The encounter with the Hydroxian Venomfang made me request from the War Council all information regarding dimensional techniques. I began studying dimensional techniques officially to develope techniques against the Voidslayers. But in reality, I was doing it so I can finish my battle with the Venomfang. I quickly mastered basic void techniques from a council member who was more than happy to teach me for a new weapon and I was given a complete copies of everything to do with dimensions.

The first thing I needed was to create a containment zone, so I use a dimensional subspace with powerful dimensional anchors to lockdown the subspace. After testing my subspace trap with peak stage eight expert on dimensional movement, I was finally able to stop him from escaping the subspace. Then I improved it even further by adding a second lockdown layer of dimensional anchors to double the difficulty of breaching this formation. Then I decided to protect these layers by adding a defensive illusionary and misdirection layer.

Of course the remaining layers are used to reinforce the first three layers of the formation to insure any breaching attempt would take a long time to succeed. Especially the Illusionary formation, I recently acquire Shifting Labyrinth which allow the illusionary formation to endlessly shift the path towards the exit after a set amount of time. Which means if it can't be breach in a certain amount of time, the illusionary labyrinth would shift and have to restart the breaching all over again.

The misdirection part of the formation just make it even harder to make the correct choices. As any choice will be filled with doubts, whether the choice is right or wrong. This simple delaying tactic is a perfect supporting layer for the Shifting Labyrinth. Of course there are plenty of time consuming traps scattered thoughout the labyrinth and a number of labyrinth beasts to keep an intruder busy.

What is even more sneaky is that all the traps I put in the two lockdown layers will send them back into the start of the illusionary layer. I even added a couple of fake exits, exits that will send a breacher back to the start of a new labyrinth. Anyone attempting to breach this formation is going to curse me to no end. Once satisfied with my dimensional lockdown formation, I put it all into a high quality formation crystal to create myself a new tool.

Next came the dimensional attack array, which was easy to create than I expected because there are versions of dimensional killing array for Voidslayers. So by adapting the killing array with a sample of the Venomfang's drool, I was able to create a dimensional attack array specially tailored for the beast. Otherwise I would have to use an omni dimensional attack and hope for the best. However, with the Venomfang's drool, I able to create a killing array that focus on the Venomfang's own dimensional abilities.

Realizing the Venomfang would be trapped in the subspace, I decided to turn the killing array from a directed attack to a wide area blast to effect the entire subspace. This dimensional shockwave should keep the Venomfang from attempting to breach the subspace formation by forcing it to defend itself every time the array powers up to launch an attack. I created a new killing tool for my Venomfang friend to enjoy.

I recieve a door chime and opened up the barriers to see a hostess who smiles and hands out "welcome back young sage, I'm come to deliver your tier nine ingredients you ordered. We all wish you the best of luck!" She then give me a formal bow and backs out of the workshop.

I give her a smile and offer "thank you, if I succeed I will throw a spiritual dinner party for my dear sisters!"

Her face lites up and gives "us sisters will be praying for your success young sage!"

Mara had recieved a message to meet her parents so I figure it time to make an attempt on tier nine alchemy. I don't expect to make a pill, just going in to experience the new techniques for the first time. After all I have only been practicing the techniques in my mind, not going to waste materials without getting a good handle on them.

When I created a spectral phenomenon a few hours after the delivery of the the tier ninth ingredients caused a world wide panic. Everyone especially the seven grandmaster of alchemy stared at wonder at spectral phenomenon only summoned by Divine Alchemist Talonrod until now. The idea that I didn't need to clear the Alchemist Tomb to make tier nine pills shock the masses. Everyone thought I was just practicing my mastery and I inadvertently stepped into legendary status among the common people.

I sent the failed pill to the auction house figuring someone would buy it. I consider it a failure because I didn't get a pill marking. I want one one with some pill marking for the extra power, the more exquisite the better. The stockpile of ingredient sets they sent me is enough for about eight more chances. I'll take the best there is in this batch and save the second for Mara, and hopefully craft a better pill before she has her breakthough.

After making my first tier nine pill for healing, I gain a few insights and switch back for the rest of the day to modify the two techniques that I was given me a little trouble. The Molecular Rifting technqiue is similar to Dimensional Rifting in that you forcefully merge the two essence together. However, as you press the two essences together you merge the two elements as they continue to touch.

Basically taking a molecular slice of each other to merged, doing it countless times until you completely rendering the two essences into a new material. But this time instead to creating a catalyst to effect a fusion, I am forcing merging the two essences together. As I use my spiritual force to press the two essences together, I change every collusions of essences into the new desired material.

At first it was easier to use than Dimensional Rifting, but the toll on my spiritual force was truely draining as I refining the two essences into something new. This was the main reason I didn't have enough spiritual force left to call down pill lightning. So I'm going to take a short break and deal with my lacking spiritual force.

But the other tier nine technique called Gravity Influxion uses micro blackholes to draw in the essences and forcably mix them together. The graviational flux combine with high velocity centrifical forces creates a new material in an instant. However, that instant of time required the limits of my control and will be completely wiped out afterwards.

First I had to timeloop the four essences, then create a micro blackhole inside a subspace. Let the essence be sucked into the subspace to mix and compress into one another. Then you modify the timeloop to compress time of the loop until it becomes an instant of time. This is done by finding the time coordinate for each essence for their successful merger. Discard the remaining failed timelines so you have only the four timelines to combine.

Normally when these particular essences are press together the result would be an explosion of heat and flames. However, by compression the time and turning it into an instant, the essences don't have the time to turn volatile and instead change into a new material. The amount of spiritual force need to successfully use this technique is mind blowing as it takes all my spiritual force to maintain all four techniques that makes up Gravity Influxion.

I wasted an entire barrel of cultivation wine to replenish my spiritual force because I was too stubborn to quit because I rain out of juice. That was a good tasting wine! Too bad I couldn't savor it during a spiritual dinner. I have grown resistant to pills, so I can't wait to make it to mid tier nine alchemy so I can make a new type of replenishment pill that I am not immune too yet. I had used my best peak tier eight cultivation wine to use as substitute qi recovery.

This recipe I got in exchange for making a weapon, even master did not know this one. I had nothing but good vibes coming from that barrel of Selestein Spice while I waiting for to finishing aging. As I waited I often catch a glimpse of it while sacking though my void ring looking for something useful to craft with. In it's timed looped subspace aging at six times normal speed. I found that wines spoils if I age it any faster, it turns into a gelatinous gloop that does not even have the tiniest residue of spiritual qi left in it.

That could also mean my time looping technique might not be good enough for me to accelerate beyond six times normal time. It's just another reason why I choosen improve my knowledge in the basic arrays. Yeah I know it's a silly reason, but hey, my curiosity wants to know why I can't make cultivation wine any faster.

Time Looping was the very last technique I wanted to learn, if I gain better mastery over it. Then maybe I can go beyond times six speed. My goal is times ten the normal flow of time so I can use the modifying techniques to it for my future homebase subspace. I was basically awakened to cultivation in master's times three time looping skills. So the memories of training in master's subspace takes a good deal of my current short term memories.

Living in a time loop space made me understand how important a time saving tool it was. As such, I want to build better training ground for myself. That is why I want my homebase I build to have times ten the normal time inside. If I have to turtle inside it, might as well give me all the time I could hope for to come up with a solution for my revenge. I have a stockpile of resources to build a small army of battle puppets. Battle puppets uses all three cultivator hobbies and is the only technique to do so.

After watching the developement of the Moongate Battle Puppets, I was intrigued enough to start learning to make my own. I toss aside the master's mentality on those 'crazy puppeteers!' and I find many instances of his friends warning him to keep his distance from these crazy people. Since I practice all three hobbies anyways, might as well learn the technique to build battle puppets.

I already have high mastery on all three, so my mind is already figuring out how to building a puppet on it's own. Using alchemy to create a tough durable material. Build the battle puppit with artificing. Then use arrays to bring it to life. Dump in a powerful soul for a controller. Slap down a loyalty formation and then I have a bodyguard worth keeping.

War puppets served in the end of every era standing along side the cultivators army. It even has a low entrance fee at early stage four to make your basic small servant or spy puppets. Since tier four weapons is the lowest tier created in the cultivation world, any puppet would simple be cut to pieces at this tier. Besides the small amount of material you could refine at tier four will be due to having a small amount of spiritual force to use at that stage.

The War council sends me full copies on what they have an puppet techniques and even sent a puppet master over to give me a lesson on the higher fusion techniques. After spending a month in a timed loop subspace, I was able to produce a few late tier puppets. I didn't go over board on design choices for my first batch, I went for a good solid combat design that the Moongate Battle Puppets had.

Sweet, since I can make late tier eight artifact battle puppets, anyone using a weaker tiered artifact would have a difficult time trying to scratch them. Which means I won't mass produce late tier or better weapons to sell at auction houses. This is where I draw the line, if someone want something better then it will be a custom job.

A custom job is my most expensive offer and have turn many away because I didn't like their offer in exchange. I recieved a large stock of late tier eigth and tier nine materials, it's a limited stock and highly unlikely to get anymore. So I'm not going to waste my limited supply on a weak offer.

I kept the three battle puppets in my void ring and left my workshop to check up on the outside world. There are plenty of message jades waiting, I breeze though them for a quick look and find no one I recognize and leave them be. I start to head over to the warehouse to check up of any new materials had arrived and a portal appears before me.

I recieve Mara's I miss you signal and step though the portal to recieve her flying hug. She is crying because her parents were forced to engage her to the royal family. They are only stage six cultivators, so I can understand they could be easy pushed to accept such an offer. However, when I heard who she being engage too my fury rose unexpectantly and I find myself crushing a handful of summoning tokens and a dozen portals open up to bring forth some of my senior brothers who owe me favors.

They came in powered up and rearing to go as they stare around looking for threat causing the surprised bystanders to collapse on their knees due to the sudden qi pressure of some many stage eight experts. Big brother Umbarath caughs "little brother, what seems to be the problem?"

My raged filled breath enters the picture with "some trash from the royal family is trying to steal my disciple by forcing her to marry him. Her parents are only early stage six cultivators, so they could easily be forced into such an agreement. I sense three stage eight experts in the palace, I summoned you all to back me up. Rest assure, I will reward you all for your time here" and started marching over to the palace.

Umbarath turns frosty and cracks his knuckles "damn filthy pig, how dare he eye my little sister!" The other senior brothers all call out for the pig's head as we march though the main gate. The guards drop to their knees unable to resist the combine pressure of so many experts and many faint into slumberland.

Our sudden arrival brought out all three of the royal family's expert who appear shock at our obvious killing intent leaking out. Their ancestor calls out "fellow cultivators, how has my family offended you?"

I glare at the man and offer "your trashy decendant has the gall to steal my disciple for his wife. Mara is the women I been considering to ask to be my dao companion and first wife." Mara jolts in surprise and immediately lunges in for a hug.

She peeks her face up and ask "truely master?"

I smiled at her and continue "your growing repertoire of charm attacks has soften my heart immensely my dear. These past months have forced me to consider my possible future with you." Mara indulges herself and face plants herself on my chest and rubs her face in pure delight. From our spiritual link I sense nothing but unadulterated pleasure and contentment. This cause my rage to collapse and I hug her back.

Big brother Umbarath goes "little brother is so lucky to have the love of such a fairy!" Of course the backup goes overboard with the congratulations...