Black Hole Cultivation Zone - Time Dilation Field
Subjective Time: Day 1
Vaelor floated one thousand kilometers from the singularity, the crushing gravitational pressure making space itself groan with stress. At this distance, time dilation was already significant—every hour he experienced translated to roughly three minutes in normal space.
But he would descend much deeper. The real training lay closer to the event horizon's heart.
First, he needed to establish his cultivation rhythm.
The first galaxy-energy core pulsed in his grasp, its crystalline surface warm despite the absolute cold of space. He activated his ???? grade cultivation technique, and the Energy-Multiversal Physique responded with eager hunger.
Energy began flooding.
It was not trickling or pouring. It was Flooding.
The galaxy core contained the condensed power output of billions of stars burning for billions of years, all compressed into stable crystalline form. When that energy released into Vaelor's absorption pathways, it was like opening a floodgate to cosmic ocean.
His cellular universes drank deeply, each energy-atom expanding to accommodate the massive influx. The miniature cosmos within his cells became more real, more substantial, more complete with every second of absorption.
[Foundation Establishment 51st Stage → 52nd Stage]
[52nd Stage → 53rd Stage]
[53rd Stage → 54th Stage]
The advancement was smooth, effortless. Each stage that would have taken normal cultivators months or years to achieve passed in minutes. The galaxy-scale energy provided fuel beyond anything his technique had processed before.
This is incredible, Vaelor thought as power flooded through him. At this rate, I'll reach 100th stage within the first core.
He was correct.
Sixteen hours of subjective time—approximately forty-eight minutes in normal space—and the first galaxy core had been completely absorbed.
[Foundation Establishment 100th Stage achieved]
Vaelor examined his transformed state. His cultivation base had doubled from where it started. The energy density in his cells had increased exponentially. The cellular universes had evolved from semi-real to genuinely-existing micro-cosmos.
His body was now approximately 15% pure energy rather than biological matter. The transformation was accelerating.
Good progress, he assessed clinically. But nowhere near sufficient. I need to go much, much further.
He grabbed the second galaxy core and resumed absorption.
Subjective Time: Day 7
[Foundation Establishment 200th Stage achieved]
Seven days of intensive cultivation. In normal space, approximately ten hours had passed.
Vaelor had consumed five galaxy cores completely. His advancement rate remained constant—each core providing enough energy to push through approximately twenty stages.
But he was beginning to notice diminishing returns.
Not from the energy supply—the cores still contained infinite power from his perspective. But from his body's absorption efficiency. Each subsequent stage required exponentially more energy than the previous one.
The cultivation requirements are scaling faster than I anticipated, Vaelor noted. At this rate, reaching 333rd stage will require fifteen to twenty cores. Reaching 1000th stage might consume thirty cores. And 3333rd stage...
He did rapid calculations.
I'll need every single core Uncle provided, plus additional energy sources I haven't identified yet.
Good thing I'm patient.
He descended deeper toward the singularity—now only five hundred kilometers from the black hole's heart. The gravitational pressure tripled instantly, forcing his energy-based physique to compress tighter, adapt faster.
The increased gravity improved cultivation efficiency by 50%. Worth the discomfort.
Subjective Time: Day 47
[Foundation Establishment 333rd Stage achieved]
[WARNING: Life Essence Evolution Threshold Reached]
[Initiating Second Life Evolution...]
Vaelor's consciousness immediately focused inward as his body began transforming without conscious direction. The 333rd stage represented the second major threshold—another evolution point where his fundamental existence would transcend mortal limitations.
The first evolution at 33rd stage had crystallized his soul and strengthened his connection to Law comprehension. This second evolution went deeper.
His energy-based cells—currently about 35% of his total body composition—began undergoing radical transformation. The miniature universes within weren't just becoming more real. They were achieving permanence.
Previously, his cellular cosmos existed in superposition—partly real, partly conceptual. If his cultivation base collapsed, those universes would dissolve.
Now they were becoming genuinely independent. Self-sustaining micro-realities that would persist even if his cultivation dispersed. They were no longer just power storage—they were actual universes that happened to exist at cellular scale.
His consciousness expanded, touching dimensions beyond normal perception. He could suddenly sense higher-dimensional spaces, parallel timelines, alternate realities branching from quantum decisions.
The Celestion bloodline—dormant until now at 47% activation—surged forward, integrating more deeply with his physique. Inherited memories began surfacing: his mother channeling galactic power, ancient Celestion ancestors resonating with cosmic bodies, techniques for stellar manipulation.
Most importantly, his lifespan extended dramatically.
Previously, even with his enhanced physique, he'd calculated approximately ten thousand years maximum lifespan. Now? The number became meaningless. His energy-based existence combined with permanently-real cellular universes meant he would persist indefinitely unless killed through violence.
He had achieved true biological immortality at Foundation Establishment realm—something that normally required reaching Universe Keeper Tier or higher.
The evolution completed after subjective six hours. When Vaelor's awareness returned to normal, he found himself fundamentally changed.
I'm no longer just human with enhanced abilities, he recognized. I've transcended the species entirely. I'm becoming something else. Something new.
Good.
He grabbed another galaxy core and resumed cultivation with renewed intensity.
Subjective Time: Day 156
[Foundation Establishment 666th Stage achieved]
Half a subjective year had passed. In normal space, approximately twelve days.
Vaelor had consumed twenty-five galaxy cores—half his supply. His cultivation base had reached heights that should have been mythological. His combat power exceeded anything Blue Star or even the universe had ever produced.
But he was beginning to encounter problems.
The advancement rate was slowing dramatically. Moving from 665th to 666th stage had taken three full days despite absorbing a complete galaxy core. The energy requirements were becoming astronomical.
More concerning: his body was approaching saturation.
I can feel it, Vaelor thought, examining his internal state. My cellular universes are packed with energy to maximum density. My meridians are full. My spiritual sea is at absolute capacity.
I'm running out of space to store more power.
He descended even closer to the singularity—now just one hundred kilometers from the black hole's heart. The gravitational pressure was crushing, forcing his energy-atoms to compress to theoretical density limits.
The gravity helps, but it's reaching diminishing returns. I need something more effective.
Subjective Time: Day 298
[Foundation Establishment 999th Stage achieved]
Nearly a full subjective year. Twenty-one days in normal space.
Vaelor had consumed thirty-eight galaxy cores. Only twelve remained.
And his body had reached critical saturation.
I can't absorb more energy, he realized with frustration. Not without finding somewhere to put it. My cellular universes are at maximum capacity. The gravity compression has helped, but even at one hundred kilometers from the singularity, the effect is plateauing.
He attempted to push through to 1000th stage, absorbing the thirty-ninth galaxy core.
The energy entered his system... and had nowhere to go. His body simply couldn't contain more power. The cultivation advancement stalled completely.
Damn.
Vaelor ceased absorption, carefully storing the partially-used core for later. He floated in the crushing gravity, thinking through his options.
I need to create more space in my body. More capacity for energy storage.
Three potential solutions:
First: Obtain a larger black hole with stronger gravitational compression.
Second: Break through to the next major cultivation realm. Core Formation would restructure my energy pathways, creating new capacity. But that defeats my purpose—I want to reach 3333rd stage Foundation Establishment before advancing. Breaking through now would be admitting defeat.
Third: Undergo additional life evolutions. Each evolution restructures my body, creating new capacity through fundamental transformation.
His enhanced Divine Insight analyzed the third option more carefully.
Life evolutions occur at specific thresholds: 33rd, 333rd, 3333rd stages. Those are the natural trigger points. But...
What if I could trigger artificial evolutions through alternative methods?
Each evolution is essentially a complete body restructuring. If I could induce multiple restructurings through different mechanisms, I'd create capacity while also strengthening my foundation.
His consciousness began formulating a plan.
The way to trigger evolution is through cultivating additional physiques. Each physique represents a different approach to body cultivation, a different energy structure. If I cultivate multiple physiques and merge them with my Energy-Multiversal Physique...
Each merger would be a mini-evolution. Each restructuring would create new capacity.
And I have advantages others don't: I've already absorbed thousands of different energy types from Uncle's galaxy cores. I understand their fundamental properties intimately. I can create body cultivation techniques specifically tailored to each energy form.
The plan crystallized with perfect clarity.
I'll create physique cultivation methods tied to specific energy types. Practice each method until I develop that physique. Then merge it with my primary physique, undergo transformation, gain new capacity.
Repeat indefinitely until I reach my goal.
It would take time. Enormous amounts of time. But he had time—the black hole's time dilation provided subjective centuries if needed.
Vaelor immediately began his work.
Subjective Time: Year 1, Month 3
Vaelor had suspended galaxy-core absorption entirely, focusing instead on technique creation.
His first target: Mana-based physique cultivation.
Mana was one of the fundamental energy types that permeated certain sectors of the universe. Different from qi—mana was environmental power drawn from reality itself rather than internally generated.
He'd absorbed massive amounts of mana from the galaxy cores. The energy was familiar, understood, analyzed down to its quantum properties.
Now to create a body cultivation method that uses mana specifically.
His ten-thousand-fold enhanced Divine Insight worked at maximum capacity, analyzing mana's properties, identifying how it could restructure biological matter, designing energy circulation patterns optimized for mana integration.
He drew inspiration from the martial techniques Uncle had provided—dozens of high-grade methods from various power systems. Extraction synthesis from one technique, absorption optimization from another, physique integration from a third.
After three subjective months of intensive analysis, he'd created something new:
[Primordial Mana Incarnation Scripture - ???? Grade]
A complete body cultivation method designed to gradually transform the practitioner into a living mana construct. Where his current physique used generic energy, this new technique specialized in mana—creating mana-specific cellular structures that could store and process mana with perfect efficiency.
Now to practice it.
Vaelor entered the Sanctum of Infinite Battle, using its training facilities to cultivate the new physique safely. The technique required restructuring his mana channels, building new energy pathways, fundamentally altering how his body processed that specific power type.
It took four subjective months of dedicated practice.
[New Physique Acquired: Primordial Mana Body (Initial Stage)]
The moment the physique manifested, Vaelor initiated the merger.
His ???? grade cultivation technique had built-in integration pathways—designed specifically to absorb and merge additional physiques into unified whole. The Primordial Mana Body began fusing with his Energy-Multiversal Physique.
The transformation was... intense.
His entire body restructured at cellular level. Energy-atoms reorganized, meridian networks rewired, spiritual sea expanded. The process felt like being born, dying, and reborn simultaneously.
When it completed—three weeks of subjective time—he'd gained two critical benefits:
First: Additional capacity. The merger had created new energy storage space equivalent to approximately 20 stage worth of cultivation.
Second: Enhanced mana manipulation. His body could now process mana-type energies with dramatically improved efficiency.
It worked, Vaelor thought with cold satisfaction. The principle is sound. Now I just need to repeat this process... hundreds or thousands of times.
Subjective Time: Year 2, Month 8
Vaelor had cultivated and merged seventeen different physiques:
Primordial Mana Body (mana energy)
Aetheric Constitution (aether energy)
Abyssal Incarnation (abyssal energy)
Divine Chi Vessel (chi/spiritual energy)
Yin-Yang Harmonic Form (yin-yang energy)
Infernal Flame Constitution (fire elemental)
Oceanic Depths Physique (water elemental)
Titan Earth Body (earth elemental)
Tempest Wind Form (air elemental)
Void Consumption Physique (void energy)
Stellar Radiance Constitution (light/stellar energy)
Umbral Eclipse Body (shadow/dark energy)
Chronal Flux Physique (time energy)
Spatial Weave Constitution (space energy)
Graviton Compression Body (gravity energy)
Psychic Resonance Form (mental/psionic energy)
Karmic Thread Physique (fate/causality energy)
Each physique had required months to develop. Each merger had been painful, transformative. But the results were undeniable.