CHAPTER 202: 10,000% SOUL SATURATION

Half an hour later, Nash found the most efficient path: a direct connection.

With a direct connection, the book he was reading could be instantly turned into a virtual copy, which was a one-step process.

Decrypting the file from what he had seen, however, took extra steps.

It involved retrieving the file, analyzing what was connected and what wasn’t, and then converting it into a virtual copy.

The former was at least 1.5 times faster than the latter.

"It seems I need to create multiple parallel lines first," Nash said with a smile.

Unlike before, when he barely had 50,000 calculation resources, he now had about 500,000.

Even if he allocated 300,000 to his main consciousness, he could still split twenty parallel consciousnesses to work for him.

Nine for physical reading, ten for comprehension, and one for recording movements in the runic space would set him up perfectly.

Setting the calculation power for each parallel consciousness to 10,000 was already the limit.

Any lower, and the parallel consciousness would be too dumb to function effectively.

As for giving up some calculation power of his main consciousness? It would be misplacing his priority for secondary tasks.

His main priority is to deduce the advanced astral art as soon as possible.

The more calculation power he had, the faster he could deduce the manual.

Reading the books was to simply strengthen his foundation so he could have more resources to build the tower.

However, without enough workers, no matter how much material he had, it couldn’t build a tower that could take him to 10,000% void saturation.

Having 300,000 calculation power for his main consciousness was just right.

Coupled with the continuous advancement of his soul saturation, he should be able to deduce the advanced astral art in a few weeks.

With his decision made, he began optimizing the [Parallel Module System], adding another eighteen lines of consciousness.

Fortunately, since they shared the same functions and duties, he only needed to copy most of the runic program from before and make minor tweaks.

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A day later, Nash gazed at the [Parallel Module System] with a wide smile.

[Parallel Module System:

Main Consciousness: 300,000 CP

1-10. Comprehension: 100,000 CP

11-19. Reading: 90,000 CP

Runic Space Recording: 10,000 CP

(Note: CP - Computational Power)]

"Good! With this, I can upload 100,000 books and comprehend 1,000 of them each day!"

With more computational power to spare, uploading all the books in the Nova Library and the Spirit Pavilion would no longer be a dream.

"It’s time to continue deducing the advanced astral art."

Focusing on uploading and comprehending astral art, his deduction speed became smoother.

With more pieces to work with, he found better ways to stack up to 10,000% void saturation more stably.

Under such seamless operation, time slipped by in a breeze.

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Over a week later...

Feeling the growth of his soul begin to slow down, Nash paused on deducing the advanced astral art and opened his runic panel.

[Nash Navre

Body Saturation: 1,000%

Soul Saturation: 10,000%

Void Amplification: 763x

Soul Amplification: 10,000x

Physique: 17x

Runic System: 9]

"10,000% soul saturation? No wonder my mind feels so clear."

He was already at 9,000% void saturation for the astral art. One more week, and he could complete it.

Opening the training module panel, he examined the current efficiency of the Infinite Soul Absorption Manual.

[Training Module System: Infinite Soul Absorption Manual

Current Soul Saturation: 10,000%

Efficiency: 100,000 Attributeless Elemental Crystals/Percentage

Absorption Speed: 50 Attributeless Elemental Crystals/second]

"As expected, I need 100,000 elemental crystals to advance each percentage," Nash sighed.

He estimated that from 10,001% to 100,000% soul saturation, he would need 100,000 elemental crystals per percentage.

In total, that meant 9 billion elemental crystals.

Factoring in time, it would take at most ten years to reach 100,000% saturation.

Still, his current soul saturation was enough to accumulate all the void saturation his body could take.

Instead of optimizing the absorption Chapter of the Infinite Soul Manual, it was better to create a tempering version.

"Huh, I need to create the advanced astral art fast..."

Only two weeks remained before the next training.

Nash planned to complete the advanced astral art and reach 10,000% void saturation the following week.

With such a tight schedule, he had to focus on crafting the advanced astral art.

But before diving in, he instructed the [Control Module System] to find another spot for soul training.

The soul obelisk he’d found could only exert soul pressure up to 10,000 times.

Since it wasn’t enough to double his absorption efficiency, he first set the [Control Module System] to find a better place.

With that done, he dove back into concentration.

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Meanwhile, outside the Dark Beast Tower.

After Nash, other talents began completing the challenge.

From Camilla, William, Nora, Luca, most of the top ten seeded talents, and the top veterans from the previous generation, completed the trial.

Gathering together, they discussed the trial, debating who was stronger and more skilled.

When they heard Nash was the eighth to finish the challenge, they felt shocked to the core.

The top seven were all deserving of their positions.

From the two Void Venerates, Natasha and Hobis, to Skylar, the strongest talent in the Nova Sector, and the four veterans who had dominated the previous cosmic competitions.

Yet, among this elite group, a wildcard they barely knew had emerged!

Stunned, various groups and teams eagerly searched for Nash to invite him to join them.

Having such a master in their ranks would boost their chances in the cosmic competition.

Some lone individuals were also tempted, planning to join Nash if he formed a team.

After all, joining an established team often came with strict conditions, plus they’d be treated as the lowest members.

Their origins, lack of trust, or poor coordination created barriers to fully integrate with the team.

But a new team would start fresh, giving them a chance to be a core of the team.

With opinions and expectations swirling around, they began eagerly searching for Nash’s shadow...