Limit Break Spiral, Third Stage! The Power of Concepts (Second Update, 35K)

The Goddess opened her mouth and inhaled again.

Golden specks of light emerged from Bai Cangshu’s body, vanishing into the Goddess’s mouth the next instant.

You have lost A-rank Anomaly Point ×2

Then, though no movement could be seen from the Goddess’s enormous right hand, Bai Cangshu felt a vast force surge forth, and his body seemed to lose all weight.

In an instant, he shot toward the sky.

Pfft!

It was as though he had broken through something. The White Jade Plaza and the clouds soon vanished, and endless darkness enveloped him.

His breathing stopped. He could not sense the existence of any air at all. The immense pressure difference inside and outside his body seemed ready to squeeze all his internal organs out.

But Bai Cangshu’s powerful body quickly adjusted. His biological magnetic field resumed operation, and the power of Magnetic Field Rotation completely isolated that pressure difference.

The next moment, he raised his head. The endless, black illusory space seemed to wrap around him. Focusing his gaze, he saw that something appeared to exist at the end of the boundless void.

Yet it was impossible to see clearly with the naked eye alone.

The invisible Spiral Power rapidly activated. Bai Cangshu’s long black hair swiftly began to turn white, and that Spiral Power grew ever stronger.

He stared unblinkingly into the distance.

Precisely because there was no information whatsoever around him in this void, Bai Cangshu instead found his Limit Break Spiral clearer and more focused than ever before.

When he felt the Spiral Power reach its limit, a silver-white glow appeared at the end of the void.

Bai Cangshu’s eyes widened. Then, within that silver-white glow, he saw what seemed to be countless symbols flickering and changing.

He did not look away. The silver-white glow grew larger and clearer in his pupils.

Buzz—

In the pitch-black void, distorted ripples spread from behind Bai Cangshu’s head. Like an invisible gigantic vortex, they began to churn behind him.

Bai Cangshu’s head tilted slightly back, as though a torrent of information had directly crashed into his brain.

An enormous amount of information began appearing and exploding within his mind, only to be expelled from his consciousness by that Spiral Power.

His pupils trembled continuously. He felt the cerebral cortex stimulated by Magnetic Field Rotation rapidly differentiating.

Beneath his skull, an itch actually began to emerge. Clearly, there should have been no sensory nerves in such a place, yet he truly began to feel that peculiar "sense"!

It was not an itch in his brain, but information—wisdom!

An intangible, illusory existence began producing tangible effects.

Pfft!

Dark, faintly purple blood burst from Bai Cangshu’s nostrils and began dripping down, but such an injury was nothing to him.

He merely experienced that peculiar sense.

His entire mind was abnormally active. Almost instantly, he discerned that the torrent of information was filled with repetitive, cramped, useless data.

They were likely some kind of higher-order symbols he could not comprehend, crudely pieced together.

Blood began flowing from the corners of Bai Cangshu’s eyes as well, and his long hair showed signs of falling out. Yet he felt that his brain was in excellent condition now, beginning to burn.

In his eyes, the countless higher-order symbols, like garbled code, began to reorganize and attempt combinations.

Buzz!

A powerful suction force appeared. The next instant, Bai Cangshu felt heaven and earth invert, black and white switch places. With a single blink, he had returned to the White Jade Plaza.

Bai Cangshu remained motionless. The remaining higher-order symbols grew fewer and fewer, while their arrangements became increasingly fixed.

The Goddess’s ruby-like eyes watched the tentacle-like Spiral Power extending in every direction from behind this Reincarnator’s head, and her gaze lowered slightly.

The White Jade Space seemed to suddenly contract.

Pfft!

Bai Cangshu fell out of that state. His overheated brain made it seem as though his thoughts had vanished for a moment before returning to normal.

Talent: Limit Break Spiral (Third Stage) (SSS-) — A creation of miracles, a spiral beyond the ultimate limit, an observer of Myriad Manifestation Species, an anomaly that cannot be stabilized.

Effect (Third Rotation): After activating Limit Break Spiral, the brain will forcibly remove all genetic limitations. Information will materialize, granting the ability to interfere with information, identify, replicate, and even reorganize portions of it. Warning: Using this ability will drastically increase the burden on the brain, producing various negative effects depending on physical constitution, including bodily collapse, brain death, cerebral necrosis, and brain damage.

"Urgh…"

Even after Bai Cangshu’s brain recovered, an inescapable nausea remained. It was the nausea of cerebral vertigo layered with all sorts of taste sensations.

It was as though that brief Third Stage Spiral had thrown all his senses and neural functions into disorder and necrosis once.

Bai Cangshu’s face twitched several times as though in spasms, but in the end, he smiled.

You have come into contact with the concept: Void

Void…

The countless higher-order symbols had ultimately combined into the concept of void.

It had no practical use, nor did it have any effect.

Yet this void contained the mystery of turning the information possessed by many higher-order powers into worthless, useless scraps.

And concepts…

Bai Cangshu realized that he had touched upon a higher-dimensional level of power.

Previously, above the level of energy, Bai Cangshu only knew of Authorities. High-tier Reincarnators all held Authority over a certain domain.

Put simply, it was the priority of power in a particular domain, the degree of control over powers of the same type.

For example, if a Reincarnator with fire immunity encountered one whose fire attacks ignored resistance, the collision between their abilities raised the question of whose ability would take effect.

Usually, the Space explained this using the term priority.

But actual combat was not a game. The essence of priority was one’s grasp of the source of power.

Whoever was closer to the essence of that power possessed higher priority.

According to some theories, all abilities were factors descending from various stairways. The more a Reincarnator could touch factors higher up, the more control they could gain over other abilities on the same stairway.

This theory could be extended to all kinds of power systems.

And those who could climb from the factors onto the stairway, walking all the way to the ultimate extent of that ability, stood at the pinnacle of Authority.

In most cases, the ultimate powers controlled by gods in various worldviews were precisely this.

The God of Wind completely controlled the power of wind, while the God of Flame governed the power of fire.

Mortals could not defeat a god within that god’s domain and could only seek another method.

This was Authority.

Heart Light Pulse, which stood above that, was considered the power of humans—the radiance belonging solely to these extremely unstable, short-lived species.

Yet now, Bai Cangshu had touched another level of power—concepts!

It was power directly formed from the collapse and combination of information. In Bai Cangshu’s eyes, it was far closer to the essence of information than Authority or energy.

"Goddess, what kind of power are concepts?"

The Goddess did not speak. She was not as talkative as Knight Sister, merely displaying a new prompt before Bai Cangshu.

Would you like to spend A-rank Anomaly Point ×1 to increase Reincarnator Authority?

Bai Cangshu let out a breath and "spent" again without expression. He had intended to raise his Reincarnator Authority anyway, preparing for the new Title Challenge Match that would begin before long.

To equip and use certain titles, Title-level Authority was mandatory.

The Goddess inhaled, and the one A-rank Anomaly Point Bai Cangshu had retained also vanished.

Now, he had only one S-rank Singularity left among his higher-rank Anomaly Points, along with one each of B-rank and lower Anomaly Points.

You have lost A-rank Anomaly Point ×1

Reincarnator Authority increased. Current status: Title-level Reincarnator — Villain Savior

Time permitted to remain in the Space has been extended by an additional 8 hours.

From now on, you will learn the timing of mission deployment seven days in advance.

From now on, you will be qualified to contend for any title through the Space's Title Challenge Match format, provided you meet the minimum requirements.

From now on, you will be exempt from the anchoring and tracking abilities of those with 3-star Authority or below. This ability is effective only within the Space.

"Concepts are naturally the aggregate of many Authorities at the information level, the earliest product of information transforming into actual power."

"Isn’t that precisely the power you wish to touch?"

The Goddess’s voice drifted through the air, and Bai Cangshu simultaneously gained a complete, clear understanding of the composition of Infinite Dimensional Space’s true power.

Through the nature of the observer, it observed and collapsed the various forms of power from the Myriad Worlds into concepts. From those concepts, a series of Authorities were born, then further refined into different energies and abilities.

When Reincarnators pursued this evolutionary process in reverse, it became a stairway.

By mastering various abilities, Reincarnators gained control over energy, further pursued Authority, and ultimately touched concepts. This process was the act of climbing the stairway!

Only one kind of power lay outside this system—Heart Light Pulse!

"Sure enough, the power of the heart is special…"

The more difficult something was to obtain, the more one desired it. Now that Bai Cangshu possessed the power system of Magnetic Field Rotation, he only craved the power of the heart even more!

Aside from the intensity of Magnetic Field Rotation itself, it was driven by the user’s purity of spirit, and… their heart!

Surging hatred, frenzied fighting spirit, and… love that could push Magnetic Field Rotation beyond its limits at any cost!

Infinite Dimensional Space, West District. This was an area with an atmosphere completely different from the East District.

Towering, muscular, voluptuous Avatars could be seen everywhere. A small number of people had also created Avatars modeled after characters from Japanese anime, but differences in aesthetic taste always made their bearing somewhat different.

The enhancement tendencies of the Reincarnators here were also slightly different.

Wearing flip-flops, Cao Qi drew no attention from anyone. Before long, he arrived at a stall, numbered A-01.

Its owner was a woman with fair skin and a high nose bridge. Her pupils were deep azure, while the ends of her chestnut hair had turned a vivid, highly saturated color.

The woman looked up. Seeing the visitor, she revealed an apologetic smile.

"You still came. It seems I caused you trouble."

Cao Qi looked at the woman and suddenly sighed.

"Your traces of triggering Mahakala’s Heart Light Pulse were not obvious, but that fellow Aizen probably deliberately revealed himself because he had anticipated that you would make a move."

The woman nodded. She possessed none of the dominance of someone who had single-handedly suppressed the entire West District. Instead, she resembled a girl who had made a mistake, accepting an elder’s reprimand.

Seeing Tumi Flower Blooms’s reaction, Cao Qi had already vaguely confirmed the face of the card he had drawn.

Before the three of them distributed the cards, each had kept one for themselves. They were the three most special cards, with no face displayed and trajectories that even The King of Destiny could not determine hidden within them.

"Whether he showed himself or not, the outcome would not change."

"Once a beast pursuing power has smelled Heart Light Pulse, it is destined to evolve toward humanity."

"The Prideful Soul King believes he stands in the heavens, looking down upon his creations, but even a creator may be devoured by Jörmungandr…"

"I trust that beast named Mercenary Tao more than I trust him."

The woman’s smile was clear and peaceful. It was precisely because she believed in humanity’s uniqueness that she was not fixated on killing Mercenary Tao.

On the contrary, she was strengthening Mercenary Tao. She was enticing Mercenary Tao. In this way… she was controlling Mercenary Tao!

The expression on Cao Qi’s face gradually turned into a smile.

The other party’s growth had far exceeded his expectations, whether in power, wisdom, or temperament.

To Cao Qi, this flawless Reincarnator had completely surpassed the other Supreme Experts.

Even his old friend An Zhiyuan was probably no longer this woman’s match.

He suddenly threw back his head and laughed heartily, waving goodbye.

"Then I can rest easy."

Tumi Flower Blooms lowered her head, sorrow showing in her eyes.