Chapter 271 - Crimson Power Pool-1
Athan and Reikent arrived in front of another branch pocket space door, but Reikent turned to Athan and spoke before opening the door.
" This is the best opportunity to prove that my decision was not wrong when I gave you the 1-star special guest contract despite you being an Ascender. If you managed to absorb the benefits of the crimson power pool to make your body stronger, then from now on, Nobody would raise any objection about me giving you the 1-star special guest treatment, and you can peacefully make progress. "
Athan understood and nodded plainly, " I'll do what I can. "
" Alright. Now let's enter since everyone is waiting inside. " Saying this, Reikent opened the door before both of them entered inside.
This pocket space wasn't any different than the space where his abode was situated regarding the atmosphere and natural habitats except for one thing.
Athan saw eight people turning to look at them after they entered, and further ahead, There was a crimson pond that was glowing and producing red sparks like blood.
There were five men and three women among these eight people, and only two men were pure human.
Hufan, one of the human men, spoke with a frown, " What are you planning by bringing an ascender here, Reikent? " He then thought of something and sneered, " Don't tell me this is that guy whom you gave the 1-star special guest contract? "
Reikent nodded while smiling, " Indeed, He is the one. "
" Tsk.."
Athan saw a piercing gaze towards him, and it was from another human man who was standing behind Hufan. He was slightly fat and buff but was not that tall. Though, Athan could feel clear malicious intent from him.
' Looks like he is the one who wants my quota, and that Hufan guy is an elite member who is backing him. '
Hufan noticed his and frowned before looking at Reikent, " So what are you planning by bringing him here? "
" He will be using his Crimson Power pool quota in this batch with others if he failed to absorb the benefits of the pool to strengthen his body, then...well, nothing. Either way, That fat stool behind you ain't getting the quota of Athan. " Reikent spoke after glancing at the person who was glaring at Athan.
Athan was speechless hearing this and looked at Reikent, who just grinned at him.
On the other hand, Both Hufan and Nefat's faces turn red. Hufan was fuming, but he didn't lose his cool and calmed down before speaking with a dark look, " I'll report what you said to higher-ups, and if that ant failed to absorb the benefits of the pool, then...I will do whatever I can to revoke his 1-star special guest treatment. "
Although Hufan calmed down, Nefat was still glaring at Athan and felt that all of this was unfair, ' Why the hell would that ant, who is still in Ascender plane, get 1-star treatment and not me who had spent six of my life laboring and finally breaking through from Peak-Ascender. What's more, I heard that. He just arrived here a few months ago and still a Novice Ascender...Damn it. '
Nefat clenched his fist while glaring at Athan and then at Reikent, but he knew that he couldn't do anything to anyone here.
A lady, who wore loose kimono-like clothes and had four hands with two small and pink horns on her forehead, spoke with a cold voice, " If your discussion is over, Can we start now? "
Reikent instantly replied while smiling, " Sure, sure, Lady Yuilen. Are these four 1-star members under your management? "
Lady Yuilen nodded, " Yep, They've become official 1-star members of the organization from 1-star special guests. Now let's start the basic physical strength testing. We need that especially for that pretty boy you've brought here. "
Reikent smiled wryly and nodded.
Afterward, The other four members of whom, Two were girls and two men with different beastly features but humanoid body tested their physical strength on the silver plate. All four of them had the same physical strength: 1 petal-Black flower, Meaning that their body strength was at Dark Realm-1st step, and they were here to break through to Red Realm.
The eight realms of body strengths that Athan knew so far are:
Dark Realm-----> 10th - 1st Step.
Red Realm------> 10th - 1st Step.
Orange Realm---> 10th - 1st Step.
Yellow Realm----> 10th - 1st Step.
Blue Realm------> 10th - 1st Step.
Gold Realm------> 10th - 1st Step.
Purple Realm----> 10th - 1st Step.
After their turn came Athan's turn, and his body strength had no change from the previous testing. His basic physical strength was still at Dark realm-7th step.
" Alright, now go inside the pond and do your best to absorb the benefits of this crimson power pool. Four of you should be able to achieve the Red Realm-1st step easily. Afterward, We will go to the library and pick a good Body Order Art. " After saying this, Lady Yuilen looked at Athan while narrowing her eyes with a smile, " As for you, I don't know what's special about you, but I trust Reikent's eyes, so go and do whatever you have to do to absorb the benefits of this crimson power pool. "
Hearing this, Reikent smiled while Hufan snorted, but he internally grinned because he saw that Lady Yuilen was testing Athan by releasing a slight of her aura, ' Hehe, even if that's just a bit of her aura, That boy won't be able to resist. '
Athan felt something was wrong as some kind of invisible force came to him, and Lady Yuilen appeared a lot more beautiful and sexy than she already was with her perfect body. Still, That force failed to affect his soul as he just plainly nodded at her and started moving towards the pond along with the other four people.
Lady Yuilen revealed a surprised expression and smiled at Reikent, ' Sigh, Your eyes are as good as always. Where did you find him this time? '
Reikent grinned before replying, ' Well, Finding geniuses and unique peoples with special traits is my specialty. Anyway, I decided to camp at Ascender's spot this time and found him there. It's only been a few months, and he is already an Advanced Ascender and become an Expert Ascender soon. '
Lady Yuilen nodded, ' So what is special about him? '
At this question, Reikent smiled wryly, ' To be honest, I don't know. My eyes actually didn't work on him, and that was the thing that piqued my interest at first, and I decided to gamble because my gut feeling told me that he is definitely someone special. Though recently, I found that he seems to have a special body physique, and with it, He might be able to absorb the power from this pond. '
Hufan had an ugly face as he looked at Athan, who had just walked deep into the pond because he didn't think that an Ascender would be able to resist the aura of Lady Yuilen completely. Then, he looked at Reikent and Lady Yuilen, who were talking telepathically and snorted, but the two ignored him.
' Humph, Let's see if that Ascender manages to absorb the power of the pool. ' Hufan thought as he turned to look at Athan intently.
Chapter 272 - Crimson Power Pool-2
After getting inside the pond, Athan felt hotness all over his body and slight pressure on the blood flowing throughout his body.
He looked at the other four people who were standing with their eyes closed as their bodies started glowing in red, Possibly due to them absorbing the power from this pond.
Athan first just stood and felt the power of the pond that wasn't doing anything to him except putting pressure on his blood and hotness over his body. The pond was deep enough that its surface-level reached his shoulders.
' It's not going inside my body, but...I should be able to absorb it with the power of the white orb. ' Thinking about it, Athan produced four white strings and brought them out from his two hands and soles of his feet. The strings were connected to the white orb, and he planned to absorb the power of this pond through the strings and bring it to the white orb, which would then strengthen his body.
Without wasting time, He started absorbing the power from this crimson power pool through strings.
After absorbing it through the strings, Athan sensed the power carefully and found it to be highly suitable to strengthen the body. It contains blood power and everything a fundamental physical body needed.
Reikent, Lady Yuilen revealed a pleasantly surprised expression seeing Athan's body glowing in red like others which indicated that he managed to absorb the pond's benefits.
On the other hand, Hufan revealed a shocked expression. At the same time, Nefat had both a shocked expression and resentment in his eyes, ' WHY?! How can he absorb this despite being an Ascender? '
Athan absorbed the power from the crimson pool through the strings, which would then go to the white orb, and then the white orb provided this power directly to each of the cells in every part of his body to thoroughly strengthen his body.
Reikent's narrowed his eyes as he looked at Athan carefully and found something strange, ' Hmm? Unlike others, who are absorbing the crimson power pool's energy through all parts of their body, Athan is only absorbing the power from his two hands and legs...Strange. '
He activated his Shishun eyes and focused on Athan's hands and legs to see what was going on. But after looking intently for a minute, He failed to find anything strange, ' How is he able to absorb the pond's power through his hands and legs but not his whole body? '
His Shishun Eyes can see through body and sense what kind of powers and special traits one has. Though, His Shishun eyes only work on those who are weaker than him.
After failing to find anything, Reikent shook his head with a wry smile, ' Looks like my Shishun eyes are not powerful enough to sense whatever he is doing. '
Athan was leisurely absorbing the pond's power as he felt his body getting stronger constantly.
Previously, He had reached the limit to strengthen his body, and even if he fed new law energies to the white orb to strengthen his body, It wouldn't work. But, finally, This stalemate recently broke when he ate that small piece of meat from Reikent, and the white orb absorbed that powerful blood energy from the piece of meat to make his body stronger, and now in this pool, He could also make his body stronger through the white orb.
Athan also knows that others can see his soul, white orb, and white strings only if he wants to. He could do this after comprehending the white orb's power when his body was destroyed by the berserk white orb that wouldn't stop absorbing energy from the source dimension.
Two hours passed, and everyone was still absorbing the power from the crimson power pool.
During this time, Reikent, Lady Yuilen, and Hufan were speechless. From the energy flow of the crimson power pool, They could clearly see that Athan absorbed the power faster than the other four.
" Hahaha. Good good. " Reikent laughed and then looked at Hufan while grinning, " Hufan, If you got enough information and proof, then you can return with that fat stool. I don't think you have any business here anymore...right? "
Hufan glared at Reikent and then snorted before he glanced at Nefat, " Let's go. "
Nefat looked unwilling and muttered, " I could also breakthrough to Red-Realm if I got the opportunity to use this pond. " He was also at Black Realm-1st step and wanted to breakthrough.
Hufan frowned at Nefat and said, " I'll find another opportunity for you. Now let's go. "
Both of them then left the pocket space branch.
Athan and others continued to absorb the power. After an hour, Athan frowned because he felt his body stopped getting stronger. He could still feed the power of the crimson pool to the white orb, but the white orb wasn't strengthening his body anymore.
But after he sensed his body carefully, He realized that his body had reached its very limit. Of course, he entirely ignored the pain as he was used to it, so he didn't notice this at first.
" What happened? " Reikent asked Athan as he saw Athan opening his eyes but his body still glowing. However, the glow was slowly subsiding.
Athan shook his head as he walked out of the pond and spoke, " I've hit the limit. I need to move my body and do some exercise to stabilize it. "
" Alright. You can do it. "
Athan nodded and started stretching and exercising by throwing punches and kicks.
The glow completely subsided during his practice, and after fifteen, He stopped exercising.
Reikent arrived in front of Athan with the silver plate and spoke with a grin, " Let's check your strength. It should be mostly like at Dark realm-1st step because without chaos essence, your body can't enter Red Realm. "
Athan nodded and punched with his full-body strength.
*Thudd...*
A dark flower with one petal appeared, which indicated that Athan's body strength indeed reached the Dark realm-1st step just like Reikent predicted.
Chapter 273 - Tiana's Shadow
Athan and Reikent didn't stay there anymore after Athan finished absorbing the benefits from the crimson power pool.
Athan returned to his abode while Reikent went to do his own things, which Athan didn't know.
After returning, Athan directly started his training after sitting in meditation.
...
Minutes turned into hours, hours into days, and days into months as Athan continued to train to make his connection to the source dimension deeper.
While Athan was training to make his connection to the source dimension deeper, Tiana, Avelia, and others were also training at a different place.
They weren't together and were each in a small room but the small room was mystical as light blue clouds and sparks filled each room as they were in deep meditation with the most peaceful expression on their faces.
They are currently in the training phase of the Great Bridgade Palace which mass recruited many ascenders. Though, To become the official member of the Great Bridgade Palace, They have to train for twenty years and have to reach goals set by the Great Bridgade Palace during these twenty years.
The first goal for the ascenders was to break through from Peak-Ascenders in two years. Those unable to meet the goal will be kicked.
Tiana, Avelia, and others didn't have any problem as their souls were stronger than normal people because of the transformation brought to them after they filled the third branch of their Genome Tree.
Unlike Athan who met trouble inside the Genome Dimension Realm (GDR), They successfully passed their respective GDR and managed to come back which resulted in them getting a new skill and also a Soul Strethening Art which aided them to make their soul stronger.
With their strong soul which resulted in a stronger soul sense and this environment of the room which was provided to them by Great Bridgade Palace that additional increased the effectiveness of their soul sense, Their speed to make their connection deeper was tremendously fast. They only took two months to become Advanced Ascenders which was...just half a month slower than Athan's speed.
Tiana opened her eyes and stretched her hands upward like she woke up after a good sleep and stood up before leaving this small octagonal shape small room with inscribed patterns on its wall.
After leaving, She appeared in a vast land with greenery like trees and plants. This place also had many ponds and beautiful flowers as the whole atmosphere was heavenly. But along with these things, There were also small octagonal rooms built here and there in the land just like the one from which Tiana came out and also people who were talking to each other and just enjoying the atmosphere to take a break.
One man, who looked like he was twenty-something from his appearance saw Tiana as his eyes lit up, and he hurried towards her while smiling, " Hey Tiana. You are as beautiful as always, hahaha. "
This man had light pink hair and a fair complexion with a very likable face as he looked very handsome with six feet height and a slim body build. Though, He wasn't a human as he had a pitch-black fluffy tail behind his back and a pitch-black single horn on his forehead that was ten feet in length and was curved upward.
Tiana looked at the man and her face turned troubled and also a bit displeased, " Terren, Can you not disturb me this time? I want to take a short break peacefully without any disturbance. "
Terren made puppy eyes as his face turned sad, " You should enjoy more and not just focus on training. With your speed, You only need one year or at most one and a half years to breakthrough. "
Hearing that, Tiana frowned, " Don't tell me what to do and go away. I want to rest. " Saying this, Tiana turned her face away from him.
Terren smiled and stretched his hand to touch Tiana's silky and beautiful hairs mixed of red and black but before he could touch even a single strand of her hairs, He was thrown backward five meters away by an invisible force.
" Ouch...Tiana, Why are you so guarded? " Terren stood up and made a slight painful expression for a second before he smiled wryly. Though, He knew that he can't go near Tiana today anymore seeing her face.
Tiana had a frosty face as she coldly looked at Terren, " You...Don't try to touch me ever again. I am only allowed to touch by...by...urgh..." Tiana frowned at the end but then she shook her head before once again looking at Terren coldly, " Anyway, Go away and don't disturb me. "
After saying this, Tiana turned away once again and sat down near the pond that was in front of her a room.
Terren wryly smiles before he shouted, " Alright. I'll just watch you from afar. But I have no intention to give up. I will definitely break your frozen and confused heart and make it mine! "
" Yo Terren. I see you are still pursuing Tiana. Did you make any progress? "
A man and a woman approached Terren as they came out from one of the small octagonal buildings.
The man was pure human without any additional features while the woman had fluffy blue wings and her skin was also light blue.
Seeing them, Terren smiled and nodded, " Yep. I am still pursuing Tiana and I have no intention to give up...ever. "
The woman slightly frowned at Tiana while speaking in doubt, " Why can't she see your sincerity and honestness that you really love her and want to become her life partner? "
" Ahh...hehe, It's ok. Her heart is bound by the chains of confusion and past but I will break those chains one day and make her mine. " Terren looked lovingly at Tiana before he continued, " My feelings will definitely reach her one day. "
On the other hand, Tiana was lost in her thoughts, ' Who is this shadow without any facial features that appear in my mind occasionally? Whenever I see this shadow, I feel warm and peaceful for a second as if whoever this shadow belongs to is very dear to me...But...whose shadow is it? '
Chapter 274 - Breakthrough And....Sigh.
Youhan Tree Organization
The place where all executive gathers to make yearly reports.
Several executives were sitting on the chairs with a big oval wooden table in the middle.
One of them was that giant human, Executive Terek.
" Hey, Terek. I heard that Reikent created a farce by recruiting an Ascender and giving him 1-star special guest treatment? Many are complaining about it. " One of the executives who had a young boy appearance spoke while smiling towards Terek.
Terek glanced indifferently at him before saying, " So what little boy Blathor? What do you want to do? "
Blathor's face fell at being called little boy, but he controlled himself and sneered, " Reikent seems to work under your management, but you didn't do anything about this farce, so I thi- "
" Shut up! "
Hearing this deep but loud echo from Terek, Blathor shut up his mouth involuntarily. Terek then stood up and put away the scrolls inside his storage before speaking, " You can take whatever action you want to take and hear complaints of those dogs all day but don't come barking to me about it. If you have any problem with my or Reiken's arrangement, then you can complain to higher-ups. "
After saying this, Terek left the hall.
*Thud...*
Blathor smacked his fist on the table with anger apparent on his face.
Another executive who was near Blathor chimed in, " I heard that about ten or so months ago, That Ascender managed to absorb the energy of Crimson Power pool? Isn't that good enough proof that he is something special? "
Hearing that, Blathor snorted, " There are many people with special body physique who can do that. It's still unfair to many people that he got 1-star special guest contract despite only being an Ascender. " Taking a breath, Blathor raised his voice, " A NOVICE ASCENDER AT THAT. He just came to Chaosverse, and Reikent recruited him at the Ascender's zone and gave him that 1-star special guest contract that was supposed to be given to someone else. "
" Blathor! "
Hearing this shout, Blathor looked at a buffy man with a huge mustache with confusion. He knew that this buffy middle-aged man with a big mustache is the oldest executive of the organization and is somewhat famous, known as Uncle Mush.
Uncle Mush sighed and spoke, " What do you know about Reikent? "
Blathor revealed a doubtful face and answered, " He is an officer and is under Terek's management. What? Is there any more to that fellow? "
Uncle Mush smiled wryly and said, " That Reikent fellow is eccentric, and let me tell you that, He is probably one of the oldest fellows to join this organization if we don't include the leaders. He was here before me, and at that time, He was still an officer. "
" What!? " Blathor was shocked at this revelation.
Uncle Mush nodded, " Yep. He is a dangerous fellow, and I suggest you don't poke your nose into this small problem. Since everything is clear about that Ascender, don't listen to those people's complaints and do what you are supposed to do. "
...
It's been almost a year since Athan started training, and today, He finally became a Peak-Ascender. After reaching this stage and establishing the deepest connection to the source dimension, His soul sense finally managed to enter the source dimension.
Athan observed the place that was filled with light brown and dark brown golden clouds and sparks.
He saw many cloudy portals that were passages to the Chaos bridges of the universes.
He looked at the deepest and the central place where he saw a dark vortex with black clouds that had white sparks. He could feel counterless other presences similar to soul senses here.
Athan felt that the key to breakthrough from the Peak-Ascender was that cloudy black vortex.
He neared his soul sense towards that vortex, and then just like how he absorbed primal essence, He tried to absorb this energy around the vortex that was most likely chaos essence.
He absorbed a small amount of this energy which he then sent towards the white orb.
Instantly, He felt changes to his body, but he didn't feel his body getting stronger or such. His body would've gotten slightly stronger, but he had already reached the limit at Dark realm 1st-step.
' According to Reikent, I have to refine my body with this chaos essence first. ' Thinking of this, He was going to absorb more chaos essence, but he suddenly opened his eyes as he felt Reikent's presence.
Reikent arrived in front of Athan, and suddenly, He felt a different aura oozing out from Athan's body and revealed a surprised expression, " Athan...Don't tell me you've become a Peak-Ascender? No, wait...If I didn't imagine things, then I definitely felt a slight aura of chaos essence coming out from your body. "
Athan smiled and nodded, " Yep. I just felt myself making the so-called deepest connection to the source dimension, and at that moment, my soul sense managed to enter the source dimension. "
" Hahaha, Great! There is still a whole month before the first year of you being a 1-star special guest finishes, so hurry up and refine your body with the chaos essence. After the chaos essence completely refines your body, You will trigger a breakthrough and finally become someone who belongs to a higher life-form, A chaos being. "
Saying this, Reikent flew up even though he just arrived and spoke, " I'll not disturb you, for now, so hurry up and refine your body with the chaos essence in ten to twenty days. After that, I'll take you to the library to use this year's quota to get a good order technique. "
After he finished speaking, He threw a card at Athan, " Knowing your strangeness, You will be able to refine your body earlier, so when you are done, Infuse chaos essence into this card to inform me. "
Athan saw Reikent leaving and then looked at the card that looked similar to what Nalani gave him. He had put the card she gave him to the back of his mind, as when he tried to infuse his primal essence in it, Nothing happened.
He put Reikent's card away and continued with what he was doing.
Closing his eyes, He let his soul sense enter the source dimension and started absorbing the chaos essence.
Usually, People would spread chaos essence to every part of their body and refine it, but the white orb inside Athan was a fundamental part of his body, and it could provide energy to every single cell of his body, Thus shorting his refinement process by a long shot.
After five days, Athan felt half of his body was thoroughly refined by the chaos essence.
After another five days, His body was completely refined by the chaos essence, and right at that instant, Athan felt an invisible force enveloping him. He started to feel the change in his perception. He felt chaos essence in the atmosphere that was even more powerful and dense than what he found inside the source dimension.
During this process of refining, His body didn't get strong at all. However, he had already guessed this because he had reached the limit and knew that this was just the process of him becoming a being of Chaosverse from an Ascender.
Right at this moment, The transformation was over, and Athan became a being of chaos.
He opened his eyes as he felt the invisible chaos essence in the atmosphere.
' Hmmm...This chaos essence is stronger than the chaos essence I found in the source dimension. I guess it's normal since the source dimension is the central workplace of the lower-worlds like universes. According to Reikent, it's just a minuscule order of the Chaosverse. '
Taking a deep breath, He smiled as he finally can absorb the chaos essence, But then he suddenly remembered his situation and thought, ' Wait...Normally, The people reach the Peak-Ascenders and trigger their breakthrough after refining their body thoroughly have their source core transformed by the invisible force that just enveloped me so they can store the chaos essence from the atmosphere inside but....what about me? '
He was stumped about this but not jumping to the worst case, He first tried to absorb the chaos essence from the atmosphere.
He absorbed a small amount of chaos essence and just let it stay inside the void region without feeding it to the white orb to see if it stays inside or dissipates.
But after two seconds, Athan sighed because the chaos essence dissipated. Then, taking a breath, He once again absorbed the chaos essence, and this time, He fed it to the white orb.
After feeding it to the white orb, He activated the white orb to see what it does.
But...He waited for a while, and nothing happened. His body also didn't get strong.
" Sigh..."
Shaking his head, He decided first to call Reikent and use his quota of the library.
Taking out Reikent's card, He took a bit of chaos essence from the atmosphere and infused it into the card.
Right after he did that, He heard a voice from the card, " Are you done already, Athan? "
" Yeah. "
Chapter 275 - Essence Order Method-1
Reikent was in the organization when Athan informed him, so he quickly arrived at Athan's abode.
" Take out your token and infuse chaos essence in it. " Reikent directly spoke after appearing in front of Athan.
Athan nodded and did just that, and right after he infused chaos essence into the token, A small grey cloud portal appeared on top of the token from which Athan could see his current location.
Seeing this, Reikent nodded and said with a smile, " Done. Now that token has recorded the coordination of the place where you are standing. "
Saying this, He took out a Token that was different than the Token that Athan had. Athan's Token had tree and vine patterns in brown color and one red leaf.
On the other hand, Reikent's Token had Three blue leaves.
" This token is made from of this Youhan Tree, and its function only works when you are inside the Youhan Tree. As long as you are anywhere within this Youhan Tree, like in any other pocket space branch, then you can infuse chaos essence into the token, and it will open two chaos portals that will be connected. " Pausing here, Reikent grinned, " Let's go. It's better that I show you. "
Reikent then infused chaos essence into his token for a few seconds before a mass of grey energy released from the token that conjured a chaos portal in front of him.
Both Athan and Reikent went through the chaos portal and appeared at a hall that had a lot of furniture that looked like bookshelves. Athan roughly glanced at them and counted a total of five big shelves.
But after arriving here, Reikent directly said to Athan, " Now infuse chaos essence into your token. " Saying this, He did something, and the chaos portal that he conjured disappeared.
Athan nodded and started infusing chaos essence into his token. He infused it for one whole minute before a chaos portal opened in front of him.
Seeing this, Reikent nodded with a smile, " You should be able to guess where this portal leads to, right? "
" Yeah. I understand how it works. A similar portal must have appeared at the recorded coordination, which is the location of my abode. If I go through this portal, I will arrive at the location of my abode. "
" Alright. Since you understood that, then just like how you infused chaos essence inside the token, You can similarly take it back to make the chaos portal disappear. "
Athan nodded and did that as the chaos portal disappeared.
Seeing this, Reikent thought, ' Strange...At his abode, He took chaos essence from the atmosphere and infused it into the token to record the coordination, and he did the same when he infused chaos essence to conjure the chaos portal...But, When he took back the chaos essence, He returned it back to the atmosphere instead of storing it inside him like what a normal person would do. '
Thinking of this, Reikent asked Athan why he did that.
Hearing the question, Athan was stumped internally, but his expression outside didn't have any change as he replied with a wry smile, " It's my habit. I had a time when I couldn't store energy inside my body because my body's unique physique awakened. So before I found a way to keep energy inside my body in a form like a source core, I always used the energy present in the atmosphere. "
Reikent was surprised, " Ohh...That must have been a tough experience...Not being able to store energy inside your body and use it freely with better control and faster to use your ability. "
Athan nodded with a helpless smile, " Yep. It was terrible. "
" Hahaha. It's good that you found a way to store energy inside because you can't directly use chaos essence in the atmosphere to train further. Anyway, Let's first choose a good Order-method for you in this library. "
Reikent started walking deeper into the library while speaking, " This is a Low-Tier, 1-star Order Library. Here, You will find 1-star Order methods and techniques that you can practice by harnessing the chaos essence. "
Athan followed as he listened and asked, " What about Order kens or something that you talked about? You said there are three types of Order Ken: Body Order Ken, Essence Order Ken, and Soul Order Ken. I want to know more about them. "
Reikent didn't pause his movements as he answered Athan.
" Alright. But let's pick a 1-star Order method first. After choosing an Order method, I will explain everything as promised. "
Athan nodded as both of them arrived in front of a shelf. He saw that the shelves in this library didn't contain books but scrolls. They weren't arranged like books, but they looked like they were stuck to the shelves. Each shelf was big as every scroll was not completely rolled closed but slightly opened. The opened somewhat part revealed the name of the order techniques or methods and a simple introduction about it.
" I suggest you pick an essence order method for a starter as it will help you harness the chaos essence better and get better control of it as chaos essence is the fundamental energy to do everything here. " Saying this, Reikent pointed at the shelf in front of them, " This shelf contains essence order methods, and you can see their names and a small introductory part about them. "
Athan nodded as he looked at the many scrolls on the shelf with curiosity and...a bit of helplessness.
' Hmmm...What Reikent said previously is unsettling. If I can't use the chaos essence directly from the atmosphere to train further, Then how am I supposed to continue progress? '
" Pick a method of your liking, and after that, I will explain about it and the things about Order ken that you wanted to know. "
Athan nodded while looking at the shelf but internally, He sighed, ' I should pick a method and get information from Reikent first. I'll find a way to solve my problems after returning to the Abode. '
He then started looking at the name and the small introductory parts of the essence order method scrolls on the shelf.
Chapter 276 - Essence Order Method-2
Athan observed the whole shelf for whole ten minutes before he pointed at a scroll, " I'll choose that one. "
[ Lightning Dust of Yellow Hell ]
Lightning Dust is one of the chaos of Yellow Hell. Grasp the order of this chaotic power to use it.
-Highly Offensive
-Low Defence
-Moderate Control
Reikent looked at the scroll pointed by Athan as he stretched his hand towards it. The scroll left the shelf and appeared in Reikent's hand.
" Let's go. " After grabbing the scroll, Reikent conjured a portal.
Seeing this, Athan was surprised and asked, " Isn't there any procedure about taking this scroll? Can we just take it away like this? "
" Hahaha. Of course, there is a procedure. But you already completed it the moment you arrived in this library. Your token contains information that you have one quota of this Low Tier, 1-star library, and the moment you arrived here, You used it. So if you return without picking a scroll, You lose the quota. " Reikent answered with a grin.
Hearing this, Athan felt that the situation didn't match up and asked, " Then how was I able to return here after going back to my abode and still pick a scroll? "
" Well, That was because I allowed it. If you were by yourself, You wouldn't have been able to conjure a chaos portal here. Also, do note that You also can't return to this library if you don't have a library quota. You can get quotas by making contributions to the organization and the regular yearly quota you get. "
After saying this, Reikent entered the portal, " Let's go. I'll explain to you about Order Essence Methods and how to practice them. "
...
At Athan's abode...
Reikent pointed at the scroll in Athan's hand and spoke while smiling, " First, These scrolls are important. If you copy its content on another paper or any material, You won't be able to train in it. You must be curious about the reason, right? Then open the scroll first. "
Athan nodded and opened the scroll fully. Its size was 1 meter, and Athan felt a mysterious force from the symbols and eccentric patterns from the scroll.
" You felt it, right? That is the force of order. Even if you copy its content, You can't copy the force of order in it, which is the main part. "
" I see..." Athan nodded as he intently looked at the scroll.
Seeing this, Reikent grinned, " You can start training in it by using your soul sense to sense the scroll and then grasp the order of this method to get your first Order Ken. But before that, I'll tell you more. "
Athan took away his eyes from scrolls and looked at Reikent before nodding.
" I'll start by telling you the most basic thing about the Chaosverse. Chaosverse has many phenomenons and chaotic powers of various kinds of nature. They are all chaotic, and you can't just go and grab them. You also can't comprehend them like the laws in the universe because these powers don't have laws as they are chaotic. Remember, chaos doesn't have laws. "
Athan nodded his head as he understood this, and Reikent continued with this explanation.
" Although these chaotic powers don't have laws, They still have a particular order. Chaos and order are not separated, and to control these chaotic powers, You have to grasp their order. When you grasp the order of any chaotic power, you can control that chaotic power through the order you grasp, and that's called having grasped an Order Ken. There is still more to this, but for the current you, it's enough. Now let's get going about your essence order method. "
" Your essence order method is The Lightning Dust of Yellow Hell. In reality, The genuine Lightning Dust of Yellow Hell is very scary and powerful. But, Our Executive Shenrai, has grasped the order of this chaotic power after sitting amid the terrifying Lightning Dust in Yellow Hell for two years and mastered its Essence. After that, He imprinted its rudimentary order in a scroll which is the one in your hand. "
" I see. " Athan nodded as he looked at the scroll made from a light yellow material and had a dark gold border.
" You have to comprehend this scroll by using your soul sense to sense its content and grasp the order of this chaotic power. Once you have understood the order of this chaotic lightning dust, You can use your chaos force to form a symbol of this power's order. This symbol will be your Order Ken of this lightning dust. Through the power of that symbol, Which is the essence order ken of lightning dust, You can transform your chaos essence into the nature of this chaotic Lightning Dust. "
" Wait, wait, wait. What is chaos force? "
Hearing the question of Athan, Reikent was stunned for a second before he smiled wryly, " By that question, I take it that you don't have chaos force inside you? "
Hearing that, Athan was startled and started thinking, ' From his reaction, I suppose that I should have chaos force inside me after I broke through...Urgh. This just got a bit troublesome. ' Although he thought this, His face didn't change into a startled one outside, and he still has his composure.
" Athan. What's going on? Haven't you started the process to produce chaos force? "
Athan shook his head, " No. I haven't. After breaking through, I directly called you. "
Reikent nodded in understanding, " Alright. You should start the process because you can't progress without it. After you have broken through from the peak-ascender, You are now a chaotic being, and your journey starts as a Novice Order Apprentice. "
Athan nodded and spoke, " I got it. But I'll start a bit later. My physique has changed slightly after breaking through, so I also need to take a clear look at it. "
" Alright. Then I'll be on my way since I still have work to do. I'll come back and check on you after ten days. "
Saying this, Reikent flew up and left.
On the other hand, Athan sighed deeply, but after a second, He shook his head.
' No need to waste time on being helpless. I should start finding a way to solve this problem. Ten days. I have ten days to solve this problem. '
Chapter 277 - Essence Order Method-3
Athan looked at the scroll, and although he still had some questions to ask Reikent, He saved them for when his situation is solved.
He needed a starting point to solve his situation. So, He entered inside his abode and then sat down crossed-legged on his bed before he started to collect his thought.
After thinking for a while, He decided not to tackle the problem of storing chaos essence inside him and opened the scroll of Lightning Dust of Yellow Hell essence method.
Reikent told him that the scroll contains more information about how to train in this essence order method, and he decided to take a look at it. He used his soul sense to sense the content of the scroll and closed his eyes.
But after a few moments, He frowned and opened his eyes, ' Troublesome...It seems that I need chaos force to create a chaos field. Then inside the chaos field, I need to slowly develop the essence of this lightning dust by following the method described in the scroll. In the end, everything starts with chaos force, as mentioned by Reikent. '
He looked inside his void region and knew that only the white orb could solve his problems.
' I need to comprehend a bit more about the white orb's power. I managed to grasp a 2% understanding of the power of nothingness but about the power that represents white orb, It's only 1%. But...sigh. '
Athan sighed as he only had ten days and ten days are not enough. Then, closing his eyes for a few moments, He decided to take a risk, ' That's the only way I can know more about the power that represents the white orb. '
He was determined to take this path and opened his eyes filled with resolve and...excitement.
Without further ado, He brought out his soul and then...started soul-immolation sacrifice.
With his soul energy, He started to burn his soul to get heightened comprehension ability for a period of time.
' Ten days...If I failed to grasp a bit more power about the white orb and find a way to solve my problem, then I will...turn to nothingness. '
Athan's soul lit up in a black and white flame-like aura as he began to try his best to comprehend his two unique powers that were connected deeply to each other.
While Athan was risking his life...albeit being a bit excited about it, to get a further understanding of his unique powers, Avelia was also working hard and became the first to break through among Tiana and the group.
After breaking through, A massive transformation occurred inside her.
First, all three realms: the Energy realm, the Genesis realm, and the soul realm, were also destroyed, and a single chaos region formed inside her.
Her source core was also destroyed by chaos force that enveloped her and entered inside her. Athan also felt this force, but he didn't know that it was actually the chaos force.
After the chaos force destroyed her source core, A maelstrom of chaos was produced in place of the destroyed source core.
Now inside her was a single Chaos region, and inside this chaos region were two things—first, Her Erudite Palace, and second, the maelstrom of chaos. The Erudite palace contained everything she learned from the universe and her altar spirits and soul altars. In the main hall, There was a throne, and on that throne sat her beautiful soul.
Her soul had merged with her law Idol when both the soul realm and genesis realm were destroyed after her breakthrough.
Avelia could feel the dense chaos essence in the atmosphere after She completed her breakthrough. After taking a breath, She absorbed the chaos essence from the atmosphere, which went towards the maelstrom of chaos. After a few seconds, The chaos maelstrom produced a force from below, which is its endpoint.
The chaos essence is sucked into the whirlpool of the maelstrom from above, and then a force is produced from below. This force is none other than the chaos force.
After a month, Avelia felt that she produced enough chaos force to start and took out three scrolls. She was given three scrolls after arriving here. These three scrolls were each an essence order method, a body order method, and a soul order method.
She first had to grasp the order ken of her essence order method, So she picked the [ Operial Waves of Heavenly Bells ].
Operial Waves of Heavenly Bells was the essence order method given to her.
She used her soul sense to read the scroll and entered meditation as she started training.
The Great Bridged Palace had already given them a book that had information about their end goal of this twenty-year training program.
After one breakthrough and become a chaos being, Their journey starts at Tier-1 Order. Those in this order are known as a Novice Order Apprentice.
If ascenders managed to reach the end by completing goals set by the Great Bridged Palace within time limits, they would reach the peak of Tier-2 Order Base. Those who possess a tier-2 order base are known as Adept Order Experts.
Avelia's order base is currently nil because she has yet to get even the slightest order force. For those who have just started their path in the Chaosverse, Their only way to get order force faster is to train in order methods to grasp the order kens of chaotic powers. In a way, Order force produces due to Order kens.
An hour later, Avelia had already created a chaos field. After that, she started to use the method described in the scroll to produce the essence order of Operiel Waves. From the introduction, Operial Waves was a chaotic power that was purely destructive in nature and hard to counter and block.
After five days, Avelia managed to comprehend a small part of the Operial Waves' order and used her chaos force as described in the method to produce a spec of its essence order.
Seeing the dreamy light blue spec dust, Avelia was happy, but she knew that this was just a start and focused back on comprehending the order of the Operial wave.
Chapter 278 - Shocked, Surprised And Excited...Reikent.
Youhan Tree Organization, Pocket Space Branch No.231, Athan's abode.
Inside his Abode, Athan looked like a terrifying demon. His soul was less than half of its original size. At least 70% of the source of his soul was gone.
But after being in this hell he created for himself for eight days, He finally succeeded.
An intense white light released from his soul, which directly went towards his white orb and the black orb.
Athan then put his soul back into the void region and opened his eyes that shone for an instant with a black and white glow.
His face displayed exhaustion, and he just wanted to sleep right now as his soul was just too much damaged. But despite all these, A grin formed on his face before he fell down to the side with his eyes closed.
He muttered some audible words from his mouth as he fell asleep, " Abyss...al...void..of fab...ricati...on. "
...
Two days passed, and it was the tenth day, but Athan was still sleeping.
Reikent arrived at Athan's abode, and after not seeing Athan outside, He entered inside his abode.
After he entered, He checked Athan's bedroom and saw him lying on it to one side.
Seeing this, Reikent raised his eyebrows in surprise and muttered, " What's going on? "
He walked near Athan, and to wake him up, He stretched his hand to touch his shoulder, but before he could touch his shoulders, A black aura appeared around Athan, and Reikent instantly moved back with a startled and surprised face that had a hint of caution.
Narrowing his eyes, Reikent looked at Athan carefully, ' What was that? It felt a bit dangerous to me. If I touch it, then I would have likely damaged or lost my fingers. But...Hehehe, That's very interesting. '
His curiosity was piqued. It was unthinkable that someone who is just a Novice Order Apprentice possesses a power that could hurt him.
' This black film only appeared when I tried to touch it, but Athan is still asleep. Hmmm...This means that his body, or more specifically, his instincts, automatically produced this film as self-protection. It looks like what he said about his physique was right. It seems to went some strange changes after he broke through and gained this peculiar power. '
Reikent grinned and moved towards Athan before he actually stretched his hand once again. He touched the black film with his index finger to check out this peculiar power.
Right after his finger touched the black film, a black aura started to devour his finger, and in just a second, Half of his index finger was gone.
Reikent didn't cut his finger off to stop this spread of black aura instantly but waited until 90% percent of his index finger was gone, and the black aura also disappeared. Since he immediately took his finger away from the black film, not much of this strange black power was stuck to his finger.
He waited because he wanted to study and feel what kind of power this was, and another reason was that he was confident in regenerating his finger.
But he was disappointed that he couldn't understand this power and its nature, ' No wonder my eyes couldn't get past even his physical body.'
While looking at Athan, he smiled wryly, ' Looks like I found a hidden gem for the organization. I'll have to inform Yone about Athan and get Athan into Hidden Dragon Troupe. '
Hidden Dragon Troupe was secret management of the Youhan Tree Organization, Led by the second leader, Yone. Only those who have displayed extraordinary qualities like powerful and unique body physique, unique soul physique, innate traits, etc., were allowed to join Hidden Dragon Troupe.
The members of Hidden Dragon Troupe receive special treatment from the organization and help in training in exchange for making contributions for the organization when required. The current number one member of the Hidden Dragon Troupe was just slightly weaker than the third leader in terms of strength.
Of course, This doesn't mean that those who don't have any special qualities are weaker than those who have. Often, those who have mastery over their chaos power through the order and have wits can kill those with special qualities. Also, These special qualities are all part of the chaos, and people can also get it by chance, luck, and hard work.
After thinking about the arrangements of Athan, Reikent then focused on his hand, which was missing one index finger, " Let's heal this. "
His current body could easily recover from such direct injuries even if he didn't activate his powers...Or at least, That's what he thought.
But He waited for half an hour, and his finger still didn't start to recover. He then tried to heal it using the power of his body order ken and activated his body power, ' Viridescent Torq....'
A blue and green mixture aura with a bright gold glow and sparks enveloped his body which he then focused on his finger to heal.
The aura gathered his hand, but his finger still didn't recover after waiting for a while.
Seeing the result, His face finally turned grave as he muttered, " Now this is...something very unexpected. "
He then looked at Athan and smiled wryly while thinking deeply about it before he muttered with shock and surprise, " Looks like his physique is even more powerful than I thought. Only someone with a higher quality of power than my order base can give such unrecoverable injury to me, but Athan is not Zen Order Elite, so...That only means that his physique is a Zen Order Quality, and he will at least become Zen Order Elite. Damn..."
In the end, He couldn't help but get excited over the future of Athan even though all of these were just his speculations, but After a second, He calmed down.
He still needed to recover his finger, or it will be trouble since he is a Dual-Sword user and all of his fingers are essential to him. His only choice was to ask for leaders to heal his injuries, and so, he turned around to return.
But at this moment, Athan woke up as a groan left his mouth and opened his eyes weakly.
Reikent turned around hearing that and looked at Athan before he laughed, " You sneaky bastard. I didn't know you had such a powerful physique. Look, my finger is gone, and I can't even recover it with my power. "
Actually, He had regained his consciousness when Reikent touched the black film and also knew what Reikent muttered and was observing him with his soul sense. However, since he was still exhausted, he didn't wake up.
Athan looked at Reikent's finger and...nodded before he stretched his hand weakly towards Reikent and spoke, " I'll recover your finger. " After saying this, A milky white aura released from Athan's hand, which went towards empty space in Reikent's hand where his finger was missing.
After a few seconds, The milky white aura dissipated, and a finger appeared.
Seeing the finger, Reikent was surprised because it was precisely the same finger he had before. Like it wasn't recovered and new grown finger but exactly the finger he possed before.
Chapter 279 - Yone Of The Wild Sun
After releasing the milky white aura to recover Reikent's finger, Athan once again fell asleep.
" Looks like the upgrading of his physique drained him considerably. Well, It's expected because he got the quality of power that only Zen Order Elite possesses. Hmmm, But even though he might have such potent power, Its quantity should be low and might take some time to recover it. "
Reikent started to speculate, and after thinking for a few moments, He left with a smile.
...
A man who wore a soft material hat and had a slim build was sitting on a rock with a fishing rod in his hand.
In front of him was a lake...but its color was strange. The lake had light orange-colored water, but it had colorful fishes and flowers in it.
The man fishing in this lake had a long tail that had black fur, and his tail was slowly moving left to right and right to left behind him as he waited for a fish to take the bait of his fishing rod in the lake.
But suddenly, His tail stopped moving, and the man laughed before speaking, " hahaha. It's been a long time since I last saw you, Rei. "
He then turned around grinned at Reikent, " So? Are you still sneaking around in the organization while being an officer? "
Reikent laughed hearing that and spoke, " Hahaha. That's what I like to do. I am not interested in joining Hidden Dragon Troupe but well.." Pausing here, Reikent grinned, " I brought a piece of good news. Your Hidden Dragon Troupe will finally have a new member after many years. "
The man who was fishing in the lake was none other than Yone, The second leader of the Youhan Tree organization. He was known to others as Yone of the Wild Sun.
Yone had long brown hairs, which are now in the form of a long ponytail that was just twenty centimeters short of reaching his waist. He had a sharp jawline and a clear face with narrow brown eyebrows and two big and bright eyes like the sun, as his eyes literally had bright yellow irises.
Hearing what Reikent said, Yone was surprised but pleasantly. People worthy of joining Hidden Dragon Troupe were always welcome to him, and he could especially trust the eyes of Reikent. He had tried to invite Reikent a long time ago, but Reikent always refused as he always said that he liked being an officer and have fun without much restriction and guide young ones.
Yone's Hidden Dragon Troupe had Eight members, not including Yone, and four of them were found by Reikent.
After getting pleasantly surprised, Yone asked with curiosity, " Tell me his details. What's his name, his strength, and his origins. "
Reikent nodded while smiling, " Hehe, He is a little special. My Shishun eyes can't see through him. "
Hearing that, Yone was startled, " Wait...Is he actually stronger than you? Doesn't that mean that he is the only same level as me? "
Reikent shook his head and grinned, " Nope. He is not stronger than me. His name is Athan, and I found him at Ascender's zone a year ago. "
" Oh...That means he is an ascender, but...if that's the case, Why your eyes didn't work on him? " Yone was confused. According to him, Rei's eyes should work on anyone who has a lower Tier Order base than him.
" That's the point. He is already unique since my eyes couldn't see past his body, and because of this intriguing situation, I gave him 1-star special guest treatment. "
" Hahaha. You and your whims never change. That must have caused quite a ruckus in the organization. "
" Yep. There were some dog barks, but that's all...Anyway, back to the main topic. Since I couldn't see past Athan's body and see inside him or his powers, I figured that he must have a unique physique, and I was right. I saw the power of his physique after a month, but since he was an Ascender at that time, That power was still outside of the Chaosverse. "
Hearing the last part, Yone was once again startled, " Wait again...You found him a year ago, but you just said that you first saw the power of his physique one month after his arrival and...then you said that at that time he was still an ascender so are you saying that currently, he is not an ascender anymore? "
" Hahaha, Leader Yone. You indeed catch on to details. You are right! He just broke through eight days ago, which means that he only took a year to go from being a Novice Acedner to Novice Order Apprentice. "
" Hmmm..." Yone frowned and thought for a moment, " The Great Bridgade Palace mass recruited ascenders a year ago, so why is he still here? He should have participated in the recruitment test under our Youhan Tree's name. "
Reikent wryly smiled and sighed, " I also wanted to do that, but he missed it by a half-day. "
Yone also sighed while shaking his head, " That's unfortunate. Anyway, Go on about him and tell me more about his special physique. You have yet to tell me his unique power. "
Hearing that, Reikent's nose went up as he smiled, " I don't know exact details because my eyes don't work on him, but his special physique's unique power's quality is at the level of Zen order elites like you. "
" Impossible! "
Yone exclaimed in disbelief hearing that.
Reikent expected this reaction and smiled, " Well, but it's true. I have tested its power myself. My index finger was obliterated, and no matter what power I used at my disposal, I couldn't heal and regrow it. So, that only means that the power of his quality is above mine. And I can't say much about its quantity because he fell asleep due to some kind of great exhaustion after he recovered my finger by stretching his hand. I think that's related to his power. Since his black power devoured my finger, he could recover it back. "
Reikent then told more of what he speculated and observed about Athan to Yone.
After hearing all that, Yone nodded and spoke, " Hearing all that about him, This Athan is qualified to join the Hidden Dragon Troupe. "
He then stood up and put away his fishing rod before saying, " Let's go. I want to meet him and will take him to the chambers of the hidden dragon while I am at it. "
Reikent was surprised and asked, " That's rather fast. "
Yone nodded with a smile, " If his power really works like how you described, Then I'll take him to increase our chances at the new permanent CPD ( Chaos Phenom Dimension ), which we are fighting over with Dagger's tooth and Urushib Clan. "
Reikent frowned, " But that's kind of dangerous to the current him. "
Yone patted Reikent's shoulder with a grin, " Don't worry. You can come along in this operation and protect Athan. Of course, I will also protect him. His only work will be to use his unique physique power on a seal to break it since it sounds effective on such things from your description of his black aura power. And He will also broaden his horizons there. "
" Hmmm...If you say so. But promise me that you wouldn't take any unnecessary risk if we fail because Athan's future can benefit us more than this CPD. "
" Alright. That's a promise. Now let's go. "
Chapter 280 - Abyssal Void Of Fabrication
Yone and Reikent arrived at Athan's abode after five days, but Athan was still sleeping.
" Hmmm...It looks like he is still recovering from his exhaustion. "
Yone nodded and looked intently at Athan for a few seconds before speaking, " You are right. I can't see past his body. Anyway, there is still a year before we start fighting for the CPD, So I'll be going now but inform me once he wakes up. "
" Alright. "
Both Reikent and Yone left Athan's abode.
But Athan was not entirely sleeping. Instead, his consciousness was awake, and he was making changes inside him since he managed to comprehend his unique powers more than he expected when he decided to take the risk.
Inside his Void region, Both the black orb and the white orb were not connected to each other by a white string.
After he managed to comprehend a bit more about the white orb's power, He could now extract a milky white aura from the white orb from a strange space that he felt inside the white orb.
He sensed this strange space first when Reikent's finger turned into nothingness by the black aura of the black orb. He couldn't see this space or enter anything inside it, but he could feel and sense it.
When the black aura devoured Reikent's finger into nothingness, He felt this strange space because, at that time, A mass of milky white aura appeared in this strange space.
He knew what it was since he managed to comprehend the 3% of his unique powers. This milky white aura was produced after Reikent's finger was devoured by the black aura, and Athan used this milky white aura on Reikent's hand, which had a missing finger to bring it back to how it was previously.
But he knew that he could do much more than just returning the finger to Reikent with the milky white aura. Still, since he also wanted to try out his new power, he decided to return Reikent's finger that was devoured by the black aura.
Both black and white orb's powers are one, and according to him, what he currently can access with his 3% understanding of his unique power is known as, The Abyssal Void of Fabrication.
' With the milky white aura, I can finally solve my problem. Now to get the milky white aura, I need to turn something into nothingness. Hmmm...' After thinking for a moment, Athan decided to devour chaos essence since it's the only thing abundance here.
He first absorbed the chaos essence from the atmosphere inside his body and then used the power of his black orb as a black aura released from the black orb and devoured the chaos essence into nothingness.
' Into nothingness...so the black orb turns everything into nothingness, and that nothingness is the white orb's milky white aura, and that milky white aura can fabricate things back to what it was or things that I want but to create others things, I need an understanding of those things. Hmm...There should be more to it, but this is already good with approx 3% of the understanding I have of this power. '
He continued to turn the chaos essence into the milky white aura until he ran out of gas and couldn't produce a black aura anymore.
Due to this additional exhaustion, He once again fell asleep.
...
This time, His consciousness woke up after two whole months, and he sighed a relief after seeing that the milky white aura was still there.
His soul had barely recovered 20% after all this rest and only returned to half of its previous size.
But he wanted to at least prepare for his training, so he extracted all the milky white energy and projected the scroll's content to him through his soul sense. He then started to comprehend the order of the lightning dust.
' I can't turn the milky white aura into chaos force because I don't know about chaos force, but while comprehending the order of this lightning dust, I should be able to create its essence order from the milky white aura directly. '
He continued to comprehend for a whole month but failed to grasp it and even felt more exhausted, ' Urgh...My damaged soul is affecting my comprehension ability. '
He could comprehend a higher level of power like the darkness of nothingness because, at that time, he was feeling it into his flesh and soul and was literally bathing it, and he even accepted, in the end, to turn it into nothingness. He had entered a special state of his deepest instinct comprehending the power, and that's why he gets excited to put himself in a dangerous situation, and that increases his comprehension ability, but currently, His soul was simply damaged, and he was resting to recover which affected his comprehension ability.
' I can't stop here. I need to see the result, at least. I need to comprehend a bit of the order of this lightning dust from the scroll and create a bit of its essence order. '
He continued to grasp and comprehend it for twenty more days in his damaged soul state before he finally managed to grasp a bit of order of this lightning dust and focused on the milky white aura.
He understood a small part of the order of the lightning dust, and with that understanding, He tried to turn the milky white aura into essence order.
Inside his void region, A mass of milky white aura was floating, and from it, A drop equivalent of milky white aura turned into a yellow dreamy aura with light brown sparks.
Seeing this, Athan felt happy...but after a second, That small essence of the order of lightning dust dissipated.
' Nice...It looks like I need to create the chaos field first, as described in the scroll. Otherwise, the essence will simply dissipate. And to create the chaos field, I need chaos force, but since I don't know about chaos force, I can't turn the milky white aura into the chaos force. '
Athan internally frowned and thought, ' I need more understanding about how people train here and how they can produce chaos force. It looks like I have no other choice besides that one. '
He opened his eyes weakly and took out Reikent's card from his void region before activating it. Without waiting, he directly spoke with an exhausted voice, " I can only stay awake for a minute, so listen. I need a book about the stages and understanding of what ordinary people have inside their body when they breakthrough because my physique is a bit different, and I think I have a different system than theirs, so I need that information for reference. You can put the books beside me, and I will read them once I wake up. Thanks in advance. "
After saying this, Athan fell asleep once again because he had exhausted himself too much by comprehending and grasping the order of the lightning dust for the past two and a half months.
...
At another place inside the Youhan Tree organization, Reikent was in managing some papers that looked the same as the contract that he gave to Athan when he suddenly heard the message of Athan.
" Looks like his special physique is giving him trouble, hahaha. " He was going to reply back to Athan, but the connection to his card was cut off as Athan lost his consciousness, and due to that, he couldn't channel chaos essence into the card.
Reikent then went to another place and picked up two scrolls before he directly arrived outside of Athan's abode through the chaos portal.
Chapter 281 - Finally...
Athan was reading the two scrolls with his soul sense, and after a few minutes, He was done. [ A/N: The two books are changed into two scrolls. ]
' Hmmm...So there are such changes after people breakthrough from peak-ascenders. '
He understood what needed to be done so that he can finally make progress.
' Since the force that enveloped me after I broke through was chaos force, then I already know how to produce it after reading the scroll. ' He was glad that the scroll had detailed information on how the maelstroms of chaos produced the chaos force after absorbing the chaos essence from the atmosphere.
The chaos essence was the raw and untamed chaotic power of the Chaosverse, and once the maelstrom purifies all those impure chaotic essences of the atmosphere of chaos, only chaos force remains.
Although he knew what to do now, He didn't immediately start because he got an idea to increase the speed of his soul recovery.
He controlled all the milky white aura and brought it to his damaged soul, ' Since my soul is also mutated by this power, then It should fasten its recovery too. '
Thinking of this, He used up all milky white aura as nourishment to his soul, and as expected by him, His soul started his heal.
But his soul only recovered to a total of sixty-five percent even after using up that much milky white aura, and he also can't produce it more since he had run out of his power of black orb.
He took some rest with no other choice until he recovered the power of the black orb, Which took him one whole day due to his current injured and exhausted state.
He then once again absorbed the chaos essence inside his body before letting his black aura turning it into nothingness and creating a more milky white aura inside the strange space of the white orb.
Afterward, He once again healed his soul with the milky white aura, and it was eighty percent recovered after this nourishment.
He did this two more times, which took him two days before his soul recovered to its optimum state, and finally, He completely recovered from his exhaustion.
First of all, He stood up and started to stretch his body as he laid on the bed for more than two months.
His reserve of black aura increased when he managed to increase his understanding of the Abyssal void of fabrication. At the end, when his soul released two bright white lights that entered his white orb and black orb, They both upgraded with the white orb getting a strange space and black orb increasing his reserve of black aura, which was the darkness of nothingness.
[ A/N: Darkness...of...nothingness. This darkness is of nothingness, It's not nothingness itself but turns things into nothingness :) ]
Athan knew that both orbs will collectively gain strength from now on because both have the exact source of power: the Abyssal Void of Fabrication. As he increases his understanding of this power, The two orbs will also upgrade at the same time.
After stretching his body for a minute, He finally started.
He could also see the current reserve of his darkness of nothingness inside the black orb, so he could also manage it better than before.
" Huu...Let's start. " Athan took a breath and muttered before he first sucked in the chaos essence from the atmosphere and turned them into milky white aura by using the darkness of nothingness to devour the chaos essence.
After this, He didn't immediately start as he wanted to see how much time he needs to recover the darkness of nothingness inside the black orb.
' In my injured state, It took more time, but after I recovered, It shouldn't take a day. Previously, It took me an hour to fully recover it but now that my reserver has increased, It should take more time. '
He simply sat down on his bed and waited.
Finally, After one hour and forty-five minutes, He fully recovered his darkness of nothingness inside the black orb.
Of course, the amount of chaos essence he devoured with his darkness of nothingness didn't compare to the amount of milky white aura. But, if there was a comparison, It was like after finally shaving away a thousand feet mountain, he found ten kg of gold ore.
Since he recovered darkness of nothingness once more, He did the process to produce the milky white aura once more.
After he was done, He looked inside the strange space of the white orb to see the amount of the milky white aura and was stunned.
" So that's how it rolls, huh..."
He saw that the amount of milky white aura didn't double as he expected but only increased by twenty percent, Which means that there was also a limit to how much milky white aura he can keep inside the white orb.
Since he was done with this testing, He took out milky white aura from the white orb and started creating something that could purify the chaos essence to produce the chaos force.
' The maelstrom of chaos is a good idea, but since I have this milky white aura, I should make something more efficient so that I can produce chaos force faster than average people. '
He would be an idiot If he didn't use his own power to his advantage.
' I already know the workings of the maelstrom of chaos and how it removes the impurities from the chaos essence to produce chaos force. The maelstrom of chaos itself is formed by the chaos force that everyone gets from the Chaosverse when people breakthrough, and their source core shatters. But...I can make it more efficient with my power of Abyssal Void of Fabrication. '
After thinking for a while, He decided what to create and started. After gathering the milky white aura, He started to form something with it.
' The maelstrom of chaos is constantly spinning in the top to the down manner in screw pattern. Once the chaos essence enters inside it, It also starts spinning and goes from top to bottom and passes through the purifiers that grind away its impurity to produce the chaos force that comes out from the bottom of the maelstrom. Hmmm... If that's the case, Then I can compact it and change... '
Athan got absorbed in it and made changes to make it a perfect working thing to produce the chaos force faster than average people.
Chapter 282 - Core Of The Of The Lightning Dust Order Ken.
" Finally done. "
He finally finished creating something that could produce chaos force.
The thing he created didn't resemble the maelstrom of chaos but something else.
He named it Chaos Grinder.
In a transparent porcelain glass which was made of chaos force, There were fast-spinning razor blades.
There were a total of hundred purifier blades, and they were placed in a cone formation, and from top to bottom, the blades were curved downward.
He absorbed the chaos essence from the atmosphere to check its final speed after all the changes he made.
He absorbed the chaos essence from the atmosphere, which was instantly directed towards the Chaos Grinder. In the next second, He saw chaos force producing from the bottom of the cone.
It was an instant process. First, the blades purified the chaos essence, and it also pushed it downwards after one round of grinding due to its curvature. And just like that, The chaos essence was purified speedily and turned into Chaos force.
In the meantime, when he was creating the Chaos Grinder, He recovered his darkness of nothingness in the black orb and made another batch of milky white essence aura by devouring chaos essence.
After he was done, He started absorbing more chaos essence to produce chaos force.
First, He created a chaos field that was the size of a basketball. Afterward, He produced the essence order of the lightning dust with what little he grasped the order of the lightning dust by comprehending the scroll of Lightning Dust of the Yellow Hell.
He then waited and observed. He wanted to know if there is any more problem or not.
But after observing for five minutes, nothing happened as both chaos field, and essence order didn't dissipate.
" Hmm...done. " Athan nodded to himself without feeling much sense of accomplishment. If this were his previous self, he would have at least laughed in the excitement that he managed to find his way and succeeded.
Since everything was set and ready, He started to comprehend the scroll to grasp the order of the Lightning Dust of the Yello Hell.
Days passed as Athan sat crossed-legged on his bed while comprehending the scroll.
After twenty days, Reikent suddenly arrived and saw Athan sitting crossed-legged in his bed to train.
Athan sensed his presence but didn't open his eyes and continued his training because he wanted to understand the order of this lightning dust first completely.
Reikent didn't know Athan could sense his presence with his soul sense while in deep training.
He just saw Athan training and thought, ' Hmm...It looks like he has sorted out his problem of unique body physique and is now training. ' He could sense Athan was training because Athan was constantly absorbing primal essence.
After observing Athan for a minute, He returned to inform Yone that Athan woke up, and after ten days, Both of them once again arrived at Athan's abode.
At this moment, Inside Athan's void region.
His void region now had four areas.
The first area had his soul and the black and white orb on his soul's left and right sides.
The second area in which his Elemental Matrix resided. The Elemental Matrix was what he created in the universe by creating a pyramid and connecting all nine of his basic law energy cores to the pyramid with white strings of the white orb.
The third area contained the Chaos Grinder, which constantly produced the chaos force for him whenever he absorbed the chaos essence.
And finally, The fourth area where he created a chaos field and formed the essence order of lightning dust inside it by constantly understanding the order of the lightning dust.
When Yone and Reikent arrived at Athan's abode, They were slightly surprised because...There were flashes of yellow lightning with light brown sparks appearing around him once every two or three seconds.
Those flashes were none other than lightning dust.
" Reikent. When did he start training in this essence method? "
Reikent smiled wryly and shook his head, " I don't know when he started, but he got the scroll approx four months ago. If my guess is correct, he couldn't train in it due to his physique problem and must have only started training around two months ago or one and half months ago."
His guess was close. Athan started his real training one month ago.
Yone nodded, hearing that, and spoke, " Let's wait for a while. He is almost done with the starting phase and grasped the order of this lightning dust from the scroll. "
Reikented was also happy seeing Athan's speed and nodded, ' His comprehension is indeed very powerful as I expected. '
Athan sensed both of their presence, but he was almost done with the first phase, so he continued.
After six hours, He finally grasped the complete order of the Lightning Dust of Yellow Hell from the scroll.
Inside his void region's fourth area, where he created chaos field, There was a small mass of essence order of lightning dust gathered. It was bright yellow with light brown sparks aura.
' Now, to finish the first phase, I have to create its Order symbol. ' Thinking of this, Athan controlled the order essence of the lightning dust and started to create its order symbol. The order symbol looks like a magic circle but far more complex, with various patterns weaving inside the circle.
Since he grasped the order of this lightning dust, He could create its order symbol.
It took him one hour before he completed its order symbol that and the moment he finished its creation, The atmosphere around Athan changed as he felt a new kind of force entering inside him.
Seeing this, Yone and Reikent smiled.
" Looks like he finished the first phase. "
" Yep. Anyway, His speed could be considered fast. It's almost like he also has a unique soul physique. "
Inside Athan's void region, The symbol lit up, and the chaos field around the symbol started to shrink before it enveloped the symbol.
The sudden force that appeared around him entered inside his void region before directly injecting itself into the symbol. Of course, Athan knew this would happen due to the info he got from the scroll. The force that suddenly appeared around him was none other than the order force.
First, The chaos field enveloped the symbol of lightning dust, and then the order force entered inside it.
These three things created a spherical shining yellow globe with the same patterns as the symbol he created.
He had formed his first order ken, An Essence order ken of Lightning Dust. of the Yellow hell.
Now he will have to continue to train in his method and cultivate it to gather the order force as according to what was mentioned in the scroll; He can train in this essence method until his level reached Peak Tier-1 order base.
He then finally opened his eyes and saw Reikent and...The second leader of the Youhan Tree Organization, Yone.
Chapter 283 - Novice Order Apprentice-1
Yone grinned spoke, " Athan. I heard some good things about you from Reikent. It's been a long time since I saw him this impressed by someone. "
" Hahaha. That's indeed true. " Reikent laughed hearing. He was indeed very pleasantly surprised and impressed by Athan.
Athan just nodded with a modest expression.
" Heh, Not very enthusiastic type, I see. But..." Pausing here, Yone narrowed his eyes while smiling, " I see some wildness from deep within your eyes. It looks like you aren't as boring as you are trying to be. "
Hearing that, Athan slightly smiled with a wry expression. Right at this moment, Reikent introduced Yone to Athan, " Athan, This is the second leader of the Youhan Tree Organization, Yone. He is here to recruit you to the Hidden Dragon Troupe. "
Yone nodded with a smile, " We have a particular group in this organization called Hidden Dragon Troupe, and only those who have powerful and unique traits can join in. For instance, Reikent told me about your physique and its quality ability, which rivals Zen Order Elites. Although It's kind of hard to believe, I trust him. That said, I still want to see the ability with my own eyes and test it for a particular reason. "
Athan was rapidly thinking after hearing this and asked, " What exactly is this Hidden Dragon Troupe? Could you give me some more details about it? "
Yone laughed and answered, " Of course! The choice to join or not is also up to you. But the benefits of joining the hidden dragon troupe are many, with the most significant advantage being...Freedom! "
" Mhmm. " Reikent nodded and continued, " As I already told you, If you stay as a special guest, You will have to start accepting the missions according to your level from the organization to get resources when your first year is up, but after joining the Hidden Dragon Troupe, You won't need to finish the mandatory missions. Though You will still need to work to get the resources, it will be like half effort and double reward once you join Hidden Dragon Troupe because one of the focuses of this group is to nurture people like you. "
Athan was thought for a moment and asked something important, " This...sounds like a too good of a deal to me. What are the demerits? "
Hearing this, Reikented wryly smiled while Yone shook his head, " You aren't getting it. You joined an organization for your own benefits in the first place. You get resources, information, and access to places and higher knowledge from the organization easier than getting them by wandering alone, so it's given that organization also expects work from you to help the organization grow more powerful overall with mutual benefits..."
Pausing here, Yone smiled meaningfully before he continued speaking, " But...If you join Hidden Dragon Troupe, the story will be different. Hidden Dragon Troupe is like a guild, and after joining it, You only need to take one chaos oath. If you take that Oath, You can leave the organization or the troupe whenever you want with no penalty or such things. However, I am confident that you will not leave any soon. At least until you can't get stronger by staying with us anymore. Hahaha. "
Athan was tempted, and so, He asked what that chaos oath would be.
If the chaos oath turned out to be something unreasonable, then he would decline the offer without a second thought.
Hearing the question, Yone grinned while displaying his golden teeth before speaking, " The oath is simple and straightforward. You need to take a chaos oath that you will never betray the fellow comrades of the hidden dragon troupe, and if you betray fellow comrades of the troupe, Your soul will shatter completely by the chaos.
I said fellow comrades specifically because If I told you not to betray the Hidden Dragon troupe, You wouldn't be able to leave the group and organization. "
Yone paused and took a breath before displayed his serious expression for the first time, " So this is the oath. The members of Hidden Dragon Troupe are one family, and betrayal is something I never tolerate. That's the reason for this oath to exist. "
Athan looked at Yone's eyes and was involuntarily impressed, ' The benefits are good, and the hidden dragon troupe sounds like a...good place. '
" I willing to join. " Athan felt that it was a good idea to join. He also didn't like betrayals, and if the oath is this straightforward, He had no reason to decline the offer.
" Hahaha, Good, good. Usually, I would test the people who are recommended to me by the executives and roots, but Reikent's judgment has never failed. "
After saying this, He pointed his finger in a blank space as a dense and powerful force released, which created a portal that was completely different than the chaos portal. This portal looked dreamy deep blue color made with strange energy.
The force was similar to chaos force, but Athan felt that it was far more potent and mysterious than the chaos force he was producing.
Seeing this, Reikent said, " I'll join you there later because I still have something to do at the Rokalian guild and Hontei clan. They have requested a bunch of resources, and I have to negotiate with them regarding that. "
Yone nodded, and after that, both Yone and Athan entered inside the portal and appeared at a different place.
Right after Athan came out from the portal, He felt an overwhelming pressure all around him that threatened to rip him apart as he spurted a mouthful of blood. His knees also hit the ground with a loud thud.
But the next second, The overwhelming pressure disappeared, and along with it came the apologetic voice of Yone, " Urgh...Sorry, Athan. I forgot that you just started your training, and your Power level is only at the Tier-1 order base. "
After that, Athan felt a warm current enveloping him, and he felt like he was bathing in the sun's gentle light as the minor wounds he suffered healed instantly.
After standing up, He speechlessly looked at Yone, who just smiled apologetically at him.
But after a second, Yone laughed and said, " We might as well give you your first comprehensive test ahead of time. "
After saying that, Yone introduced this place to Athan, " This is one of the recent bases that I found for the Hidden Dragon Troup. It's a chaos rift near the permanent CPD ( Chaos Phenom Dimension ) that recently appeared. Chaos rifts are small pocket spaces where a single minor chaos phenomenon could be found. These rifts always appear when CPD appears and becomes the base of operation for different powers in the region. We are also one of the powers contending to take this recently spawned CPD as our own. The main contenders we have to fight for this CPD are Dagger's Tooth and Urushib Clan. As for other powers, They are weaker than us and are just trying to fish in troubled water. "
Athan nodded and thought as he looked at the pond behind Yone, ' That should be the minor chaos phenomenon of this chaos rift since it's exuding a someone mysterious force. '
Yone saw where Athan was looking at nodded with a smile, " Yep. That's the minor chaos phenomenon of this chaos rift. But you can't take its benefits as your level is too low. Anyway, Can you first show me the power of your physique? "
Chapter 284 - Novice Order Apprentice-2
Yone saw where Athan was looking at and nodded with a smile, " Yep. That's the chaos phenomenon of this chaos rift. But you can't take its benefits as your level is too low. Anyway, Can you first show me the power of your physique? "
Athan looked at Yone and nodded, " I'm ready. ". Saying this, he started thinking rapidly about how much he should show his power.
Seeing that Athan readily agreed, Yone stretched his hand and took out a small square wooden block that looked dark green with light green patterns.
" Use your unique power on this wooden block. "
" Alright. "
Athan nodded and stretched his hand before releasing twenty percent of his darkness of nothingness from the black orb.
The black aura that was his darkness of nothingness went towards the wooden black and started to devour it, but Athan was startled to find that the twenty percent of his darkness of nothingness only managed to shave away a very small part of the wood. Very small means, He felt that it was only around five percent of the total mass of the wooden block.
' My darkness of nothingness is now supported by chaos essence instead of primal essence, so it's more powerful, but...that wooden is block is really something. '
On the other hand, Yone's reaction was different looking at the wooden block as he frowned, " That's indeed powerful, but it's not quite at the Zen Order Elite level. "
He then looked at Athan and asked, " Did you use all of your power or still have some? "
Athan thought rapidly and decided his answer before saying, " I still have more. That was thirty-five percent of my current reserve, and I can still release more. "
Yone nodded and said, " I see...then release everything at this wooden block and also tell me how much time it takes before you can recover that power. I need this information to determine whether your current unique power can help us in our coming operation. "
Athan nodded outside, but internally, He was thinking about his steps ahead.
After that, He also released a total of seventy percent of his darkness of nothingness that started to devour the wooden block.
After the result appeared, Athan answered Yone's question, " It takes two hours for me to recover this power. "
Hearing this, Yone's eyes lit up, and he laughed, " Hahaha, That's good. Although the quality of your power is at the level of Zen Order elites, It's still entry-level of the Zen order elite quality. A full fledge Zen Order Elite can just blast this wooden block into dust like this. "
After he finished speaking, Yone pointed his finger at the wooden block before an apple-sized dark orange ball appeared and hit the wooden block.
" Khah..Boom. "
The wooden block was indeed blasted into dust as Athan also wiped the intense sweat that formed on his face due to the terrifying power he felt for a moment.
But his eyes also lit up as he hungered for this level of power and even higher. It will take a longer time to master the Abyssal Void of Fabrication as it's too high a level for him. After getting a 3% understanding of it previously, He felt a solid wall in the depth of his soul regarding this power. From now on, He needs to make his existence, his soul, even stronger so that he can continue comprehending this great and mysterious power whose seeds are already buried inside him.
Seeing Athan's eyes, Yone nodded and said, " Alright. Now that I have tested your unique power, It's time to move on to try your current base level. Although it's a bit early, I'll assess your current level and tell you some necessary things. Since you formed the core of the lightning dust order ken, You should be able to release the lightning dust essence. "
Athan nodded in agreement. He could now transform the chaos essence into lightning dust essence, but only after that chaos essence enters inside his body and he can't directly turn the chaos essence that's outside into lightning dust essence even if he can control the chaos essence in the atmosphere.
Seeing Athan nodding, Yone continued, " Then release that lightning dust essence towards me. "
" Okay. "
Athan stretched his hand forward, absorbed the chaos essence from the atmosphere, and then transformed it into lightning dust essence inside his body before releasing it towards the Yone.
Yone raised his eyebrows and was confused as to why Athan absorbed the chaos essence from the atmosphere, but he decided to ask it later and first told Athan about the important thing, " Your level of lightning dust essence is at entry-level, which is expected since you've just started your training. There are a total of nine grades of this lightning dust essence, and you should know how to make further progress after reading the Lightning Dust essence order method scroll, right? "
" Right. " Athan nodded. Though internally, He was confused as to why Yone didn't question him about him absorbing the chaos essence from the atmosphere. Of course, He had already decided on what to answer if Yone asked about this.
He knew from the two scrolls given to him by Reikent that people could make their chaos region fully filled with chaos essence to use it in time of situation and strange place that might not contain the chaos essence. This chaos region expands as they get stronger. Still, even Novice Order Apprentices have enough space in their chaos region to store the amount of chaos essence that could constantly produce chaos force for one whole day. However, Athan still couldn't store raw energies like primal essence and chaos essence inside him. But...He had already thought of some ways to store the chaos essence inside after he acquired the new power of the white orb, The milky white aura.
[ A/N: I know this whole new system might be a bit confusing, but everything will be cleared up pretty soon, and I will also write an AUX chapter about it. :) ]