Chapter 156 - 218-230

Chapter 218 - Jigen Personification

*Screeeeeee...*

Athan pointed his finger towards the giant Falcon with two heads and two pairs of wings and was going to demolish it, but he suddenly heard the sound of his altar spirits.

" Master, We still need two-spirit evolution orbs to reach the third stage of Spirit Armament. "

*Cawww....*

The Falcon's body shined in a silverish green hue before it disappeared due to its extreme speed and attacked Athan with its enhanced claws that gleamed with dangerous energy.

But right before the attack, Athan's body shined as a dreamy blue, and high-tech-looking robe appeared on him along with a dark gold barrier.

Both lucent and DeathKnight used their powers. Skylord wasn't late as Third gear: Dominant Welsh Blaster appeared behind Athan. It connected to Athan's back and released its powerful cannon blasters.

*BOOOOM...*

Lucent and DeathKnight blocked the Falcon's attacks before Lucent used its illusion ability to stun the beast, and Skylord blasted it into oblivion.

Athan received one spirit evolution orb, fifty menima crystals, and fifty armament fragments as rewards.

After all, This falcon beast was not a small fry but an elite beast.

" If you three need two more spirit evolution orbs each, then I am short on one right now. Let's continue hunting and see if we encounter a powerful beast that drops one orb before my battlefield gauge is filled. "

Athan's battlefield gauge was filled to 21% after converting all of his armament fragments and defeating some beasts.

" No problem, Master. Let's go. "

...

After two hours...

In the past two hours, they killed many beats, but none rewarded them with spirit evolution orb because they were not elite beasts like Falcon.

" Master...How long until the battlefield gauge is filled? "

" How about this? Lucent and I will take two orbs for now and start our progress. Meanwhile, Skylord can help Master get one more spirit evolution orb. "

Skylord fumed and said, " No! err... " After realizing something, Skylord said to Athan, " Master...it's not like I don't want to help you or stay with you. I...just can't let this bastard DeathKnight get ahead of me. "

Athan was confused and asked, " Did you two fight or something? "

Hearing the question, DeathKnight's smug voice arrived, " Hehehe. We competed on who will finish absorbing spirit evolution orbs faster, and I won. That's why Skylord is behaving like this. "

Suddenly, Athan turned around as he saw a giant flying turtle.

" Alright, Our last spirit evolution orb is here. That flying turtle is giving off Elite beast energy. "

Skylord was overjoyed as it turned into full form and dashed towards the turtle to attack it.

" Idiot. You are no match for that turtle alone. " Athan's light exasperated voice rang out as he also dashed forward.

The winged demonic turtle seemed to be of fire, earth, and air element on the outside. Its body had lava patterns, and its nose looked like two cannons.

Seeing Skylord, The turtle roared and released two plasmic cannon beams from its nose at a breakneck speed.

Skylord's speed was not enough to dodge, and its defensive power was nil, " Shit...I screwed up. "

*Zzzeeeee.....*

Skylord was panicking seeing the beam, but fortunately, Athan put up defensive barriers around Skylord and saved him.

With a guilty expression, Skylord spoke, " Master...I'm sorry. I won't move recklessly ever again. "

Athan reprimanded Skylord as Lucent and DeathKnight sneered.

" Alright, That turtle is coming here while bubbling with destructive energies. Let's finish it off. What's done is done but don't move recklessly again. "

Skylord nodded and turned into its second form: Assault scale mail.

In this form, Athan can still use the first, second, and third gear as long as he has energy.

Without further ado, Athan ignored the turtle's attacks after forming defensive barriers around him and started attacking.

After not even a minute, the giant demonic winged turtle disappeared into white light as Athan received one spirit evolution orb.

Athan then gave two-spirit evolution orbs to each of his altar spirits as they started their training.

Afterward, Athan took out his Jigen persona from his soul realm. After all, He can only keep one Jigen persona.

Sparks of white and silver light bloomed from him before another Athan materialized in front of him.

When Athan received an understanding of this spell through Unima core, He was shocked.

Both Athans were real and had the same powers because...they are connected.

Jigen personification magic spell can create the exact same self as Athan, known as Jigen Persona.

This Jigen persona can use all of his powers because they are connected.

His soul realm, Energy realm, Erudite Palace, Genesis realm, everything was connected to Jigen Person, and that's why his Jigen persona can also use all of his abilities.

In more simple terms, If his Jigen person used a magic spell that consumed his energy, then the energy will be consumed from Athan's real body. He can observe and feel what his Jigen Persona is feeling. That's how deep this connection is.

When Athan breakthroughs, This Jigen persona can still use all of the powers of Athan. This was the plus point. After all, some clone ability requires people to cultivate them by consuming resources. They have to gather more resources to keep both the clone and real self to be on par with each other.

The main thing about this Jigen Persona: He can swap himself with Jigen Persona.

This sounded simple, but it was a powerful and main function of this Jigen Personification spell.

Even if Athan and his Jigen persona are in a completely different space and dimension, he can still swap his body with his Jigen Persona.

In the next layer, He planned to let his Jigen Persona move separately. Whatever Jigen person gets, He will also get it since they are connected.

After taking out his Jigen Persona, Athan went inside the special space and let his Jigen Persona move freely to defeat beasts and fill up the gauge.

Meanwhile, He planned to fill up the third branch of the genome tree while waiting for his altar spirits to be done with their training.

After sitting crossed-legged, Athan closed his eyes.

Inside his soul realm, His new soul body started to train with his sub soul to extract dark purple energy from the vortex on top of the Genome tree.

After a second of training, Athan was delighted to find that his speed of extracting the purple energy from the vortex increased.

Even after these months, His sub-soul only managed to fill 2% of the third branch.

After calculating for a second, Athan muttered, " If I actively fill up my third branch, Then it will take a bit more than three years. But...Unfortunately, I can't dedicate the main soul body to train because if I did that, I wouldn't be able to progress...wait. "

He suddenly got an idea. It was true that if he dedicated his main soul body to work for his progress in the Genome tree, He can't fight and progress.

" But...Now that I have Jigen Persona, The only thing I have to do is to advance in my Plane's sub-stages and breakthrough. I can let my other self do most of the fighting and resource gathering while I progress in my third branch of the genome tree. "

Athan nodded with a smile as he felt that this idea was feasible.

Chapter 219 - Third Stage, Most Dangerous Zone

Athan filled up the genome tree's third branch for a whole day, but there wasn't much progress.

Skylord, Lucent, and DeathKnight were currently breaking through to the third stage of the Spirit Armament since they just finished absorbing their spirit evolution orbs.

After an hour, The shine from their miniature body stopped glowing as they revealed their new appearances.

They looked highly natural right now. Previously, They were created from Athan's thoughts and the nature of the concept he comprehended, so even though they looked cool and powerful, It didn't seem like they were natural species like other beasts and races.

But after breaking through to the third stage of the spirit armament, they evolved to perfect and unique species that housed their own unique power.

DeathKnight looked like a centaur with cool dark armor that had dark gold and white patterns.

Lucent grew a pair of wings that looked furry and wide that perfectly matched its tiger physique. Lucent's body had dreamy white and black stripes with a sparky blue horn on its head. Its fur looked natural and smooth.

Skylord's two pairs of wings turned into one pair of wings. Both wings were metallic black with shining green and red patterns. The wings gave off a destructive aura.

Its head had two long horns that had dark spiral patterns with silver linings. Sharp and destructive scales covered Skylord's whole body. The scales were mysterious as they changed colors often. Sometimes they were dark green, and Sometimes they were sharp red. Sometimes they were greyish dark and sometimes intense blackish gold.

Skylord gave off a wholly offensive aura, ready to destroy anyone.

DeathKnight gave off a balanced aura that seemed between Life and Death.

Lucent gave off a dreamy aura as if everything was an illusion, but a nightmare was ready to swallow anyone behind that illusion.

Athan was still inside his special space, so he wasn't teleported to the third layer battlefield after his altar spirit broke through to the third stage.

" Since you three are done, then start your process of strengthening me. I'll use this strengthening to finish the third stage of the Spirit Astride plane if possible. "

" Yes, Master. "

Lucent, DeathKnight, and Skylord stood in the middle of the Erudite palace as they closed their eyes and started to release their energy and branding their new powers inside the Erudite palace plane.

With this, Athan would get another boost in his overall strength, but most importantly, He will receive pure soul energy that could boost his soul body. But since he already transformed his soul, He will use this pure soul energy to complete the third stage of the Spirit Astride plane, Formation Source Nucleus, Also known as Source core.

Gradually, His overall capabilities increased. The capacity of his magic cores and his unima core also increased, and even his physical body got more robust. His two rule power became more potent in their ability, and finally...He received pure soul energy.

Sensing this pure soul energy that gathered around his soul body, ready to be absorbed by his soul body, Athan prevented it and instead controlled it and started the process to form his Source core.

Source core was the combination of his primal energy, soul energy, and genesis energy, and one more thing.

He flowed his primal energy and genesis energy towards his soul realm as they started to surround his soul body along with the pure soul energy.

He controlled them and slowly gathered them towards the chest of his soul body as the golden brilliance that always surrounded his soul body after it transformed finally showed its use.

Everyone whose soul has transformed will have this golden brilliance energy surrounding their soul body, and this was the catalyst to form the Source core.

After they combined for a while, Athan suddenly felt short on some pure soul energy.

His main soul body and sub soul body are formed by soul source ( pure soul energy ). The main soul body is a qualitatively more condensed and more powerful soul source.

So if he is short on pure soul energy, he would have to sacrifice a bit of his soul source to generate the pure soul energy, which will weaken his soul or sub soul until it is recovered naturally.

But after thinking for a moment, He decided to eat the last soul jade fruit.

Pure soul energy gushed inside the soul realm after Athan ate the soul jade fruit as he finally reached the perfect equilibrium to form his source core. There was still some leftover pure soul energy, but instead of giving it to his main soul body, He gave it to his sub-soul body.

All four energies combined and turned into a shining golden core that slowly entered inside his soul body.

The Source core started shining after it positioned itself in the chest of his soul body and marked the completion of the third stage of the Spirit Astride plane.

One other thing to notice was that his Source core constantly absorbed his primal energy, genesis energy, and soul energy.

Athan knew that this was a normal process to create the Primordial Force, which has some important uses.

Lucent, DeathKnight, and Skylord were long done providing the boost to the soul, and now, Athan also finished his process and formed his Source core.

He opened his eyes and came out from the special space.

Right after that, He heard the voice inside his head.

[ You have finished forming your source core, and your altar spirits have reached the third stage of the spirit armament. ]

[ After reviewing your battle records and capacity, You will be teleported to the most dangerous zone of the third level battlefield. ]

Right after that, Athan felt a pull as he disappeared and appeared at a gloomy place where destructive purple lightning and thunder were crackling in the sky as dark clouds loomed everywhere.

There were high mountains and thick trees but not intact as they were also devastated by the destructive purple lightning in the sky that descended often.

Athan formed multiple defensive barriers around him, including his Blood magic: Vindication covenant at full power.

His Jigen persona was still at the second layer, cutting down a horde of beasts, but Athan called it back in this third layer.

[ Survive and defeat powerful natural disaster beasts to receive raw primordial force. Once you break through to the Trinity Source plane, You will be teleported to the 3rd layer of the Roumbra Blood war dimension. ]

Since Athan reached the last stage of the Spirit Astride plane, The only thing left was to break through to the next plane, and for this, He needed more Primordial force.

Athan saw that there was no number or battlefield gauge on his wrist.

" Looks like this third level battlefield is free-roaming, but...." Athan looked in the sky as he saw a giant purple Loong ( Chinese dragon ) swimming across the dark clouds and among the destructive purple lightning.

" But I was really sent to the most dangerous zone in this third-level battlefield. "

*RAWRRRRRRRR...*

The giant hundreds of meters long Loong looked really powerful and gave off a destructive aura but...naturally, Athan didn't perceive it as a threat.

Chapter 220 - Egg Hatches

" Master! We have become much stronger and also received our third ability after breaking through to the third stage of the spirit armament. Let's teach that arrogant Loong a lesson. "

Skylord's voice rang out because it didn't like how Loong glanced at Athan as if looking at a prey.

The Loong was ready to pounce on Athan the moment he appeared, but It felt a subtle threat from him and was waiting for a chance to strike down Athan.

But Athan suddenly felt something and looked inside the special realm where the egg he got after defeating the crystal king kong lay.

The egg actually attracted the primordial force from its source core, and after it absorbed some, It finally started to crack.

" You three. Aid my Jigen persona and defeat that Loong. "

" Yes, Master! "

They were also excited to fight, so they transformed into their Armament forms on Athan's Jingen Persona.

His Jigen persona then dashed directly towards the Loong in the sky, who roared in anger as it felt that the being in front of it is overstepping its bounds by challenging it.

On the other hand, Athan entered inside the special space and observed the egg that was cracking.

*Crack...*

A small arm came out from the egg as it broke a part of the eggshell.

The hand had four fingers and a thumb. Its skin was light peach color skin and covered in snow-white fur.

Gradually, the eggshell broke apart entirely before revealing a figure covered in snow-white fur.

" Ummm...." The figure looked humanoid, but it had a darkish silver horn on its forehead that shone with mysterious luster. Its head looked that of a cute ape with smooth skin.

The ape looked at Athan with some confusion before walking towards Athan and letting out an incoherent sound.

Athan stretched his right hand forward, which startled the mini king kong as it paused in its steps.

But not for long as it once again started walking forward and grabbed Athan's hands.

" Wo..wa...wa "

Athan seemed to have understood something and cut his finger as a drop of blood dropped on the hand of little king kong before it was absorbed inside.

Athan already had a subtle connection with this beast since it absorbed his primordial force, but after this, the connection strengthened.

The little king kong then sat down and closed its eyes before absorbing the primal energy and genesis energy.

Athan was surprised by the amount of primal energy and genesis energy it was absorbing.

He was even more surprised when he saw the little king kong gradually becoming bigger in size.

" That's some rapid growth. But not strange considering the amount of both primal and genesis energy it is absorbing."

Athan could sense that the little king kong also had a natural core inside its body. It was gradually awakening since it started absorbing the primal energy and genesis energy.

The power he sensed from the little king kong was slightly similar in nature to the Loong that was being beaten by his Jigen persona.

" No wonder it only hatched after absorbing primordial force. "

He was always wondering why it didn't hatch. Now he finally knew that it needed the primordial force as a final catalyst to hatch from the egg.

...

Outside, The Loong was on the verge of death after being continuously hit by a wide variety of attacks.

" Rawrrr....I will deal with the finishing blow. "

Skylord returned to its full form that looked like a majestic dragon, but it still paled in comparison to the Loong. After all, Loong in front of them was a natural disaster beast.

But since it was on the verge of death, Skylord opened its mouth and released its breath attacks with full power.

" Cataclysmic Destruction. "

Even though this was not the ability it received, it could use some natural moves that awakened after it reached the third stage and evolved.

The Cataclysmic Destruction was the compound attack of its all offensive attributes in the form of a mighty breath attack.

This breath attack was usually a broad and large-scale attack, but Skylord controlled it and condensed it into a beam to hit the head of the Loong.

Loong was ready to dodge despite the injuries, and it could too, but the scenery around it changed as giant vines trapped its whole body that was hundreds of meters long.

In reality, nothing like this happened. Lucent just used its illusion power to show such illusion since the Loong was weakened to a degree after getting severe injuries. Its spirit has waned, which made it easier to trap it into an illusion.

Skylord's destructive beam attack hit the head of the Loong and successfully killed it.

After that, a light brown brilliance gathered in front of Athan's Jigen persona before entering into Athan's soul realm.

The light brown brilliance was none other than the primordial force.

To break through to the Trinity Source plane, Athan will have to temper every inch of his body with Primordial force. Of course, There were other, more powerful uses of this Primordial force too, but first, one should temper their body and breakthrough to the Trinity Source plane because the speed to create Primordial force by his source core while being in Spirit Astride plane is not that fast.

So if they carelessly used it, they would delay the process of tempering their body.

Athan, who was inside the special space, felt the change instantly, but he was currently observing the little king kong...no It was not little anymore because its height already reached 2 meters and looked bigger than Athan.

Athan could also sense a powerful aura from it.

" Hmmm...It looks like this beast doesn't have the same attributes as that Crystal king kong. "

The crystal king kong had a black crystal body, but this beast has snow-white fur instead. Their horns were also different.

He was looking forward to the power of this beast. All of its potentials were unlocked gradually as it absorbed the primal energy and genesis energy in massive amounts.

Athan decided to let the little king kong train while he sent his Jigen persona on an adventure.

On the other hand, He started to fill up the third branch of his genome tree with his sub-soul that became 30 meters tall after Athan gave it remaining pure soul energy from the soul jade fruit.

He could temper a small part of his body with what little amount of primordial force he gathered, but he decided not to do it. He wanted to gather enough to temper his body in one go.

The final barrier to break through to the Trinity source plane required his body to be fully tempered. Otherwise, He can't break that primordial barrier.

Chapter 221 - Reunion

Clear Lake Region, Lemeanor Clan.

Gerian was talking with a man on a mystical screen that floated in front of him.

This screen was not electrical or digital. But instead, it looked like a blue cloudy square frame made up of some kind of energy.

While talking, He seemed to have sensed something and said something to the man on the screen before waving his hands, making the screen disappear.

After a few seconds, The doors to the hall opened, and two men came inside. These two men were the same ones who went in search of Qerin.

" Clan head. We found traces of young miss in a higher axiom universe near the universe you pointed us to first. "

Gerian abruptly stood up from his chair and commanded, " Lead the way, Now! "

" But clan head...If you leave the clan, trouble might crop up here. "

Gerian calmed down before speaking, " You don't have to worry about it. Nothing will happen while I am away. Now lead the way. "

The two men didn't say anything else after that because they could only trust their clan head, who is the sole real protector of the clan. If he said that there would be no problem, then there won't.

The three of them left the clan, and after coming out, one of the men opened a grey-colored portal. The portal was not perfectly round, but it looked like a grey-colored flame whirlpool.

Afterward, The clan head entered first before followed by the two men. After that, the portal disappeared.

Shockingly, The place they appeared at swamp region on the small planet in the Griza star sector.

This swamp region was none other than where Qerin first appeared and where Mike found her.

Gerian couldn't wait to find her daughter and followed her trail everywhere on the planet before finally stopping at one place.

This place was where Athan opened the wormhole.

" Clan head. We were also confused that the trail abruptly ended here. "

Gerian nodded with a serious face, " I can see that. "

He then cut his finger to take out a drop of his blood before it started to burn in light blue flames.

Gerian closed his eyes while the blood was burning. He was using the blood connection between him and his daughter to find her location.

After a minute, he opened his eyes and spoke, " You two can go back to the clan. I will return with my daughter. "

The two men nodded and paid respect to Gerian before one of them opened the same portal as they left the place.

Seeing that they left, Gerian muttered, " Let's hope that the will of this universe is not stiff. "

.

Gerian teleported into outer space before making a vertical cutting motion with his left hand, which was the only hand remaining.

With this cutting motion, A crack in the space appeared so deep that it looked like an infinite abyss.

But this crack only lasted for a second before it disappeared, and an entity appeared before Gerian.

The entity was made up of white sparks with blur body features. Its height was 5.3 ft, smaller than Gerian, who was 6 ft in height.

" Man who has learned the order in the chaos. What is your purpose here? " The entity spoke in an utter indifferent voice.

" Since you have developed sufficiently and even created a thing like Roumbra Blood war as a trial to make the beings here strong, I suppose I shouldn't just break into that trial dimension to take a person out. "

Hearing this, the entity asked in the same indifferent voice, " You will damage the dimension if you forcefully break into it. I will open the passage to that dimension. But don't damage the dimension. "

Gerian nodded, " Thanks. "

The entity didn't pay any heed to Gerian after that as it simply waved its hand to open a portal and disappeared.

Gerian entered into the portal and disappeared.

...

Tiana and others were still inside the second-level battlefield and were fighting & surviving.

Qerin was currently fighting against a giant winged panther who had two heads. It was pitch black with shining green patterns on its body.

But suddenly, She saw appearing in front of her and was badly startled, " Dad? "

The panther who was behind the person that appeared directly disintegrated into smoke.

Gerian sighed a big relief when he finally saw his daughter in the flesh, " Qerin...I finally found you. You are the only one left now. Your mother...she.."

Qerin panicked hearing about her mother, " What happened to my mum? "

" Your mother...is no more. " Gerian didn't want to keep his daughter in the dark and told her the truth. When one gives others false hope, they have to continue doing so until the truth will eventually turn up. At that time, The pain and grief will multiply. So it's better, to tell the truth about such things.

Qerin broke into tears and wailed. She knew the murderers as vengeance filled her tearful red eyes.

Gerian caressed her daughter's head for a while to calm her down. He knew the pain that was going through Qerin.

After a while, Gerian asked gently, " It's been a bit more than two years since you are here. Why didn't you return to the clan? I am sure you could do so with the chaos porter I gave you. "

Qerin wiped her tears as she spoke with a hiccup, " I...I wanted to get stronger and reach the peak of this universe before returning to the clan. I neglected my training before but no more. Also..." Pausing here, Qerin spoke with a hate-filled voice, " I will not forgive those two clans. I will destroy those two clans even if it's the last thing I do. "

Gerian sighed, seeing the state of his daughter, and shook his head, " You don't have to worry about revenge. I am already planning to destroy them. Now return with me to the clan. I will do my best to train you and make you powerful since you have decided to get strong. "

Hearing about returning to the clan, Qerin shook her head and said, " I will not return now. I want to train here in this dangerous place and become strong with my own power. I...also have found my life partner here and trustworthy friends. We will also return to the clan after becoming the strongest in this universe. "

Gerian appeared trouble by her daughter's decision, " You can also get strong faster at our clan than here with the resource I have collected. I...can't and don't want to leave you alone in such an unfamiliar and dangerous place when you are not even that powerful. Also...you have to forget about your life partner because..."

Qerin was startled hearing about the last part, " Why?! Why do I have to forget about Mike? No way! "

She raised her voice a notch because she couldn't accept forgetting about Mike.

Gerian was perplexed because he had betrothed her daughter to the man she always admired. But seeing her current state, It seems that she is no longer interested in him and instead fell in love with the one called Mike.

Chapter 222 - Gerian's Decision

Gerian had betrothed his daughter to a prominent clan called Buckince, and he had made plans with their clan head to attack the Nadent clan and Rochtels clan.

The Nadents and Rochtels were the ones who attacked his Lemeanor clan, which resulted in the deaths of many, including his wife.

" But Qerin...didn't you admire that boy from Buckince clan who won the regional championship among the youngsters in the tournament held by head organizations in the surrounding regions? "

Qerin stomped her feet in the air, " I only admired him because of his strength and talent. It's not like I fell in love with him. "

" Sigh...I...already betrothed you to that boy as that boy also seemed to be interested in you. Since you both were like that, the clan head of Buckince and I arranged this. "

Qerin seemed to understand the gist of this, " And you two also partnered based on this and are making plans to attack the Nedent and Rochtel clan? "

Gerian helplessly nodded, " I somehow prevented the destruction of our clan by using the token given to me by my great-grandfather. That token was related to Harbinger Valley. It seems that my great-grandfather earned this organization's favor and received this token. But after their one-time aid, The token is useless, so I had to find reliable support, the Buckins clan. "

Qerin understood the situation, but she was determined to stay with Mike.

Gerian was also in deep thought, and after a few seconds, He seemed to have made a decision and spoke with the resolution, " Since my daughter had found her life-parter and you also seem very reluctant, then I will not force you. Just as you wish, You will stay here and progress with your friends. I will say to the clan head of the Buckince that you are currently missing, and we are trying to find you. Until you return, I will hold this partnership with the Buckince clan. "

" But I won't marry anyone else even after I return. "

Gerina smiled and nodded, " Alright. It will be just as you said. But..." his face turned a bit serious before continuing, " If you can return before twenty years, it would be best. "

Qerin appeared confused, " Why before twenty years? Is something going to happen after twenty years? "

" The Great Bridged Palace is going to announce something, and it's related to those who have yet to grasp and understand any Order Ken. "

" The Great Bridged Palace!.." Qerin was shocked because this was a giant that could connect to far and vast regions of Chaosverse. Thus, it was called Great Bridged Palace. It was one of the oldest organizations in the Chaosverse.

Qerin suddenly remembered something and said, " Dad, I want to show you a kind of power. Can you tell me if you have seen it before? "

Qerin then activated her Geno art as a pearl necklace appeared around her neck.

Gerian narrowed his eyes as he sensed the subtle power from her necklace and the aura from Qerin that suddenly changed after she wore this necklace.

After a few seconds, Gerian asked, " Do you have any way to use this peculiar power?

Qerin nodded and said, " I am going to use a skill on you. Be careful. "

Gerian nodded as he prepared.

Qerin then used her Geno Skill: Sheen on Doom on her father.

A flash of white light appeared, which brought a surprised expression on Gerian because he was unable to dodge it and block it. After that, He felt a weird sensation as if his senses and perception were going to get jumble, but his natural power resisted it and suppressed it instantly.

With a marveled expression, Gerian asked, " What is this power? Although it couldn't do anything to me, it sure is peculiar and strange because I could not dodge and block it, and if I didn't resist it, It would surely take effect on me. "

Usually, At his stage, The power of the universe shouldn't even affect him even if he didn't resist because he was in an entirely different and way higher level than people who still use the powers that are limited to universal laws.

" I also don't know what this power is. I just received it from a friend after chanting a mantra. " Qerin then told her father about things like Genome tree and others things.

Gerian listened and nodded before finally asking, " Do you know that mantra? "

Qerin nodded but hesitated.

Seeing this, Gerian understood and smiled, " If you made a promise to your friends to not give this mantra to anyone, then it's okay. "

" That's not it. Actually, I wasn't told or made any promise not to give this mantra to anyone. But I think even if I give you the mantra, you won't be able to obtain any genome technique. "

" Oh..." Gerian appeared surprised, " Is there any requirements or...? "

" I don't know...but. " Qerin shook her head. After thinking for a moment, She decided to pass the mantra to her father.

Gerian listened carefully, and after that, He also chanted the mantra.

But as guessed by Qerin, He didn't get any powers. No whirlpool appeared in front of him in which he could put his hand inside and receive the genome power.

" Looks like you are right. I didn't receive anything, and no whirlpool appeared as you said. "

" Dad! Promise me that you will never pass this mantra to anyone or even mention this to anyone. "

Seeing the serious face of Qerin, Gerian gave a smile, " Don't worry. I hereby take a soul-bound oath that if I ever reveal anything about this to anyone, My soul will suffer in eternal doom of chaos. "

" Dad! " Qerin was startled and was somewhat speechless. This scene was similar to how she directly formed a contract that her soul will scatter if she ever revealed anything about the Special space of Athan, his secret power, and the Ark.

Like father, like daughter.

" Alright. Although I am letting you stay here, You have to take this protective necklace. There are five crystals inside the central part of the necklace, and they can save your life five times against anything that is not powerful than my power. "

Qerin accepted this because otherwise, her father wouldn't budge.

Gerian then disappeared, and Qerin continued fighting on this battlefield.

Tiana and Avelia were also fighting, while Mike seemed to have landed in slight trouble while fighting in a boss-zone.

Mike was currently fighting against a giant tree boss monster with many vine attacks and giant flowers that released wide-range attacks.

Many people were also attacking this boss monster while dodging its sharp and intangible vine attacks that were impossible to block with their barriers.

Those who couldn't dodge were either injured or seriously injured. Some even died.

Mike's head was currently spinning as he felt sleepy because he was caught up in an undefendable and intangible attack that directly affected his brain.

' Looks like I have no choice but to use Geno Frame...' Mike helplessly thought. He had gathered 55% of Geno energy after resting in a secretive place so that he could use it in a dire situation, but he didn't expect that he would have to use it in the next boss-zone fight.

After deciding, He instantly used his Geno Frame: Destructo Bahamut.

A palpitating aura filled with sky-reaching pressure released as his body was covered in draconic full body armor with sharp scales that protrude outwards.

*BOOOM...*

Chapter 223 - Silvestra

[ A human race member has displayed exceptional performance in 4th layer, Boss-zone battlefield against an Elite Boss and has won High-grade magic inheritance. ]

The people in all layers were dumbfounded.

" What the hell? Another human got high-grade magic inheritance! Since when it was easy to achieve exceptional performance against Elite boss. "

" Indeed, People would curse their rotten luck when they have to fight Elite boss because many people die fighting against them. And here, two humans actually performed exceptionally. "

" Humph, So what? It takes years to learn this high-grade magic inheritance. "

...

Mike had trounced the Giant tree boss with his Geno frame, and he was dumbfounded but also excited when he got the rewards.

Especially, The high-grade magic inheritance: Great Axe of Duality Magic.

He couldn't wait to see how this unique type of high-grade magic will turn out.

...

Four days passed as Athan only focused on filling up the third branch of his Genome tree while his Jigen persona and altar spirits fought the natural disaster beasts that provided primordial force.

Today, The ape beasts that hatched from the egg finally stopped absorbing the primal and genesis energy. Its height was currently a hundred meters tall and looked savage instead of cute.

There were also some changes in its appearance. Its body that had only pure snow-white furs now had other light orange furs alongside the snow-white furs. Two deadly-looking fangs grew out of its mouth like a sabertooth tiger but on a bigger scale.

Two orange-colored wings with silver patterns also grew out from its broad back.

After it stopped absorbing the energies, the ape gradually became smaller as it shrank itself to a 2-meter giant ape with less inherent savageness.

Athan noticed some changes because the ape was already bound to him. Opening his eyes and seeing the ape, He was surprised by its new appearance but more with its strength.

Shaking his head, Athan muttered wryly, " Five days of continuously absorbing primal and genesis energy in large amounts. No wonder..."

Of course, it wasn't as strong as Athan or general people who have reached the third stage of the Spirit Astride Plane. But it was still slightly more powerful than his altar spirits.

Athan could feel with his connection that this beast was balanced in power and attribute-wise.

He didn't what kind of abilities it could currently use, though he would know soon. But for now, He will have to come up with a good name for it.

Athan sized it up, which made the ape a bit confused.

" Hmmm...From now on, Your name is...Silvestra. "

*roar...*

Silvestra roared happily.

...

Currently, Athan's Jigen persona was fighting against a frog. However, this frog was a bit annoying because It could split itself into many and even use confusing wave attacks from its antenna.

Currently, hundreds of frogs were flying in the sky while releasing wave attacks from all directions. They all looked the same, with white lining patterns on their dark gold skin and a bright gold antenna on each of their head.

" Ahh! So annoying. Their attacks are causing me headaches. "

Skylord's irritating voice rang out as it turned into its full form and used its breath attack: Cataclysmal Destruction.

*hdrooooo....*

The frogs that were the target of this power-breath attack shined as they resisted the attack but were still slowly disintegrated into nothing.

Skylord and others were shocked by their defense, " What the heck...They could resist my breath attack for 2 seconds before being destroyed! Aren't they a bit too tough? "

If it was one powerful natural disaster beast, then Skylord could understand it being able to resist its attack for more time. BUT these frogs were part of the giant frog, and they could still resist its attack, which contained all kinds of pure offensive attributes for two seconds.

" Hey Skylord, Your speaking is turning a bit similar to Masters. "

Hearing what Lucent said, Skylord instead laughed, " Haha, of course. I am just like Master. Powerful and mighty, unlike you two. "

DeahtKnight was speechless while Lucent gave humph and turned into its full form being revealing a smug expression, " You are most powerful? Haa...Keep dreaming! Watch me destroy these frogs. "

Lucent roared and used its third ability: Nightmare of the Dawn.

A bright light shined from it that covered all the frogs as they got stunned.

*Plop...plop...plop...*

But shocking after a few seconds, they started to burst into white lights...In just several seconds, They could see not a single frog around them.

Athan received the primordial force, which means that the natural disaster frog monster was dead.

Skylord and DeathKnight were slackjawed, and even Lucent was dumbfounded.

Athan nodded with a smile and said, " The splitting was a bad idea for that frog. It severally weakened its mind and soul defense by splitting up, which was perfectly countered by Lucent's specialty. "

" But Master, I didn't even get a chance to display the main power of my third ability. They just died with a minimum amount of attack on their soul and mind. If I knew this, I would've used my normal soul and genesis energy attack instead of wasting my energy using Nightmare of the Dawn. "

Lucent appeared down as it wasted all of its energy due to using Nightmare of the Dawn in a vast area.

" Don't worry. You can recover that naturally in a few hours, but here, take the menima crystals and recover them now. Now listen, Your new friend, Silvestra, will fight alongside you all from now on, so get along with him. "

After that, Athan, who was inside the special space faraway, sent Silvestra to the location of his other self ( Jigen persona ) and altar spirits after telling him the same thing he said to his altar spirits.

Silvestra couldn't speak properly like his altar spirits for now, but he could understand everything spoken by Athan.

While Athan's Jigen persona, his altar spirits, and Silvestra continued their adventure, Athan inside the special space was trying something.

To check how much primordial force he needed to temper his body thoroughly, He tempered his right arm with the primordial force gathered so far.

The primordial force looked slightly dark brown while giving off a brown glow. It was gathered in the source core inside his soul body's chest.

Athan controlled it as he took out the primordial force from the source core and moved it internally towards his arm. With just one thought of Athan, the primordial force turned aggressive as it started to temper the cells of his right hand by getting absorbed inside his bones, skin, and blood.

He continued to take out the primordial force from the source core to temper his arm.

After half an hour, All of his primordial force was gone while half of his right arm was thoroughly tempered. From his right arm's elbow to his hand was thoroughly tempered.

" Urgh...It looks like it will take a long time to temper my whole body. "

Athan muttered, and after thinking for a moment, He decided to do a simple calculation and created a bar with genome energy. The bar displayed 0% currently. After that, He connected this bar to his source core.

Now, This bar will be filled up as he continued producing primordial force and also gathering primordial force by defeating the natural disaster beasts.

100% of this bar will indicate that he had gathered enough primordial force to temper his whole body thoroughly.

Chapter 224 - 100%

[ A human race member has displayed exceptional performance in 4th layer, Boss-zone battlefield against an Elite Boss and has won High-grade magic inheritance. ]

" SCREW THE HUMAN RACE! What the hell is going on? This is the goddamn 5th time I am hearing this in a month. "

A Grakil race man in the 2nd layer cursed. He was currently fighting against a human race man and cursed in the midst of the battle hearing the announcement.

The human race man was none other than Verusol. [ A/N: I had to look up the two men's names who participated alongside Aragaya Jade empress, LOL. Also, you read it correctly. They in the 2nd layer, while Aragaya that was mentioned in one of the previous chapters, is in the 1st layer. ]

Verusol always had a casual expression on his face but hidden behind that was a seriousness to do everything using the best of his ability.

He was also taken aback at another announcement regarding this.

" Screw it. I am not fighting anymore. Smell ya later, stinky human. " The Grakil race man was rough looking, but he had that hidden regal aura around him.

He really left by teleporting away after saying that. Seeing this, Verusol shook his head with a wry smile as he also left in a random direction, continuing his adventure.

...

In the past few days, Tiana, Qerin, and Avelia understood that the two humans mentioned were probably Athan and Mike since they were the only ones capable of achieving such a feat that was unheard of in the past many centuries according to the people of other races.

So taking that into a guess, When Tiana, Avelia, and Qerin each encountered their first Elite boss monster, They also used their Geno frames, thereby gaining " exceptional performance against Elite boss " thing and got the high-grade magic inheritance.

It was pretty unreasonable, but...they would be fools if they don't use their advantage when they have. After all...nobody knows what awaits them in the future.

As they say, with great power comes great responsibility. But in the case of genome power, It is " With the great power comes great danger."

The thing is, They are heading towards that great danger gradually and will eventually reach there...it is just a matter of time.

One by one, Tiana, Avelia, Qerin, and Mike's altar spirits reached the third level of the spirit armament stage and were sent to the most dangerous zones in the 3rd level battlefield, just like Athan as they started a new page of their adventure.

...

Days rolled by gradually, but in the blink of an eye, six months passed.

Athan was still filling up the third branch of his genome tree, but suddenly, he heard a ding!

Inside his Genesis realm, The bar connected to his source core reached 100%, indicating that he now had enough primordial force to temper his body thoroughly.

" Finally..."

Athan left the special space.

His gang, which started searching for another natural disaster beast right after defeating the one just now, disappeared from their place and appeared in front of Athan.

He could do many things with his new Rule power, which had elements of both Time and Space and marking his altar spirits, and Silvestra with his space mark and teleporting them to his side was one of them.

Of course, Unlike how he can swap his position and call back his Jigen persona from anywhere regardless of the different spaces and dimensions, He can't teleport those with his space mark to his side if they are in a different and separate space.

Jigen persona resulted from this complex Jigen magic of Time-space, while his Rule power of Spatio-Tempo Jigen was not that advanced and powerful.

" Master. This bastard DeathKnight is so infuriating. Please punish him. "

" Yes, yes. Please punish this bastard DeathKnight. "

On this rare occasion, Lucent and Skylord were together. These two were also injured while DeathKnight was fine.

DeathKnight had a smug face as he started to whistle nonchalantly.

Athan shook his head and sighed, " You two were at fault for mocking DeathKnight first and making fun of him. Now you know that without his defensive abilities, you can get injured. Anyway, Drop this matter now and get along well from now on. "

" Master...Did I perform well? " Silvestra asked after turning into miniature form.

Athan smiled and nodded, " Yep. You are more reliable than your big brothers. And...it seems that you and DeathKnight get along well, seeing that you listened to him and didn't protect Skylord and Lucent. "

Silvestra appeared a bit embarrassed, and DeathKnight coughed while whistling.

But Athan was also countered by DeathKnight, " But Master...you also didn't use your defensive spells to protect Skylord and Lucent even though you could do it. "

Hearing this, Skylord and Lucent became wide-eyed.

*fu..fu...fu...*

Athan tried to whistle it away and dodged their gaze, "...Well, My Jigen persona can't focus that much sometimes because I was training. Cough...Anyway, Let's drop this matter as I said. Understood? "

He became a bit stern at the end.

" Yes, Master. " x4

" Good. " Athan nodded, and then he stored his Jigen persona inside his soul realm while putting his altar spirits and Silvestra in the special space.

After doing that, Athan gradually took out the primordial force from his source core and started the tempering process of his body.

...

Clear Lake Region, Buckince Clan.

The Buckince Clan was more prominent than the Lemeanor Clan and the two clans that attacked the Lemeanor Clan.

The main mansion of the Bunkince clan was more majestic than the Lemeanor clan's palace.

In the main hall of the mansion...

" Hahaha. What brings you here, Gerian? Don't hesitate to ask if you need any aid. "

The Buckince clan head and Gerian sat on a comfortable sofa-type chair in front of each other with a table in between them.

Some servants arrived shortly with a plate of fruits and drinks and put them on the table.

Gerian revealed a troubled expression before saying, " Yukan, I don't want any aid, but I need to say something regarding my daughter. "

Hearing that, Yukan questioned with a slight confusion on his face, " Hmmm? Didn't you go to find her a month ago? "

Gerian's expression changed hearing that.

Chapter 225 - Absurd Primordial Barrier, Athan Hit A Steel Plate.

Gerian's expression changed hearing that, but he quickly formed a wry smile before saying, " Indeed. I went to find her a month ago after discovering her trails, but after reaching there, Her trail disappeared at some point. I tried other ways to find her but failed....sigh. "

" You did give her the Chaos-port, right? If so, Why isn't she returning? Could it be...? " Yukan's expression became grave as he became aware of a possibility.

Gerian shook his head, " No! She is not dead. I've already confirmed that with a blood soul technique. It's just...I also don't know why she isn't returning. But we don't have to worry about it for now because when I sent her away, I gave her enough things so that she would stay safe in the lower world. " Pausing here, Gerian suddenly laughed.

" Hahaha. As you know, My daughter is more of playful nature and doesn't focus much on training. Maybe she wants to stay in the lower world for some time? Anyway, I am sure that she will return in a few years at best. Until then, I will also keep trying to find her. "

Yukan nodded in understanding. He knew Gerian's daughter was like that, so she might want to stay in the lower world for some time, especially because of the reason she was sent there in the first place.

" Alright. She might have been scared because of the attack by those two clans, so It's also good that she stays there for some time...It's just when she hears about her mother's news..." Yukan shook his head and didn't continue.

Gerian's eyes turned a shade red as his face displayed grief. He couldn't help but clench his fist as he wanted to slaughter those two clans very badly. But he had to move carefully and make plans because he alone is not enough to destroy them.

...

On the third level battlefield, Athan was almost finished tempering his whole body with primordial force.

Finally, after half an hour, He reached the final part of the tempering, which was his heart.

He gathered the primordial force towards his heart and started tempering it. He had to be careful in this process as the heart is a fragile place, and if he messed up, he doubted even white gold energy would be able to restore his heart. Such is the primordial force.

Athan gradually tempered his heart with focus and care.

After two hours, he finally finished tempering his heart with the primordial force.

He was also out of primordial force now, but his source core was still slowly producing it. Athan had unlimited primal and genesis energy and even a good amount of soul energy. Still, the speed of producing primordial energy by his source core remained the same.

Though right after Athan finished tempering his heart, He felt suffocating pressure on him.

The air around him turned tight, and even his space spells didn't work—a shining dark brown barrier formed around him at a 3-meter radius.

But he was calm. He knew that he would have to break the primordial barrier which has formed around him.

The only way to break this barrier was by using his physical power. He can't use his spells that consumed primal energy, genesis energy, or soul energy. However, he can use the armament forms of his altar spirits, which can increase his physical power to a very high degree.

After taking a deep breath, Athan formed a fist with his right hand and punched forward.

*Shuuaa.....Boom*

" What the heck...That's hard! " Athan rubbed his fist because the barrier didn't even budge or showed any sign of cracks but instead, his right hand's bones became visible, and blood flowed out.

The 3-meter radius barrier around him also shorted and became a 2.8-meter radius barrier.

He was confused and shocked. From the information he got, The barrier wasn't supposed to be this tough and retaliative.

He told his altar spirits to turn into their armament forms.

A dark gold throne with inscribed fancy patterns materialized right behind him on which he sat down. A crown also appeared on his head with the same material as the throne but with a different design and a shining golden gem on the crown's gem socket.

A dark blue robe with white patterns also appeared on his body, which was soon covered by Skylord's second ability: Assult Scale Mail, as it covered his body into a cool-looking dragon armor.

After doing this, Athan punched out his left hand with his current enhanced physical strength while sitting on the throne.

*Ssssshuaaaa...Boom*

The left-hand armor of assault scale mail was destroyed along with the gauntlet. Athan's left hand also became the same as his right hand. Though, the white gold energy had finished healing his right hand already.

Athan waited for a few more seconds until the white gold energy healed his left hand before punching out with both his hands and exerting all of his physical power from his body.

*Ssssssua...BOOOM!*

" Shit!...What the hell is going on? Why can't I break this primordial barrier? "

Athan was perplexed and panicked a bit. The primordial barrier was already shrunk to a 2-meter radius around him. If he couldn't break this primordial barrier in a few more tries, then he would be completely obliterated.

" There has to be a reason why my primordial barrier is unbelievably tough and powerful..." Athan muttered.

He thought about this phenomenon and started to point out the difference between him and regular people at the peak spirit astride plane.

" Hmmm...My primal energy is more powerful, but it can't be the case since it is related to the Ark. It should be common between regular people and me. "

" Magic power! " Athan exclaimed before he started to mutter, " It should be unheard of to comprehend High-grade magic spells while still being in spirit Astride plane. It significantly boosted my strength. This is the most plausible reason I can think of because the only common thing between regular people and me is magic power. "

" But...There might be more than this reason for this phenomenon of the absurdly powerful primordial barrier. "

But now, he had to think about a way to break this barrier.

Chapter 226 - No Way In Hell Am I Going To Be At Mercy Of Others In This Life.

" Wait for a second...I think genome power might work here. "

Athan activated his Geno art as a purple-horned crown appeared on his head.

His physical power increased incredibly, and a purple aura also coated his body.

This genome power was getting more mysterious in his eyes because his Jigen persona could use all of his powers but couldn't use any ability related to his genome power.

Taking a deep breath, Athan punched out with his full strength as a purple fist projectile also materialized around his fist, making it look like his fist was a sizable purple fist projectile.

*BOOOOOM....*

The primordial barrier started to disintegrate after Athan punched out. Shortly after, the barrier blasted into nothingness as a mass of primordial force entered his source core.

He successfully broke through from the peak-spirit astride plane and stepped into the Trinity source plane.

His source core also started to shine as it gained a dark brown hue, and its speed of producing primordial force increased.

Athan's capacity to hold soul energy and recovery rate of soul energy also increased.

Right after that, Athan's vision blurred as he arrived at a new place.

He arrived at the 3rd layer of the Roumbra Blood war dimension.

" Looks normal..."

Athan looked at the surroundings and saw vast grassy land that stretched as far as he could see with his naked eyes.

But he was startled at the atmosphere of this layer. It was full of dense primal and genesis energy and was filled with profoundness.

" It's on par with the legendary sector's blessed land. " Athan muttered after he took a deep breath.

Athan took out his Jigen persona, Altar spirits, and Silvestra.

" Wow, Master. This place is so good. "

" Yeah, Our speed of energy recovering will be very fast here. "

Lucent, Skylord, and DeathKnight marveled at the place. At the same time, Silvestra looked at Athan before asking, " Master, Can I continue to stay inside the special space? I need to train more so that I can break through and become Natural Disaster Grade beast. "

" Oh...? Are you close to the breakthrough? That's fast. " Athan was surprised by the growth of Silvestra, " Alright, You can continue to train. "

Athan then sent Silvestra into the special space.

" Master! we also want to get strong, But for that, we will have to depend on you. Hehehe. "

Skylord called out to Athan while sniggering.

DeathKnight and Lucent also nodded as they couldn't wait to get more strong and help Athan more.

" Of course I know. I'll upgrade your soul altar shortly after gathering some more primordial force. Until then, You three go together with my Jigen persona and explore the surrounding land. "

" Understood, Master! We'll flip every blade of grass on the way and won't leave any stone unturned. "

" Bwahahahaha..."

" Nice one, DeathKnight. Hahaha. "

DeathKnight spoke with a serious expression while Skylord and Lucent laughed.

Speechless, Athan shooed them away as they left with his Jigen persona. And then, Athan sat down crossed-legged after forming various types of barriers around him. One of them was the detection barrier.

He took out the primordial force from his source core, which was producing it faster than before, and channeled it towards his Eurudite palace.

In one of the sections of his Erudite palace lay three soul altars of his altar spirits. He channeled the primordial force towards them and started to upgrade them.

He had made some changes to his Erudite palace previously when he took some breaks. His Erudite palace now had a big central hall and four chambers around it—two on the East and North-east while the other two on the west and south-west. These four chambers are connected to the central hall by big doors that were always open.

The chamber in which the soul altars of his altar spirits lay was called the Spirit chamber. He had yet to give names to the other three chambers.

Athan channeled the primordial force inside the soul altars of his altar spirits as the upgrade process of the soul altars started.

Athan created a channel such that any primordial force he produced would be channeled towards the soul altars until they are finished upgrading.

After doing this, Athan started to fill up the third branch of his genome tree because he had no other things to do.

' After all, If I want to progress in the Trinity source plane, I need primordial force, which is currently being used to upgrade soul altars. '

Honestly, He was uncertain about the progression in this plane because of the unique things he had compared to regular people.

The Trinity source plane is related to three main powers source that all people possess: Body, Mind, and Soul.

This plane has five sub-stages.

1st stage: Primordial Palace Shift.

2nd stage: Primordial Blood Core.

3rd stage: Primordial Mind Space.

4th stage: Primordial Soul Shrine.

5th stage: Trinity Source.

After reaching the 5th stage, They will have to grasp something to break through to the next plane, and nobody knows how many years one takes to grasp it and breakthrough. It depends on each person's hard work and accumulation until this moment of their life. Of course, it also depends on their comprehension ability regarding their powers and what they are good at.

Athan had some changes inside him compared to regular people.

First, the Unima core instead of the typical primal core.

Second, He could get an understanding of magic in a short time without having to comprehend them specifically from the magic cores due to the Unima core.

Third, The genome tree inside his soul realm.

Fourth, His Genesis Avatar always had that horned crown on it, which appeared after using his Geno Art: Exalted Purple for the first time.

He was actually frustrated at the lack of control over his own progress and, in a way, his life.

He knew that the Ark, Mimi, the special space, and whatever unique thing he has right now would come to bite him back in the future, and that's why he wanted to hurry and get strong.

From Qerin, He knew that a higher, more powerful, and the more dangerous world existed out there.

But more shockingly, The existence of Mimi, her parents, the Ark, and Genome power indicated to him...or more like He guessed from their presence that...There should be an even higher world than Chaosverse.

Of course, This was just his guess, and he still didn't know if that was really the case.

' Screw it—no point in thinking about such things. The main focus should be on getting stronger. I have become strong enough to control my own life. No way in hell am I going to be at the mercy of others in this life. '

A fire to get stronger than ever burned inside Athan's heart.

Chapter 227 - Chambers Of Dooms

Athan was filling up the third branch of his genome tree for an hour now. The soul altars were still in the process of upgrade.

But after ten minutes, He had to stop his training.

It was because his gang encountered something.

Athan disappeared from where he sat and appeared right beside his Jigen persona.

" Master, You are here! What should we do with this thing? " Seeing Athan, Skylord reacted right away and pointed at a one-meter tall and half a meter wide floating crystal that came out from the ground. The crystal was white-colored, but it was glowing with a dark green and blue hue.

Athan didn't reply to Skylord because he also didn't know anything. He walked towards the crystal and touched to see if something happens.

And indeed. Right after he touched the crystal, many words appeared on it.

[ You will be teleported to the chambers of dooms in five minutes. ]

[ The recommended number of people to enter is three. The other two people will be randomly selected. The reward you get inside depends on your capabilities. You can only use one of your power sources. All other powers, abilities, and external things are restricted. ]

' Can only use one of my power sources? What does it mean by that? Although it didn't specify, I think I can guess what it means by that. ' Thinking of this, Athan continued to read the texts on the crystal.

[ The only way to leave the chambers of dooms is to clear it or die trying. Good luck. ]

[ 4:59 ]

[ 4:58 ]

" Master. This place called chambers of dooms sounds scary. But...THAT'S THE WAY TO GO! Bwahahahah...Only things like this can awaken my potential and reveal the full glory of my power. "

Skylord arrogantly laughed. But soon, it started to choke because of what DeathKnight said.

" But You couldn't even beat Silvestra and break my barrier. "

" Cough...That....It was because I don't have defense power that I lost against Silvestra. As for you? Humph...I didn't use my full power at that time. Otherwise, I would've definitely broken your barrier. "

DeahtKnight sneered but didn't bother to quarrel with Skylord.

Athan and others waited for the countdown on the crystal to reach zero.

...

[ 0:03 ]

[ 0:02 ]

[ 0:01 ]

[ 0:00 ]

Right as 0:00 appeared on the crystal, Athan disappeared from where he stood. He had already stored his Jigen persona and Altar spirits inside.

Athan arrived at an unfamiliar place and looked at his surroundings, basically a worn-out hall with holes in the walls and broken furniture. He had also lost all of his powers. His physical body was also suppressed such that it became weaker.

[ You have one minute to discuss which power source you want to use. Two people can't use the same power source. ]

He also saw two people on his left side. One of them was a woman of the Crysax race, and another was a man of the Terred race.

In the middle of this worn-out hall was a table, and on the table were several golden talismans with one word on them. Each talisman either had Body, Energy, or Soul word.

" So? Who was the one that found the crystal? " A deep yet hoarse voice rang out.

Athan looked at the Terred race man before speaking plainly, " I found the crystal. "

" Gahaha. I hope you didn't leave your altar spirits behind before the countdown was up. "

Athan frowned as to why he said that, but he probably knew that it was related to the restriction of this place. He likely won't be able to summon his altar spirits here...IF he put them inside his Erudite Palace or soul realm.

' But...I had put them inside the special space. ' Thinking of this, Athan took out his altar spirits from the special space, which dumbfounded both the Terred race man.

On the other hand, The Crysax race woman directly uttered with disbelief, " Impossible. "

Just as Terred race man opened his mouth to express his disbelief, Just as Skylord was excited to come out and was preparing to roar, and Just as Athan's smile reached half of his face...The altar spirits summoned by him disappeared.

Seeing this, The Terred race man ate his previous words before laughing out loud, " Gaahahaha...Now that's how it's supposed to be. "

Athan was speechless. He could feel the connection with his altar spirits inside the Erudite palace, but he couldn't call them out.

At this time, The Crysax woman recovered and urged, " Only thirty seconds are left. Let's hurridly decided on which power source to choose. My name is Ferexa, and I choose the body power source. " She then walked towards the table and picked up the talisman with " Body " written on it.

" I choose energy power source. You can call me Hemakel. " Saying this, Hemakel also picked up a talisman but with the word " Energy " on it. He then looked d at Athan. Hemakel had that face filled with pride and appeared full of confidence.

Athan shook his head while frowning, " Let me choose the energy power source. I am sure I have more advantage over energy than you. "

Hearing that, Hemakel was dumbfounded before he started laughing.

" Gahahaha..."

But after two seconds of laughing, He snorted before speaking with a sneer, " YOU? A human? Has more advantage over energy than me? That's the best joke I've heard. Let me tell you that I have an innate talent known as Energy Reduction. This innate talent is considered one of the best Energy-type innate talents because to use any of my energy-related abilities. I only need to consume half of the total required energy to use any spells or abilities. "

Athan was surprised hearing that, ' Now that's some powerful and very useful innate talent. But..."

Shaking his head, Athan insisted, " Even if you have that innate talent, I still have a more significant advantage over energy power source than you. "

" YOU!..." Just as Hemakel was going to burst out, Ferexa interjected and gave an earful to Athan with a sharp voice.

" Human! This place is dangerous to clear, and every race has to work together even if they don't like it. Stop with your unreasonableness and choose a Soul power source talisman. We are not here to court death! "

[ 10 seconds left. After that, You will be allowed to use the power source depending on the talisman you picked. If two people picked up the same talisman, The power source they will be allowed to use would be decided randomly. ]

Right after hearing this voice that reverberated in the hall, Hemakel roared, " Human! Stop messing around and choose the soul power source talisman! "

Time was running out, So Athan moved towards the table and picked up a talisman.

Obviously, He chose the talisman with " Energy " on it.

When the other two saw what Athan picked, They practically fumed and cursed their rotten luck to meet this unreasonable human.

" Don't worry. If I get to use the energy power source by chance, You will be grateful by the end of the day. "

Hemakel clenched his teeth and jaws while speaking with anger, " If we were not here, then I would have fucking killed an annoying pest human like you. "

Athan's eyes turned cold before he uttered while oozing killing intent, " I don't mind killing you right here, right now. "

Only three seconds were left.

Ferexa had an ugly face as she wondered what sin she did she committed that she was stuck with these two. Though she also felt that Athan was the one being unreasonable here, ' Arrogant human. How can he claim that he has a better advantage over Hemakel regarding the energy power source? Humph. '

The time was up as the talismans on their hand shined before they disappeared.

Ferexa's physical abilities and power were unbanned.

On the other hand, Hemakel and Athan hurriedly checked their stats to see what power they unlocked.

" Eat shit, human. I get to use the energy power. Gahahahaha."

Athan was speechless and muttered, " How childish. Are you a 3-year old? "

Hemakel choked on his laughter and almost died.

" YOU!...I swear that if I meet you outside later, I will fucking kill you. "

Athan sighed and muttered, " How short-tempered. Just like a little child. "

[ The first Task: Kill the Doom Bringer Beast in five minutes. ]

The three of them disappeared from the worn-out hall and appeared inside a huge hall that was 500 meters square. A dark boar that was lit up in dark flames and blood-red patterns on its body was in front of them.

" You two! There's no time to waste on the internal dispute. Work together and kill this monster. "

*OOOOOOOINK!....*

Chapter 228 - Why This Sh-.....Sigh.

The Doom Bringer Boar's size was not that big. It was just two meters tall and 1.8 meters long. But unfortunately for Athan, The boar made him its first target and dashed towards him with a zoom.

" Cra-"

Athan couldn't finish because the beast's speed was unbelievably fast, and smacked him hard.

*Tham...Thdak...boom...*

A trail of blood left his mouth as he was sent tumbling backward. His body started to erode due to the dark energy that stuck to him after the beast smacked him.

..p "

He was only allowed to use soul powers, but ironically, He didn't get or learn any soul-attribute attack ability. He had two soul quirks, but neither of them was usable to fight directly with soul attacks. He also didn't receive any magic related to soul-attribute.

' Damn...If only I could use Lucent's powers. '

He thought this because Lucent had fully headed towards soul and mind attribute altar spirit after its first transformation and its powers can be really useful to him in this situation.

Athan could use crude soul attacks with raw soul energy, but that would waste the soul energy, and it might not work on this beast.

" Haaa!...." Ferexa shouted as she dashed towards the boar who was preparing to hit Athan once again. Her body shined in a light blue glow as golden blue crystal scales appeared all over her body, forming a solid and beautiful crystal armor.

Crysax race members have one pointy spike as their hands and legs instead of five fingers.

Initially just one spike, her hands turned into the trident hand with three crystal spikes as she hit the boar powerfully.

*OOOOOINK...*

Hemakel also released a spell that looked like a dense rain of sharp water drops. The water drops were dark blue mixed with ice energy as they created frostbites on the beast that lasted for a few seconds.

But he didn't stop and continue releasing different and colorful spells.

While they kept the beast busy and at bay, Athan slowly stood up while sprouting another mouthful of blood with a frustrated face.

' Damn this luck, 'He knew that his luck was terrible from the start, but this was the reminder of it. He hasn't received soul attack abilities, and in the randomization between him and Hemakel, He got to use soul power and not energy power.

' I think my bad luck was kept at bay due to the things like white gold energy, special space, the Ark, which gave me benefits...sigh. I don't like this. '

After standing up, Athan still had a bad mood due to his thinking.

He decided not to be long-winded anymore and directly used his genome power.

" You want me to use soul power? Screw you. " A horned crown appeared on top of Athan while his body was covered in a faint purple aura.

He waited for a few seconds for a perfect chance.

After predicting its movement, He directly dashed towards the beast, which was giving a handful of trouble to Ferexa and Hemakel because of its super-fast speed and its tough defense.

Athan consumed 5% of his geno energy to boost the purple aura power around his two hands and directly punched with both of his hands at the left side stomach part of the beast.

*Chreeeeee.....*

Both of his hands bore two holes on the boar as it cried tragically.

*OOOOOOOINKKK....*

But it looks like it still had some vitality.

Athan looked at Ferexa and Hemakel, who had dumbfounded faces, " Idiots. Snap out of your daze and attack the beast. "

They gave one strange look at Athan before they attacked the near-death beast and killed it.

[ You will be transported to the next chamber of doom in five minutes. ]

" What the hell was that power? It didn't like any type of soul attack! "

Ferexa nodded in agreement with Hemakel, " Indeed. What was that? "

Athan was in a bad mood, but he had already calmed himself and returned to his calm self.

" You don't need to know what I used. All you have to do from now is to make an opening for me to attack against whatever things that are coming next. "

After saying this, Athan closed his eyes and started to recover however much genome energy he could.

He didn't have access to his energy realm and genesis realm, and even his body was weakened to a degree.

But he had access to his soul realm, So he started to recover his genome energy with the complete focus of his main soul and sub soul.

His main soul became stronger after its transformation, so it became more powerful qualitatively despite shrinking in size.

Previously, He needed thirty days to recover his genome energy fully. Though now, He could recover his genome energy from 0 to 100 percent in twenty days.

It was still a large time gap, and his geno skills also consume more energy, but...they are so powerful, so he felt that this much restriction is expected.

The third branch of his genome tree was also filled to twenty percent. He was gradually filling it up and couldn't wait to fill it up because maybe...Maybe he might be able to use his genome power more frequently like his other abilities after that? He wasn't sure about this but guessed it since it's taking so much time and energy to fill up this third branch.

The five minutes were soon up as the three of them disappeared and appeared in another hall.

This hall was more enormous than the previous hall and was filled with statues of beasts.

The smallest statue was three meters tall, and the tallest statue was ten meters tall.

[ Touch any beast statue, and it will activate and animate into a living doom beast and attack you. But touching one beast statue will automatically activate and animate another random beast statue into a living doom beast which will also attack you. ]

[ Among the fifty beast statues, Three of them are important, and upon defeating them, you will get a reward and a key. To pass this chamber of doom, You have to collect the three keys before...dropping dead. ]

Athan's calm face ever so twitched slightly hearing this, ' Why does this shit have to be luck-based too? '

Chapter 229 - Good Luck? MY A**

" Hey human, You didn't tell us your name yet. It would be weird to call you just human. "

Athan glanced at Hemakel before saying plainly, " Athan. "

" Why don't you touch the statue, Athan? "

Hearing Ferexa, Athan's eyes twitched, " No, I'm good. You two do the touch thingy. "

" I'll go first. " Saying this, Ferexa observed the statues. All statues were grey stoned.

After a minute, she touched a statue that looked like a bull with four horns and a third eye. Its size wasn't the biggest but was on a smaller scale among the statues.

*Roarrrrrrrrrr...*

The bull's statue cracked before its real body appeared, but The bull didn't even wait for half a second as right after the cracking from the statue, Its horns released a green cannon beam towards them.

Its pitch-black body and shining green four horns looked deadly, and its three blood-red eyes indicated that it was out for blood.

Ferexa hurridly arrived in front of the cannon beam and used a kind of technique that turned her hands into a hexagonal crystal shield.

Hemakel was also ready as he used two barrier spells to cover them.

The cannon beam broke the barriers after two seconds of struggling and hit the hexagonal shield of Ferexa, where she finally defended it.

But another beast was also ready to attack them as the roar came was heard before was from another beast and not the bull.

Athan didn't waste any time and targetted the demon bull. Using 5% of his genome power, He punched out.

*Shuaaa...Chreeeeeeee.....*

But the second beast that looked like an armored sabertooth tiger with two horns arrived right behind them and roared one more time as it released a powerful sound attack imbued with wind, space, and other offensive attributes.

Hemakel was preparing for it in the first place, and that's why he didn't put more powerful barriers to block the demon bull's attack.

Four additional barriers of different defensive nature and a shield appeared that covered them from behind right after Ferexa blocked the laser cannon attack of the bull.

He waited after the demon bull's attack was over so that he could conjure more powerful barriers against the Sabertooth tiger.

While he blocked the Sabertooth doom beast's attacks, Athan's fists already bore two holes in the demon bull's body. After that, Ferexa finished off the demon bull.

Athan didn't want to waste time, so after boring two holes in the bull's body, He turned around and released a Chasm Severing which severed the sabertooth doom beast into two.

" Holy mother of Terred! What the hell is that power? " Hemakel was shell shocked seeing Athan killing the beast with just one attack.

Ferexa had also just turned around and was preparing to fight but was shocked upon seeing that Athan had dealt with it.

" No need to gawk like that. Touch a statue and prepare for another fight. "

Hemakel blankly nodded and touched a statue.

Athan was already prepared with a Chasm Severing, " If every doom beasts release those instantaneous attacks after animating into a living beast, then you both have to block the initial attack, and I will do the rest. "

After they blocked the attacks, He can finish off the beast with his geno skill. He could also separate from the two and stand in another direction to attack the beast but knowing his luck; He was sure that the beast would target him with its instantaneous attack.

With this strategy, They defeat two more beasts.

Surprisingly, The beasts touched upon by Hemakel dropped two things after Athan killed it.

The two things were a cube and a key.

The cube was light brown and was giving off a dark brown glow. The key looked nothing special, no glow—just a plain grey metal key.

" I am taking this cube. You two have no problem with it, right? "

Hemakel grunted and said, " No problem, but we will be taking the next two. Also, You touch the next statue. Who knows, the statue you picked might drop a key and reward. "

' I doubt that will happen...' Athan thought, but he still decided to try.

" Alright." After saying this, Athan observed statues and touched the smallest beast statue, This statue looked like a griffin, but instead of an eagle's head, it had a weird round mouth that had teeth all around it. It also had two tails instead of one.

They also killed the two beasts with the same strategy, but none of them dropped anything.

" Since there is no time limit to find the three keys, We'll stop for now. "

Hearing what Athan said, Hemakel and Ferexa appeared confused and asked why, but he didn't tell them the reason and instead just said, " No reason. If you touch the beast now, I will not help, and for your information, I can leave this place if I want to. "

Right after saying this, Athan entered inside the special space with a thought.

" W-what the hell is going on? Where did he go? " Hemakel panicked. They can't clear these chambers of dooms with just two of them, and they would definitely die.

Ferexa anxiously looked around, " I can't sense any energy related to space or anything. He disappeared just like that..."

At this time, Athan left the special space and arrived outside, " As you can see, I can come and go as I please. So...." pausing here, He spoke sharply, " Don't touch the statue without my permission if you don't want to get stuck here forever and die. "

" Got it? "

Hemakel and Ferexa frowned and had dissatisfied expressions, but they could only agree.

Afterward, Athan started to regain his geno energy. Although he still has some geno energy, He nevertheless decided to fill it up for obvious reasons.

After ten days, Athan opened his eyes, " Alright, time to continue. "

Hemakel and Ferexa were bored to death since they can't even train here.

Of course, They also need to rest to regain their spent powers, but they can do it quickly.

Ferexa had long decided which statue to choose, so she didn't waste time and touched it.

Same as always, They defeated the two beasts and, most surprisingly, the beast she touched dropped a cube and a key after Athan killed it.

She picked the cube and gave the key to Athan.

Afterward, Hemakel touched a beast statue, and they once again defeated the two beasts. This time though, none of them dropped anything.

Next, Athan touched a beast statue, and they once again defeated the two beasts, no surprise here as none of them dropped anything.

After that, Athan decided to regain his geno energy once again. He still had 40%, so this time, it took him nine days.

But something shocking happened after Ferexa touched a beast statue.

[ Instead of an extra one, ten additional beasts will be animated into living. Good luck. ]

Right after this voice reverberated in the hall, ten statues started to crack.

Hemakel was flabbergasted and shouted, " WHAT THE FUCK? "

Ferexa had an ugly face as she cursed under her breath.

A total of eleven doom beasts of different powers and shapes dashed toward...Athan.

' Good luck, my ass. ║ * ರ Ĺ̯ ರ * ║ '

With a dark face, Athan ordered, " Run around, dodge their attacks or block them and in the end gather them together. I can kill them all at once but need to group them up. "

He knew that this shit likely happened because of him. Since he was killing beasts easily, the difficulty went up a few notches. Technically, he was cheating by using another kind of power besides the soul power which he was allowed to, but he had no other choices.

' But even if there are consequences, isn't this difficulty spike a bit too much? ' Thought Athan while running.

Chapter 230 - Doomed

Ferexa, Hemakel, and Athan ran in different directions.

Five beasts went after Athan, three beasts went after Hemakel, and the other three went after Ferexa.

" FUCK! " Athan cursed and ran in a zig-zag position and used the remaining statues in the hall to block their attacks barely. He couldn't use his primal or genesis energy, so he couldn't use any spells to conjure wings or make him run and dash faster.

Fortunately, he could be safe by hiding behind the other beast statue, but the beasts closed on him real fast, and shit happened.

*BOOOOM*

A snake-like beast with two tiny wings was super fast and released a crescent dark orange attack from its tail that hit Athan on his abdomen.

Fortunately, The purple aura that coated his body protected him. However, he was still damaged internally due to the tremor of that attack.

That crescent dark orange slash attack was intensely vibrating with another kind of attribute that sent shockwaves to his internals as he sprouted a mouth full of blood.

He decided to not hold back and directly used his Geno frame: Purple Monarch.

A majestic shining purple armor covered his body with cool white lining and patterns. Exquisite light purple armors also wrapped his hands and legs, and his shoulders had curved purple guards with dark purple gemstones on them.

Athan didn't waste anytime and directly started to slaughter the beasts because he wanted to save as much geno energy as possible.

With just his shockwaves of him dashing forward, The snake behind him was obliterated by a purple wave.

In the next second, Athan killed the other four beasts in front of him by directly dashing through their bodies.

In the next three-second, He dealt with the other six beasts as Ferexa and Hemakel's jaw dropped to the ground, and they felt thousands of horse stomping their heart constantly.

Athan didn't pay them any heed and walked towards a place where he killed a beast because one of them dropped a key and a cube.

[ Since you have successfully gathered the three keys, You will be teleported to a new chamber of doom. ]

Right after this voice reverberated everywhere, Three of them disappeared and appeared in another hall.

In the middle of this hall were thirty doors in a circular pattern.

[ Use the three keys to open three doors. One of the doors leads to the end of this dungeon and directly to the treasure hall, and one of the doors leads to the ultimate doom. The other twenty-eight doors will lead you to random chambers of doom. ]

Athan frowned hearing this and threw the keys towards Ferexa, who caught it with confusion, " What do you mean by this? "

" I am not opening any doors. You can decide which door to open. Also, Don't open them now and wait until I am done. "

Saying this, Athan sat down crossed-legged and started to recover his geno energy.

" Hey! What about my reward? Could you give me my cube? " Hemakel suddenly remembered that he had yet to get his reward and spoke in a slightly dissatisfied tone.

Athan took out a cube from his soul realm and gave it to him. They can't use this reward right now anyway. If Athan's guess was correct, This cube could help him partially or wholly finish the first stage of the Trinity Source plane: Primordial Palace Shift.

While Athan was recovering his geno energy, Tiana and others struggled a bit in the most dangerous zone on the third-level battlefield.

They don't have unlimited energy like Athan, so they had to move and use their abilities carefully while fighting the Natural-disaster grade beasts.

Ten days later...

" Alright, Start opening the doors. " Athan stood up after his geno energy was recovered and spoke.

Ferexa and Hemakel nodded before Ferexa threw one key towards Athan, " Since there are three keys, we should use one each. I don't know why you are rejecting it, but the keys are three, and we are also three, so that's how we will roll. "

Athan frowned for a moment, but then he shrugged and accepted the key.

" Alright, You two open the doors you selected first. "

All doors looked the same, so there wasn't much to judge based on appearance, like the beast statues in the previous hall.

Hemakel went towards a door and put the key in the door's keyhole.

Right after that, the door slowly opened and revealed a portal inside it. Along with it, A voice also reverberated.

[ Chamber of Doom:- Distortion Doom, Time Limit Survival ]

After that, Ferexa opened a door, and the same thing happened. It also opened slowly and revealed a black portal inside it.

[ Chamber of Doom:- Nightmare Doom, Find a way out within a limited time frame or face death. ]

" Hey, you two. Why don't we enter one of these two doors? "

" No! "

" No! "

Both Ferexa and Hemakel spoke at the same time. Ferexa shook her head and said, " The time limit chamber of dooms are worst. You also took your time to rest in the previous hall, and we guessed that it's likely related to your power. Do note that to clear this whole thing and get out alive, we three need to work together. "

Hemakel also nodded while creasing his red eyebrows, " You seem like you don't have any soul abilities since you didn't use any until now, and if you run out of that strange power in the time limit doom chamber, we will face doom for real. "

Two of them can't pass any of those chambers on their own if Athan ran out of his power because from what they experienced until now, The difficulty is increasing each time they pass a doom chamber.

Hearing their reasons, Athan nodded and thought that what they said made sense.

" Alright, I'll also open a door. "

He walked towards a random door and inserted the key inside the keyhole.

But right after putting the key inside the keyhole, Athan's whole body tremble along as the most extreme danger bells rang inside him.

In an instant, He entered inside the special space.

This door didn't open as slowly as others but a bit fast, and right after it opened, A dark orb shot out from it before it went towards Ferexa.

Ferexa hurridly used all of her physical powers with a face full of terror as her body shined and created a defense of dense crystals that covered her body and thick crystal shields also produced from her hands in front of her.

But disregarding all of those defenses, The dark orb entirely consumed Ferexa, and after one second, the orb disappeared.

Of course, There was no Ferexa as well because she was likely.....doomed.

Hemakel stupidly stood with shock, but one could see despair slowly flooding in his eyes.

Athan also came out from the special space with a speechless expression and muttered, " I told you we should have entered in one of those doors. "

" DAMN IT! HOW WILL WE SURVIVE NOW? NO...HOW WILL I SURVIVE NOW? " Hemakel roared in desperation as he looked at Athan. According to him, Athan could leave as he pleases so he was already in despair thinking about what will happen to him.

Athan frowned because unlike what he said to them, He obviously can't leave as he pleases.

Now this is truly a deep shit situation.