Nine years since the end of the Third Major Disaster, Inala's cave in the Varahan Enclave was filled with muffled hammer hits.
Clang! C-Clang! Clang!
Raising his Billakin Hammer with his right hand, Inala brought it down hard upon his left, morphing its shape slightly. While using Mystic Sumatra Art, he continued to hammer on his left hand, raising his comprehension, 'Almost there.'
He was understanding the properties of the mineral, Billakin and how it was able to shape minerals into their respective Spirit Weapon forms. There was still time for the deadline of his fight with Shuwrak Zahara.
But he had no plans to delay, since things were only getting more and more exciting for him. Once he obtains his Secondary Nature, Inala will be ready to explore Sumatra Continent.
To achieve that, he had traded with Shuwrak Zahara. What he sold was compiled data about the Millinger, obtained upon using the Skill of Empyrean Extraction. Inala already had the information with him. He simply copied everything on an Information Slip that was a block spanning a size of three metres.
There was so much information that it necessitated such a large block of Vara. This data would help Shuwrak Zahara have a stronger understanding of a Millinger, which allowed his strength to increase by leaps and bounds.
With a complete understanding of the Pranic Beast his build was based upon, Shuwrak Zahara could maximise his potential. It'll allow him to notice any faults in his Human Avatar, correct it, and form a stronger foundation.
With a stronger foundation, he had a realistic chance of reaching the higher levels of the Life Stage. If he spent more time perfecting his foundation, then it wasn't impossible for him to reach the 10-Life Stage, which was his ultimate goal.
In response to the Millinger data, Inala received by far the most useful technique on Sumatra. It was the version Yarsha Zahara had perfected to create a Secondary Nature for a Free Human.
Thanks to knowledge of Sumatra Chronicles, and Resha's exploration written in it, the Mammoth Clansmen had a realistic way to gain more Natures. They had explored and documented ways to attain quite a number of Natures.
Until now, the Mystic Seven too relied on these methods to gain their Natures. Among the Free Humans, only the Brimgan Royals had a realistic way to gain a Secondary and Tertiary Nature.
However, it was a complex process that could only be accessed after the Brimgan Royal reached the 10-Life Stage. Having a Secondary Nature before that point was impossible. Even the most talented Brimgan Royal would have spent anywhere from half a millennium to a millennium to reach that point.
Despite being a Clan, the Cooter Clan had yet to figure out a way to obtain a Secondary Nature. That was how difficult it was.
The Mystic Humans followed a completely different route, so they couldn't be judged as the norm. The Wean Clansmen were pretty much following Brangara's Empyrean Boar King build. And their Primary Nature was only used to escape from the influence of the Natures they obtained from Voracious Nature, which was the Primary Nature of Empyrean Boars.
Getting Astral Chart was easier said than done, even with all the resources at the Wean Clan's disposal. There was just one Boar King in their midst. And the only reason this Boar King could emerge was thanks to Yamahara elevating his strength most of the way.
Yamahara had been kidnapped before he could elevate this Wean Clansmen into a Boar King. And by remaining an Empyrean Boar, he escaped a fate of being consumed by the Transcendent Eater.
The last stretch necessary to become a Boar King was completed through Mystic Sumatra Art. However, without Yamahara's assistance, it'll take a Wean Clansman centuries to become a Boar King. And it wasn't even guaranteed to happen.
Most would simply fail to reach that point, since the accumulation necessary was honestly a stretch. Considering everything, the ones left were the Pranic Beasts with the most feasible path to attaining a Secondary Nature.
They only needed to mutate to obtain a Secondary Nature. However, even for them, the process of getting a Tertiary Nature was a blank.
The Nature of Cultivator was the only legitimate Tertiary Nature a Pranic Beast could obtain. But the requirements made it impossible to achieve unless a pinnacle existence supported them,
Sumatra Continent was still figuring out ways to obtain Secondary and Tertiary Natures. In such a situation, Yarsha Zahara's method was worth many pieces of Sumatra Gold.
Upon gaining the method from Shuwrak Zahara, Inala first compared it to the Sumatra Chronicles version that Grehha had copied from Yarsha Zahara's memories at the Zahara Kingdom.
There was a blatant difference, 'Anyone using it would indeed succeed in getting a Secondary Nature. However, they'll be struck with the influence of Sumatra Chronicles.'
It meant their growth would benefit Renduldu, similar to how the Mystic Seven benefited him. Their actions didn't convert into his strength. Rather, in their fight against Brangara, the Mystic Seven explored various paths and elevated Sumatra's power system as a whole.
Renduldu's actions made it seem as if he was alive on Sumatra at the current time, allowing him to explore the limits of the expanding power system. This expansion deepened his strength as a cultivation, which elevated his overall power as a Transcendent.
Whatever Renduldu could achieve if he was alive currently on Sumatra Continent and then became a Transcendent, these changes were directly reflected in the Renduldu that existed in the Transcendent Worlds at present.
Anyone with the knowledge of Sumatra Chronicles was treated as an anchor for Renduldu's future sight, allowing him to reap benefits. And to ensure these anchors continued to develop, Sumatra Continent influenced them to head to the Four Major Disasters.
In their best efforts to survive the Major Disasters, all the anchors tried their best to strengthen themselves, which inevitably elevated Sumatra's power system. Only those at the Mystic Grade could resist this influence. However, they still functioned as Renduldu's anchors.
In Sumatra Chronicles, Yarsha Zahara was by far the most important individual, treated as the Sumatra Chronicles Heroine. Therefore, as future sight was used on Resha, the side effects of which allowed him to feel as if he lived through Sumatra Chronicles in his past life, the moment he came in contact with Yarsha, the side effects also affected her. After all, Resha was the hero of Sumatra Chronicles, while she, Yarsha Zahara, was the heroine.
When the Royal Zinger Inala unleashed Four Steps to Unity, he completed his task as the Indigo Mystic Path by filling the Indigo Mystic Cup in Gannala. He then severed the connection and removed his status as Renduldu's anchor.
That was why the current Inala only retained the corrected knowledge of Sumatra Chronicles, one that wouldn't turn him into an anchor and influence him to head to the four Major
Disasters.
Moreover, Inala was no longer susceptible to the various traps laid in Sumatra Chronicles. It was a story, one that caused the reader to ponder in certain directions of thoughts, all of which created variables that progressed the power system and benefitted Renduldu.
It was a masterstroke on his part, as without any trouble, Renduldu benefitted the most from the fight between Brangara and the Mystic Seven.
Inala had no intention of falling into the trap and benefitting Renduldu further, since he was currently exploring the proper power system, and was the only existence attempting it on Sumatra. Therefore, he patiently waited for the method Yarsha Zahara had created in this
timeline.
In essence, the method was simple. The theory of evolution played on Pranic Beasts. Depending on what factors were necessary to continue their survival in a threatening situation, a Pranic Beast mutated to solve that.
The Enrino and its mutated version, Enran was the easiest example. They were defensive in nature, but when a large number of them were hunted, they birthed more Enrans, who had an offensive nature.
Brangara was the perfect example as the Empyrean Boar King, one who had mutated to predate his race's predators-the Empyrean Tusks.
When a Pranic Beast mutates, it'll focus on one physical characteristic of it that was suitable
for survival and enhance it to the extreme, turning it into a Secondary Nature. If it doesn't have such a physical characteristic, the conditions for mutation wouldn't be achieved.
The respective Pranic Beast race would simply dwindle in numbers until they were wiped out. Thankfully, any decently sustaining Pranic Beast race had a few physical characteristics that could create a path for mutation.
However, Free Humans had no such characteristics. That made it impossible for them to mutate. Therefore, the conclusion Yarsha Zahara had arrived at was to generate a mutation in
their Human Avatar.
Free Humans originated from the Silver empyrean Tentacle. The concept of Human Avatar was sourced from the Gold Empyrean Tentacle. Therefore, the key to creating a Secondary Nature was to cause conflict in this mess while retaining the overall structural integrity of a
Human avatar.
Yarsha Zahara didn't have complete knowledge regarding the origin of Free Humans and the relationship between the Silver Empyrean Tentacle and the Gold Empyrean Tentacle in Sumatra Chronicles.
However, even if it wasn't on Ruvva's level, Yarsha Zahara had a solid idea regarding it in this timeline. And upon figuring out Shuwrak Zahara's talent and the reason behind it, she understood the principles behind her technique and created a stabler version.
'Human Avatars are made using a single mineral. Therefore, they can only have one Nature.'
Inala thought, 'However, by causing a conflict between the Gold and Silver Empyrean Tentacle characteristics, the Free Human needs to strengthen their Silver Empyrean Tentacle
characteristic.'
'The result is something that resists their Human Avatar's power, basically the Primary Nature.' Inala smirked, 'Once strengthened and stabilised, the Secondary Nature is created, one that completely resisted the Primary Nature.'
'And that's exactly why I want it.' Inala smirked as he stared at his Billakin Hammer, 'For
Natures that is completely exhibited through a Spirit Weapon, I can use Yarsha'a method to derive the power of a Secondary Nature within it too.'
Basically, the Spirit Weapons that Inala could create and wield would have the power of two
Natures, 'And Pranic Beasts originated from the Iron Empyrean Tentacle. I...am a Pranic
Beast.'
Based on the relationship between the three Empyrean Tenacle variants, Inala planned to rely
on Yarsha Zahara's method to derive a way to create a Tertiary Nature in a Human Avatar.
Once that succeeds, his Spirit Weapons could attain a State of Harmony.
That was the reason he picked a Brully Build, since with its three sets of internal organs, Inala
had a realistic way to reach this point where every Spirit Weapon he forges using his Billakin Hammer would have the power of a State of Harmony in it.
"And I...am getting close to reaching that point." Inala grinned as he continued to hammer his left hand which almost resembled a claw now. Once he finishes it, he'll be ready to gain his Secondary Nature, and from there, start collecting Spirit Weapons to forge three Natures in
each.
"Hehe...hehehehe...hehehehehe!" Inala couldn't control himself anymore and burst into laughter, "I love this stuff!"