Next goal

Two nights later, the wind blew gently under the starlight, carrying white snowflakes and cherry blossoms through the air. The surrounding trees swayed gently back and forth as insects made noises within the swamplands. Isis stood quietly at the still frozen lake on the tip of her toes, staring into the oceanic eyes of her son in a deep state of shock.

She was totally speechless.

In front of the lady dressed in skin-tight black armor, Jody wore snow-white robes with [Pharaoh's Law] equipped on his head, calmly explaining to his mother what he had experienced in the universal ripple. He didn't bother leaving out any details, as he had nothing to hide from this mother, who was also both of his lifetimes' very first master. After he finished, his mother looked at him silently for about fifteen minutes without any ripples in her eyes, driving Jody nearly insane due to his impatience.

Of course, even if Jody only had the patience of an eight-year-old, he still wouldn't allow himself to act impulsively. His current mental strength was far too overbearing for such a slip-up. After these 15 minutes passed, his mother finally spoke.

"Little Joe ah…" Isis let out a heavy sigh. She didn't even have the energy left to marvel over this baby boy's talent, "Have you comprehended anything? Can you use a force?"

"Hehe," Jody rubbed his little nose and felt embarrassed.

After waking up from his second baptism of law forces, Jody noticed those four concept bubbles from the bottom of the pool in his host space were now ever-present, floating in his conscious mind. After all, that pool was just a soul manifestation brought about by [Pharaoh's Law].

All he had to do was focus on his concepts, and he felt them connect with the force genesis in his matrix! He looked at his mother and said, "I have four, but I can only use three!"

"Show me!" Lady Isis wore a cold countenance and hid her excitement as she demanded a demonstration. "First, release your atmosphere by engaging the force of the sky backed by your own mana, and then fuel your sky aura with your concept!"

"Okay ma, watch, ack!" A magical fluctuation popped Jody's hand before he could even show his excitement, and instantly he switched his delivery method, "Master! This disciple will now demonstrate my ability!"

A silver aura burst out of Jody's body as the primary force phenomenon manifested in the air around the white-robed lad. Ten white spheres of light, the size of marbles, floated in the air like little star dots and connected with his aura. Following this, Jody released his first concept, Eternal Stillness, the Everest! His atmosphere became steady like a hundred thousand-year-old mountain, and 15 spheres of pink and blue light spheres the size of marbles swam around the mountain like ghosts, manifesting alongside the 9 original lights. This made a total of 24 marble-sized lights, which seemed to group together into a star chart.

If one were to look from afar, it would look like a small haunted mountain.

Jody's aura then became mystical and vibrant, making him appear full of abundant life and energy. The fifteen pink and blue spheres of light vanished instantly as ten more white lights replaced them. Then, Jody's aura changed once more to feel dark and deadly. The ten white spheres vanished like before, as 10 dark violet spheres took their place.

This left Jody pondering in silence as he had just discovered a problem.

He could only utilize one concept at a time! He found it impossible to even think about another while he focused on one, and this was with [Pharaoh's Law] active! However, before Jody could ponder more on this, he heard his mother's excited voice.

"Divine Pharaoh! Josiah, this is absolutely amazing! These concepts although they aren't very developed, I've never felt nascent concepts so deep and unfathomable. What exactly did you manage to comprehend, boy? This is much too fierce," Isis was suddenly hugging her son while flying and spinning around in the air, like an excited little girl.

Jody was tickled and pleased with his own effort, as he had never seen his mother so excited and giddy. He quite enjoyed this feeling of watching her world-ending smile light up this dark forest. Jody then briefly told his mother what inspired his concepts. After all, he naturally couldn't tell her that the inspiration came mainly from his last life's theoretical knowledge. Or could he? Anyway, it didn't sound like a smart idea.

"Okay, Jody, listen closely. The nascent level concept has four levels of completion. Namely: Initial, Basic, Advanced, and Perfected. Your serenity force comprehension is at the first and lowest tier, Ghost Force!" Isis resumed her stern voice and demeanor as she earnestly instructed her son. "Your ghost force will become a serenity force when you evolve your concept into something else. This is a matter far in the future, and by then, you will be approaching my level."

These last few words shocked Jody, as he was familiar with how terrifying his mother could be. How long would it take him to reach that state? He honestly didn't know, but he knew he would reach it faster than his parents! Otherwise, he would really consider himself a waste. After all, he had the twilight system!

Therefore, he definitely would achieve this!

Yet Sly was right, and he really needed to do some mental organizing.

"However, your ghost force nascent concept is already at the second level of this rank, Basic Nascent Concept. This is very impressive! I am quite pleased, Josiah. You have made me so proud I can barely sleep now. However, both your magic and voodoo forces are only at the initial level. Your second goal should be to focus on upgrading these concepts to match your serenity concept," said Isis in her trademark cold tone, devoid of any recognizable emotion.

She reminded Jody a little of Sylvester when she spoke like this. They also both used the power of serenity. Would this be a coincidence or would he end up with this character trait too if he transformed his ghost force into serenity?

"A moment, sensei! If that's the second thing, then what's the first thing I should do?" internally, Jody wondered what his mother would say if she knew he could also use initial-level nascent dawn force.

It's not that Jody suddenly wanted to hide things from his mother. It was just that he genuinely didn't see how this information could benefit her. However, keeping it secret could benefit Jody in plenty of ways. Anyway, his mother would naturally come to know of it eventually. He was confident that the so-called "sleeping" Sylvester would likely insist upon this route if he could.

Thus, he shut his mouth about it.

"The first thing you will do is the breakthrough from the Freshman rank straight into the Sophomore rank! Or is there any reason to wait further?" responded Isis indifferently.

Jody's sapphire eyes brightened as he shook his head fiercely.

Why wait?

Rank Up!!

He could finally rank up.

He had nearly forgotten.

'Let's see that mutt's face when he wakes up to witness my accomplishment, hmph,' thought Jody, which was accompanied by a snicker from Xavier.

'Hmph.' A snort echoed through the host space.

Jody felt stifled.

"Sensei!" shouted Jody suddenly.

"Yes?"

"Why can I only use one concept at a time?" Jody was actually somewhat worried about this point.

It was far less intimidating if he couldn't combine the might of his forces like he could by relying on his system! If he could, his origin's strength would surpass his astral! How could he not desire such a result?

"This is because your understanding of force is too shallow. Such a thing would only be possible if your comprehensions first exceeded the nascent rank and second were of equal strength. Alternatively, if one concept is stronger than the other, but they are both at least at the minor rank, then it is still possible to use them both. However, any more than two, and they have to be comprehended at the same level as the highest," Lady Isis explained patiently.

Jody's eyes flashed with the light of understanding.

'I get it! So this is why the sky wolves are constantly calling me weak. I am weak indeed. What use is potential if you cannot use your talent well due to underdevelopment?' although Jody berated himself inwardly, he wasn't dejected. Rather, he was incomparably excited as he responded to his mother, "Sensei, do I have to advance all my concepts simultaneously to advance in rank?"

"No. However, it will still benefit you greatly in the future if you choose to do so before each advancement. Also, I will definitely make sure you do so. These comprehensions will provide your body with endless benefits at the Void Door realm."

"Mom, can you tell me the realms of Sage formula now?" asked Jody.

"Fine. As you know, Josiah, your current formula is in the first rank of the Origin Scholar realm. The next realm is Origin Science. After that is the Void Door and then the Void Philosophy. The highest known realm on this Gaea minor life star is the Celestial Mapping realm. The experts at this realm, or the equivalent of the Twisted Fate realm of the saint path, are referred to as Pharaoh and Pope by the people of this world.

"However, this is absolutely not the peak of the universal truth, just the limit of the mortal truth. Well, knowing more than this will do you no good at your current rank," Isis created a small table made of pink ice as she spoke and then sat in a crystal chair made of pink ice shards.

Taking a jug of tea and some cups out of her spatial ring, she summoned her son over. Jody hurried to his mother's side to pour her drink for her, of which she took a dainty sip. Jody grew slightly suspicious at the way his mother spoke occasionally. It didn't quite add up, as she seemed to talk about this world as if it were beneath her notice.

How lofty!

How arrogant!

Isis was Jody's hero. He wanted to disdain an entire planet with his strength too. Merely, his mother was strong but wasn't quite so strong, was she? At least he was confident that Grandpa Geb was stronger! His father and that other grandpa shouldn't be too weak either.

"How do I advance my rank, Sensei?" asked the Jody who had long since given up on books and traditional knowledge.

"Formulate as normal, filling your body with origin force until no more will fit, or until you can sense the Freshman window. Once you achieve either of these, you would usually forcibly impact the wall with origin force on one side and nascent force on the other! But since you've achieved perfection for this rank, the window should open itself for you to learn more truth.

"Once you open the Freshman window, your origin veins will be able to deliver force straight to your origin pool, and your power will increase. This is called the Sophomore rank of the Origin Scholar. This is your next goal."