Nexus Ascension: My Comprehension Defies the Heaven Chapter 517: Second Stage of Fifth Rank

"It seems about time I stepped into the Frequential Helix realm," Grey uttered, a sharp grin spreading across his face.

His foundation was not merely restored; it was completely immaculate. Thanks to his Endless Potential Physique, a recovery period that would have typically spanned decades, or even centuries, for other prodigies concluded in mere days. Astonishingly, he hadn’t even required his supply of Foundation Keys to hasten the process.

"Speaking of, where do these Foundation Keys originate from?" Grey inquired, his gaze casually drifting towards the empty space beside him.

"They naturally descend from the World Tree," Eterna responded, manifesting beside him seamlessly.

"The World Tree?" Grey's brow arched, his curiosity instantly ignited. "That sounds like a destination truly worth exploring."

The World Tree, renowned as the ancestral heart of the Elven race, was a legendary location steeped in ancient mysteries. Grey extended his consciousness. ’What secrets do you harbor within that tree, Origin Will?’

’Who knows? I certainly don’t have a clue,’ the Origin Will’s languid, ageless voice resonated directly within his mind. ’That entity predates my very existence. I am incapable of entering it, nor can I accurately perceive the full extent of its might.’

Grey’s eyes widened slightly. ’You cannot sense its power? And it existed before you? How truly intriguing.’

’It is far more than merely an immense tree,’ the Origin Will elaborated. ’Its roots burrow deep into the foundational structure of our reality. If one were to observe the absolute chaos outside that encompasses our plane of existence, our entire world would appear as nothing more than a colossal, radiant emanation of its verdant canopy. Its presence permeates everywhere. The Elf Alliance simply oversees its upper reaches. This is why Foundation Keys are discovered scattered throughout the world, as they naturally detach from its concealed roots and enter reality.’

’Even the ancient elves acknowledge their inability to fully access the tree’s inner sanctum,’ the Origin Will added. ’Each of its branches is said to house an entirely self-contained world.’

"Oh?" Grey let out a chuckle, his eyes alight with potent ambition. "It appears we’ll be making a journey to the Elf Alliance following my breakthrough."

This World Tree was evidently more than a mere geographical feature; it felt like a supreme, conceptual artifact. Could it be comparable to the Chaos Source Codex wielded by the legendary Chaos Emperor? He would soon uncover the truth.

After a brief notification to the others of his intentions, Grey withdrew, immersing himself completely within the profound, oppressive silence of a sealed sub-dimension. He settled into a cross-legged posture, effortlessly suspended in the dark expanse, and retrieved several resplendent, high-tier Origin treasures.

He peacefully closed his eyes.

Then, he erupted.

BOOM!

Nexus frequential energy surged violently from his core, instantly suffusing the stark sub-dimension with a blinding, multicolored luminescence. The very atmosphere began to audibly strain under the immense pressure.

He meticulously channeled the wild surge, directing the pure, unadulterated frequential energy directly into his initial Nexus cell. The microscopic domain within him stirred violently. Guided with absolute precision by the complex diagram of his Nexus evolutionary trajectory, the cell commenced its transformation, contorting and rapidly reconfiguring itself into a luminous, spiraling, DNA-like structure.

The precise instant the structure solidified, the incoming Nexus frequency violently impacted it, triggering a rapid, explosive expansion of the cell.

VROOOM!

A formidable shockwave of raw aura erupted outwards as his very first Frequential Helix materialized. However, for Grey, relentlessly empowered by the Endless Potential Physique, a solitary helix was merely a trivial warm-up. He did not pause. His objective was to push this singular Nexus cell to its ultimate limit.

He commanded the floodgates to open fully. The frequency surged, instantaneously igniting a second helix. And then a third.

The power was not merely accumulating sequentially; it was exponentially increasing without restraint. Ten. Fifteen. Twenty.

At precisely twenty-five Frequential Helixes, the sole Nexus cell finally reached its absolute capacity, burning like an intense miniature sun within his very being. The sheer, terrifyingly condensed mass of energy violently cascaded from its source, flowing through the cell and forcefully expelling outwards into the physical realm.

CRACK!

A deafening, alarming fracture resounded through the void. The sub-dimension itself seemed to lament, with jagged black fissures spreading like a spiderweb across the artificial reality as the very fabric of space warped under his overwhelming pressure. His aura transformed into an untamed, furious entity, effortlessly breaching the 5th, 6th, and 7th levels of the Sixth Rank, before finally crashing against the formidable threshold of the Eighth Rank.

This was the genuine, unadulterated terror of the Frequential Helix. It wasn’t merely a simple vessel; it was an absolute, lossless magnifier. A minuscule drop of Nexus frequency was being brutally amplified twenty-five times over, escalating his destructive output to celestial proportions without a single iota of quality degradation.

Suspended amidst the violently fracturing dimension and roaring energy, Grey's illuminated eyes opened.

His raw might had attained the upper limit of the 6th rank with merely the first level of the Frequential Helix realm. It was, to put it mildly, absolutely astonishing.

In the external world, specifically within the sacred domain set aside for the gods, everyone's divinity commenced a rapid and complete descent into uncontrollability as Grey unknowingly unleashed his might.

His pure Nexus power fundamentally overwhelmed their own, rendering them utterly defenseless against it.

Within the central spire, Melissa, Wang Lin, Angela, and Anderson were gathered. The very instant they perceived that suffocating power, their countenances turned ashen for a fleeting moment.

"This power... could it be Grey?"

Their forms flickered instantaneously. Concurrent with them, Lia, Valeria, Kaelith, the bewildered deities, and others likewise materialized in the heavens to witness a figure clad in swirling, amethyst-hued energy, hovering suspended in the void. He was actively projecting an immense quantity of raw force, more than sufficient to utterly obliterate this entire planet from existence.

The denizens of the Nexus Domain, alongside the patrol vessels and enforcement units, directed their gazes upwards towards that singular, formidable point in the sky.

"This power... is this the mythical Frequential Helix realm?" A 5th-rank cultivator diligently traversing the Aether evolution pathway could not help but utter a gasp of sheer wonder upon perceiving the familiar yet terrifyingly amplified energies.