Chapter 806: Experiences
Chapter 806: Experiences
The information about the existence of gods was treated as top-secret intelligence, known only to pillar-level personnel and above, primarily to avoid exposure to the Demon side as much as possible.
After this, Kizuki Kaya began discussing future strategies to deal with the demons with the other pillars.
Kizuki made the decisions, while the pillars offered various suggestions.
There were proposals to intensify the Demon Slayer Corps' training and expand recruitment efforts, with the final call left to Kizuki.
Shinobu, uninterested in this part, closed her eyes and sat quietly in her seat. Several other pillars also remained silent, showing a lack of interest in the discussion.
Meanwhile, Fengye found himself only mildly curious about the pillar meeting of the Demon Slayer Corps. He merely glanced in their direction when Rengoku Kyojuro and the others tried to sense his presence.
Soon, his thoughts returned to Kanroji Kanao.
It seemed like only two or three days had passed since he started his experiments on her, but in reality, he had adjusted the flow of time and had been researching her for over a year.
During this time, Kanao's self-awareness showed no signs of change, even with Fengye's observations of the world and his subsequent unsuccessful attempts.
The consecutive failures did not discourage Fengye, as Kanao's condition had also remained stable, with no signs of deterioration.
In this state, Fengye continued to try various other methods.
Finally, one of his attempts yielded results.
Fengye forcibly absorbed Kanao's faint self-awareness and attached it to a newborn child, giving her a new lease of life.
Initially, Kanao's consciousness did not become the dominant personality in the child. She isolated herself, choosing to remain disconnected from reality and merely observing without taking any action.
As the newborn child nurtured a new soul, Kanao's consciousness could not overtake the blank slate, and over time, a new consciousness emerged in the child.
Kanao's consciousness gradually became akin to a secondary personality, one that never reacted or acted toward the outside world—a parasitic presence.
But then, just as Fengye was about to concede failure...
Something unexpected happened.
Although Kanao's consciousness never outwardly reacted or acted, as she accompanied the newborn girl through her growth and development, her initially weak self-awareness began to stir!
Fengye was astonished by this discovery and hastened the process by controlling time.
As time went on, even though Kanao never took any action, her consciousness became active, and she began to think.
She started having thoughts like, 'This flower is so pretty' and 'This is delicious.'
The emergence of these thoughts indicated that she was gradually regaining her human consciousness, moving away from her completely detached state and beginning to perceive things from a human perspective.
"Only by experiencing life as a human can one develop human thoughts, possess a personality, and avoid being lost in power and the gradual extinction of one's emotions."
Fengye pondered this turn of events.
He recalled reading about the 'Embodiment of a Million' cultivation technique in some books, and now it seemed that this method was a way to maintain one's self.
To possess a human self-awareness and consciousness, to avoid becoming a heartless, emotionless monster with only power, one had to undergo these experiences, witnessing the myriad facets of life to reinforce one's existence.
The longer one lived, the more pronounced this issue became.
It was impossible to expect a brief human lifespan to bear the weight of a universe's birth and demise. Only through the amalgamation of countless lives could one withstand the erosion of time.
"It's worth giving it a shot."
After some contemplation, Fengye reset time, returning to the beginning.
With his ability to manage time, he didn't need to create avatars; he could simply act directly with his original body.
Feng Ye's understanding of his power extends even to the final levels. He believes that the eleventh level should grant him an even higher degree of control over time, allowing him to adjust not just future events but also manipulate the past and future on a grand scale. With this power, a single punch could contain infinite force, as it would be the cumulative force of every punch he had ever thrown, and ever would throw, across all time. He names this ability 'Infinity.'
As for the final level, the twelfth, Feng Ye surmises that it would grant him complete and utter dominance over the very concept of time itself. He would be able to redefine time as he saw fit, shaping its very essence.
However, Feng Ye acknowledges that these are merely speculations. The path to unlocking the eleventh level is still long and arduous.
Tick-tock!
The sound of a clock echoes, and a golden clock pattern appears in Feng Ye's eyes, the hands pointing to the tenth level. From an outsider's perspective, Feng Ye takes a step forward and suddenly splits into countless identical versions of himself, disappearing in all directions.
...
In a remote village, a child is born.
This child grows up in poverty, a life filled with chores and hard labor. Chopping wood, fetching water, tilling the fields, and hunting consume his brief life, and he eventually passes away quietly by the fireplace in his wooden hut.
Time rewinds to the moment of the child's birth.
In the southwest corner of the village, an old man appears; a wandering carpenter, he claims, who has settled in the village thanks to his exceptional craftsmanship. He adopts a few orphans and raises them as his own, only to one day pass away quietly, sitting still in his chair.
Once more, time rewinds.
This time, there are births in both poverty and wealth. In some villages, a few old men appear, while in the mountains, a few new hunting families take residence. In certain kingdoms, new princes are born...
All these lives are lived by none other than Feng Ye himself.
The effects of these experiences are immediate and profound. By embodying diverse characters and living through different lives, Feng Ye's human emotions, which had once been cold and numb, are significantly enhanced.
Recognizing the impact of these experiences, Feng Ye decides to take it a step further. He expands his timeline, dividing his future existence across thousands of years into nearly a million segments, and pulls them all back to the present, experiencing them simultaneously. He assumes millions of different roles and lives, each unique.
To avoid influencing the main storyline, Feng Ye ensures that his characters stay away from pivotal narrative figures. On the rare occasions when interactions do occur, he uses his abilities to erase any potential consequences.
Of course, with so many simultaneous lives, it is impossible to avoid all interactions with key characters. In those instances, Feng Ye minimizes his impact as much as possible, except for one particular instance where he chooses to allow the changes to remain.
(End of Chapter)
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