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Chapter 793 - Physical insanity
🕑 Added 2025-11-13 17:00:19 +0000 UTC[Quantic transposition]:
/!\ Experimental - Use at your own risk /!\
Transpose yourself with light in your current image.
Always a reassuring warning… Gonna ignore that.
Though I suppose it’s not like too many people could possibly even test this with the thirty divine essence requirement… I might even be the only one.
Transpose yourself. So, like… Teleportation?
Light in my current image… What… Does that mean exactly? I can teleport into mirrors?
There also isn’t anything else like… No cost? No limitations? No nothing? Do I have the mana circuits to use this? Does it need any?
Huh. Now that’s a weird feeling. I can tell I should be able to use it. It’s like… Like my essence cores are a taut bowstring I can just release to go. How does that even work?
Let’s check VPPV before I try anything stupid.
Oh…
The training is… Damn.
What in the fuck is a light year?!
♢ [Venerable physique of the primeval void] ♢ - Starting Step Boundless Space realm :
The primeval void was born of the universe’s first shadow.
Shadow gathering realm :
A single hit cannot take away more than 99% of your maximum health.
You are 50% more resilient to explosions
You are able to see in extremely low light levels and to breathe light
You cannot be hurt by the cold and cannot be traced in the spirit realm
Shadows and light are two faces of a single coin.
Light forging realm :
You no longer age.
You have become a [Lumian].
The primeval void is your domain.
Boundless space realm :
Starting step : You are able to perform quantic transpositions.
First step : You are able to transpose through the plane boundaries. (0/3 training parts complete)
Second step : Image anchors.
Third step : ???
Current step training method :
Part 1:
Successfully transpose over a 1 Light-year distance or higher. (0/100 times)
[Unlocks transposition to Physical from Primeval void]
Part 2 (Cannot progress yet):
Successfully transpose within each plane.
-Primeval void (0/100)
-Superphysical (0/100)
-Physical (0/100)
-Spiritual (0/100)
-Subspiritual (0/100)
-Deep (0/100)
[Unlocks transposition to all planes from Primeval void]
Part 3 (Cannot progress yet):
Perform round trips until you are able to transpose through all plane boundaries no matter the distance.
1- Start in Primeval void
2- Die
3- Enter Superphysical plane from Primeval void
4- Enter Physical plane from Superphysical
5- Enter Spiritual plane from Physical
6- Enter Subspiritual plane from Spiritual
7- Enter Deep from Subspiritual
8- Die
9- Enter Primeval void from Deep
For a round trip to be successful, the entire process should last as little time as possible. Ideal time for best progress = under ten seconds.
[Unlocks transposition to all planes from all planes]
Complete first step to unlock further steps.
What did I get myself into with this one… Under ten seconds?!
Just the two resurrections will take at least six! Do you take me for Speed or what?!
Still… I’m not reading this wrong. It’s a free ticket to teleport from anywhere to anywhere, no?
Time to search for a way to enter the Deep again.
While Sofia was reading her skill, Bookie had started chatting with Pestle, while Pareth was still lounging on the ground.
“Pareth, I’m trying my new skill. It might be dangerous so uh… If anything weird happens, don’t follow unless I tell you to, alright?”
Pareth nodded, sitting up.
Sofia focused on her essence cores, all the divine essence resonating strangely together.
A strange mass appeared in her mind, like a weirdly shaped blurry and scrambled cloud of countless stars forming wave trails in all directions. Near a corner of the cloud, one star shone brighter than all the others.
What the hell is–
Sofia tried to observe one of the stars from up close, she saw herself.
Wearing the same clothes she was currently wearing, she was standing up in a different position.
Is that… My light?
Sofia stood up and copied the posture of the image ingrained in her mind.
Under Pareth’s shocked gaze, Sofia suddenly faded out of existence.
At the same time, Sofia found herself somewhere else. The transition had been instant and seamless, all the runes on her body shining brightly for a few seconds before dimming down again.
Holy shit.
She was in the middle of literally nowhere.
Space, the perfect black, cold, silent, empty.
She was so far that even her link with Pareth felt damaged, she could tell they were still linked, and give a vague direction, but that was it.
I doubt you can hear me like this, but if you do, I’m fine, I think.
Divinity: 31 / 130
So this was the ‘ressource’... Looks like I’m stuck here for a bit.
Using the runeforged overlord flight to turn around, Sofia looked in the direction she felt her link with Pareth was. One star glimmered much stronger than the others in the black void of space, although it was still nothing but a small dot like all the other stars.
I see. So I’m not that far.
Still, I’m basically in the dark. Sun’s ritual isn’t working. The essence cores are also all… Weird. From being so far from their gods, I guess.
I wonder…
Sofia tried to use her ring to Zangdar, but even when the magic resolved, nothing happened.
Well shit.
She tried her storage ring next. No response.
Ah! The eye works! And the halls too! Hmm. So I can actually bring the skeletons around with me if they just stay in the hall.
Bookie can you hear me? If you do, come here.
Sofia waited but Bookie never appeared.
Hmm… I wonder…
‘Successfully transpose over a 1 Light-year distance or higher. (1/100 times)’
Hmm. So a light year is the distance light goes in a year, I guess? That’d explain how I ended up here. Why would you name a distance with a time unit though? I get it but it’s unnecessarily confusing…
Then I switched places with light from at least one year ago.
That’s straight up ridiculous.
Also… How the fuck am I supposed to go back?
Though Sofia could still summon the light map in her mind, she couldn’t use the skill yet, and while she could mostly remember where the shining star was, which she now understood was her current position, there was going to be an issue.
Any light I emitted while on Veliadren has already travel fucking far away from the planet by now. And I also know that the planet is moving. It’s pretty much impossible to return isn’t it?!
… If I manage to transpose close enough to it I might be able to reach Zangdar again. Yeah.
That’s my best bet, I think…
Sofia checked her Divinity again.
Divinity: 32 / 130
So slow!!!
Annoyed, Sofia summed a bone chair, holding it up against her with her aura to allow herself to sit.
Doesn’t feel nearly as good without gravity.
She spent a bit of time observing the stars.
Divinity: 33 / 130
Eugh…
Boundless space… Well, I’m feeling it now. Feeling it really well… Cold and dark and boring, just like I remembered…
Hmmm. Now that I think about it. Isn’t this skill perfect to escape from the eye of the universe thing? Are the high scribes really in their right mind giving me a tool I could use to escape the prison they use against the ascended?
If they ever want to restrain me like they did Hugo can’t I just transpose myself out?
So much for nothing being able to go faster than light. Just transpose your way there.
Well, it was a false assumption in the first place, I doubt the Lords are unable to travel faster than light.
Speaking of, this sight isn’t all that bad. Reminds me of that time I almost killed myself saying the Regulator’s name. I think I’ve been subconsciously avoiding using her real name since then…
Regulator… Hopefully what I just did wasn’t outside of the regulations.
Ormoncleth is watching either way so…
I think I understand Shaily now.
Knowing She is watching.
I’m not truly alone, even here.
That’s a bit heartwarming…
Sofia grabbed her scepter out of her eye storage.
Glad I put you in there today.
She grabbed the small bell attached to the scepter, it still shone with the weak iridescence of the Deep. Sofia shook the scepter. The bell chimed lightly, breaking the spatial silence.
Space is so strangely peaceful.
Comments
Jaimy Nijenhuis
"Die? Twice? Within 10 seconds? Shit, better get to work making the rest super smooth, since that's gonna take me 6 seconds total to come back from..."
Mornn
She could now observe herself with a telescope :')
Mornn
yes
E
She's just refusing to acknowledge it.
posiden
MORRN WHAT DID YOU DO
Mánalėikr
TFTCCC! Also yall talking about breaking causality last chapter, but this directly breaks it too, she has effectively travelled into the past. Imagine someone in the midpoint, they would see two Sofia ?!! :p
Matt Grayson
Most people are hesitant to follow a list of instructions that includes "Die" even once. Sofia, OTOH...
Tom Asciola
I wonder if there's a limitation based on form? Like, can she transpose an image of her in demon form while she's a Lumian? Can either of those transpose to an image from when she was still human?
Tom Asciola
Not sure even her light will reach Jin for a long time yet, tbh, but once she unlocks her anchors she'll presumably be able to get back to Veladrian from anywhere
Tejing
According to Mornn on discord, a couple of light-years is no big deal to Sun. Still close enough.
Tom Asciola
Yeah, transpose is just short for "transfer position" so she's literally switching places with light that she's given off in the past
NerdyFellow
He also might not even be insane because if he is going fast enough to maybe have a chance to reach Earth probably only a year or two has passed from his perspective since he left.
Tom Asciola
Anty Orm, Anty Orm!
NerdyFellow
Boys we are getting the Human admin back and it is not nearly as far in the future as I thought it would be
Joshua Nutter
Since no one is mentioning it, this line is peak Sofia “Always a reassuring warning… Gonna ignore that.”
Zach
She isn’t going faster than light though. Transposing by definition is changing the position or order of things. It seems like the skills keeps track of where she has been, and allows her to swap to that location. She isn’t moving there physically through space. Also the previous Speed already tried to move faster than light, but since Time is dead, time travel doesn’t work like that.
Endicar
Localized black hole for deep transport
Kennyevilmonkey
But what about the cursed totem? Did it follow her?
Wensber
Thanks for the chapter!
Cyclone001
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the ability to go faster than light give her the ability to time travel? At the very least she can see the past by simply catching up to the light from an event. Things are going to get messy.
Cinnamon Toast
To be fair telling Sofia to die at this point is like asking her to take a deep breath
CherMi
I remember Sun telling Sofia that five essences are no big deal so long as they're still nearby. So how many phaeglid will Sun miss by the time Sofia returns?
Matt Grayson
So, this was completely normal. Yep, nothing strange *at all* going on. A typical day in Veliadren local space.
Vettu
I didn't think a trip back to the deep would happen so soon. Though even just the first part of this step will likely take a while The only place Sofia's been to in the deep is Ser'Alhtra as well as the caverns near it, so I guess that mean we'll be giving those giant deeplings and Time's corpse a visit soon
Ceasar Salas
Thanks for the chapter! Thanks for the VPPV recap! Soooo… anyone else want to start taking bets of how Sofia will reach the deep? My vote is that a certain unmentionable student from the Academy will give Sofia’s city a visit via Zerei’s school. New title drop: “The transfer student is from the Deep?!” Coming to you soon
Tejing
Experimental, huh? Not encouraging, but let's believe in the high scribes... That's some training method(s)... Curious that she needs to die specifically in the margin and the deep, but not in the other planes. Does that have something to do with her whole "stain on reality" deal? Maybe she needs to embed herself more deeply into those planes? Not sure I follow what happened with the image of her and shifting position, but ok, faster-than-light teleportation. Very cool. Hopefully Sun's ok with 5 of her essence more than a light-year away... As I recall, she was supposed to not have lost much power because Sofia was nearby... Oh, I'm starting to get the idea from her further commentary. She can switch places with light carrying an image of her, right? So she doesn't have a way to teleport to Veliadren because there's no such light near it anymore. But she should be able to teleport like a light-hour from Velidren once she regains enough divinity, then wait for her light to reach it again and teleport back. I see why the next step is "image anchors"... The later steps tend to do more fundamental changes than the early steps. If this is the first step, what are the rest going to be like? I look forward to it :-)
steamrick
Well now. That skill is definitely the kind of bullshit needed at the higher levels. She'll make even Erredis seems slow in comparison. Hell, Speed might get envious.
OmniGlitcher
Thanks for the chapter! Not much else to say except "Now this is where the fun begins".
KazukiNero
Wonder if she can catch up to the other admin with this skill then bring them back.
Joshua Nutter
Given that both VPPV and Shaily’s unique skills are shadow light themed, makes me wonder if the high scribes have a deeper reason for empowering those two against light and dark
NyxWell
Tyftc
Joshua Nutter
Nothing like an Aunt and Niece, silently enjoying each other’s company
NonchalantGhost
So Sofia has officially started messing with quantum mechanics. Fffuuuunnnnn
Libery
Training requirement: Die. And then do it again
BOT
I wonder what kind of welcoming part she's gonna have when she gets back. tftc!
