18 Chapter 18: Hibernation?

Shi…ni…ga…mi? What in the world are you talking about? Jasmine was confused. She was in critical moment of helping him to reconstruct his profound veins but he decided to tell her something that doesn't even make sense.

As the daughter came from the highest family in the God's Realm, she basically knew everything from the God's Realm . But this 'shinigami' word does not even registered anywhere in her memories.

Yun Che however sighs a little. Of course, Japanese words came exclusively from his home world. This new world does not even know about shinigami. However...….

Yun Che relaxed himself and explains, "Shinigami actually is a term came from our world. You are not familiar with that word because the language itself does not even exist in this universe." Jasmine tries to register his word slowly.

"Our world?...Universe?...Don't tell me…." Jasmine makes her conclusion

"Yes, I am a being from another Universe. As for shinigami, it might sound arrogant to you. It translates as…" Yun Che stopped and finally..

"Death God"

Silent follows as Jasmine tries to register his word in her mind. Awkward silence follows as each of them stare at each other's eyes. Not long after that…

"Bwahahahaha, are you claiming yourself as a death god? This princess hasn't had any good laugh in years. You sure know how to make your master laugh. This princess actually believed that you came from another world but a death god?...hahaha…" Jasmine was laughing so hard that her voice echoes in his inner world.

As for Yun Che, he just stares at her seriously. Not moving from his spot or change any expression. He knew claiming himself as a god would be the funniest thing for her but the truth is actually differs from that.

When Jasmine finally stops laughing, she looked at his expression. She was shocked. She was expecting him to reveal his joke but instead…

"You're joking right?"

Yun Che suddenly stood up and moves a few feet from her. Then Jasmine heard…

System, access shinigami mode.

A bright light suddenly covers Yun Che and Jasmine closes her eyes. It was only a moment but when Jasmine opens her eyes, she saw him. He was wearing a black outfit and he was holding a large khyber shaped sword behind his head. He was wearing a red strap from his right shoulder until his waist.

She was shocked, totally shocked.

Jasmine couldn't even feel the energy that was coming out from him. She could see it clearly but she couldn't feel it at all. The energy carries high amount of power and suppression. He felt her shoulders were carrying a heavy weight.

"Is this convincing enough?" Yun Che said while laying down suppression on her.He didn't use much because he knew Jasmine was weak right now. Using too much, Jasmine might never trust him anymore.

She heard Yun Che's voice talking to her. She felt like she was standing in front of death itself. The suppression was strong enough to kill any low level practitioner. She didn't faint because of her strong pride and willpower.

"Is this the might of a god?" She asked herself.

"Whaaaa..t…are ..you?" Jasmine asked while looking at him.

Jasmine felt her body was light once more. She finally gets a good look at him. His outfit looked quite the same when he met her in the forest. Except this one wasn't covered by a brown cloak. Accompany by his black hair and face, he looked quite cool in her eyes.

Yun Che immediately removed the suppression and sheath Zangetsu on his back.

"We are known as Shinigami. You can call us Death God or Soul Reapers. We reap the souls of the deceased and guide them to the afterlife. We are also responsible in purifying wicked souls that roams the earth." Yun Che said with confidence.

He didn't want to tell everything to Jasmine. He wanted her to know what shinigami really is.

"We?" Jasmine said slowly.

"I am not the only Soul Reaper in my world." Yun Che said while looking at her.

"I thought you couldn't cultivate?" Jasmine slowly regains herself and asked him.

"Sigh....In our world, we areknown as Spirit Cultivators. We cultivate the spirit energy within us in order to gain strength to purify the souls. We cultivate spirit energies known as Re..ait..su, or spirit pressure. The suppression you feel just now is part my spirit pressure." Yun Che sighs and said the word 'Reaitsu' slowly so she picked up.

Jasmine looked at him once more. Her world or realm has different types of cultivator. She never heard of this type of energy being cultivated.

"Your body, I sensed it and checked it. You are indeed a crippled. How….?" Jasmine asked him. She confirmed 100% that he was a crippled.

"To become a spirit cultivator, you must live your life as soul spirit. It means becoming a being without a physical body. As you can see right now, I am in my soul form. The form enables me to use spirit pressure. However, if I switch back to my human body,"

Yun Che cancels his shinigami mode and he was back to his previous crippled body. " I am back to being a cripple."

"So, if you can cultivate this 'spirit energy', why did you need the Evil God's blood?" She asked while still holding the drop of blood from before.

"I was reincarnated into a human body. A body with soul of a Death God. However, the body I was reincarnated was a body of a cripple. Spirit energies cannot be used in a living human body. That's why I need to switch between soul and body to cultivate."

"That still didn't explain to me why you need this blood." Jasmine demands an explanation from him.

"I was getting there, so calm your boobs. If you had any." Yun Che smirks at her.

She immediately shot him with an angry look.

"All right, all right." Yun Che defended himself. "Anyway, I was looking for a method to restore my body to a body of a cultivator. This way, I can merge my soul and body harmoniously, allowing me to cultivate without having to switch my body. Another reason is, if my soul is too strong in the future and my body is too weak. The results will cause the energy from soul to destroy my human body taking me along with it." Yun Che explains.

"I thought you strength of a god?" Jasmine questions him again.

"Well, I am not actually a true god though. I am just a soul reaper. I can still die like normal human being. Besides, if I fight in full strength with my current level, my strength just enable me to fight against True Profound Realm experts. Nothing more, nothing less." Yun Che explains his current situation. Actually he didn't mention about his other techniques.

"Hmph, this princess started to think that you are a real Death God, but actually you're just too weak." Jasmine regains her former self after knowing his soul's strength.

"Hey, cut me some slack. I just started to cultivate." Yun Che shots her back. He just arrived this morning so it still recent right?

"Hmph, even you are soul reaper doesn't matter to this princess. However… " Jasmine suddenly hesitates. She wanted to ask him a question but she didn't know what death gods capable of.

"Yun Che, since you are a soul reaper. Could you bring those who passed into the world of the living?" Jasmine suddenly asked him.

Yun Che was stunned after hearing that question. He looks into her eyes and started to see that she was brimming with hope. He read in her trivia that she lost both her brother and mother. She probably asked him whether he could control the life and death of a person.

"Sorry, Jasmine. Shinigamis are soul reapers. Our jobs just guide and send the souls into the afterlife." Yun Che reminds her once more.

"Is that so?" Jasmine suddenly felt depressed. She was hoping Yun Che could fulfill her wish.

"However….." Jasmine immediately looks up.

"I can reattach a deceased soul as long as the soul wasn't extinguished or passed to the afterlife." Yun Che stated that there's one thing he could do besides bringing the dead back to life.

Reattach? Jasmine wondered.

"When a human died, their souls are separated from the body and connected by a chain. This chain is the one binding the soul to the body. When they died, the chain will be separated from the body and soul reapers will send them on their way. However, if the body is destroyed, the soul can be attached to a new body by the soul reaper as long as the soul is still alive."

"In your case however, your soul survived after your body was destroyed. You might not see it but a shinigami like me able to see your soul chain as clear as day. It is currently being eaten by the poison. If I hadn't dragged you in here, the poison will extinguish your soul. After you construct your body later, I will help you to reattach your soul. If you don't, your body will become just a vessel and your soul will diminish over time."

As Jasmine was listening, hope in her eyes are ignited once more. She wanted to construct her body but she couldn't care less about that now. She had a wish that she wanted to be granted. But, she knows he isn't strong enough to fulfill that wish. That's why...…

"Hmph, this princess has promised you before. Even if you are a shi..ni..ga..mi…or whatever, I promised to restore your profound veins. This princess will do it. This is my vow as your master. Jasmine was in a good mood after that. After hearing his capabilities, she wanted to make him as strong as possible in order for her to have her wish granted. Besides, having a death god as a disciple sort up boost her pride as his master.

Yun Che knew what her wish was. He couldn't tell her that her brother willingly passed to the afterlife but he didn't know about her mother. He was hoping to fulfill the later. As for now, he just let nature runs its course.

By the way, she stumbled to say 'Shinigami' was still funny to him.

"What are you laughing at?" Jasmine looked at his smirking face.

"Nothing, so shall we get started?" Yun Che asked.

As she spoke, Jasmine's eye suddenly flashed and brightened, as she lowered her luminous snow-white wrist. Her delicate fingertips suddenly stimulated the blood of the "Evil God" to float adrift and pierce into Yun Che's chest.

When it entered his chest, a notification pops in front of him.

[Ding...….Discovered Evil God's Indestructible Blood]

[Initiate fusion with the host body?]

[Ding…Discovering upgrade modules from the Evil God's blood.]

[Notice of maintenance

Host needed to be warned that during the fusion process, the system will undergo an upgrade phase from basic system to intermediate system. During the reconstruction process, the system had place a barrier on the outside world to protect the host during reconstruction process. The process will force the host to undergo hibernation mode for ten hours. The system recommended host to finish his business before initiating the fusion. Connections with all Zanpakuto spirit will be cut off to prevent unnecessary distractions. The system apologized for the trouble.]

Yun Che sees the notification looked at Jasmine for a moment. The system will ensure her safety in his inner world. He'll explain to all his spirits once he wakes up. As long as he didn't get a kick at the face by Hoyuu.

"Jasmine, I will undergo a reconstruction process for ten hours. Can you watch my sleeping body while at it?" Yun Che asked while preparing to lie down to begin his reconstruction.

"Ten hours? Is the reconstruction's of profound veins that long?" Jasmine asked.

"No, but the system up there requires a breakthrough. So it needs ten hours to complete the process. I might construct my ideal body while I am in there. So wish me luck then." Yun Che wave his hand to Jasmine and immediately begins his construction. Yun Che immediately taps the notification again.

[Initiating fusion and reconstruction process?]

[Yes] [No]

He taps the button yes.

[Body reconstruction process imminent. Initiating Hibernation Mode]

Hibernating….in…

3…

2….

1….

[System hibernating]

Yun Che suddenly fell asleep on the ground of his small floating grassland. The system above him started to dim as if it too was going to sleep.

Jasmine looked at him and the system above him.

"Truly a man able to defy nature. Soon, a hybrid of Evil God and Death God will be born into this world. He might be able to turn this universe upside down in the future. Nothing will stop his ascendance."

Jasmine started to remember a face, the face that causes her to emit a thick killing intent.

"Not even him."

"Hmph, this princess hopes that you didn't die at the process. Don't make this princess regret for choosing a soul reaper as a successor." She looks at him once more before started to recuperate her wounds.