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Meanwhile, Jody wasn't unaware of being monitored by so many eyes at all times, but he couldn't imagine just how many people were actually following him. Lady Isis had ensured that her experts stayed outside the range of his perception once she investigated his current limits. Luckily, the lady had a few weapon specialists and alchemists in her camp. Those people specialized in spiritual force and were great scouts. Jody was currently transforming origin for his mana formula within his mother's personal tent.

Inside was a three-level lodge made from smooth and beautiful-looking black pine wood. On the second floor, within a transformation room, he was seated on a platform in the middle of the ascended heaven formation. After letting his mother's maidservants give him a bath, he cataloged the herbs she made him collect before settling in.

He was clad in white pants, with his chest bare. Even though he appeared like an early teenager, his muscles became carved and heavily defined. He was truly abnormal, just like his glowing sapphire eyes. His shoulder-length, wavy, and dreadlocked black hair was in a bun on top of his head, and around his neck was a loose collar made out of five spirit wolf fangs laced in gold.

On his right ear lobe was a small stud earring shaped like a purple snowflake.

The milky white gem bursting with origin energies, clutched tightly in Jody's hand.

This time, without the help of his combat souls, Jody was drenched in sweat while doing his best to bridge his remaining spiritual meridians with his twilight veins. Previously, he had already connected eight spiritual bridges.

"Let me help you, kid. You're in no danger in this camp," came Sylvester's voice via telepathy.

Jody considered this momentarily before nodding and entering his host space. As Jody looked around from his dragon bone throne, he discovered that the size of his host space had undergone minor changes. The entire area seemed more prominent and defined. It's like he could almost see the outline of another piece of the puzzle. There was even a new mid-sized meteorite on the cosmos half of the space. However, these changes were so slight that Jody thought that this may be a misconception.

"No, you are correct. The development of this space reflects the development of the main soul. As your realm and competence improve, so will the host space," said Sylvester as he floated up and landed on Jody's head. "Shall we?"

"Yes, let's!" Jody instantly entered the high state, causing the dark sky of the host space now to reflect the inside of Jody's body.

"The Path of the Sage is separated into nine stages of power. The foundation stage of the Sage path is known as the Origin Scholar Sage," Jody was deep in contemplation, recollecting the information about sage formulation he had long ago stored. It was unknown whether he was talking to the puppy on his head or himself, "After the Origin Scholar stage, one comes to the Origin Science stage, the Void Door stage, the Void Philosopher stage, and finally the Celestial Mapping as the limit of mortal truth. Beyond that are the immortal and celestial paths, which I know nearly nothing about."

"At least, none of the books had information on this.

"Similarly, the Truth of the Saint separated into nine realms of power as well. The foundation realm of the Saint Path is the Fledgling Saint realm. After this realm, one comes to the True Saint Realm, Heaven's Master Realm, and the Twisted Fate Realm as the limit or mortal formula on the Saint path. Saints transform the body with the essence of the world, so I suppose the body reaches the limit of mortality much sooner.

"At any rate, my current focus should be to reach the next rank of the Scholar stage!" Jody was now totally focused on his goal.

Origin Scholars had two tiers of completion, the Freshman rank and the Sophomore rank. Freshman rank Sages train their bodies to store and utilize the forces of the heavens and the earth. In this rank, freshmen must refine their own source artifacts. Source artifacts only awaken for sage bodies, and the primary force genesis must be of the same attribute as the artifact.

The primary forces of the earth are split into three categories: Magic Lifeforce, Voodoo Deathforce, and Pure Battleforce. This is usually the case unless some part of the truist's soul has compatibility with a Chaotic Origin force, in which case they can refine a peak-level source artifact, even if they don't have the primary chaos force genesis.

However, the Host Soul must first be awakened to awaken a Source Artifact. After the awakening, the Host Soul of an origin body will begin to align with the world's Laws of Fate, automatically guiding their consciousness into the chaotic void straight into the first zone of the eighth sky, The Destiny Platform.

Once both the host soul and the source artifact are awakened, the user is baptized by the primary force that created the object, the most common of which is voodoo or magic force. Usually, to increase fusion percentage, the origin veins of the body have to be connected to the twelve spirit meridians. Bridging origin veins to the spirit meridians would allow spirit power and origin energy to flow unhindered throughout the body, naturally forming what is known as mana or rukh. This can be considered a different form of body refinement.

The spiritual meridian channels of the body actually connect to the origin veins naturally, but the energy passages must be reinforced, or the body may collapse.

The meridian channels and origin veins need to be cleared of blockage and impurities to reinforce the passages. Part of the reason sage children progress so much faster than children who practice saint formulas is because of the young age at which they could begin this process. The younger you are, the purer you are, and the less contaminants that need to be cleared.

Rank advances as energy channels are cleared of impurities. Orientation-level freshmen use their blood and soul to activate the source artifact, assimilating with and baptizing the body in the force genesis of the artifact, increasing the strength of the laws within a force also known as force purity. Force purity is measured in points of battle power.

Orientated freshmen start with 1 BP, and this is known as the initial rank. The initial force baptism can last for no less than a year. Jody once read that the most extended recorded period should be a decade. A beginner-level freshman Sage possesses a battle power of 3-4 bp, which is equivalent to the strength necessary to throw a 300-400 pound boulder like a baseball.

Advanced Freshman ranks around 6 BP and Prefect Freshman 8-10 bp.

In-between ranks existed a type of barrier within the soul one must break past to ascend to the next level. These barriers are known as Truth Windows. Truth windows could be broken through or opened. Breaking through the glass would advance one's realm normally. By opening the window instead, one could gain insight into the truth.

The Freshman truth window can't be broken unless a source artifact is wholly connected with the host soul, the spirit meridians and origin veins are connected, or a Nascent Concept is comprehended. It can only be opened if one accomplishes all these things.

Jody was currently only a bit far from achieving this, as he just had to join a few more spiritual meridians. He would worry about developing a nascent concept afterward, as he had no idea how to go about it properly. He knew he could just utilize the twilight system to control force, but Jody craved his own power.

Anyway, comprehending a concept would allow his rank to advance to the next, where his origin force would produce an average of around 12 BP.

"Big whoop. I can already do that now, and without even using any astral light!" complained Jody, exiting the high state and resting.

"You truly have no idea how ignorant you sound. One day, the you of the future will truly disdain the you of today," snorted Sylvester from atop Jody's head.

"If we even live for that long..." shouted Xavier from below, which was beginning to annoy Jody.

X was currently sitting on the giant egg within a nimbus cloud.

In a way, he was also sitting on Jody's head.

"You two truly have such great faith in me," spat Jody.

With a thought, a bit of electricity-filled nimbus cloud condensed under the little red-furred wolf boy and lifted him up while detaching from the rest of the cloud. The nimbus drifted up and stopped in front of Jody's throne.

A light flashed in Sylvester's eyes as he observed this silently.

"Woah. Awesome. You're getting a little better at this soul-hosting thing. Truly lavish and comfy," said Xavier in admiration, patting the cloud beneath him and receiving a shock, "Ow! This thing hurts so good!? It's like a massage chair."

"Less of this," said Jody while opening his mind's eye once again., "You ready, Sly?"

"I have already begun," yawned the single-winged puppy on Jody's head.

Indeed, outside his main body, the ambient mana in the surroundings swarmed towards the white gold platform like a black hole.

Hearing this, Jody focused again.