Chapter 37: Silver rank

The ability to create illusions while moving would also make it much harder for his enemies to determine his true position during battle.

Ben didn’t hesitate.

"System, learn Mist Walker."

[Confirming.]

[Learning Mist Walker.]

[Congratulations! You have successfully learned Mist Walker.]

A large amount of information immediately entered Ben’s mind.

He closed his eyes and quietly processed the knowledge of the technique.

Mist Walker was a movement technique that allowed the user to move through mist while creating illusions of their movements. The technique could be used to confuse opponents, conceal the user’s true location, and make their movements much harder to predict.

With Ben’s current understanding of celestial energy, he found the technique relatively easy to comprehend.

He would still need practice to use it smoothly in actual combat, but mastering it shouldn’t take too long.

Ben opened his eyes and nodded.

"Not bad."

He checked the rest of his rewards before finally closing the system interface.

He had originally planned to spend the next few days resting before the Jupiter Academy entrance examination, but the new rewards had given him several things worth studying.

The Dimensional Evil Eye was especially important.

It could help him awaken a powerful sub-ability when he reached the Silver Realm, while Mist Walker would immediately improve his movement and combat abilities.

Ben suddenly sat up.

"No time to waste. I’ll break through first."

He quietly got out of bed, making sure not to disturb Maya, who was still sleeping.

He left the room and headed toward the private cultivation grounds inside the mansion.

After entering the secluded breakthrough room, Ben sat down cross-legged and began circulating his celestial energy.

He slowly gathered energy within his body, refining and compressing it until he reached the limit of the Peak Bronze Realm.

His foundation had already been completely stabilized, so there was no reason to delay the breakthrough any longer.

Once everything was ready, Ben took out the Dimensional Evil Eye.

It was a strange purple eye with a red symbol resembling a six-pointed star in its center. The outer part of the eye was completely black, giving the material an unusual appearance.

Ben held it in his palm and began absorbing its energy.

The moment his celestial energy came into contact with the Dimensional Evil Eye, a powerful dimensional force immediately flowed into his body.

Ben remained calm and carefully guided the unfamiliar energy toward his core.

The dimensional energy gradually mixed with his celestial energy, causing the energy within his body to become increasingly dense.

Ben focused his attention on the barrier separating the Bronze Realm from the Silver Realm.

He pushed his energy against it again and again.

The barrier slowly began to weaken.

Ben continued circulating his celestial energy while absorbing the remaining power of the Dimensional Evil Eye.

A few moments later, the barrier finally shattered.

A powerful surge of energy spread throughout his body as his cultivation advanced to a new level.

[Congratulations! You have broken through to the Silver Realm.]

[Current Cultivation: Silver Realm, First Stage.]

Ben slowly opened his eyes.

He could immediately feel the difference.

His celestial energy had become denser, his physical body had strengthened, and the amount of energy he could store had increased significantly.

However, before Ben could examine his new strength, another system notification appeared.

[Due to the influence of the Dimensional Evil Eye, your innate ability has awakened a new Sub-Ability.]

Ben immediately focused on the notification.

[New Sub-Ability: Ruination Dimensions.]

Ben raised an eyebrow.

"Ruination Dimensions?"

As soon as he thought about the name, information about the ability appeared in his mind.

The Dimensional Evil Eye was an extremely rare material that contained a portion of the innate dimensional power possessed by the Dimensional Evil Eye race.

Normally, a cultivator who used such a material could awaken a powerful Eye-type ability related to their innate abilities..

However, Ben’s situation was different.

His White Ruination had absorbed the dimensional power instead of allowing it to develop into an ordinary Eye-type ability.

The dimensional energy had been completely transformed by his White Ruination and became a new sub-ability belonging to his innate ability.

Ben continued examining the information.

[Ruination Dimensions]

[Description: Combines the power of White Ruination with dimensional energy, allowing the user to manipulate dimensional space through the power of Ruination.]

[The user can create, distort, compress, and destroy dimensional spaces within the limits of their cultivation and energy reserves.]

[The ability will continue to develop as the user’s cultivation increases.]

Ben’s eyes widened slightly.

"So that’s what happened."

He had expected the Dimensional Evil Eye to give him some kind of powerful Eye technique.

Instead, its dimensional power had been absorbed and transformed by his White Ruination.

Ben couldn’t help but smile.

"This is even better."

Ruination Dimensions wasn’t simply a technique that allowed him to manipulate space.

It was directly connected to his White Ruination, meaning that his dimensional abilities could potentially become stronger as his White Ruination continued to evolve.

The Dimensional Evil Eye had essentially provided the missing dimensional power needed for his innate ability to gain control over space.

Ben continued studying the new ability.

At his current cultivation, he couldn’t freely manipulate massive dimensions or perform extremely large-scale dimensional attacks. His energy reserves and cultivation still limited what he could do.

However, even the basic applications were extremely useful.

He could already sense that with enough practice, he would be able to use Ruination Dimensions for both combat and movement.

Ben leaned back slightly and looked at the system screen.

"First, I need to understand exactly what this ability can do."

He had successfully reached the Silver Realm, gained a new sub-ability, and learned Mist Walker.

With one week remaining before the Jupiter Academy entrance examination, Ben decided that the next few days would be spent testing his new abilities and becoming familiar with his increased strength.

Ben remained inside the cultivation room for a while, carefully studying the information about Ruination Dimensions.

The ability was powerful, but he still needed to understand its limits.

"Let’s start with something simple."

Ben raised his hand and focused his celestial energy.

A faint distortion appeared in the space a few meters in front of him.

At first, nothing seemed to happen. Then the surrounding space began to ripple like the surface of water.

Ben concentrated further.

The distortion slowly expanded until it formed a small, unstable dimensional space.

Ben looked at it with interest.

"So I can actually create a separate space."

He carefully maintained the dimensional space for several seconds before releasing his energy.

The space immediately disappeared.