John now could use the basic functions of Soul Domain. There were a few benefits to being a nascent soul cultivator.
First. You had the lifespan of a thousand years. John pretty much didn't have to worry about people thinking he lived too long. Even if he lived longer then a thousand years, it was far more believable for a nascent soul to live longer then a thousand year old mortal.
Second. His spiritual sense had expanded to 1000 meters. It also had more functions, like being able to send information into the brain of someone from far away. This included images and techniques. Just like how those in core formation can talk to others through their spiritual sense.
Third. He had a nascent soul. This was very much an upgrade of the soul field. Just like spiritual sense was an upgrade of body sense. It was on a completely different level then soul field and boosted his processing power a hundred times beyond what is was before, and he was already at an abnormal level of processing power even at foundation establishment.
This was in part due to his hundreds of years of splitting focus across multiple bodies. Not to mention him being nascent soul now, his abilities were getting to a ridiculous level. In combination with finding that supreme beings inheritance that further deepened his processing power. His perception was at the level of a true immortal.
That brings us to 'Soul Domain'.
The technique developed by a true immortal! One who had went through one of his biggest fears. Being sealed and trapped!
This was a counter technique developed to get around this.
This technique had three main parts to it.
'Soul Vision'.
'Soul Localizer'.
'Soul Blend'.
Soul vision allowed one to see soul.
Soul localizer allowed one to grasp their soul in their hand.
Soul blend allowed one to infuse the soul into an environment.
John went to his pocket dimension and immediately tried to activate soul vision. He did this by using the spiritual energy in his nascent soul, infusing his eyes just like with runic vision.
He then saw a separate dimension.
This was the Otz Room!
He immediately stopped soul vision and left his soul alone.
It was about time he 'met' his main body.
The skeletal body on that mysterious throne!
During all of these years, he had been exploring the multiverse with that body. Not visiting other universes, no. He was looking for this particular cultivation world. It was incredibly elusive. But over the course of half a century. He had found this world.
John didn't leave his pocket dimension and waited for the arrival of 'him'.
A skeleton on a golden throne appeared in the pocket dimension.
John could obviously feel both ontologies. He had been splitting his focus this entire time!
He directly felt that he now had two sea of consciousness.
He had one that originated from his nascent soul and he had another that was his original consciousness.
He used soul vision and began to trace back the soul of his skeletal body. He saw a blackhole in the Otz room.
He then used soul localizer to grasp this soul, pulling it into his hands.
This was his weakness! Another person with soul domain could have done this. It didn't matter if it was him or someone else. They could trace his soul from the otz room and capture it.
He was just lucky to not have been sealed so far. But who knew how long such luck would last? He had already ran into entities in the past that did something similar to this.
He put his hand on the shoulder of his skeletal body.
The throne activated and teleported him billions of light years away.
It was time to make his own personal dimension! The location was obscure and far more secure then the otz room. He carefully held his soul in his hand as he was transported to space.
He then took out supplies from his spatial ring. There was no Qi in this environment. But he was a nascent soul cultivator. Qi was generated from the consciousness at this stage! It was even more survivable then core formation. Even in environment with no Qi, a nascent soul could live well and prosper.
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He pulled out an artifact. It was not the anti space stabilizer. That could essentially create a pocket dimension. No. What he was doing was something on a far grander scale.
It was long ago that he acquired a sliver of comprehension in the law of time. He planned to manifest this comprehension as a material and use it as the form for his formation.
That wasn't all.
What was the function? The energy source?
He wasn't using Qi to power this formation. He would be using energy extracted from his spiritual roots. This something he had learned about when studying formations. It would be Qi with the aspect of space!
So this dimensions foundation would be Time and its energy source would have aspects of space. He planned to make the systems contradict each other instead of working in harmony. Why was this?
He wished for the universe to eject this pocket dimension outside of the multiverse.
This wasn't the creation of a mere pocket dimension.
This was the creation of his very own universe!
John pointed out his fingers from his throne. He felt a pain on the level of his soul as the hourglass engraved in his soul vanished.
A white hourglass was formed floating in front of him.
John used his forbidden dao pillar to inscribe his unique runic library into it. He then opened up the console and began to write the most complicated program he had ever written in his entire life. It contained within it the rules of his universe. This ensured that he would have a level higher then administrator status in the universe.
Once he ran the program. He would have the law blow up in a big bang in creation of his universe. The formation itself would form the very laws of that world. It would collapse and never again be able to be edited. So he made sure that there was a key for the universe to recognize.
As for what that key was? It was his soul!
It would recognize his soul and bend to his will. While in his universe, he would be stronger then a supreme being. This didn't mean he had all of their abilities. But he would be near omnipotent.
He wasn't simply creating his own universe. He was also creating a special dimension he called the 'Infinite Maze'. That would exist as a separate dimension in his universe. This was similar to the chaos realm.
He wasn't holding back in this plan. He was going all out!
He wasn't simply using Qi from his spiritual roots. He planned to use his very soul itself as part of the foundation.
This would destroy any other persons soul.
But he was confident in his soul, thinking it was unbreakable.
He shoved his soul into the hourglass and had the Qi from his spiritual roots fill the formation as it activated! In an instant, the pocket dimension that would of normally formed was ejected from the universe. His soul was attached to the hourglass as it began to rapidly spin.
He was in a completely dark space now. There were no celestial bodies. There was nothing.
He was in the abyss!
The throne he was on began to shake from the pressure.
The formation's program completely compiled without any error.
The hourglass he held in his skeletal hands exploded destroying everything in a big bang.
His skeletal body was disintegrated in an instant from the explosion.
His cultivation body had a better reaction teleporting directly into the explosion, something most wouldn't dare to do. This caused the energy to partially miss him, leaving him in a half dead state.
He instantly reverted back to perfect health.
Then looked in shock around him.
There were stars everywhere.
He had created his own universe!
He then saw the golden throne in the distance. It was cracked and damaged. Something interesting was happening right before his eyes.
The blue spinning cube that was located at the back of the throne had forcefully merged with the remains of his skeletal body.
It seemed the laws of time and space were infused with this cube.
It reversed the status of the remains of the skeletal body reforming it.
The throne completely shattered as its energy source was consumed by John just like when he consumed the souls of those that soul searched him.
This gave him some unique abilities.
Even his spatial ring that was destroyed in the blast was restored.
The logic in the formation was still altering the very universe in these few minutes.
Soon his 'Infinite Maze' was constructed as a dimension of this universe.
John flew over to his skeletal body which was no longer sitting on the throne. The throne had completely collapsed. He used soul vision and soul localizer to grasp his soul.
He then walked through reality, not teleported. He walked.
Appearing in a realm with a giant infinite maze.
His soul formed a mist around it as the maze was sucked into it.
His soul became the infinite maze!
This was the final step of soul domain... soul blend.
It no longer looked like a blackhole. It had become its very own dimension.
At the center of this infinite maze was a blackhole.
The very world itself was now following the logic he had set beforehand.
What was this blackhole? It was a phantom soul!
His soul could now create fake phantoms of soul, and these phantoms retained his abilities and unbreakable nature!
In other words, not only was he now eternal, unbreakable, immortal and deathless.
He had created a network of souls.
Every single connection he had was no longer him splitting his focus. It had its own soul! But instead of this soul existing in the Otz room. It existed unformed in the infinite maze.
The soul above his head on all his connections was now merely a phantom soul. It couldn't be traced back to him!
The blackhole in the center of his infinite maze was the physical representation of all of his phantom souls. You could think of it like the server, while his phantom souls were the clients.
He could disconnect the clients from the servers, and they would continue to exist independently.
If someone tried to 'seal' him now. It would have no effect on him at all.
He tried to use the soul localizer on himself again. But all it grasped was a phantom soul. It was unable to trace it back to his infinite maze.
Not to mention the fact that if by some stroke of luck someone did manage to find his universe. He was essentially God here.
The universe listened to him since it was his creation.
He also attained a new ability.
Since his phantom soul could be manipulated by him. He could reform his body through soul manipulation alone.
This meant, instead of using blood to make another body. He could simply create a phantom soul and form a body from it. He could also erase it just as easily.
This was huge!
That wasn't all though. Since his skeletal body had fused with the blue cube that powered the golden throne. He was able to travel through the multiverse, even without the golden throne.
So he could hold out his hand, form a phantom soul, then send it to a universe as easily as breathing.
He laughed in satisfaction.
"I finally have a tiny bit of protection!"