The Tale of the Void Emperor

"Nihility Council...," Athan muttered before nodding, "heard about it. People say it's a myth, but there's no myth without basis. I figured only top echelons people know about it."

"Indeed," Komin said with a smile, "so? If you are up for it, then I will talk to Raizor Lord. He is a peak Fear level powerhouse who is going to compete for a Ruler position. I am in his one of the fifteen supporters, and if you agree, you will be joining me as well."

"It will start after five years, right? How long will it last?" Athan asked with a thoughtful expression.

"The war will last for a year," Komin said with a smile, "danger is great but so are the rewards. I am fairly confident about Lord Raizon being able to get one of the Ruler positions, and if that happens, we will get even more benefits."

'Master, I-'

Suddenly, Aren heard Primo's voice, but it was abruptly cut off.

'What happened, Primo?' Athan asked as his 2nd soul looked at Primo and others.

Primo had a confused expression, and even though the cute cat was trying to speak and send his thought to Athan, it was not working.

Taezin and Pixilote looked at each other before they understood that Staercia had indeed placed a restriction on them such that they wouldn't be able to reveal the truth to Athan.

The truth about how Tiana and others are already scattered in five zones of Outrious Expanse and that she will reveal one person's presence to Athan at a time, with the first reveal coming in a year.

'Sigh...nothing, Master,' Primo said after releasing a sigh, 'you will know pretty soon. But I suggest that you take one year to think about this decision because...something might happen after a year.'

'Yes, Master. Take one year time to think about it,' Taezin and Pixilote both nodded and said to Athan.

Athan looked at Primo, Taezin, and Pixilote as he felt that they wanted to say something more but couldn't say that.

'Alright, I will take a year's time.'

Outside...

"So? What's your decision?" Konis asked after he told details regarding the Grand Meet to Athan.

"Give me a year's time to think about it. You can give me your comm crystal, and I will use it to contact you," Athan said.

"Hmmm, alright," Konis nodded before he took out his comm crystal and gave it to Athan, "by the way, I assume you don't have a residence to stay in, right? If that's the case, then why don't you and your companions stay at my Thousand Deaths Valley?"

"We can also go into Supremacy-grade Labyrinth since I've been looking out for them while your companions can train in my sect," Konis said with a smile.

"Good idea," Athan nodded with a grin, "I also need more soul essence resources and a powerful treasure that I can use to create a body."

"All of those, you can find in Labyrinths and Outrious wilderness," said Konis as he caressed his beard, "I plan to go to the Underwater Gahen region, which is thirty days away from here, to get some resources. If you don't mind, you can come with me. I am sure you will find good resource materials to create a body there."

"You want to create a body for your clone, right? Is it to house your substitute soul?" Konis asked with a thoughtful expression.

"Well, I got Eon Astral Soul Fruit," Athan said with a smile.

"I see. So you can make a perfect clone of your soul now," Konis nodded before speaking with slight envy in his voice, "you are pretty lucky to get that fruit. Among all other resources that can awaken soul clone talent, Eon Astral Soul Fruit is the best one since its lifespan is whole 10,000 years."

"Oh? so there's a lifespan restriction?" Athan was surprised.

"Of course. These soul clones are generally used to comprehend the profound understanding of principles and gather resources by the main existence," Konis said, "once the lifespan of the soul runs out, you can simply create another soul clone and house it in the same body or another stronger body."

"But why can't my clone train as well?" Athan asked with a frown.

"Impossible," Konish shook his head as he laughed, "this is THE Outrious Expansion where Outrious Potency is everywhere, and you can't block it. This is the mysterious force in which every single power, thing, existence, and all is built up. Your clone is not a NEW existence, so it can't train separately. Both will be connected through the omnipresence of Outrious Potency that can easily recognize that the clone is...well, your clone."

"Outrious Potency...," Athan muttered, "If that's the case, then It should become fuel to produce more Abyssal darkness, no?"

Athan closed his eyes and absorbed Outrious Potency in his body. He absorbed it until he couldn't, and as he gathered the Outrious Potency in his body, a five-kilometer square pool filled with fifty-thousand motes Outrious Potency formed.

He tried to absorb more Outrious Potency but failed.

"Of course, you can produce the signature energy of your resonated Outrious power," Komin said with a speechless expression.

"Look, this is my power, Divine Curse of Pyr Dust," Komin said as he activated his Profound talent producing a dark brown sparkling energy, "Using my profound talent, I can convert Outrious Potency into the signature energy of my Outrious power."

"I see. Anyway, I am unable to absorb more Outrious Potency after reaching the fifty-thousand motes mark. What about you?" Athan asked as he was curious about it.

"Hmmm...that's rather low for a Supremacy existence, weird," Komin frowned, "It should be because your body's strength is not at the same level as your soul."

"You need to find more body resources and then refine your body using your profound talent and make it at the same level as your soul. Once that happens, your basic power scale will increase, and you will be able to absorb one hundred thousand Outrious Potency motes," Komin said.

Athan nodded as he closed his eyes. He opened them after a few minutes and muttered, "I see. So that's how everything works in Outrious Expanse."

He finally got a solid understanding of Outrious Potency.