The Witch Hunter System
chapter-840

'Master, tell me more about you and Mister Vanitas,' Henrietta requested.

'How did you manage to find his reincarnations throughout the billion years you lived after his first death? It shouldn't have been easy, right? Did you ever stop to think it was too much and wanted to give up?'

'How were you able to keep going like that?' Henrietta asked.

'My dear disciple, we were dual cultivation partners for thousands of years with no one else but each other. It wasn't wrong to say that we were one part of each other. We were connected on a spiritual level,' Empyrean Scarletsea stated.

'When your soul is close to another person like that, you'll realize that you will have the ability to sense wherever they are, no matter where they are. I relied precisely on that vague sense to track down Vanitas's reincarnating soul throughout the cosmos.'

'Alas, even with this vague ability, it hadn't always been easy. Sometimes, it could take thousands of years. Other times, it could even take millions of years,' Empyrean Scarletsea sighed.

Shortly after, she mentioned, 'You asked me how I could keep searching even when I have to watch Vanitas die each time, but the right question should be-Why couldn't I stop searching?'

'What couldn't you stop, Master?' Henrietta asked.

'Because if I had stopped, Vanitas's reincarnations would die even more frequently. He was able to live close to a hundred years under my protection. But without it, he wouldn't even reach adulthood. Sometimes, maybe not even past infancy,' Empyrean Scarletsea stated.

She only knew because she had been slightly late at least a few dozen times. Those instances were the worst of all her search attempts.

Henrietta couldn't help but feel deeply shocked.

'How could such a cruel fate follow Mister Vanitas so persistently? Just what did he do to deserve such cruelty from the heavens? Even the most sinful beings in the world wouldn't be condemned to such short lives, right?' Henrietta wondered with doubt.

'There was a time when I wondered the same thing, my dear disciple,' Empyrean Scarletsea sighed before saying, 'However, one thing I don't doubt is Vanitas's inherently good nature.' 'I have seen it far too many times. Even without his past memories, his reincarnations would never sin without justifiable cause. As such, he couldn't possibly have such a sinful past life.' 'It can only be said that the heavens do not tolerate his existence. That must be why they trapped him in a cruel cycle of endless reincarnations,' Empyrean Scarletsea figured.

'Do you hate the heavens for that, Master?' Henrietta wondered.

'Hate? Hate might be an understatement. My hatred for the heavens ran deep as a bottomless abyss and more boundless than the vast cosmos itself!' Empyrean Scarletsea stated.

Suddenly, she thought of something and said, 'Maybe it was because of my deep hatred that the Outer Beings arrived and destroyed everything...'

'Surely not...' Henrietta didn't find it plausible.

However, she still couldn't help but wonder if it was actually true.

If her master's hatred for the heavens did summon the Outer Beings to destroy all of the heavens, how unbelievably deep could her hatred actually be?

Henrietta didn't dare to imagine it.

Nevertheless, after learning about Vanitas's history and fate from Empyrean Scarletsea, Henrietta felt more affectionate toward Vaan.

Even if he couldn't remember his past lives, she hoped he would be able to live well in this lifetime. In fact, she thought it would be for the best if he didn't remember any of his past life memories.

She feared the countless unfair and unjustly deaths would twist his mind and turn him towards evil.

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Sea of Stars

Ding!

<You have assimilated the Dark Minotaur Origin Blood>

<You have assimilated the origin blood of 100 different species>

<You have reached the Everlasting Blood Mantra's Second Stage of Rejuvenation>

<Your blood energy has improved>

<Peak-rank Regeneration has been upgraded to Divine-rank Regeneration>

...

Shortly after Vaan refined the last origin blood in the blood bottle and advanced to the second stage of the Everlasting Blood Mantra, his blood energy underwent a qualitative

transformation.

At the same time, the qualitative transformation of his blood energy pushed his Peak-rank Regeneration beyond mortal limits and entered the ranks of the Divine.

By now, Vaan already had a comprehensive understanding of the Everlasting Blood Mantra. However, he also realized there was a limit to how much origin blood he could strengthen with just the Everlasting Blood Mantra alone. As such, he couldn't help the Red Dragon Clan awaken their Fire Dragon God Bloodline as he had hoped.

The Everlasting Blood Mantra seemed to lack something crucial before its full potential could be brought out. Divine energy wasn't enough to satisfy it.

'If I want to strengthen the Fire Dragon God Bloodline of the whole Red Dragon Clan effectively, what else do I need? Wood energy? Life energy? The power of light? Or... primal energy?' Vaan mused.

After pondering for a moment, he suddenly warped the surrounding area with spatial power and entered an isolated subspace. Afterward, he took out a small space rock of little value.

Ka-cha!

The space rock suddenly disintegrated into nothingness when Vaan applied the power of his Nihility Law to it.

'Too much power...' Vaan noted before trying again with a new rock.

Ka-cha!

The new rock partially disintegrated into nothingness, leaving behind some remnant earthly

powder.

Ka-cha!

Ka-cha!

Ka-cha!

Vaan repeatedly failed to produce his desired result. With each subsequent failure, he came a bit closer to success. However, his frown also deepened.

He shouldn't be this terrible at controlling nihilistic power, even if he had barely used it.

'External factors are augmenting the power of my Nihility Law, hence leading to my

undesired results...' Vaan quickly understood.

He realized the Nihility Law was getting stronger as the world headed toward destruction and

nothingness.

Nevertheless, after repeatedly failing several hundred times, Vaan finally raised the proficiency of his control to the limit and succeeded in his experiment.

A piece of rock was reduced into pure grey essence.

Ding!

<You have successfully refined Grandmist Energy>

<Analyzing potential effects...>

...

'So, this is the primal energy that formed everything in this universe, Grandmist Energy? How

peculiar...' Vaan studied the grey energy.

The energy just looked like grey-colored mists. But despite existing in a gaseous state, it

seemed surprisingly heavy.

Moreover, this sense of heaviness didn't come from its weight.

Ding!

<Grandmist Energy has been analyzed, and a list of suitable choices is available>

<Please select one of the following choices>

<Option 1: Reinforce your body with Grandmist Energy and advance your strength and defense attributes by 5 points, respectively>

<Note: Reinforcement effect could be greatly enhanced with a suitable body cultivation

method>

<Option 2: Reinforce your mana core with Grandmist Energy and strengthen the foundation of

your mana cultivation>

<Note: Infusing Grandmist Energy into the center of your mana core could potentially utilize the Grandmist Energy's power of attraction to strengthen your mana core's refinement speed, mana recovery, and mana absorption>

<Note 2: Infusing too much Grandmist Energy will affect the purity of your mana and interfere

with your control>

<Option 3: Reinforce your Early-stage Heaven Ascension Energy Core and slightly increase

your energy cultivation>

<Note: Reinforcing your energy core with Grandmist Energy will greatly strengthen the foundation of your energy cultivation>

<Note 2: Reinforcing your energy core with Grandmist Energy will greatly increase the

difficulty of your breakthrough to the next realm>

<Option 4: Infuse Grandmist Energy into your aura to add a heavy aspect to it, increasing its

destructive power>

<Note: Infusing Grandmist Energy into your aura will put a burden on your meridians and

blood vessels>

<Option 5: Feed the Grandmist Energy to the Heaven-Swallowing Space and expand its

current space by 1%>

...

Vaan was dumbfounded after looking at the effects of Grandmist Energy.

It was only a few wisps of Grandmist Energy refined from a small piece of rock, and yet their

effects were already so strong.

If he could refine an entire mountain into Grandmist Energy, how much could he improve his body or expand his Heaven-Swallowing Space?

What about a whole planet's worth of Grandmist Energy?

Vaan completely understood why nihility users were both the most desired and hated in

Chaos.

After all, they had the power to turn any matter into primal energy to strengthen their body cultivation to a terrifying degree and become extremely powerful body refiners.

At higher levels of body refining, the appetite of nihility users could extend to every celestial

body in existence. Everything under the heaven was practically fuel for their body refining. As such, all nihility users were seen as destroyers.

'Lady Hecate warned me not to use the Nihility Law carelessly, but it is also necessary to obtain Grandmist Energy if I want to improve my body refining greatly...' Vaan mused. Nevertheless, without a suitable body refining technique, he would only be strengthening his body primitively. It wouldn't be good if he created bottlenecks for himself at higher ranks. Furthermore, he had numerous areas to improve. Thus, he didn't need to focus on body

refining for the time being.

'I've successfully cultivated the Everlasting Blood Mantra, but I have yet to refine the divine

blood in Abaddon's left arm to acquire his vampiric bloodline... I wonder if I can still cultivate the Divine Blood Refining Art as well...' Vaan contemplated.

After studying both the Everlasting Blood Mantra and the Divine Blood Refining Art, he

quickly came to the conclusion that it should be possible.

One was a supplementary technique, and the other was a cultivation method. There was no

reason for the two to conflict.

In fact, practicing both might produce a synergizing effect.