It's been 3 months since Alucar Helsing was reincarnated as Phineas. A skinny little commoner baby.
He had endured hellish pain and torture during those 3 months as dim lights blinded him and silent noises deafened him. he tried moving his bodied but that resulted in cramps and his muscles tearing. His main problem was the massive headaches that would plague him for hours on end.
However, despite his circumstances, he still attempted to cultivate. In order to cultivate your body would need to create a spirit bowl. This bowl gathers your element affinity inside it gathering elemental energy within your bowl is called cultivating.
...Alucard had no bowl yet.
The body naturally gathers special energy and if used correctly it can reinforce itself. The ancient Monarch was really desperate to escape the pain and regularly cultivated it during the last 3 months. Alucard concentrated on bones and muscles but made sure not to reinforce his skull because he didn't know how his adult mind was affecting his body.
Alucard used an extremely unhealthy way of cultivation, he would steal what his body was using to create his spirit bowl to reinforce his body. This would slow the formation of the bowl however it would make life a lot easier for his current self, Improving his eyes, brain, muscles, and bones so that they wouldn't hurt anymore... well no matter what he did his gums would always ache.
{Usually, a cultivator would attempt to create a bowl as soon as possible to cultivate their element inside it... then mold the bowl into a perfect sphere... why is it that you do the opposite?}
" Simple, it's too boring to do things properly. I did exactly that in my first life. This second life to me isn't worth much I've already lived for far too long in my opinion. I might as well use this life to experiment and try new things I couldn't do the first time." said Alucard without thinking.
{But why are you halting your own cultivation growth? shouldn't you endure the pain and wait a few years for your bowl to fully develop itself? this way you could make full use of your knowledge to cultivate to the peak of your realm}
"Well... wait a minute" his hairless baby brow furrowed, "I thought I was talking to myself at the start but who are you? and why are you in my head," said the child trying to find where the voice originated from to no avail.
{I am the narrator, I have been instructed to watch over you until you are able to fend for yourself properly. I could not simply watch you destroy your chances to cultivate as this would extend the duration of my task}
"Instructed? by who?" asked Alucard
{My task was given to me by [ẽ̵̳̜̩̂̓͝r̵̡̠͇̟̟͇̼̫̜̠̩̥̺̘̳̗͗̍̏̓̊͌͑̔̔̀̉͐̈́̚̕r̸̢͎̻͚̣̝̭̜͖͓̫̠͎͋ǫ̵̧̼̲̼̲̝̻̗̼̳̥͖̽͆̋̊̉͂̇̈̆̕̕̕̕͜͝͠͠r̷̨̨̪̙̗̻̝̭̤̙͓͉̰͓̓͜.̴͎̓́̊̔͗͛͐̈͊̚̚͠͠͠e̷̛͓̺̐͗̿͛̿͒̐̃̆̓̃̒͝͝x̴̟̩̲̤̭̭́͊̓̐̾͐̒̀͆ͅẽ̷̍̋͆̐͑͗̈́��̰̩̻̥̺̞̜̭̿͐̓̅̑ ̴͕̓̄̐̉̃̃͋͠n̶͙̩͇̺̤̬̱͓̈́̃̊̓͂̊͗͐̔̓͜a̷̧̛̻͎̠͇̓̐̔͂̌͑̒̍̿͐̾̎̓̕m̷̹̞͎̞̜͙͚͍̙̱͕͆̃̾̎͐̋͋̒̋̀̊̿e̴��̙̭͙͚͕̪ ̵͚̹͕̲͇͈̮͍̣͓̺̭̪̭̩̉̇̕̕ć̷̡̨̛͎̮͍̱̞̬̬͕̫̇̉̐̑͌́o̵̼̬̯͍̲͕̺̣͙̪͎̫̅̅́̆̚͜ứ̴̤̲͈̲͊̓͆̊̈́̈̎͆͌͐͘͠ḷ̸̢̥͖̫̑̈́͒͂́̾̎͌̂̊̚̚͘̕͝ͅḍ̴̩͈̾̏̄̈́̊̀͂͊̍̍̉̋͗͝ ̴̧̯͈̪̣̂̽̏̐͜͜͜ň̴̤̜̰̫̬̱̘o̸̧̭̬̞̻̺̔̐̀͊͑̓̕̚̚͝͝͝t̴̛̺͔̹͈̫̲̲̞͚̑̌̇͒͂̓̓̒́̊͋̍͘͝ ̸̨̛̯͙͓͔̝̼̰̘̭̬̰̣̱̝̇͛̇͘͝b̸̧̛̦̮͙͙̣̙͚̥̟̝͇̹̬̉͆̋̅͆̎̌̇̇͜ȅ̸̢͖̫̖̝̞̯͕̼̘̹̖̰ ̵̧̺̍́͋̍͂̏̚f̵̡̡̡̢̠̙̰̘̩͈͎͚̳̤̞̄̀ͅo̸̲̞̺̻̍͑̌͂͌͜͝u̸̢̟̯̟͇̟̻̣̗̱̰̰̹͍̤̓͊̃̇͐̌́͋̕n̵̰̙̩̙̎̾̂̏̍̎̿̽̉̈́̈́̕͘͠d̷͕̜̼̦͕̦̻̈́̈͂͒͌̌͒̋͂̀̕͝] so it is my obligation to complete it}
"outch, what was that" said the child as pain waved through his brain.
{Your brain was unable to organise and register the information I was sharing which caused you pain. Your mortal self is unable to understand the name}
"Mortal? but I was an immortal before since I have the same mind I should be able to understand it" inquired the idiot
{When I said immortal I didn't mean it as a simple cultivation realm, I meant an indestructible entity. The fact that you died clearly shows the fact that you were mortal.}
"What do you mean indestr-"
{Do not derive from my question any further. Answer my question with more detail. Why are you purposely going against your cultivation?}
"Fine. I'll tell you. I'm trying to research N.U.L.L. the unknown cultivation. While I was alive I theorised with many cultivators about a new way of cultivation that did the opposite of simply desperately attempting to grasp little pieces of energy. Though it wasn't really well received and wasn't backed by enough evidence to be recognised. After all, we knew all too well how difficult it was to absorb elements and contain them in a perfect sphere. You had to not only desperately gather the small amounts of energy you could find but also attempt to increase the size of your sphere. Imagine losing all that because you believed in some stupid theory! Well anyway we started theorising about changing the shape of the sphere an old friend slightly changed the shape of their sphere to that of an egg, however, it didn't change much and he eventually switched back to a perfect circle since it's simply easier to maintain. We had reached our limit we needed to find a new way to cultivate. "
{right...}
"However, later on, I ended up on the literary side of cultivation there I met an ingenious philosopher and cultivator named Maximus who came up with the idea that the way we cultivate is similar to a small pond in a desert waiting for rain. The most interesting part of that theory is that the desert represents the perfect sphere we form around our elements. His ideas were crazy and many people called him a lunatic. But I believed he was onto something. Maximus' theory was based around the idea that attempting to cage the elements within ourselves was limiting our strength. He stated that we sound strive to open our cages and let the elements flow through us like an ocean accepting all bodies of water. This, of course, is madness everyone knows from cultivation that there definitely isn't enough elemental energy around us for it to continuously flow through you."
{Yes... and...}
"I've had a lot of time to think and I was wondering what if the energy was coming from the outside, but around your body. Now usually it would be impossible because your body is unable to contain elements unless it has a bowl, in fact, it sometimes even rejects them. however what if your body was made out of the bowl? Wouldn't your body be able to contain the elements? This is a revolutionary technique that requires the ability to manipulate something that doesn't have a proper name yet! I decided to call the energy that creates the bowl aether! This method requires the opposite method to cultivation. Usually, you would create your aether spirit bowl then after gathering enough elemental energy you would send small streams of it throughout your body opening various apertures. However! My aether method does the opposite after completely fuzing the aether with my body I'll be able to gather energy from around my entire body and pass it through where my bowl should be! I've come up with the idea of forming aether rings for energy to pass through instead of a bowl! this way I'll be able to use the elements whenever I want! This will put me in a non-existent cultivation realm! The N.U.L.L. Realm!
{...}
"yep"
{do you often go on dramatic monologues by yourself? or is this like a one-time thing}
"I used to be a villain"
{Ah. right. That explains a lot. By the way, what you call aether already has a name it's simply called pure energy}
"No! I discovered it! And it's called Aether!"
{Also is N.U.L.L. an acronym for something? Is it a scientific name for your theory?}
"Oh... I haven't gotten there yet. I just thought that the acronym there would be really cool. I'll come up with it later for sure!"
{Right. I'm sure you somehow know what you're doing. Hurry up and become strong, so I don't need to waste my time on you again.}
"Right..." said the big-headed idiot.
Though he had sung the method he invented lots of praises, he knew it would be extremely difficult to properly manipulate aether and merge it with his body. In addition, he would simply be a failled cultivator that can't use elements until he creates his aether rings... the road towards cultivation had always been long so this much was nothing for the monarch of darkness. In fact, the reason why he was doing this was that if his theories were correct, his darkness element would go very well with this method of cultivation. He simply couldn't wait to get started!