With his endurance and mana being recovered so fast, Ryuk felt his newfound worry of not enough mana and endurance fading away into thin air, and quickly, he settled into unconsciousness once more, arriving before his Primordial Gate.
Quickly going in, he sprinted forward even faster this time, soon appearing before the humongous tree, and he laid his hands on the Ice Apex Core as he felt his consciousness slowly fading away.
Once more, he appeared in the lonely-looking space.
Since Ryuk could already see the forming silhouette, it somehow created a template that he could easily copy into the room.
In an instant, a powerful will surge through the room as Ryuk drew in the mana from the Apex Core, infiltrating the space, and he began forming.
To form, all one needed was a very powerful will to make the mana come to form what they had in mind.
Ryuk’s will was more than strong enough, and his intelligence made things even easier as he began molding the mana into his heart’s desires.
Silently, mana stacked upon mana, gaining its colors, and rising higher and higher into the space.
With more mana came more creation, and more of the Apex Space widened as Ryuk kept up with the creation, a serious expression on his face.
The more he formed, the clearer the image of his Apex Realm became in his head and all around him, further guiding him to the next process.
And silently, this continued for exactly five days before, finally—
"Ahhhh…" A loud exhale echoed through the Apex Realm.
It was a mini world of endless mountainous peaks, stretching far beyond the horizon, their jagged forms piercing through the heavens.
Each mountain was cloaked in a pristine blanket of snow, shimmering under an eternal twilight where the sky alternated between hues of icy blue and silvery white.
The air was alive with an almost ethereal stillness, punctuated only by the ghostly whispers of frigid winds that wandered through the peaks, carrying the delicate frost-laden scent of untouched purity.
Above it all, atop the tallest and most majestic peak, there was no grand-looking ice throne or extravagant structure—only Ryuk calmly sitting at the top of the mountain, exuding an aura of calm dominion.
From his vantage point, the entire realm stretched beneath him like an infinite kingdom carved from snow and frost.
His figure was a solitary silhouette against the luminous backdrop, yet, it did not make him irrelevant.
Instead, it emphasized the extent of his space’s power and control.
The chilling air swirled gently around him as though bowing to his presence, while snowflakes danced in intricate patterns, their descent almost reverent.
The stillness of Ryuk’s silhouette emanated an overwhelming sense of balance and unchallenged authority, where every gust of wind, every flurry of snow, responded to Ryuk’s every breath.
"Apex Realm, open!" Ryuk commanded, his voice ringing gently through the space.
In the next instant, runic lines appeared all over the entire realm as the entire space began swallowing all of the Apex energy from the core.
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In the Cultivation Room
The entire pool was relatively calm, with the slumbering figure of Ryuk kneeling in it.
But then, Ryuk’s lips curled instinctively, and the entire world was set into chaos as a shocking shockwave exploded out from Ryuk.
Quickly, all of the mana instantly flooded into Ryuk.
Mana was quickly formed, yet it never matched the power of the intriguing dragging force bursting out from Ryuk’s essence.
Quietly, Ryuk watched as mana permeated through the entire Apex Realm.
New runes began appearing all over the mountain surfaces and the blue-white sky, and everything began solidifying as if coming into existence.
Ryuk watched all of this silently, and after about five hours of watching, the entire area finally calmed.
Now, the colors of the world were even more vivid, and the gorgeous peaks couldn’t look more complete and absolute.
In the next instant, after everything calmed down, Ryuk slowly turned to look at his naked body, finding runic lines beginning to appear all over it, and all of a sudden, they began filling up with a calm blue light.
Quickly, the runic tattoo of a single silhouette of a mountain appeared over Ryuk’s pale skin, along with snowy flakes dancing all around.
Immediately, a powerful surge of energy emanated through Ryuk, whose body remained rigid, his teeth chattering against each other, as the air around him fiercely crackled.
Until, eventually, everything came to a stop, and Ryuk exhaled loudly.
"So this is it. The Plane of Ascension?" He mused as his consciousness dispersed and he opened his eyes to the sight of the golden room.
Looking beneath him, there was no longer mana in the pool, all having been absorbed by Ryuk.
Then the notification appeared.
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[Congratulations on Host successfully forming the Apex Realm!]
[Host has broken through two minor cultivation stages!]
[Host is now at the Core Stage of the Plane of Ascension!]
[Congratulations, Hidden Quest Completed!]
[Reach the Plane of Ascension!]
[Rewards: +30 Permanent Attribute Points to all Unlocked Stats!]
[All Host’s Frost Abilities have been levelled up to Level 5!]
[Congratulations, Host’s mana capability has vastly increased!]
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The system notification flashed all over Ryuk’s gaze as he flashed a smile.
Raising up his hands, immediately, a lonely cold snow dagger appeared in Ryuk’s grasp. But this time, he couldn’t help but sense a difference in that the blade of the dagger couldn’t be any sharper.
The cold aura around it froze the air apart as ice blocks began raining down from the chilled air.
"My power has improved. A monumental transformation indeed," Ryuk mused as he rose up from the pool and wore back his clothes before ordering.
"Activate System Interface…"
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[System Interface]
[Name: Ryuk Knull]
[Race: Half Knull, Half Unknown]
[Age: 16]
[Cultivation Stage: Core Stage of the Plane of Ascension]
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"So I moved directly through the Initial Plane of Ascension straight to the Core of the stage!?"
[This is due to Host’s perfection at Plane of Origin, which is almost no different from the Initial Plane of Ascension, thereby fostering rapid growth, and Host’s ability to solidify the realm to the level of the Core Stage of the Plane of Ascension through his powerful will and the great quality of mana possessed.]
The system explained as Ryuk nodded, clenching and unclenching his fists as he felt the monumental power hidden within.
"Tell me, system, how long has it been?"
[A total of six days, Host.]
"I guess the Ascension Academy will be opening its doors soon then. I should move out…" Ryuk stated as he walked out of the room.
The room slowly began regenerating itself with mana, just as the Half-Fallen One had stated.
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