Chapter 10: Training
"Now go cultivate, when it reaches night time come to me so you can cultivate the 'fiend body refinement." Amalia dismissed Aether as she went back to sleep, but still blushing from time to time when she starts to think of this morning.
"Okay now let's first get to peak body refinement," Aether said excitedly.
This marks the very first step Aether takes into coming the strongest in existence, The 7th Deadly Monarch.
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Aether sat in a lotus position for 45 min. Usually when people at his level cultivate they can last 1hr and 30 min, but due to his current Divine body, Devour All, he was mentally tired so he took a nap for 15 min.
When he woke up he started reading one of two of the booked Amalia gave to him so he can understand the concept of space and time. The first book with the title 'The theory of time,' he revealed the book and started reading its contents.
"Time is separated into three segments, the past, the present, and the future. The past represents an event or state before the present...The present is the moment in between the past and the future. The present can, the present can also be regarded as now...The future is potentially infinite, or it could be finite, depending on the situation or object, the future is unknown and has many variables that at any time could change the 'predetermined' possibility…" After reading the book and meditating on its contents, Aether feels like he has got a hint on how time works. If anyone in the who is studying or already understands the concept of time would know that it requires tens of years to feel what Aether felt after 2 hours, they would probably kill themselves in shame.
" Now this one...wait why is it so thin."
The book Aether was referring to was the other book Amalia provided him so he can comprehend space and time, so he can finally practice 'void defying steps.'
"Well, whatever…" Aether knew Amalia wouldn't give him a half-assed theory book so he started reading its contents.
"Space is the epitome of emptiness. Only space exists, nothing else. Don't confuse emptiness with nothingness because even though the definitions are relatively similar, they are fundamentally different, unrelated even." Reading the book with only five pages, Aether furrowed his brow in confusion, but quickly placed it down and started to meditate thinking about the contents of the book.
3 hours later Aether had no progress as the description is extremely vague.
Placing the book to the side, Aether picked up the seven Deadly sins skill books. In the first 10 Pages, it was an introduction to wielding a scythe. Picking up the dark Steele scythe Amalia gave him Aether started practicing, they were relatively straightforward individually, but trying to like just two together was difficult due to the level of unbalancedness the weapon has.
30 min later and Aether can only bearly combine two moves together.
*sigh* "it seems that I will have to put 'seven deadly sin away until I completely grasp the basic scythe-wielding."
Aether started practicing again, so the training went on. Since the time he has left the throne room to train till now has been about 10 hours of pure training. "That's enough for today, shoot it's most likely time to go back for body cultivation" Aether was wondering about this the whole day, because usually body cultivating only needs Qi to cultivate, but this technique needs Qi and other materials to cultivate, so in all he was inquisitive if he was eating the materials or smear it on himself.
Making his way back to the throne room, Aether saw a cauldron that could fit 10 people in the middle of the room, seeing this Aether had an eerie feeling on what's going to happen next.
"Oh, you're back! That's sooner than expected, how was your training?"
Aether told Amalia about everything today without holding back.
"So you felt tired quickly even though you were nowhere near done cultivating?"
"Mhm..." Aether just nodded his head in agreement because that's what truly happened, he felt he could cultivate longer but because of his divine body he suffered from mental fatigue.
Seeing his agree Amalia contemplated for a little while before saying "You need to cultivate the soul, using a soul-strengthening technique, you can cultivate the mind, therefore, having more stamina during Qi cultivation."Amalia said, but..." the only problem is that I don't have a soul technique, soul cultivators are just as rare as those who wield a scythe.
Hearing this Aether wasn't discouraged because even though his cultivation time is short per day his gains aren't small as he is at present in the middle of the seventh stage.
"Ok, you can strip now! It's Time for Body Refining!" Changing the subject Amalia said those words but immediately regretting her words as Aether took off all his clothes without question, not even his boxers, were spared.
"Eekk!!" Amalia's face turned red as she teleported to the other side of the throne again.
"Do you have no shame?!"
"Shame? YOU'RE the one who told me to strip in front of you, thus I did."
Aether said in a smile while his arms crossed, although his face slightly red.
"Okok put on some boxers and go into the cauldron!" Amalia said while still facing the other direction and pointing towards the cauldron.
Doing as she says Aether hopped in the cauldron and looked around and realized it's as spacious or even bigger than his shack at home.
"What do I do now?"Aether asked, still ignorant of what's happening.
"Humph I'm going to cook you, like a vegetable," Amalia said while pouring in a red liquid until she stopped when she noticed it had already reached Aethers neck.
"How does it feel?"Amalia asked while standing on the rim of the cauldron.
"It's a little itchy, other then that it also feels hard to move like I'm stuck in place," Aether said while having a bored expression as if saying "This is nothing."
Seeing this Amalia just laughed a little before saying "ever heard of 'The Devils Powder'?"
"No why? Is this what it's called?"Aether asked.
"Indeed, but before I continue let me tell you a small story," Amalia said then stopped to make sure Aether was paying attention.
"One day in hell, it was the 666th princess 16th birthday, it was meant to be a joyous occasion, an occasion that was celebrated throughout hell, celebrated by the ghost and fiends alike. When the princess was about to cut the 16 layered cake, A scream shattered the silence, blood was raining down, as a couple of guests were left with naked shoulders. It was a massacre. Half of the guest were already killed but right before the princess was killed, hells temperature was raised by millions of degrees, blue flames coming out of the ground as if it was escaping something. Thoroughly the attackers were killed not even their souls were spared.
"You can kill the whole world, but if approach my kin prepare for a life worse than hell!!". And that's the story," Amalia ended off sweetly.
"How is this story relevant?"Aether asked and was thinking this story was only wasting time.
"It is, 'The Devils Powder'is nothing without the flames, of course, it's nothing by itself, but together that is a life worse than hell, and plus I did say I would cook you like a vegetable," Amalia said with a broad smile.
But to Aether, this was no smile it was purely Yama himself sentencing him to death.
"Wait on seco-..."
-SNAP.
Before Aether could finish his words Amalia snapped her fingers and flames erupted out of the cauldron and illuminated the entire throne room in a brilliant fiery red, along with the golden walls a charming scene was displayed. But pleasant things always die young.
"AAARGH!!!"
A scream that could make those weaker ears bleed came out of Aether mouth.
"Make sure you circulate your Qi the same way it was instructed in the 'Fiend Body Refinement'to get results" Amalia's voice rang out in Aether ears.
Doing as she says, Aether started circulating his Qi despite the heart-wrenching pain. But then…
"AAARGHHHHHH!!!"
If before the pain was heart-wrenching, then this pain is wanting to die but not being allowed to, completely unbearable, it was many folds worse than the opening of seals. Aether was about to break. His consciousness was slipping. But before he fainted he heard a voice of disappointment in his ear.
"Is that all you amount to? Is that all the perseverance you have? The meaning of a deadly monarch is in simple words "one above all", and to be above all, you need to overcome all trial and tribulations you encounter." Amalia's voice brought him back to reality a little bit, but the pain was truly overbearing.
"And... didn't you say we would ascend together? How are you supposed to do that when you can't even finish training?"
"Whoosh"
It was like getting dumped by a cold bucket of water when you're on fire. His mind was clear. "That's right! How am I supposed to become a monarch if I can't even do this simple training, it's only pain, there would definitely be worse out there in the world? And Amalia… I promised her, I promised I would Ascend with her, I promised I would bring her to her father, I swore a Heavenly oath I would kill all those that go against me, but it's no longer just me in this world, it's us, her and me, I'll reach the peak so those close to me don't have to suffer, and to achieve that...I must overcome this!!"Aether said mumbling to himself, but Amalia could hear every word. A smile that could even melt the cold hearts of devils was on her face.
The moment Aether Finished his piece, he started circulating at a faster pace unknowingly, his once Azura-Gold eyes turned completely gold, shining more brightly than the biggest of suns, and standing out more than stars at night, his hair started to glow a milky white color as it raised into the air. A black vortex appeared on top of Aethers head with a radius of more than 3m. 'The Devils Powder' started to rise. Aether raised his hand and uttered two words, that the world would soon fear.
"DEVOUR ALL!!"
The vortex started spinning faster and faster, and all the 'Devils Powder' got swept up by the vortex and a clear Qi link between Aether and the vortex was made and a red glow was leaving the bottom of the vortex to Aether.
This lasted 5 minutes until everything went back to normal, Aether went back about having Azura-Gold eyes and non-glowing hair. The vortex disappeared.
But even if everything went back to normal, it couldn't wipe the shock from Amalia's face because…
"The cauldron is empty!!" Indeed, the vortex swiped the cauldron clean and everything went straight to Aether.
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Aether sat in the lotus position for three days before waking up.
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