As he woke up, his mind throbbed with a heart wrenching pain, he screamed and firmly gripped his head with his hands, he turned around and pressed his head against the cold hard ground as hard as he possibly could, as if trying to squeeze the very pain out of him. But to no avail.
The throbbing pain he experienced was like nothing he’d ever encountered before, he’s been bitten and stung by countless deadly insects and snakes, and yet, nothing compares to what he’s feeling at this moment.
Instead of subsiding as time passed, the throbbing pain turned more vicious, making him scream his lungs out and claw at his head.
This went on for hours and hours with no end in sight.
The reason why he was experiencing this pain, was because his body could no longer contain his soul. His souls evolution was too quick for his body to keep up with, but not only that, the excess energy from the immortal made his soul strengthen and develop even further, which in turn made his body that much more an unsuitable vessel to hold his now powerful soul. So his body had to adapt and develop to the point where it could hold him.
As this was happening, the memories and experiences of the immortal also started to integrate into his soul, slowly fusing with him and becoming one with him. But this only made his soul develop even more to compensate the large amount of information the immortals soul contained and now his soul could rival that of someone that had consumed and refined the souls of tens of thousands of mortals.
Now, only an hour had passed but he had lost his voice from his constant screaming and yelling. But even so, he kept trying to scream as loud as he possibly could, while his head bleeds from his fingers digging into his skull but it couldn’t compare to the pain he feels from within his brain.
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It’s been a day now but the pain he had felt before had only affected a portion of his body, his body still wasn’t strong enough to hold his powerful soul, so the pain spread, every muscle fibre, every cell within his very being was now been affected by the pain and it only made everything feel that much worse.
With this evolution occurring to his body, his senses heightened to an extreme degree, but this too served to help the pain intensify. He now felt his body breaking down, healing and developing at the molecular level, but that was only the beginning.
To him it felt like his body was being stripped of his skin, his flesh felt as if it was slowly ripped from his very bones while also feeling like they were being burned in pits of lava. He felt his skeletal system slowly breaking apart into pebble sized pieces, only to be put back together and broken apart again. But the worst of them all was his blood, it felt like his body was a pot filled with water, boiling to the point it was diminishing into steam, but the worst part about this was its affect to his organs, which made it feel like they were slowly but surely cooking away for some mongrel to eat, this affected not only his heart, stomach, liver etc. but also his brain, testicles and nerve system, therefore intensifying the pain to another level.
All this pain and torture takes time to describe, but it was happening to his body simultaneously, making him constantly enter into a state of unconsciousness and consciousness.
Although painful, his body was becoming more and more developed, making the pain lessen as more pain ensued.
But as the body could only handle so much, it couldn’t keep up with the evolution, making it seem as if it would truly give in to the pain and turn into mush, but as if his soul had done so countless times before, it nourished the body with its power, giving his body enough strength to keep up with the evolution.
With this constant struggle of pain and suffering, not once did his will to live waver, not even at the most brutal of times. Which goes to show how much will power this mortal being had, something rarely seen even in the realm of immortals.
While the body reconstructed itself, it cleansed him of all the impurities his body possessed by burning and pushing them out of his body, making him something even those above him envious of him, but with this came a price, his body deemed his meridians and dantian as waste and they were burned away with the impurities, but it was of no concern for him for now.
It is now a full month since the start of his bodies evolution and the pain slowly but surely disappeared, it may have been a month real time but to him, it felt like he was in that state of pain and suffering for what felt like an eternity.
While the pain was subsiding, his mentality had taken its toll and shut down automatically, making his consciousness fade into a deep slumber.
During his time of rest, the impurities that had been burned out of his body, began to wriggle, the gooey like substance had started to move and form together into what seemed like a slime like entity, it had no face, nor any limbs, it just looked like a body of black slime, giving off a very foul and awful stench. It took a few minutes to gather all together the impurities, but it did so in the end, its body had formed and now it awaits as its master slumbers.
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As I awaken, the first thing I notice, are my senses, my senses have heightened to the point of being monstrous, but the reason I notice this, is because of the foul stench that hit my nose as I open my eyes and instead of the usual darkness id expected I could see 100 feet in front of me but I didn’t notice until after backing away from the source of the stench.
When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was a blackish brown blob, and my first instinct was to get up and back away from it.As i back away and stare at it, it just sits there silently, but I know it’s alive because it’s body wriggles every now and then. I think to myself ‘what the fuck is that? Where did it come from?’
As I try to find out what it is and where it came from, it rolls over to my side, but instead of running away from it, a gut feeling tells me it’s not dangerous, in fact my gut tells me it’s friendly, and I listen to it.
When it was a metre away, I squat down and stare at it curiously, although the smell was foul and unbearable, my curiosity out weighed my repulsion. I reach out my hand to touch it, and as I touch it, a portion of my soul rips off of me, inducing a pain similar to what I had experienced before, but with less intensity, as I feel it rip away from me, I notice that the part of my soul that was ripped away, was the very thing that I believed saved me, the beast within.
When both the ripped soul and slime like creature touched, they fused and its demeanour change and when I felt that portion of soul fuse with it, I could feel an inexplicable connection with it, as if it was a part of me. And now that I feel that, I can feel what it is, and where it came from, it’s no wonder why I felt no danger from it, it came from me.
As their fusion completed, I back away and watch what happens. The slime twists and turns, as if trying to rip itself apart, but in the end it could only suffer in silence. But as time went on it slowly combusted and steam started to come from it, as if it was burning away, being curious as to what was happening I sit down and watch carefully.
It’s been an hour and now, all that’s left is a black golf ball sized ball, and instead of a smooth surface, it had markings all over it, as if they were patterns, but the most fascinating thing about it, was the ever changing nature of the markings. Instead of being set in stone, the markings changed constantly, as if alive.
Although I’m interested as to what the slime has turned into, something else catches my attention. Slowly, memories I never had before started to appear before me, so I focused my attention on what these memories were.
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As he sat down, his mind wonders off into a world of wonder and fascination, it depicts a world of beauty but primitive savagery, it was like nothing he’d ever seen before which made him all the more excited. But as time went on, more vivd memories started to appear, memories of family members dying and betraying one another, or of intense battles, resulting in mountains crumbling and the sky splitting. As he digests the memories laid before him, he comes to understand how massive the universe truly is and how small his existence means to it.
He took a full month to digest and consume all the memories and experiences the immortal had to offer, he learned that the immortal was named Jin Fei, and in his prime, he was essentially a god, but in the end even gods fall from the heavens. Jin Fei was a prodigy, a genius and an utter and complete monster when it came to rune inscriptions, array formations and cultivation. He achieved the pinnacle in all his specialties, but due to his trust of others, he was betrayed and cut down by both his friends and family, sealed away in an ever changing dimensional pocket and although he achieved the pinnacle of power, his hesitation in hurting those he’d loved was his downfall.
Through the memories and experiences Jin Fei had given to him, he learned quite a few things, he had to gain enough strength to break the barrier sealing this place, but also that his body no longer had the ability to cultivate due to his bodies transformation.
As he learned of these facts, at first he felt helpless, but it’d take much more for him to give up so easily. So he spent hours sifting and looking through all the memories of Jin Fei, until he found his solution, Body Inscribing.
Body Inscribing once flourished in the realm of immortals, its power was something no normal being could fathom. It could change those who were born with weak and frail bodies, into one who had strong and powerful bodies, granting them the power to devour all others. It’s affects were many and powerful, but the price to pay made those who wished to obtain it hesitate.
The conditions to begin Body Inscribing were savagely extreme, but there were only 4 conditions that had to be met. 1. To be a mortal. 2. To have as little impurities within ones body. 3. To have a will of steel, a firm heart and determination to face all consequences. 4. To have an extremely powerful soul and be willing to sacrifice and detonate the soul
Even in ancient times these conditions were extreme, but the abundance of medicinal pills, plants and liquids aided their ability to obtain said power. With the help of their medicines they could nourish both the body and soul to meet the requirements. But all things must come to an end.
With their excessive use of medicines, the realms could no longer sustain the demand of their greed and so, many of the immortal plants dwindled until extinction. And as a consequence, all those that practiced or tried to practice body inscribing were hunted by the realm until they too dwindled into extinction.
Jin Fei had stumbled upon this method while exploring the wonders of the world during his prime. He found it within a demonic ruin in the south east of the world, where devils and demons once resided. The ruins contained countless treasures, riches and books, and that’s where he obtained this knowledge, after gaining knowledge of said power, he became fascinated with how powerful it could actually be and began to search for the remnants and research its depths to gain a better understanding of its limits. But although the power was tempting, he would have never had the chance to cultivate it, but now it’s in the hands of this young man, Abaddon.