The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 1004: The Aftermath

Aldrian and his group appeared again at the place where they had faced the Vampire King and his army. The moment they appeared, they were instantly surrounded by a colourful nebula. The beautiful nebula filled their sight, but the space itself was truly chaotic.

In the distance, where the black hole had been located earlier, a giant spatial rift was closing. It created a great spatial storm, but because it was in space and there was nothing in its surroundings, the effect was not as devastating.

Ao Tianhai, who was observing the aftermath, was truly amazed by it. This might be the greatest power that a mortal could ever show. A power that could obliterate an entire large planet.

This supernova was caused by a destabilized black hole with a size smaller than the Ancient Blue Gate World. This size of black hole was truly small compared to natural black holes spread across the universe.

But what if Aldrian could make the black hole much bigger? What if the black hole's size was like that of a supermassive black hole? One whose size alone could engulf an entire star cluster?

Wouldn't that mean that Aldrian could destroy an entire galaxy with it? He might even be able to destroy one percent of space in the First Heaven if he could make the black hole huge enough to do that.

That area was the size of the central star cluster and extended a little further than the northern star cluster.

Just imagining that Aldrian could potentially do that as a mortal made Ao Tianhai's heart shudder.

With that kind of power, if he were in the same realm as Aldrian, there was no way he could withstand this kind of absolute power.

He did not know whether Aldrian could truly do what he had imagined, but what Aldrian had just done was already impossible.

He did not know what Aldrian's limit was, and Aldrian was the reincarnation of a past mighty being whom even all beings and their gods in the past had worshipped.

"If this is what he can do as a mortal, then what could he do as a god? Or even when he touches the realm of the Master of Universe?" Ao Tianhai thought.

"No wonder countless beings put their hope in him to get rid of the invaders entirely. Once he reaches divinity and even reaches Master of Universe realm, I doubt any of those invaders could do anything to him. He will be an unstoppable force."

Ao Tianhai's reverence and piety toward Aldrian soared. Now he could see for himself what kind of being the one before him was, a being that many gods also worshipped. This was the real deal. The one who could flip the entire fate of the universe was exactly like this.

He could finally feel what the ancient gods in the past had felt toward Aldrian.

Xarz, who could only watch from the beginning, truly felt like he might go crazy. He had already thought that Aldrian was crazily powerful. A walking disaster. An unstoppable force that no one could face.

But what he had seen just now truly made him question what Aldrian truly was.

There was no way that Aldrian was a mortal. He might be an immortal like the Vampire King. But he had seen it himself. The Vampire King was not as strong as Aldrian.

Far from it. They were like heaven and earth.

Then if he was not an immortal, was he a god? A god descended to the First Heaven? Maybe that was the case.

No wonder he could fight their god.

Aldrian, oblivious to Ao Tianhai's feelings and Xarz's thoughts toward him, looked at his surroundings. The aftermath caused by the supernova still made the space quite chaotic. If he used his normal spiritual sense, then his perception would be slightly inaccurate because the space had not yet entirely stabilized.

He then checked using his domain sense to see if there were any survivors inside his domain. After a few seconds of searching, he found nothing.

"Well, I do not think there are any survivors after what just happened, Your Majesty. The only thing I can imagine allowing them to survive is if they somehow activated a talisman from the Higher Heavens that could withstand a supernova of this scale," Ao Tianhai commented.

Aldrian was still looking at his surroundings. "Let's look around first to make sure. You check that direction, and I will check here."

There were places that were not covered by his domain, and those were his blind spots in this chaotic space.

"Yes, Your Majesty." They then started moving. Xarz followed Aldrian even though Aldrian had not said anything to him. It was just that he unconsciously felt compelled to follow him.

After a few minutes of searching, an incoming voice transmission from Ao Tianhai reached Aldrian.

"Your Majesty, I found a survivor. It is him, the Vampire King. Should I kill him?"

Aldrian raised his eyebrows.

"Wait. Let me see him," he replied before moving toward Ao Tianhai's location using teleportation. Xarz, who was left behind, frantically tried to keep up with Aldrian.

The moment Aldrian appeared beside Ao Tianhai, he could see a figure in a pitiful state. No, calling it pitiful was an understatement. It was horrifying.

The figure was unconscious and had lost the entire right side of his body, including half of his face. He was bald, and burn wounds covered his body. His intestines and heart were exposed, beating slowly, as if they could stop at any moment.

The Vampire King is still alive, though he was clearly in a dying state. Aldrian could see that the Vampire King's body was slowly trying to heal itself and regenerate its lost limbs.

The regeneration of a vampire was showing its wonder here.

But the speed of recovery was extremely slow, far from the recovery speed of an immortal realm vampire.

Aldrian knew the reason. The supernova had left behind powerful residual energy that severely damaged his body. The massive explosion had ejected various mixed energies and chaotic spatial forces that swept through the Vampire King's body and became embedded within it, slowing the regeneration process.

"From the way I see it, this bastard was lucky to have activated some kind of protective means at the last second before the supernova. Unfortunately, the supernova was still far too strong, especially since he was near the black hole. There is no way he would still be alive without some form of protection," Ao Tianhai commented.

"Should we kill him, Your Majesty?" Ao Tianhai asked.

Aldrian did not answer immediately. He looked at the Vampire King for a moment before shaking his head.

"No. After thinking it through, I can obtain a great deal of useful information from him. We will keep him alive for now," he answered.

Aldrian then looked toward one side when he saw Xarz trying to catch up to him. Once Xarz arrived near them, he saw the horrific sight of a figure that made his heart tremble. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

He then recognized who the figure was, which made it hard for him to believe that the vampire king was still alive in such a state.

Xarz saw Aldrian approach him and place a hand on his shoulder.

"Good job for everything that you have done all this time," Aldrian said, patting Xarz's shoulder twice.

Xarz was stunned when he heard it, then his eyes glistened. His heart felt proud. This was the first time he had heard Aldrian say something like that to him. He was glad that he had managed to satisfy this monster.

He wanted to reply to Aldrian, but Aldrian continued. "I hope in your next life, you will be a better person and not become what you were in this life."

Xarz froze. Then his eyes widened as he felt something slash past his neck. The next moment, the world turned upside down, and he saw his own headless body for a brief instant.

'Is this my end?' he thought one last time before his vision turned to darkness.

Xarz, the former devils leader of the Fallen Star Cluster, finally died. Aldrian thought that he no longer needed Xarz, as he had obtained a much bigger fish, one far more useful than Xarz.

Aldrian then burned Xarz's corpse until it turned to ash before turning back to the Vampire King and approaching him. He needed to heal the vampire first so he could be pulled back from his critical state.

With his golden energy, he cleaned away the residual energy from the supernova and then regenerated the Vampire King's body.

Ao Tianhai, who was watching the regeneration process, was truly amazed. Aldrian's golden energy was an incredible energy, one that he still could not understand how it could exist.

He had only ever sensed this kind of energy from two of the five Divine Overlords in the past, the Dragon God and the Phoenix God.

Although what they possessed was less pure than what he sensed from Aldrian, it was still the same golden energy.

In the past, he had heard stories that their energy had come from the Great Emperor, the sole source of that golden energy.

This made him wonder how the Great Emperor could possess such an energy.

But he did not think too deeply about it. The only thing that mattered now was that he would always follow the Great Emperor to regain his position at the peak of all beings.

After almost two minutes, the Vampire King's body had already fully regenerated, complete with his long hair and dangling dick. However, he was still unconscious.

Aldrian then dragged the Vampire King's body to his closest domain before teleporting the king's body to his palace. This act of dragging confused Ao Tianhai, which was normal, since he could not sense Aldrian's domain at all.

However, he did not ask, and Aldrian had no intention of explaining.

"Let's search further to see if there are any survivors. This time, if you find any survivors, just kill them. We already have the most important intel, so there is no need for any others," Aldrian said.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

They then searched for any survivors for the next hour before finally stopping. They did not find any other survivors and concluded that there were none left.

After that, Aldrian finally brought them back to his palace.