In the form of Black, Kai felt like he had returned to his mother's womb.
There was a serenity about his thoughts, emotions, and existence. He felt relieved.
No worldly desires troubled him at this moment. No Peak of Absolute Power looked down upon him, waiting for his arrival. No enemies, dead or alive, troubled his heart.
Calm was everywhere, along with joy, sadness, and love.
It was a moment of his life.
The longest one.
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[
So that's your choice, Contestant Kai D. Stormborn.
Very well.
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Contestant Kai D. Stormborn, your Blessing Luck Corruption stands null as of this moment.
All Effects granted by the Blessing stand null as well.
Returning all modified Stats to their original values…
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Luck: 157 (+50)
Worth: 1400
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Welcome to the Primordial Tower, Oh, Lucky One!
]
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The moment Kai's Luck and Worth regained their lost Points, adding to the Points he had already earned on his journey, he learned why he hadn't budged from the 3rd Rank on the Ranking of Worths for so long, despite gaining hundreds of points after his resurrection.
The Primordial Tower wasn't taking just 100 Worth into account, but the entire 1000 Points.
Still, Kai didn't get the time to think more.
Feelings after Feelings bombarded his mind, becoming abstract from ethereal.
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[
Congratulations Contestant Kai D. Stormborn
You have gained Elite Ability — Lucky Intuition
]
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Lucky Intuition No. 1 — My mindscape resembles a nebula, but lacks the true core of one. It should resonate with the bodies of the universe more thoroughly.
The yellow nebula, representing the Ad Infinitum, exploded, all the yellow stars getting scattered radially outwards.
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[Elementary Ad Infinitum: Proficiency 0% (-99%)]
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A silence lingered in Kai's mindscape as if he had lost the rationality to even think.
Then, suddenly, all the yellow stars began shooting toward a single point. One by one, they merged, becoming bigger and bigger, until the single star representing Kai's everything, couldn't handle its weight and… collapsed.
BOOMMMMM!!!
Now, a Black Hole stood alone where the nebula had once stood.
Then, one by one, the yellow stars began appearing around the Black Hole, forming a yellow spiral galaxy.
These stars weren't real, though. They were the imprints left behind the sealed memories after being devoured by the Black Hole.
Each of these memory imprints reflected all other imprints as well, but now none could snatch them away because… they weren't real; nor were they false.
It was like storing all hard drives, containing the core memories, thoughts, and emotions, at a single, secured location, and letting millions of hubs, scattered across the globe, impersonate the true storage.
One could spend a lifetime trying to figure out which was real and which was false and yet not conclude anything.
Still, some could find the true location anyway using the sheer power gap.
Kai's answer was — Black Hole, giving them free access to do so.
It was just, any attempt to access the true storage would be stretched to infinity now.
It didn't matter how strong one was, or how ridiculously powerful abilities one possessed. No one could run away from what was infinite.
Now, in Kai's mindscape — Infinity was an Illusion.
The Proficiency began shooting up ridiculously, then.
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[
Elementary Ad Infinitum: Proficiency 100% (+100%)
Elementary Ad Infinitum has leveled up to become Advance Ad Infinitum
]
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It didn't end here.
The sudden rise in Luck, becoming an Elite Ability, and the Ad Infinitum level were just too much of a coincidental combination that the universe could handle.
The AI didn't just get a boost. It was like all the hardware and software it possessed underwent an upgrade.
Combined with Lucky Intuitions, everything about the AI just shot through the roof.
Its processing power became not double, triple, or quadruple, but a whopping 10 times more than its Elementary Version.
Lucky Intuition No. 2 — Even if the Yellow Sign hadn't sealed my prospects of getting chosen by a Wand, the Wands still wouldn't have chosen me because of my corrupted Luck. There were other reasons and intentions for the Yellow Sign to be placed on me, including the loosening of Soul King's Seal.
Lucky Intuition No. 3 — I still need uncountable variables to decode the Ancient Magical Script. But I don't need to search for them anymore. Any variable I choose to put into calculations will become the variable that I need.
Something amazing was happening to the Ad Infinitum.
At first, whenever Kai had tried to decode the Ancient Magical Script, he had always found himself failing in the end. No matter how many calculations he did. No matter how much of AI's processing power he allotted to the task. It felt like he was missing something.
Now, he didn't even think of the missing variables.
Every random number, stroke, and data he thought of became the exact variable he needed.
With such an intuition backing the Ad Infinitum up, its Proficiency began shooting through the roof. Every calculation that came right, became a reason for another percentage of rise.
The thing was… all calculations were resulting in success at this moment.
What could one say?
Kai was just lucky.
Lucky Intuition No. 4 — The Yellow Sign has three legs and a core, with each leg representing a Sealing Technique. Parseltongue is a Mana-based Sealing Technique. So, the second and third legs must be Spiritual and Life Force based. The former must be a combination of Fuinjutsu from Naruto and Kido from Bleach, as neither is purely Spiritual. The last leg can be decoded using Magical Circuits which can directly tap into the Life Force. The Core must be decoded using an Interdependency between the three.
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[Advance Ad Infinitum: Proficiency 5% (+5%)]
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Lucky Intuition No. 5 — My Shikai Seals a Character's past, present, and future within a timeline. Logic states that my Bankai must be Sealing a Character's past, present, and future across different timelines. But that's mediocre. True Bankai will be Sealing myself.
Kai had always been worried about losing his Demon Slayer and Demon King Standalone Titles.
But to retain them, he must achieve Bankai, fusing the titles and becoming the Demon Paragon.
At first, he had indeed been aiming to seal the Characters across timelines. However, even Ayin, the Zanpakuto, had gone quiet regarding this, knowing not how to approach such a task given his meager Mana and Breath and within the time.
Sealing oneself, though… One's past, present, and future… The idea just sprouted in his mind from nowhere, it seemed.
Lucky Intuition No. 6 — I cannot achieve Bankai unless I imbue Life Force into my Reality Marble, causing a tripartite interdependence between Mana, Breath, and Life Force. Nen or Magic Circuits or Crests are the quickest and the most obvious ways.
Ever since Kai's Cosmic Authority had gained all the lores of an Outer One, his Eldritch Title had been trying to manifest.
However, because of an unknown discrepancy in his Stats, he kept getting System Errors.
Now, with both his Luck and Wroth restored, all discrepancies had already been resolved.
Lucky Intuition No. 7 — The Timeline and Death have been tolerating my existence despite my being an Outer One because THEY could see me becoming an Outer One with a specific Eldritch Title. I am the Crawling Chaos - Nyarlathotep. THEY need me to begin the current timeline's Karmic Dissolution before it becomes a Pillar and corrupts the entire Random World.
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[
Congratulations Contestant Kai Stormborn
Your Cosmic Authority of Outer One is manifesting into an Eldritch Title…
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Eldritch Title: Nyarlathotep - The Crawling Chaos
Effect:
— As per the Great Old Contract, any Timeline can request the presence of Nyarlathotep to bring about THEIR Karmic Dissolution
— As per the Great Old Contract, any Bubble Entity can request the presence of Nyarlathotep to act in THEIR stead in the Random World
— As an Outer One, Nyarlathotep can rip timelines off Random Worlds and fuse them, creating Verse Fusion Random World
WARNING:
— The process of Karmic Dissolution will be decided by the Timeline
— For successful removal of timelines, it is essential that their respective Timelines consent to the same
— Only one timeline can be ripped off per Random World
— Timelines' fusion is subjected to failure depending upon the respective Laws of their Random Worlds
— Up to seven timelines can be fused in a single Verse Fusion Random World, elevating it to the status of a Bubble
— In case of successful Bubble Creation, Nyarlathotep stands to lose the status of a Contestant, becoming a Deep One
NOTE: Nyarlathotep's existence is Unique across space, time, and null
]
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The moment Kai received the notification, the mystery of Crawling Chaos latched onto the mystery of Will of D, turning him into Him.
The Ad Infinitum instantly buried the mysteries within.
Even if Kai's existence had risen to an Eldritch Entity, he only had the Authority of one, not strength.
It wasn't the time to let the Chaos within crawl out.
Lucky Intuition No. 8 — There's an obvious way to bring the Demon Slayers from the Verse Fusion Random World without the Systems raising any objection. I must declare them as a part of my clan. I must become a Yautja.
With Biokinesis supporting his anatomy, Kai didn't mind becoming an alien at all.
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[Advance Ad Infinitum: Proficiency 10% (+5%)]
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The Black Hole representing the AI within Kai and Black's minds was getting bigger and bigger, bending Spacetime in its surroundings.
Lucky Intuition No. 9 — Unlimited Mana need not come through comprehending a Concept or obtaining a Skill. It can be done using an Item.
Lucky Intuition No. 10 — I can assimilate Eon Soul Dew and the Philosopher's Stone into myself using the Magical Circuits and Crests, turning myself into a Channel for the boundless Magical Energy between the Eon Soul Dew and the Root. I must cause a fusion between the Fate and Harry Potter timelines' laws first.
Lucky Intuition No. 11 — I don't need an Item. I will become an Item myself. This will be my Wandlore.
Lucky Intuition No. 12 — I don't need a Wand.
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[Advance Ad Infinitum: Proficiency 50% (+40%)]
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Lucky Intuition No. 13 — I will become the Wand.
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