The Oracle Paths

[Cosmic Sight lvl1: No energy flow escapes your sharp vision. With just a glance, you can assess the weaknesses, strengths, attributes, abilities, and affinities of your enemies. Your vision is endowed with a slight precognitive talent derived from your cognitive power, allowing you to foresee your opponents' future movements with a fraction of a second's advance notice (variable). Your eyes are no longer a weak point and can withstand physical, energetic, or spiritual constraints of all kinds, making them as valuable as an Aether Artefact. With each additional level, you can obtain more information and channel more energy.]

[Cosmic Chitin Scales lvl1: The body can withstand high temperatures and radiation, including high pressure and friction. The scales can transform into any state desired, and their thickness and number can be adjusted to create different appendages or weapons. Your imagination is your only limit.]

[Cosmic Manipulation lvl1: You have some influence over the cosmos, allowing you to manipulate the fundamental forces, matter, and energy naturally produced by it. This talent is still in its infancy, and to perfect it, exposure to and repeated consumption of various energies and celestial bodies in the Mirror Universe or from elsewhere is required.]

[Cosmic Resistance lvl1: Your body has a certain tolerance for all forces, matter, and energy originating from the cosmos. In the case of a fundamental force like gravity, for example, your body will experience a reduced gravitational force, no matter where you are.]

[Energy Manipulation lvl1: You have a certain affinity and influence over any type of energy, allowing you to perceive, analyze, control, absorb, and utilize all energies, including those you have never encountered before. However, caution is advised when dealing with unknown energies.]

[Energy Resistance lvl1: Your body has a certain resistance to all types of energy. An immediate application that results from this is that your body can withstand a higher Aether density than other Evolvers and for longer periods before your cells become damaged.]

[Life Manipulation lvl1: You have a certain influence over life, allowing you to intuitively modify all sorts of vital parameters, mechanisms, and functions, ranging from the genetic and epigenetic expression of your DNA to the concept of Life Energy, a more abstract but just as concrete way of quantifying vitality or lifespan.]

[Space Manipulation lvl1: You have a certain influence over space and void, forming a synergy with your cosmic affinity that similarly grants you some influence over the void of space.]

[Cosmic Fairy Force lvl1: A superior form of telekinesis with both passive and active forms that can be used in two ways. The first way relies on a resonance effect with the physical body, providing default telekinetic force proportional to the available energy, but its effectiveness decreases with distance. In its passive form, the body is constantly protected by an invisible force field that sticks to the skin and can repel all physical or spiritual threats. The second way relies on the Spirit Body, and its range is limited only by the caster's mental sense. Its effectiveness also does not decrease with distance.]

[Artifact Incarnation/Phantasm lvl1: By digesting all of these artifacts, you have become one yourself. In theory, your body possesses all the abilities of the artifacts you have ingested, but attempting to embody them all at once could inflict constraints on your body that it is not able to withstand. At level 1, your limit is that of a Bronze Artifact, but it may vary in practice depending on your constitution and vitality. The second ability "Phantasm" allows you to recreate a tangible illusion of these artifacts, limited only by the energy you infuse into them.]

[Spirit Dimension lvl1: A place located in your sea of consciousness, in the depths of your soul, where you can store your fairy spirits and raise new ones. Its size and performance are currently limited, but it can be expanded as your affinity for space and spiritual energy increases. (Number of fairy spirits currently in the dimension: 1)]

[Cosmic Fairy Hatchery lvl1: Your sea of consciousness can cultivate a fairy egg by drawing on your spiritual energy after a certain amount of time. Upon hatching, a fairy spirit that is completely loyal to you will be born, which may or may not become one of your Familiars.]

[Familiars lvl1: By creating a body for your fairy spirits from your own genome, you can summon and control a large number of familiars. If necessary, you can recall these spirits to your Spirit Dimension at any time and reabsorb their bodies to restore your energy or biomass.]

[Spirit of Revenge: After a defeat, and if the host's will has not wavered, the bloodline will be greatly stimulated.]

As Jake finished reading, he remained silent for a long time. There were so many things that shook him and raised all sorts of questions.

First, the name of his bloodline. While the "D" in Digestor was more or less explained, it was still unclear where the word Starfeyrves came from and what it meant. The words "Star" and "Fey" were rather obvious, and it shocked him as much at it saddened him to see that Jeanie's sacrifice had had such an impact on his evolution. Almost as much as devouring Ruby.

On the side of his body and mind, his attributes and affinities had completely changed or rather, expanded to much broader concepts. Jake now knew what the Grade 10 Energy in his Status meant, leaving him with complicated emotions.

He had truly digested his Grade 10 Aether Core, but it had not disappeared. On the contrary, it had fused with his body and mind.

In theory, the Aether density in the immediate vicinity of a Grade 10 Aether Core should have been so absurdly high (around 10 billion) that he should have died instantly disintegrated. And yet, he was fine and his Aether stats were only slightly over 100,000.

However, this realization led him to another surprising discovery. His Aether stats capped at 128,000 or so, but that was not his true limit. It was just the Aether density that his body could currently withstand without taking damage.

In other words… He had the theoretical energy to raise his Aether stats to over 10 billion points, all at Grade 10. However, his body and mind were just too weak to support it.

On the other hand, it meant that his body and mind, already extremely robust compared to other Evolvers of his level, were his only limitations. If he found a way to strengthen them, his Aether stats would skyrocket.

Luckily, a high concentration of Aether could also stimulate his body and mind to adapt. And it just so happened that his new bloodline was an expert in adaptation. He had hit the jackpot!

As for his abilities, Jake then noticed in disbelief that he no longer had any weaknesses. Cosmic Manipulation and Resistance encompassed all his previous affinities and many more, while Space and Life Manipulation complemented them to make him even more versatile.

The Life Attribute was undoubtedly an ability of Digestor Ruby, while the Space Attribute had probably appeared when he devoured his and Ruby's Oracle Devices… Since he had assimilated his Grade 10 Aether Core, he could conclude that everything contained in his Space Storage had not escaped his stomach either...

At that moment, Jake should have melted into tears and fallen into depression after losing his Purgatory, equipment, and all his possessions. And he had been on the verge of doing so for a split second until he stumbled upon the ability Artefact Incarnation/Phantasm.

Since then, he felt like he was in a dream. Apparently, he had not only acquired the properties of his Oracle Device but also those of all his Artefacts, including his Purgatory! The possibilities were just unimaginable, and he was burning with the desire to try out his new power.

If Xi hadn't insisted and reminded him that it was neither the right time nor the right place, he would have definitely summoned his Purgatory in the gardens of the Divine Academy.

However, it wasn't until he reached the end of the text, particularly when his eyes landed on the Spirit Dimension ability, that he was truly troubled. He had yet to visit this Spirit Dimension located in the depths of his consciousness, nor had he ever used his new Cosmic Fairy Hatchery ability. And yet, his status said that it already housed a spirit?

Recalling Xi's previous words about wanting to show him something when they were alone, Jake immediately made the connection. This fairy spirit could only be Jeanie. Or at least he fervently hoped so.

"Is it Jeanie?" He asked his Oracle AI in a hesitant voice.

It wasn't out of attachment. He and Jeanie had known each other for too short a time. However, his guilt and gratitude for her sacrifice weighed heavily on him.

"It is very likely, but I cannot confirm it with certainty at this time," Xi responded cautiously.

Jake wanted to question further, but as he reread the description of his Familiars ability, his eyes suddenly widened with realization. At that moment, he completely forgot his concerns for Jeanie.

He had finally understood what Xi wanted to show him and why she seemed so urgent.