Chapter 1692 — Becoming immortal

All in all, Jack’s ascendance caused scandals on a universal scale, almost triggering a massive war. The war had also been delayed due to a different phenomenon in the very same ascendance, yet none of it was actually caused due to Jack himself.

The night sky and stars were linked to the curse plaguing the fairies. The disturbance in the night was caused by the Challenge realm, and his proclamation was caused by interference from Bob - Bob who had somehow affected matters far, far beyond his power level.

None of it was because of Jack specifically, though he was not without his own merit. After all, he had set into motion a sequence of events that would forever change the course of history.

One would think that affecting the whole damn universe would be a lot harder, given its size. But it seemed that Lex and Jack just had some skill in that regard - a natural born talent.

Yet to the very end, there seemed to be no phenomenon specifically because of Jack or his actions.

Someone observing objectively might find such a conclusion disappointing, considering Lex’s own achievements. Yet what Jack had achieved might be vastly more significant than just causing a phenomenon. He had transmitted a solid object across the universe instantaneously. Maybe compared to nearly causing a universal war it did not seem as grand, but it was definitely far from simple.

Lex did not want to divert his mental capacity by wondering about how to achieve such a thing, but he was certainly stumped by it. More importantly, he had gotten his hands on some incredibly valuable divine ore. Lex would be able to make greater use of it than Jack.

In fact, from the very moment he got his hands on an ore, Lex’s instincts began to subtly give him hints to break through.

It was just that the hints he got were not to become a Heaven Immortal. Rather, his instincts were telling him to reach the Celestial Immortal level as soon as possible, and to not use the ore before then.

But one could not just become a Celestial as they wished - especially when Lex wanted to continue the trend of gaining the maximum benefit he could from each realm. Even so, that subtle sense of urgency that sat at the back of his mind could not be denied.

Jack continued to cultivate, losing his sense of passing time as his body was baptized in the soothing energies provided by the Challenge realm and the divine ore.

Immortals needed the energy from the lightning tribulation to transform their body and soul so that they could reach a higher level of existence, and this was a step that could hardly be skipped. It was the same for Jack.

The only difference was that as clouds formed above Jack, no matter how big they got, and no matter what shape or form the lightning took, it remained within control of the Challenge realm. So when the lightning fell onto Jack, its potency was carefully controlled and regulated by the realm so that his tiny fairy body was thoroughly nourished and transformed without suffering any damage or burden.

Becoming immortals functioned differently for different races. Humans required tenets to control the laws of the universe, but fairies needed no such thing. Unfortunately, Jack had no one to guide him, so he would need to discover for himself how to utilize his improved powers. Although, he could guess that it probably had something to do with his wings.

Jack opened his eyes after a long, long time, and groaned. The bright light shining above him was too sharp, causing him to cover his eyes.

He had a killer headache, almost as if he had taken part in the age old pirate tradition of late night sudoku.

As he groaned and tried to fight off the headache, he felt a familiar rocking motion. A moment later, he noticed the sound of water.

"What?" he groaned as he opened his eyes once more, and found himself floating on a wooden raft in the ocean, his raft surrounded by bloody corpses of large fish floating in the oddly calm waters.

"What in the world?" he muttered, and looked around him. He had no memory of this place, and Lex didn’t have any missing memories either. He had been meditating in the Challenge realm becoming stronger, as far as Lex knew. When he woke from his meditation, he was on the raft.

Jack checked himself and found that all his clothes were normal, he still had all his items with nothing missing. But he could think of no reason why he would suddenly be in an ocean, surrounded by dead, floating fish.

He could have thought that maybe he just became an immortal and entered the next level, but then why were there dead fish? And wasn’t he supposed to land in the same area as the rest of his crew?

Where was he? He didn’t know. But since, at least for the moment, there didn’t seem to be any danger, Jack looked inwards to detect the changes to his body. He had truly become an immortal.

An Earth Immortal fairy - it seemed almost strange to think. Yet when he sensed his energy, he could not help but smile. It was indeed true. He was definitely a lot stronger than before. He just needed to learn how to use his powers.

Jack flapped his wings, infusing the intent to heal his head ache within his fairy dust, and rainbow colored fairy dust fell from his wings, before it began to float and surround his body. Well, that was one difference. He could control his fairy dust a lot better. But he’d be pretty disappointed if that was all.

He absorbed the fairy dust and felt relief, before beginning to experiment again. Deep within the sea, the disturbance caused by Jack’s fairy dust attracted some attention, and some creatures began to stir.

Elsewhere in the same level, Pebbles woke up, feeling the impressive power of an immortal in his tiny hamster body, and a special gleam flashed through his eyes. With this much power, he could stuff even more treasures inside his cheeks. He was practically destined to become captain now.