After I have completely cleared out their vault.

I open up a portal back to the chaos realm and leave.

You see, the thing is. I wish to learn more spells.

But all I have are crappy level 0 spells that any rank 2 acolyte can cast.

These spells are weak as shit.

They don't even have as good of an attacking power as using my nanites.

If I am to use more magic.

I'll need to design stronger spells.

If I am to simulate spells with echo.

I'll need something to train the simulations neural network.

The environment in VR also is missing too much information for me to be able to practice seriously.

I then realize why I'm unable to open up portals from the chaos realm.

I had set-up formations to all of the academies in a certain time period.

It isn't that I simply can't open up the portals.

Is that the portals haven't even been made yet.

But while I am in the world.

The formations still exist in the chaos realm, outside of time.

If this wasn't the case.

I would be able to time travel by simply using formations.

Unfortunately, that is so far impossible.

But this does mean.

If I was in the right place at the right time.

I would be able to open a portal from the chaos realm.

It is just so unlikely, that is is basically impossible.

That is... as long as I have the eyes of a mortal.

Original Incarnations

Beings above the gods.

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Gaia promised me the eyes of an original incarnation.

If I can get those...

I should be able to see through the chaos realm.

It's just...

Killing Owtz Eerth is such a monumental task.

I mean...

I'm only rank 1.

But I'm already OP as shit.

I'm also using a path he made himself.

Who knows what he went through to reach his position.

I'll need to get creative.

I then begin a very repetitive journey.

I enter the obsidian door.

Check to see if the formation on my wrist can open up a portal to an academy.

If I'm unable to connect.

I open up a portal to the chaos realm and try again.

Eventually I do connect.

I walk through the gateway and alerts begin to go off.

"Freeze!"

I put my hands up.

"I am Zero! I have returned from the higher world!"

"Zero? You don't mean... the founder of the Gateway Zero?"

"Obviously... I set up this very formation... let's see. You're Soul Fire Academy are you not?"

I check out the formation as I ignore the people that have their swords pointing at me.

I can tell roughly how much time has passed from how well maintained the runes are.

"Let's see... it's been about 2,000 years give or take."

"Put your hands behind your back and step away from the formation. You are under arrest for unauthorized use of a historical relic."

I put my hands to my side and say:

"You aren't listening to me at all. This is MY formation."

They completely ignore me and one guy even goes in for a strike.

I grab and stop the blade with two of my fingers.

The dudes eyes open wide.

"How did you do that?"

"That strike was infused with mana... no way someone could stop it with their bare hands!"

Before the situation can escalate further.

An old man with a long white beard shows up.

"ENOUGH! Stop this shameless display. That man is indeed Zero."

"I have been waiting for your return."

I'm a little surprised.

"Have you?- I mean, yes of course you have."

"Come with me."

I follow the man to the shock of all the security.

The old man begins talking to me.

"A lot changed when you went to the higher realm. We never thought you would return. I assume you've broken to a rank 7 and have mastered a law. To be able to break the rules of the universe and return to a lower realm."

Instead of pretending to be a rank 7.

Which would be a little silly.

I tell the old man the truth.

"I'm definitely no rank 7. Through an experiment of mine. I acquired immortality. The reason I have returned is actually to browse your collection of rank 1 spells."

The man strokes his beard.

"Even if you're rank 6, there is no need to be humble. It is my honor to have our spells browsed by the great one. My great-great-great grandfather was friends with Steiner. So you may use our library."

"Just to be clear... I'm not rank 6 either."

The man immediately looks at me in shock.

"To think you were able to break into the lower realms with the power of a rank 5!"

"I'm not rank 5 either."

"Impossible! A rank 4 going against the heavens... this is the stuff of legends."

"Bro... I'm rank 1."

"You've been rank 1 for over two thousand years!? WHAT IS YOUR APTITUDE!?"

"I would prefer if you keep our talk a secret. My aptitude is on the low side of a 1."

"..."

"I feel as if my world view has been shattered... is the tales of you holding horrors back from the other side of the gateway false as well?"

"I did what now?"

"..."

"What about your theories on the internet and computers?"

"Oh, those were definitely written by me."

"I see... your brilliant mind is still real. Able to come up with such ideas through your originality and ingenuity."

I don't have the heart to tell the man I copied the inventions from an alternate world...

"Yea... can you show me to the library?"

"Of course!

He walks me to the library.

He then gives me a card that'll allow me to enter the area reserved for rank 1 magi.

The room only has about 100 books.

42 of them are spells

The other remaining 58 are theories on the soul.

Time to set the foundation for my spells in the future.