It started from the moment the mysterious eye targeted the Boar King. When the Bolt of Transcendence slammed into him through it, the Boar King gained information regarding the eye's functions.
And when they split, both the bodies took on their respective tasks. The first body would focus on reclaiming their children while the second body would save Yarsha Zahara.
But just as when the Major Treasure of Attribute revealed itself in Sumatra Chronicles, the Boar King felt pressured upon sensing something that could pose a threat to his existence.
In Sumatra Chronicles, the only threat he faced was from the Attributed Region. Hence, after some observation, he concluded that as long as he reached the 5-Life Stage, he'd be able to overpower the Attributed Region.
He would at most have to activate a Nature of Internal Inertial Gravity to destroy the place. Since the solution was readily available to him, the Boar King didn't have to think much about maintaining his seat as the supreme existence of Sumatra.
But in this timeline, that wasn't the case. He didn't just see the Attributed Region but also had to face the eye, which too was a Major Treasure's Influenced Region. He barely managed to escape it at the cost of losing a body.
At least, he could destroy them once he progresses through the Life Stage and accumulates more bodies. But what about his enemies? There were plenty this time, with a good number of them being competent.
And unlike in Sumatra Chronicles, the Boar King now had a family to worry about. Even if he were to reach the 10-Life Stage, the Boar King would be unable to leave his family because of two reasons.
First, the moment he was to split a body, due to the significant influences generated by the Natures in Astral Chart, he could no longer fuse with the body. And the longer this detached body lives, the greater the danger it poses to the Boar King, able to even cause his implosion.
Only by being in the Body Stage could he avoid that. But at the Life Stage, with multiple bodies stacked upon himself, a slight chaos would cause a serious implosion. Hence, the Boar King wouldn't be able to split his bodies unless he wanted to court death.
Second, he would have to remain with his family. The moment he leaves to deal with an enemy, another enemy will target his family.
Sumatra Continent followed the rule of survival of the fittest, not the strongest. Therefore, without him being there for protection, his family could never live in peace.
Even with his mighty strength, the Boar King will have no other choice but to hole in a place with his family and defend it until the end of his lifespan. There was no other alternative.
Virala managed to infiltrate his home and knock up his wife while Inala used him to further his own development. The Boar King was only aware of these two for now. There could have been others that he was oblivious about.
The moment he felt the joy of having a family, the Boar King never wished to return to a life of solitude once again. Hence, he was thinking. How could he realistically survive this situation and pave a future for his family?
Being a pinnacle existence wasn't the answer to that. Yarsha Zahara's cultivation needs require Sumatra Gold. Only he had the strength to detect them and fish them out of ruins with countless dangerous traps set by Mystic Tentacles of various eras.
Therefore, to get Sumatra Gold, he would have to leave his family and explore the Sumatra Continent. Doing that would make his family defenceless. He understood that even the Gold Grade strength possessed by his kids proved insufficient.
His enemies excelled not in strength but in cunningness and planning. Yennda's Iron Grade strength forced his children out of commission. This time, he wanted to only weaken them significantly. But what if he wanted to kill them the next time?
By the time the Boar King rushes them to the Cooter Clan, his children would long be dead. His pinnacle strength would mean nothing in this case.
But if he decided to remain home and protect his family, then Yarsha Zahara would never be able to realise her potential. And by remaining holed up, the Boar King's growth too would be halted.
His enemies would be able to freely grow across Sumatra, no longer suppressed or threatened by him. In the future, they could even gain enough strength to face him head-on. Resha had already displayed that capability.
Until now, they had faced each other three times. The first time at the Dieng Canyon, he was damn weak. The second time near the Sticky-Slip Plateau, he was a decent annoyance. And now, at the Attributed Region, he was an annoying threat.
All this happened in a mere two decades. What about a millennium down the line? With an Empyrean Tusk's lifespan, towards the later half of his life, Resha would be a genuine threat. And he wouldn't be alone. There were other threats too.
Unfortunately for Brangara, his power was an accumulation type. Meaning, without accumulating enough Natures, he wouldn't be strong enough to face these enemies that were all growing at a terrifying speed.
Hence, the only way to ensure his family had a future was through evolution, by turning his Wean Tribe into the Wean Clan.
The fastest way to achieve that was by completing the Wean Tribe's cultivation technique of Mystic Sumatra Art. As long as that was completed, his children would immediately reach the 2-Life Stage, thanks to the actions of the Boar King body under Varahan Mansion.
Therefore, the Boar King used the Bolts of Transcendence to refine Mystic Sumatra Art, observing it become filled by the data in the Bolt of Transcendence.
Generally, when a Bolt of Transcendence hits a cultivator, the knowledge contained in it would be something related to the cultivator. To reach the Transcendence Stage was to attain the pinnacle of their cultivation.
Meaning, a perfected cultivation technique, perfected Skills, etc. If the cultivator had a bunch of incomplete Skills while trying to become a Transcendent, the Bolts of Transcendence targeting him would infuse enough information into the Skills to complete them to perfection.
It was why Mystic Bone Art, Mystic Mist Art, and Gold Kinesis Art were perfect for their respective grades, for the Transcendents had the complete versions during their breakthrough. Upon becoming Transcendents, they fed the missing information to their Clan/Empire respectively.
Bolts of Transcendence only filled the missing parts though. It wouldn't raise one's level. It was why Gold Kinesis Art was perfected at the Gold Grade and wasn't elevated to the Mystic Grade, since at the time of their breakthrough, the Transcendents cultivated a Gold Grade cultivation technique.
Mystic Sumatra Art was already at the Mystic Grade. It was incomplete, only enough for Yarsha Zahara to fuse one piece of Sumatra Gold in her Human Avatar, when the completed technique would allow her to fuse 600 pieces—the amount necessary for her to reach the peak of the Body Stage. But despite being incomplete, it was still a Mystic Grade cultivation technique.
Both the bodies of the Boar King focused on filling this up, the primary target for the Bolts of Transcendence they summoned. Following that, they focused on the direction of evolution they would experience once the Wean Tribe became the Wean Clan.
The Boar King wanted to balance his powers and shift from a pinnacle singular unit to someone capable of protecting his family better. He already had everything necessary for evolution and was just accumulating extra knowledge through the Bolts of Transcendence in advance.
This way, once he was ready, the evolution would be instantaneous, with him having enough information post-
evolution to participate in the fight and destroy his opponents.
By consuming the mysterious eye's blood and parts of the Attributed Region through the Bolts of Transcendence, the Boar King was able to unleash an influence of his own on his stomach biome, getting a greater understanding of Major Treasures and Influenced Regions.
With his preparations done, he simply bought time until Barla and Braga in his stomach biome could comprehend the completed Mystic Sumatra Art and began to practice it.
And then, once the two bodies of the Boar King were within 180 metres of each other, despite being physically separated by the walls of the Attributed Region, their minds connected. The transfer of information completed everything they wanted.
'Shit!' Inala only realised what was up at the last moment, having been focused on his fight to not observe what the Empyrean Tusks were trying to convey. He noticed the Boar King's eyes shoot open, revealing the weakened gaze of someone at the end of his life, but one ignited with the desire to protect his children.
Inala only hesitated for a moment before deciding to flee, understanding that it was impossible to kill the Boar King anymore. Both the bodies of the Boar King were on the verge of death but weren't dead yet.
They would survive for a few more seconds, which was more than enough to evolve. Or rather, they had been buying time to counter their enemies at the last moment, for the success rate would be higher that way.
His vision lit up as Inala reverted to human form and compressed the air around him to fly towards Compartment 2-
K, accelerating as much as he could. He stared at Asaeya for a moment before sighing upon seeing the latter's expressionless face, noncompliant to him. "Grab my hand!"
She hesitated in that instant, missing the opportunity to grab his hand, and watched Inala's figure head towards the gate leading to Compartment 2-K. There was no time to waste. She lost her chance in that instant as the world around her lit up in the next moment.
A Bolt of Transcendence slammed into the body of the first Boar King and then curved to slam into the gate and seep into the body of the second Boar King. Right before it hit him, the first Boar King unleashed the strongest possible Prana Shock to send Brana and Baga flying away to safety.
The Bolt of Transcendence connected the two Boar King's bodies, melting through the first body and pouring his everything into the second. Using the hole that had appeared in the gate, the two bodies came into physical contact.
The second body devoured the first body as Bolts of Transcendence rained over the Attributed Region, targeting his enemies along their path of travel to strike the Boar King.
Barla had been eating Parute Fruits from the moment she arrived in the Boar King's stomach biome. And now, after obtaining the completed Mystic Sumatra Art, she waited as the body of the first Boar King melted, causing his essence to seep into the stomach biome in the form of influence resembling a Major Treasure's.
She consumed it and condensed her Prana, reaching the 2-Life Stage, successfully evolving to be part of the Wean Clan now. Her evolution influenced the Boar King's Prana, causing him to evolve.
In a fraction of a second, the entirety of the Attributed Region lit up thanks to the over hundred Bolts of Transcendence that had impacted it. And just as they vanished, a pillar of light jutted into the sky.
The source of it was an evolved Brangara, unleashing the same phenomenon as a Major Treasure revealing itself, but the pillar of light was on par with the one unleashed by the Major Treasure of Seat of Transcendence.
Standing under the pillar of light, Brangara snapped his finger, causing the figures of Barla and Braga to hover beside him. There were sparks of light, following which a tangible Empyrean Tusk body enveloped Brana and Baga. It trumpeted once and launched the duo towards Brangara and dissipated.
"I have my family with me now," Brangara muttered as he caught the figure of Yarsha Zahara who was similarly launched in his way by a tangible Empyrean Tusk. He looked around to see the walls of the Attributed Region come crashing down, damaged beyond recovery.
"I promise to protect you all." He said, wiping his tears in relief that he at least managed to save a portion of his family. And then, he unleashed his presence in all its grandeur, alarming even the Transcendent Worlds hovering in the sky. "I might not be the strongest anymore, but I'm the fittest!"
Mutated Expert Mystic Grade Pranic Beast—Celestial Boar!
