The Empyreal Gem Master

The arduous assimilation of Covenants into one’s very being.

Into their Body, Origin, and Soul!

It was something that took years for others to do, but how long would Alexander need?

As he probed this question and enacted another Enneagram Clone, his main body was sitting opposite the Dark Ruler Masako as her eyes were bright while biting into different parts of medium rare cuts of a Dragon Ruler.

The wings held their own soft texture, the thighs were succulent on their own as the meat that had been infused with gold held a unique taste!

[Man, I’ve seen a few people with the Covenant of Gold in the Star Realms I’ve traveled to, but none have used it along with the Covenant of Fire to make something as succulent as this. You could make a whole business here!]

She opened up enthusiastically as if she hadn’t just cut down five Void Rulers moments ago, and Alexander smiled while posing his own question.

Near him, Claire was silently listening while eating as further away from them; another gilded table held the figures of their Fathers and Azazel, among a few other prominent Gem Masters.

[The Rulers in the Star Realms you’ve visited, what number of assimilated Covenants does one of them need to have to be considered top tier? Or someone of your stature to be just below a Stellar Ruler in power?]

A curious question.

One that the Dark Ruler Masako chewed her answer through as she replied nonchalantly.

[In the vastness of the void, there are geniuses, and there are idiots when it comes to Covenants of Nature. Average Void Rulers would only have a single Covenant assimilated, while strong ones would have about 3 or 5 Covenants assimilated. Assimilating even one is arduous as it can take some idiots decades, geniuses a single year, or some monsters even a matter of months or weeks. At the peak of a Void Ruler are 9 assimilated Covenants of Nature- and that distinction was not made because that is the maximum possible number, but because at that point…one would have raised their breadth of existence enough to easily be capable of fusing assimilated Covenant of Nature together. Such entities will be capable of taking their fused Covenants into their Gem Socket Blueprint and birth a Star Gem Socket- becoming Stellar Rulers!]

…!

Birthing a star from their Gem Sockets.

A Star!

It could only be induced by fused authorities of Covenants of Nature! Alexander listened to such words while whistling out, smiling as he nodded toward the Dark Ruler Masako.

[How long before your fused Covenants are able to induce the birth of a Star?]

A heavy question asked casually.

One that Dark Ruler Masako smiled at placidly before she continued chewing, not answering this question!

Alexander followed the flow as he kept the conversation light, asking for any gaps of information that weren’t included in the small book.

As this occurred, the changes within his own body were finishing- along with his Enneagram Clone putting in the work to do fantastical things!

At this moment.

Tens of miles away from the Sacred Gold Mountain.

In the dark skies filled with gray mist.

Three Alexanders floated in the skies in meditative positions while looking at each other as two Enneagram Clones were formed rapidly, the amount of Ascendant Energiea within him being in wild abundance!

All three Clones were surrounded by particles of Evolution as the voice of the Enneagram buzzed in each of their minds.

||The 8,000% rate of assimilation of the Covenant of Evolution by Enneagram Clone #2 alone will allow for the complete assimilation of the Covenant within 1 hour.||

||The 8,000% rate of assimilation of the Covenant of Evolution by Enneagram Clone #3 alone will allow for the complete assimilation of the Covenant within 1 hour.||

||The 8,000% rate of assimilation of the Covenant of Evolution by Enneagram Clone #4 alone will allow for the complete assimilation of the Covenant within 1 hour.||

…!

A single hour…for a complete assimilation of a Covenant!

Without the usage of Covenant Gems.

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Without the usage of natural treasures or Natal Authority present in the core of a Realm.

And this was just from a single Enneagram Clone!

If the additive efforts of just the other two clones were added, the time would be cut by two thirds.

And if he added the Enneagram Clone in Hollow Earth…the time would be cut even further.

Without even putting his main body that was entertaining the Dark Ruler Masako into account, he would need…a total of 15 Minutes.

15 minutes and each clone would contribute a 25% rate of progression in assimilation.

"..."

Others needed decades? The geniuses and monsters needed months or weeks?

Alexander…would only need 15 minutes to fully assimilate a Covenant of Nature!

In an hour, he could have 4 Covenants fully assimilated!

And in 4 Hours, all 16 of his Covenants of Nature would be assimilated. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

How terrifying would his power be then?

"Let’s go!"

He almost roared out as he felt a thrill.

A thrill as if he was doing something that shouldn’t be possible, something he shouldn’t be doing!

BOOM!

The particles of Evolution bloomed all around as white brilliance seethed, a wondrous process unfolding!

As it did.

An unknown distance away from the newly Emerging Realm of Ephesus.

Two metallic vessels over 100 miles in length floated domineeringly, the Void Rulers within showing cold gazes as within one Vessel, a woman tapped on a bright screen as she voiced out.

"Why are we still delaying? With all of us here, so long as the opponent is not a Stellar Ruler, they will be razed to the ground. The Star Alliance has been restrained for too long recently…we must put on a show of force with this Emerging Realm and whoever decided to butcher 5 of our Void Rulers on it! We will fleece it of every ounce of its Natal Authority and watch it decay before our very eyes…"

The voice came from a woman surging with assimilated Chaos, her eyes pulsing dangerously as after a brief silence, a voice came from the bright screen.

It stemmed from another Vessel.

"We received word that the path of Stellar Ruler Bartholomew coincides with ours. He is returning from the Death Lands of the Void injured, and we are to receive him and escort him back."

…!