Vampire Cultivation System in a Hidden World of Monsters

It was trying to do something, but it needed me to complete it. Maybe it was trying to make a domain? I mean, that is what I asked it to do. I focused and tried to tune into what the beast was thinking and feeling.

The thoughts came to me in images and sensations, but I understood. It was indeed trying to make a domain. So I focused down and grabbed onto what it was creating and added my strength to it.

It was trying to create a small orb in front of it with similar features to the soul beast. It was white and fuzzy, with golden eyes and golden mouths but the orb was hollow and they were all facing the inside of the orb.

Then I realized it wasn't trying to create a small orb. It was trying to encompass Ravenkin's entire mansion into the orb but the small version was all it could do so far. After I grabbed a hold of the orb with my mind, I helped it expand it.

We got it to exercise ball size, then with some effort it expanded to the size of the room, then with greater effort and more time, it expanded to encompass several rooms. And finally, after thirty minutes of concentrated effort, we got it to contain Master Ravenkin's entire mansion.

After another five minutes, I felt like we had stabilized it, so I attempted to climb out of the soul beast. We had completely merged into one being, but as soon as I thought about climbing out, we separated. Instead of being the soul beast, I became a person inside the soul beast's massive stomach.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

I wondered how much stuff it could fit in here. Maybe it was infinite, like a pocket dimension or something. The soul beast opened its mouth for me so I could climb out. Once I was out, I laid on the cool marble flooring for a minute before getting up.

"Ok," I said. "What's the next step?"

"Well, you've got the domain manifestation down. The next aspect is learning how to manipulate the effects of one's domain. The problem here is, your domain's effects aren't obvious like most domains are. Most domains are either environmental in nature or at least physically obvious what they do," he said.

"To give some examples of environmental domains would be like an artic domain where the user can manipulate the temperature and weather within the domain. Like they could affect weather to create snow, sleet, hale, or even glacial winds."

"Just to give you a better grasp on environmental domains, it could be a volcano domain with magma flows, it could be a tropical beach that can be cool and sunny or be rainy and windy with massive waves. You get the idea."

"Or there are physical domains, like I knew a guy whose domain was just grasping arms and hands coming out of the walls that grabbed you and held you down while he beat you. Or another one where everything was mirrors, which allowed her to create illusions and confusing optical effects."

"But mine is not obvious at all like any of those," I said. "Ok, so how do I figure out what my domain does?"

"Well, there should be an intuitive scale in your mind where you can increase or decrease the natural effects of your domain. There's a lot more to it than that in terms of mastery but we're starting at the most basic level for now," he said.

"I thought you said you didn't know this stuff?" I said.

"I don't. This is all just guess work on my part based on what I've seen people do with their domains. Bader would be able to intuitively figure out what your domain does in a second. He's a master at this. I'm just an amateur. But if you prefer my methods of teaching, then I'll fumble my way through it as best I can," he said.

"Ok, so I should feel my ability to increase and decrease the intensity of the effects. Well, if we want to figure out what my domain does then I should just ramp up the effects to max," I said.

I concentrated and felt around in my head until I got it. If I wanted to increase the effects, I just had to imagine a golden warmth spreading throughout my body and then outside of it. The more intense the warmth, the more intense the domain's effects.

When I had the golden warmth spread throughout my domain, I realized something was wrong. My domain was expanded too far. The effects were spread too thin.

I decreased it down to just the room we were in and the effects magnified. I still had no idea what the effects were but I could tell they were at their peak.

"Ok, the effects are at their maximum," I said. "What now?"

"Well, since your domain and your soul beast guy have golden eyes and mouths, I'm going to guess the effects have something to do with money or gold. Do you have a gold giblet on you?" He said holding out his hand.

"Yeah," I said, handing him one. All I had to do to take it out of my wallet inventory was to imagine an amount of gold giblets in my hand and they just appeared.

"Ok, let's watch," he said as he set the gold coin flat on the counter. He leaned in and stared at it, so I leaned in and stared at it.

We were staring at it for a minute before I said, "This feels really stupid. Nothing's happening."

"Hmm, maybe we have to move it around or something," he said. "Why don't you try flipping it."

"Ok," I said. I grabbed the coin and flipped it onto the counter instead of my hand as I would normally do it. It bounced a few times and then it landed upright, vertical. "That's weird."

"Yeah, that is weird. What are the odds of that happening on your first flip?" He said.

"Not very likely, I'll tell you that," I said as I grabbed the coin. I flipped it again onto the counter. It bounced a few times and landed on its side, just like before. "What the f*ck?"

"What the f*ck is right. That should rarely happen ever, let alone twice in a row. Let's see what happens if I do it." He said.

He grabbed the coin and flipped it. It bounced a couple times before bouncing onto it side, but it didn't stop. It rolled off the counter, landed, kept rolling on the floor, and rolled under the fridge.

"What the f*ck?" He said. "That's not even in the realm of possibilities of things I thought could happen."

"Something weird is going on," I said. I pulled out two more coins and handed one to Aldous. "How about this? We both flip a coin at the same time and see if the same things happen?"

"Ok," Aldous said.

We both flipped a coin at the same time. Mine landed on its side like it had the two times before, but his landed in his coffee, flat, causing a big splash and sending coffee all over him. He was lucky he made the cup a while ago, otherwise he'd have boiling hot coffee all over him.