Chains Of Heaven

Looking at the egg in my hand I fell how utterly bizarre it is. Looking over the information about it in the Library of Heaven's Path I can feel my jaw slack.

This, this is so much BS. Is this what a protagonist of a Wuxia feels like when he finds some BS lucky chance?

If so then I understand why they become so conceited, this is nothing short of amazing.

The information on the book is quite simple, namely, it is thus:

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Tiamat, one of the Vicious Ten and the Primordial God Beast of Life

A God Beast who can generate subbordinates and has immense power, almost as old as the Creation Gods it is the one who birthed many of the subsequent God Beasts, Gods, and Devils that were not born naturally from Chaos.

Advantage:

- Capable of recovering from any injury if it has enough Profound Energy;

- Able to change her body depending on it's will;

- In case it is killed it can recover from death again with improved powers, talent, and attributes;

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Disadvantage:

- Over used it's natural reincarnation ability, after doing it ten times it did not grow stronger and instead returned to it's egg stage;

- Due to the ritual used on her egg form her power is limited to the power level of the one who bounded to her;

- Depending on the one raising her, her personality can change to benevolent or calamity;

- While on it's egg form it is unnable to defend itself, the more damage it suffers as an egg the longer it needs to be released from it;

- Currently bounded by Enkidu, young man with low power that didn't yet reach the Divine Way;

- To break out of the egg needs to absorb more blood vitality of different beasts;

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... This is so absurd that I can only laugh.

This is the egg of a God Beast, to be more specific it is Tiamat.

I might not remember that much from my previous life, most being very foggy, to be honest, but even so, I remember parts that stood out to me when it comes to entertainment or books I have read before. That is why I remember many anime and books that I have read in my previous life, it is also why I remember the name Tiamat.

If memory serves me right, in Sumerian Mythology, the gods were given birth from the pairing of Tiamat, who is the saltwater, and Abzu, who is the freshwater. Afterward, the gods, whom are their children, waved their banner of revolution against the primeval father Abzu and acquired supremacy over the world. Despite the betrayal, she did not fight it as she loved her kids far too much for it. It is proof that her love for her children has won over her love for her husband.

However, the gods pointed their blades even at Tiamat, their mother. Tiamat, in her grief and disorder, gave birth to 11 Magical Beasts as her new children, and they altogether had a showdown with the gods. At the end of the conflict, Tiamat and her 11 Magical Beasts were torn apart. It is said that the gods tore up her corpse into two, forming heaven and earth from it, and thus, had established the ritual for the creation of the World of Man.

It was also one of the seven Beasts, creatures that could potentially eradicate all of humanity in case there was ever a need for this course of action.

If this egg is of some sort of counterpart of a being like that, one this powerful, then it certainly is not a weak being.

Reminding myself of the books I have on Beast Taming one interesting information is the degrees in which one's beast joins with the user.

The most basic is ally of opportunity, in this the beast just helps for self-interest and would hardly even think of sacrificing itself for their master. That is how it was between me and those beasts during the preliminaries of the tournament just as it is between most Beast Tamers and their tamed beasts.

The second level is the absolute loyalty level. In it the beast would be a close ally that would help with all it's might the user, it would hardly ever question it's master and would obey its orders, but upon the master's death, it would go and do its own thing. Some look for revenge, others just go live their lives in the wilderness again.

Normally, no one goes beyond the absolute loyalty level, but there is a third one. It is called Life Bound Companions.

It is a level that a beast can only use once in their lives, with it they can basically share their bloodline with their master, the beast would be extremely loyal and if the master were to die then so would the beast die, but if the beast die the master would survive.

Considering it is a God Beast that would mean a whole new bloodline that would keep evolving as we both grow, it would certainly be beneficial for me in the long run. Besides, in the list of it, there is a clear mention that depending on who raises it there is a chance it becomes benevolent.

It is not a purely evil creature.

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Ghhaaaahh, f.u.c.k it. I don't care anymore.

I got it by luck, let's just keep it an hope for the best. Overthinking about this would not get me anywhere anyway.

I turned to everyone else. They were clearly worried about me so I spoke up.

"Don't worry. Everything here is just fine, I am not injured or anything." I said, to the relief of everyone else. I then realized something. "Hey, quick question but how long have I been meditating exactly?"

"For about a week now." Levy answered easily enough. I nodded to this, it was a bit longer than expected but my gains were many and I am more confident in my understandings of the Laws now than what I had before.

I then noticed that Levy was actually sitting in meditation around the area where the presence of this pond could start to be felt but he chose to train there. Sigh, he really is a bit too extreme. The pressure there must be hard for him but he chose that place exactly for that, he is desperate for power and clearly wants to get stronger as fast as possible.

Moving to him I put my hand on his shoulder, he looks up at me in wonder as I lifted him up and pulled him along as we left the vicinity of the lake. The others could only look as I did so.

Technically, Levy was my first and only actual student. Whenever he wants to admit it or not that is the fact, and as his teacher, I will be damned if I let him go and kill himself because he decides to do stupid shit without thinking things through properly. And if me, who is carrying with him the egg of a potential world-ending disaster and thinking if the baby born will be cute or not, still say he is irresponsible than he damn well is.

I just put my hand on his back and begin sensing out for his profound veins. Unsurprisingly they clearly are getting better, but they are inflamed and if he pressures himself any more he would certainly end up injuring his potential.

"Teacher's orders, you will not train for the next few days." I say to him, to which he scoffed.

"I will train, I still need to get stronger." He says.

"I understand, but as your teacher, I still say you are not to train for the next few days. YOur profound veins have grown too much these last few days, they need time to recover even if you don't want to accept it being so."

"You can't order me, I finally have a chance to become strong and I will not stop now that I am finally improving." He says obstinately.

I guess just talking with him will not fix anything. He is the type that will refuse to accept commands from me, he doesn't even accept me as his teacher for real right now.

Very well, I remember that there is a proven method to force an unruly student to listen to what his teacher has to say even when the student is being a stubborn a.s.s.

Tough love.

I say nothing and let him do as he pleases. He huffs as the child he is and goes a bit further away. Sitting down cross-legged he starts to breathe heavily and cultivate.

KICK

I kick him in the a.s.s, sending him flying for a bit. With a face in the middle of the golden flowers he stands up and glares at me.

"What was that for?!"

"No training for the next few days." I said simply. He just glares and decides to try again, but this time he goes close to where Bibi Dong, Cai'er, and Medusa are spectating. Before they all had worried looks when I had just left the pond but now they all were looking at this as if it was a fun spectacle.

Levy probably was thinking I would not act so undignified as to kick his a.s.s, literally in this case, right in front of the ladies. I admit, most cultivators and Master Teachers would be reluctant to do so, carrying far too much about face or whatever.

I was not like most.

As soon as he started I again kicked his behind, sending him flying again.

He shakily stands up and glares, but I just smile and speak.

"No training for the next few days."

As I say this I hear the giggles of the girls as Levy glares at me with newfound fury. If he was fast or strong enough I have no doubt he would have tried to attack me already for this, but I don't care if he thinks like this. I proclaimed myself his teacher and that is what I am, as such he will listen to what I have to say and not act like an annoying little idiot who wants to kill himself inside.

Or well, if he does I will just keep kicking him in the a.s.s until he stops, that works too.

He would continue trying to cultivate, sometimes he would stop for a bit and when he thought I gave up he would try again.

In the end, we spent the next three days in this calm manner, talking with one another and enjoying the place in general as, despite not having much spiritual energy, this place still had a soothing effect on the soul. I would drip blood in the egg and transmit my pure profound energy into it, only to the point it would not hurt or damage me. Whenever I recovered I would repeat the process, how long this process would need it unknown to me, but I did it anyway since this is what is needed to let Tiamat hatch.

It ended up being a pause of 10 days, more than expected but no one was that worried about it. This place calmed all our minds, like a separated land from the outside world.

But, after the days, doing so we finally decided to leave this place. There was still many weird things about that location but we were not anywhere close to the level where we could find out anything about it.

This was still a nice time where we got closer together and where I got what might be a huge lucky chance or a doom that could terrify most others. We can just wait to find out which one this will be.