Chapter 183 - Prelude to Battle

After Soren left his message, he opened a portal back to his Sect, and let the shores of the Endless Sea. Soren knew that Lin Fan would have seen them if he hadn't already, so Soren didn't mind taking out the first wave, and Soren's next goal was to let them come so Lin Fan can increase his strength to the max, and when Lin Fan reaches his peak, Soren would take Lin Fan's system. Soon after, Soren began to feel more and more pressences enter the Endless Mainland, and they type of energy they used was vastly different from the energy Cultivators used, and Soren could tell that the energy the invaders used was far weaker than the energy used by your average cultivator, and if trained well, the invaders could fight equally with someone of the Golden Immortal Realm, while their average fighter could match someone of the Immemorial Ancient State, or at best the True Immortal Realm.

'I wonder how long this will last?... No more than a couple of Days?... Months?... Maybe even Years?... The small fries aren't the problem, it's the Gods of theirs that are the problem, and they can fight with an Immortal King evenly, and with enough faith in them, they can surpass the Immortal King Realm': soren

Soren began contemplating many strategies that would keep his Sect safe, as he wasn't worried about himself, but his family, and Disciples. Sun was standing next to Soren, while they were surrounded by the 9 Grand Elders, and they were all listening to Soren intently, as this was news to them, and when Soren explained that they were potentially dangerous, everyone began helping come up with strategies to preserve the Sect.

[What about some formations?... If we all work together to make an unbreakable formation, the Sect would never be harmed]: sun

Soren looked towards Sun, and thought about his idea, but the System informed that any of the area formations he makes right now would only protect up to an Immortal Kings full powered attack, but the cannon that the Gods from the now to be known as Dark Continent would use in the future would have enough power to break a formation made by someone of the Heavenly Lord Realm.

'I could use my time to Cultivate and break through to the Heavenly Lord Realm… But my foundation would need hundreds of thousands of years to solidify due to the rushed jump… I could even make myself one of the weakest Gods in the God Realm by doing that': soren

Soren was trying to come up with a way to jump these last 2 stages and still have a stable foundation, and the only idea he came up with was to ask Sakura.

'Sakura, is there a way to make both my Foundation and Cultivation that of a Heavenly Lord for a short period of time?': soren

{DING!... HOST CAN BUY FOUNDATION STRENGTHENING PILLS FROM THE STORE, AND CULTIVATE TO THE HEAVENLY LORD REALM FOR A PERMANENT EFFECT}

Soren was surprised that such a pill existed, as he had been doing things the normal way, and with each increased level, much more time was needed to progress further, so with Soren's estimates, he would need to spend at least 100 years inside his training room to have a perfect foundation, and be in the Heavenly Lord Realm, but if Soren wanted, he could push himself into the Heavenly Lord Realm and have a weak foundation. Now that Soren could buy these foundation pills, Soren wanted to jump into the Heavenly Lord Realm, but he still required time, so Soren entered his training room, and spent a 7 months inside while munching well over 1,000 foundation pills, and when he came out again, Soren was in the Immortal King Realm, Soren knew that Lin Fan was also about to enter the Saint Immortal Realm around this time, and once Lin Fan kills off one of the Gods from the Dark Continent, he would reach the Immortal Lord Realm.

[Sun!... Give everyone the command to enter the training room, I used Kuroi to improve it, as well as downgrade the gravity back to normal]: soren

[Oh?... Massive Training montage?]: sun

[... Where did you hear about that?]: soren

[Well I know you and Lin Fan don't get along too well, but I still owe him my line for giving me the ability to get hard once more, so I go visit him every once and a while… He took me to Earth, and I learned a lot about modern culture… *Humming Eye of the Tiger*]: sun

Sun began skipping towards the courtyard to inform everyone, while humming the tune to Eye of the Tiger, and throwing shadow punches into the air that ripped the void into pieces.

'What will I do with him… Will he even want to leave one of the more advanced worlds I travel to?': soren

Shortly after everyone was gathered, they all began heading towards the direction Soren had set up the training room, and one by one everyone began entering, and once everyone was inside, Soren closed the door, and sat outside for 5 whole months, and an entire year had passed since the invaders from the Dark Continent had appeared. Soren had heard about Lin Fan fighting with the Gods from the Dark Continent, as his name was being spread widely, but then the rumor that Lin Fan had died from one of the Gods attacks, but Soren knew that Lin Fan had only been turned stupid.

'So Lin Fan will spend a year with those normal people in the cannon, but will it still play out the same way?': soren

Soren knew that the villagers only took Lin Fan in because he was just a 14-15 year old boy, but Lin Fan looked well over 40 now, and he would be considered as an elder in the village, so the kids might not want to take him in as their friend.

'Hehe… What will you do now Seaweed?': soren

Soren closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the Rinne-Sharingan was present, and Soren began trying to use his Future Sight ability that stemmed off from the Time Manipulation ability. Soren then began watching the future play out in many different scenarios, one ended with Lin Fan dying to the Black mass, while another ended with Lin Fan destroying the entire Multiverse once more, and Soren along with his entire family vanished out of existence only to be turned into original characters of the "The Strongest System" Novel, and then there was an outcome Soren was hoping for where both Soren and Lin Fan had a fight to decide if Lin Fan would keep the System, and Soren won but just barely as he almost lost his life once more before killing Lin Fan, and absorbing his System. Soren then used Kuroi's power to resurrect Lin Fan, and Lin Fan's Cultivation never raised past Heavenly Lord, and Once Soren saw this future out of most the ones that ended with Lin Fan destroying everything only to recreate it anew to try and save everything once more.

'It seems like Lin Fan won't willingly part with the System, so I can only fight him, or convince him somehow in this timeline': soren

Soren then closed his eyes, and felt something run down his cheek, and when he touched his face, and looked at his hand, he noticed that his eyes were bleeding. Soren then deactivated his eyes, and quickly wiped away the blood, and checked his system for any side effects for overusing his eyes for who knows how long, and after making sure nothing was wrong, Soren then entered the training room, and saw everyone diligently Cultivating, and when he saw Sun's new Cultivation, he was dumbstruck.

'H-Heavenly Lord!?... This bastard! He cheated me!... I still won't let you surpass me, but I will refrain from breaking through right now': soren

Soren then overlooked Sun's cultivation and realized that he forced himself into this level, and his foundation was unstable. Soren then decided to let Sun work it out, and depending on how things go from here will decide if Sun just wasted his time as a Cultivator, as once someone's foundation was crippled, they would slowly lose their Cultivation level until the point they can no longer use any type of energy.

'I hope my #1 General didn't just fuck himself for the sake of temporary power': soren

Soren then began calling people out of the training room while leaving Sun to finish his meditation. Those that participated in the training all reached to around the Mystic or Golden Immortal Realm, and those that ran high level Sects considered Golden Immortals worthy of a Grand Elder position, while Mystic immortals are still highly valued, as being in either Mystic or Golden Immortal Realm meant that you were some big shot in the Cultivation Realm. Soren then began sending his Disciples out to inform other Sects of his participation in fighting against these Gods from the Dark Continent, the Disciples then took the order, and left the Sect to inform other surviving Sects. Soren's Sect was not considered some low tiered Sect, as over the entire time Soren had been in the Endless Mainland, he and Sun both had their Disciples start growing a reputation for themselves, and towards the start of the invasion, the Immortal Dragon Sect became ranked in the top 10 Sects, holding only Second place to a Sect that had many ancestors in seclusion to break through into the Heavenly Lord Realm.

[I hope they make it in time… Or the population of this world will plummet, and I will need to do more work to revive them all]: soren

Soren wasn't worried about death and casualties as he could just bring anyone who died back, but he wanted to keep them as low as possible, because Soren's wish would be as simple as "Revive all the Cultivators who died fighting against the invaders" and Soren didn't want to go into specification as to who he wanted to keep dead, as it would be to tedious. Kuroi was also watching from the side, as it was one of his free times to leave the Realm of the Dragon's, and be free from Kid duty, and satisfying his wife, and when Soren met with the Dragon who interested Kuroi, he was surprised, because this was the same Dragon who Lin Fan bursted the tits of to high heaven.

[Kuroi… See if Shen Wu wishes to have dinner with us tonight… I'll be cooking]: soren

When Kuroi heard that, he felt a bit of fear bubble up in his heart, as he was scared of his wife, and not because she was stronger than him, because she wasn't. Kuroi was scared of her because she held the authority over her body, and Kuroi very much liked her body, and once of his favorite things to do was play Dragon x Human role play, and this was when Shen Wu would transform into her human-like appearance, while Kuroi would be the Ancient Dragon she had just woken up, and he would then proceed to rip her clothes off, and force himself onto her frail looking Human body like a wild beast. So if Kuroi couldn't get anymore of this, he would feel like ending his life then and there, as there would be no more point to living, so Kuroi did his best to listen and follow the directions of his wife so that he can play out his fantasies later on.

[I-I will see if she is okay with this… But if she says no, I don't think I will be able to show either Master]: kuroi

[What's wrong Kuroi?... You are literally the strongest Dragon in the entire Multiverse as far as I know, but here you are cowering at the whim of a women weaker than you]: soren

[She may be weaker in terms of physical strength… *Starts whispering* But those delicious Human curves are a different story on my Mental health]: kuroi

[What was that last part?]: soren

[...Nothing!... I will go ask Shen Wu now, Goodbye Master!]: kuroi

Before Soren could question Kuroi any further, he had disappeared in a blinding Blue light signifying that he went back to the Dragon Realm.

'What a weirdo… Wait… Don't the Dragons created by the Nemekains tend to hold some of the quarks of the creator?... Does that mean that might be some hidden side of me that has yet to surface, and I will be all weird and quirky?': soren

Soren then spent some time with his wives before he freshened up and went to prepare dinner for everyone. Soren had used his Essence Spirit to help out, and at lightning fast speeds the 2 Soren's looked like they turned into 18 Soren's, and in a matter of 3 hours, food began to pile up to the roof, as it would all be devoured by close to 1,000 Saiyan's while the rest didn't want to take the risk, and stayed part of the Monkey race. Soren was non-stop working in the kitchen to cook for well over 20 thousand people, and Soren felt like he really needed to learn the Shadow Clone Jutsu from Naruto so as to make the work easier for himself, and once everyone was fed, Soren began cooking for his private party with his family, Kuroi, and his wife and child.

[So Shen Wu… How have things been going for you guys?]: soren

Shen Wu, Kuroi, and their son Shen Xiao Feng were all in their Human form, and while Soren had known Shen Wu could transform into a Human-like appearance, this was news to him that Kuroi could do so as well.

[Things are fine… I kept asking Kuroi to strike that asshole Lin Fan for payback, but Kuroi said he couldn't do it unless it was a wish… I told him it was a wish, but he told me I need to know the proper language to wish for it in… So can you teach me this language Soren?]: shen wu

[Hehe… Well… It's a lot harder to learn the language than you think, and my own family can barely speak it, and I have been teaching them for well over 100 years, and if you count the time spent in the training room, well over 1,000 years]: soren

Shen Wu thought that Soren was just coming up with an excuse to not teach her, and when she had an idea to figure it out, she spoke.

[So who did you learn it from?... I'll ask them to teach me]: shen wu

[Sorry, but I am the creator]: soren

[Y-You!... Just teach me! Or make my wish for me!]: shen wu

Soren just looked towards Kuroi, and began speaking.

(Dragon Saiyan)[ Quite a pick you got here… Can I throw here out yet?]: soren

[Haha… Yes she is perfect, and no]: kuroi

[Hey!... What the hell did he just say about me!?]: shen wu