Chapter 1291  Fortifying Foundations (2)

    Whoosh!

    With most of his attention focused on the abstruse pattern in his mind, Valyr eventually began to feel the newly purified mana course throughout certain parts of his body.

    "Ngh..." Feeling a stinging type of pain from having mana circulate in those areas, the young man did his best to ignore the pain, gritting his teeth as he briefly recalled the general process the Records took to improve his species.

    ''The first stage reforms the neural pathways, the second reforms the bone marrow, and the third reforms the brain.''

    ''If my earlier thoughts are correct, then I''d be able to ascend my species by an intermediate stage once I complete the second one,'' thought Valyr to himself as he felt the pain he was experiencing gradually subside.

    ''However, the reason I was able to ascend on the second stage back then was because I had three sets of energies working together to do the same thing.''

    ''On the other hand, I only have mana at 1st Cleansing doing that same job for me here.''

    Coming to that thought, the young man inwardly let out a sigh, only to then let out a pain-filled moan as a wave of stinging pain erupted from his body once more.

    ''...Well, it seems like the Records are working at the very least.''

    With that piece of good news acting as his anchor, Valyr continued to endure the waves of pain that washed over his body every once in a while, eventually finding out that distracting himself with various thoughts was the best way to do so.

    Though, once he found out that there was a high chance for the process to fail if he were to distract himself too much, the young man swiftly changed gears, continuously exchanging his thoughts between focusing on the process and distracting himself from the pain. No?v(el)B\\jnn

    Because of that decision, although the young man was able to experience less pain than before, the process took far longer than before to complete.

    Nevertheless, by the time 6 hours had passed on the system''s timer, a series of notifications soon echoed from the system, allowing Valyr to let out a wide sigh of relief as he felt a bit more strength course throughout his body.

    Ding!

    [You have completed the 1st Stage of the Records of Unfettering and Transcending Races.]

    [You have obtained the passive skill ''Records of Unfettering and Transcending Races — 1st Stage''.]

    [Your current species has made considerable progress in reaching a higher realm.]

    Briefly checking on the notifications he received from the system, the young man then realized that it was already after midnight back on Earth, prompting him to leave Greater Beyond after that without hesitation.

    Whoosh!

    ''I should try and seek out the Atavists of Alkadran when I have the time.'' With atavism having been put on the back burner once again, the young man went ahead and attempted the third stage of the Records.

    Whoosh!

    Considering the fact that the third stage involved the brain, as well as the fact that he''d yet to achieve it through his other identity, Valyr made sure to be as cautious as possible when he routed his mana towards where his brain resided.

    "Ngah...!" Yet, no matter how gentle and careful he was while controlling his mana, the energy still moved on its own accord in the end, following the abstruse pattern given by the Records to reform and reinforce the brain that controlled his body.

    Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

    And thus, feeling as if he was having a cluster headache and a migraine at the same time, the young man was forced to grit his teeth throughout the entire process, suppressing the insatiable urge he had to bang his head onto the hardwood floor.

    Fortunately, his brain swiftly transformed amidst the pain he was feeling, with parts of it beginning to take on the properties of the purified mana he used to complete the process.

    Because of that, the indescribable pain he felt at the start gradually began to mellow down as more and more time passed. In fact, near the end of the process, he began to feel no pain from the process at all.

    Rumble...

    With that, just as Valyr was beginning to wonder when the transformation process to his brain would end, his body began to loudly rumble all of a sudden, prompting him to grin in excitement as he understood what was going on.

    Ding!

    Hearing a series of notifications echo in his mind after that, the young man did not hesitate to bring up the notifications in front of him, washing off the thin layer of gunk covering his entire body in the process.

    Whoosh!

    [You have completed the 3rd Stage of the Records of Unfettering and Transcending Races.]

    [Your passive skill ''Records of Unfettering and Transcending Races — 2nd Stage'' has been upgraded to ''Records of Unfettering and Transcending Races — 3rd Stage''.]

    [Your current species has made significant progress in reaching a higher realm.]

    [Your current species has broken through its racial shackles, ascending to a higher-tiered variant of the species recognized by the system.]

    [Your current species ''Human'' has been reclassified by the system as ''Reforged Mystic Human | Junior Defier of Fate''.]

    "..."

    "...Success."

    TrueDawn