Page 1105 of Heaven, Earth, Me

Tatyana stood at the top of a mountain, looking at the large expanse of terrain in front of her. In the distance, there was a massive city with tall buildings built around a mountain. This made it look like a giant castle.

The usually awe-inspiring city was not faring too well. The place was full of creatures fighting in a brutal war. Fire, explosions, and many other elemental events were being created all around, partaking in the cacophony of War that was being created.

Meanwhile, behind Tatyana, the [Gate Of The Underworld] was opened, pouring out undead creatures of all kinds without end. Once they appeared, they would all rush toward the gorgeous city in the distance.

Tatyana was wearing her red royal dress, her head adorned by the horned tiara with inlaid emeralds. She held her Fate Weaving Guitar in her hands while her fingers gently plucked the cords, creating a pleasant but haunting acoustic melody. Her face had not much emotion as she hummed at the rhythm of the melody.

A woman wearing a battle dress appeared by her side. She held a massive greatsword, and her flaming red hair waved in the wind heroically. "Lady Death Empress. The enemy leader has asked for forgiveness. They have sworn to the Heavens that they won't ever spread false rumors about the Young Miss's death ever again."

Tatyana hummed, her red eyes looking as the defensive formation cracked further, about to collapse. "I wonder," Tatyana commented, her fingers not stopping as she continued playing her guitar. "Why do people still try to provoke me?"

The maid standing at the side didn't answer. As the only Demigodess in the Sky Continent that was not part of the Demons, Tatyana's influence had become such that no one dared confront her. Still, even when her fame was spread far and wide, there were some people who overestimated themselves due to some fortuitous encounters. They thought that with these new treasures, they would at least be able to defend against the overwhelming power of the Death Empress.

However, that was all it was: an overestimation of their capabilities born from blind arrogance. Not many were able to see the bigger picture when you've lived several hundreds of thousands of years thinking that they knew what the "limit" of strength looked like.

Tatyana stepped forward, her body crossing thousands of kilometers in a single instant, and she appeared above the city. The red-haired maid appeared by her side right before the enemy leaders all soared and faced her in the sky.

The woman leading this power looked up at the relaxed woman and felt her heart shudder in fear. Even when Tatyana was not purposely pressuring them, that pair of red eyes seemed to have the weight of the sky in them. "Lady Death Empress, I overstepped my boundaries." She bowed lightly and spoke. "Please, forgive my foolishness. I will become your subordinate and work day and night to compensate for this error."

The gentle guitar melody suddenly stopped. "You know, if I wasn't one hundred percent sure that my child is alive, those words you said would've triggered a much worse reaction."

The woman felt a finger on her chin, and then her head was raised. Her heart jumped when Tatyana's face filled her vision. 'H-How!? I am at the peak of the Transcendent Realm! How could she appear in front of me without my senses perceiving her!?'

Tatyana raised her eyebrow. "You seem to not understand how big of a gap there is between the sixth and seventh realms. Can Transcendent cultivators defeat Law-Creators? Well, with enough numbers, perhaps. Still, Seventh Realm means I've understood a [Law]. For example…"

Tatyana looked at one of the woman's subordinates, a Level 9 Transcendent Realm cultivator, and spoke, her words seemingly carrying the weight of the Heavens. "Kill Yourself."

The man's face became blank, and then he smiled. "Understood."

He bowed elegantly, took out a sword, and pierced his own Dantian in the same elegant motion. Then, his own energy exploded and decimated both body and soul.

The woman's eyes widened, and tears slid down her cheeks. "H-Husband…"

Tatyana blinked. "Oh? That was your husband? I thought he wasn't since that man over there is the one that has the most amount of your Yin Energy." She smiled faintly. "It seems that your cheating confused me~."

The woman glared at Tatyana, but the red-haired maid appeared between them the second she did so and slapped her.

PAH!

"How dare you glare at our Empress!? You are not worthy!"

Tatyana ignored the woman that had been slapped and looked down. "Oh? Your city's formation is about to fail."

Those words snapped her out of her stunned expression, and she looked down. Then, a loud sound signifying the destruction of the defensive formation spread around.

CRASH!

"Huh?" The woman widened her eyes, surprised once again. "H-How!? Your army has only been sieging us for two months…"

The maid snorted. "Lady Death Empress is training the lower-level undead. If one of the top five undead had descended, your pitiful city would've fallen in just a day!"

Tatyana smiled. "The results have been quite nice. I've cleansed a big part of the useless ones, and those who have value have proven themselves and advanced tremendously. I might have a new Seventh Realm undead under my command soon." Looking at the leader of this power, Tatyana chuckled. "Thanks for being quite an entertaining training dummy. Others usually don't last this long when fighting me."

"..."

Tatyana tilted her head and looked at the woman. "Hm? Have you gone into shock? Well, it's understandable." She patted her shoulder, making the dazed woman look up from the massacre that was ongoing below them.

Once the undead army entered the city, no life was spared. Children, elderly, sick ones… When Tatyana acted, she left nothing alive.

Tatyana smiled at the woman. "When you arrived at the Sky Continent, I didn't really mind your presence. Like many more who have arrived here. After all, you were fighting against the demons." She sighed, shaking her head. "Can you tell me why you provoked me? Were you jealous of my strength? Perhaps, of my influence? I really can't wrap my mind around your reasoning to antagonize me."

However, the woman didn't answer. For someone to reach the peak of the sixth realm in the Heaven layer that the Sky Continent was in, their talent and fortune must be good. Therefore, few of those people have ever gone through setbacks as significant as these. Reactions varied once they happened and destroyed everything they built during their long lives. Still, most people would either become crazed, fall into shock, or give up. Few had the willpower to try to stand back up again, and those who did would, in most cases, be plagued by Heart Demons.

Tatyana sighed, feeling that she was not going to get an answer from this woman.

Suddenly, the woman moved, her shocked face changing to one full of wrath, and she pierced Tatyana's chest with a sword. Tatyana blinked and looked down. "Oh! You've actually reacted!"

The woman shouted, her face twisted in a gleeful smile. "DIE!" Then, she tried to explode her energy inside Tatyana.

However, nothing happened.

The woman's face froze, looking down at the sword piercing Tatyana's chest. "Huh?"

Tatyana chuckled. "What, did you think a little stabbing would be enough to kill me?" The Death Empress shook her head and stepped forward, piercing the sword even deeper until the woman was at arm's length. Then, she patted her shoulder twice. "Well, I've been killed a few times. However, this is not even powerful enough to make me use that skill to avoid death!"

The woman's followers looked at Tatyana with trembling bodies. Even as Transcendent Realm cultivators, they failed to control the fear that was rooting deep into their bodies.

Tatyana asked. "So, are you ready to answer me about your intentions? Why me?"

The woman's lips trembled, and she asked, stuttering. "W-Why aren't you dead?"

Tatyana flicked the woman's forehead. "Silly. Haven't I explained it already? This attack is too weak to kill me!"

The woman shook her head. "No…" She repeated, her tone louder and more desperate. "NO! That's impossible! Even if you are a Law Creator, your body shouldn't be this sturdy! How have you strengthened your body so much!?"

Tatyana blinked a few times and laughed. "Oh! You actually noticed!" Tatyana grinned. "Well, I am quite proud of myself. You see, my daughter is currently roaming the lower realms, and she found many Body Cultivation manuals! You know, the lost kind of manuals, those we thought extinct!"

"Eh?"

Tatyana ignored her surprised expression. "So, I practiced them, and currently, I've reached the Sixth Level of the Undying Monarch Body Realm. My speed has gone down a bit, though. Still, having cultivated it for just thirty years, I think it is quite nice progress, right?"

"Huh?"

Tatyana nodded. "Hm. I wanted to test how sturdy my body was, so I allowed you to stab me. It seems that the combination of my Demigod Realm Spiritual cultivation and the Undying Monarch Body Realm is quite strong!"

"..."

Tatyana sighed, stepping backward and dislodging the sword from her chest. "Either way, take these people and torture them to extract information. I think the demons are playing around too much lately… Speaking of which, have the Divines arrived yet, or what?"

Dr. Ava appeared by Tatyana's side and commented. "Hey, can you not test things that way the next time around? I was going to get annoyed if I had to heal you. Being at the peak of the Transcendent Realm, my skills are limited when it comes to curing someone at your level of strength."

Tatyana coughed. "Sorry, sorry. Still, didn't the experiment go well?"

Avalonia nodded flatly. "It did. Now, come and get naked. I want to see the injury more in-depth." She unceremoniously grabbed her arm and dragged her out. Tatyana looked at the sky and sighed.

Avalonia asked, curious. "By the way, how is little Yasenia doing?"

"Oh. She is doing great!" The Death Empress smiled. "She asked me if she needed to cultivate all of the paths before breaking through into the half-step and taking the pill. I told her that there is no need."

Avalonia nodded. "Indeed. The best time to take it is when you try to break through from Level 9 Dantian Spiritualization Realm to the Half-step. The other paths don't influence it."

"Still…" Tatyana asked, curious. "How are you so sure? This pill is rare even in the higher heavens."

Avalonia commented. "Ancient texts. I've gone out of the Sky Continent for the last few decades and found a lost library. Many books there referred to the [Core Collapsing Pill] as well. It seems that it was a relatively common pill before the Heavenly Cataclysm occurred."

Tatyana blinked twice and tilted her head. "Such a coincidence."

Avalonia rolled her eyes.