Heaven, Earth, Me

As Valeria arrived, she immediately set her unique techniques into motion, causing her body to expand rapidly. She was large enough to cradle Yasenia's dragon form in a matter of instants. Her eyes blazed with a powerful surge of life energy, a force akin to a raging tsunami, as it enveloped Yasenia's dying body. 'The pill's effects are waning, only 20 seconds left. I must stabilize her before it's too late. Moving her now would be a time waste I can't really afford. Saving her is my top priority!'

The Nature Spirit Queen ignored everything else as her body surged with terrifying energies, swallowing everything and everyone in an aura of life so pure that their minds became dazed. For those cultivators around, it felt as if they had become one with nature, making their thoughts lose value as they experienced what it meant to become a creature close to heaven and earth.

Using the strongest healing skill that she could currently use, incredibly pure life energy flowed out of her body. It enveloped every single meridian, muscle, bone, and organ of the dying dragon in an attempt to support and heal her.

Just as Valeria was about to use her strongest healing skill, Tatyana appeared and swiftly threw a pill into Yasenia's mouth. The maids, including Flora and every other one with healing abilities, sprang into action, using their own skills on more superficial wounds that Valeria wasn't giving priority to. The area around the enormous wounded dragon was a flurry of activity, each second ticking away, the urgency palpable.

The pill Tatyana used was a low-level Transcendent Ranked Energy Absorption Pill; it helped with both energy absorption and energy processing. The energies inside the powerful pill mixed with the cultivator's body and captured energy, easing the effort needed to absorb all kinds of energies. Its role in this situation was crucial since it enhanced not only the energy absorption capabilities but also the ability to absorb healing waves.

With everything being thrown at the dragon's crumbling body, the creature's self-regeneration kicked in as the body gained enough strength to awaken all of its functions.

At an incredible speed, her heart that barely managed to pump blood around her body because of some torn muscles, her meridians that were ripped open in many places and leaked non-purified energy into her system, and her internal organs, which had started failing due to so many tissues being either torn or contaminated with non-processed energy, all began reactivating and moving quickly.

Valeria's enormous hand covered the dragoness's chest, and then, from her very core, she impacted her entire body with a life-energy shockwave that made the dragon spasm violently once.

Yasenia's eyes sprung open as her maw opened to take in a deep breath. Valeria's eyes flashed, and she didn't miss the chance of consciousness that Yasenia regained right before the pill's effects expired. 'Tatyana, order Yasenia to use [Celestial Dragon Body], quick!'

Tatyana wouldn't doubt Valeria's methods. She was the being with the most proficiency in healing she had ever met. Moreover, she was a trustworthy one because of her connection with Kali.

Tatyana appeared by Yasenia's head side and spoke softly. Still, her voice was penetrating. Using her soul knowledge, she could make her words echo in the deepest parts of Yasenia's soul. "Yasenia, believe in me and use- huh?" Tatyana smirked. 'It seems that we worried too much. She just needed a small chance.'

Right after she thought of that, the dragoness's aura exploded outward like a bomb, pushing even the maids back a few steps from the pure pressure being released.

Yasenia was disoriented. Her entire body hurt, her mind was confused, and her energy felt clogged yet full. It was like she was about to burst with energy but couldn't use anything at all.

Utterly lost on what to do, where to go, or how to overcome this hurdle, the dragoness waited. She knew there would be a chance, so she waited.

As her entire body felt on the verge of fading off, a pulse of life energy hit her body, snapping her conscience awake and giving her less than a second of clarity. Yet, this small second was all the dragoness needed.

Using her [Celestial Dragon Body] skill, her meridians worked on moving the regenerated Celestial Energy all across her body tissues to the point of leaving nothing uncovered.

Then, using the skill's effects, which increased her strength, energy control, energy affinity, and regeneration, Yasenia guided all of the energies throughout her body masterfully.

Like untangling a massive yarn ball, she started slowly and patiently. Using her constitution's ability to balance everything, she picked up speed, identifying where her energy was clogged and unraveling those spots, allowing everything to flow increasingly smoother.

While she controlled the flow and healing energies inserted into her body by all the people surrounding her, the dragoness learned how to advance and digest the Heavenly Tribulation Energy that was inside herself and around her.

The suction of energies that had stopped for a second restarted with increased momentum.

The wind picked up, the air swirling, and the clouds in the sky began spinning around the dragon in the massive green woman's arms.

Valeria's green eyes flashed with understanding, and she quickly took a step back while dropping the dragon forward.

Many who had been worried sick had their hearts jumped in fright. However, unlike their fears, the dragon didn't fall down.

Kali flew upward with the girls and landed on Valeria's shoulder. "Valeria, what happened? How is she doing?"

Valeria smiled. "Don't worry, Kali. It seems that we were worrying too much. She just needed a push."

Kali blinked and looked over, her heart still tensed with worry. "What do you mean?"

Valeria explained. "It is the truth that if it weren't for that pill we made together, she would've probably perished during the tribulation. However, after she beat the tribulation, the backlash from every skill she had used for her last moments in battle shook her mind into a paralyzed state. That was the lethal detail that would've killed Yasenia if she was alone."

Kali and the rest of the girls nodded, understanding. Valeria continued. "However, when I shook her awake, there was not a single moment of delay between her consciousness returning and her body entering survival mode, and she immediately unleashed all the skills I personally thought were best for her survival."

Andrea asked, nervous. "So, this means that…"

Valeria smiled. "If the backlash hadn't made her faint, with the energy her breakthrough is providing her, she had a relatively high chance of survival on her own." Valeria laughed while looking at the worried and tense Tatyana. "Yasenia is truly… incredible."

Meanwhile, as energies gathered around Yasenia, the dragoness's strength quickly soared.

In the skies, the Moon and Sun gods looked at the barely breathing dragon with solemn faces. Not because she managed to break through but because what Mirrory told them in the beginning, became the truth.

When they talked, Mirrory told them a few mysterious sentences.

"The dragon will swallow the Moon and the Sun."

"Truth is retribution."

"Vengeance and greed will reclaim the lost karma."

Those words were confusing for the two gods. Who was the dragon, what is truth, and what karma is she talking about?

They also didn't know exactly what event she was referring to. However, after what happened, if they took Sun and Moon Tribulation Soldiers as the being targeted by the mysterious woman's words, that would make sense. 'Was that woman saying to us that Yasenia would overcome this tribulation if we made a Sun and Moon tribulation soldier?'

Of course, they had no way of knowing what her words were hinting at. They were pretty annoyed, not knowing what to do with them.

However, those thoughts didn't matter as much. They didn't know who that red-haired woman was, and they were more interested in Yasenia's situation.

They were at first sure that she would die because of her injuries. Any other cultivator or beast with similar injuries would succumb to them with almost complete certainty. However, to their shock, the green-skinned woman turned out to be an absurdly skilled healer.

Change'er frowned. "Is she a spirit?"

Tai Yang commented. "Although the body is different… Doesn't she remind you of that Spirit Empress? Her control over the life element is very limited due to her realm, but within her level, it feels extraordinary."

Change'er shook her head. "Impossible, that woman disappeared many millions of years ago; how could she appear here with Dantian Spiritualization Realm strength?"

Tai Yang crossed his muscular arms. "Hm… I guess that's true. She must be another monstrous genius like Tatyana."

Change'er looked at the red-eyed, black-haired woman with a deep look. "An avatar technique. Those are rare."

Tai Yang nodded. "I don't know how or when she used such a technique, but it is indeed rare."

As they spoke, Yasenia's strength continued rising, forcing their gazes to refocus on her. Change'er muttered. "If she hadn't absorbed that Celestial Energy source…"

Tai Yang nodded. "Well, even when she did, that doesn't matter much."

Change'er gave Tai Yang a side glance, but she didn't comment much other than one sentence. "You are underestimating her too much."

Tai Yang snorted. "I'm being objective with her evaluation."

Change'er didn't answer that and commented. "Her strength is increasing tremendously."

This time, Tai Yang didn't deny it. Looking closely, his eyebrows came together. "Hm? She has a body cultivation technique?"

Cahnge'er looked closely and nodded. "You are right. She is developing the middle Dantian…" she sighed. "No wonder she had to face 32 Heavenly Tribulation Soldiers. I was honestly doubtful about why she could fight that many. Now it makes more sense."

Tai Yang commented. "She still lacks a soul cultivation technique, though."

Change'er looked at him. "If she manages to find one strong enough, you know what can happen, right?"

Tai Yang nodded. "Do you think she can understand something about our inheritance?"

The aloof Moon Goddess shook her head. "We left the inheritance for those who manage to cross into the Transcendence realm. She can try as much as she wants, but it should be impossible."

Meanwhile, Yasenia continued absorbing and transforming her existence to a basic level. Her muscles, her meridians, her dantian, her soul… everything was developing and becoming much more complex.

Inside her Dantian, all the energy gained a tangible gas-like form that surrounded her Celestial Energy Star and the planetoids. This gas-like energy flowed into all the planetoids in her Dantian, nourishing them with a new source of energy.

Moreover, the Celestial Energy Star could be seen releasing a bit of its pure Celestial Energy into the gas-like energy, increasing the purity and making it resemble Celestial Energy even more.

Yasenia's limits were finally broken when all events mixed, and the barrier barring her from the fifth realm exploded like glass.

BOOM!

Her aura increased at a ridiculous speed, and her entire body was filled with the raw energy from all her strength sources.

Her Intents broke through one entire level, the War Intent and Monarch Intent reaching Level 5, while the Celestial Intent reached an absurd Level 6.

Her physical strength was incomparable to pre-breakthrough, reaching levels that allowed her to flatten mountains with a single palm strike. The Epoch Core that was created near her heart fueled her physical strength to new heights. Moreover, it was filled with the new enhanced energy, which made its effectiveness much more powerful.

Her new energy also infused her Primordial Energy Core, Celestial Pearl, Draconic Heart, and Celestial Energy Star, increasing their rank and treasure strength.

Thanks to the Heavenly Tribulation Lightning Energy, Draconic Heart managed to cross the quasi-transcendent treasure barrier and became a Transcendent treasure, and the rest also became of higher quality.

As treasures tied to Yasenia's soul, they didn't have a proper rank, but they all had broken their barriers and managed to evolve as treasures. Their auras were much more profound and mysterious.