In a place where light didn't shine and darkness wasn't even a thing. Akasha stood here and his form was illusory, and he looked like a projection of his real self. But in fact, this was his soul! The moment his mother sent him outside of existence his entire physical vessel was destroyed. It happened to fast and seamlessly that he didn't feel a thing.
In fact, he still didn't know it had happened. This was all because of the place he was at. Nonexistence is exactly what it sounds like. Here nothing exists at all not even light or darkness. Only two people would ever be able to set foot here and that was the mother and son of course. However, even then they still couldn't do much here.
Like Akashic said before she can't even comprehend even a bit of nonexistence and that's because she is existence itself. Now, technically after making Akasha she should be 50% of existence as he makes up the other half. However, this didn't happen and that is because of her physique. The physique of existence was literally connected to everything.
So, even though she split her origin she couldn't change her physique. Not that it mattered anyways because she never truly cared about nonexistence, it wasn't something she had curiosity towards. And this what made Akasha different from his mother.
Akasha's totals make up is 50% of existence and the other half is like a blank slate. Even his link to existence isn't as strong as is mother because of his power level. These two things made him able to do the things his mother could never. He was a being that was made up of 50% of existence, but he had no innate physique that actually linked him to it.
This allowed existence to be able to bear his weight of existence and not to mention his cultivation started from scratch. With all of this being the case he would essentially become fully linked to existence similar to his mother, but he would still be incomplete.
And this brought us to now. When Akasha first wanted to create a physique, he wanted something stellar. He had thought of going around the Galaxy and fusing stars, worlds, and even blackholes directly into his body. This would've undoubtedly been powerful, but it wouldn't have made him any different than his mother.
If he went around absorbing parts of existence, he would eventually complete his 50% of existence in his origin. This wouldn't be bad, but it would make the long-term goal much more difficult. Even though that was the case he still planned on this until he stepped in his mother's realm.
The moment he stepped there he began to have a feeling. It shrugged it off at first, but the more he chatted with her the stronger the feeling became. It was if something was calling out to him and that was nonexistence itself. Honestly, he didn't know how it could affect him, but the feeling was too strong to deny.
So now he stood floating in a place nothingness couldn't even survive. In nothing but his soul form with his eyes closed, he didn't think, move, or do anything. He simply began to become one with nonexistence.
As stood here, time kept flowing like a river. Actually, time didn't even exist here so he had no idea how much time had passed or would pass.
But on the outside his clones had already began moving towards their objectives.
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He sent four clones out to accomplish different things. One of his clones was tasked to go into the Akashic library and learn... everything. Yes, he wanted to learn everything about existence from the lower dimensions to the highest dimensions.
Another clone was tasked to cultivate inside of The Sanctuary. All of these clones had connections with the Main body so any progress made could be transferred with a simple thought. Right now, the connection was cut off, but once he returned everything would go smoothly.
The third clone went back to Kalpa. There were many things Akasha still needed to handle in this world. The sleeping consciousness of this world, the six transmigrators, and even the leaders of this world. He had previously learned much about this world secret, so he knew some things and wanted to see for himself.
Finally, the last clone which would be considered the main clone was tasked to visit a few old buddies. First, he had to explain some things to Luna and Elysia. Then he would begin his trip and while this happened, he would be constantly growing stronger.
Appearing inside of The Sanctuary the clone was already back in front of the ladies. The two of them were still lying on the bed, but they were now clothed. Seeing Akasha appear the girls frowned as their eyes darted all over him.
Feeling the gazes of the two Akasha smiled awkwardly and spoke.
"Uhhh I'm just a clone..."
[Well, I can see that perfectly clear.] Luna remarked sarcastically.
"So, what happened? Where did you go and why did you not come back?" Elysia questioned as she sat up.
"I went to visit my mother.... Like we talked about before I wanted to create my own physique, so I went there with a few questions in mind. However, when I got there those questions flew out the window and one thing led to another, now my main body is currently outside of existence.
The plan was to make a physique, but the connection was cut off the moment he arrived there, so I don't know how the progress is going. He should be fine though since nothing is wrong with me. "
Hearing the words from the clone their eyes widen for several reasons. But the main one was
[O-outside of existence?!] Luna exclaimed before she continued
[Are you crazy Akasha? That place is something even me, one of the strongest beings in existence, can't even touch.] She really wanted to pummel this clone right about now. Killing Akasha was something that was near impossible. It would take someone much stronger to get rid of this guy, but he willing put his life at risk for a physique.
"....Yea even the library doesn't have information about that place..." Elysia muttered
"Heh, it'll be fine. There is no need to worry, the only thing is that I'm not sure how long he will be gone. Time there doesn't even exist so to us it may be a few months or years. But the main body might experience epochs of loneliness...." The clone said while shaking its head. He then continued.
"Alright there's a few other things. There are three other clones aside from myself. One is here cultivating, the second one is going to Kalpa, and the third will be inside of the Akashic Library. Other than that, there's not much else going on."
The two women nodded and went back to lying down. They were still exhausted from their hours of pleasure. Seeing this Akasha disappeared and reappeared in the vast expanse of space. He thought while he looked around.
"About 15 years has passed since this expedition started. From now on I will be speed things up a tad before going all in on cultivation."
As he talked to himself he pulled out a token from his inventory. This was the token he received from those primordial beings. They owed him resources and now it was time to collect them. With the use of his title 'Anomaly' he should be good to enter.
Thinking this he channeled energy into the token until he felt a connection.