Chapter 257 - Alaya's Assumptions

The bright light faded, and a young woman appeared before Yunlong, she was balled up on the floor, her arms hugged her knees, her long, illuminating golden hair, covered her exposed regions, but not her olive body that shone within this golden world.

Yunlong then pat Yuehai's bottom, "Clothe the girl… also I would like an explanation about who she is…" Yunlong's words were said to Yuehai, but judging by how he looked over towards Gaia specifically, everyone understood what he wanted to know.

"Aha… I had no idea this situation would occur… it would seem that this is the form your Creation Spirit must have possessed before it became your Creation Spirit, the Origin Source simply brought her back to her true self… although knowing your Master… it would he hard pressed to believe that he would not have planned for this…" Gaia explained in a sheepish manner, how was she meant to know what was happening here?

Yunlong then took another look at the girl, she was quite tall for a female, standing around 172cm tall, even taller than the 13-year-old Yunlong who stood at around 165cm, although he was initially drawn to her legs, Yunlong now viewed her face as he marvelled at the beauty of the Creation Spirit.

Yunlong could feel that the Creation Spirit was a honourable being just from the comfortable aura she naturally possessed, her smooth, silky golden hair that extended past her feet was thick and yet extremely pleasant to look at, he could not see her eyes, and yet below her right eye, similar to a teardrop tattoo, resided a Vantablack tattoo with the Viking rune symbol of creation, which Yunlong actually thought only enhanced her beauty, her features were perfectly sculpted together, although Yunlong preferred her plump red lips that he had been inadvertently staring at the entire time.

But when Yunlong watched Yuehai robe her, he instantly thanked the heavens that he had control over his ŀust, her 99/58/97 proportions would have instantly aroused his dragon had it been his previous self, but in this moment he took a simple glance before he then went over to her asking the others, "When will she return to consciousness? Will she still be the erratic spirit she was when in her cube form?"

"No… I can sense her consciousness is not in a state of madness, she should be returned to her original self now… although you will have to take the gamble on whether or not she is a person to be trusted, your Father-in-Law clearly had her in a vessel that could not allow her consciousness to remain active for a reason…" Alaya bluntly explained to Yunlong, she awaited Yunlong to make the final decision, since the Creation Spirit was his subordinate.

"Well… she can do no harm in this Realm, and since Father-in-Law left her here, he clearly did so for a reason… we can simply make a decision once she awakens…" Yunlong stated as he gently peeled back her eyelid so he can view her eyes.

Golden eyes, shining brighter than the North-West island he so lazily named El-Dorado in his mind, but he instantly noticed that her golden iris that shone brightly even in the world of gold, whereas her pupils were an odd combination of a white pupil, surrounded by a black outline to create the Alchemy symbol of Creation the appeared to the outside as a eight pointed star that extended from her pupils.

Since he had a unique eye himself, Yunlong found himself gazing into her eyes as he wondered if there were others with unique eyes like himself, since Yunlong always looked into peoples eyes, it was something he always paid attention to, so finding someone who had a Sharingan like pattern made him remember about one of his favourite anime's in his past life.

"So be it… Gaia, Alaya, is there anything else you wish to do here?" Yunlong softly asked them as he closed the girls' eyes, he did not want to disturb the girl.

"There is one more… however we have to bring back some people in order for that to happen, so I will visit you once we have finished with that… for now Alaya will keep you company…" Gaia explained to trio as she respectfully said goodbye to Yuehai and Est once more, leaving the Infinite Origin Void Realm, now only Alaya stuck around.

"What will you do now Alaya?" Yunlong asked her as her gaze was currently fixed on the interlocked hands of Yuehai and Yunlong, which made him feel slightly uncomfortable.

"I wish to inform you of an ȧssumption I have come to, which I found from your memories… I feel you should know of this circumstance…" Alaya replied with thought-provoking words.

"Interesting… speak your mind, you don't have to ask permission for everything you know…" Yunlong said as he noticed her 'awaiting' his 'orders'.

"I am 99.997% sure that the fetus you found yourself in, was not your original body… it would make sense since there are too many logical discrepancies in your Father-in-Law's story…" Alaya's words really had Yunlong's full attention, this was something Yuehai had mentioned to him previously.

"From what I can understand, the old man brought your true body with him, for what reason I can not ascertain, ignoring that, the old man placed your soul in another vessel, the fetus you found yourself in... that was until he had you finish the first trial he set for you in the body he created…" Alaya explained her ȧssumptions to Yunlong, whilst he patiently listened.

"That vessel seemed to have the purest devouring element, unlike your devouring element which he could not totally understand… the reason why you feel its powers slightly differing is most likely due to this cause… you must have noticed the pure devouring powers of your initial body, before your rebirth was simply incomprehensible, is that correct?" Alaya explained her hypothesis and Yunlong found it hard to disagree with her… he for sure thought he would die at the Crimson Crack during that time, he still could not make out what happened on that day.

"Indeed… although I never paid attention to my devouring after my rebirth due to my cultivation being sealed… but I could still sense the slight difference in the quality of its power during some occasions… but if that was the case, how do I have my current appearance if this was my original body? I should not possess this extremely handsome appearance…" Yunlong questioned Alaya in response, without even realising his narcissism which Yuehai laughed at, even Est revealed the slightest of smiles on her face.

"The body is simply the physical representation of the soul, a being on the level of your Father-in-Law can recreate the appearance of the soul, especially with weak entities, since even I have the ability to create life, so once your soul was placed back into your body, your physical appeared would morph into the appearance of your soul…" Alaya explained in response to his doubts, clearing them almost instantly as Yunlong was still unaware of the abilities present in the Nirvana-Verse.

"Not only that… your rebirth is simply impossible, the complete severing of the spirit, soul and physical self would lead to you simply being unable to even be reborn again, let alone would you still have to ability to live…" Alaya's words made Yunlong remember about his Mother-in-Law, Yao.

"From the details I have access to, my suspicion is that the individual who lead you out the Forbidden Realm, brought you into one of the false reality trials that the Primordial Embodiment of the Void sets for every Entity that emerges…" Alaya stated to Yunlong, making him frown, he had experienced hell, yet it was an illusion?

"Only... I fail to comprehend why he set that trial for you so early… it is clear that he had chosen you as his successor… he stated you are the only one who is worthy… so why put you through that... though the body you have right now, I can confirm that it is your original body" Alaya surmised as white hieroglyphs started to rotate around her eyes once more.

"That is the glaring change that I can confirm from your memories, there are some other discrepancies I have found, however the evidence is not enough to suggest anything factual… so I will alert you to any new information I will find in the future…" Alaya stated as she gazed into Yunlong's eyes once more.

"Un… thank you Alaya… but you do not need to concern yourself about this issue… if something comes up then you may inform me, but protecting the seal is more important… hang on… if you two are here… who is protecting the seal?" Yunlong asked as he started to slightly panic.

"Do not fear, we simply arrived here by using a body made from a slither of our soul, our physical bodies have a natural instinct to protect the seal, so it can immediately alert us to the presence of Calamity Spirits that have come to free their Goddess" Alaya replied without changing her expression, but Yunlong could feel the 'calming' intent her words carried.

"I see… for you to be able to enter here with such a technique… this is good… a reality check is good since Father-in-Law already told me… the Yin Yang Dragon Mark has limits of its own…" Yunlong muttered to Alaya whilst his dėsɨrė for power rapidly increased with each passing revelation.

"With your unique devouring constitution... or devouring element... we will be able to help you gain power quickly… but that is only limited as well… true power must be sought by oneself…" Alaya made sure to warn Yunlong, but then she noticed the Creation Spirits consciousness resurfacing.

Yunlong noticed the change in her since she normally stared at him, so when he saw her looking at the Creation Spirit, he went over and sat next to her, waiting for her to awaken.