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nMaking a spell for his chaos was much harder than Liam imagined.

nIt was a mere Rank 0 spell, yet it took Liam nearly a month to complete.

nIn reality, Liam was being extremely arrogant with his expectations.

nOn average, even Rank 0 spells took several months to make.

nOf course, this wasn’t considering the experience an inscription master was supposed to have to even attempt making one.

nFor someone who had been inscribing for more than two to three years, Liam’s accomplishment was important. Grand.

nHe had broken world records, and he was completely oblivious. Only discontent with his progress.

nLiam hadn’t forged anything during the one month period.

nHe put all his efforts into spellmaking. Only cultivating, training and studying in between.

nThroughout the whole month, booms and bangs of every kind rang out from his quarters.

nIt got bad enough that Elder Jane had to investigate and ask him what it was.

nLiam simply told her he was working on his forging abilities, and the Elder shook his head before flying away.

nLiam rigorously had to practice his chaos in order to understand just how it worked.

nThat involved repeatedly using it in varying ways, and testing it on various subjects.

nLiam was already done with the Conceptualization

/Visualization stage. He knew what he wanted, and he worked on making it a reality.

nEven after his chaos transferred to the pearl from his core, Liam could take it out and use it with his Half-Human form.

nJust as he was half a human, he was half an Ashura.

nBoth of those abilities coincided with one another.

nIn fact, his control over the element had become stronger.

nAs Liam had consumed humans and Spirit Beasts alike, his chaos had gotten much more destructive and unstable.

nAs long as the Chaos Pearl continued to expand, Liam’s chaos would also grow more powerful.

n‘Controlled Chaos’ was what Liam named his Rank 0 spell.

nOf course, Liam’s chaos wasn’t controllable in the least.

nIt was destructive and wild, and any attempt to hold it down resulted in a loud boom that made his ears ring momentarily.

nLiam merely found a way to delay the exploding effect.

nCurrently, Liam was standing in his room without a shirt covering his pale, muscular body.

nBoth his eyes were bloodshot, and his hair was unkempt and filthy. .𝒐𝙧𝒈

nThere was a large crater on the wall furthest to him, and similar dents covered his floor and ceiling.

nIn his hands, was a large parchment paper that was as big as his chest. Its surface was riddled with glowing, blood-red writings.

nLiam heaved a short sigh.

nMaking a spell was no easy task.

nLiam had to absorb more blood than normal to make up for his lack of comprehension, which was why the parchment paper was so big.

n‘This better damn work.’

nHeaving another sigh, chaos gathered around the tip of Liam’s index finger, creating a churning noise like that of condensing wind.

nThe space around Liam’s fervent chaos bent outward.

nLike a reverse black hole that pushed away the light instead of absorbing it.

nThat effect was due to the sheer density and weight of Liam’s bright-red chaos.

n…Probably.

nObviously, there were elements of his Primordial Essence that Liam really didn’t know much about.

nAfter all, Raast mentioned something about the whole world wanting it.

nAll Liam did was make it explode on things.

nHe wasn’t able to bring out its true potential. Not unless he understood it on a deeper level.

nBefore the chaos exploded on his finger tip, Liam flicked it forward against the wall.

nOne second passed.

nTwo seconds passed.

nBOOM!

nOn the third second, the small mass of chaos imploded, sending a shockwave throughout the space that made Liam’s long hair and leggings flutter.

nLiam nodded to himself in satisfaction.

nAll Chaos Control really did was delay the explosion of Liam’s element for a few seconds. The more more chaos Liam used, the weaker the delaying effect would be.

nThat was the limit of Rank 0 spells. They only provided a bit of support or utility to the cultivator.

n‘Delaying my chaos’ explosion by three seconds might seem like less, but it’s quite useful during battles. With it, I can throw it further distances and take people by surprise.’

n‘I won’t have to get closer to Rank 4 beasts in order to damage them, either.’

nThe way Liam inscribed the spell was by combining aspects of other techniques.

nWith the King’s Eye, he could see the meanings through the diagrams of other techniques and spells.

nHowever, that didn’t mean Liam could instantly copy every spell he wanted and make it his own.

nThe Meanings, Links and Ink were separate parts, yet all three components were crucial for a technique to function properly.

nLiam could only vaguely sense the Meaning. The rest depended largely on him and his blood.

n‘Of all the spells I have, Surging Burst has the most potential to help me make a spell. It has destructive qualities similar to chaos.’

nAt first, Liam tried to condense his chaos and give it a sharpness or piercing quality, taking inspiration from Lethality Mantle and Umbral Needles.

nHe wasn’t able to do so.

nHis element was just so abrupt and unstable, that Liam simply gave up on making something like that at his current level.

n‘Only, Surging Burst is a Rank 4 spell. I’ll take inspiration from lower spells for now.’

nLiam felt like an entire world of possibilities had opened up for him after successfully making a spell.

n‘Nothing is impossible,’ Liam smiled. ‘But I can’t afford to be tunnel visioned. I’ll work on making an enhancement inscription in the third Rank next.’

n‘That way, I’ll be ready for the Temple’s assault.’

nThe Temple was planning an attack on a small-size Sect towards the borders of the island.

nIt was the Verdant Warrior Sect, consisting of nothing but brutish martial artists that fought with their bare bodies.

nThey didn’t believe in using external martial arts to fight.

nFor this reason, they had cut off all communications with the surrounding Sects and became enemies with them, isolating themselves from the rest of the gangho.

nThis meant that, even if they were under attack, they would have no one to call for support.

nThat made them the perfect target for the Temple.

nAnother week passed, and it was time for Liam to apply his Shadow Tattoos.

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