The next morning, Treyton slowly got up from the ground. He slept on the floor and his body is aching all over. However, he is used to harsh conditions in his training and quickly recovers from the surprise.
He looked around and found the notebook, lying upside down on the floor. He spent the whole night reading the notebook until he fell asleep and finally understood all of its content after finishing it twice.
He wanted to start right away with the modifying process but remembered that he still should wash and eat something before starting because he knows that his body needs a lot of energy for the modifying.
Treyton stood up and walked directly to the bathroom, cleaning his face. Afterward, he took a towel, dried himself, and looked up to his reflection in the mirror.
He has short black hair and clear, light blue eyes. His face is not outstandingly handsome but certainly above-average. Still very childlike but attractive and refreshing for a child his age.
Treyton left the bathroom in a hurry, taking a quick run directly to the dining room where Naomi already prepared breakfast. After eating, he went back to the training room and sat down. In front of him was now the box containing the space essence fruit.
- Okay Trey, no going back-
He carefully took out the essence fruit and held it in his left hand, feeling its weight. It could be just a normal fruit by ignoring the peculiar look but Treyton knew that the essence inside is more precious than anything he possesses.
One moment later he brought the fruit to his mouth and took a small bite. At first, it tasted kind of sweet and sour at the same time but then something suddenly exploded inside of him.
No, it would be more correct saying that a certain kind of energy enlarged and spread through his whole body.
Experiencing this feeling for the first time, Treyton finally understood what makes essence so special. He sat for a couple of minutes in silence, feeling this new sensation.
- Alright, I think I should start now.-
He quickly ate the rest of the fruit and felt the essence rampaging in his body. Recalling the knowledge he gained from the notebook, Treyton prepared for modifying his soul.
The process of soul modification starts with constructing a new heart, which should take about one week or longer, depending on the type of essence.
The first step is to 'feel' the soul that faintly covers the whole body and then use the new essence in the body to move and condense it in the heart. That way, all important key components are in one place.
The modifying itself consists of using the soul and essence to modify the heart and build a new structure in the process, which is called the Essence Heart.
For the first couple of hours, Treyton tried feeling his soul, without results. After half a day, he finally felt something.
It was faint but certainly there. Now he only needs to use essence to force the soul into the heart.
Well, easier said than done.
The gigantic amount of essence runs amok in his whole body and it's even hard for him to control a strand of it. He only could try using extremely small amounts of essence to gather small parts of his soul. This makes it possible to process but takes a long time to achieve.
Treyton used this method for about six more hours until it turned dark. Feeling tired, he opened his eyes and decided to go to eat a small snack and sleeping for some hours before returning to the routine that would follow him for the next couple of days.
The next morning he stood up, ate breakfast, gathered his soul in his heart for around twelve hours before eating dinner, and sleeping again.
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One week later
Treyton gathered around two-thirds of his soul in his heart. The process is getting faster the less of his souls remains and he also is getting used to the essence rampaging in his body.
He knew it wouldn't take much longer until all of his soul is in his heart.
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Two days later
It took him around twelve days to gather all of his soul in his body. He also can control the essence in his body better than before, taking a big burden off of him.
The modifying would start now and Treyton mentally prepared for the tremendous pain that is going to torment him soon. After all, he has to literally change his heart, which is one of the most important inner organs of the human body.
Starting the process, Treyton used some essence and mixed it with his soul, completely merging it with the other and not shoving it like in the previous process. He immediately felt like hundreds of thorns are piercing him in his mind making him almost fall unconscious.
When the pain slowly dissipated, he went ahead and tried combining it with his heart. This time he felt it physically and started holding his chest, trying desperately to breathe.
Treyton never felt this kind of pain before, even though he got hurt many times but in comparison to this, it was all just child's play.
After ten minutes it finally stopped. However, it felt like hours to Treyton and he didn't want to go further yet. He took a cold shower while thinking of how to lessen the pain but he quickly dismissed that idea. He just has to push through it, no matter what it takes.
He heard from Naomi and also Caleb, who went through the process two months ago that it would be painful but this totally blew his expectations.
One hour later, he came back.
Sitting on the ground, he slowly closed his eyes, taking in a deep breath.
-Okay, Trey, be a masochist. It's only for a couple of days, come on, FOCUS.-
Three minutes later, Treyton once again experienced the unbearable hell, following him all throughout the night.