Supreme Lord: I can extract everything!

Chapter 1018  Mike, the New Michael

"What…the hell did you just do?!" Loki asked, trying to fathom why Michael would sever a portion of his soul.

Michael chuckled, "You don't know what I have done and what I am doing with this?"

Loki cursed quietly, "Of course, I know what you have done. I also know what the Spring of Abundant Life did with your brother. But why do you think this is going to work on an ordinary soul?"

"Ordinary Soul? This was a Living Soul enhanced with two 8-Star Soultraits, a trace of Fenrir's Divinity, and Jormungandr and Hel's presence to alter the soul and affix it the same fluctuations as myself." Michael smiled.

"As for what exactly I did. I created a Plan B in case the Will wishes to throw me out of the Origin Expanse before we're done expanding the Untamed Jungle into a Primal Region. Mike, which is what I called the Living Soul, will help me with that. He will be my right hand, my left hand, my brain, my consciousness…and much more. He will be my everything. After all, Mike is ME…more or less."

Michael glanced at Loki, who listened intently. Loki might be the God of Trickery and a born God with countless years of living experience, but Michael's crazy actions were still something new to him.

"Mike is going to enter the Origin Expanse and organize the influx of the Everlasting Blessing's lifeforce, but that is only the beginning. Mike will also organize the energy of the primal root and how it is going to be channeled through the Untamed Jungle to expand it as fast as possible. After that, Mike will help the Super Awakened and other forces to convince the Lords living outside the Untamed Jungle to either join the Untamed Jungle or prepare for an all-out war against hundreds of thousands of enemies and millions of monsters. Well, there will also be a bunch of Divine Lifeforms on our side at that point, which means we will have an easy time with the expansion no matter what the Lords decide."

Michael cleared his throat and looked away. He scratched the back of his head and put on a sad smile.

"Also…I want to be with my family. I don't think I can leave them behind for the next two decades or longer. We are not even certain this will take two decades or if 24 years aren't enough. Maybe I need more time before I can fight one of the Primal. That being said, I do not wish to miss my daughter's childhood. I already missed too much of Lucia's growth, and even if she says she doesn't mind, I DO MIND."

He kicked the ground and thought about whether he should continue speaking his mind or if it was enough.

"I am Mike, and he is Michael. Our consciousnesses are shared, and they feel like they're one and the same. We can also switch positions in our consciousnesses freely. After all, we are one and the same. Even if Michael has to stay here in the Primordial Curse to prepare this body for the grand finale by focusing entirely on the Soultrait Symbols and Divinities, Soul Techniques, and Soullife Arts, Mike can live his life freely and experience what Michael would otherwise miss."

Michael felt a little bit wrong about leaving his daughter behind like that, but since his connection to Mike was like this – Michael and Mike being in the same consciousness – Michael calmed down a little. All that mattered was to fix Mike's body quickly and to make sure Mike would grow quickly. He was going to be a Tierless Awakened since he had a portion of the Twin Fates inside him, and it would be easy to bring him inside the Untamed Jungle where he could grow with his perfectly purified existence, his massive soul, and the access to the Divinity Seed of Extraction. Mike might not be a Lord because he can only connect the Links of Loyalty to Michael's body since their souls and consciousness were part of the same, but it was only a matter of time before Mike would become the head of the Super Awakened. Michael was certain Mike would grow into a proper powerhouse quickly. After all, Michael understood himself better than anyone else.

"You are crazy," Loki said, but all the God's words did was to fill Michael's heart with pride. The corner of his lips curled upward as he returned a vibrant smile to face Loki head-on.

"I know my actions are unusual," Michael rescinded, "and I know I am a little insane, but I think that is necessary to overcome the challenges ahead of me. First of all, I would miss my daughter's childhood – more than I already did, which is already annoying enough – and I would never be suicidal enough to fight the Primal head-on. I would stay in the Origin Expanse for centuries while blocking my ascension to a true God, acquire dozens of Soultrait Symbols, push them to 10-Star, and conquer the entire Origin Expanse before emerging, leaving the Origin Expanse to check on everyone else. Well…maybe, if I wasn't a little insane, I would never fight the Primal. Why would I even think about it?"

"..." Loki had no response to that. Since Gods and the Primal couldn't enter the Origin Expanse, Michael could actually become the Lord of the Origin Expanse in its entirety. It would be a simple task since Michael was already stronger than the strongest Divine Lifeforms ruling over parts of the Origin Expanse. All it would take was time and effort.

"Whatever. I won't waste hundreds of years in which the Primal or the Supreme Human Alliance endangers the cosmos to conquer the Origin Expanse. I do not wish to rule everything in the first place. But then again…maybe it would be interesting." n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

He shrugged and focused on his Living Soul as the first signs of growing a body entered his sight.

'[Second Body] must be accelerating the Living Soul's body growth. That is good to know. The soul is strong enough, and the Living Soul has more than enough energy, nutrients, and lifeforce, too. I can supply everything it needs!'

With that in mind, Michael focused on the creation of Mike's body for the next two months.

Two months. That was all they needed to form Mike's perfect body. A second body was born with the same soul and consciousness as Michael.

Mike rose form the Spring of Abundant Life, his eyes glowing golden as he looked at the man – himself – standing before him.

"You look great," Mike said, the corners of his lips tugging into a sly smile.

"I was just about to say the same," Michael responded with the same smile. However, Michael's smile turned into a shit-eating grin when he saw the War Rune forming on the back of Mike's hand.

It wasn't the exact same War Rune as everyone else had. Instead, it was a portion of the same rune, which connected Mike to Michael. Mike might not have proper Lord Powers, but he had the means to control Michael's subjects like everyone else.

After all, they were the same.