Dimensional Keeper: All My Skills Are at Level 100 Chapter 1458 Into The Legendary 12th Layer!
Previously on Dimensional Keeper: All My Skills Are at Level 100...
Each extra mile seemed like a massive achievement. His pace had decreased even more, yet his stance showed no doubt. His back stayed upright. His breaths were steady. The blazing fire intensified, but he pressed on.
Beyond the dome, an eerie hush had settled over the observation area.
Not a soul chuckled.
Not a word was murmured.
Every gaze locked skyward.
"He keeps advancing."
The voice of an elder shattered the quiet, quivering just a bit.
Victor Veron moved ahead without thinking, fingers locked behind him while his calm facade began to crack.
"He's gone beyond all forecasts."
Henry Lumin's stare had turned razor-sharp with fierce concentration.
"We're at the innermost zone of the eleventh level."
The glow from the display danced in Lilith Carol's eyes.
"Should he make it to ten thousand nine hundred miles…"
She let the thought hang, since all present understood the significance right after that mark.
Ten thousand eight hundred and fifty miles.
Ten thousand nine hundred miles.
The display flickered wildly when the figure materialized.
Max had arrived at the farthest reach of ten thousand nine hundred miles.
The edge to the twelfth layer hovered in front, barely discernible as a warped veil of fire that blazed with an unmatched clarity compared to lower areas. The atmosphere in the eleventh layer appeared to squeeze together, as though opposing any chance of his progress.
Right then, an extraordinary event unfolded outside.
Family leaders stood up one after another from their chairs.
Victor Veron got to his feet initially.
Henry Lumin came next.
Lilith Carol rose without a sound.
Matthew Grimes ascended with composed grace.
Garry Heron also stood, even if his face stayed grim.
Nearby elders stood swiftly in response, as if beholding a holy occasion. Disciples sensed the change and aligned themselves, their thrill nearly too much to handle.
"Will he actually try it?"
"Is he on the verge of entering the twelfth layer?"
"Nobody's accomplished this in the Rebirth Realm before."
Anticipation crackled in the very atmosphere. Pulses raced loudly. The fires in the display even appeared to flare more vividly as Max positioned himself at the gateway.
Garry's eyes tightened.
He stayed silent, though his focus riveted on the concluding distance.
Inside the dome, Max positioned himself at ten thousand nine hundred miles, with the edge of the fabled twelfth layer glowing softly in front of him.
The whole Black Dragon Palace seemed to stop breathing.
"The force here is immense," Max whispered softly while positioned at the innermost spot of the eleventh layer, where the remaining hundred miles extended like a fiery skyline dividing the familiar from the mythical.
The fires in this place had ceased to look like turbulent streams. They flared with grave power, like sentinels of an old divide that had turned away innumerable aspirants over the ages.
He held back from moving right away.
Rather, he directed his focus inside.
In his internal realm, the Chaos Tree glowed with deep luster. The initial sprout on the fire limb had expanded almost to fullness. Its outer layer wasn't sealed shut anymore. It throbbed with a consistent beat, timeless and noble.
Max perceived it was about to unfurl into significance. The power gathered from the Path to Eternal Flames had hit a limit. It seemed secure, whole, prepared.
The remaining four leaves quivered too. Slight bulges had emerged at their roots. They neared producing their own sprouts. The development wasn't abstract anymore. It was certain.
"I guess the first sprout will completely develop in the coming layer," Max said softly to himself.
He lifted his eyelids.
In front of him, the edge to the twelfth layer glowed softly, carrying a grave and inaccessible aura.
After that, he started striding.
His initial stride was measured and intentional. The force slammed into him at once, fiercer than any trial in the eleventh layer. The fires solidified into thick flows that coiled about him, blocking his path with regal rage.
Ten thousand nine hundred and ten miles.
The earth under his boots split slightly from the immense weight bearing on his form. His breaths deepened, yet his eyes held firm.
Ten thousand nine hundred and thirty miles.
The turbulent fire principles amassed in front like a barrier of liquid command. His presence wavered beneath the burden, but he refused to bow.
Ten thousand nine hundred and fifty miles.
Beyond the dome, all individuals were on their feet. None risked sitting. The display wavered intensely due to the fire's ferocity.
"He is still moving," Victor Veron uttered, his tone hushed yet shaking with astonishment. "The force there ought to have halted him already."
Henry Lumin gazed up with unyielding attention. "This exceeds all accounts in our family's past. The Saintess from back then fell short of this spot."
Lilith Carol uttered deliberately, her gaze mirroring the fiery gleam from the display. "The twelfth layer has never welcomed anybody in the Rebirth Realm. Should he pass this, the tales must be revised."
Ten thousand nine hundred and eighty miles.
The fires bellowed in wrath. The atmosphere twisted savagely. The ultimate wall gleamed like a godly edict denying his being.
Ten thousand nine hundred and ninety miles.
Max's frame shook subtly beneath the crushing force. Inside, the initial sprout on the Chaos Tree throbbed with vivid glow. It seemed to be spurring him onward.
He raised his foot again.
The edge quivered as he advanced.
With one last determined action, Max traversed the final mile.
The wall dissolved like an illusion.
He stepped into the twelfth layer.
For an instant, quiet engulfed the full Black Dragon Palace.
Afterward, chaos exploded.
"He entered the twelfth layer," an elder yelled, his tone breaking as he spoke. His eyes bulged, riveted on the display showing Max in the scorching realm that had spurned every Rebirth Realm practitioner throughout time.
"He has truly entered," a different elder repeated, his fingers shaking as he gestured above. "The record is shattered. History is altered. Max has forged another wonder right in front of us."
The observation area burst into wild turmoil. Elders who had upheld poise and restraint for years now became swamped by the sheer scale of the event they had observed.