Divine Emperor of Death

A few seconds later under their attentive gazes, Arianna Woller's eyelids trembled while her lips quivered. Her pale face which displayed a peaceful expression became healthy as her cheeks appeared to possess a red hue.

She looked like an angel, peacefully sleeping on Alexi Ethren's arms like a beautiful princess.

"Mother..." Alexi Ethren muttered as tears emerged from his eyes. It fell on his mother's face but she still didn't wake up.

But he knew that her rapidly failing vitality was rapidly increasing right now!

Those tears the fell on his mother's cheeks weren't tears of sadness but tears of joy and satisfaction! He almost plunged to the ground from the resulting exhaustion but he stood his ground, not willing to drop his mother to the ground.

'Hmm... Is it a pill that restores vitality? Such a pill... Old Man Garvin had one?' Davis mused but then arrived at a conclusion, 'Well, considering that Old Man Garvin only possessed a soul body, I guess he didn't have the need to use this vitality bestowing pill since soul vitality is entirely a different concept, correlating with soul essence...'

Blood vitality correlated with blood essence and soul vitality correlated with soul essence.

Davis only knew the terms and some knowledge on it, but he knew more about soul essence due to him using chances to ask Fallen Heaven about Soul Essences.

"Thank... you! Thank you, fellow cultivator..." Alexi let out tears as he spoke, "I-If it wasn't for you... I would've lost my mother..."

It was as if he was back to being a child, filled with innocent, thankful, and grateful emotions.

Davis blinked at this words before he smiled, satisfied with his words.

Perhaps, it was really thanks to him since Arianna Woller's fate completely changed. If he didn't decide to hand over the spatial ring to Alexi Ethren, then that would completely result in her fate not changing at all.

'So if I didn't give him the spatial ring, and instead decided to search for another descendant to give the spatial ring for various reasons, such as holding hostility over to him because of Natalya's matter, would that have resulted in Arianna Woller's death?'

Davis mused over this matter as he felt it to be important.

With the previous experience of Agis Stirlander and Igor Stirlander's change in lifespan, and now, he could finally relate and say with confidence that his actions certainly twists fate from its fixed path.

The reason probably lied with the fate-changing Fallen Heaven with him.

But no matter how he thought, he still couldn't make sense what in Fallen Heaven was the cause for changing one's fate... Was it the underlying intent of Karma Laws that he could use through Fallen Heaven? Or was this related to Death Laws he conceived about Fallen Heaven's death-like energy?

But then, he blinked and imagined about Natalya.

Without meeting Natalya, he would've gotten rid of the Third Prince and Agis Stirlander without questions asked, resulting in Arianna Woller's death but that should have happened sooner.

So he abandoned this thought and moved further back, to the day where he and Agis Stirlander met. It was due to Natalya's Portrait that they met since the latter claimed that he had seen him before.

'Does this mean, Natalya is an integral part of my fate as Davis? That she was meant to become my woman from the day I semi-transmigrated to this world?'

Davis mused before he became confused and scratched his chin.

No matter how he thought, he still couldn't make it heads or tails of it but he did indeed feel like he was getting closer to the answer. At least, one step at a time.

His eyes returned to focus as he saw Alexi Ethren finally stop shedding his tears while endearingly looking at his mother. Now that he had fulfilled a part of the contract he had with Old Man Garvin, he felt that there was no need to keep outsiders here.

"I have given you the spatial ring and fulfilled the promise with your ancestor. Now, you can le..."

*Plop!~*

Alexi Ethren plopped to his butt as he fainted. Just when his arms were about to relax, Davis instinctively used his soul force to prop Arianna Woller up, not letting her fall and hit the ground.

"..."

Davis became speechless as he saw Alexi Ethren completely faint and lie over the ground like he was dead.

'Is the backlash from the strengthening technique he used, very high?' Davis mused in curiosity.

He didn't know much about this secret strengthening technique, hence he failed to make sense of it. He could only sense that Alexi Ethren's vitality was vaguely fluctuating but he knew that it should be creating enormous waves in his veins and nerves to make him faint.

However, he guessed that it should not be life-threatening.

"..."

*Sigh*

"Whatever..."

In a certain room, Alexi Ethren lay over a bed. His eyelids trembled before his eyes shot wide open as he gasped.

"Mother!"

As if being woken up from a nightmare, he searched for his mother and stood up but halfway when he saw a female figure sleeping beside him, he became relaxed.

At the same time, he heard a voice from the other side of the direction he was facing.

"Hey you, you're finally awake..."

Alexi Ethren turned his head and saw that Alchemist Davis was sitting on a couch in a leisurely posture with his legs crossed. However, he could also perceive that it was just a soul body.

"You've been sleeping with your mother, right?"

"You!!" Alexi Ethren's expression changed.

"Don't get me wrong... Isn't it normal for all children to sleep with their mothers?" Davis smirked.

Alexi Ethren's lips twitched as he fell back on the bed with a plop. A moment later, he chuckled, "You rather have a bad taste in humor..."

"Or, you just have a dirty mind..." Davis shrugged.

Alexi Ethren ignored Davis's taunt and turned to look at his mother's peaceful expression. She even possessed a smile on her face, a gentle smile which he had never seen before.

Looking at her health figure, he became heartened.

"How many days have I been unconscious for?"

He asked while still looking at his mother's face.

"Almost two days..."

He turned to look at Davis in a complex light before clasping his hand, "I thank you once again for your kindness..."

Davis just nodded his head with a calm expression on his face.

Alexi Ethren turned to look back at his mother, his eyes radiating warmth. He extended his hand and brushed her reddish-brown hair with his fingers, feeling her silky smooth hair.

"If you want, you could try waking your mother up... I think she has healed enough to gain consciousness." Davis reminded.

Alexi Ethren smiled as he shook his head, "Mother has suffered for centuries... She is probably experiencing the sweetest of dreams right now..."

"Even if she sleeps for a year to recover, I'm willing to wait..."

*Clap!~*

*Clap!~*

*Clap!~*

Davis clapped thrice to display his approval. He became satisfied with the other party's character but there was still a matter to settle.

He smiled, "I'm not going to lie. If you still have any kind of intentions regarding Natalya, I will not hesitate to kill you. This is not a threat, but my stance to people who target my women."

Alexi Ethren became stunned before he blinked his eyes, "What a coincidence... I have the same stance regarding people who target my women but you're misunderstanding something."

"I completely have no romantic feelings towards Agis Stirlander's first granddaughter, Natalya. I haven't even met her once..." He shook his head.

Looking at Alchemist Davis still intent on hearing his explanation, he continued.

"Natalya was just a woman whom I thought of pursuing in the future since she had the capability to enter the Eighth Stage and above. I did not make a move on her since I was fixated on getting revenge..."

"Besides, there is the age gap of three hundred years between us which is quite laughable in itself..."

Alexi Ethren chuckled wryly and for some reason, he spoke, "But what is truly laughable is that I had romantic feelings for my master who later turned out to be my mother two days ago..."

Davis solemnly looked at Alexi Ethren laughing and determined that he should not be lying, considering his personality. Besides, since he was here with just his soul body, he was unable to use Misdirection to pull out the real truth.

But judging by the other party's lamenting tone, depressed posture, and self-deprecating laughter, he guessed that it should be the truth.

Otherwise, he would have to revise his impression of this righteous and caring Third Prince.