The day after the meeting in the Shang Clan,
Before departing for the Xue Mo Tribe,
In the morning, Ashen had woken up fresh and felt great since his system was finished upgrading:
[Ding! Host, Congratulations! System has now upgraded to level 2!]
Ashen was already ready with a plan of action as he called out the status window:
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------STATUS WINDOW------
Name: Fang Ashen
Age: 20 years old.
Villain Points: 39,189,374
Cultivation: Peak(Ninth) Stage of the Core Formation Realm.
Attainment: Sword <Novice>, Space <Novice>, Time <Novice>, Chaos <Novice>
Cultivation Technique: Four Dancing Gods <Novice>
Skills: Martial Fist <lvl 1>, Crescent Moon Swirl <lvl 1>, Void Piercer Thrust <lvl 1>, WindWalk <lvl 1>, Stone Sentinel Barrier <lvl 1>, Shadowmeld <lvl 1>, Phoenix Flame Fist <lvl 1>, Blazing Wings Technique <lvl 1>, Phoenix Rebirth Stance <lvl 1>, Yin Finger Blossom Beam <lvl 1>.
Bloodline: Dormant
Physique: Dormant
1st Spirit: Four-headed Eerie Destruction Draken (4-star) [9-headed devouring Dragon] (dormant)
2nd Spirit: Ruyi Jingu Bang (8-star)
Weaknesses: None
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"System, how much will it cost to increase my attainments to master level?"
Ashen asked with a serious expression. He knew that it wouldn't be possible to advance to the King realm unless he had the mastery level attainment in his path.
But the problem was that he cultivated four paths and that meant four times the villain points expenditure to advance to the king realm.
The system didn't take long as it answered instantly:
[Ding! Host, It takes the following amount of Villain Points to increase your attainment to mastery level-
~ Sword Path - 1 million Villain Points
~ Space - 5 million Villain Points
~ Time - 5 million Villain Points
[Raising attainment of Space Path]
Soon after this notification, more information began to invade his mind, however, this time this information belonged to the space path.
In his mind, multiple shapes of different dimensions began to manifest.
From a point, it transitioned into a line before it became a triangle, and so on.
Multiple shapes floated in his mind before they were swept by a storm.
At this moment, information about the void began to fill his mind.
Void was a dimensionless space that existed everywhere, however, in a different dimension.
You needed to understand space to enter it or even perceive it, It was a dangerous place with Void Beasts who lived in the void.
Then, information about how to travel through the void began entering his mind.
From perceiving void cracks in space to entering it and traveling a short distance.
However, this information only allowed him to travel up to 10m in an instant, however, he couldn't travel any longer distance than that with the master level mastery.
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[Raising attainment of Time Path]
Next, Information about Time and its flow began to invade his mind.
Ashen's body remained still, but his mind spiraled into the realm of time itself. Knowledge began flooding into his consciousness, not as linear information but as fragmented moments—past, present, and future blending seamlessly.
In his mind's eye, time unraveled. He saw the flow of rivers reversing, trees regressing to seedlings, and stars exploding only to reform. The perception of time itself warped, becoming a fluid, ever-shifting construct.
He witnessed the timeline of his own life, each moment suspended before him like threads.
These threads were called the threads of time.
Only one thread flowed in this timeline, however, he was able to take a peek into the Time dimension where millions of these threads flowed.
Controlling these threads meant controlling time, however, it was not easy to control them.
They moved at a constant pace and were thick like a tree branch.
Threads of time were transparent and a white liquid constantly flowed in them.
They were similar to a huge pipe which let the water flow in them.
This white liquid was time itself.
Slowing the pace of the liquid will slow time also, similarly accelerating it will also increase the flow of time.
However, It was not easy since to slow it down even a little bit, a huge amount of time qi would be needed.
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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)