Eternal Temptation: Awakening Sinful Desires - Chapter 78

Chapter 78: An Immortal Existence?
Asher glanced briefly at all the women present in the hall of the Mystic Starry Realm and addressed them collectively, “Everyone here is important to me, and I care about each and everyone deeply, and I won’t hide anything from you. Moreover, you are my family, and you are as important as my mother in my eyes. So you can rest assured that I will never deceive you. Even though there may come a time when I cannot disclose some details to all of you for various reasons, whatever it might be, you have to trust that I have your best interests at heart and will do nothing that may hurt you.”

Upon hearing those words spoken so sincerely by him, every girl shuddered, and their eyes moistened with tears, their hearts overflowing with immense joy after getting confirmation that their feelings toward Asher were reciprocated.

In that moment, it felt like all of them were truly blessed by fate itself and cherished beyond measure, since he wanted to protect and cherish each and every woman around him.

Even Lysandra felt genuinely touched by his words, as she remarked with an impish smirk curving up onto her glossy soft lips, “Hahaha, of course I’ll help you out too if you ever get yourself in trouble. Just remember to ask me nicely~.”

“Thanks; now stop joking around already. Alright, everyone, let’s go to the next place.” Asher motioned all of them towards the entrance of the hall and led them outside.

The entire group followed Asher through the long corridors until they arrived, where another majestic-looking building stood tall among all the buildings nearby, drawing their attention right away towards its striking beauty.

Aria asked curiously, “Honey, what is this place?”

“It is the library,” Asher answered immediately.

“A library? Are you sure this is really a library?! It looks huge!” Lysandra remarked in surprise and disbelief, glancing at Asher dubiously.

Asher smiled slightly while saying, “Come with me and take a look at it yourselves. I’m positive that you’ll like what you’ll see here.”

Then he guided them inside the gigantic structure, entering the main hall, which contained countless bookshelves containing all kinds of texts related to all walks of life.

Everybody marveled at the magnificent sight of thousands upon thousands of tomes stacked neatly along rows of shelves throughout the entirety of this colossal library, filled to the brim with different types of cultivation manuals, martial art skills, medical knowledge, alchemy recipes, poison formulas, formations, talismans, and much more.

“There’s just so much stuff to learn.” Eleanor whispered in wonderment, excited at discovering the innumerable amounts of precious information contained within this place.

Aria looked at Asher’s calm expression carefully as she spoke in amazement, “Sweetheart, this place contains an endless range of everything related to cultivation realms, including martial arts techniques, cultivation methods and exercises, and scriptures for training in different elements or aspects, all of which seem to be superior to even some secret manuals of ancient clans and supreme sects! How did you obtain access to this realm? What happened here?”

Asher smiled bitterly and said, “Well, mom, I accidentally found a small gem that seemed ordinary but had me curious with its beautiful glow, so I kept it with me. When I broke through the Spirit Foundation Realm, the gem merged with me and allowed me access to this realm. After I got here and touched the Astral Nexus Core Orb for the first time, it revealed that the gem was actually an incomplete fragment of the orb itself. So, this realm has been left alone for a very long time, as it needed that part of itself to connect with the outside realm.”

“Basically, it seems that someone from Immortal Realm found this secret realm and filled it with all the books and built every necessary resource for cultivation, but for some reason they didn’t share it with others. They only placed the broken part outside and left.” Asher explained it all thoroughly before adding, “What’s really weird is that the Astral Nexus Core Hub has no clear images of that immortal, and it was shrouded in shadows. That’s why I assume whoever found this realm must’ve broken into it without taking full control of the orb. And that’s how this library came into being.”

“An immortal existence?” Nadia pondered thoughtfully before realizing what Asher was thinking and shaking her head as she asked in alarm, “Why did they leave without taking the orb, Young Master? Wouldn’t it be foolishness on their part for such a treasure to remain untouched forever? Why would they create everything and give it to others?”

Asher shrugged his shoulders and said, “Beats me! Anyway, I have a feeling that they are still alive somewhere, waiting for a fateful person to get to this place in the future, and leaving every resource for their cultivation. For now, we can only wait until that person decides to meet us, but we can ignore that as we don’t know anything about the immortal realm or how to go there. Right now we have all the resources here available and time to improve and grow stronger, so let’s enjoy it while we can.”

Nadia sighed helplessly, knowing she wouldn’t find any answers even if she kept wondering about it. In the end, Asher was correct. For now, everything was in order, and they had ample opportunity to achieve great success at no cost or consequence.

“You are right, Young Master. We should focus on improving our strength and make good use of these opportunities presented to us.” She admitted it frankly.

Maria then suddenly expressed her opinion, “Young Master, you mentioned earlier that the Astral Nexus Core Orb stores information, correct?”

Asher nodded in response before saying, “Yes, that’s right. If there are any questions you have or new knowledge about any aspect that you want to learn or read about, you can simply think about it after activating soul-mark, and the Astral Nexus Core Orb will provide you with all relevant information on the subject as well as related topics that might be of help.”