Damned Healer-Chapter 660: Pure Energy

Darian landed back on the island where they had been before, still staggering. He sat down on the beach sand, taking deep breaths and trying to steady his mind. Only after an hour did he manage to relax, and then he started reading everything from the beginning.

Right in the first bits of information, his eyes went wide:

"Spatial World!" He was completely shocked.

In that book about the journey of Heaven's Will, he had gained, right at the start, a technique to create a spatial inventory. But over time, he pushed it to the extreme, until it turned into a small Spatial World. After that, it kept growing more and more absurd, eventually becoming, quite literally, a universe inside him.

The Yin Chaos Dragon had said that Meru made a deal with her father and, because of that, received something to give to Darian. So it could only be the same thing... but...

"Wait? Power of the Nether, Void, Space, and Time?" Darian swallowed hard.

Meru had not only received the foundation of the technique her father created, but had also adapted everything using the things Darian possessed. That thing used the five Sacred Treasures!

Darian felt his heart race. His master always gave him so many surprises. As for him... he was afraid he would never be able to repay all of that in his life.

...

Darian read everything carefully. He only finished after a full thirty days, immersed in it day and night. And that was just the reading.

At the end, he wasted no time. First, he took out a crystal and sent a message. Then, he removed the five Sacred Treasures from his inventory.

An hour later, Ailik arrived in a hurry at the beach alongside Tir, Eleri, and Awel.

They all had strange expressions, because that entire island seemed to be overtaken by the four most terrifying forces of that universe. On top of that, the laws of the universe itself seemed focused there. Everything was in chaos. Fortunately, the island was quite small and had no population.

"Master," Ailik slowly approached and called out to him.

Darian stopped and turned toward her, gesturing for her to come closer.

With quick steps, she noticed a sphere the size of a fist in his hand, emitting a blinding light. "That?"

Darian nodded and explained, "The five Sacred Treasures were merged into this. I'm going to absorb it and, by doing so, I'll create a small spatial world called *Spiritual Inventory*."

Ailik nodded, still confused.

"The pillars of this inventory are the powers of the Void, the Nether, and Space-Time, coming from the Sacred Treasures. Its core comes from the Treasure of the Primordial Empire, which controlled the laws of this universe. When everything is complete, this small spatial world will be a small copy of the laws of this universe. But..."

He paused and looked deeply into her eyes.

"This place is like a universe, but without any life or anything to command with one's will. In short, it won't be able to generate anything without a will controlling everything. And I can't do that all the time and still enjoy all its benefits."

Her eyes changed, and her breathing stopped.

Darian continued, "I said you're on the same level as Tir, right? He's my partner, who stays by my side all the time. Do you want to—"

"I'll do it! Thank you, Master!" Ailik answered sharply, not even waiting for him to finish.

Darian stared at her seriously. "Calm down, it's not that simple. You'll have to abandon your Nether body and, as a result, all of your cultivation. Only non-living things and spiritual life forms, like your race and the Heavenly Elemental Spirits, can live inside it."

"I don't care. Inside, the copy of the laws can also create Nether power, right? I'll find a way to create another kind of body, something that can adapt to that place," Ailik replied, her eyes shining.

Darian nodded. That young woman had grown a lot since he first met her. Now she had full confidence in herself, but at the same time, she knew she still needed to improve a lot and take advantage of every opportunity.

Darian had promised to take her outside that universe, and outside, she wouldn't have the power of the Void and the Nether to use, which were her specialty. That would make her even more useless and weak. But now, everything had completely changed. She was radiant because Darian had solved that problem, giving her a great opportunity.

"Good. I'll fully merge with it. Since you accepted, I'll connect you to it from the very beginning. That way, you'll have maximum compatibility and control."

Darian murmured, and she nodded quickly. Without hesitating for even a second, Ailik closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and placed her four hands over her chest.

Then...

Her entire body began to pulse with a reddish light. In seconds, the light became half black, half red.

It was pure Nether power.

The Nether body, which was a technique created by the Nether Spirits of that universe, began to dissolve, returning to its state of pure energy.

Slowly, Ailik's physical form became faint and evaporated. In the end, Darian reached out and held her dress, which was now completely empty.

Floating in the air, all that remained was a small reddish rune, very similar to the Heavenly Elemental Spirits, yet at the same time giving off a different feeling.

The rune gently floated toward Darian. He extended his hand and held it delicately. In one hand was the sphere of light, in the other, the small rune.

"I'll start."

Without delay, he moved the sphere of light to his chest. It went straight in, disappearing. At that instant, all the chaos on the island vanished completely. Then, he moved Ailik to just above his skin, at the same spot where the sphere had entered.

Darian closed his eyes, carefully starting the process.

From afar, Tir, Eleri, and Awel watched everything in silence. Tir seemed to be overflowing with excitement. From Darian's words, Ailik would now stay by his side all the time.

...

The hours passed quietly.

One day, five days, fifteen days...

Until, finally, Darian opened his eyes.

He took a deep breath and waved both hands.

At that moment, inside his soul, a small Spiritual World opened its doors.

In Darian's right hand, an energy half red, half black flowed. In his left hand, a strange energy appeared, as if space itself were warping in the palm of his hand.

"Nether power and Void power," Darian murmured, taking a deep breath.

'Master! Let me use your spiritual root from here.' Ailik's voice sounded in Darian's mind. At that instant, his eyes widened as he realized something incredible.

Besides Nether power and Void power, this new Inventory also generated Space-Time power. It was these four things together that, with Ailik in control, would constantly create more power.

With the spiritual root inherited from his father, Darian could manipulate space-time easily. But both Darian and 90% of the people who knew how to do that only used what already existed in the environment. Only a few Blessings or Artifacts actually created those elements directly in the form of energy.

After all, it didn't matter where you were; even in the 'void' of space, outside any planet in a universe, the natural power of space-time still existed there. So basically, once you learned how to do it, it became much simpler: you just used what already existed around you.

Darian had developed his mobility technique and, until then, had always done it the conventional way, using the power of the environment. But now...

He had pure energy available. And on top of that, Ailik, using her spiritual root and manipulating it right beside him...

'Can I try? Straight ahead is where my homeland is.' Ailik asked, a bit unsure.

Darian sighed. Indeed, straight ahead was the island where Ailik was born, but the distance was so great that it was basically the same as crossing this entire universe of islands.

"Don't worry, you can test it. I'll find a way back if it fails," Darian replied calmly.

'Okay! Let's do it!'

*BUZZ!*

Suddenly, Tir, Eleri, and Awel felt the world shake. Then, in the next instant, Darian vanished from right in front of them.

Far away. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

In the skies, Darian was flying above an island with a shocked expression on his face.

'We did it...'

Ailik murmured, also unable to believe it.

They had just created the Spiritual Inventory. So what she managed to create was like a drop of water in an ocean. Even so, it was already possible to cross an absurd distance instantly, pushing through the resistance of Void power and everything else.

Suddenly, Darian's mind stirred.

"Wait... maybe it's possible... damn, if we accumulated enough power, would it even be possible to travel through the underworld and reach other universes?" Darian asked, even though he already knew the answer.

His master wouldn't have sent him that if it weren't truly something shocking and absurd, as well as something he would need.

He had barely scratched the surface of this technique, yet he was already stunned.