Reincarnated With A Glitched System: Why Is My MP Not Running Out? Chapter 1937: The Sea of Consciousness

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A week had passed since my mother, my brother, and my friends returned to us. We had mostly relaxed and taken things easy, using the ti to reconnect rather than rushing into dungeons or anything intense. Ruby had surprisingly clicked with the rest of my friends. Though she remained reserved, she was speaking much more than before and opening up noticeably, even if she wasn’t fully there yet. I supposed it would take ti for her to completely lower her walls.

Throughout the week, I had kept trying to convince Aquarina to use the Cultivation thod Armageddon designed specifically for her. I begged her repeatedly because it was tailored perfectly for her growth, yet she refused every ti. She insisted she didn’t need that much power anyway and that she was already plenty strong.

I agreed with her on so level, but we would face far stronger enemies in the future—I was certain of it. I didn’t want her wasting ti on basic practice when she could master a proper thod.

Still, she kept refusing, so there was little I could do. Armageddon had said the thod wasn’t especially compatible with , but I decided to learn it anyway so the knowledge wouldn’t go to waste. I read the scroll carefully and absorbed its insights.

Recalling their conversation while I studied the Raging Oceans and Calm Seas Sutra, I closed my eyes and sat cross-legged in the lotus position inside my room. It was night; we had planned to head into town tomorrow with my brother, Aquarina, and my friends, so tonight I intended to master this thod and demonstrate it to her.

"W-What is this? So kind of trap?"

"It’s a Divine Cultivation thod I created specifically for you! It is called Raging Oceans and Calm Seas Sutra. It is both a Body, Soul, Spirit, and Mind Cultivation thod that also functions as a ditation Technique. It will help you control your emotions much better if you master it fully and even weaponize your rage and calmness to gain unprecedented power. Your Divine Pathways are all a ss because you’re a mortal—you possess three Divinity Sparks, yet they feel hollow and weak without a proper Cultivation thod. With this, that problem will be solved... well, for now. You’re supposed to move on to other thods once you master this one."

From what I rembered of that conversation, this incredible Cultivation thod cultivated Body, Soul, Spirit, and Mind while doubling as a ditation Technique. It appeared capable of absorbing negative emotions and stockpiling them as raw power.

While ditating, I slowly absorbed the formula’s contents and made them my own, imprinting them across my Mind, Soul, Spirit, and Body.

FLASH!

In an instant, my consciousness transferred into an "Inner Sea" of my own, a "Sea of Consciousness," as Armageddon called it within the formula.

"Wow..."

There, I saw that my Sea of Consciousness held all my mories and dreams, along with every power and my comprehension of Divinity and Elental Spiritual Energies.

In simpler terms, it was a chaotic ss of countless colors.

Aquarina’s Inner Sea would likely resemble a raging blue ocean, where she could ditate within the waves and gradually calm them, absorbing the oceanic power.

But mine was neither fully wild nor calm.

It was simply ssy, elental powers, mories, dreams, hopes, everything tangled in strange ways

"Well, let’s give it a go."

I concentrated within my Sea of Consciousness and sat cross-legged above it using Astral Projection. Slowly, the sea of countless colors and images began to swirl toward .

Gradually, I guided it back to its origins, separating and organizing certain elents to make them more uniform.

Suddenly, many things within my soul began to shift. Conflicting energies and elents that had clashed before started flowing more naturally.

"Oh wow, it works with too."

I practiced for three straight hours with no backlash, stunned that it functioned at all, though in a different way than intended.

Armageddon truly was exceptional at creating Divine Cultivation thods!

And there was no brainwashing. I would have noticed by now, if she had tried, she would have imprinted an exact copy of her consciousness into the formula, which would then recreate itself using mine and attempt to take over.

But there was nothing.

Armageddon had genuinely helped, and Aquarina simply refused to trust her... though I couldn’t bla Aquarina for her caution. Still, I would show her it worked perfectly, and maybe she would finally lower her guard and use it.

"Armageddon, co here for a mont."

With a thought, Armageddon’s spiritual form manifested over my shoulder, a small version of herself. She looked slightly annoyed.

"Ugh, what do you want? I was busy raising my kids..."

"Oh, are you a responsible mother now?"

"Shut up... what do you need?"

"As you can see..."

I showed her I was actively using the thod. Her eyes widened.

"W-What are you doing?! I told you this thod isn’t for you—it’ll crush your mind because the... the wavelengths are only for... masters of water? Wait a second, why is it working?" she wondered.

"So you made it exclusively for Aquarina, but it works on anyway?" I asked.

"Yeah, this is beyond bizarre," she said. "This thod is supposed to only work on her because it was crafted with her exact specifications in mind. But that fool rejected my kindness, which is so hard for to show because it’s a disgusting human emotion."

"Hmm, well, I guess there’s no brainwashing, huh?" I teased.

"Brainwashing?!" She looked genuinely shocked. "Tsk...! What would that ever benefit ? It would only enrage you, and then you would simply erase . I already told you I intend to genuinely cooperate."

"I know, I was just ssing with you," I said.

But even so, I didn’t trust her completely yet.

"I order you: try to take control over using the cultivation thods you’ve taught ."

"...?!"

Armageddon froze in shock as the order compelled her. She was forced to act and reveal once and for all whether she had been telling the truth.

What would happen?

Would she succeed?

Had she truly betrayed or laid a trap to brainwash us later?

Or...

"Ugh..."

She facepald.

Nothing?

"You really don’t trust ..."

"So you never intended to, huh? I had the thought that maybe you would delay it, but nothing?"

"No."

She sounded extrely grumpy now, and I couldn’t bla her...

But I also felt a wave of relief.

"I guess you cannot do anything, huh?"

"Of course not! Nngh! I already told you I didn’t put anything weird in them! I can’t! I don’t know what kind of power you think Cultivation thods have, but unless they’re actual magic spells or curses, there’s no way to take over soone else’s body just by teaching them how to control their energies..."

"Right, maybe I was too paranoid. Sorry. But still—new permanent order: you will tell every single plan you will ever have regarding betraying ."

"...What?"

The order took hold. A white nail pierced her forehead and slowly vanished.

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