The Tale of the Void Emperor

Athan ripped apart the cacoon with his hands before coming out. But there was a change in his clothing.

His previous clothes were gone, and now he had a dreamy white robe with black patterns over his body. This robe didn't look corporeal, but it was like a clump of aura in the form of clothing.

His hair had become longer such that they reached his shoulder, but their color remained the same light gray.

His face was covered in a mask of white with black patterns on it. This mask also didn't look corporal but a clump of aura that was constantly moving ever so slowly while maintaining the form of the robe.

His eyes had more change as his pupils became more mysterious, with a bit deeper glow of white and black in sparky patterns in his irises.

" Woah, Athan. You look different...but even better looking than previously. "

Sen dashed towards Athan as she sized him up with a grin, " Hmmm...Is this safe to touch? "

She pointed at Athan's mysterious-looking robe and asked while slightly stretching her right hand towards it.

" Don't, Sen! "

Ayurin panicked and shouted because she had personally seen how mighty the darkness power used by Athan is.

Athan slightly smiled and nodded, " Go ahead. It's safe to touch. "

Ayurin was surprised but then realized and smiled wryly, ' Since it's his own power, he can obviously control it. Phew...'

It seems that the impact on her seeing Athan's power was not as small as she showed externally.

Sen looked at Ayurin, who nodded and then touched the robe, but her hands went through the aura-like robe that was constantly unstable like a flame.

Athan saw Tronel and Chunshi also sighing a relief before they came over towards him and asked him if he was feeling uncomfortable.

" I am fine. Better than before. Anyway, How long was I inside? "

" A month. "

Athan nodded calmy before saying, " I need some time alone. After I am done, I'll contact you, Tronel. "

" Wai--" ....." Nevermind. Go ahead. " Tronel was going stop Athan to inform him about some things, but he changed his mind and told him to go.

Athan nodded to Sen and others as he smiled, " See you later. "

He took out a token of Youhan Tree before injecting chaos force inside to open a portal to his house inside the Hidden dragon troupe's base and went inside.

After Athan left, Tronel and Chunshi looked at each other with surprised expressions.

Tronel rubbed his chin before speaking, " Hmmm...I feel like Athan has changed. "

Chunshi nodded in agreement as she appeared thoughtful, " Indeed. He has changed. How do I say? Umm...It's like the feeling that he gave off previously, like he is always on edge, disappeared. Instead..."

Ayurin interjected Chunshi before continuing her sentence with a pondering expression, " Instead, He feels like a stable and calm ocean now. But this ocean is not regular. There's more to him behind that front, whether good or bad. "

...

After coming out from the portal near his house inside the pocket space branch, Athan didn't go inside his home but walked near the riverbank before he sat down crossed-legged and closed his eyes.

Inside his Void region...

His soul had changed significantly compared to previously. Now, Instead of just a white border glow around his black soul. There were clear and visible white marks and patterns on his soul.

The white organs of his soul were also more distinct.

The black and white orb near his soul had also changed. The black orb had white marks on it, while the white orb had black marks on it.

Both orbs were connected with a black and white chain.

Athan checked the contents of the black and white orb.

' Their reserve of space has increased. If I could hold a hundred units of abyssal darkness inside the black orb previously, I can now hold three hundred units of it. As for the white orb, The milky white aura...no, It should be known as Nascency Voidpulse. I can also now store more Nascency Voidpulse inside the white orb. '

Basically, he can now store more Nascency Voidpulses when he devours things using abyssal darkness.

Abyssal darkness devours things into nothingness which, in turn, produces Nascency Voidpulses inside the white orb.

Nascency Voidpulse can let him create anything out of it as long as he has a sufficient understanding of it. Additionally, He can revert the Nascency Voidpulse back to its original thing. For instance, When Reikent lost his finger to abyssal darkness, Athan got nascency voidpulse inside the white orb. So, Athan returned that nascency voidpulse back from nothingness into Reikent's finger to reproduce his finger.

Doing this doesn't require any understanding, but it's useless when creating other things. For example, He can get nascency voidpulses by devouring chaos stones with abyssal darkness. Now, to make the same finger of Reikent, He needs to sufficiently understand that finger because this time, he is creating it and not returning it.

' When the abyssal darkness devoured me in that place, my existence was wiped out and turned into something like nascency voidpulses but even more mystical and powerful than what I currently have. That resulted in everyone forgetting about me.

So, just like I have nascency voidpulses inside the white orb, There should be something like a white orb out there, but it should be on a much grander scale and mystical than my white orb. That place, space, or thing should contain my previous essence and my proof of existence in the form of something like a greater version of nascency voidpulse.

If I can get access to that place, then I might be able to return the memories of myself that others lost after my existence was wiped out. I likely managed to make a connection and grasp this power in that place. My soul fragments were still connected after I scattered my soul, and when some of them turned into that mystical void, my wild instincts managed to make the connection with that power and grasped its understand. Basically, A seed of that power was born inside me. And for now, I have gained a total of 5% understanding of this power. '

After thinking about things for a while, Athan opened his eyes and muttered, " It's just a matter of time. " Pausing here, A gentle smile formed on his face, " But even before that, I will make them mine once again. After all, They fell for me the first time so that they will fall again. But I need to find them first. "

His mentality has changed.

Only he knew how much shock and devastation he felt when he found out that they had all forgot about him. After all, They were the source of his happiness.

With that, He turned desperate, and he wanted to work hard to return their memories of him so they can be together with him again. At that time, He didn't think of making Tiana and Avelia fall for him again without their memories of him.

But now, He had started to think about making them his life partners once again, even if they don't remember him anymore. Naturally, He will continue working hard to access that mysterious place that is the source of his powers and return his proof of existence so they can remember the time they spent together with him in the Elenex Universe.

" Since Chaos Monolith Hills and Great Bridgade Palace are both ancient powers, I can try to find them after getting into Chaos Monolith Hills. " Athan felt happy as the smile never left his face, " I am coming, Chaos Monolith Hills. "

Though behind his current happy expression was a dominating resolve and a tyrannical will that threatened to wipe out anyone or anything blocking his path. He will regain everything and become the strongest such that he won't have to suffer the same fates that his previous two lives suffered.