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--- Chapter 77 ---
A dark sun crashed into Hayate's inner universe.
He released a painful groan like a billion needles penetrated his body. Usually, he won't feel so much pain because his pain tolerance is so high.
Hayate gritted his teeth and breathed out to calm himself. He relaxed his clenched hand and endured the uncomfortable sensation.
His mind quickly ran through everything that could lead him to this messy situation. "Body Cultivation..." He muttered while realizing something.
[Mystic Art of Body Cultivation] is Li Suo's inheritance created by Hayate based on [Miracle Of Life] to break through his physical limitations in this world.
He wanted to obtain a "Pure." state where one's body doesn't have a weakness. Now, imagine what happened when this "Pure." essence clashed with "Impure." Energy.
Evil God's Darkness Seed contained primordial Darkness Law from the Era of Gods. It's the polar opposite of Hayate's goal with his light-based profound art.
As two opposing forces clashed, an infinite cycle of cleansing and destruction happened inside Hayate's inner universe.
More so, the Darkness is uncontrollable, unlike Hayate's Light Energy.
Kaiju Creation is currently on standby mode, which means Hayate couldn't adapt as fast as usual.
He tried to use Dragon God's Inheritance and Phoenix's Royal Blood, but they couldn't even shake the cycle.
Hayate sat on the dark floor and said, "If only I had a way to control the Darkness, like profound art..."
"Darkness Profound Art..."
"This is either a poor or genius idea."
There are over a thousand profound arts formulas in Hayate's head currently. After reading so many books from Profound Sky Continent, it wouldn't be hard for him to create a decent technique.
However, Hayate needed more than "Decent." in this situation.
"Fundamental Base, control, flexibility..."
Hayate ignored the Devil Beasts around and began to construct Darkness Profound Arts. He applied the opposite rules he used when creating [Mystic Art of Body Cultivation].
...
"Master, can you hear my words?" Luna's voice entered Hayate's ears.
"I'll give you a direction to create your Profound Arts."
Luna's eyes shone with brilliant purple color when using her ability. [Zafkiel: Hei], enabling her to foresee the future.
It's part of Luna's ability after fusing with Ni Jie's incomplete soul. She was evolving further and reached the realm of True God.
"Let's start with the Fundamental Base," She said calmly. "I want you to imagine a breathing technique that mimics the darkness."
Hayate nodded and grasped what Luna meant, imagining the aspect of Darkness. It should be quiet and refined without changing the tempo.
After several hours, Hayate was covered in sweat because he had experimented more than 1 million times in his mind. His breathing is barely noticeable now.
His physique currently has perfect compatibility with dark energy
Luna sighed and said, "Next."
"Control, regulate your breathing to match the Darkness."
"Follow your blood flow, moving to the chest and spreading to every part of your body."
"Let the darkness flow inside you naturally like a river."
"And-." Luna's nose suddenly released a drop of blood.
...
Luna's eyes widened because [Zafkiel: Hei] had been activated for three hours. She might reach the Realm of God, but her body couldn't handle the effect.
It wouldn't be a problem for her to see a few seconds in the future, but Hayate's process of creating Profound Art is time-consuming.
Luna literally hinted to Hayate about his future self's idea, leading her beloved master step by step.
'I can't let my Master stay here for two years...' She wiped the blood off. 'The future is changing too much. I can't let a disaster befall on him.'
"What happened?" Hayate frowned while scrunching his brows.
Luna giggled cheerfully and answered, "Hehe, Nothing."
"Let's continue."
Another hour has passed, and Hayate has created a new circulation system within his body. He could control the Darkness Law better now.
"Third, Flexibility." Luna kneeled on the ground and grasped Hayate's palms.
"Replicate my flow."
"Darkness is the opposite of light, changing the shape only possible when light is absent."
"However, it also grows by devouring the light itself."
"Darkness will always be eternal, with or without light."
Hayate grasped Luna's words and began to control the Darkness within the never-ending cycle. At the same time, he also used Light Profound Energy to guide the Darkness.
Luna grinned because her beloved Master was a genius, but he always described himself as decent at most. He's underestimating his significance.
"Last step, this is the most important." She placed her hand on Hayate's chest.
Luna peeked into Hayate's inner universe and continued, "I want you to maintain this cycle and create another sun."
"It should be at the same volume as your Primordial Core."
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In the deep abyss, Hayate stayed in the firm position for half a day. His body somehow was covered with a thin layer of Darkness.
Hayate's eyes fluttered for a moment.
Crack!
A spiderweb-like crack appeared around his face, causing the Darkness to crumble to the floor.
He lifted his palm and summoned a weird-colored sun. It was somewhat gray with a never-ending spin movement.
"Congratulations, Master." Luna weakly praised while closing her eyes.
Hayate caught her little body and said, "You shouldn't have pushed yourself."
Luna giggled a little and countered, "Looks at the mirror, Master."
...
Hayate sighed and asked, "Do you want to name this technique?"
Luna already knows the name of Hayate's technique from his future self.
Yet, She still put on a cheeky expression and answered, "Eternal Eclipse of Universal Void."
"You have reached the first stage: Devoid of Life."
"Eternal Eclipse of Universal Void, huh." Hayate patted Luna's head gently. "You have a good naming sense."
Luna doesn't bother to explain her ability to Hayate yet. And giving him future information changed so many things already.
"How enjoyable." She commented while relishing Hayate's head pat. Her body shivered in joy.
After that, they recover from the stress of creating new Darkness Profound Arts.
--- 2 hours later ---
Hayate stretched his body a few times and tested Dark Profound Energy. He can control it better than Light Profound Energy for some reason.
"Hmm." He gazed at the nearest Devil Beast and waved his Darkness Profound Energy to it.
"Bow."
The Devil Beast kneeled and stared at Hayate with respect.
"..." Hayate was speechless for a moment.
Even though Hayate's cultivation had reached the third stage of Sovereign Profound Realm after creating [Eternal Eclipse of Universal Void], he didn't expect to control Divine Origin Realm Devil Beast this easily.
There was not even resistance from the other side, which was more bizarre.
Well, it's more like hierarchy, in the way, because Hayate's Darkness is more powerful.
"Um, Master."
"Can we form a spiritual connection again?" Luna suddenly asked, to which Hayate responded with a nod.
"YEY!!"
The little girl jumped like a rabbit and kissed Hayate on the forehead. She put her hands around her waist and proudly declared, "I'm back, BABY!"
Hayate shook his head because Gernis would be shocked by Luna's sudden appearance.
Luna released a cheeky laugh and continued, "Hahaha! The 1st and only Beast's Princess, Luna, shall rule the inner world again!"
"More like a Prankster," Hayate commented while lying on the ground.
"Hmph, no one shall question my words because I have you on my side." Luna pouted adorably.
"I am cute, right~?"
"Yes, yes." Hayate sighed in defeat.
Meanwhile, at the surface, Gernis suddenly shivered in a weird feeling all over his body.
He stood carefully at the Cloud's End Cliff with a strange expression.
"I felt like something horrible was going to happen." He said while looking at the abyss.