Chapter 1434 Baptism



Date- 12 April 2321

Time- 14:12

Location- Southern Region, Southern Capital, Southern Royal Palace, Royal Guest Palace No.01, Seed World

With a stable realm, the card apprentice could easily display the maximum power of their realm and even compete with the immediate higher minor realm while with an unstable realm, they could barely display the power of their realm let alone compete with the immediate higher minor realm. 

It would not be wrong to say that the stability of a card apprentice's realm determined the quality of the card apprentice. Therefore it was very important for a card apprentice to stabilize their realm. 

This was why some card apprentices steeled their hearts and let go of the opportunity to increase their active soul control percentage after breaking through to a realm and rather use the opportunity to stabilize their realm and erase all the accumulated flaws in their realm so far. 

This way even if they could not increase their overall active soul control percentage they could erase dangers to their future breakthroughs. An unstable realm not only affects their overall strength but also affects them when they try to break through to a higher realm. 

An unstable realm is like the unstable foundation of a building, the risk of the building falling increases the more you build on it because of its unstable foundation. Similarly, the risk of nothing being able to break through to a higher realm increases with an unstable realm. 

This was why it was a smart move for the card apprentice to focus on long-term gains with realm stability over small-term gains with a temporary boost to their active soul control percentage cultivation rate. It was only logical. 

However, I had the wealth and means to pursue both stability in my realm and also a fast rise in my active soul control percentage. That was what the soul energy gathering array formation was for. 

29.9% >>> 30.0% >>> 31.1%

*Boom* 

My active soul control percentage finally broke through to 30.1% but it did not stop, it only picked up pace swallowing the soul energy gathered by the array. 

30.3% >>> 30.7% >>> 31.2% >>> 32.6% >>> 33.0% >>> 33.3% >>> 33.5% >>> 33.6% >>> 33.7% >>> 33.8% >>> 33.9% >>> 34.0%

Breaking through to the card master realm I directly stepped into the mid-level of the card master realm. Average card masters struggle to make minor breakthroughs for months, sometimes even years. 

However, I managed to not only make a major breakthrough into the card master realm but a minor breakthrough from the low-level card master to the mid-level card master in a single day. As for the stability of my realm, it couldn't be more stable. 

Having completed my breakthrough I felt an incredible power coursing through my soul pathways and felt invincible. Not letting the sudden increase in my active soul control percentage get to my head but then like I was the center of the world, I felt as if the world was solely focusing on me. 

My grimoire summoned itself and hovered in front of me. Soon a blinding brilliant white light showered over my body and the grimoire, forcing me to close my eyes. I did not panic realizing this was the baptism I have been looking forward to. As the shower of bright white light stopped I began to feel a quantitative change in my soul and body alike.

I immediately opened my grimoire to check the changes to my origin card info after baptism. 

[Card Name: Calamity Soul Gem (awakened)

Card Type: Origin card

Card Rank: Unique Grade

Card Rating: -/-

Card Durability: -/-

Card Effect: The host gains a monstrous physique of a calamity and the ability to communicate with the world based on the limit to which he can harmonize with the world.

Additional effect: 

1. Cursed bloodline

2. Blood Curse Immunity

3. Myriad Devil Transformation 

4. Myriad Devil Hex

5. Soul Pupils

6. Viltronian Physique

7. Immortal core

8. Body Restructure

9. Transformation- 4th form (locked)

10. Parent/Daughter soul gem 

11. Calamity Daughter gem - 3rd form (locked)

12. Hive AI 

13. Mutated Soul

14. Soul Echolocation

15. Soul Energy Manipulation 

16. One with the world

Synchronization Rate: 95%

Note: Higher the resynchronization rate longer and deeper you can communicate with the world. Calamity Soul Gem protects the host's mutated soul ]

[Physique Name: Myriad Devil Physique

Physique Type: Origin Card 

Physique Rank: Acquired Grade

Physique Description: This physique allows the user to transform into any inanimate or animate object or being.

Note: User needs to sacrifice a part of the said inanimate or animate object or being to the origin card calamity soul gem to morph into them.]

[Physique Name: Calamity Soul Gem (awakened)

Physique Type: Origin Card 

Physique Rank: Acquired Grade

Physique Description: The physique has awakened to the true meaning of calamity. ?

Note: the host needs to explore the physique with caution.]

[Physique Name: Mutated Soul

Physique Type: Origin Card 

Physique Rank: Acquired Grade

Physique Description: The host's soul mutates and multiplies itself every time the host breaks through to the upper realm. 

Card Master - mutated soul with 12 Consciousness

Note: current multiplying factor is 'triple', but can be increased]

[Trait Name: Multiple-Consciousness

Trait Type: Origin Card 

Trait Rank: Acquired Grade

Trait Description: Host currently has 12 Consciousness.

Note: the number of consciousness is directly proportional to the soul mutation. ]

[Trait Name: Mutated Soul Energy

Trait Type: Origin Card 

Trait Rank: Acquired Grade

Trait Description: The host currently has 12 consciousness so the host's soul energy will be refined 12 times making it 12 times purer and stronger than normal soul energy. 

Note: the host's soul energy will get stronger and purer with an increase in the number of the host's consciousness. ]

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Going through the changes that have occurred to my origin card, physiques, and traits I was surprised to see that after baptism my number of consciousnesses has multiplied from 4 to 12 instead of 8. 

The reason being that the baptism was the way to increase the multiplying factor of my mutated soul. So every time my soul mutates its multiplying factor increases. This discovery was the MVP of my baptism.