The Witch Hunter System - Chapter 1036

Originally, Hecate hoped to use the purest form of mana to reinforce the frame of her Divine Soul, thereby allowing her rigid soul constitution to withstand a higher density of soul energy.

However, everything changed upon the discovery of Astral Soul Energy.

Astral Soul Energy was simply superior to pure mana in every way in regard to soul cultivation. As such, Hecate was secretly ecstatic when pure mana was further broken down into Astral Soul Energy, the fabled source of power unique to Soul Masters.

Within her family's library, Hecate had once touched upon some subjects related to Astral Soul Energy in her search for a solution to overcome the constraints of her innate soul constitution.

It was said that Astral Soul Energy originated from a mysterious dimension called the Astral Soul Realm. This place was described as the origin of all souls across time and space and had existed much earlier than even the Primal Chaos Era.

In the records, it also explained that the source of all souls came from it and would return to it.

Even if chaosverses reached the end of their destruction and ended all life completely, all sources of soul would return to it to be recycled until the next chao cycle started, regardless of the state they were in.

When Hecate read about this, she thought the Astral Soul Realm was like a database. Souls were practically immortal and imperishable.

As long as it was possible to retrieve souls from the Astral Soul Realm, true death would become a foreign concept and have no meaning. After all, what was true death if revival was still possible?

If even nihility could erase souls in the complete sense, then it was no longer deletion but banishment.

Hecate remembered when she first heard about this; she wondered if all living beings were immortals from a higher dimension, descending into avatars to undergo life's trials without prior memories.

If that was true, then what was the meaning of life? What was the purpose of living? Was life just a game? Or was it a test?

Once the world ended, would they return to their original dimension and recover their memories? Would they receive some sort of score at the end of it all? What if this eternal game of life was just a brief examination for higher-dimensional beings to determine some kind of qualification?

What might seem like an eternity to them could just be an instant for higher-dimensional beings.

Although it was an interesting thought, Hecate knew there was no way of proving it.

After all, even the so-called Astral Soul Realm was only ever mentioned in records. It was a legend that was only passed around, even among Soul Masters. No one had ever truly encountered the Astral Soul Realm or been able to prove its existence.

Perhaps the Astral Soul Realm no longer existed.

Hecate sighed before pushing away her miscellaneous thoughts. She focused on producing astral soul energy to nourish her soul and change her innate soul constitution.

At the same time, she experimented with her power of nihility, testing the decomposition of different objects. She quickly discovered that most items from Chaos could be broken down into pure mana and Astral Soul Energy.

However, some items, especially all items from Pangea, were transformed into a type of primordial energy called Grandmist Energy.

Grandmist Energy was a type of primordial energy that surged into being at the beginning of a chaosverse after the Big Bang. It was essential for forming all the celestial bodies in a chaosverse and was incredibly dense.

If a neutral star could be ground into powdered dust, it might not look much different from the grey particle-like form of Grandmist Energy. In fact, it was quite similar to Astral Soul Energy.

Of course, they still greatly differed in nature and density.

Astral Soul Energy could strengthen the soul, but Grandmist Energy would enhance the body.

However, Hecate was a denizen of Chaos who fundamentally practiced soul cultivation. Grandmist Energy was not that useful to her. Absorbing it would only feel like adding weights to her Divine Soul, burdening her.

Furthermore, she did not have the luxury or resources to divide her focus for another path. Soul cultivation was her sole focus, and overcoming the constraints of her innate soul constitution was her priority.

As Hecate refined more Astral Soul Energy and nourished her Divine Soul, its rigid frame loosened yet did not weaken. Instead, it became stronger and more elastic in nature, allowing room for expansion.

When she felt this change, Hecate felt endless joy, and her burdened heart lightened.

As long as she continued nourishing her Divine Soul with Astral Soul Energy, it was only a matter of time before her innate soul constitution transformed into something better.

The shackles that confined her to the peak of Rank 6 were slowly disappearing.

Perhaps once her innate soul constitution changed under the nourishment of Astral Soul Energy, she would also awaken an ability unique to Soul Masters. That would certainly direct her life's trajectory toward an even brighter future.

After all, the Soul Master Association was a hegemonic power in Chaos with loose rules.

Many desired to join it yet did not have the qualification or opportunity. The Soul Master Association only accepted beings with the makings of a Soul Master and no other. It was an organization comprised solely of Soul Masters.

If Hecate could awaken her abilities as a Soul Master, she would definitely join it.

After all, becoming a member of the Soul Master Association would give her a far greater status than being an ordinary member of the Dark Fae God Clan. Her exiled family would also receive unprecedented glory from her.

Hecate used to wish she could win glory for her family, allowing it to end its exilement and return to the Dark Fae God Clan.

However, was that truly still her wish?

The Dark Fae God Clan was also a hegemonic power in Chaos. But was it really necessary for her family to cling to it when they were kicked out like trash?

With what she could achieve in the future, there was no longer a need for her family to look up to the Dark Fae God Clan! She will surpass the Dark Fae God Clan and make them pay for their past decision!