Chapter 32: Cúspide Del Vacío

(AN: Wrote this when I was about to sleep. Will check for errors tomorrow. Enjoy!)

Feng Zhong and Tian Cai watched Ulquiorra floating with gaping mouths. They had not expected such a commotion from someone breaking through to the Foundation realm. In fact, such a commotion would be like someone breaking through to the Golden core realm. The two looked at each other.

"What is happening?" Feng Zhong slowly asked.

"Truthfully, I don't really know. Ulquiorra's breakthrough is vastly different from what I know about. Right now, I feel something mixed along with Ulquiorra's qi and intent. It bears resemblance to the two, but is also different. It seems like something similar to soul strength, but how?" Tian Cai responded.

As they were speaking, the qi and pressure emanating from Ulquiorra slowly receded. He descended back to the ground. Ulquiorra felt that his spirit energy is now more harmonized with his qi. In fact, he felt as if he could combine the two to a certain extent in order to improve his old techniques or maybe even form new ones. Ulquiorra also thought that he should experiment with his intent too. He then looked at Feng Zhong and Tian Cai.

"What's the matter?" Ulquiorra asked. His inital focus on his surroundings while cultivating stopped when he broke through so he didn't notice the reactions of the two.

"We-" Tian Cai said, but stopped. He then sighed.

"Nothing really. It's just that your breakthrough was impactful to say the least. Enough of that, tell us how you feel right now?" Tian Cai said.

"I feel nothing out of the ordinary. No injuries right now from what I see. However, I do feel as if the quality of my qi has vastly improved." Ulquiorra responded.

"I see...." Tian Cai hummed.

"Wait! How many layers do you have in your foundation?" Feng Zhong suddenly interjected.

Hearing this, Tian Cai also paid attention to Ulquiorra's answer. He was very eager to know what a talent like Ulquiorra could achieve. Would he have eight layers like the founder? Heck, did he achieve a foundation with the legendary nine layers? Tian Cai and Feng Zhong were both anticipating Ulquiorra's answer.

"I do not have any." Ulquiorra said indifferently before moving towards a shelf which contained scrolls and tomes about formations.

Feng Zhong and Tian Cai froze.

"Oh my, it seems that once again, becoming a phantom has shown its negative effects once more! I think I misheard you saying that you had no layers." Feng Zhong said as he laughed nervously.

"Truly, my dear disciple! I fear that I, too, may be experiencing some negative effects." Tian Cai also said while laughing along with Feng Zhong.

Ulquiorra looked at the two fools before turning his attention to a tome he had gotten from a shelf. He opened up the tome he was reading last time regarding tier 1 formations and its concepts. He wished to master each tier completely before moving on. As he was reading, he spoke once more in order to snap the two out of their denial.

"You did not hear wrong. My foundation lacks any sort of layers. In fact, there is not even anything remotely similar to a layer."

The other two froze while they were laughing. They didn't move for a few seconds as they were still trying to process what was just said. Once they snapped out of it, they both shouted.

""WHAT?!""

Ulquiorra looked at the two with narrowed eyes.

"Noisy." Ulquiorra said.

"Wait! What do you mean by no layers? How is that possible?" Tian Cai said with Feng Zhong nodding at the side with crossed arms.

"It means exactly how I said it was." Ulquiorra responded as he flipped a page on the tome. He was now reading about a type of qi absorption formation.

"How can that be??? What exactly happened while you were trying to breakthrough?" Tian Cai added while Feng Zhong nodded once more on the side.

Ulquiorra closed his eyes as he put the tome down. He then looked at the two panicked phantoms. He felt that if he applied even a bit of spirit pressure, then the two would probably flicker wildly considering how bewildered they are right now.

"My foundation can't be called a foundation. Rather, it is not something like a building's foundation that would be limited by layers. Instead, I chose something entirely different." Ulquiorra replied.

"Entirely..." Feng Zhong said.

"Different??" Tian Cai continued what Feng Zhong was saying.

"Instead of your typical foundation, I used something that I knew would bear a great resemblance to the attributes of my qi and intent. It was also something that I believe would be unique to me as well as being something that I think would prove beneficial to my growth." Ulquiorra said.

"But what is it?' Tian Cai asked.

Ulquiorra stared at Tian Cai straight at his eyes.

"I chose the void." Ulquiorra said.

"The void....." Tian Cai muttered before staggering backwards a bit.

"Master!" Feng Zhong tried to help Tian Cai up, but was stopped by Tian Cai.

"I'm fine! We're phantoms for crying out loud! We don't have physical headaches nor will I collapse and become bedridden! I merely felt my psyche being hit. Nothing else!" Tian Cai said

"In any case, I do not see my current realm as something that can be called the foundation realm. In fact, I believe that it might be a new path all together. For now, I'll call my realm as the Cúspide Del Vacío realm." Ulquiora said.

"Cúspide Del Vacío realm?" Tian Cai asked unsure of what those words meant.

Ulquiorra looked at the two before speaking.

"Void Cusp realm"

(AN:OKAY! NEW REALM!!Still, it would still have stages the same as the normal realms. The difference would be in names and qualities. As for power, then you can use Ye Yuan from Unrivaled Medicine God, and his dao realms as an example. Ulquiorra basically has qi that is greater and better in quality than your normal foundation realm cultivator. )