Naath was annoyed at the reminder but also rather grateful while it was annoying to be pestered in such a way it also served as a distraction. Naath could no longer feel the pain as intensely as before but to Naath’s dismay, he actually felt like he was starting to enjoy the feeling slightly. Ignoring this and shoving it to the back of his mind he began to run the energy in his bones through the cycle of the True Void Arts. The energy cycles began in a space shaped like his bones were previously but something odd started to happen. As the cycles continued not all of the energy would return to nothing. In the absolute center of his bones the energy of nothing gathered and condensed. After this core structure formed from the energy of nothing his bone marrow formed from the energy of creation. Then the marrow was covered in a thin separative sheet of the energy of attraction, following this the bulk of Naath’s bones were formed from the energy of destruction. Finally the outermost shell of his bones was formed from the energy of nothing as well.
When they were finally done reconstructing Naath felt an insane amount of energy in his bones compared to before. If before he felt like he had a small pool of energy then now it was like a vast lake at his disposal, a reservoir that could satiate the thirst of millions. Also his bones seemed stronger than before not just because of the energy but also the fundamental transformation they had undergone from the True Void Arts. Once his breakthrough was over Naath stood up and looked at his right hand slowly clenching and unclenching it as he adjusted to his new cultivation. After getting a feeling for his newfound strength Naath closed his hand tightly all at once causing a loud popping sound.
Naath just popping his knuckles like he did before now produced a loud sound that could be heard several meters away. Smiling Naath jumped directly up, going a full 300 centimeters into the air before stopping. Once Naath landed he fumbled not used to the height and fell flat on his bottom with a *putt*. He started laughing wildly at this and was absolutely overjoyed, to test his strength further he went to one of the large, still standing, trees. He, without holding back anything, punched the tree. Immediately a large hole 15 centimeters in diameter formed in the area around Naaths fist and bore through the entire tree.
Naath stood there stunned at his own strength, before it took several violent axe like kicks to take down one of these trees. Now though Naath felt like he could fell a tree with just a single kick, easily. With a large grin on his face Naath spoke to King.
“Okay King, congratulations you've earned my trust. My cultivation is miles ahead of what it was before, absolute miles. It feels like it’s barely even comparable to before, not only that but with my bones being reformed and refined by True Void Energy I feel like I’m settling with the energy and strength in them far, far faster than before. Also there is a faint feeling of resonance with my True Void Membranes. King you’ve outdone yourself, not such a scammer as I had initially thought then huh?”
If it was when he had a body King, after hearing these words would have absolutely beaten whoever had said these kinds of words to him into a cripple simply incapable of cultivation! Yet now hearing these words from Naath he wanted to cry tears of relief and joy, he finally felt recognized and with that came a sense of liberation. King did notice though that this time after Naath’s breakthrough no soul energy came into his soul sea. It seemed like 100% of the energy from the True Void Arts had gone into Naath’s bones. King was disappointed but also slightly happy, this meant that Naath had perfectly used the information given to him.
Then King spoke.
“Young Master, I’m truly glad that I saw and was able to help amend the issue with your cultivation. 21 compressions is simply astounding, you should know that based on the number of compressions one undergoes is a rather accurate marker of ones talent. Your 21 compressions is on the level of a heaven defying talent! The record since the beginning of the universe is 24 after all! With this young master your future is simply unlimited.”
“Haha King, you don’t have to call me ‘Young Master” anymore. Just Naath will do, you’ve earned my trust and my respect, I will call you King and you will call me Naath. Also I need to correct you on something, my talent has yet to truly shine, my True Void Arts are merely in the second stage. The very early part of the second stage at that, so to say that my talent has given me an unlimited future already seems premature no? After all this is merely the starting point of my True Void Arts. Once I get into even just stage three or four what will you think then? Stage 8 to 10 is really far away but if now is considered as heaven defying then at stage 8 I will be considered as a god no?”
“Youn- I mean, Naath. Do you mean it? You’ve accepted that I’m not some scammer but actually a very knowledgeable being? Also how many stages does the True Void Arts have? I can clearly read almost all of your memories however, when it comes to your True Void Arts everything gets hazy. Like some sort of force is blocking anyone except for you from knowing about the True Void Arts intricacies.”
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“Ah there such a thing? Also, yes we are equals now, just call me Naath. I’ll listen earnestly to your advice now but at the same time keep in mind my True Void Arts when giving information please. Now my True Void Arts has ten total stages. The first is about understanding what the void is and perceiving nothing. This sound simple in theory but in actuality is nearly impossible, I’m not talking about the black ‘void’ of space here. Absolute nothing, no black no white no color at all, not even any space or any time just… Nothing. It’s a concept that will and has driven men mad.
The deeper your comprehension the better overall you will be able to work with the True Void Arts. The more you can visualize the better your control over True Void Energy becomes. The first stage after reaching comprehension allows one to absorb all energies as part of the cycle of True Void making one flawlessly able to utilize all cultivation resources in this world. The second level is about deepening your understanding of the cycle itself and creating True Void Membranes. Each membrane can be considered its own little world in essence, and inside each one you can run the True Void Arts at a much higher capacity than normal with just the body. Also once one reaches this stage all the membranes will slowly cycle and pull in energy automatically.
The amount that they pull in individually is simply minuscule and not really worth mentioning. However, as one reaches the later stages and then completion all of the true void membranes become interconnected and link up. The energy they are capable of gathering in the middle stages is already enough to become significant but at the completion of the second stage as least from what I’ve taken note of in bone hardening you can simply cultivate passively! The third stage is all about deepening ones connection with True Void Energy. In this stage you refine your control over the energy and form a link or bond with it and your control becomes finer and more stable. Once it becomes more stable you will be able to control even greater amounts of True void Energy of all types and the cycle become more efficient.
Due to this one is able to even break down physical object into its composite energies and then refine them for cultivation. In the fourth stage you start to merge your very soul, your essence with the void. This will form an inexplicable link between you and the energy and really get the ball rolling. At this point the True Void Energy due to its connection with you can exist stably outside the body without constant maintenance now. Using it one can veil themselves in True Void Energy of any type and use it in combat as armor or blade in a very crude way and even to absorb energies quicker.
All stages after this point are about merging further with the void energy and deepening the connection as much as possible as well as ones comprehension. The fifth stage allows one to shape the energy outside of their body into various things for various uses. The sixth allows you to separate these tools made of True Void from your body and make independent entities. The seventh stage is one where you begin to truly create with the True void Arts and even basic life is able to be born from your hands. The eighth stage is where you are able to draw upon the True Void and begin to crate complex life and nearly anything you can imagine as well as start to use the True Void as a pocket dimension to store items. The ninth stage will allow one to create entire worlds, entering and exiting the void freely.
Finally at the tenth stage, well even I would have to consider a person at the tenth stage as a god. At this point a persons will merges with that of the true void, the are able to command the true void at will. At this stage whole universes can be created and destroyed, the void itself becomes a part of you and you can draw upon it to do anything you can imagine. One at this stage can simply take a single step and walk into other universes, other realities. At this stage one becomes an omnipresent deity capable of pretty much anything and everything. There is no stage passed this, there is no possible stage greater than this. If there was you would simply become the void, become another infinite and infinitesimal space within infinity. But the one void already IS so there cannot be a second. The tenth stage is where mastery lies and there is nothing beyond it.
That King is my True Void Arts, that is what I have devised and comprehended. Even without cultivation as long as I have my True Void Arts I am confident in my ability to absolutely dominate everything. Even the void that creates all things will be mine to control one day, what hope does anything else have to even remotely attempt to stand in my way?”
As Naath spoke these last words a feeling of dominance and absolute arrogance and authority radiated from his body. For a split second the world around Naath trembled as if in reaction to simply the aura he gave off with his words. Meanwhile King sensed this aura and was in a complete daze. That was the aura of an absolute ruler a king of kings that had no equal, the aura of someone at the peak that could look down on everything! King shuddered and suddenly felt like he had been blessed beyond words to have chosen to gamble on entering Naath’s soul sea. His gamble had simply won him the greatest jackpot possible! After a moment however, this aura passed and was gone as Naath shook his head and calmed down. King was still stunned and processing all of the information when Brutus came out of the nearby brush and calmly sat down in front of Naath.
Naath smiled at Brutus and then said.
“Alright then gang, lets head off towards the city again, shal we?”