Chapter 113: Chapter 113: Mind Cultivation and Confession

It was wrong.

Not wrong exactly. But shallow. Surface-level. Like a picture of Earth instead of the real thing.

He could see the continents but they had no depth. The oceans had no currents. The core didn’t exist. It was just an image. A hollow shell.

His affinity with Earth screamed at him that this wasn’t good enough. This wasn’t real.

Orion let the visualization dissolve.

He needed more knowledge. Needed to understand how planets actually formed. How cores solidified. How magnetic fields generated. How tectonic plates moved. How atmospheres developed.

Surface-level understanding would create surface-level visualizations.

If he wanted this to work—if he wanted to truly recreate celestial bodies in his mindspace—he needed deep, comprehensive knowledge.

Orion thought to exit this space and he opened his eyes. Still sitting on the roof.

Time to hit the library.

He closed his eyes again and accessed the system library space.

The infinite shelves appeared around him. Glowing books everywhere.

“Planetary formation,” Orion said. “Stellar evolution. Geological processes. Atmospheric development. Magnetic field generation. Tectonics. Everything related to how celestial bodies work.”

Books flew toward him. Hundreds of them.

He grabbed them one by one. Each book dissolved into light and poured information into his enhanced memory.

Planetary Accretion and Core Formation

Stellar Nucleosynthesis

Geodynamics and Mantle Convection

Atmospheric Chemistry and Evolution

Magnetohydrodynamics in Planetary Cores

Tectonic Plate Theory – Complete Models

Hours passed. Orion absorbed knowledge faster than ever before. His enhanced brain stored everything perfectly.

By the time he finished, he understood planets at a fundamental level. Not just Earth—all planets. How they formed from dust clouds. How gravity compressed material. How layers separated. How cores crystallized under pressure. How magnetic fields emerged from flowing metal. How atmospheres accumulated. How life could develop.

Everything.

He exited the library space and opened his eyes.

Dawn was breaking. He’d studied all night.

Orion closed his eyes again and turned his awareness inward.

The mindspace appeared instantly now. Like his consciousness knew exactly where to go. Awakened and accessible.

Time to create.

He focused on Earth. Started from the very beginning.

Four and a half billion years ago, Earth didn’t exist. Just a cloud of dust and gas orbiting the young sun. Gravity pulled the material together slowly. Particles colliding, sticking, building up mass.

Orion visualized it. The disk of material. Particles spiraling inward. Clumps forming. Growing larger.

The early planet took shape. A ball of molten rock spinning in space. Heat from constant impacts kept everything liquid.

Then the layers separated.

Heavier elements—iron and nickel—sank toward the center under immense pressure. Lighter elements—silicon, oxygen, magnesium—rose toward the surface.

The core separated into two layers.

The inner core formed first. Solid iron-nickel alloy crystallizing under temperatures of 5,700 Kelvin and pressures beyond imagination. The atoms arranged themselves in the most stable pattern possible under those conditions.

The outer core surrounded it. Liquid iron-nickel flowing in massive swirling currents. Temperature slightly lower. The liquid metal moved in complex patterns driven by Earth’s rotation and heat from the inner core.

Those flowing currents generated Earth’s magnetic field. Moving metal created electrical currents, which created magnetic fields, which interacted with the fluid motion to keep the process going forever.

Orion visualized every detail. The exact composition. The temperature differences. The pressure. The flow patterns. The magnetic field lines extending out into space.

His brain strained under the effort. Processing power maxed out. The visualization was incredibly complex—billions of atoms, electromagnetic fields, fluid dynamics, all happening at once.

His spirit felt drained. Some energy was being consumed to maintain the mental image with this level of detail.

He couldn’t continue. Too exhausted.

But the core was complete. Visualized with nearly perfect accuracy. Every detail correct down to the atomic scale.

Following instinct again, Orion forced the visualization to solidify. To materialize in his mindspace as a real object.

The core changed.

It went from a mental image to an actual physical thing. A real planetary core floating in his spiritual space. Solid inner sphere surrounded by swirling liquid metal. Heat radiating outward. Magnetic fields pulsing.

The moment it materialized, everything changed.

Orion’s mind was refined.

The exhaustion vanished instantly. Mental fatigue disappeared. Spiritual drain evaporated like it had never existed.

Instead, power flooded through him.

His ability to understand things jumped up dramatically. His brain could process complex information faster and with greater accuracy. Concepts that would have taken hours to understand clicked into place in seconds.

Control over exotic energy improved substantially. He could manipulate the energy in his body with far greater precision than before.

Thinking speed increased. Problem-solving became quicker and more efficient.

Control over his entire body enhanced. He could feel individual muscle fibers. Direct blood flow to specific areas. Sense organ functions with perfect clarity. His awareness of his body in space—where every part was positioned—became nearly supernatural.

It was incredible.

Growing stronger by training the mind instead of just the body. A completely different path of power.

Orion opened his eyes on the roof. Dawn had fully arrived. The sun was peeking over the horizon.

He stood up and named the technique immediately: Celestial Mind Visualization Technique (CMVT) for short.

This was a massive opportunity. He’d continue later—visualize the rest of Earth’s structure, then move on to the moon, the sun, other planets, distant stars. Each one would refine his mind further.

The more realistic his visualizations, the greater the refinement when he materialized them.

And with his affinity for celestial bodies, he had a natural advantage. The stars themselves wanted to exist in his mindspace.

This would change everything.

PRESENT

Orion opened his eyes, the memory of last night still fresh.

He’d discovered something incredible. A second cultivation path running parallel to his physical cultivation.

Body cultivation through the breathing technique and energy ring formation around his heart.

Mind cultivation through CMVT and materializing celestial bodies in his mindspace.

Both paths would make him stronger. Both would push him beyond human limits.

He was planning to continue CMVT tonight. Finish visualizing the rest of Earth’s structure—mantle, crust, atmosphere, life. Then start on the moon.

But right now, he needed to keep cultivating his body. The first ring halo around his heart wasn’t going to form itself.

Orion settled into the breathing pattern. Unconscious cultivation hummed in the background while he consciously directed energy toward the forming ring.

Progress was slow. But steady.

Knock knock.

Someone at his door.

Orion had already sensed them before they’d even left their room. Enhanced senses picked up footsteps, heartbeat, breathing pattern.

Nyla.

“Come in,” he said.

The door opened. Nyla stepped inside.

“You busy?” she asked.

“No. Come in.”

She walked straight to his bed where he was lying down. Didn’t hesitate. Just lay down beside him, facing him. Her face close to his.

“I like you,” Nyla said. “I’ve always liked you. And I don’t care what other people say. You’re mine.”

Orion smiled. “Me too. Nobody’s taking you from me.”

“Good.” Nyla moved closer. “Because I wasn’t planning on giving you up anyway.”

“Good. I wasn’t planning on letting you go either.”

She kissed him.

Soft at first. Then deeper. Her hand came up to his face, fingers threading through his hair.

Orion pulled her closer. The kiss intensified. Different from the desperate one at the hospital. This one was certain. Sure. Like they both knew exactly what they wanted.

When they finally pulled apart, both were breathing harder.

Nyla rested her forehead against his. “I’ve wanted to do that for so long.”

“Me too.”

She smiled and settled against his chest. “I should sleep. That group project destroyed me.”

“Sleep here if you want.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. I don’t mind.”

Nyla closed her eyes. “Okay. Wake me up in a few hours.”

Within minutes, she was asleep. Breathing steady and deep.

Orion lay there, feeling her warmth against him.

He had a girlfriend now. His step-sister. The person who’d been by his side for years.

It felt right… and yet somehow wrong at the same time.

Deep down, beneath the sealed memories, Orion—no, Runar—knew this wasn’t the complete truth of who he was. Somewhere locked away in his consciousness were his real memories. A real life. Probably a real family. Maybe even a relationship waiting for him back in his original world.

But those memories were sealed. Inaccessible. The system had made sure of that when it transferred his consciousness here.

For now, he was Orion Starr. And Orion Starr loved Nyla.

When his memories unsealed—if they unsealed—he’d deal with the consequences then. The guilt. The complicated feelings. The mess of having lived two different lives with two different identities.

Sigh, I guess I’ll let the Author deal with that matter when the time comes, Orion thought wryly. Some problems were too complicated to solve right now.

He closed his eyes. Let himself rest for a while, Nyla’s warmth against him anchoring him to this moment, this reality, this version of himself.

The cultivation could wait.

Right now, this was more important.

Even if it was temporary. Even if it was borrowed time.

He’d cherish it while it lasted.

[AN: Sigh, even I dont know how to solve this situation in the future. Please If you have any ideas, please comment it. Thank you all in advance.]

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