Chapter 493: Skill Upgrades
Jack opened his eyes to find he was drenched in sweat. He was still shaking. Watching a black hole from up-close was not an easy experience. It was like having a first-row table to the greatest forces of the universe…which sounded suspiciously like the Second Crusade.
The clone had been dragged back to the ship by Druk-Druk while the vision was ongoing. They were already far from System space and approaching Earth. The main body of Jack, however, had experienced the vision almost at the same time as the clone.
Death born of space… he thought, looking at his fist. All becomes one.
He hadn’t known what to expect from this first vision. What he saw, however, was better than anything he could have hoped for. The System hadn’t lied when it mentioned top-tier visions. It had given him the greatest gift possible. A path to unite his two dualities—Life-Death and Space-Time.
If I walk down the same path as that surfer… Can I combine all my Daos?
The thought was too exciting to ignore. He had suspected this was possible but didn’t know where to begin. It was so clear now. Of course it was a black hole. It combined death and space. What starting point could be better?
Once again, Jack was thankful for the System being so sloppy. It was so spread out that even the Immortals couldn’t control it. Otherwise, they would definitely not help him as they had. They might even try to harm him through it.
Which would be useless at this point. Jack had long located the mini System core inside him, a small glowing sphere attached to his soul—or inner world—which served as a storage and communication device. It could augment him when he leveled-up, but he could easily suppress or destroy it anytime he wanted. That’s what he would do if they ever tried to use it against him. Until then, it could only do good, not harm.
In fact, amongst the high-ranking Church cultivators, it was customary for people to remove their System core when they reached the A-Grade. That’s when it stopped being useful, as the System no longer awarded stat points in the A-Grade.