Chapter 54: 2000+ Strands of Cosmic Singularity Intent

After half an hour or so of playing around with the Space Rule—manipulating and altering it as he saw fit—a different kind of system notification sounded for Jin.

[Your Understanding is Against-Heaven. Because of the extended period of time you spent comprehending the Rule of Space, your Space Rule has leveled up to Level 2!]

“Level 2 Space Rule?” Jin’s smile widened. This was precisely what he had been hoping for.

The information related to the features of a Level 2 Space Rule transferred into his mind. After which, he opened his eyes and… disappeared.

This disappearance had nothing to do with speed. No, it happened purely because of Jin’s usage of the Space Rule, allowing for a short-distance spatial displacement.

Otherwise known as Teleportation.

In the Main World, Rules were a higher kind of Intent. In fact, they were typically formed from Fused or Assimilated Intents when one was making the jump from Rank 3 to Rank 4.

As was known, Rank 1 had to do with refinement or strength improvement of some sort. Rank 2 focused around the initial acquisition and cultivation of Intents. Rank 3 extended upon Rank 2, further developing Intents and bringing them closer to your true being, whether that be through getting them to Stage 6, Unity—or by taking things a step further like Jin, where he merged his Intents with a self-created Dantian.

No matter your Evolution Path, your cultivation typically adhered to the aforementioned steps.

Then, when it came to knocking on the door of Rank 4, there were three types of Evolvers that took to the stand.

Those who went even more crazy in their pursuit of Intent cultivation, branching off into merging, fusion, augmentation, etc.

The second type, on the other hand, were those that focused on |Deitification|, Belief, or any other ambiguous concept they could get their hands on. Those who fell into this category were either extremely weak—or extremely strong.

And then there was the superior type of Half-step Rank 4 Evolvers. This group, who likely already had Stage 6 Intents—some of which were fused with one another and even fused with oneself to actualize embodiment—steered toward ’Rules’ in order to break through.

Rules were what governed every major concept throughout the Cosmos. They were a lower yet also simplified version of Laws, which were said to be the highest form of a concept in the Universe.

Rules, although far fewer in number than Intents, were so much higher in quality that even thousands of comprehended Intents couldn’t compare to a single comprehended Rule. Conversely, Rules were extremely similar to Intents—or rather to Primary Elements—which essentially equated to the most common and useful Intents in the Main World.

To get to the point, a lot of Rules were named after their Intent lessers. For example, there was a Fire Intent—then there was a Fire Rule.

Their rudimentary qualities were the same, but the purity, complexity, potential, utilization, and many other aspects of the Rule were far superior to the Intent counterpart. If explained in layman’s terms, it was like Intents were elementary school mathematics, while Rules were middle school or even high school level.

’I believe the minimum to break through to Rank 4 in the Main World was one Rule comprehended to Level 2. On some occasions, a Level 1 Rule is enough, but those are rare and usually result in the birth of a weaker Rank 4 Evolver.’

Either way, except for the energy and qualitative changes that happened up to reaching Half-step Rank 4, Jin had already fulfilled the hardest prerequisites required to achieve Rank 4.

And all that while not even being… Rank 3.

…

Later that night.

Royal Palace.

Within the Crown Prince’s room.

“I need to restart my cultivation at some point and follow the Path of Supreme Dao, but first, while I’m still Rank 2 and able to take advantage of Rank 2 comprehension speed, I must get to 777 Strands of Cosmic Singularity Intent,” Jin said, sitting cross-legged on a Magicule-attracting mat. “Creating my very own value of Infinity is essential if I want to shatter preconceptions and create multiple Dantians and exceed 100% Merging.”

With that in mind, Jin took out a few iridescently colored crystals from something called a ’Magic Pouch,’ which was what the Mages of this World used to store objects. Many had been collected by him over the years, obtained from those sent out to kill him, but the one gifted by the Academy was equal in quality to those owned by Grandmaster Mages; it might’ve even been a bit better.

“So these are Super Element Crystals,” Jin murmured in awe as he stared at the 14 multi-colored crystals floating before him. “Just from a glance, I can sense millions of Intents contained in each. Furthermore, the contained Intents are mostly unfamiliar, meaning that every additional Super Element Crystal will benefit me greatly.”

Taking a closer look at them, he also noticed how the Intents in the crystals were of a similar type. This meant that the red-looking crystal, which seemed to be Fire-based, had exactly that—all fire-based Intents, or Intents like them.

“I hear that the larger and purer the Super Element Crystal, the more Elements—or Intents—they have within them,” Jin said, stroking his chin. “That’s to say that as long as I improve my standing enough in this world, I might be able to acquire Super Element Crystals with billions, even trillions of Intents inside them.”

Of course, there was a limit to everything, and as this was a low-level world, there might not be so many Elements to comprehend from. However, if Jin could comprehend all possible Intents, then the result would basically be the same for his level, allowing for the synthesization of a perfect Embryo of Infinity.

“But for now, let me see how many more Strands of Cosmic Singularity Intent I can comprehend from these Super Element Crystals. Who knows? I might even reach my goal of 777 Strands sooner than I expected.”

…

The following day.

Early morning.

*Fwisshhh…*

Opening his otherworldly eyes, Jin looked down at the dim grey crystals scattered about and declared, “Cosmic Singularity Intent Strand number 2765.”

“I exceeded my goal.”

“But still… I feel as if neither 777 nor 2765 is enough. There are too many holes in my block of cheese, which will undoubtedly result in an unsatisfactory Embryo of Infinity.”

“I need more. More Super Element Crystals. More Cosmic Singularity Intents.”

“And to get them, I’ll do whatever I have to.”

“But for starters, why don’t I resume preparations for recreating my Empire?”

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