As he awoke, Sear was attacked by a series of pains coursing through his head. Whatever transformation he had undergone had changed him more than the past two times combined. Looking around, he realized just how much stronger his mind had become.

As he saw a leaf falling from a tree, he could tell with just a glance how long it would take for it to fall, what path it would take, even how long until the gust of wind 300 meters away from him reached the leaf.

His mind felt like it become hundreds of times faster in processing power. His thoughts went much faster now, and he felt like he could design a city in his mind in a matter of minutes. His eyes had also changed once more. He now had a five-pointed star instead of a normal iris. His eye color had changed to a deep purple.

His entire body had changed. The very cells that made up his body had changed, becoming smaller yet somehow tens of times more capable. His very genetic makeup refined itself slightly. Whatever had happened, he was almost certain he could no longer be considered Human.

*This is good. Now I am close to the peak. I can feel it closing in. Now I just need to test a few things.*

Closing his eyes, he looking into his inner self. The liquid was now a slightly lighter shade of black than before. It was still the same size as before, but now it was much denser. He now attempted to do something he hadn't done in a long time, submerge himself.

He remembered back when he was still in the cavern, he had submerged himself and he felt a barrier deep down. Even trying to get there gave him pain like he had never felt before. But now, he was thousands if not tens of thousands, of times stronger than he was back then.

Letting himself slowly sink, he was amazed. His body moved through the liquid like it was air. After ten minutes of it, he finally felt some resistance. After an hour, he felt like he was moving in water. After two hours, he felt like he was moving in thick syrup. By now, he felt quite a large amount of pain flowing through him, but it wasn't enough to brake his concentration.

Opening his eyes, he sighed. Whatever that barrier was, he felt that he still wasn't any closer than back then, even though he had gone much, much deeper than before.

Now for the next test. Going back to his inner self once more, he tried purifying a very small amount of mana, 0.1 units worth. Instantly, his body seized up as he began convulsing, blood coming out of all his facial orifices.

He let go of the mana and laid there, his thoughts running wild.

*This pain, its even greater than why I tried to purify my entire mana pool. Even though I used a miniscule amount. Seems I'm still much too weak to attempt another purification.*

Letting his body heal, he soon got up. Looking at the ocean in front of him, he decided to test his new physical power.

Without imbuing himself with mana, he took a stance, and punched out.

The very crust of the planet shook as the water got thrown back. Waves thousands of meters high sprayed out into the ocean, his punch excluding such force that he could make even the ocean run. The clouds above him all dispersed, leaving a clear sky for as far as he could see.

His punch caused a sonic boom so loud that anything near him, be it trees, or small mountains, were blown away. Even his skeletal warriors, which were over 7,000 kilometers away, could hear the noise created by the punch. Cities near him got turned into pure powder. Across the world, tsunamis spread and created havoc.

Volcanoes across the entire continent erupted, letting out ash that spread across the skies. Earthquakes roared through the land, created humongous divides and cracks along the ground. Any being, either weak or powerful, cowered in fear as the land itself quaked under this monstrous power that had been unleashed.

All of that and Sear just watched, smiling. As he was about to turn around though, he felt something he hadn't felt in a long time, fear. Pure, primal fear that came from the most basic of instincts. But he knew he couldn't run from it. Turning around, he saw what gave him such fear.

Standing before him were two beings of which he had never seen before. They were lizardmen. To be precise, they were the ones that were keeping an eye on him ever since he broke underwent his very first transformation.

As he watched, the shorter one waved his hand. Instantly, the planet calmed, the ocean came back to it's normal position. The cracks in the earth were closed back up. The mountains that were blown apart were placed back in their normal positions. The volcanoes absorbed all of the ash they had let out and closed back up, going back to sleep. The clouds came back to the sky. The only thing that remained the same were the broken cities.

"Well then, little one, it seems you have finally broken through." - Small Lizardman

"You probably have many questions, so for now come with me, and I will answer them." - Small Lizardman

Before he could say anything, he found himself else were. He was sitting on a chair, seated by a table. Across from him the two lizardmen also sat down.

"Now then. I am known as Prodikous. This here is Frentalize. He doesn't talk much but that is okay. He is currently at the second realm, tenth stage, while I am in the third realm, third stage. Currently, you have just undergone your transformation into a Continental Human. Basically, when any species gets to the first realm, fifth stage, as you have, they become Continentals. Since you are a human you are a Continental Human." - Prodikous

"WHen you become a Continental your entire body changed, down to the genetic code. You basically undergo a rapid evolution. Each time you break through a stage, you undergo a small evolution, but every five stages you undergo a large evolutionary change. For example, I have undergone 4 large changes, and so has Frentalize. The difference is I'm only two stages away from another evolution, while he is 5." - Prodikous

"Do you understand everything so far?" - Prodikous

Luckily, with Sear's new mental capabilities, he was able to think it all through much quicker than before. If he was still normal, it would most likely take a few days for everything to be understood, but luckily it took him a few minutes.

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As he understood, he nodded. As he did so, he felt cold sweat crawling down his back. This entire time, he hadn't moved from his position, as the fear was still there.

"Good. Now that you understand, I will explain a few more things. Firstly, the stages and realms. For now I will only tell you about the first five realms. By the time you reach past that, if you don't die before that, you will know whats above. The first five realms have ten stages each. Once you reach the top of the tenth stage in each realm, you will move of to stage one of the next realm. But to break through from one realm to another takes a lot of work." - Prodikous

"That keeps going on to the fifth realm, but above that it changes, but you don't need to know that for now. Now then, whats next. Ah Yes! Once you become a continental you will unlock a soul weapon. A Soul Weapon is a weapon materialized straight of our your very being. Take mine for example." - Prodikous

As he opened his hand, a staff appeared. It was a deep blue color, and there was a Icosidodecahedron(32 sided polyhedron) at the top of it, and had faint white waves coursing through it.

"Everybody has a different soul weapon. Mine for example is this staff. I would tell you what it does, but that's giving away something about yourself that can come back to hunt you. Each soul weapon has abilities that become apparent as you go from one realm to another. I have 3 abilities for the 3 realms, you will have 1 ability since you are in the first realm. To get the weapon, close your eyes and imagine yourself." - Prodikous

Sticking his hand out, which was still shaking from fear, he closed his eyes. Imagining himself, he began to look over who he was. Now that he thought about it, he really didn't know. He was just trying to become the strongest, and when he thought he was getting close, he realized just how far he actually was. He was angry, angry at the fact that there was still so much to go. Angry that he would have to waste even more time fighting against pointless idiots. His anger grew, and he felt something forming in his hands.

He kept at it, fueling it with his anger. Soon, he felt himself run dry of emotions. It was as if his emotions just died away. Opening his eyes, he saw his weapon. A sword. Or better yet, something that resembled a sword. it was in the shape of a sword, but it seemed to not be fully solid. The sword would change shapes, from a normal broadsword to a scimitar to the weirdest bladed weapon he had ever seen, which split off into two edges near the end.

Gripping it tighter, he attempted to keep it at a normal shape. The sword finally stopped changing at the shape of a scimitar. It was black and purple, and very detailed. The hand-guard was shaped like a dragon's mouth, with the blade coming out of the mouth. The actual hilt was perfectly shaped for his hand, but that's to be expected, as it was made from him. It was still not quite solid, and had faint purple lines swirling off of it's edges.

Looking at it, he attempted to change it's shape once more. It now resembled a katana. He changed it one more time, and it shrunk down to a curved dagger. He tried to change it to a staff, but it didn't work. Seem's like it would only change into bladed weapons.

He tried to put it away, and was amazed when it suddenly disappeared from his grasp.

"Quite an interesting ability. I'm sure that could be put to much use. Now then, for the rest of the information you need. Firstly, purifying your mana. Once you get to the fifth stage and unlock your Soul Weapon, you have to also begin purifying your soul weapon. This is done by only fighting with the weapon. Until you finish the first stage of purification of your soul, you won't be able to purify your mana. This is the way that the laws of the world work." - Prodikous

"So you have to learn how to use your weapon in better ways. The more ways you learn to use your weapon, the faster it will purify. With a weapon like your's that can change shape, I'm sure you will be able to do many interesting things, which would lead to you eventually purifying your soul very quickly. Also, there is no limit to soul purification like with mana. Soul purification can keep going with no limits unlike mana which need soul to be equal to it." - Prodikous

"Now then, I will send you back to the planet. In six months, I will come to pick you up once again. The reason for this is that you will be sent to Exile. Exile is a separate dimension created by the strongest gods to ever have existed. It is roughly the size of a mega-galaxy. It is not a bunch of planets though, it is a singular planet. Exile is roughly 60,000,000,000,000(60 trillion) times larger, even though your planet has a circumference of 51,201 kilometers. I'm sure you can imagine just how large it is. it is infested by all kind's of creatures. The planet is also split into 4 sectors. Sector 1 has creatures from Realm 1 to Realm 3. Sector 2 has creatures from Realm 4 to Realm 8. Sector 3 had creatures from Realm 9 to Realm 15. And finally Sector 4 has creatures from Realm 16 to Realm 30." - Prodikous

*R...realm 30? He's realm three and with a wave of the hand he basically made my planet go back to normal, and there are things that far above? I though he was one of the strongest...*

"If you don't mind me asking... what's the highest realm?" - Sear

"The highest ever recorded was Realm 99. The thing, or shall I say Universal Being, was trying to get to Realm 100, but to do it he needed extremely large amounts of mana, and to do it he attempted to absorb a few universes, which didn't sit well with a few large groups of gods. Around 10,000 gods from Realm 80-90 attacked him, and they managed to kill him. But roughly 97% of them died in the process. Currently, the highest realm of a living person is realm 96. And they've been alive for a few billion years." - Prodikous

"But for now I think that's enough. I'll send you back to your planet. Prepare yourself to go to Exile. You have six months." - Prodikous

In an instant, he found himself looking back at the ocean he destroyed.

*I have to become stronger. If that being wanted to absorb a universe, then it must be extremely powerful. I don't know exactly how large a universe is, but it seems to be thousand if not millions of times bigger than a galaxy. This will be hard. I want to train my soul too, but everything on this planet is most likely too weak. Unless I hold back tremendously, which I might do. I might also fight again my skeletal minions while holding back as they are many times stronger than normal humans.*

Crouching down slightly, Sear jumped forwards, imbuing himself with mana and using air magic to fly at the same time. He quickly went Mach 25 before flying back to the city he told his minions to take. While he can't purify his mana anymore, he can still make his mana pool grow. That means he can still go up in stages and realms even if he doesn't purify.

On the way, he encountered a small village being raided by bandits. Quickly landing in the middle, he took out his sword. The bandits rushed him while screaming in a language he didn't understand.

*Now that I think about it, how come I could understand their language?*

Holding back his strength to that only a few times stronger than a human, he changed his sword into a dagger. Blocking a horizontal strike aimed at his neck, he slipped forward while slicing the man's neck open. As the body fell, he changed his weapon into a katana and spun around, slicing two more men's heads clean off. Enlarging the weapon, it turned into a greatsword.

With a swing of it, tens of mens were launched away. As he finished the swing, a man attempted to stab him in the back. At the last second, he stepped to the right while changing his weapon into a scythe shaped weapon and stabbing the man in the chest.

As the fight continued, he continued changing the weapon into different shaped. Every time he killed someone, he would change the weapon, even mid swing. In a few minutes, he had already gotten used to the fighting.

In a few minutes, all of the bandits were dead. He absorbed their bodies for their miniscule amount of mana and blasted off again.

In his inner self, something had changed. Above his mana pool, was a large circle. It was mainly black, but on some parts of it, a lighter shade could be seen. The purification of his soul had begun.

PURIFICATION STATS AND MANA STATS

Mana Units: 22,102

Mana Purification: 1st Stage: 100% Complete

                            2nd Stage: 0% Complete

Soul Purification: 1st Stage: 0-10% Complete