Cain's entire body trembled, and blood began to leak from his eyes and ears due to the incredibly potent clash of willpower and soul force that the Gluttony's Eye triggered between him and the Crown Prince.
Despite being only a soul, Michael Goldsoul was a Late Divine Ascension Master who went through the True Flesh and Bone Calamities and tackled the Mind Calamity, so his willpower and spiritual defenses were formidable.
The clash continued for several days, and luckily for Cain, ti was on his side. The Darkmist Force constantly healed and reinforced his soul sea, while the Crown Prince's soul was in a state of constant deterioration.
Finally, after over three days of constant clashing and pushing himself beyond his limit, Cain showed a broad smile, and the power of Gluttony's Eye exploded as it began to devour the soul of the Crown Prince.
Due to his complete victory over the Crown Prince's soul and mastery over the Gluttony Concept, Cain was able to access every single one of the man's mories, including his experiences, emotions, and insights.
Cain did not hesitate before imdiately going through the sea of knowledge in the Crown Prince's mories, as he was sure they would be important. After all, Michael Goldsoul was the puppet placed by the Depravita Race to destabilize the Godslayer Humankind Empire.
A chilling realization dawned in Cain's eyes upon seeing the mories, confirming his suspicions. From the mont of his birth, Michael Goldsoul had been a pawn, his soul tempered by an entity of imnse power.
Throughout Michael Goldsoul's life, the entity guided him like a voice in the back of his head, pushing the young man to grow stronger and stronger, throwing him into all sorts of life-and-death trials to exploit his talent.
Up to the Peak Apotheosis Realm, the control over Michael Goldsoul had been minor, but everything changed once the man began to interact with the Star Sovereign Divine System.
Thanks to the Codex of Infinite Pathways, Cain had a very good grasp of the Star Sovereign Divine System, a complex network of celestial bodies that guide your cultivation through the Soul Realm.
The essence of the Star Sovereign Divine System was allowing your mind and soul to interact with the Astral Supremacy Stars, the key to unlocking power beyond the Physical Realm.
At their core, the Astral Supremacy Stars were Laws in the form of heavenly bodies that took place in a higher dinsion of reality. Through one's cultivation, you could harness their power, transforming your body beyond its limitations of flesh and into a weapon that could harness Star Power.
The number of Astral Supremacy Stars was supposed to be endless, but the Codex of Infinite Pathways classified them into three thousand sets, each corresponding to a specific Star Power. There were powerful and weaker ones, and the goal was to start from the bottom and, as you improve your cultivation and foundation, harness the strength of the mightiest stars.
As soone who was soon to traverse the path into the Star Sovereign System, Cain had already learned the style and energy fluctuation of all the Astral Supremacy Stars. However, the ones Michael Goldsoul absorbed energy from were completely foreign to him, and there was no notion of them in the Codex of Infinite Pathways.
The power of those dark Astral Supremacy Stars was incredible, and they blended with Michael Goldsoul's body and energy pool flawlessly. However, they also had another effect as they began to twist the Crown Prince's mind, enhancing the control of the dark entity.
It was clear that sothing was very wrong with the dark Astral Supremacy Stars, and when Cain attempted to understand their origin, a hypothesis made his blood grow cold.
'What if those are artificial Astral Supremacy Stars?' Just thinking of it made Cain clench his fists. That would make sense and explain the changes in Michael Goldsoul, but the power needed for a feat like that was simply incredible.
It would an there were life forms that could create their own Laws, the fundantal principles that form reality, and their power affected not just Aether but the entire Astral Sea. That was even more challenging and amazing than creating a world!
The most likely culprit behind that was no other than the Depravita Race, making Cain understand that their power was simply unfathomable and that what he had seen in Aether was nothing but a few drops from an ocean so massive he could not even imagine.
Even with his willpower, that realization was a heavy blow to Cain. After all, no matter how talented he was, he was still a young man under thirty years old, and his full power could barely allow him to perceive the basic Laws of a tiny world. It was incomprehensible for him to affect the entire universe.
"It is not like you are alone?" Just as Cain's willpower was beginning to tremble upon realizing the enemy he faced, the voice of Apex echoed across his mind.
Cain's eyes suddenly widened, and a cold smile appeared on his face as he turned toward the Samsara Sacrificial Ground, focusing on the majestic fla inside it. The Depravita Race was clearly a behemoth that he could not even fathom.
Still, they also had enemies, and one of them was a man capable of projecting his willpower through countless galaxies and who could give birth to a fla that seed capable of giving birth to countless treasures.
'I will shatter their hold in Aether, sealing their portals to my ho. Then, I will ascend to the Astral Sea, growing stronger, ready to face them again if they dare to obstruct my path!' Cain's body surged with a potent mix of resolve and determination.
So what if the Depravita Race was strong? They also had strong enemies, and just like Cain rose from a re orphan boy to practically the leader of Aether, he could rise in the Astral Sea to an even higher stage!
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