"I think it is time to cultivate!"
John had already experienced being a nascent soul of this world. But he himself lacked 'spiritual roots'. Even though he remade this body. It barely had pseudo-spiritual roots.
He was using spiritual energy versus oxygen.
But even with the 'pseudo' roots. He couldn't really cultivate.
"The system I'm most familiar with has three dantians."
"The cultivators of this universe evolved to have a single dantian."
"I lack a dantian entirely."
"To cultivate is to steal essence from the heavens. Humans aren't meant to live forever."
"But I am the creator of the 'heavens'. I am also virtually immortal when it comes to how long I can live. This body lacks the mechanism for aging."
"Not to mention my soul has my runic library along with with the different systems in my body."
"I must remember my goal here and not get distracted. I intend to temper myself for my fight against Zero. I want to reach the peak with an ordinary starting point."
"My intelligence has reached monstrous levels. My body has been 'perfected'. My soul is an impenetrable fortress."
"But yet... I feel like I lack something."
"In this world spatial techniques haven't been developed."
"That's right!"
"I lack three main things with this current body."
"#1 is transportation and evasion ability."
"#2 is an unbreakable defense."
"#3 is a legendary offensive."
"My body has fused on the micro level... but it is still flesh and 'blood'. If my brain is destroyed. While I still might be able to retain consciousness now thanks to upgrading my soul. I would lose control over my body. I'd become paralyzed."
"I wish to regain my immortality somehow..."
"My body is similar to my abyssal body now. But it isn't close to the durability and strength of my past abyssal body. It is just an immortal vessel."
"Even an ordinary sword would be able to cut me."
"A beheading would be game over... I don't like that."
"My skin isn't diamond grade. Neither are my bones fairy grade."
"But formations are inscribed all over my body."
"The question is... how do I make an unbreakable defense?"
John began to brainstorm briefly. After a few seconds he remembered Zero's defense.
"Infinity..."
"I've already grasped it. In that brief attack during the meeting. I had formed a limitless distance between myself and the other person."
"But I am not a nascent soul anymore. Comprehending a dao is unlikely"
John widened his eyes.
"My entire life... I've hardly used 'laws'. I saw them beneath me. I instead skipped them and focused on the power of concepts. Then I focused on creating something even beyond that. Origin."
"But this is the perfect opportunity to unlock different laws."
In John's spiritual castle. He sat on his throne.
Screens appeared all around him.
"Time."
"Space."
"Matter."
"As an origin and the creator of this universe. I know that this universe has two laws powering it."
"Those are chaos and order."
What John didn't know was that in order to become rank 10. You must combine 'chaos' and 'order' and create a law called 'cosmos'.
John's origin was more powerful then even he imagined. It had the potential to create a rank 10 entity! But John hadn't grasped the scale of the power of an origin.
He didn't have much experience with laws.
But... even so, his potential is infinite.
"Laws like time and space... they don't exist in this universe."
"Well... at the very least. Nobody has comprehended them..."
"But why rely on trying to comprehend them? To become rank 7 you must have your body deified. You must comprehend 100% of a law."
"There is no laws to consume at my current level."
"But... will I let that stop me?"
"This world is supernatural and my memories alone give me endless possibilities."
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"I once terraformed an entire world. Turning it into my factory. That world was at a realistic scale though. This world is billions of kilometers. It is a mythological anomaly."
"Before I explore this world fully. I will study and recreate the power of laws using science."
John was only 11 years old...
His body looked nothing like his age though.
A decade passed...
What was John doing this decade? What progress had he made?
John had perfected his control over the formations in his body. He also learned a few new tricks.
John was in the wilderness looking at a lake.
A blue portal opened up and John walked through it. He was soon at his lab.
John had found something a little interesting.
During this decade John had created something similar to 'runic vision'. But instead of using a forbidden dao pillar and infusing energy in his eyes. He did something a little new.
His cells had fused together. But his blood was still made up of separate cells. Each one was a black disk that had his runic library.
So John just had the spiritual energy in his body excite the blood cells flowing through his eyes.
He was then able to see things more clearly.
By programming the cells in his eyes. He began to see things at the atomic level.
John found that this entire world was full of microscopic holes. These were abysmally small though. He could see the gaps between atoms.
This got John thinking. What would happen if you expanded these small gaps in spacetime?
You would need some type of exotic matter to keep it from collapsing of course.
John started to focus on creating 'exotic matter'.
He needed something he could control... Not just near him. But also something that he could control at a distance.
John was trying to create something with negative mass.
"The world is saturated with something mysterious. Spiritual energy!"
John wasn't only able to see things at the atomic level. He also was able to see different states of reality.
Things got interesting the moment he looked at the quantum level. He found that the quantum realm behaved in an interesting manner.
John felt like merely flicking his hands could cause the realm to light up.
John found that his actions would set off chains of rules at the quantum level. By controlling his formations at the cellular level. He could manipulate spiritual energy!
He then discovered that there was both negative, positive, and neutral spiritual energy. It was superimposed in all states though.
By changing the formation rules of his cells. He was able to cause spiritual energy to perform a 'leap' through spacetime.
This wasn't useful initially. As although the energy itself could leap through space. It didn't mean John could as well.
John spent months studying this phenomenon. His formations unlocked the ability to communicate regardless of distance.
He then had a unique idea.
He would engrave his consciousness on the spiritual energy! Soon... the spiritual energy obeyed John as if he was god.
He would then have the spiritual energy with his 'brand' leap through spacetime. Then change its state to become negative.
At the atomic level. He would stab the spiritual energy into the small gaps between atoms. He would then expand it.
This created a portal! But when John tried to go through this portal. It pushed him with the same amount of force he used to enter it.
It had negative mass!
John then noticed that if he did the exact same thing. But used positive spiritual energy.
It was as if a wormhole had been created.
John could travel through these portals.
Now that John could travel using portals. He wanted to take it a step further. He wanted to be able to teleport.
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"The key to teleportation is likely related to the 'leap' of spiritual energy."
"To go from one point to another without traveling there. I would have to destroy then reconstruct my body."
"Perhaps it is possible..."
John soon had a plan.
"If I die. I die. If I don't die. I win."
John decided that the key to teleporting was a 'program'. Think about it this way. There are multiple steps needed to successfully teleport.
You have to break down all your atoms and move them to another location. You then need to put them all back together.
At that point... are you even still you? Or just a copy?
John had an upgraded soul. This wasn't an issue for him.
So John created a function over spiritual energy. It was an interval.
He named this the 'Revival Interval'.
Basically. He would have some of his formations run a program checking his various systems to see if he was 'existing'.
If he was... nothing would happen.
If the systems weren't functioning and he was 'dead'.
The cells would trigger a command and the function needed to imprint his consciousness on nearby spiritual energy.
Thanks to John discovering the 'leap' ability of spiritual energy. John was able to acquire a form of quantum immortality.
He would command the spiritual energy to perform a half-leap.
John was essentially turning spiritual energy into a phylactery. He would exist both alive and dead at the same time.
But John had a will now. His soul was upgraded. This meant that if his brain was destroyed. He could still think. His body would just become useless.
But the 'revival interval' was meant to give him back his immortality.
John would have the 'revival interval' on loop across his body.
This was in the theoretical stages. John was about to try out his first teleportation using this method.
"All systems ready..."
"10..."
"9..."
"GO!!!"
John combined negative and positive spiritual energy. Soon a film of spiritual energy covered his body like a magic shield.
To others this energy was invisible.
But to John... it was beautiful.
In John's perspective. He saw a flash of colors that didn't exist.
Every atom was wiped out!
John killed himself...
That's right. John had also developed an attack for his 'offensive' using spiritual energy. He could destroy matter. He broke the rules of physics by using the supernatural power of this world.
So if every atom of John is wiped out... how does the program know he is dead?
The cells in John's body form a network. John is able to easily manipulate and cause leaps for spiritual energy thanks to being able to transmit information through his formations.
This means communication regardless of distance is instant.
This is the perk of using formations.
When you exist. Naturally... you leave traces of yourself in your environment. Cells are constantly dying. You don't simply carry all your cells with you.
John's waste is excreted out of his skin.
His bone marrow is constantly creating his new type of blood cells. But the old blood cells have to go somewhere. John doesn't have to use the bathroom.
So it is released into the air.
Once John has 'died'.
The network of cells outside of his body recognize that they have lost connection.
That is where the 'revival interval' comes into play.
John felt his senses vanish. It was a weird feeling. He had died... but he remained aware. He then felt something etch onto his consciousness.
His existence was fusing with spiritual energy!
His program had activated...
John saw himself in a hallway of infinite lights.
He was nothing but a soul.
But the mental forbidden dao pillar in his spiritual palace started to rotate.
John had already broken the rules of physics by destroying matter.
Now he just needed to break them again.
All the 'dead' cells that weren't part of his body kept repeatedly triggering his commands.
John felt his consciousness connect to something...
He couldn't actually do anything with his soul alone. But the programs he had written were doing their job.
He had already set the location of where the leap would take him. The spiritual energy successfully made the jump.
It then left its superimposed state. Becoming positive spiritual energy.
It started to generate atoms according to the model John had saved of his body.
John's body was reconstructed...
"I survived! I have regained immortality..."
As long as John didn't run out of spiritual energy. Or as long as one of the cells of John had access to spiritual energy.
His revival interval would be able to resurrect him!
This also meant he could now teleport...
"It looks like I don't need laws after all..."
"No system? No golden finger? No laws? Ha!"
This was merely an application of his formations... He planned to add even more functions. The possibilities were endless.