Chapter 13: Cthulhu Compass

Andrew waved a tentacle lightly.

A vast amount of peculiar matter from the sea of blood and power utterly incomprehensible to Gune gathered together.

Finally, it coalesced into a small palm-sized, black-gray compass-like device.

"This is a small item that guides you to the flesh and remains of a Dominator."

"It can point to the location of the nearest Dominator's flesh remains."

"In your world, there are still some remains of the Dominators that spawned you, and of course, other, more powerful remains."

The black Cthulhu compass slowly fell into Gune's hand.

Looking at this simple, unadorned compass, Gune's heart stirred slightly.

The Adventure System, though powerful,

could only incorporate into its adventures ownerless objects that did not cost a life.

For instance, if there were powerful Dominator flesh somewhere that would cause death upon approach,

the Adventure System would obviously not let Gune go to his death.

Overly dangerous Dominator flesh would basically not be included in the adventure content.

But in fact, Gune urgently needed Dominator flesh to bring about reincarnation and to acquire Dominator flesh to strengthen his own physical toughness.

If he could obtain soul-type Dominator flesh,

then it could also allow Gune's soul to greatly enhance his toughness.

This way,

whether in his own cultivation and combat,

or when encountering powerful Cthulhu creatures in the future,

Gune would at least have some ability to protect himself; at least he would be half their kind, wouldn't he?

What the Adventure System could not do, the Cthulhu Compass obviously could.

And once Gune had first come into contact with that type of Dominator flesh,

then the second time he touched such Dominator flesh, he would be immune to its lethal damage.

Thus, the system would play its role, letting Gune know how to cleverly acquire the Dominator flesh.

Even if he later entered a higher-level supernatural world,

Gune could use the combination of this system and the Cthulhu Compass to find new, more powerful Dominator remains.

Gently rubbing the Cthulhu Compass in his hand, Gune bowed slightly to Andrew.

"Thank you, great Lord Andrew."

"Go now, cultivate well. I hope you can grow to become like me, or even surpass me." Andrew said softly.

"Then I shall take my leave."

Gune stored the Cthulhu Compass in his system space and then dispersed his Blood Dream Body.

Looking at the spot where Gune had vanished, Andrew murmured softly.

"Becoming an eternal, immortal being is no easy task. Moreover..."

Andrew gazed at the starry sky above the deep sea, as if seeing endless stars.

"Soon, the stars will be in the right position."

"They will all awaken, and I too shall revive."

...

The Blood Sea World.

"Huff..."

Gune let out a long breath and then looked at himself.

"Both body and soul have suffered some damage, but it's recoverable, not a big deal."

"On the contrary..." Gune narrowed his eyes slightly, a smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

"Getting to know such a powerful Dominator is no small gain for me."

"At least, my path is correct—using the Reincarnation System to continuously evolve toward Cthulhu creatures."

"Persistently, even if I don't become a true Cthulhu creature, I can become half a powerful one."

"That way, at least when facing Cthulhu creatures, I won't die just from seeing them."

"At the same time, becoming a Cthulhu creature will qualify me to communicate with them."

"And when I speak with them, I won't be met with a condescending rebuke like 'Worm, you're disturbing me.'"

Then Gune turned his hand over, and the Cthulhu Compass appeared in his palm.

"Dominator remains—finally a lead." Rubbing the simple black-gray compass, Gune thought to himself.

"First, cultivate in seclusion to improve my strength. After advancing to Grandmaster, I'll begin my journey to find Dominator flesh."

"And Andrew also said that our world still has quite a bit of Dominator flesh."

"Though it's hidden deep and my system can't detect it, this Cthulhu Compass can point the way for me."

Then, Gune calmed his mind and looked inward at his own body.

[Twilight Star Source Codex]

This was the core scripture Gune currently used for automated cultivation.

He could freely set the various aspects on which the automated cultivation focused.

There were four main cultivation aspects.

Namely, Soul, Source Power, Body, and Soul Source Nucleus.

Soul, Source Power, and Body were all in a state of regular automated cultivation.

One could choose one aspect as the primary focus, with the other two as secondary, obviously yielding better results for the primary one.

Alternatively, one could advance all three aspects simultaneously.

Normally, Gune chose to advance all three simultaneously.

This was stable progress and prevented him from having weaknesses.

The "Soul Source Nucleus" was a new aspect that appeared after advancing to the sixth rank.

It focused on the advancement from the sixth to the seventh rank and the strength of the condensed Soul Source Nucleus.

Previously, Gune had not chosen to focus on the Soul Source Nucleus because he had just entered the sixth rank and still had some time before reaching that level.

But now, Gune had already advanced to the late sixth rank.

After some thought, Gune selected the Soul Source Nucleus as the primary focus in the automated cultivation of the "Twilight Star Source Codex."

"The Soul Source Nucleus is the biggest difference between a Grandmaster and an ordinary Transcendent."

"Using the life core as a framework, the body as a vessel, and Source Power as the energy source for operation."

"Then elevate one's own life level and reinforce one's life framework."

"Greatly enhancing one's soul, body, and Source Power."

"Thus improving one's resistance and defense against spells, curses, memes, and even strange energies."

"Advancing to Grandmaster is a huge leap."

"More importantly, my insight into the World Truth." Thinking of his insight into the World Truth, Gune couldn't help but smile.

Gune's foundation was naturally extremely solid.

Multiple reincarnations had made his Source Power, soul, and body incredibly powerful.

But that alone wasn't enough to match a seventh-rank Grandmaster.

The fundamental reason Gune could rival a seventh-rank Grandmaster was his powerful talent as a World Truth Favorite, granting him insight into the World Truth.

And such profound World Truth insight would allow Gune, when condensing his Soul Source Nucleus to advance to Grandmaster, to have a Soul Source Nucleus far stronger than that of an ordinary Grandmaster.

This was also the core reason Gune could go further in the future.

After inspecting all his various aspects back and forth and confirming there were no issues,

Gune began his path of automated cultivation for insight into the World Truth.

This time, Gune would advance to Grandmaster in one go.