After Akasha gained another title, he went ahead and gained Lyria's Elven traits. This time was different though because he didn't experience any pain. Because of his new race everything went smoothly, and he also didn't gain any new abilities from her which was also because of his race.
When he finished assimilating with the Elven blood, he didn't change much only his skin became even smoother.
With this done he looked at The Universal Tree Seed sitting in his inventory. The seed was solid black in color as was the size of a pebble.
'To think something so small will grow into a damn universe.' Akasha thought to himself.
He took the seed out of his inventory and threw it up in the air. The seed as if knowing his intentions began to travel on its own. It moved all the way into the vast cosmos that surrounded the The Sanctuary.
Once it made it here it stopped and burst apart. When it burst apart it released a white and black colored energy. The energy merged, but never fully fused together and then it spun.
Nothing else happened other than that. But he received a notification.
[Budding Universe Detected. Time remaining - 1 Epoch]
Seeing this Akasha almost coughed up blood.
"1 Epoch?! What the hell is this shit?"
[Fufufu~ How long did you expect a Universe to take before it formed? 1 Epoch is already the fastest I've ever seen.] Luna said hearing the nonsense Akasha said.
"I understand that but still 1 Epoch is an absurd amount of time."
"Don't worry you will eventually reach a point when a single cultivation session may take an Epoch." Elysia chimed in.
"Right...." Akasha said sarcastically.
"Alright I have 2 years and 5 months before it's time up. I will spend a year on comprehending the Dao, another year making new skills and abilities and then I will practice combat the remaining time." As he said this, he glanced at his Dao comprehension %.
[Dao of Infinity - 0%]
Seeing this he calmed his mind and then began his cultivation.
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Time flowed like a river while Akasha comprehended the Dao. It has been a year inside of The Sanctuary since he resumed his cultivation. In this year a few things happened inside.
Amy and Celeste both stepped into the Ultimate Core rank. With the energy inside of The Sanctuary now 5 times purer they were able to make quick progress despite their growing talents.
Amy made a wind-based law. It was the 'Law of Silent Gales'. This allowed her to conceal her presence with the wind. It also concealed any arrow she fired powered by wind. This was essentially to a bow user being able to shoot undetected which is dangerous.
Celeste on the other hand mad a shadow-based law. It was the 'Law of Breathing Shadows". This allows her to become a shadow and use other's shadows against them. She had the makeup of the perfect assassin exactly what Akash needed.
After stepping into the Ultimate Core rank, they continued. They knew their talents had yet to grow to a respectable level, so they would use all the time they could to catch up. For them to grow stronger and help Akasha was their only focus.
In this year the four others finally stepped into the Mythical rank. Elara was the first to step onto the path of the Dao. She comprehended the Dao of Destruction which was considered a Major Dao.
Raven and the others followed behind her by a few months.
Raven comprehended the Dao of Blood which was a Major Dao also.
Lyria comprehended the Dao of Vitality which was a Minor Dao.
Jovian comprehended the Dao of Fate which was a Major Dao.
Even though Lyria comprehended a Minor Dao it was one of the highest-ranking Minor Daos. This was something that greatly resonated with Lyria's character, so she was satisfied. Once they all stepped onto the path of the Dao they didn't let up one bit.
They didn't even know how much time had passed. Hell, they didn't even know the time dilation changed.
They figure Liora would fetch them whenever it was time. With this in mind they continued cultivating.
After a year of focusing on the Dao Akasha progress was a bit underwhelming well in his opinion. During this time his Dao of Infinity reached 10% and he also cultivated two other daos.
The Dao of Space-Time and The Dao of Illusions.
Both were Minor Daos, and he only cultivated about 2% of them both. Although he felt this was lackluster, he didn't change his plans. He began focusing on making new skills and elevating older ones.
This process took another year as he planned. During this time, he made a few skills and elevated all of his older ones. He had 2 new skills.
|Chronos Field| - A domain in which the user has complete control over time - Limited to Users strength.
|Tree of protection| - A skill that summons a Tree of life. This skill will passively heal the user and can take hits one major rank above the user.
Other than this he elevated his other skills. For now, he would focus on the skills he had and wouldn't make any more for the foreseeable future.
After this he headed to his dungeon. Even though he was way stronger than the mortal realms his dungeon grew alongside him. So, it was perfect for him to hone his combat power and get use to his new strength.
In the final five months he was determined to complete the first level of his battle technique. He originally hoped to complete back when they entered the secret realm, but he didn't fight nowhere near enough.
But now he will spend the next 5 months doing nothing but fighting.
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In her personal realm Liora was currently lying down on the couch. It was now time for her to see him again. After a full year of training, she was interested in what level he would be. More than that though
'I freaking miss you!' She grumbled internally. It had been so hard for her not to enter The Sanctuary over this year, but she held strong. Even when Calisto asked her to deliver the rings to Jovian she didn't!
All because she wanted to be surprised. Plus, she didn't believe these resources could be better than what Akasha had to offer anyways.
She stood up from the couch and straightened her robes. After taking a deep breath, she entered The Sanctuary.