Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster’s Power - Chapter 1066

Chapter 1066: Chapter 1066
Even as Ember moves through the void, all of the bends in space that form around him are far different than ours.

It is as though he is simultaneously weightless and infinitely heavy. His presence pierces through the fabric of the membrane, as there are portions of his being that sink far too deep into this darkness for me to properly see. Yet, the space behind him is left untouched, as though no mental pressure has ever touched it.

The more waves of laws that collide with my mind, the more my perspective is altered. I begin to realize these waves of untraceable energy do not affect him, because it appears he’s been molded by these waves many times before.

Some of the older, more refined laws have already rippled through me a number of times. At first, the potency of theirs and mine in return only grew stronger.

Brand new entities interacting and imparting vast amounts of compacted information leads to extremely fast growth.

Yet, eventually all of this excited energy finds a less chaotic rhythm. Many of the most violent waves in space collide and merge with others. Some of the more stagnant waves even break off into multiple pieces and become altered to become something new entirely.

There are no real visuals to see, but I begin to feel less extreme changes in my instincts. My mental state is adjusting, and I can feel that the other conscious entities in the membrane have begun to adjust as well.

Everything seems exactly the same… in fact, the waves of energy don’t even seem to be slowing down. Instead, they are just blending into the background of my senses. The waves of changing laws are still potent and present around me; it is just that my mind is starting to become just as strong.

I can perceive the absence of these fluctuations, in dead portions of the void. This also heightens my awareness for the other entities that have also been enlightened and adjusted to this wavelength.

Maria’s form becomes far more elusive, mimicking the characteristics I see as Ember descends.

Even my own body and sword, they have become far more important in the grand scheme of the membrane, exerting far more pressure on the space around me. Yet, without purposefully evoking my perception of these waves, I can slip away into the darkness to become invisible and formless too.

Even the barrier construct around the Origin Plane, it has undergone changes, synchronizing it with the monumental shift that has occurred. Now, it has become increasingly daunting to attempt breaking out from its barrier.

Just at a glance, I can tell if this were the ceiling of the Upper Realm that I had to tear through to break out of the Purple Zone, it would have been impossible to do so.

There are still subtle fluctuations visible in the barrier, Maria, and myself, but they are virtually nonexistent compared to the violent shifts that were just occurring moments ago.

As Ember flaps his wings for a final time and stops right before us, I can feel the immense maturity in his comprehension of these waves.

It isn’t that he subdued them quickly, it is that at the core of his being, a majority of his consciousness has already interacted with these waves. Only a tiny fraction of new information had to be shared and adapted to assimilate with this shift.

“It appears I was not wrong. The human race truly is the key to this system’s reset.”

His crimson eyes peer through the void into both of our minds and souls; it feels like there is nothing at all I can hide. Intense ripples of laws burst out from his gaze, washing through every drop of emperor’s essence, silver thread, and soul tie I have.

It feels like a cold bucket of water is being poured through my entire being, bringing a sense of shock at first, but intense clarity and awareness after.

“I must thank you for cleaning up my mess, even though there were many self-inflicted restrictions along the way. Fortunately, you’ve managed to lift another seal. Yet, nearly at the cost of what humans covet the most.”

I can feel his gaze flowing through us, and peering down into the Upper and Lower Realms that have succumbed to hundreds of years of forced Realm Wave induced time passage.

There are extremely golden glyphs floating in his eyes, so clear that I can even recognize the usage and symbols for some of them. They are catalyst glyphs that are embedded deep within the Creator’s Legacy. Many I can see in their lesser forms glowing within my soul, and others with identical makeups in the very core of my blade.

“You have become strong enough. It is time you begin to see everything for what it truly is…”

Many more golden glyphs start floating up from the depths of his soul to imprint on the inside of his eyes, and at the same time, I feel the slow mechanisms of the system finally trigger the effects of the notifications that have been ringing in my inner ear since the last soul tie snapped.

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Chapter 1067: Chapter 1067
Over two million level-up notifications are already registered in my mind, and the longer we float within the void, the more system mechanisms churn in the depths of my consciousness.

These near-infinitely small glyphs do not seem to work under the same rules that I assumed they did.

Instead, the moving parts I managed to peer into while still in the purple zone of the Upper Realm were merely the outer layer. It is the complex mechanism completely made of ether and mana. I can still see this completed layer in my mind now, but it is very simple, and there is no need to concentrate on it any further.

The inner intricate mechanisms that are being laid bare before me now are almost entirely made of the invisible laws that ripple through this void.

If I focus hard enough on certain areas, I can tell that the shapes they make up to look like glyphs are merely a façade. It is only a mental illusion, repurposing what my newly enlightened mind can handle. If there were no common language within these energy fields, it would all be complete gibberish.

Once these manifestations are digested further, they twist and ripple into even more complex forms, continuously pushing my mind to the limits of its comprehension to understand what is really in front of me.

I watch in real time as the laws of reality are shifting and interacting with the outer layer of the system. Each significant shift coincides with a single level-up notification and the corresponding domino effect of the seals that are unlocked throughout my body. Every single one constantly releases more availability to the raw power of the void in extremely complex ways.

One of the extremely large shifts lights up a massive silver, white, and purple panel in my mind. It is the activation of my innate primordial-grade absorption skill, granting me true access to the primordial-grade [Space Time Manipulation] skill on Noctus’ status. I mentally press [YES], but this is the first time I get to watch the infinite void of laws opening up and triggering mana- and ether-based seals to move away. I can feel and see the intricate outline of my unique skill and instinctually feel a very profound resonance flowing through me once the transfer is finished.

Unlike the level-up notifications, which are a one-way transaction of seals opening up to allow me to act upon preset laws, a very strange feeling washes through me, like I’ve altered the dark pool beneath the system.

The feeling fades away as more notifications continue to trigger.

Where there was a pseudo skill before, now I watch the true skill that produces Realm Waves appear on my status.

The intrinsic understandings of its activation are ingrained in my being, and I begin to see that the copies I was creating were truly just that. They were shells of the real thing. I was replicating the size, shape, and function of the glyphs that make up the outer layer of the system. They were not directly linked to any of the actual system’s laws.

Prolonged viewing into this inner layer of the system begins to illuminate many new things. I can start to see the patterns of laws bending and forming together, and can predict exactly when new notifications are going to trigger next.

The more complex the shift, the longer it takes for every glyph to spin and activate in the right place.

There are multiple underlying system commands that are lagging behind and waiting to trigger.

One is linked directly to my blade. It feels as though it is in the process of leveling up again, but I cannot predict the intricate details, they’re far too deep in the abyss of complexity.

Though, there is another notification that is closer to the surface. This is a sign that it will manifest itself into reality much sooner. It feels just as complex and profound, but shares far more patterns that my mind can easily comprehend. It feels strongly connected to my soul and an immense number of soul ties.

It is even linked to the construct surrounding the Origin Plane.

Every passing moment connects the outer layers of the system to this construct with greater strength, as though an absurdly complex notification is about to trigger.

Its outline looks like the text boxes that appear when a new milestone of the Rising Emperor’s Domain is met.

The last time this buff was triggered in the Upper Realm, I claimed access to the rights to borrow 95% of the power from any one of my links of loyalty. Now, as my focus deepens, I can watch the inner mechanisms shift upward. My consciousness manifests the many waves of laws connecting to the system as numbers I can comprehend, rising upward to 96%, 97%, 98%, and even 99% as it rises higher and higher to begin turning every single glyph in the depths of my soul.

Not only is this system shift affecting me, but I can feel the connections to the exact same system shifting throughout every living being in the Upper and Lower Realm.