Chapter 470: Beast Master
After making a bold assumption or conjecture, Edward immediately began to test it. He first connected to the Aether Core of the Tier 10 Floating City. Subsequently, he entered the Mana Sage Mode to elevate his senses to the highest possible level.
With his enhanced strength and senses, Edward cast numerous detection spells, including the new ones he created from the Naruto Universe based on the Sharingan, Byakugan, Rinnegan, and Tenseigan.
He also used Morgana's computing power to the limit. He also gave the order to prioritize his experiment over dealing with this plane's Universe Will.
With all these methods, he finally discovered the source of the anomaly of City 3.
"Is this essence of entities higher Tier 12 and above?" asked Morgana with confusion, awe, fear, and desire.
"Probably," replied Edward, who exhaled deeply; he also felt a lot of complicated emotions. The cause of the city's anomaly is the enormous creature that destroyed it.
The creature's essence seemed to have transcended time and space, transcending causality; in other words, it was a higher dimensional creature. As such, his attack–no, his random movement–can be reversed by time.
At the very least, Edward's level of time magic can not affect this creature's power. The scary thing about this power is that it's passive; the creature naturally has such an effect without any spells or techniques.
"We truly have a long way to go," muttered Morgana.
"Yes," nodded Edward. "And one day, we will reach such a level and beyond."
Edward labeled the information he just received as the highest security level of the Empire before proceeding with the task at hand. Fixing the city will still use the same method, but he had to change a few things around.
He will still use World Source as a source of energy. However, he will not place Time Reversal Enchantment on the city but activate its self-repair enchantment.
World Source is a magical energy or power with many capabilities. As such, the floating city can repair quickly after using it as an energy source for the enchantment.
So, Edward began to place the necessary enchantments. The process took him a few hours. By the time he finished, the 24 hours he had given Morgana, only less than 5 hours remaining.
He wanted to spend this time flirting with Tsunade, but she was still resting. So, he used the remaining time to read a few books.
"How do you feel?"
"Much better," replied Tsunade, who used the Deep Sleep Chamber last night to properly sleep and rest.
"That's good," nodded Edward. "Morgana, how are things on your side?"
"I have gathered a lot of data, but it's not nearly enough," she replied while shaking her head. "The field of [Authority] is unlike any knowledge the Empire has come in contact with."
"It's fine. I already decided to use this plane as our experiment ground," replied Edward, his tone calm but containing a bone-chilling coldness.
"What…what about the people of this world?" asked Tsuande after hesitating for a moment.
"They will be fine."
Edward had no intention of causing a mindless slaughter–especially with no purpose or gain. However, his actions will cause the habitants of this plane to lose their homes.
"What information have you gathered on this plane?" he asked. As soon as he uttered these words, a few holograms floated before him while Morgana explained.
"This world is habited by two races–humans and magical beasts," said the little elf. "These two races have been fighting for millions of years, and humans are currently dominating.
"The human population is as diverse as the Empire, with people of all ethnicities. Their culture is similar to Medieval Times, and their technology is roughly on the same level."
"What about their power system?" asked Edward.
"It's called Beast Master."
"A taming profession?"
"No, a fusion profession. Humans hunt down magical beasts and fuse with them, acquiring their physical prowess and magical abilities."
"If that's the case, this plane's civilization should have a deep understanding of the Life Code, Bloodline, and even Soul Fusion," commented Edward.
"You would think so, but no." Morgana shook her head. "Their entire power system relied on relics from a past civilization. They used magical circles, potions, and luck to fuse with magical beasts.
"The success rate is abysmally low."
Edward frowned as he reviewed the information on the screen. He saw the process of someone fusing with a Tier 5 Beast. The most prominent faction of this plane is called the Beast Association, which provides people with potions and magical circles for fusion.
Edward saw someone attempt fusion; however, the latter lost his mind and turned into a raging monster instead. With his knowledge, he could tell the beast's Will overwhelm the Beast Master, resulting in his failure. Furthermore, their bloodline and soul were not compatible.
The person in charge of the process remained indifferent to the person's death; it was as if he had seen too much failure or death.
Edward watched another attempt. And this time, it was a well-dressed young man. This time, the process succeeded, and Edward also knew why. The aristocrat of this world controlled meditation techniques that could increase their Soul Power, making it easier for them to overwhelm the beast's soul during fusion.
Furthermore, they have some knowledge of bloodline and know what type of beasts are more compatible with their descendants.
"Do you have information on why this world is like this?"
"Yes," replied Morgana. "From what I gathered, this plane used to belong to the Wizard Plane. It was one of their post for Bloodline Experiments,
"But, for some reason, they disappeared, abandoning this plane. Meanwhile, the habitants of this plane found their research and created this new power system."
"So, the inheritance they received was flawed or incomplete. Adding the fact that the aristocrats and wealthy control knowledge, they never truly develop a proper civilization and have to rely on the remains from the Wizard Plane."
"That's the best way to summarize it," nodded Morgana.
"Hmm, do we have any information on this Wizard Plane?"
"From the information we received from the Starskin Race, there are six planes considered the most powerful in the Astral Plane: the Titan Plane, the Disaster Plane, the Wizard Plane, the Heavenly Dao Plane, the Abyss Plane, and the Alkabula Plane."
"The Wizard Plane?" muttered Edward. "What about us?"
"We are also considered the top, but apparently, everybody hates us."
"Considering what the Magus did, it's understandable," groaned Edward. "This plane might be more valuable than we expected if we can find the coordinate to the Wizard Plane."
"I would like to remind you that the Wizard Plane might have a Tier 11 Wizard and more than one. So, be cautious."
"I'm aware. But since they are destined to be our enemies, it's a good thing to learn of their whereabouts. It would be even better if we could secretly infiltrate their ranks."
"True."
"We can gather the relics of the Wizard Plane and use them to cast Karma Spell to detect their Plane Coordinate. The only issue is whether our attempt would be detected."
"The chances of being detected are very high, according to my calculations," said Morgana. "There are too many risks, so I recommend we don't do this."
Edward frowned, thinking whether there was a solution.
"There is an easier way," suddenly said Tsunade, drawing attention to her.
"Oh, do you have an idea?"
"Such a powerful world will not worry about plane invasion since they are the invaders. As such, they won't spend much time trying to hide their world's coordinates. As long as we look around, for example, the Abyss Plane you previously mentioned, we might find the coordinates of all these six planes."
"She might be right," commented Morgana. "These top planes should have dealt with each other for many years, so they likely knew each other's coordinates.
"As for other planes? Maybe they needed to hide when the Magus Race was in power. But now, who dares to invade them."
"Send a message to Hermione and ask her if she can find the coordinates of these worlds."
Chapter 471: Cause and Effect Spell
Now that he had a plan and everything was set up, Edward prepared to act and get things done as soon as possible. After all, the situation of the war was changing every minute, and the slightest delay could be catastrophic.
So, he mobilized the energy from the main Aether Core, gathering power on par with Tier 10. Then, under Edward's control, seven magic circles appeared above this plane in different locations.
As soon as these seven circles appeared in the sky, seven mighty auras manifested and flew to the sky, gazing at these circles.
"The 7 Beast Emperors," muttered Edward. This plane had 7 Tier 9 Beast Masters, and they were known as the Beast Emperors. The Emperors were associated with five Empires, with the Cortez and Naoru Empires each having 2 Emperors.
Inside the city, Edward watched as these Emperors morphed into half-beast and half-human shapes. And based on his data, he recognized some of these creatures, including Titan Ape, Blue Dragon, and Feathered Serpent. However, he also did not recognize the rest, an indication they originated from this plane or somewhere else the Wizard Planes once controlled.
After the Emperors showed up, they released their most powerful Bloodline Spell, trying to destroy Edward's magic circles. However, he did not care about their pointless struggles. Instead, he focused on another discovery he had made.
This world drastically restricted the destructive capabilities of these Beast Emperors. As Tier 9 Powerhouses, they should have the ability to destroy galaxies with a single attack.
However, their destructive capabilities did not reach such a scale in this plane; there was a plane that severely suppressed the potency of their attack.
'The size of this plane is equal to 15 galaxies from home. If the Universe Will did not suppress the power of these Beast Emperors, they would easily destroy the world with the slightest confrontation.'
Edward understood this method was the way lower or weaker planes functioned to ensure their survival. He could foresee that some Universe Will will even prevent people from reaching the limit of the plane.
In other words, a plane with a Tier 8 Limit would never allow anyone to reach such a level. The best they can accomplish is Tier 7; this method would prevent anyone from having the power to destroy the plane.
'The instinct of all life is to survive. And it's the same for Universe Wills,' concluded Edward before continuing his actions. With the overwhelming energy of the Floating City, he swiftly sealed the Beast Emperors without giving them any chance of resisting.
Then, he cast a second spell. Hundreds of magic circles appeared in the sky above this plane.
"Boss, we don't have room for everything," reminded Morgana.
"Huh? You're right. Alright, I'll shrink them.'' Under his control, some of the magic runes changed.
"The first step–seal the Universe Will."
Based on Edward's study of the Universe Will of four different Universes, he concluded it is another form of consciousness or will. And this consciousness even has certain properties of the soul.
As such, it became possible to design seals or other methods to influence it. And with the vast difference in Tier, the process was almost perfect.
After being sealed, all the creatures of this plane heard a sad and unwilling voice. And immediately, an intense emotion awakened from deep in their souls. Then, they knew their world was invaded and about to be destroyed.
Subsequently, an intense hatred aroused from deep in their bloodline against the invader.
"This might be troublesome," commented Morgana after detecting the situation.
"What are we going to do?" asked Tsunade, who feared the change in the situation would result in catastrophe for the people on this plane.
"We will have to take longer to integrate these people into the Empire. We will delete and change their memories if needed."
"Do you want me to keep a watch on them after their integration?"
"Yes," nodded Edward. "We don't know whether this effect will last longer and stay hidden deep in their subconscious for many years."
Morgana took notes of this incident while Edward continued. His spells activated, and a few things occurred. First, all the trillions of people in this plane passed out before shrinking into humans the height of a tennis ball.
Then, he teleported all of them to a pocket dimension inside the floating city, placing them into cryostasis mode.
"Next, the Knowledge Tree."
Edward took this opportunity to test out his main objective for traveling to the Naruto Universe.
Then, a towering tree appeared at the very center of the plane. Then, after an hour, the tree gave birth to a single blue fruit.
Edward held the fruit in his hand with fascination. He knew this fruit contained thousands of years of knowledge from this plane.
"Here you go," he uttered before handing it to Morgana. If he eats this fruit, he will have to spend the next three months in deep meditation to absorb all the information it contains. As such, the best method of use is to allow Morgana to have it.
With her processing power, she can absorb everything in a matter of minutes.
"How is it?" asked Edward. However, the little elf did not immediately answer; she even had a frown on her face.
"I think I found a flaw in the fruit."
"Oh? What is it?"
"It can only gather knowledge up to one million years in the past."
"Is that so? Well, we can try to modify it later and improve the time span," nodded Edward. "Did you learn anything useful?"
"I've learned about their history," replied Morgana. "About a million years ago, the Wizard Plane had already left, and the world was ruled by the beasts–it was their era.
"During that period, the main power system was Wizards and Bloodline Knights. However, the beasts almost wiped out the heritage of this system.
"Then, everything changed after the first Beast Master appeared. The profession originated from the laboratory of a few Wizards from ancient times. They slowly rose before becoming the aspect predators of this world."
Edward nodded, "Anything else?"
"Yes. Although the Beast Master's civilization has reached its end, there is some benefit."
There are currently no Tier 9 Beasts in this plane, so the path to higher levels is cut off for most individuals in this world; that's why she said their civilization had reached the end.
The humans have almost driven the magical beasts to extinction. And without the Bloodline Knowledge and Technology of the Wizard World, this plane cannot cultivate higher Tier beasts.
"The fruit contained data on every single Beast Master's fusion since a million years ago. All this data will allow us to further our understanding of the Life Code, the changes to the soul, and even the Soul Flame.
"We can also gather data on Willpower since it's one of the requirements for a successful fusion."
"Do we have any information on the Wizard's power system?"
"Unfortunately, no."
'Oh? Logically speaking, we should at least have some basic data."
"True. But some power of cause and effect seems to prevent me from accessing the information."
"Cause and Effect? Could these wizards place some powerful spell on their power systems to prevent others from getting it?"
"If that were the case, the people of this plane would never get their hands on it as well," added Tsunade.
"Unless this spell is targeting us specifically.
"The Empire? We don't have any connection with the Wizard Plane."
"No, their target should be people from the Cosmic Plane World," replied Edward.
"It could also be people with bloodline from the Magus Race," added Morgana. Earthlings have a small trace of Magus Bloodline, so her conjecture could be correct.
"Alright, we need to leave in case some mighty being from the Wizard Plane detects something," said Edward, who no longer hesitated. He previously wanted to fix the city in this plane. But now, he decided to be cautious.
So, he placed the entire plane inside the floating city and removed all traces of his existence from this place before returning home.
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