After 500 years of being lost in their lost the trio now sat down in the beautiful 'Love Garden'. Akasha sat in the middle of the two, and each of them laid their head on each side of his shoulder. That sat in silence for quite a while until Luna broke the silence.
[Dear, what happened while you were away? You seem.... different?]
Hearing this Akasha didn't reply right away. Instead, he simply stared off into the cosmos of his realm, seemingly lost in his thoughts. Then after a minute or two he spoke
"Well, I created my physique.... kind of. I spent about 5 billion years inside of nonexistence. A place where nothing can be, no thoughts, no words, color.... literally nothing. However, even with all of that I could still see, but imagine having your eyes open yet still seeing nothing. It's not like blindness because I could indeed see.
It was just nothing to see. Anyways I was able to create a physique, and it's called Existential Inception." His tone was back to the ethereal and timeless sound.
When the two women heard this, they both raised up simultaneously. They looked at Akasha with wide teary eyes.
"F-Five billion years of... that?" Elysia struggle to say as her voice sounded a bit shaky.
Luna from the side said nothing. She looked like she was barely containing her tears. Just hearing the brief summary of what he went through, she could fully understand.... kind of. One must remember Luna was someone who never traveled or moved throughout the realms of reality.
For countless years she cultivated and waited at the edge of the Universe with Akasha as he incubated. She experienced solitude and loneliness so she understood, but still, she couldn't possibly imagine experiencing all of that being thoughtless.
Like imagine spending 5 billion years not being able to even form a thought and just being forced to watch.... nothing. Just thinking about all of this was enough for her heart to nearly shatter.
Akasha sighed softly seeing the two and he pulled them into hugs. Truthfully, he was still not totally in the right mind space. He had no idea how he had truly changed, but being around his lovers allowed him to be at peace. So, with this he spoke.
"Don't worry, I am fine."
After he said this the two laid in his arms for a while until the calmed down. He then spoke again
"So, how are the others doing?"
[They are in seclusion right now. It hasn't been long... only 5 years passed inside of here and 1 year on the outside. Your clones are currently carrying out your plans. One is getting Kalpa ready, and the other is about to head a gathering of geniuses. Also, your clones reached the Peak of Mythical but couldn't progress because of you.
To become transcendent you need a concept, something that describes your existence.]
Hearing all of this Akasha pondered over a few things. Right now, growing his strength was the most important thing. Before he wanted to take things more moderately, but for some reason after he got his physique his way of thinking shifted.
This was because he could now feel more of what was around him. It was hard to explain, but it was like if he concentrated, he could faintly feel the threads of existence itself. And even with his faint connection to it he could feel that this reality was much larger than he realized.
So, now knowing this he finally had a set goal of what wanted to accomplish. It was no longer about this being a simple journey to adventure. No, his mother was suffering every day, even if she didn't admit it, he knew all too well. From now onwards he would no longer hold back with his cheats and abilities.
Before he feared he might speed through the realms too quickly and ruin all his fun. But now he knew that he wasn't he even on the road to power truthfully. With his level of power, there were beings who could literally kill someone of his power with a mere gaze.
With all this in mind he stood up and then activated an ability.
|Clones|
This skill allowed him to make 4 clones with his full strength and an endless number of clones with 75% of his power. He already had three full powered clones so he would only make one more.
But for the others.... THOUSANDS!
He made about 2,000 clones with 75% of his power. He made one stay behind and sent the rest of them out, including the last full powered one.
And they were tasked with dominating everything. Starting with the Middle-Level worlds he would subjugate this entire Galaxy. By the time the Supreme Golden Age started he would not be playing defense...
The two ladies saw all this and wondered what was going on in his mind. They didn't know the entire situation with his mother, so they thought it was unusual for him to do something like this. Well, that is with them knowing he wanted to adventure more than anything.
Now it looked like he was preparing for something much bigger....
[Dear, so what exactly can you do with your physique?]
Hearing this Akasha turned around and flashed his familiar smile.
"Hmmm, for starters I am no longer connected to the Akashic Records. My previous titles are still there, but I can no longer receive new ones, and my existence value can't be measured. This is not entirely bad though because I have plan to change all of that. Anyways, I am now essentially a being of both existence and nonexistence." As he said this, he activated his ability.
|To be or Not to Be|
Then without even a sound he disappeared completely from the women perception. Even with them connected to him through a soul bond, they still couldn't feel his presence. Seeing this their eyes widen with shock.
Akasha then deactivated his ability.
"Nice right? I also can wield non-existence like the power of rules too."
Hearing all of this the women shook their heads.
"With an ability like that, you can become the greatest Assassin ever." Elysia said while chuckling. Even though she was partially joking she was a bit serious too.
Luna from the side just shook her head.
Akasha smiled and then sat down cross-legged.
"Alright, let's make this concept...."
He then closed his eyes and began to fall into cultivation. For others stepping into the Transcendent rank could take decades and even centuries. This is all because of retrospection, most people don't know who they truly are.
From being influenced by outside forces or even hiding their true selves for so long that even they forget. For Akasha though, it would not be a problem. Right now, he probably knew more about himself than he ever did.
Who was he? He was nonexistence. Something that could not be understood or measured by any other being. He was someone with no limits, someone who could exist, but not exist all at once.
What is he? He was the breath before it all. After he created his physique, he didn't merely fuse with nonexistence.... No, he became it.... and from nonexistence comes everything else.
What describes him? Well, it was many things that could describe him. Being a monster, an anomaly, the son of the creator and all of that may be true. But at this point in time, Akasha was no longer the same. He was different in ways he had yet to even understand. And the only thing that could describe him now was.
EXISTENTIAL INCEPTION
An existence that is the start of it all. The Beginning Existence. The Original Existence
This was Akasha.
And as he thought of this he silently stepped into the transcendent rank. It didn't result in any flashy show of power or surging energy. He simply just steps into it.
After he finished, he opened his eyes, and he looked at his system's notification.