After sleeping like a log — since I didn't have any practice sessions with Sebas today — I finally woke up around noon.
After freshening up, I sat down for lunch: two whole grilled chickens, three king crabs, and half a pound of lobster. Feeling full and lazy, I dragged myself back to my room and lay down on my bed.
Then, as usual, I opened my Status Panel. After extracting powers from the system, this is what it looks like now:
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📜 Status Panel
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Name: Alex Mercer
Age: 16 (26)
Tier: 6-C (???)
── Physical Stats ──
HP: 100% (Regeneration: 100% / 10 sec)
Endurance: 100% (Recovery: 55% / hr)
── Spiritual Stats ──
Soul Power: 100% (Recovery: 55% / hr)
O.E. (Omni Energy): 100%
── Talents ──
Overriding Forge of Transcendence (explained in Chapter 2)
Super Speed Regeneration
All Elemental Affinity
Chaos Energy Extraction
Library of Wisdom
World Core Creation & Stabilization
Myriad World Template Extraction (New!)
Origin Energy Extraction (New!)
Dimensional Travel (New!)
── Skills ──
Soul Consumption & Purification
Root Link
Soul Manipulation
Elemental Mastery & Manipulation
Analysis
Spiritual Mastery
Identify (New!)
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The first thing I noticed was the breakthrough. My strength jumped from 7-A to 6-C. In other words, I could now destroy a small island. My soul recovery also increased by another 10%.
This breakthrough came from my body finally catching up with my soul, thanks to the skill that balances the two. If one surpasses the other by too much, the weaker half is boosted. Of course, it doesn't come free — my body requires nutrient- and protein-rich food to catch up, while my soul requires deep meditation and spiritual growth when it lags behind.
It may sound overpowered, but the process is grounded in logic. That's why it took so much time — and all that high-protein food — for my body to synchronize with my soul. Even though I advanced an entire tier, I know I still haven't reached the limit. My body can continue growing until it fully matches my soul's strength.
Now, onto the new talents:
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Myriad World Template Extraction (New Talent)
1. Extract templates from countless dimensions.
2. Alternatively, you can lock an entire dimension to extract templates exclusively from it.
3. When the second option is chosen, you can extract specific templates using more origin energy. Binding grants you a one-time baptism from that world.
4. Limitation: Once the second option is chosen, you cannot bind another dimension until you've obtained all templates that define that world. You can also only bind ownerless dimensions.
5. Template progression can be accelerated with origin energy. Different templates may exist depending on timelines and innate possibilities.
6. You can hold only one template at first. Once it reaches 60% progression, you can extract a second. The maximum capacity is three.
7. At 100% progression, the template character's powers and all their possibilities become yours.
8. Any detrimental side effects are removed, and requirements for wielding the powers are automatically substituted.
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Origin Energy Extraction (New Talent)
Draws origin energy from any world — either by influencing its plot or simply by remaining within it.
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Identify (New Skill)
Allows you to analyze and comprehend anything, presenting the result in a form you can fully understand.
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Dimensional Travel (New Talent)
Opens undetectable portals to other dimensions, provided you have a major established connection. Requires a large amount of origin energy.
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This is the first time I've received a talent with such heavy limitations and detailed effects. Even so, it's ridiculously powerful. I'll need to think carefully about which option to pursue.
The restriction to ownerless dimensions does limit my choices. No DC, Marvel, or Pokémon worlds for me… Still, I can narrow things down through elimination.
Small or minor worlds aren't worth it — I'm already at a level where I can wipe out islands. Binding to them would only give me redundant skills or trivial boosts. No, I need a mystical or major world, one that can grant me significant benefits. Binding a dimension means its energy becomes mine, along with the special privileges granted to its chosen individuals.
After long deliberation, I decided to bet on the Central World dimension of the Tensura world. That world once had a master, but now only has a guardian — and unless Rimuru ascends as the next true owner, it remains technically ownerless.
I gambled on that loophole… and I won.
I successfully bound the TSSDK world. My hypothesis was correct.
A new energy surged through me, far beyond any mana or energy I had absorbed before. This had to be magicules, the life force of that world. Thanks to the connection, I can now travel to that dimension anytime using my Dimensional Travel talent. Clearly, the two powers are interconnected.
It feels like I've established a one-way bond where only I reap the benefits, hidden from anyone within that world. Perhaps this is due to the nature of my anonymous talent, or maybe it's an intentional safeguard built into the extraction process itself.
Either way, the benefits are already undeniable.
For now, though… I'm mentally exhausted. Whether it's the strain of extensive planning or my body needing more rest to keep pace with my soul, I can feel the drowsiness pulling me under again.