After stabilizing his first acupoint, Aether reached for the second ancient volume: the Void Refinement Method. The leather felt cold, almost as if it were sucking the heat from his fingertips.
He opened the book and began to decipher the archaic script. The text revealed a staggering truth: mana was not the only energy present in the atmosphere. Intertwined with the essence of the world was Void Energy—a primordial force that modern mages had long forgotten. According to the founder's notes, those who could harness it could create an internal "space" that defied the physical limits of a human vessel.
Aether set the book aside and closed his eyes. He attempted to filter the air, searching for that elusive, hollow sensation of the Void.
Minutes turned into hours. He failed again and again. The mana was easy to find, but the Void was like trying to catch a shadow in a dark room. Frustration began to bubble up within him, threatening to break his concentration.
The Rune's Intervention
Just as he was about to give up, the Rune of Fate on his chest flared with a blinding white light. Aether gasped as a surge of pure, white energy flooded his mind.
Suddenly, his perception shifted. The "dark room" of his consciousness was illuminated. He could finally see it: the thin, grey threads of Void energy vibrating in the air.
With the Rune acting as a beacon, Aether reached out to communicate with the Void. He tried to draw it toward his Core, but the Rune had a different plan. It flared again, its glow turning aggressive. Like a predator, the Rune began rapidly sucking the Void energy from the surrounding area.
The air in the room whistled as a vacuum formed. Aether watched in awe within his mind's eye as the white energy from the Rune began to mix with the harvested grey Void energy. This swirling cocktail of power didn't head for his heart or his stomach; it rose upward, flooding his brain.
The Mind Sea
Aether felt a sensation of infinite expansion. It felt as if the skull that housed his brain had suddenly been replaced by a vast, starlit ocean.
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[ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ]
Conditions Met: Void Energy + Rune of Fate (White Origin) Resonance.
Success: Mind Sea has been Awakened.
Success: Mental Power Space has been established.
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As the "Mind Sea" fully stabilized, a ripple of raw mental power spread outward from Aether. The furniture in the room groaned, and the dust on the floor was swept away by an invisible pressure.
Aether snapped his eyes open. He stood up, but the world looked different. He could feel every corner of the room without looking. He could sense the heartbeat of the guards in the hallway. Within his consciousness, a vast, quiet space filled with swirling Void energy now existed—a reservoir for thoughts, calculations, and future spells that no ordinary mage could hope to match.
Stunned by the sheer weight of his own presence, Aether raised a hand to the shimmering air.
"Status Window," he whispered. "Show me what has changed."
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Note :- every individual posses system after awakening and system is the world consciousness