After having absorbed the inheritance of the Venerable of Dreams, I felt fresher than ever, the amazing amount of Divine Power I got was enough to get a good amount of new abilities or even upgrade existing Divinities or Divine Abilities. And to boot, I got two new Divine Abilities and even an S-Rank Divinity, which the System automatically equipped on my last Main Divinity Slot. Oh well, that's for the best. And well, aside from that, there was this mysterious egg.
[Primordial Dream Egg (S+ Grade)]
A powerful item in the shape of an egg containing the Primordial Essence of a Venerable's Divine Soul Origin, it has incredibly endless potential and might be able to give birth to a Venerable itself. The power within it is still dormant, and it lacks a soul yet to fuse and hatch from. It was created by the Venerable of Dreams with the purpose of her resurrection. After her inheritance were to be completed, the Dream Realm would merge with the Egg and strengthen it, however, that never happened, and the egg is in an unstable and weakened state. It is recommended to enhance it by feeding it Divine Power and high-quality divine materials and souls.
Ah, yes, the egg of the Primordial Venerable of Dreams-
Huh? Wait a second…
I suddenly felt a chill run down my spine, which was rare because I am an Ice Dragon with Ice Immunity, I shouldn't be able to feel any sort of weakness to icy temperatures, and even less feel a chill down my spine.
"DRAKEEEEE!"
And then, the furious roar of the Venerable of Dreams resonated across my subconscious, as my soul was absorbed inside a Dream Realm…
I think I fucked up.
I was forcefully dragged away from where I was and landed in a massive Dream Realm of gigantic proportions built completely out of the divine power of a Venerable, so complex that I wasn't even close of comprehending this at all, even less its incredible structure. I was thrown into the same verdant world from before, when I saw the venerable and spoke with her.
However, this time it wasn't because she wanted to be friendly with me or offer me sex, it was because I pissed her off so badly she wants to kill me right now. I wouldn't blame her; I had no idea that her inheritance had an egg that absorbed the residual powers that came out of completing each dream so it could gain more power!
A gorgeous fox woman greeted my sight as I stood there in silence, she seemed viciously angered, and her puffy fox tails had turned pointy, she was completely angered, even to the point of showing me her sharp fangs.
"Look, okay, I get it. I did something wrong, I am very sorry, here's your egg… I won't do anything any more to anger you, I am really sorry." I said while giving the Venerable her egg. She looked at it and then made it disappear.
"How nice of you… After you just ruined the whole plan, slurped my entire inheritance like a noodle, and even stole the power accumulated there… D-Don't you know how long it took me to make that damn thing?! It was supposed to trigger the strengthening of the egg over every dream completed, this was… Ugh! You idiot! You're a fucking imbecile… I am going to eat you up!"
"Eh?!"
Suddenly, the Venerable began to transform, her entire body turned into a monstrous and gigantic pink-colored nine-tailed fox, furiously showing me her sharp fangs as her tails were constantly waving around menacingly, the only thing she had in mind was murder. I immediately did the most logical thing and spent the next few hours escaping from her furious might. Sometimes she hit me and it felt like my soul was going to get torn apart instantly. If it wasn't because of the divinity I got from it, I would had probably gotten my soul shattered into pieces.
"COME HERE!!!"
"Please act more like someone of your age! We should simply sit down and talk things out!"
"SO YOU'RE CALLING ME AN OLD WOMAN NOW?! I'LL EAT YOU UP! I'LL HAVE LIZARD SOUP FOR DINNER!"
"This is ridiculous! You're attacking me for real?! My soul is about to break!"
"COMEEEEE!"
"Shit, shit, shit!"
No matter what sort of attacks I sent at her, none worked, not even my own divinity of dreams worked, she was completely in charge of this dream realm and could do absolutely anything she wanted. She was constantly attacking me but for some reason holding herself back. I was already thinking of this as a trial to temper my divine soul instead of just the punishment of this venerable, which to be honest was justified, and it wasn't as if I had the strength to resist…
However, at the end, things finally came to a closure, as she sighed and dropped in the floor, her big fox eyes were crying sadly, her fury was finally calmed down but she felt sad now. Damn it, now I feel terrible… I thought we were even after the torture. What can I even do to improve her mood? Maybe fix her egg or something?
"Sniff… My reincarnation… Now I won't be able to come back to life when Fate is weakened enough…" She cried, as she cleansed her fox face with her paws.
"R-Really? I messed up that much?" I wondered. "I was being lazy, I am sorry…"
"Ugh… Not like being sorry will turn back time or something!" The venerable angrily said.
"Is there a way to help you with it? Is there no other way? You can't reincarnate now?" I wondered.
"W-Well, I can! But it wont be the same, I had prepared a full reincarnation where I would gain most of my original power, it was all such a delicate system… And you messed everything up, you damn bastard!" Cried the venerable, the entire forest was flooded by her tears.
"But… I am sure there can be a way to help the egg grow stronger." I said. "Don't lose your hope."
