"Under the Authority of the Guardian of the Planet." Old Seven said with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes as he placed his hand on the screen following his eyes.
{Command accepted. Voice pattern identified. Retinal and Biometrics identified.}
Old Seven took a deep breath after his biometric scan. The Seven Marshals each had a unique biometric data along with their retinal signature, it was impossible for anyone to replicate something so complex, even if they reached their level of power. After all, their powers stemmed from their understanding towards the workings of the Universe.
After finishing his scan, Aria exited the medical room and was informed by Little Ki that everything was fine.
He once again reached the archive. Aria was puzzled since the pearl had attached itself to his brain, the scan should have displayed at least something, but the result was nothing.
He did not think much about it, after all technology was not all powerful.
That very night, Aria once again tried his training method to connect to the Universe.
A chant of mantras being spoken from his heart as it slowly formed a connection with the Universe.
This time he could feel his connection being strengthened.
-Plop-
A sound akin to a drop of water falling in a calm pond could be heard and once again the feeling of suffocation drowned him. He opened his eyes and clenched his fist,
'This. This soon. How is it possible? Using the energy present here, it should have been impossible for me to achieve this stage so soon.'
"Athenaeum, did I really breakthrough?"
[Affirmative]
"How? According to the Scripture it should not be possible to breakthrough so soon."
[System has detected God Grade energy being directed from the energy source, thus enabling Host to breakthrough]
He once again clenched his fists and felt the power surging through him. Even after the reply it felt like a dream.
Right now he seemed to have somehow achieved the preliminary stage in cultivation.
His body was now connected to his mind. According to the Scripture, this was the very first step to his training method. Connecting your mind to your body, this would enable one to use the power stored in every cell of the body efficiently and without wasting it.
The Scripture of Ancients mentioned that there existed approximately 100,000 trillions fundamental units which produced energy for our body. The Scripture was a training method which utilized the Universal energy to revitalize the fundamental units, which would make one's body strong due to the energy they emitted and in the final stages these fundamental units would transform into miniature stars and planets, forming a cosmos on their own.
But for any single unit to revitalize it required immense energy which would only enter your body when one was connected with it through the mind, consciously guiding the energy throughout the body with your willpower. The amount of energy one could utilize depended on one's understanding of the workings of the Universe.
The Scripture had a detailed reasoning as this act was like stealing power from the Universe itself, which was an infinitesimal source of power and energy, it would not let someone unworthy absorb its power.
The previous 'Scripture of Ancients' had one big flaw. It required a great willpower to be able to control the energy produced by the fundamental units, thus the one who trained using this method was required to train their willpower by constantly battling on the verge of life and death.
But now this flaw was solved by the Athenaeum as it had used the 'Wheel of Chakra' to create new control nodes. Thus reducing the stress on the willpower.
'This Athenaeum is really too magical'
[Your Welcome Host]
Now, due to his body and mind being connected he was able to use his mind to observe his body internally if he focused very hard. This method was more of a combination of intuition and imagination. Somehow his mind was able to imagine his body internally and his intuition would guide his thoughts.
[Would Host like to convert your current biological structure into data?]
Suddenly, Athenaeum asked this question.
'What do you mean?'
[Since Host has achieved the union of mind and body, Athenaeum has now access to Host's body]
[The Book of Athenaeum can record Host's biological data and enable Host to gauge his abilities perfectly]
'Alright.'
Just as he said so, the Book of Athenaeum appeared in front of him as its pages fluttered open. This time it was a total blank page.
Suddenly characters started to appear on the page----
***
[ Name: Aria ]
[ Body: Human ]
[ Soul: Ancient (10%) ]
[ Power: Level 0 ]
[ Grade: Mortal ]
[ Central Channel: Healthy ]
[ Side Channel: Healthy ]
[ Chakras: Sealed ]
***
Gazing at the not-so informative data, Aria frowned. Just as he was about to ask--
[Host can focus on the individual status to know more about it]
After a few minutes he was aware of the data within the book.
'It turns out that the channels mentioned are the routes through which my chakras would connect. As for the Grade it is related to the energy level. My body is that of a Human, while my soul is that of an Ancient. But what is that number?'
[Host is requested to complete the merging process of the soul and body]
"How do I do that?"
In reply to this question appeared the solution.
Immediately Aria started using his sixth sense to sense the existence of the pearl in the back of his head. He willed his sense to interact with the pearl and unknowingly it reacted.
A strand of extremely pure energy detached itself from the pearl and moved wherever Aria's sense guided it.
'This!'
Aria was flustered; he hurriedly sat cross legged and started chanting the mantra from the new 'Scripture of the Ancients'. The strand of energy, as if being guided by some unknown source moved from the head towards the toe and then suddenly--
-Pop-
Another one of the units was revitalized.
-Haa-
Aria let out a deep breath and found his strength had at least doubled. Also this time he could feel his connection with the Universe strengthening. He did not feel as suffocated as he felt prior.