"Can I use it to make a Sun?"
Light Spirit agreed.
"You can."
Light Spirit then explained.
"The whole universe, as we know today, was only Chaos at first. From Chaos, everything was born. So, of course, the was Sun too."
Krune then asked.
"But isn't our foundation something we make at the Foundation Establishment Breakthrough process only?"
Light Spirit immediately denied.
"Wrong! Foundation is something that the cultivators always have to improve. If you ask that Elder of the Divine Path Sect, he probably will tell you that he already changed his foundation once or twice. Of course, the amount that you can improve depends on what type of foundation you built at first."
Light Spirit continued.
"The condition is that you must have Chaos energy available. Only Chaos energy, which is the one that gave birth to everything, can be used as the same material as the core or dantian."
Krune finally understood this issue.
"Anyway, the longer we take, the less effective the chaos energy will be. Use it to finish your Breakthrough first, and I will help you make the Sun."
Krune then sent a message to everyone that he will need to spend some time cultivating and immediately started to absorb that rainbow energy. It was like Light Spirit said, his foundation began to reinforce at breakneck speed. It only took Krune a little more than one hour for his planet foundation to be as sturdy as it could be. Krune then continued to absorb that energy and used it to Breakthrough.
Boom!
Krune felt that familiar explosion of spiritual energy inside his foundation and swiftly advanced into the 9th Stage. But that wasn't all, his foundation was still as sturdy as ever. Krune couldn't feel the least bit of instability in his foundation after this Breakthrough. He even wondered if he shouldn't use the rest of the Chaos Energy to cultivate to the peak of the 9th Stage. But he immediately gave up that idea.
'I would be exchanging better prospects for short term strength, it is not worth it.'
Light Spirit noticed that Krune finished his Breakthrough and was delighted to see that there was still over 50% of Chaos Energy remaining.
"Good, your Breakthrough used less energy than I thought. Now you only need to create the Sun. Of course, this amount of energy will only allow you to create a tiny one. But that isn't a problem, you can feed spiritual energy for some time, and it will grow sooner or later."
Krune then asked.
"But how do I create this Sun?"
Light Spirit then said.
"That is simple, but you will need a lot of spirit stones. Fortunately, you got quite a few from that Thunder Hawk. Take them out and start absorbing the energy, then gather the Chaos Energy somewhere in your Universe Foundation. We are going to use spiritual energy to transform the chaos energy into the Sun."
Krune did as Light Spirit told him and started to gather Chaos and Spiritual energy together into a single point.
"Now press everything together. Usually, you would need to be at the Void Breaking Realm to be able to force the chaos energy to turn into a Sun. But you don't have that power now, so I will use the Tribulation Lightning to give it a good kick, just like the Space Compression Formation from back then."
Krune didn't know if it was going to work, but since it was happening inside his universe foundation, he wasn't worried. Krune can control everything inside his foundation. If something goes wrong, he is confident in stopping it or at least sending the threat out.
"Good, brace yourself because I'm going all out here."
Krune concentrated in keep both energies in the same place, while Light Spirit gathered all the available Tribulation Lightning together, Light Spirit immediately shot all the Lightning at the mix of Chaos and Spiritual energy, compressing it as much as possible.
Boom!
An explosion of energy and heat came forth, and all the remaining Chaos and Spiritual energy around the blast started to move to the center of its own accord. That was when Light Spirit noticed that they were successful! Because the Sun had enormous gravitational power, it was capable of sucking all the energy around it.
"Good! Your Sun is formed now! It might be this small at the moment. But with enough time, it will definitely get bigger, and this is just the first one. I'm happy to see that I wasn't wrong about you. I doubt that anyone else would be able to control the Spiritual Energy and Chaos Energy well enough for it to work."
He was right. It was thanks to Krune Myriad Energies Technique, powerful Soul, and Divine Sense that Krune could control those energies good enough for Light Spirit to do his part.
Krune was delighted in seeing that, even though it was several times smaller than even his planet, he could still feel the extreme heat coming from it.
"Chaos energy is so magical!"
Light Spirt agreed with that statement.
Krune then asked something else.
"I can feel it sucking all the spiritual energy around without stop. What if I run out of spiritual energy?"
Light Spirit just said.
"It will probably collapse. This Sun of yours is who knows how many times smaller than a real one. Theoretically speaking, it shouldn't be able to keep its form with this size. It is your spiritual energy that keeps it running. So make sure to keep the flow of spiritual energy until it gets big enough to stay whole without your help."
Krune immediately started sweating. Just how much spiritual energy will be necessary to make it grow to the size of the real Sun? No, first of all, his Universe Foundation is far from being big enough even to hold one!
Light Spirit could tell what Krune was thinking and then explained.
"Don't worry, the higher your cultivation realm, the bigger your Universe Foundation will become. I reckon that it should be big enough by the time you reach the Soul Forging Realm. As for the Spiritual Energy, your rate of absorption will also increase several times the higher your realm is."
Soul Forging Realm! Krune felt like crying but had no tears. Just how far is he from that?
"Will something bad happen if it collapses?"
Light Spirit answered.
"Not really, it is way too small to turn into anything dangerous, and it will keep like this as long as you advance realms."
Krune suddenly noticed something.
"Wait! Doesn't it mean that it will keep growing without stop? What if I don't Breakthrough fast enough?"
Light Spirit burst in laugh after hearing that.
"If you were part of some other race, then you would be right in worrying about it. But you are a wisp, trust me when I say that your life span will be over way before your Sun reaches a size big enough to threaten your foundation. Also, you better let it grow on its own. the Sun is just like your foundation, it needs a steady rate of growth to keep its foundation stable."
Krune let out a sigh of relief.
"How much spiritual energy will I need to keep the flow?"
Light Spirit looked at the little Sun and the Spiritual Energy running into it and then said.
"I guess that at this moment, your own natural recovery should be enough to feed it. But the consumption will increase as time passes."
Krune nodded, that made sense since it was going to get bigger, after all. Krune then checked how strong the gravitational power of the Sun was and concluded that it was far from enough to keep his Planet Foundation orbiting it.
'I will have to wait for quite some time before I can make my Planet act like a real one.'
Krune then asked Light Spirit.
"Now that I have a Sun, what advantages did I get from it?"
Light Spirit immediately replied.
"The power of the Universe Foundation is directly connected to how close it is to a real Universe. Although the change won't be significant, you should be able to feel the difference while circulating your spiritual energy now."
Krune did as Light Spirit told him, and sure enough, he could feel that it became easier to control. But Krune could also say that the difference wasn't that noticeable.
Light Spirit then said.
"You are fortunate! Before the Void Breaking Realm, you shouldn't be able to get access to Chaos Energy. Of course, the amount that we used now is far from what a real Void Breaking Realm cultivator could control. But still, how many cultivators or demon beasts out there could change their foundation at the Foundation Establishment Realm?"
Krune agreed that it was really a good thing. He then asked another question.
"If I absorb more tribulation lightning in the future, will I get more Chaos Energy?"
Light Spirit answered immediately.
"You can get a little more, but not as much as you did now."
Before Krune could even ask why Light Spirit already started to explain.
"The first time was when your Tribulation Lightning was in its impurest form, so there were a lot of elements to be refined into the Chaos Energy. But now that it has received the first 'cleaning,' the number of impurities inside it has been reduced by the highest margin. Next time you do it, there won't be even one-third of how much you got this time. So you won't be able to create anything else for the time being. Of course, you can still use it to reinforce your foundation or to Breakthrough if you are at a bottleneck."
Krune nodded. But he wasn't sad. By the time he gets into the Void Breaking Realm, his Sun should already be completed. That will be of immense help to him. Krune then made another question that was puzzling him.
"You said that a Void Breaking Realm cultivator can use Chaos Energy. Does it mean that the energy they use to cultivate isn't elemental source energy?"
Light Spirit Started to laugh.
"Smart! You are right. The cultivation realms go like this:
Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment use Spiritual Energy.
Core Formation, Divine Soul, and Soul Forging use Elemental Source Energy, which they can convert from Spiritual Energy.
Finally, Void Breaking Realm and above use Chaos Energy, which they can convert from Elemental Source Energy."
Light Spirit then continued to explain.
"That is also why they take so much longer to Breakthrough between the stages than the previous Realms. They need to make the conversion twice, after all. I mentioned it to you before, it makes no sense that higher realm cultivators keep using the same type of energy as a Qi Condensation ants."
It was then that Krune thought about something else.
"Wait! First, my Spiritual Energy Meridians could only absorb spiritual energy. After that transformation, they became able to create Elemental Source Energy from Spiritual Energy. Doesn't that mean that they can evolve even further and create Chaos Energy as well?"
Light Spirit was taken aback with that question. He couldn't help but agree with that possibility. Light Spirit had never heard about the Spiritual Energy Meridians before, so he can't deny that Krune has a point.
"This... Although I'm not sure, I think that your theory is quite plausible. I wonder who was the one to create such a magical cultivation technique."
Krune couldn't help but nod. He also wanted to meet the cultivator or demon beast that created the Myriad Energies Technique. Krune had tried to search for it online and in the Mercenary Guild Database. But none of them said anything about where the Myriad Energy Techniques had come from.