After doing as instructed, Jodye's perception suddenly felt twice as strong, and it possessed a magical quality! "This is…"

"Draconic Will. It can also be a source of mana. There are many ways to refine mana, but for the Volos, it is as simple as a thought. As your Volos bloodline becomes increasingly pure you will start to see the advantages of this," said Trippy sagely.

"Mana? Is this different from magic force?" asked Jodye Trill inquisitively.

"This is difficult to answer, young host Joseph. Mana and Qi are two separate byproducts of earthly power. Force comes from the origin of laws. Mana comes from the quintessence of laws," responded Trippy.

"Ah, I get it." Jodye Trill quickly understood where he had been wrong. He had inherited Jupiter's memories and experience, so he knew a lot about the heavenly ennead. Quintessence was the fifth sky or Fifth Heavenly Layer, and the most durable and mysterious of them all. It was the layer that separated the peaceful and ever-present early layers, from the volatile, untamed, and chaotic deeper layers. From a certain point of view, all of the subsequent layers existed within the fifth layer. The Fifth Sky was technically the final sky, "So mana can be used in a similar manner as force, but it is far more powerful and compressed."

"You are very wise, young host," acknowledged Trippy. Secretly, Trippy was actually impressed by the foresight of this host. He had quickly understood such a complicated concept. "The way dragons use magic is by producing mana from their abundant vitality. Of course, being able to produce mana goes against the current will of the heavens. Thus, dragon's must surpa.s.s the laws of this universe from a young age, or stay hidden until they do."

"Magic Life Laws…" Jodye Trill suddenly had a new understanding of magic qi and its application. It was the creative aspect of the laws of life! His magic life qi comprehension was born from his dragon qi comprehension because of the link between the two. This was because of the vision where he witnessed ancient divine dragons from the beginning of the universe creating thousands if not millions of stars and lives! Their imposing and unique aura, their magical and tyrannical might, it gave the world life!

With a flash of their eyes, their sizes and strengths increased by thousands of times!

With a mere breath, they would create millions of lives or destroy myriad existences.

They were so magical and tyrannical indeed.

Jodye Trill suddenly felt a very magical feeling in the belly of his real body, startling him from his thoughts.

"Your strength is about to breakthrough. Quickly, fuse with the formation, or you will lose the chance for now," reminded Trippy.

"Got it," Jodye sent a wisp of his divine dragon will into the center formation and allowed the composition to proactively fuse with his divine consciousness. Next, there was a blinding light and searing pain as his consciousness was lost completely.

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Meanwhile, River Nile and her mother, Lily Nile, were seated on a tree stump at a small clearing in the woods. After Jodye pa.s.sed out, Lily Nile carried his surprisingly heavy body out of the secret hideout underneath the mountain and through the path discovered by River and Eureka. With the protection of Eureka along the way, no fierce or vicious beasts attempted to come anywhere near them. Lily Nile was impressed, as the protection of this little guy was quite intense, yet this boy in her arms had left the creature with her daughter while he came to rescue her alone.

That was incredibly n.o.ble.

After hearing of this little Jupiter's deeds from her daughter, she admired the valor of this young man from the bottom of her heart. He reminded her of how her own son used to be. Such a character wouldn't be a bad match for her daughter, after all. In fact, if Lily was still a teenage girl...

"Mother, will Mr. Jupiter be okay? It's already been like… seven hours," asked River Nile impatiently, her little face full of worry as she looked at the unconscious Jodye laying next to them.

"Mother can't be sure, baby," responded Lily Nile. As she looked at Jodye's boyish face, she was also apprehensive. She didn't conceal it from her child who had been through a lot and told her straight, "He seems to have refined that awful weapon. I hope it doesn't kill him."

"Mew!" Eureka cried out in indignation.

"Yeah, Mother, don't say that! He won't die, how could he even die?! He's one of the true heroes," River was irrationally distraught, and her mother just sighed. It seemed that the little la.s.s was already developing a crush. There was nothing Lily could do to prevent this, as she too was very grateful to and curious about this brat. It was not unusual for a woman to fall in love with her savior. After all, all those years ago wasn't Lily Nile the same?

Suddenly, Jodye's body burst forth with light and a terrifying thunderbolt momentum towered into the skies briefly, before the clouds became thick and the rumbling of thunder was heard. There was an ancient air in the atmosphere that made Lily Nile furrow her brows. She had once seen something like this on a trip in the company of his majesty the Pharaoh. That was the heavenly tribulation of a divine beast!

How could such a thing possibly be appearing here?

Lily Nile unconsciously glanced at the unconscious boy and was dumbfounded to see him floating above ground shrouded in a halo of golden light. She grabbed her daughter and rapidly retreated backward.

"Mom? Ah!" River Nile was dizzy and confused before she realized what was happening, "What's going on with Mr. Jupiter!"

"Heaven's judgment, it's really the heaven's judgment!" Lily Nile was terrified. What was this now? The changing aura of Jodye's body told her that he was about to advance to the next realm. However, it seemed as if the heavens themselves were unwilling to let him develop. How could a child of the scholar realm be a threat to the skies? Lily couldn't understand.

What Lily Nile could never imagine was that Jodye's draconic will triggered the Vajra Scepter, which activated his bloodline, purifying his blood further. This subsequently angered the divine law of the sky for reasons Jodye was currently unaware of!

Lily may not know how this came about, but she knew that this kid was toast once that heavenly tribulation hit him! Even a peak expert would be injured or killed by a bolt of judgment lightning. She had to hurry and put distance between them, or she might invite a calamity on to herself. If one was too close once judgment started they would attract their own judgment tribulation.

"Mew!!" a small voice echoed throughout the forest. Eureka stood on top of the floating Jodye, a stern look on its little girl-like face. It looked like an angry baby, it was difficult to take seriously.

"No!" Lily Nile thought it was surely over now that this foolish Contract Beast had tried to protect its master. No matter how powerful it was could it really block two tribulations at once? This was far worse than before. "We have to go, baby, we have to leave far away right now."

"No, Mom, we can't leave him!" screamed River Nile, "I won't, he saved us, we have to save him! Mom we ah…"

River Nile received a blow to the back of the neck and was rendered unconscious.

"He has brought this upon himself. We can not waste the chance he has given us, this commotion is the last thing we need," Lily Nile rea.s.sured herself as she grabbed her daughter and ran off. She had only managed to restore 30% of her strength as she still had drugs in her system, but it would be enough to sneak into the city and find help.

Of course, Lily didn't know that Eureka was spirit bound to Jodye, they shared his life. The sky judgment couldn't distinguish them from each other. Eureka suddenly had a thoughtful expression on her face, as if she had remembered something. She jumped down just as the first purple hued silver bolt of lightning crashed down onto to Jodye, bathing his body in terrifying thunderbolt force and damaging everything within 10 meters of him.

Eureka watched the destruction with her eyes glued to Jodye the entire time.