Child of Destiny

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Right after logging out of the game, Uno quickly got out of the gaming cabin so that he could start dealing with some urgent matters that had occurred recently.

The moment when he got out of the cabin, he suddenly paused and frowned as he felt something. He then raised his hands and saw an almost unnoticeable and somewhat transparent black miasma coming from them.

It was a sign that the Demonic Energy within his body was getting a little out of control, producing leaks.

This was also a sign that the seal on the Seed of Hatred had become somewhat ineffective against it despite the stronger version that Evangeline had created. The influence of the seal was no longer as strong as before due to the recent demon possession that Shin had experienced.

On top of that, Uno was also one of the reasons why this was happening. Since he was closely connected to the Seed of Hatred – as he was born from it – the leakage of Demonic Energy was starting to grow stronger. He was also drawing some of its powers as well, which also added to this reason.

The longer he possessed Shin's body, the weaker the seal's influence became. They needed Shin to come back as soon as possible before things could even become more serious.

Regardless, Uno had to deal with the situation as soon as possible. "Tsk!"

"That damn brat!" he cursed Shin under his breath before quickly sitting cross-legged on the ground and immediately starting to meditate.

He used the unique Qi Circulation Method that he had created after combining Professor Plum's technique and Adam's special method.

The qi circulation of the Yin-Yang Arts that Professor Plum had created gave an individual the ability to cultivate two types of qi while maintaining their balance. It also granted a dual-core to the practitioner once they had created their Golden Core during the Core Formation Stage.

Adam had helped Shin create the dual-core before and handled Professor Plum with a special method that could control the Demonic Energy. This perfected the missing piece of the Yin-Yang Arts that the professor had created.

Before, the Yin-Yang Art was yet to be completed since the old professor could only use his Sacred Qi to somewhat suppress the Wicked Qi to gain perfect control over it. But this was not the true balance that he was looking for.

With the special method that Adam had created, Professor Plum created a more solid version of the martial arts, which also let Shin able to wield the Sacred Qi and Demonic Energy without any issue.

During that time, the Sacred Qi and Demonic Energy were still in complete balance, which granted Shin complete control over them and let him utilize them to their full potential.

But at this moment, this balance was broken once again when the Primal Demonic Energy of the Seed of Hatred that Shin had inherited from Adam started influencing qi within Shin's dantian and even replaced the Demonic Energy that was occupying half of it.

Because of this, the Sacred Qi that was supposed to suppress the wicked nature of Demonic Energy started to lose its influence and put on the weaker side.

The Primal Demonic Energy was a grade higher than the Sacred Qi, returning the state of the two when the Yin-Yang Arts was still incomplete. But this time, the positions were flipped as the Sacred Qi was now on the losing end.

If not for the help of the Divinity Grade Mental Energy, which was in the same league of energy, and Uno being immune to the negative thoughts and wicked urges that the Primal Demonic Energy was giving him, then he would most likely have lost his mind already.

If Uno did nothing to transform the Sacred Qi into a higher form of energy, then this problem would become even more serious in the future.

Moreover, it would also become a huge obstacle when he was going to create his Natural Force.

Since Shin would most likely be different when he returned, Uno thought that it was now the right time for him to prepare.

He was purposely suppressing and delaying his realm so that Shin and he would be able to break through at the same time and maintain the balance between their realms and 'bodies'.

He was originally planning to create a higher form of energy for the Sacred Qi after Shin had come back since it could accidentally force him to break through his current realm once he was successful.

After all, this was the only thing that he lacked to break through the Ethereal Opening Stage as he already possessed the others. Even creating the Natural Body that he needed had already been completed ages ago when Shin had completed the two permanent Qi Reinforcement Techniques meant for the Sacred Qi and Demonic Energy. Experience new stories on empire

The said techniques were meant for Ethereal Opening Stage Experts after all, which Professor Plum had broken down into multiple parts so that they could become easier to practice.

Shin was supposedly meant to train one of them – the Sacred God Physique. But since Adam's special method had completed a crucial part of the Yin-Yang Arts, Shin was also able to train the counterpart of the technique, which was the Chaotic Demon Body.

As both were permanent Qi Reinforcement Techniques, they had somewhat turned into a Natural Body that would host the Yin-Yang Arts.

This was even become even more perfected when Uno completed the Yin-Yang Arts and transformed it into the current 'Yin-Yang Cultivation Arts'. He had yet to fuse them and create a new version of permanent Qi Reinforcement Skill as he was purposely trying to delay his breakthrough.

Regardless, he was only lacking the final step for it, and he could complete it with little effort once he started.

Uno had already completed almost everything needed for the breakthrough and was only lacking these pieces to proceed.

He wanted to delay this for a little longer, but it seemed like he could no longer wait for more as the Primal Demonic Energy was starting to affect the body more. Once it had corrupted the body a little longer, the seed would most likely break free from its seal once again and initiate another Demonic Possession.

"Tsk! Why don't you just behave, you stupid thing," as Uno cursed, he quickly joined his hands together while placing them in front of his abdomen.

He then interlocked his fingers and made an opening with his hands, palms facing upwards. Joining the tip of his thumbs together, he closed his eyes and started regulating his breathing.

He first used the breathing technique of the Yin-Yang Cultivation Art before controlling the energies within him. He urged the Sacred Qi from his dantian in cocirculation, going through his entire body and using its special properties to wash over the corruption of the Primal Demonic Energy.

Since the gap between the two energies was quite huge, it took Uno quite a long time before he got rid of all the traces in every corner of his body and gathered them toward the part of his dantian that the Demonic Energy had occupied.

He did not even rest as he started refining and absorbing everything immediately after. He was successful, but it still came with a very high price. Due to the new 'supply' of Primal Demonic Energy, the side that it occupied became even stronger, breaking the balance of the two energies.

The Primal Demonic Energy started getting restless. It became more active and invaded the other side, trying to conquer it as well.

Uno slightly frowned as he quickly circulated his energies and forced the balance between them. But as the power gap was clear, achieving such a feat in a short time would be challenging.

Fortunately, he was not alone.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

When the situation was getting out of control, the Diviny Grade Mental Energy hidden deep inside Shin's Sea of Consciousness made its move.

It headed straight to his dantian and enclosed it, trying to seal it once again.

"Hey! Hey! I appreciate the help, but you should calm down a little. This much is not something to panic about," said Uno, seemingly trying to communicate with the Mental Energy.

Now that his consciousness was awake once again, the talents, energies, and special physiques that this body was hosting were divided between him and Shin once again.

He did not have the authority over the Divinity Grade Mental Energy just like how Shin lost his control over the Sacred Qi. The only thing they shared was the Primal Demonic Energy, which had a certain connection with them. But Uno had a stronger connection since he was born from it and other factors.

"Just hold it back for a little while as I handle the other," he said as he turned his attention to the Sacred Qi.

He focused his mind as he started moving the energy to a certain circulation rhythm.

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