The Innkeeper

Within the Midnight Inn, Mary’s new body was not yet complete but the body’s eyes began to twitch, as if something deeply connected to it was calling out to it. Mary herself, imprisoned by the laws of the system, sensed nothing save the Primordial energy leaking into the core of the system. Her focus remained unwavering - right now, nothing could distract her.

Within her mirror, Moon looked out as she felt a pull of blood she had not felt in a long time. With Arch-Heaven, Mango trembled, and the scale it used to write down important things began to heat up.

Within the Tyrannum realm, Alexander and his group stood in front of the barrier, looking out at the army of Dao Lords attacking it, trying to break in. The soldiers standing by them, humans one and all, did not even flinch as they watched the attacks fall, and fail to break the barrier.

The group sensed something and looked at one another, all thinking of a single name. In this grave moment, why would they think of Lex? They did not know.

Across the universe, in the darkness and in the light, mortals, immortals and Dao Lords alike all felt like something strange was going on. So many of them had never even heard of Lex, let alone have a connection to him. How then could they imagine that what they were sensing was the pull of his karma?

They had benefited from him, from his Inn, from the feedback of his tribulations, from the enlightenment of the phenomenon he had caused across the universe time and time again. Knowingly or unknowingly, they had benefited from him, so how could they deny him now when he called upon all the karma that was connected to him?

The storm grew larger and larger, its vibrations transcending the limits of the Joro realm, growing into a force that could not be contained nor controlled. No one understood what was happening, but many of them began to understand who was responsible.

From the start, Lex had not attempted to hide himself, or his actions, so it was only a matter of time before it was realized who had caused this storm. The eyes that fell upon the strom from the Humanoid Alliance were mixed with complex emotions.

How could this be caused by a human? Why was it someone from the Midnight Inn? What was he trying to do? They did not know, but they watched, for the answer was forthcoming.

Within the storm, the black bead was trembling from the force of the massive karmic storm. It was beginning to heat up to such an extent that it felt like the bead may explode. In truth, the storm had quickly grown far beyond the point where even Lex could properly control it.

Then again, control was never his goal to begin with. He wanted, instead, to challenge his stalker, and see whose methods were stronger.

Although he could not control the karmic storm, he could channel it towards a general direction and let it take over from there, so he did just that. With the full force of the entire karma Lex had ever accumulated, he locked onto his tribulation, as if to force it out.

Lex wanted to see whose means were better - his own, or his stalkers? Lex wanted to see who he would become when he let go of all his inhibitions.

The massive, overbearing, overwhelming karmic storm suddenly and abruptly vanished, bringing with it the karmic bead and necklace.