Chapter 399 The Endless Vault
The Black Tower Steward began to draw a massive mysterious shape in the air that resembled a bird with countless tentacles growing on its back,
"There have been twelve Heavenly Fate Meditation Arts which have been gathered slowly by powerful Mages, even before this universe was born. Every universe is filled with mysteries and in every Era countless unique and powerful treasures and creatures are born, in an Era past, one of those unique creatures was called the Light Devourer. This creature ate stars. Its powers are too dreadful for you to imagine, and it took nine Empyreans from nine different universes to stop its onslaught. Seven of them perished."
The image of the dreadful creature seemed to have a life of its own and began to struggle, but the Steward dismissed it with a harsh wave of his hand.
Seeing the confused look on Andar's face the Steward smiled, "Many of these terms would not be understood by you at this time, but keep them in your heart, and when you become an Archmage, many truths shall be revealed to you."
He continued speaking, "This place is called the Endless Vault, and it is a treasure that was born from the corpse of the Light Devourer, and now it is yours if you can claim it."
Andar's breath quickened, of course, he knew of a good deal of hidden knowledge, he knew about Empyreans and the fact that other universes existed, but he had never heard of a creature like the Light Devourer that could battle and kill multiple Empyreans.
Andar knew the true theater for the powerful existed outside the universe. His second bloodline, Avatar of Eve came from that place, his father also came from that place, and who knew what sort of monstrosities existed out there.
Primordial beings like Chaos and the being who destroyed the first Avatar of Eve resided outside the universe, and even the Supreme World of Mages existed outside the Universe.
It was not a mistake that he made this move to become a part of the Magus Civilization, if he wanted to learn what sort of creature his father was, perhaps he could find the answers here.
There was a grand world beyond the material universe, and he desired to understand it. He knew if his main body was to leave this universe, it would be nothing but prey, no matter how much potential he had, this understanding brought about a wave of desire inside Andars heart.
His eyes hardened, "What is the benefit for me, and how do I claim it?"
The Steward laughed, "We call the first Meditation Art Supreme because it was meant for a Mage, every single part of it was crafted to assist a Mage in their journey, but it does not mean that some of the Heavenly Fate Meditation Art is inferior. It is just really difficult to practice, for it was not meant for mages but Primordial Entities who could battle Heaven. Take for instance this Endless Vault, the mysteries it contains should be equal to that of the Supreme Meditation Art, but it is impossible for a normal Mage to unlock all its mysteries, so parts of it were taken and simplified into a Heavenly Fate Meditation Art—Revolving Core."
Andar looked around him, his eyes going through the many dozens of floors he could see. Was this the real power of Mages? They could possess Arts taken from creatures even stronger than an Empyrean. He suppressed the many questions in his heart and continued listening.
"I practice the Revolving Core Meditation Art, and there is a special feature about this Art. The number of Engraving Slots you can achieve is determined by your talent! Do you have any idea of the amount of Engraving slots every Heavenly Meditation Art contains?"
Andar replied, "I only know about the Supreme Art which contained 999 Engraving Slots and one other Heavenly Fate Art with 299."
"999? That is so ridiculous, but… yes, it makes sense, it's truly the limit!" The Steward's second head which had been sleeping all these while proclaimed in shock. Andar hurried cupped his fist and bowed to the head
The Steward pointed upwards and Andar followed his gesture, "Look up, every floor you see represents an Engraving Slot. Because the Revolving Core Meditation Art is a child of the Endless Vault, every time there is a breakthrough in the amount of Engraving Slot unlocked it is reflected here."
"The Revolving Core has the same feature as the Endless Vault, there is no fixed amount of Engraving Slots that can be unlocked at least until you become an Archmage and you have to melt your Spirit Matrix, but that is an issue that is beyond you for the moment. I'm in the lead in all the practitioners of this Art with 433 Engraving Slots unlocked, but that is my limit. I delayed my advancement to Archmage for thousands of years to unlock as much as I could."
"Every Engraving Slot you unlock, the difficulty increases. The Revolving Core does not give any great abilities apart from the fact that you can keep endlessly creating new Engraving Slots as long as you are capable of it, and you can continuously cultivate each of these slots, which would bring countless benefits for you in the future."
"This is your burden and also your great opportunity, and you have the tools to go far, your talents make you uniquely suitable for this Art, perhaps even more suitable than the Supreme Art you lost. The Tower Master fought for this great opportunity for you, and if you take advantage of it, you might not be weaker than the holder of the Supreme Art."
Andar clenched his fist, "I will not disappoint the Tower Master's expectation."
The quiet second head called out, "Brat you are lucky that you were pretty decisive and used your Grey Will to unlock the first Engraving Slot, you can become an Acolyte after the chaos in your Spirit Matrix begins to subside."
Andar was quiet and then he looked at books on the first level of the Library. The Higher Order Scripts he assembled, was it an Engraving Slot of the Endless Vault?
The Steward smiled, "Your thoughts are correct, this level represents the first Engraving slot for the Endless Vault, and as of this moment, your success at unlocking the first Engraving Slots means you are destined for this Art."