Nexus Ascension: My Comprehension Defies the Heaven

Chapter 514: Finding a solution gives birth to more problems

After speaking with Alissa, Grey departed and arrived back at the central tower. Since Alan Benson would not be arriving anytime soon, he decided to return to the Creator Space to conduct more simulations.

His immediate goal was to conceptualize at least the first realm of the sixth rank.

His figure seamlessly ascended into the information layer. Soon, he connected himself directly to the data node containing the virtual world known as the Creator Space. In truth, even if he lacked official access, as long as someone pointed out the exact server coordinates of this virtual reality, he could effortlessly breach into it unauthorized.

Soon, he arrived at his newly established Aether Evolutionary Path Institute. Surprisingly, there were already many scholars eagerly looking around the grand establishment.

”True Saint Grey!” The scholars, upon seeing him, immediately greeted him enthusiastically. ”I am a massive fan of the Aether Evolutionary Path. I hope you do not mind us looking around.”

”Of course not. Please, feel free,” Grey said with a welcoming smile.

”Thank you,” the scholars nodded respectfully.

”When can we meet the actual author of this path, Saint?” one of them asked eagerly.

”Soon,” Grey smiled politely. You are looking right at him, Grey thought helplessly to himself.

Leaving the scholars to their studies, he entered the core path simulation chamber. He manifested a digital clone and began his rigorous testing.

”First and foremost. Soul power has indeed been fully confirmed to handle the explosive instability of the 6th rank metamorphosis.”

”Hence, utilizing soul power is the most prominent and viable option here,” Grey muttered as he rapidly recorded the simulated data.

He closely observed the clone. It had just undergone the violent metamorphosis and was now thoroughly enveloped in a golden sheen of soul power.

”But the core issue is, while it can indeed stabilize the raw power of the path, it is constantly burning up the available soul power to do so.” Grey frowned deeply.

Considering this was just a base clone, its total soul power reserves might naturally be small.

”Is there a specific way to measure soul power, Eterna?” Grey inquired aloud. He knew perfectly well that this overpowered entity, who had entirely transcended the very concept of an AI, was currently stalking him silently in the digital space.

”There is a built in soul measurement system within the path simulator,” Eterna’s soft, melodic voice echoed in the white room.

”I am just here to observe you developing your path,” Eterna added after a brief moment of silence.

Seeing Grey looking so entirely serious and hard at work made her realize a profound truth. His overwhelming powers were not simply handed to him for free; he worked incredibly hard to forge them. Even his terrifying Event Horizon ability was conceptualized and created entirely by his own hands.

She felt that it was very pleasant, simply quietly observing Grey like this.

”Feel free,” Grey smiled warmly.

Soon, the exact measurement of the clone’s soul power materialized on the interface.

[Soul Power: 5 Units]

”Five units? What exactly does that scale entail?” Grey asked.

”One unit of soul power is the baseline of what a 5th ranker at the Origin Manifestation realm would possess. Two units at the Origin Seed, three at Origin Nova, four or five units at the 6th rank, six or seven at the 7th rank, and ten plus at the 8th rank.”

”The more base soul units you have, the higher the total output of soul power you can safely utilize,” Eterna added bluntly. ”In that specific aspect, your path’s soul foundation is doing pretty poorly.”

Hearing this brutal honesty, Grey paused.

Indeed. He had been severely neglecting the soul for quite a while now, and that failure was honestly entirely on him. He had genuinely neglected it, falsely assuming that the source had truly, perfectly merged with his soul. But that was incredibly far from the absolute truth.

”But I know the exact solution.” Grey grinned confidently. ”I just need to implement a structural fix at the Frequential Helix realm of the 5th rank.”

He already knew the core methods of soul refinement. He just needed to seamlessly amplify its raw power, and what was the absolute best way to do that? The Frequential Helix! He would adjust the blueprint so that the spiraling helices would aggressively target and refine the soul as well.