Chapter 164: Inner Universe Will

Night said happily. "Aaah... It’s great to finally hear from you. [Blaze] always praises you when we chat, and it seems he was not lying when he said you were always helpful."

​[Aqua] chuckled. "Hoo... you are a sweet talker, aren’t you? I am glad to help... Noela would have loved to play with you and I always wanted to say you look too cute; every time I see you, I feel like pulling your cheeks. Unfortunately, you are so far away."

​Night blinked. He didn’t expect her to talk like this. And who was Noela?

​As if reading his thoughts, [Aqua] said, "Noela is my grand-grand-gran... ahem, this is getting too long. She is my descendant. She is just three years old, just four years younger than you, and very energetic. I am sure you guys would love to play together."

​Night was stunned and embarrassed at the same time. Here he was, just trying not to die in this world, and he had never once thought about things like ’playing,’ which children his age were meant to do.

​Besides, his head was filled with the memories of Demigods, so acting like a kid was impossible. It was already a miracle he wasn’t acting like a grandpa.

​[Blaze] coughed. "[Aqua], you are embarrassing him."

​Thankfully, [Blaze] saved him from further embarrassment.

​[Aqua] giggled. "Hehe... fine... You should also be careful of what you say out loud, as many people other than us are watching."

​Night nodded solemnly.

...

​Then he returned his awareness inward and looked at System Girl, who was suddenly nervous, realizing it was her turn.

​Night said, "I wanted to make you my Inner World’s Will, but now that there is a sun and moon, I don’t know how that will affect you."

​[Dream] chimed in, "Don’t worry. Now, instead of becoming a World Will, she will become an Inner Universe Will."

​Night and System Girl both looked at [Dream] at the same time with question marks on their faces.

​[Dream] raised an eyebrow. "Did you really think you could only have a single world inside your Soul Space?"

​"That’s what all the cultivation techniques mention," Night argued.

​[Dream] sighed. "I see. Those cultivation techniques only go up to the Immortal King Realm, but didn’t you stop to consider what comes after the Immortal King Rank?"

​Night shook his head. He was stuck at Rank 2. Why on earth would he think about things that were so distant?

​[Dream]’s lips twitched. "This.... at least, you should have stopped to consider. If there are Primordial Gods on the Divine Path, then there should be something equal on the Immortal Path."

​Night said dramatically, "So there is a realm after Immortal King. Let me guess, it’s called... it’s called... the Immortal Emperor Realm!"

​[Dream] deadpanned, "Haha, very funny..." She gave him a mean look before continuing. "It is indeed called the Immortal Emperor Realm. Cultivators of this rank possess an Inner Universe, and a cultivation technique of this rank already prepares the cultivator to house an Inner Universe right from the Immortal Rank."

​Night nodded slowly. "So they have suns and moons and such in their inner... universe?"

​"Yes," [Dream] confirmed.

​"So, do you have a cultivation technique of that rank?" Night asked.

​"I had one," [Dream] replied.

​"You had?" Night echoed.

​"Yes, but I don’t recall it now," [Dream] admitted. "It’s not easy to remember something of that rank, even when I was at my peak, and since I am just a soul fragment, I obviously forgot it."

​"I see," Night said with a pained expression.

​[Dream] reassured him, "But the point is, System Girl will be fine. Just follow the same process without any changes."

​Night nodded. He looked at System Girl, who also nodded in agreement. ℯℯ𝑙.

​Night then closed his eyes and focused. The process [Dream] spoke of was complicated, to say the least.

​He had to chant millions of meaningless words with the perfect pronunciation, tone, depth, and pace.

​One single mistake, and he would have to start all over again.

Sitting cross legged, He started chanting: "Akske judu skek ellow ekeoe wwuu....."

​After he had chanted for an hour, he ended up making a mistake when he tried to see how many words were left.

​He slapped his cheeks twice and started again.

​This time, he made a mistake after just ten minutes. And this time, it was not his fault; Minerva had come over, and he had gotten distracted.

​She came to tell him that she wanted to roam the nearby area and would be back in two to three days. He shooed her away since he didn’t think the chanting process would be over anytime soon.

​Then he tried again. This time, he managed to do it for six hours straight, but he somehow felt a little sleepy and stressed a syllable more than necessary.

​"Take a small nap and try again," [Dream] advised. "It will take all of your focus."

​Night agreed.

​He went to sleep, rested for two hours, and restarted.

​This time, he managed to chant for twelve hours straight, but he failed again.

​And this time, even [Dream] was speechless.

Somehow, Night had broken through to the Foundation Building Realm in Body, Soul, and Energy all at the exact same time, which disrupted the entire process.

​Sara, who was nearby, immediately appeared beside him and said, "Night, focus on your breakthrough first."

​Night was feeling a little frustrated, but he chose to focus on his breakthrough as instructed.

​His body floated in the air, and Qi danced around him playfully, as if amused by his frustration.

​Night felt himself growing stronger, and his Body, Soul, and Energy felt in sync. Not many visible changes had happened, but somehow, he felt vastly stronger than before.

​After the breakthrough was complete, he took a nap again, not wanting to take any more chances.

​He slept for four hours and then continued.

​Night chanted again, "Akske judu skek ellow ekeoe wwuu....."

​The chanting continued for hours upon hours.

​As the process had continued, he felt his Soul Space becoming malleable, and his ego felt lighter and lighter.

He only finally stopped when it was completely done.

​It had taken him almost two days to finish the millions of words without a single mistake.

​The sheer amount of focus it had required had drained him completely. He genuinely felt this was not something a mere mortal should be capable of doing.

​Even with his high level of attention and awareness, it was incredibly easy to make mistakes, even though the whole sequence was ingrained into his mind through transmission.

​Right now, Night felt like his ego had almost separated from his physical body through the chanting, and it was only then he realized the true importance of the words.

​The millions of words were arranged in a specific manner to make this separation happen, and it was not just the words, but the sound that made the difference.

​System Girl, who was already aware of what to do next, started her part after Night was done.

​Her form dispersed into a cloud of purple mist, which spun like a whirlpool.

​Slowly and gently, she exerted her will onto the Soul Space, which was now in the nascent form of an Inner Universe. Since Night’s ego was seperated form his soul there was no resistance.

​Right now, Night was incredibly vulnerable, so she had to be extra careful. If she did it too roughly, she could easily cause irreparable damage to his soul.

​This was the main reason [Dream] had been so surprised that Night had actually asked for this. Because right now, System Girl could easily kill or cripple him with a single stray thought.

​It takes a ridiculous amount of trust to do something like this, and System Girl wanted to make sure his trust was rewarded.

​Slowly, System Girl’s will enveloped the Nightmare World. She didn’t feel any resistance. Then, she expanded her will to the sun and the moon. Here, too, she felt no resistance.

​But she paused in pure surprise when she saw two more trees, one on the sun, and one on the moon.

​The one on the sun was golden in color, while the one on the moon was silver.

​She hadn’t known there were trees on the sun and moon, and she was pretty sure even Night and [Dream] were entirely unaware of this fact.

​Still, she paused only for a moment, then continued.

​After her will had encompassed the Nightmare World, the sun, and the moon, she spread her will out into the Void.

​She didn’t know how long she did this because the Void was so large that, at some point, she wasn’t even sure if there was an end to it.

​But after an unknown amount of time, she managed to hit a barrier that told her she had indeed reached the edge.

​She sighed in relief when it happened.

She had almost given up hope at one point, thinking maybe the Void truly was endless. But that should have been impossible, since this was inside Night’s soul and not the outside world.

​Then, she started chanting, as [Dream] had guided her: "Aaaa uho iouo ooom klo sek...."

​This chant only consisted of twenty-four words, but each word she uttered dissolved her further. When she said the very last word, "Zaoloinim," she dissolved completely.

​It was like salt merging with water.

​She had become part of the water, and in this case, the Inner Universe.

​Night and System Girl felt pure bliss as they merged with each other on a profoundly deep level. They remained in this tranquil state for hours.

​Minerva, who had returned some time ago, was stopped by Sara, who was keeping watch over the place.

​After Night had gotten disturbed the last time, Sara and Lucy had set up isolation arrays that enhanced focus and ensured he would not be disturbed again.

​Night finally opened his eyes, and simultaneously, deep within the Inner Universe, System Girl also became fully aware.