked when he saw her shaking her head.

"Well, I shook my head at how powerful you are and how well you hid some of your really amazing abilities. You are really awesome and I am so glad that I met you" Layla said with sincerity in her tone.

Alex grinned.

"Haha. Well, you haven't seen anything." He said in a somewhat proud tone while Layla rolled her eyes at him.

"So, how do we move on from here? That pressure is going to instantly kill the both of us" Layla asked.

"Do we have to go in together?" Alex asked.

"Yes. Or we would not be allowed entry. We have to enter like we are a couple or the legacy-spirit wouldn't allow us to enter." Layla said.

"Hmm" Alex uttered.

"Okay. Don't be worried about the pressure. There's something that we can do about it." He said.

Then he asked as he looked at Layla with curiosity glowing in his eyes "But why is the pressure sooo much? Only a peak-phase, Great Saint-stage cultivator would be able to easily reach this depth. Those many beasts, the gigantic maelstroms and that crushing pressure would abruptly destroy any other cultivator below the Great Saint stage that would accidentally or adventurously wander into this place. I feel like they are cultivation rank restrictions put in place by the creator of the legacy to deter other cultivators below the Great Saint realm from coming here."

Layla nodded her head in agreement.

"I think so too. I didn't know about that. I guess I and my dad's older brother who is the City Lord didn't do our findings very well. I am sorry about that, Alex." Layla said apologetically.

"Nah. It's okay." Alex said.

Layla nodded her head happily.

She was glad that Alex didn't take offense in her not doing her research about the copulation-cultivation legacy very well.

"Alright. So what means do you have to enter that place since it's meant for Great Saint-stage cultivators? Or should we return and come back many decades later after our cultivation stage has stepped up to be able to easily come here and arrive at the legacy bestowal ground without any problem?" Layla asked.

"Nope. That's not a good option. It's very bad if we do that. So, your cultivation progress would sufferingly wait for mine to reach the Great Saint stage before I can take the both of us in? Nah. Don't worry about it. I think I have a way to get in there." Alex said.

"Okay. But how are we going to survive in there? You know, we would go through tests meant for Great Saint-stage cultivators. If you may survive it, I wouldn't be able to. I would be quickly destroyed in an instant. I am not as strong as you and don't have any hidden amazing ability." Layla said.

Alex grinned.

"Well, you are right about that. But I would find a way to convince the legacy-bestowing spirit to give us a chance to prove ourselves to it."