Jupyter was a well-developed place with a pretty solid grasp of calendar and clock. In the law ocean, the passing of time itself was relative to the laws of time. And, the laws of time could be perceived and manipulated. The natural law-of-time was a supreme law that spanned regions beyond the law ocean. It was a fundamental supreme law of existence right alongside law-of-space, law-of-oblivion, law-of-heaviness, law-of-chaos, law-of-order and others. How many supreme laws there were? No one knew the answer. The law-of-time, space, heaviness, chaos and order were fundamental laws that built the foundation of existence. They were the laws that people knew and experienced much more deeply than any other laws. But, they were similarly hard to comprehend. Only the greatest geniuses could make any headway in the cultivation of supreme laws. As these laws were extremely powerful, to gain even a small understanding was a fortune of a lifetime. The understanding of a small concept could give one the power to jump countless ranks in cultivation.

It should be known that the varying time differences between different regions of the law ocean made it so that having a solid concept of time and precise measurements of it was a big deal. But Jupyter had a well-developed system of it. It had been a full semester in the Academy and Michael had managed to teach several important tips of survival to his students. The stellar success of his course made him a popular and well-known figure on the campus. He received proposals from several female students. But Michael never had any time to start a relationship. As all these princesses had terrifying backgrounds, Michael did not want to get associated with any of them. But just his refusal was not enough to keep them in line and it had taken the help from Denise to get these aggressive students to back off. Of course, Denise required her payment and she had not let Michael off easily. Michael had to sign a labour contract with her to keep working exclusively for 10 years. For her, this was quite a reasonable trade as 10 years was a short time for someone with Michael's lifespan.

Michael had no choice but to agree. Of course, he would leave as soon as he would breakthrough. Who the hell gave a damn about some contract?

So Michael was happy to sign the contract. As the semester ended and the vacations started, the students stopped coming and the college premises started becoming more and more empty. Michael dived into research after getting this chance. The course had given a good enough push to his finances and now, he finally had the time to get back to his research on achieving celestial path. His project on buffing grand spell - golden body had already reached minor completion giving Michael a trump-card after vitality-burning became obsolete. Another technique that was soon to become obsolete was the All-Seeing Eyes. As long as he used it against mortals, it was a fantastic technique. But against ascendants, it was of no use. The power of law marks made sure that all normal scrying methods would be worthless against the ascendants. While Michael had never fought an ascendant, he knew that his future enemies would no longer be mortals. But there was no point worrying about the future. Before he fought the devils again, he had to obtain the support from a super-force.

Time in Jupyter flowed much slower than in Aterna - about five times slower. Five years in Jupyter would only be a year in Aterna. Considering the volatile situation of his home plane, Michael wanted to return within 3 years. This gave him 15 years at this plane. And he had already spent about four years without much return. Michael was currently researching bloodlines. Bloodlines were an extremely complicated and deep area of research and not even divine beings had unlocked all the secrets of bloodlines. Michael was a normal human without any special bloodline. Even though his cultivation was strong, his descendants would not inherit his abilities or comprehension. The grand spell - golden body was a spell that required the infusion of laws as well as spirit blood of the spirit race. The spirit bloodline was the best-suited conductor of spirit energy and hence, they were hunted extensively. The spirit race in Jupyter had gone extinct many years ago and all the spirit blood used today was obtained from planes where the spirit race was grown like livestock.

The problem with the spell was the requirement of spirit blood. As the spell activated, it would continuously consume spirit blood. Thus, it was a very costly spell to use. Michael wanted to reduce the power of the golden body spell and focus the spell on a single target - himself. But this required finding a suitable replacement for spirit blood, not an easy task by any means. While Michael was looking over many scrolls, he touched a time-worn scroll.

As soon as Michael touched the scroll, his entire world seemed to be spinning! It was as if some force was trying to distort his perception. His vision blurred, and his breathing hastened. Michael hurriedly removed his hand from the scroll as he prepared himself for an attack. But no attack came. Michael spread out his energy over a large range. He even used his dao-intent to search for any possible clues but could not find anything out of ordinary.

If someone who can completely escape my detection wants to hurt me, it would not be hard for them to kill me. But what I felt was definitely true. Could it be the scroll?

Michael tried touching the scroll again to find that it again seemed to distort his senses. It was as if a powerful force was trying to pry into his mind and make him see things differently from reality. It was not exactly an illusion but something similar. Faced with this weird phenomena, Michael asked another student roaming around to test the scroll. To his surprise, the student opened the scroll and read it easily. But, Michael became more and more interested in the scroll. From his perspective, the scroll was spewing out a formidable force of distortion that was wrapping the student's perception into seeing the text on it differently. In fact, Michael too could see the things that the student was seeing. But as soon as he put his willpower to work and tried to concentrate, the letters on the scroll would start flickering as new ancient letters started emerging. Michael had never seen these letters and somehow, he had a feeling that the letters were not meant to be read.

He took the scroll away to his room to study. Every time Michael tried prying open the secrets of the scroll, the invisible force would fight him off. But after trying continuously for a few hours, one of the letters was completely revealed. The letter was constantly shifting and morphing into different patterns. It was as if the letter was alive! Michael saw the letter for a while before focussing on the letter with his unbreakable will. From Michael's perspective, the world changed colours. The room, the desk and chair, the buildings and the entire plane faded away - only to be replaced by the letter. The letter seemed to shiver as it fought back, trying to hide its secrets. The battle seemed to last for eternity. But who was Michael Rageberg? He was someone whose willpower had been tempered for a million years by the devil's torture. Time, exhaustion, pain, grief, allure - his willpower could slash through anything and everything - unbreakable will! After a long time, the letter finally could not hold on longer and dispersed into smoke. The smoke entered Michael's mind a huge amount of information was received by him.

The information contained different theories about psychic energy, how to sharpen psychic energy and how to cultivate it. Michael's eyes shined with joy! This was a chance from heaven! This was the stimulus that would help him in breaking the second wall. He fully internalized the information and his understanding of psychic energy grew rapidly. Michael opened his eyes to find that an entire day had passed. But this was definitely worth it!

Michael immediately applied for a long leave of absence departing from the Federation with the scroll. This was a secret inheritance. Only those with powerful conscients would be able to find something about the scroll. Even ascendants were not guaranteed to find anything. But, it was not as if no one else would be able to find anything. Michael went over back to Glandor and the forest he first appeared in. His excuse was - visiting his home. After reaching the forest, he dug a cave and started deciphering the scroll. Each letter would take him a day or more. The entire inheritance contained a total of hundred letters. For the next four months, Michael sat in a meditative position with his eyes closed and an old scroll in his hands.

Time kept on passing and as four months passed, Michael opened his eyes. One could see exhaustion deep in his eyes as if he had fought a harrowing battle. But, there was a gleam in his eyes that could terrify even ascendants. The scroll turned to dust and scattered around the cave.

The expert who created this inheritance called himself wisdom emperor. I don't know what cultivation level he was at but this inheritance is just a basic inheritance he left behind. It contained a complete explanation of psychic energy and the methods to control and use this energy. It contained two passive techniques - Acceleration and Intuition. It also contained two active techniques - illusion and will-manifestation. Will manifestation is very suited to me.

Everyone's willpower has a different manifestation. The will-manifestation scripture takes willpower as core and then cultivates the manifestation. It is said that the more powerful one's will-manifestation is, the more solid one's foundation would be. There are three levels to the technique. This has given me great gains and as long as I can cultivate my own will-manifestation, it will not be long before I can fight the ascendants!

After finishing this, Michael got up and got back to the Academy. It was time to start the second phase of his plan - building up connections.