Chapter 19 - Serenity

EP = 460,850/46,360

Shield Of Perseverance = 98,000EP

Aryan observed the fruit up close, but did not discover anything new apart from that it released a soothing fog and copious amounts of Spirit, "This might be just what I need.", to repair a Spirit Seed, is extremely difficult due to the immense amounts of Spirit needed, which would be enough to destroy an average cultivators body, therefore to repair it you would need a gentle, large supply of Spirit, but not many natural treasures, fit those requirements, however, this Spirit Fruit seems to release constant tame Spirit, not that it mattered anyway as with the toughness of Aryans body, all he needed is immense amounts of Spirit.

That was why he saw a glimmer of hope in restoring his Sovereignty Seed, before he decided to start attempting to restore his Seed, he decided to play it safe and converted 200,000 of his stored EP into strengthening his body which was brought up to 66,360EP, which the extra protection Aryan felt confident enough to start the reconstruction of his Seed. He sat in a meditative position and plucked the Spirit Fruit, seeing there was no reaction, took an extremely small bite from the grapefruit size item and let it slide down his throat, unholy amounts of ethereal Spirit then erupted from that small piece, equal to the total amount used in his previous Seed construction, and pooled around the broken Seed, the shards then began to melt and become part of the pool of Spirit, however a strange thing also occurred as smaller amount of the Spirit travelled upwards and into his mind, although slightly surprised by this, Aryan stayed composed and began to condense the first layer, the football-size amount of Spirit slowly started to condense and release immense pressures, which were practically nothing to the unrestricted power of Aryans body, seeing he could take things further, he took another bite, about the same amount as last time, from the fruit and swallowed, bringing its football-size up to the size of an overinflated balloon, he then began to condense the ball bit by bit, after an hour the size had reached the level of a ping pong ball, after another hour it had reached the size of a pea, after which a crisp *click* sounded. Aryan then moved on to the next layer, he bit into the fruit, built up an overinflated balloon-sized ball of Spirit, and condensed it, this continued for a week straight, with each subsequent layer taking a lot longer than the last to form, he was now condensing the tenth layer, with about a third of the fruit left, the amount of pressure was so immense that a forcefield seemed to surround Aryan with power so strong that if the Snow Fox were to enter it, it would be shredding into nothing in an instant, after another day, a familiar crisp *click* sounded, as the pressure forcefield died down. "Hooh.", with a sigh of relief, Aryan finally completed his new and extremely improved Sovereignty Seed, sensing inside his body Aryan could see a transparent orb with tints and purple and blue, about the size of a ping pong ball, and although it was the same size as his previous Seed its strength could handle power way beyond the current Aryan had, its extreme density means it can hold magnitude higher levels of Spirit, about 10x times more than before, however that wasn't the only benefit, of eating the Spirit Fruit, his mind was much serene than before and more calculative rather than based on pure emotion, he felt he would be able to think straight in any situation and have control over his emotions rather than the other way around, overall his mind just felt like a calm lake, untouched and untouchable since eons ago. And just when he thought the improvements were over, an all too familiar sensation washed over his consciousness, in an instant he was looking at an archaic book, that had opened onto a new page:

"The Second Chronicle Of Sovereignty: Serenity.

The Being Above All does not fall victim to emotions, they should be under the whims of their master. The Being Above All is serene, untouchable by the external forces.

By achieving the beginnings of this understanding, you have earnt your prize".

After reading this extract, Aryans mind was removed from the book and sat in his mind where an extra item layed, 'Makes sense', floating in front of him laid a large pristine white, puffy pillow, it was about 1.5m by 3m and about 20cms thick, leaving his mind, Aryan retrieved the Pillow Of Serenity and felt its soft silky exterior, he then controlled it to float down so that he could sit on it, upon which he immediately sank into its plushness, that removed one of all there fatigue and stress, it was at this point Aryan decided to look at its abilities, apart from being able to restore fatigue and calm one's nerves it also had two abilities, the first one was Unshakeable Serenity, which stopped any and all mind and soul attacks from having an affect on him, it also had the half-ability of temperature regulation, but only until certain temperatures, the second was named Unending Sleep, which allowed his cultivation speed multiply by a hundred when resting on the pillow it also had the ability to put Aryan asleep and wake him up under set conditions, such as after a certain amount of time or using its other sub-ability, where, when Aryan is sleeping it is able to sense all beings in a 100meter radius and warn Aryan if needed. It was also at this point Aryan discovered he could only have one item out at a time while the other sat in his mind.

"This is just what I needed."