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nIn the Tier 6 Meditation Chamber,

nMaximus stood up, to try and cast an original spell without a manual.

nAfter all, what he had studied was equivalent to the very nature of a Tier 0 spell, not the spell itself, so creating a new spell should be easy.

nStarting with a simple fire element spell, he tried to imagine a fire dragon-shaped spell.

nWith some Initial mastery of tier 0 fire spells, he succeeded after a few seconds.

nHowever, instead of a majestic fire dragon, a misshapen, bloated fire snake emerged from his spell, deviating from his intended image.

n“What the…” Maximus’s face darkened at the sight of the distorted fire dragon he had imagined.

nMaximus sat down glumly, contemplating what had gone wrong.

nThen it hit him, His mastery in all types of spells is only initial, so of course his mastery in creating original fire-type spells is also Initial mastery, which is not enough.

nAlthough he can cast the fire spell he learned previously without any deviation, the spell he created with only Initial Mastery is a failure.

nMaximus just sighted, it was great and all to master all types of spells.

nUnfortunately, it consumed too much time. With his daily acquisition of LP, studying all of it simultaneously was a pipe dream.

nHe realized that he was too reckless and greedy.

nAfter all, who in their right mind would spend 500 years just to master all types of Tier 0 spells?

nJust finding a complete inheritance of all types of Tier 0 spells is close to impossible.

nAnd even then, the lethality of such a low-tier spell was almost close to zero.

nWill you practice creating spells from scratch just for the sake of cool party tricks?

nSo, of course, most of the mages just study one or two for their safety and meditate to further their strength.𝔬𝐕𝗅xt.𝗇t

nWhen they’re strong enough and have enough life span that is when they started to seriously create their spell.

nMaximus suppressed the uncomfortable feeling in his heart.

nHe had thought he could study it all, but his low LP acquisition forced him to focus on individual types of spells.

nMaximus returned from meditation, hoping to calm his wounded heart and consider which type of spell he should concentrate on first.

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nThe next day, Maximus opened his eyes, feeling refreshed.

nThe life and potential point is refreshed.

nLP: 9,300

nPP: 115,112

nAfter a day of meditating and pondering which types of spells he should concentrate on.

nHe decided to focus on ten types of spells: the five elements—Fire, Water, Wood, Earth, and Metal; the three supreme elements—Space, Time, and Fate; and finally, spells for the Soul and the Body.

nHis affinity towards these spells is only Rank 0 Trash, considering his previous talent.

nAfter all, His meditation method only improved his comprehension, not affinity.

nFor the first type of spell, he started on soul-type spells since his main profession was a mage.

nFurthermore, after he mastered the art of the soul, maybe it could enhance his training speed as he is at the nascent stage which is the stage to temper the soul.

nLooking at the panel, he first upgraded his soul affinity to Rank 4 Legendary.

nSoul Affinity: Rank 0 Trash (0

/50)

n 55,550 PP

nSoul Affinity: Rank 4 Legendary (0

/500,000)

nTier 0 Soul Spell Volume: Initial (15,253

/320,000)

nThen, he tried adding 1 LP to see how many points he would gain per day.

n 1 LP = 900

nIt seemed that improving his Soul affinity had an effect.

nBased on this rate, it would only take him a year to fully master the Tier 0 soul spell volume, which was a significant difference compared to the 500 years it would take to master all types of spells.

nThis reminded him once again of his previous hastiness.

nDespite nearly a hundred years of comprehension, he could only cast a worm-like fire dragon.

nHe upgraded the Initial mastery to Proficient mastery.

n 339 LP = 305,100

nAlmost a year of comprehension was quickly absorbed by Maximus, compared to the hundred years of comprehension before, a mere year felt like a child’s play.

nTier 0 Soul Spell Volume: Proficient (353

/640,000)

nWith Proficient mastery, he attempted to create a soul spell and casted it.

nAfter a few seconds, it manifested just as he had imagined.

nIt was a soul-like puppet that could provide him with information about what it sensed.

nHe tried to control it, and it effortlessly passed through the wall as if the array in place meant nothing.

nThis shocked him; it seemed that he would need to add formations specialized in soul restriction in the future.

nThe soul was indeed strange, capable of traversing any obstacle as if it were nothing.

nAs the soul puppet floated forward, it reached its limit when it was about 10 meters away.

nThis was the limit of a normal Tier 0 soul spell so it’s not surprising.

nHe dispelled the spell and continued adding points.

n 711 LP = 639,000

nTier 0 Soul Spell Volume: Expert (253

/960,000)

nThis time, his mastery reached expert level, and he tried casting the same spell as before.

nWith a single cast, multiple soul puppets were conjured instantly.

nEarlier, it took a few seconds to manifest the spell, and he couldn’t cast the spell multiple times simultaneously.

nBut now, he could do it effortlessly, as if it were nothing.

nHe then tested the distance limit of the soul puppets, but it remained within the limits of a Tier 0 spell.

nSo he continued to add points.

n 1,067 = 960,300

nTier 0 Soul Spell Volume: Perfect (553

/1,280,000)

nThis time, it took nearly 3 years of comprehension.

nHe tried the same spell once again to observe the changes in the soul puppets.

nThis time, controlling them felt as natural as moving his arms.

nAfter casting the spell, he could still modify it even after he cast the spell, much like molding a finished pottery piece.

nHe experimented with the casted soul puppets that he summoned from that of a cat, dog, book, or chair, and all of these changes happened in an instant.

nHe tried various postures, making the puppets bigger or smaller, and after a few minutes of playful experimentation, he had seen enough.

nDuring these few minutes, his consumption was only about 10% of what it had been earlier.

nMeaning he can cast the spell 10 times that of normal.

nAs for the distance limit, it remained at 10 meters.

nWith a flick of his hand, he added more points.

n 1,422 LP = 1,279,800

nTier 0 Soul Spell Volume: Transcendent (Max)

nThis time, it took nearly 4 years of comprehension, and now it had reached its maximum level.

nUnless he used Potential points or acquired further knowledge, it could not be upgraded any further.

nWith a wave of his hand, the meditation room was suddenly flooded with soul puppets.

nThis gave him a shock, after all, soul puppet is somewhat translucent, and having a bunch of them squeezing in a tight room is eerie.

nMaximus quickly dispersed the soul puppets.

nHe heaved a sigh and contemplated what had just happened.

nEven though he had tried to use less than 1% of the normal mana consumption for the spell, the soul puppets he conjured still flooded his room.

nAfter a few minutes of testing, he confirmed what was happening.

nIf perfect mastery only cost 10% of the normal consumption, then transcendent mastery would only cost 0.1%.

nThis meant that he could cast a transcendent mastery spell a thousand times compared to normal.

nFurthermore, the distance limit surpassed the Tier 0 spell’s restrictions.

n10 meters became 1,000 meters, which was slightly longer than a Tier 1 spell.

nBut that wasn’t even the main benefit of transcendent mastery.

nHis transcendent soul mastery had a tremendous effect on his mage training.

nHe tried it just now, with his control tempering his soul was twice as fast as before, meaning ten times faster than when he only had Tier 4 legendary talent.

nMoreover, this is just tier 0 soul spell mastery.

nHe pondered whether he should concentrate on buying Tier 1 soul spell knowledge or improve his mastery of other spells.

nMaximus first checked his points.

nLP: 5,760

nPP: 59,612

nAfter some deliberation, he decided to focus on soul spells first.

nAfter all, there is a saying that it’s better to be excellent at one thing than to be mediocre at everything.

nMaximus then browsed through the Hexen Library for a complete Tier 1 soul spell volume.

nHis consciousness materialized in his system inventory, where he saw a small pile of books about tier 1 soul spells.

nThe tier 1 soul spell volume was stacked together, with just a sweep of his consciousness, all the information was stored in his mind.

nTier 1 Soul Spell Volume: Initial (1

/960,000)

nWithout further hesitation, he allocated all his LP to it.

n 5,760 LP = 5,184,000

nTier 1 Soul Spell Volume: Expert (2,304,000

/2,880,000)

nDespite more than 15 years of comprehension, he only reached expert mastery, which was somewhat disappointing.

nHowever, he knew that with just a few more days, he would master it until it reached the transcendent level.

n…

nAfter adding points and feeling the thrill of rapid mastery, Maximus patted his clothes and walked out of the meditation chamber.

nAs for meditation training?

nHeh, who cares?

nIt’s not as useful as adding points, so why bother?

nHe would wait until he upgraded his talent a little more so that training would become more enjoyable.

nAfter all, he was not a native in this world, and he didn’t have the patience to sit quietly and slowly absorb mana to temper his soul.

nIf it were you, even if you knew you would eventually learn something after spending a long time on it, would you still learn it?

nSure, if forced by circumstances and with no other choice, you might push yourself to the limit without much complaint.

nBut for him, who had a cheat, his mentality now was that if he couldn’t master something immediately, why bother?

nBesides, there wasn’t much of a threat to him at the moment.

nOf course, that didn’t mean he would be lazy.

nHis plan now was to increase the daily generation of life and potential points, starting by personally training his wives and children.

nAs for finding more wives or having more children?

nAdditional wives would not be of much help, as the life points added were based on strength and talent.

nHe suddenly thought of Isabella, who possessed both strength and talent.

nAs for having more children, he was working hard for it, spreading his seeds whenever he had the time.

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