Noah showed no hesitation before flying over the demonic dragon, but Niti, Mathew, and Bjorn were not so calm. Flying in that mighty Eldar would undoubtedly make their trip much faster, but they had a certain prejudice against anything coming from the Nightmare Inferno Realm.
It was understandable for young geniuses from a utopian universe that had never experienced any form of injustice to have a negative impression of life forms that chose to live in a lawless hellscape like the Nightmare Inferno Realm. After all, their elders taught them to honor the Neo-Demon Ancestor and his way of seeing the world.
Noah was about to descend on the dragon's back when he looked at the trio and saw their hesitation. He did not judge them and only showed a calm smile.
"Closing yourself to new people and experiences might be the safest path, but no one who took it ever reached the universe's peak. One of the reasons the Neo-Demon Ancestor created the Nightmare Inferno Realm was so we could have a place where we could truly push ourselves beyond our limits."
Those words made the fighting spirit in Niti, Mathew, and Bjorn burst, and their eyes glowed with silver light. They were geniuses, and while they trained truly hard, they never pushed themselves beyond their limits.
None of them ever faced a threat so immense that it forced them to summon a power they did not know they had.
The Fallen, Primordial, and Viking nodded to each other and followed Noah to the dragon. Although it might not seem much, every journey began with one step, and the trio just took it.
As soon as Noah and the trio landed on the dragon, they realized someone else was in it besides the three members of the Nightmare Inferno Lineage. He was a young man with white skin and demonic features, extremely similar to the Nightmare King.
Niri, Mathew, and Bjorn were a little confused since the young man seemed to be the son of the Nightmare King, but he did not have the red flaming aura characteristic of someone with the Nightmare Inferno Lineage.
The demonic dragon did not care about their questions and waved its wings, folding space around it and advancing at a shocking speed. Luckily for the trio, Noah resolved their doubts.
"The Nightmare Inferno Lineage is not passed down from father to child like other lineages. You only obtain it if the realm considers you a life form with a level of either sin or brutality not fit for the Daybreak Universe.
Many children of Nightmare Inferno Realm's powerhouses live in the Daybreak Universe for the first years of their life, as it is safer for them. Some chose to make the universe their home, while others preferred the realm.
If those children do not obtain the Nightmare Inferno Lineage, they can travel between the Daybreak Universe and the Nightmare Inferno Realm without a problem."
Noah's knowledge about the Nightmare Inferno Realm surprised Niri, Mathew, and Bjorn. And the trio was not alone, as the young man with demonic features also felt the same.
"You seem to have great knowledge about our customs." The young man spoke with a cold voice. The powerful intent in his eyes made it clear he had experienced plenty of battles and was not a stranger to death.
"I have great teachers. My name is Noah." Noah showed a calm smile toward the young man from Nightmare Inferno Realm.
The young man stared at Noah for a moment before nodding.
"Sirik."
Noah kept smiling and returned the nod before focusing on the swords in Sirik's back.
"By any chance, do you train the Sun and Moon Sword Inheritance?"
Niti, Mathew, and Bjorn were utterly shocked when they heard those words and focused on Sirik with expectation.
The Sun and Moon Sword Inheritance was one of the sacred inheritances left behind by the Samsara Thearch in the Sword Sacred Mountain.
Although the Sun and Moon Sword Inheritance lack defense and survival skills, it is among the top three in terms of offensive might. The current Sword Sacred King is famous for his killing power that reached the level of a Thearch.
The trio had visited the Sacred Mountains but could not gain any enlightenment regarding the inheritances and had to take different paths.
Sirik smiled with pride when he heard that question, and he nodded.
"Yes, I train the Sun and Moon Sword Inheritance, and I have reached the second level."
Although Noah was able to maintain calm, Niti, Bjorn, and Mathew were shocked by Sirik's feat.
The trio knew that all sacred inheritances had four levels. Achieving the first level at Rank 6 could allow you to form a super Inner Universe, similar to the one built by the Neo-Demon Ancestor during his advance to the Third Realm.
Trillions of life forms had visited the Sun and Moon Sword Sacred Mountain, but the number of people that learned the first level while at the Soul Realm did not reach the three digits.
And things only grew harder from that point on. If you reach the second level before forming your Omega Law, you could engrave some of the forces and principles in the sacred inheritance in your cosmic force.
An Omega Law like that could equal the power of the one built by the Emptiness Thearch!
You could count the number of people that achieved that incredible feat with the fingers in one hand, and Sirik was one of them!
As for the third level, only one person reached it, the current Sword Sacred King. According to legend, if he manages to develop his technique to the fourth level, he could evolve to the Fourth Realm and become a Thearch.
It was clear to Niti, Mathew, and Bjorn that Sirik was one of the supreme geniuses of this generation, something fitting for the offspring of one of the Nine Nightmare Kings.
"I don't understand. Why would someone with your talent not choose the Daybreak Universe as its home?" Niti could not help but ask that question. Although Sirik did not have the Nightmare Inferno Lineage, the fact it came from the realm told a lot.
The woman immediately knew she had made a mistake as he saw coldness appear in Sirik's eyes when he heard that question.
Luckily for Niti, a burst of laughter broke the tension.
"Hahahaha, little brat, you should not be so quick to judge a place you have never been, or its people, with whom you have never interacted." The one who laughed was no other than the Nightmare King.
