Death... and me
chapter-2030

[Let's say that you absorb 100% of the Divine Energy of a Rank Four Divine Stone. Of this 100%, around 20% can be used, while the rest is useless for cultivation. Of course, that rest can still be used for combat, as usual. You have to understand one thing first, though. Abilities using Divine Origin Energy are much stronger than abilities using normal Divine Energy. The problem is that you won't be able to use the Divine Energy in the environment to get Divine Origin Energy during a battle. You will have to use the Divine Origin Energy stored in your Dantian and Demon Cores.]

Rean couldn't help but ask. "Isn't that the same with Divine Energy? We already store Divine Energy in our Dantians and Demon Cores to use in battle. It basically will change to Divine Origin Energy."

Celis and the other had to admit Rean had a point.

[Not quite,] Sister Orb continued, [You can indeed use your Divine Energy in your Dantians and Cores to fight. However, you complement that with the Divine Energy of the Environment as well. Simply put, you can fight for a very long time with the support of the Divine Energy around you, not only the one in your Dantians and Cores. After all, you can keep absorbing the Divine Energy in the environment to refill yourselves. Divine Origin Energy is different. You will need a long time to fill your Dantians and Cores, and you absolutely won't have enough time to do that during combat.]

[Don't get me wrong, though. Even with Divine Origin Energy, you can still make use of the surrounding's Divine Energy. You have seen it before with Abelha and Librao, remember? Even though they were in the Space Bending Realm and Elemental Space Realm, they still used normal Divine Energy. Any extra power you can have, you should use. Divine Origin Energy attracts Divine Energy, making the attacks even more fearsome. If you were not some freaks with several different trump cards, you couldn't possibly hope to have contended against those two before. You have your Starlight Bodies, Divine Soul Power, Rean's Weapons, Roan's skills, the System's Upgrades, etc.]

Rean, Roan, Kentucky, and Celis nodded. They weren't idiots. They knew that they were indeed much stronger than others at the same level by quite a big margin. Celis and Kentucky were also quite special since their connection with Rean and Roan allowed them to fuse their Divine Energy and Soul Power into Divine Soul Power. Just like the twins.

[Anyway, the amount of time you can fight while using Divine Origin Energy will be several times lower than what you can do now. Once it runs out, you will have no choice but to rely on the normal Divine Energy alone.]

"Well, Roan and I had always had much higher space in our Dantians to carry Divine Energy. Now that it will change to Divine Origin Energy, we can definitely battle with it for much longer than anyone at our level." Rean quickly pointed that out.

[That's true.] Sister Orb obviously knew that. [Still, it is good to warn you about it. Now, let's go back to the cultivation part of this conversation. As I said, only around 20% of the Divine Energy you absorb can be converted into Divine Origin Energy. But that doesn't mean that 20% of the Divine Energy will become Divine Origin Energy.]

Roan nodded. "You mentioned that we need to compress it, didn't you?"

Sister Orb was happy that they paid attention. [Exactly. The remaining 20% of Divine Energy is the purest Divine Energy, but it is not Divine Origin Energy. It is just pure. You will need to use your Foundation to compress the Pure Divine Energy for it to become Divine Origin Energy.]

"It reminds me of the fusion happening inside the Sun," Rean couldn't help but comment. "The compression fuses the elements into new ones inside. We are basically doing the same thing in our Dantians and Cores."

Sister Orb agreed. [That's a very good analogy. You are correct. In the end, only 10% of the initial Divine Energy will become Divine Origin Energy. The worst part is that it is a much longer process compared to before when you just added the Divine Energy to your cultivations. Purify it with your Nascent Souls, Compress it with your Foundations, and finally, add it to your cultivation. Three steps instead of one. Not to mention that the amount of Divine Origin Energy necessary to breakthrough into new levels is obviously higher than what you need with Divine Energy. You took just five years of full focus in cultivation to reach the door of the Space Bending Realm. If you needed Divine Origin Energy to do the same thing, you would have taken at least 50 years.]

Rean smiled after hearing that. "However, we are talking about the Soul Gem System, aren't we? I'm pretty sure that once we enter the Space Bending Realm, new rewards related to the Divine Origin Energy cultivation will appear there. It seems that saving so many Destiny Points all these years was a good thing."

Roan and the others agreed with Rean, especially Sister Orb. [Yeap, I can guarantee that it will be the case.]

Roan then went to the side and sat down. "Alright, since we know how the process works, we should start our breakthrough. Or, to be more specific, we should start converting Divine Energy into Divine Origin Energy to make the breakthrough."

[Well said. Only when you are at the door of the Space Bengind Realm will you be able to convert Divine Energy into Divine Origin Energy. So, Rean and Roan should take a look at your cultivation techniques. As for Celis and Kentucky, they are a Demon Beast and a Demon Plant. They will rely on their own Demon Cores. First, empty out your Dantians and Cores of all Divine Energy. You need to fill it with Divine Origin Energy instead before going for the breakthrough.]