Chapter 491: Skills Acquired (1/2)

Raven's enlightenment lasted for two whole days before it ended.

Even though Raven was a bit reluctant about that, there's nothing he could do about it. He needed to properly digest everything that he learned from the experience and apply it naturally until it becomes second nature to him. Even though gaining more knowledge about Spacetime Laws is useful, practice is something necessary as well in order to balance out the effects.

Raven could always set up the necessary conditions to enter the state of enlightenment anyway. Although there are still chances of failure, with every supplement he has, the rate of failure is low. He could always try but its not necessarily better to just sit down in meditation.

With that in mind, the foundations for his Spacetime Laws are now set. After taking a brief rest, he tried out everything that he could manage to do with the Spacetime Laws so far.

The first trick that he learned is Historical Reading - at least that's what he called it. This skill allows him to read the history of any object that he touches. The sensation was akin to a memory, taking the point of view the object in question. So far, his expertise in Spacetime Laws allows him to view an objects memories three days prior and further from present time. He still needed practice on using this skill since the visions he gets from the objects still sometimes appear blurry.

The second trick he learned is the sensing the Spacetime Void and opening it. Right, this skill is a bit tricky for him. Unlike the first trick, which came to him somewhat naturally, this second skill needs a lot of work. From what he could tell, sensing the Spacetime Void is the easiest part since it would appear to be omnipresent. What's difficult, is to make an opening on it. It takes a lot of concentration to do so and one misstep might prove disastrous so Raven couldn't help but be careful.

He had to remind himself that he's no longer just playing with Space nor Time, he now has a direct connection to the other plane of realities, and if he's not careful, there's a large possibility for him to tip the natural balance, causing everything to go chaotic. If that won't kill him, then the Heavenly Laws of the Divine Realm would do so. So he had to be extremely careful.

So far, he could make an opening which is a big as his fist. It's possible for him to throw in some object inside but so far, everything he tried sending through the opening will disintegrate the moment it enters. Raven would be lying if he said that the scene where everything he threw in disintegrated to non-existence didn't send some shivers down his spine. Of course it did! So much to the point that he's actually doubting if he could truly traverse this void just fine.

Well, he just have to find that out once he's skillful enough to make a stable entry where he could fit.

On another note though, Raven discovered some limitations to Spacetime Laws.

Through his enlightenment he found out that so far, he could only interact with his past and future self through whispers. Although it was possible for him to travel back to his past, he would not be able to physically appear in that time, he could only send a message, akin to a transmission, to himself and himself only. Aside from that, he's as good as an observer.

At first he thought that this is somewhat unfortunate but once he sat down and thought about it, he figured that it made sense. Spacetime Laws, although rare and extremely powerful, has its own set of certain rules and bottom line to follow. By itself, it's already considered as cheating so it's understandable for it to have its limitations.

And it's not like he couldn't do that in the future. He's unsure when but a time will eventually come where he will be able to master his grasp over these laws and allow him to do as he pleases.

Going back to the skills he learned, the final skill he managed to develop is Heroic Influence for Spacetime Laws. The territory he managed to built is extremely small. It wouldn't even go past a meter from where he stood, so much for a 'territory' really but its uses are far more useful even compared to his Destruction Territory.

Raven's Spacetime Territory allows him to be practically immortal. If he's faced with a life-threatening situation, he could activate this and possibly survive in dangerous situation he's in.