The Tale of the Void Emperor

Athan arrived at the Rek City in Starsever region with Vinery and five people while the rest of the people went to their own places in different cities.

Inside the palace's back garden...

Athan, Vinery, and a dark elf man sat at a table.

"So that's how you get strong. No wonder I felt that devouring souls simply wouldn't cut it now," Athan muttered as he nodded. When he arrived here, he felt some kind of mysterious force, and he felt completely naked in front of it.

Same as with those wing-tiger symbols spawning around him. 

In a way, he had arrived in the main world whose rules would also apply to him, unlike how those rules of Chaosverse and Orchos Firmament didn't apply to him.

But the rules of this world were simple, as Vinery told them to Athan.

First of all, there was all-encompassing energy known as Outrious Potency, and then there were two more things, Profound Talents and Profound Techniques. These three things were the main thing.

Outrious Potency was medium energy, and it's present everywhere. Nothing can block it, and there's no space in the entire existence and reality that doesn't have Outrious Potency present.

People can absorb this energy, but their capacity depends on their soul and body potential. If one has 300 potential points, they can absorb 300 points of Outrious Potency.

When Athan felt some mysterious force entering his body when he arrived here, he felt completely bare in front of it. That mysterious force was none other than the Outrious Potency.

The only use that Outrious Potency has is that it can only be used through mediums. Those mediums were Profound Talent and Profound Techniques. 

In the Mythos plane, those Mythical beings coming here would have their Genealogy Path resonating with a higher power in this world, and they can then try to absorb it in them by comprehending it.

As such, the Mythos Plane has three phases. 

First, Transcendent Mythos

-Starting of resonance progress. Can breakthrough after achieving 100% resonance.

Second, Awakening Mythos

-Comprehension of that resonated power. Can breakthrough after comprehending 100% and forming Sigil of that power in their inner space using Outrious Potency and awaken a Mythical-rank Profound Talent.

Third, Anemon Mythos

-Using that Profound Talent to make themselves strong (both body and soul.) and also create profound techniques through their talent.

Then to Breakthrough to Mystic Plane, one needs to upgrade their Mythical-rank profound talent into Mystic-rank profound talent and learn another Mystic-rank profound talent.

To do that, people need opportunities, resources, and adventures.

Also, due to the nature of this higher world, Outrious Expanse, it's really hard to give birth. It's possible but needs a lot of resources and Outrious Potency. Naturally, that's why people born here actually skip Mythos plane and directly enter Mystic Plane. They can directly resonate with a mystic power.

Mystic Plane and further doesn't have any sub-stages or anything like Mythos plane.

The way to get strong is simple. Resonate, awaken a talent, create profound skills and upgrade them to enter into the next plane. 

Naturally, it's not easy to upgrade them because they require resources, time, and opportunities.

Mythos Plane

Mystic Plane

Anarchy Plane

Supremacy Plane

Arbiter Plane

Fear/Dread Plane

There is one more plane, but it's just a myth, and no one has seen such a level of people. It's called The Nihility Plane.

According to Vinery, people say that it's related to the Nihility Council, which is also a myth of sort as no one has seen it.

"As for those tiny symbols that invoke around us, they are generally known as Potent Symbols," Vinery said as she pointed her finger at the front, and the fish symbols flew on top of her finger.

"You can control them by using Outrious Potency in you. But they don't do anything except for displaying your power scale," Vinery said as she closed her eyes to do something, and suddenly, all the fishes around her disappeared.

"Now the fishes have entered inside my inner space, so you can't see it. However, if I start fighting against someone, they will automatically invoke outside."

Athan nodded as he closed his eyes and tried to sense the Outrious Potency in the atmosphere and inside his body.

When he arrived here, this ever-present energy had already entered inside his body, but he had no time to sense it and know more about it.

After a minute, Athan clearly captured the presence of this ever-present Outrious Potency.

And the moment he did that and opened his eyes, he started feeling it clearly in the atmosphere unlike before, 'interesting. Such an obscure and mystical energy.'

It was literally everywhere.

*Swooooosh...*

The Outrious Potency started gushing inside Athan automatically, making him surprised, "what's going on?"

Vinery and the dark elf man called Rovin were startled as well.

"It should be related to how you directly invoked Anarchy symbols instead of Mythos symbols. You are unlike other people who ascended here from lower worlds like Orchos Firmament," Vinery said with a frown.

Athan was actually experiencing major changes regarding his soul.

This Outrious Potency appeared like waves and enveloped his soul before entering inside.

Athan was not receiving power or something but was feeling a strange sensation.

Like...scanning?

After five minutes, Athan suddenly felt something as Outrious Potency started gathering in front of his soul before forming into a sigil.

This Sigil was a symbol of his Abyssal void of Fabrication. It looks like an upsidedown light grey waterdrop shape with black and white chasing each other inside in whirling form.

'So this is the Sigil. Hmm...but where is my Profound Talent?' Athan thought, 'Or maybe I already have it? Which are these two energies, Abyssal Darkness and Void pulse? Or there's something more?'

"MASTER!!"

"NYAHAHA, Master! We are back!"

Athan suddenly heard the voices of Primo and Taezin, and he also suddenly felt a solid connection with his Origin Abyssal Void of Fabrication realm.

A portal appeared inside his void region as Primo, Taezin, and a humanoid kid looking like a three-year-old with sparkling pink skin and white glassy butterfly wings with red, violet, blue, and green patterns came out from the portal.