In the Ethereal World, lightning rained down heavily on Austin, who was near the eye of the Sword Cosmos.
He stood still, calm and composed, his hands behind his back. He seemed unbothered, not dodging any of the strikes thrashing at him.
He was only a premium-grade genuine divine god, but he was already far stronger than any ordinary governing god.
The Thunderstroke Doom was a force on par with an attack of a semi-governing god, and still could not harm him in the slightest.
An hour later,
the dark clouds dispersed and the lightning faded away along with them.
"That's it. I'm a semi-governing god now," Austin murmured softly, no one around to hear but himself.
He was satisfied with the end result.
Ascending to a higher vital energy realm hadn't done much for improving his strength this time.
But he had made a breakthrough after over ten years of cultivation. He was pleased with how his efforts had turned out.
More importantly,
he had successfully absorbed and refined oceans of great cosmos force in the eye of the Sword Cosmos.
The great cosmos force had made up about ninety percent of his energy structure,
which meant that most of the energy inside him was the great cosmos force.
This had increased his fighting power exponentially.
"Congratulations, Mr. Lin! You've made a breakthrough! I can feel it!"
"Master, you have finally achieved another breakthrough in your cultivation base. I am so happy for you!"
Ellis, Warner and Emmet all had congratulatory words for Austin as they approached him together.
"Thank you!"
Austin replied, nodding in appreciation.
The three of them then took turns filling Austin in on what had been going in the Sword Cosmos over the last decade.
Of the four former major forces, some had cut themselves off from the outside world while some had kept a low profile or even gone off the grid altogether.
The Curry Sword Sect had been developing well in their position as the head of the Sword Cosmos.
Pretty much the entire universe obeyed its orders and lived by their rule.
It seemed, at least on the surface, like no one dared go against their commands.
"Master, as far as we know, the army of the Blade Cosmos have been inactive for the past ten years,"
Emmet revealed.
"I see,"
Austin said with a sinister smirk.
He had already decided he would make a move against the army of the Blade Cosmos stationed in the Sword Cosmos soon.
"I will entrust the affairs of the Curry Sword Sect and all that entails to you three.
Don't worry though. If the sect is in danger, I will always be here to handle it,"
Austin said with a power in his voice that demanded respect.
He left them with those words and made his way for the exit of the Ethereal World.
"Master!"
"Mr. Lin!" they called out to him, surprised to see him leaving so soon.
They still had so much more to tell him about the Curry Sword Sect and all it had been through these years past.
But Austin ignored them and continued on his way.
He left the Ethereal World and headed straight for the Divine Sword Mountain.
He wished to see Sword Son Curry.
He had a hunch something bad might have happened to him and he needed to learn the truth of the matter.
A while later,
Austin arrived at the Divine Sword Mountain.
In no time at all, dozens of semi-governing gods appeared to greet him.
"Greetings, master!" they said bowing respectfully to Austin.
They were once from the four major forces, sent here to monitor and report back on the Divine Sword Mountain. Austin had later subdued them and made them his slaves.
They had a connection with Austin and sensed him coming immediately.
Austin said nothing back.
He simply nodded at them in acknowledgement and walked past into the Divine Sword Mountain, without looking back.
Before long,
he had reached the peak.
The five sword spirits appeared in front of him.
"Austin, there you are. Glad to see you back," they said in greeting.
"How are you doing?"
Austin said back.
He had grown much stronger since the last time he was here and he was confident he could now match up to the five sword spirits.
But he was indebted to them and considered them as elders whom he held great respect for,
and so treated them as he always had before.
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