Chapter 181 (1/2)

Chapter 181

Black Hole

“AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!” Chu Shen yelled as twenty stars exploded at once. The flames raged over his soul for the next ten minutes before finally calming down. The entire s.p.a.ce was thick with gray dust.

Master Ti Wu observed the phenomenon before nodding. “Alright you brat. This should be good enough to start your black hole.”

“Go ahead and start condensing the energy in your body right in the center of your soul. Use at least half of the star dust to create a huge star. When it starts to explode, contain the explosion and condense it further into an even smaller state. When it does, the star will collapse in itself and turn into a black hole.”

Chu Shen nodded, panting as he tried to recover. Master Ti Wu glanced at him before sighing. “I guess you can wait until you’re feeling better. You need to do this in top condition otherwise you could suffer backlash.”

Chu Shen sighed. “Thanks master.” For the next thirty minutes, Chu Shen simply relaxed and brought himself up to full strength. Finally, he decided that he was ready.

Holding out his hand, Chu Shen concentrated. The gray mist-like energy vibrated before slowly moving. They started to move faster and faster towards the center of Chu Shen’s soul. The energy swirled around a growing ball in the center.

All of the energy compressed before suddenly catching on fire. It formed a huge ball more than fifty times the size of a normal star. After a couple seconds, Chu Shen could sense that the huge star was becoming unstable. It was about to explode.

Chu Shen started to concentrate. The star trembled before it suddenly exploded. What was curious though was that the explosion did not spread. Instead, an invisible sphere seemed to trap the explosion inside it. Slowly the sphere contracted.

The gray energy started becoming darker and darker as it became smaller and smaller. Soon, it was a tenth the size of a normal star. Chu Shen was grimacing as sweat trickled down his brow. A splitting headache threatened to distract him from his mission. Suddenly, the dark energy disappeared.

Chu Shen didn’t see this as his eyes were closed in concentration. He could now sense that the explosion was contained. It was starting to find a balance. After a few seconds more, he relaxed. The energy had finally stabilized

Opening his eyes, he looked at the stabilized energy. There was nothing there. Panicked, he desperately looked around but saw nothing. He closed his eyes and concentrated. The ma.s.s of energy was still there. Confused, Chu Shen started thinking. Then he remembered something.

A black hole could not be seen visible because light couldn’t escape its gravity well. There would simply be an absence of light, pure blackness, where the black hole was. Since his soul was already black in color, it was invisible.

Chu Shen sighed in relief. At least all the effort wasn’t useless. Master Ti Wu spoke up. “Nice job. Now you have the center of your galaxy. The next step is to create the rest of it.”

“A galaxy is simply a collection of stars. You can think of it as a solar system with stars as planets and the black hole as the sun for a normal solar system. So your next job is to create stars and then put them in orbit around the black hole.”