Chapter 264: Evie’s Origin

"Do you really want to know the reason?" Evie asked again when she noticed Zen became dazed.

Zen took a few moments to take a deep breath before nodding his head.

"Yes, I want to know everything about you and why you are doing this," Zen said in a solemn expression.

Evie chuckled softly as she said, "Isn't the answer obvious enough already?"

Afterward, she raised her hand and pointed at Zen, "Everything originated from you and you are asking why I am doing this."

Zen became dumbfounded as he asked, "H-How is everything that originated from me? I didn't even plan on coming to the Jade Kingdom if it weren't for that auction house."

If he decided to not go to the auction house then Evie's plan would still continue whether he's here or not.

Hence, Zen was confused as to how everything originated from him when he was the most innocent one.

Getting dragged left and right from an unnecessary scheme, even if some outcome turned out to be good for him, he never really planned on staying long in the Jade Kingdom either.

Evie chuckled softly at Zen's reaction and asked, "It's because you still don't know who you are and your true origin. If you knew about it then you would have understood every part of my motive."

Zen was rendered speechless, not because he didn't have anything to reply to her words but because he no longer understood the topic anymore.

The more Evie explains, the more confused he gets.

Evie sighed inwardly when she knew it was still too early to force him to learn everything in one go.

Thus, Evie decided it was best to explain her origin first. "The higher world- you know about it from Cecilia hidden in your spiritual core right?"

Zen nodded his head.

"Good, then you should know that if there's a higher world it means there are more powerful people living somewhere in the vast heaven right?" Evie then asked.

"Mhmm, I knew there are other powerful people above and there are even some capable of descending in this tiny world and roamed around," Zen added.

Evie tapped her finger lightly on the desk as she took a few moments to pondered on what to say next.

"Has Cecilia ever mentioned to you exactly what the higher world is or its actual name at all?" 

"Uhhh- not really, I only know about the higher world and have cultivation realm such as the Body Tempering, Core Formation, Origin Core, Nascent Soul, Sovereign, and then Empyrean."

Evie smirked when she heard Zen's mention of the cultivation realm in the higher world.

"Those first four realms you mentioned are the beginning cultivation base for all cultivators but the Sovereign and Empyrean realm are higher," Evie said and continued.

"However, you don't need to worry about the cultivation realm at the moment since there is no point in learning it right now. What you need to learn is that the so-called higher world is actually called the Divine World where there are multiple tiny worlds separated into different dimensions."

"The tiny worlds in the Divine World are different from the tiny world we currently reside in because the spiritual qi is vastly different. The tiny world we reside in has a garbage spiritual qi that is extremely difficult to cultivate to a higher realm when compared to the tiny world in the Divine World."

Zen remained silent the entire time as he tried to absorb all this new information at once.

By the time Evie finished explaining the structure of the Divine World, Zen felt like his head exploded from the overwhelming amount of information.

He felt like he was back in college where the professor continued on with their lectures for hours and the students could only pretend to understand the subject.

Evie noticed his unfocused expression and stopped herself as she said, "Well, basically that's the gist of the Divine World and where your little Cecilia came from."

"So are you trying to say that you are from the Divine World as well and somehow managed to descend down without any restriction?" Zen asked softly.

However, Evie shook her head in response and said, "I'm from a place that is higher than the Divine World."

Zen became shocked as his eye socket almost popped out when he heard Evie's words.

Cecilia was no different as she directly came outside from the mysterious space as she glanced at Evie in horror.

"Y-You mean there is a place higher than the Divine World?" Cecilia stuttered as she asked Evie.

She has been living in the Divine World for a long time but she had never heard of a world higher than the Divine World.

Hence, she received the most shock when compared to Zen who hasn't been exposed to either world yet.

Evie nodded her head and said, "Yes, compared to my origin, the Divine World is nothing much and we regard them as the tiny world like the one we reside in."

"U-Unbelievable," Cecilia became dazed as she could not imagine the cultivation base of the people that were above the Divine World.

Suddenly, she recalled an important detail and she couldn't help herself but asked Evie in a solemn tone.

"C-Could the mysterious space that I lived in.... belong in a place higher than the Divine World?"

If that were the case then it would explain the supreme cultivator being untouchable and peerless in the Divine World where even empyreans wished to obtain his treasures.

Cecilia sweated nervously as she waited for Evie to reply to her question.

However, Evie seemed to be silent as she made a teasing expression, causing Cecilia to puff up in anger.

"Evie, stop teasing Cecilia and answer her question please." Zen decided to beg Evie to answer her.

"Hmm, and why should I listen to you?" Evie smiled at Zen as she asked him back.

Zen twitched his mouth slightly as he wondered if he was even qualified to make Evie listen to his request.

Now that he knows how much of a frog in the well he is, he became embarrassed and even ashamed to act arrogantly in front of her before.

Zen took a moment to stay silent before mustering up his courage. His gaze landed on Evie's sight and he smiled brightly at her.

"Because you fell in love with me and you will listen to me." Zen then said as he recalled their first kiss and his intimate touching on her.

If she didn't fall for him then he would have been blasted ever since the first attempt.

However, she didn't and it only proves that she must have fallen for his charm and handsome look.

Evie chuckled softly at Zen's remark and asked, "What makes you think I fell in love with you? What qualification or talent do you have to make me fall for you?"

Zen puffed his chest out as he rose up and said, "Look at this handsome face of mine. Don't you think I'm the most handsome man you have ever seen in your life?"

And he continued, "Also, where can you find a hilarious and reliable man like me anywhere in this world?"

"A lot actually," Cecilia and Evie replied at the same time, causing them to both glance at each other in surprise.

Meanwhile, Zen was flabbergasted to hear this kind of reply as he believed himself to be a one-of-a-kind type of man.

"Cough, let's forget about the topic and move on," Zen cleared his throat slightly as he wanted to change the topic.

Alas, Evie didn't allow him and said, "Instead of me falling in love with you, it should be the opposite given my status and power."

Cecilia unconsciously nodded her head in response because she believed Zen had lucked out to be able to obtain multiple beauties into his embrace.

'W-Which side are you on Cecilia…' Zen cursed inwardly when he saw her nodding her head in agreement.

He was trying to help her out in receiving information yet Cecilia seemed to have backstabbed him and betrayed him for Evie.

Cecilia avoided his gaze as she tilted her head to Evie, "So Evie… what is above the Divine World?"

Evie smiled lightly and said, "Above the Divine World is what some of us call Celestial World. A world that is for immortals who have an unlimited lifespan in their life unless they are killed as it's unimaginable for one to die in old age there."

"C-Celestial World huh.." Cecilia mumbled softly as she went into deep thinking.

Meanwhile, Zen suddenly felt a headache from the sudden mention of the Celestial World.

"ARGHHH"

Zen screamed in pain as he clenched his head tightly to try and lower the pain from his head.

"What happened to you, Zen?" Cecilia became dumbfounded as she quickly dashed toward Zen's side and tried to heal him.

Zen looked at Cecilia and tried to say something but his eyelid soon closed as he fainted.