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There were two people in a brightly lit terrace that looked like a garden decorated with beautiful-colored flowers. A middle-aged man with a thoughtful expression and a cute little girl watched the brightly lit colorful skies as her pink finger was held by the man's hand.

It was as if the twinkling stars in the skies brightly shone only for the two of them.

"Haha, little Nora. In the future, when you grow up, what do you want to become?" The middle-aged man suddenly asked.

"Mhm?" Little Nora Alstreim let out a cute sound before she pouted, "I want to become an Immortal..."

Hearing her, the man instantly laughed as if he didn't expect this answer.

Usually, as far as he knew, a little girl would answer that she would become a bride or the young mistress of the family, but here was his beloved granddaughter separated by numerous generations, echoing that she would become an Immortal.

He couldn't help but laugh.

"Mnnnn~" Little Nora let out a disgruntled tone, "I'll show you grandpa that I can become an Immortal!"

"Hahaha! Good! Good! Grandpa can't wait!"

Little Nora let out a cute *hmfp*, and her curved lips radiated unusual confidence as she smiled. She yanked her hand away and ran deep into the garden, her small footsteps echoing around the area as she continued to play hide and seek with her grandpa.

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Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim couldn't help but recall a scene that suddenly encroached his mind. It was nothing but a small yet nostalgic episode, but the old Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim couldn't help but tear up at her growth.

Little Nora Alstreim had her father and mother lost to the same danger zone where his daughter's husband died. This was the incident that moved him to reach her personally, taking her into his care and treating her as if she were his own granddaughter separated by a generation.

The pain of losing her parents had wrecked her, but it also made her immensely determined.

That young lass had grown up to be a person who possessed a grand ambition that was far-reaching for her current stature. He knew that this young lass was shrewd, ambitious, yet caring; otherwise, she wouldn't have said all that to him.

At the same time, he couldn't help but recall and sigh again at another equally talented lass of the Alstreim Family, who was none other than the first daughter of that cripple Edgar Alstreim, Claire Alstreim.

Except, she felt into the shrewd schemes of his beloved granddaughter, leaving him no choice but to cover up her tracks.

Honestly, he could see that Nora Alstreim felt a potential threat from Claire Alstreim; otherwise, she wouldn't have deigned to scheme against a peer of her level.

He felt that this was the only mistake she made in her life since he held her and her talent in high regard, but to see that she still held her conviction without her law-heart breaking, he heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.

After all, to resort to underhanded schemes against one's peer is the same as not having conviction in one's strength.

To a genius, their strong belief in their strength is what makes them stay apart from the weeds. They are the trees that reach to the skies and makes the weeds feel inferior over their superiority.

Law-heart is nothing but the concept of holding a strong belief, conviction, ideology in one's mind and heart, perhaps even the soul.

Cultivators... specifically geniuses, have to maintain their law-hearts and their belief in themselves from going astray. Otherwise, they would find themselves being left behind by their peers as their cultivation comes to stagnation....

Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim thought it was fortunate that Nora Alstreim didn't lose her law-heart, and not only did she not lose it, he could see that her conviction had also grown stronger.

To gift the Law Tree Fruit to him despite knowing that it would pave the way for her to enter the Ninth Stage in the future, Nora Alstreim must have an enormous amount of confidence and conviction in herself to realize her far-fetched ambition.

Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim couldn't help but sigh again. However, he abruptly turned to look at his daughter, Grand Elder Elise Alstreim, in hesitation.

Grand Elder Elise Alstreim pouted her lips and averted her gaze, "Father is a few steps closer than me to the grave, so father should use it..."

Hearing his daughter's words, he laughed even more as he became heartened. His daughter was the one who was a step closer to breaking into the Ninth Stage other than him, but her law comprehension was only at Level Eight Fire Intent.

That was a level where it became impossible to condense a Law Rune. It wasn't as if it is difficult, but Level Eight Fire Intent isn't capable enough to condense a Law Rune as that would fail every time!

Level Nine Intent is required for a person to step into the Law Rune Stage; the Ninth Stage, just like how it Level Five Intent is required to step into the Law Sea Stage!

To enter Law Dominion Stage; the Seventh Stage in Essence Gathering Cultivation, one must at least have comprehended Level One Intent of any Law, and use that law to form a domain. These were the requirements one should fulfill to eventually step into the Ninth Stage!

Just as he was feeling heartened, Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim abruptly noticed that there was a hint of solemness on his beloved granddaughter's confident expression.

Feeling a little bit influenced by her solemness, he couldn't help but ask.

"What's wrong?"

Nora Alstreim narrowed her eyes before she heaved a sigh, "It's just I heard an unconfirmed rumor about the younger generation experts of the female-only Mystic Ice Sect."

"Oh? Did Mu Bing break into the Law Dominion Stage?" Grand Elder Valdrey asked with a grave expression on his face.

Nora Alstreim shook her head, "It is said that someone of the young generation far surpassed Mu Bing and even has her as a serving maid... I couldn't help but scoff at that rumor, so I didn't even bother to confirm it..."

"Truly laughable..." She couldn't help but laugh while holding her lean belly with both hands.

"Right..." Grand Elder Valdrey laughed together before he amusingly asked, "What's that 'grand' person's name?"

Nora Alstreim stopped laughing before she smiled in disdain.

"A woman named Myria..."

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Above a mountain that was more than a thousand kilometers tall, a majestic dark wolf was shining under the bright moonlight, and on the back of the wolf was a human with a calm expression on his face.

These two human and magical beast was none other than Davis and Nadia.

Davis sat mounted on Nadia's back, which possessed plentiful space. He gazed at the Moonlight Mountain in scrutiny and observed the surroundings. To the north of the mountain was an enormous sea while the mountain ranges still covered the other three directions.

While the surroundings were mapped out by him, he could see that the moonlight's rays here were radiating with a little bit of unusual substance. It was as if the moonlight held some kind of special heaven and earth energy within it.

This matter only took a moment of his mind to contemplate before his brows creased as he looked not at all amused.