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The training continued arduously every day. Laura sotis felt like giving up, as things grew more and more ridiculously taxing for her.
But her master kept motivating her. The end of the month was approaching, yet she still had not reached the level necessary to beco an Immortal.
Sothing was missing...
"There’s only two days left. This is hopeless..." Laura sighed. "What else am I missing, master?"
"Hm, nothing," the Heavenly Demon replied. "You are not missing a single thing, Laura."
"What?! Then what do I do?" she asked.
"You must realize your own self and what it entails compared to heaven and fate," the Heavenly Demon said. "Unfortunately, this is not sothing I or anybody can instruct you on. Everyone finds their own enlightennt. Ponder it as you ditate."
"...Okay," Laura sighed, glancing at her family spirits before sitting cross-legged. "Haaa..."
As she looked at them in silence, she lowered her gaze.
"What am I compared to heaven and fate?"
Laura began pondering while ditating.
"I’ve always felt like I’m nothing... I always worked hard just to keep my sister alive, but only thanks to Mom’s sacrifice could Fran really stay alive. I always try, but I never get anywhere. I always try, but it’s never enough. When I finally thought I would get sowhere, I was restricted and enslaved by beings above . And when my sister finally woke up and I felt accomplished, after learning everything she achieved... I felt hollow, like everything I’ve done was nothing in comparison."
"So what am I?"
She paused for a mont. Her eyes slowly gained light, her eyebrows rising.
"It’s simple... I am soone who constantly struggles against heavenly fate... I defy heaven and fate, and... always attempt to overco them, but always fail."
She stood up, gazing at the skies.
"Until now... I want to beco strong... I want to beco reliable."
She gripped her fists tightly.
"I want Mom back... I want our family back to normal!"
Laura’s aura began surging. Her powerful Soul wrapped around her entire body, attempting to rge its celestial essence with her flesh.
RUMBLE!
The skies trembled as the will of heaven manifested across the land ford from various Immortal Domains.
Laura looked upward. Heavenly Tribulations roared down—giant thunderbolts crashing toward her.
She began refining her body, letting celestial essence pour in and rge.
Slowly, she was managing...
"I can do this...! I can... Ah!"
BOOOM!
But the heavens are cruel.
A powerful thunderbolt struck her body, burning her flesh.
"Uugh...!"
She fell from the skies, staring at the heavens with a betrayed expression.
"Why..."
She closed her eyes, giving up.
"Just why do I even bother?"
Laura was soone who never gave up, but deep down she had always wished to throw everything away.
And now, at her lowest mont, she surrendered to despair.
...
But soone else refused.
"Big sis...! Don’t give up!"
A cute, adorable voice echoed behind her.
A little girl made of light hugged her tightly. Bright restorative energy spread through Laura’s body.
Her burns healed rapidly.
"Ah...!"
A gust of wind enveloped her, propelling her higher and higher.
At the sa ti, a fiery fist and a freezing wave intercepted another heavenly lightning bolt, shattering it before it could reach her.
She realized her Martial Artifact spirits were moving on their own, without any command.
"Don’t give up, my daughter."
"You can do this."
"Co on, big sis!"
They whispered to her...
Laura didn’t know what to say. Had she gone mad?
Or perhaps... this was really all a dream?
What she knew was that her body had already begun trying to ascend once more.
Lightning poured down.
BOOOM!
Her mother and father defended her, flas, ice, and winds surging into the skies.
Her sister kept them all healed, pouring everything she had.
Laura smiled. She laughed as celestial energy enveloped her completely, evolving and ascending every cell of her body.
"Hahaha...! I’ve really gone mad... is this my obsession? I am so pitiful."
As she laughed, her eyebrows furrowed.
Her aura surged, resembling a roaring, robust dragoness.
"So be it."
RUMBLE!
She punched the dark clouds blocking her ascension, her hands transforming into sharp dragon claws.
"I will ascend, and bring my family back with my own hands, if I have to!"
FLAAASH!
The largest thunderbolt surged downward toward Laura.
Her parents resisted it but ultimately exploded into spiritual energy and dissipated.
The lightning reached her, as if denying her the privilege of ascending any further.
Her little sister moved to defend her, but Laura pushed her back.
"What do you think you’re doing, Fran? You’re my little sister; you shouldn’t defend or protect ... I will protect you."
Laura smiled as she hugged her scared little sister. The lightning struck with imnse force.
BOOOMMM!!!
The celestial energy coursed through her body. Through her little sister’s healing embrace, she constantly healed while absorbing the power.
"I will always protect you, no matter what..."
Laura smiled silently as she watched her little sister dissipate while still hugging her.
The energies of her Martial Artifact converged at the origin of her soul and evolved alongside her.
Into an Immortal Artifact.
And her body and soul... ascended even further.
"She did it..." The Heavenly Demon laughed. "So this is a truly heaven-sent talent!"
Amidst the now-clear sky, Laura floated in midair. Her Aura overflowed with imnse power, warping space around her.
"I did it..."
She felt a bubble within her growing larger and larger—her Golden Core.
It was evolving into an Immortal Domain.
"I’ll keep it inside my heart."
The domain manifested, surging outward. Its appearance was unlike any Immortal Domain ever born before.
It did not resemble a beautiful wilderness landscape filled with treasures like so many others.
Her Immortal Domain... was her neighborhood, or a perfect recreation of it.
The cafeteria where she, her mother, and sister went to eat cheesecake once a month.
The restaurant where they enjoyed pasta and pizza.
Her little sister’s high school.
Her father’s construction site.
The small shoe factory where her mother worked.
The plaza.
And... her apartnt, and inside, her ho.
There were "people" within this place—faint spirits like her family.
There were cars. They were all living their own lives.
"A Living mory...?"
She was surprised; her Immortal Domain did not match any description she had ever heard.
"I’m really weird..."
She laughed brightly, looking at the sky.
"With this power, I should at least be decently strong, right master?"
Laura faced the Heavenly Demon, who smiled at her with a content expression.
"Well done, Laura. And yes, it’s more than enough. You have evolved your constitution into what I always sought but could never achieve: a True Perfect Heavenly Demonic Dragon Physique," he said. "Your Soul has ascended into an Immortal Dragon Soul. Your Consciousness is massive, spreading everywhere. Your Martial Soul and Martial Intent are fully mastered. What’s more... your Immortal Artifact must have beco trendously strong. And your Immortal Domain must be vast."
"It is but... it’s a little weird," Laura giggled.
"Huh?" The Heavenly Demon looked inside. His calm eyes widened. "W-What...! What is this bizarre world?"
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