Chapter 31: False Ascension!

Guiding the meridians of the 【Origin Dark Sea】 seed.

At the beginning, Ta Ke was still very cautious.

But soon, Ta Ke discovered.

Doing this seemed……quite simple, even to say it had no difficulty.

Because Ta Ke discovered.

As he entered the microscopic dimension deep within the Source Energy Pool.

The meridians of source energy were like dense capillaries everywhere.

He guided the seed's meridians along the capillaries of the Origin Dimension, encountering no resistance.

Others fear being unable to permeate to a deeper position.

And Ta Ke discovered that the only thing he needed to worry about was——how far his own ability could extend into the depths!

Since permeation, it's no longer a problem.

Then the following matters began to become interesting.

Following the meridians, Ta Ke continually went deeper, deeper, and deeper still.

Soon, Ta Ke discovered that the fine capillary source energy meridians were continually thickening.

From a hair's thickness, to a fine thread.

Then from fine thread to thick thread……

Until Ta Ke entered deep enough that the source energy meridians of the Origin Dark Sea Dimension were about as thick as chopsticks.

The seed's meridians, supported by Spiritual Touch Perception, also began to experience slight disturbances.

"Can't go any deeper."

"Going deeper still, not to mention opening the dark sea, the seed's meridians themselves would collapse."

Subsequently, Ta Ke manipulated the seed's meridians to take root precisely in an area that looked quite tranquil.

Ta Ke's such permeation almost consumed none of the seed's power.

Even what was used was also stored in the meridians.

After taking root, the power of the Origin Dark Sea Seed rapidly proliferated.

A tiny source energy bubble began to emerge.

If it weren't for Ta Ke's precision being able to perceive such a fine level.

Then he certainly would not have discovered this bubble.

But the meridians, in that fine precision, were perfectly mastered by Ta Ke.

"Source energy!"

Ta Ke immediately guided a little source energy along the flowing source energy meridians, injecting it into the bubble.

Ta Ke's guided trajectory perfectly matched the source energy meridians of the entire world.

Thus, the microcosm's vortex formed in the bubble.

And Ta Ke's such fine guidance was like the initial force driving the world's operation.

With source energy's support, the bubble would not collapse.

Therefore, the seed of the Source Energy Dark Sea, without expending its own power to support the bubble, actively opened up more dark sea space.

As the space expanded, Ta Ke accordingly guided source energy along the perfect trajectory, continuously pouring into the bubble, forming a vortex, and continuing to fill the additional dark sea space.

The dark sea seed and this deep source energy dark sea dimension.

The two formed a perfect match, entered a virtuous cycle, and began a rapidly rolling snowball.

Feeling it, like a small motor, the vortex spun at high speed.

Ta Ke then knew, the opening of the Source Energy Dark Sea, was accomplished!

Moreover, it was absurdly simple.

"Before, I had reviewed much material on the opening of the Source Energy Dark Sea."

"They all said opening the dark sea was extremely difficult, extremely difficult."

"I had specially prepared thoroughly, even conducting the opening near the tower's Origin Source Pool."

"I never expected that before the SS-rank Supernatural Talent 【Precision】, it would become this simply simple."

All the way increasing and expanding, half an hour later.

When the power of the 【Origin Dark Sea Seed】 was completely exhausted.

Ta Ke's development of the 【Origin Dark Sea】 also officially stabilized.

"Hah……"

Ta Ke, exhaling lightly, sensed toward his own "Source Energy Pool".

Previously, by using the "Origin Dark Sea Seed", Ta Ke could still sense the "Dark Sea Dimension" of the Origin Layer Realm.

But now, the "Origin Dark Sea Seed" is exhausted; the Origin Dark Sea Dimension, Ta Ke cannot sense even a bit.

Ta Ke can only rely on the Source Energy Pool, barely able to sense that extremely deep position, his own opened 【Origin Dark Sea】.

That feeling is like, in a night of howling gales, a torch far off in the wind, flickering bright and dim.

"Hmm——"

"Did I develop too deep?"

"Although source energy can still be mobilized, but such a deep dimension is still somewhat troublesome."

"Unless…… make it a bit larger."

"Developing the Source Pool is difficult!"

One's own Source Pool, all need to borrow source-energy-type supernatural treasures, to be able to carry out development.

Moreover, the difficulty of developing the Origin Dark Sea in the origin dimension is astonishingly high.

Investing ten portions of material would likely only yield the effect of one portion.

And Taku's depth is like this.

Investing a hundred portions of material's depth to yield the effect of only one portion would already be considered a stroke of ancestral luck.

Fortunately,

Taku has a system!

Open the attribute panel.

As expected, Taku's Wizard Sequence underwent a certain change.

【Transcendent Sequence】

Wizard: Level 12.

Origin Dark Sea: Level 5.

His gaze rested on the 'Wizard' of the 【Transcendent Sequence】 and the 'Origin Dark Sea' below, after a careful examination.

"Indeed, just as expected!"

Taku muttered to himself.

"False Ascension!"

Before the great steam ecosystem of the 'Spirit of Steam and Steel' gave birth to the 'Steam Core',

Humanity has continually sought things to enhance their own Transcendent Sequence strength.

Among them, opening up the 'Dark Sea' is one direction.

But this path has already been proven to be 'False Ascension'.

False Ascension does not hinder true Sequence advancement.

At the same time, it greatly aids transcendent beings, so many spellcasting Sequence practitioners still pursue it.

After Taku sensed for a moment, he began to invest source energy experience into the Origin Dark Sea, which likewise possesses the 'Sequence Seed' trait.

Level 5!

Level 6!

As source energy experience was invested, Taku discovered that this Origin Dark Sea required more upgrade experience than the pure 【Wizard】 Sequence.

Fortunately, Taku now has a continuous stream of experience.

As the Origin Dark Sea begins to continuously expand,

Taku's perception of the Origin Dark Sea also becomes increasingly clear.

The traits of the Origin Dark Sea also gradually emerge.

【Origin Dark Sea】

Possessing the 'Origin' trait, it naturally nurtures the Sequence ecology.

Secondly, the 'Dark-Sea' trait lets it form a self-contained system, unaffected by external tides, while continuously drawing in surrounding source energy.

"Overall speaking, it is an unrestricted source pool that can be infinitely developed."

"At the same time, this source pool has an incredibly strong restorative capacity."

Taku lightly rubbed his fingers.

"Besides the aforementioned basic performance."

"Because my Origin Dark Sea dimension is very deep."

"Therefore, guiding the dark sea's source energy will not be detected by the outside world."

"When lurking... cough cough... is the time for a preemptive strike, it will also be more covert, after all, this is a wizard's basic professional quality!"

With his mind steadied, Taku continuously poured source energy experience, developing his own source energy dark sea's level and depth.

When the Origin Dark Sea reached level 8,

The source energy within Taku's own source energy pool began to slightly boil, initiating a minor transformation.

"Here it comes!"

Feeling the changes in the 'source energy pool'.

Taku knew that his false ascension obtaining the Origin Dark Sea had reached the critical point of qualitative change.

The source energy of the 'Origin Dark Sea' is far purer than that of the 'source energy pool'.

When the Origin Dark Sea's source energy purity surpasses that of the source energy pool as its level rises.

It will then prompt the source energy pool to actively undergo source energy tempering, thereby reaching the same level as the Origin Dark Sea.

Source energy transformation.

And this!

This is a crucial point in 'False Ascension'.

"The purity of the level 8 Origin Dark Sea's source energy can reach the standard of a regular level 12 wizard."

"Between level 12 and level 8 lies an important node of a first-order transformation."

"In other words, a same-level Origin Dark Pool directly elevates the source energy purity by one tier."

"Furthermore, as an independent Sequence ecology, the level of the 【Origin Dark Pool】 is not affected by the Wizard Sequence."

"As a first-order wizard, I can control source energy of level 20, even level 30."

"By then... my sorcery will naturally be much stronger."

Taku, his eyes slightly narrowed, began to carefully experience the subtle transformation process of the source energy brought about by False Ascension.

(End of chapter)