Energy and Anti-Energy

"Creation!" exclaimed Valentina with joy.

"Why don't you try creating something, Ares? Noah asked curiously.

Ares had a doubtful look but she still nodded and raised her palm to concentrate on creating something.

Noah walked into the room and sat beside Valentina on the mattress.

Valentina also started focusing on her own element [Anti-Energy] along with [Energy]...

Once someone gains a certain degree of mastery in a certain law/element, learning the opposite of it becomes much easier, in a way the opposite elements complement each other.

Noah just sat there and from time to time, he would spout some wisdom in a nonchalant way.

"What if manipulating mana is just manipulating a form of energy...and this energy is an element in itself....hmmm...."

"What if destroying something using this form of energy is what we call [Destruction], then creating something by manipulating this same form of energy should be [Creation]...."

"What will happen if [Creation] and [Destruction] clashes with each other....will these two elements live in harmony or destroy each other...?"

Although it looked like Noah was just speaking his thoughts and questions aloud that he has gathered over the years...

To Valentina and Ares, it felt like their world turned upside down.

With each word that he spoke both the mother and daughter kept focusing more and more while listening quietly like two obedient children listening to an experienced elder and kept nodding from time to time.

Valentina and Ares didn't say a single word and only focused more to find the answers to all the questions that Noah was spewing randomly.

After spouting many profound bullshit about [Energy] and [Anti-Energy] laws, Noah closed his eyes and started to cultivate in order to break through to the C-rank.

Three of them cultivated in silence, Valentina fully focused on learning more things about [Energy] and [Anti-Energy].

She didn't know but this was her first step towards [Immortality].

Although reaching [Immortality] is almost impossible even with the full support of an [Immortal].

With crazy Determination, Talents, and Abilities, anything is possible.

After all, Noah gained a way to become [Immortal] in a world with no magic, when Noah died on Earth, there was not a single speck of mana, or magic, or any magical beings in the entire world.

Ares focused entirely on 'creating' something.

And just like that 3 days passed by,

For cultivators, sleep is not necessary, food is just a way to ignite their taste buds.

They can survive for a very long time on just mana that they absorb in the air or from mana crystals.

Three days later, Noah was the first one to open his eyes.

He didn't do anything for these three days and only observed his mother and sister silently, while asking more questions from time to time and giving them time to find solutions on their own, not interfering at all.

If he interferes with their progress, it will only hinder their path of reaching new heights.

After that, Ares also opened her eyes and tried creating something in her palm...

Slowly, a neon blue spherical ball was formed in her palms and she felt more closer towards 'mana'.

This spherical ball was created by pure [Energy], but to her surprise when she tried to manipulate this ball using her own mana reserves, it didn't work.

The ball just stood there, not moving, full of 'arrogance' as if saying, ' you dare move me with the help of this lowly pile of shit?'

Ares didn't understand what was happening, she could create something out of thin air but it could not be manipulated easily.

Valentina also opened her eyes and smiled when she saw Ares trying to move the Energy ball around and change its shape.

Just then, Noah released his aura of a C-rank practitioner.

"Congratulation Noah/brother" Valentina and Ares exclaimed with surprise and genuine happiness.

Their smiles were one of the few things that mattered to a [Immortal] like Noah.

Money and luxury are all something superficial in the eyes of such an existence.

Valentina also raised her palm and slowly she also formed a similar neon blue spherical ball.

"Mom! How?" asked Ares, full of shock, her eyes bulging out.

Ares thought it was 'her' element and not Valentina's....because Valentina already had an affinity towards the [Destruction].... so how could she use [Creation] just like 'her'?

Valentina giggled seeing the shock on her daughter's face, she then did something unexpected that made even Noah open his eyes wide in surprise.

She changed the shape of this spherical ball into a thin rod, then a staff, then a scythe, after she made the scythe, she nodded to herself with a smile full of satisfaction.

'so we cannot manipulate [Energy] with the help of 'mana' because 'mana' that we manipulate is just a form of [Energy], I believe it is a much lower form of true [Energy].' She thought happily with twinkling blue eyes that were usually always ice-cold.

But she didn't respond to Ares's question, she knew Ares has to form her own path.

Noah raised his brows, 'Truly a genius, she was able to realize this much just with the help of random questions that I threw, She is indeed talented to find all the answers herself.' Noah thought.

But-

Then Valentina did something that made him feel pity for all her enemies and he praised her talents once again in his mind.

She covered the sharp edge of the scythe with a thin layer of [Anti-Energy], grey in color, and slashed towards the couch that was placed at the other end of the room.

*Slash!*

A ray of gray-colored light flashed out of the edge of the neon blue colored scythe and clashed with the couch cleanly cutting it into two, but the ray didn't stop there and moved towards the wall cutting it in two and finally dispersed into nothingness after forming a thin line which can help to let people see outside the room where the corridor of the Palace lays.

"hehehe" Valentina giggled happily like a child that just found a new toy.

She didn't realize her own prowess and efficiency with which she performed this move.

"Woah" It was Noah who spoke, Ares was just dumbfoundedly looking at the so-called 'sturdy' wall of the cultivation chambers.

'She is truly a monstrous genius... Having such level of control and mastery over the opposite laws like [Energy] and [Anti-Energy], even though she just started crawling on the path of higher laws....goddamn what a mother I have in this life.'

Noah was genuinely surprised, 'Maybe...maybe she can become an Im...' thought Noah while shaking his head to clear his thoughts and bit his lower lips when bitter memories of the past flooded his mind.

'Yes, it's better to not have any useless expectations....' thought Noah with a bittersweet smile.

Earlier Valentina could only use pure [Anti-Energy] with spells, but it took a lot of her mana out for each spell.

But even so, she was very strong, She could turn anyone into nothingness with just a snap of her fingers, though it took a lot of mana from her, her powers were still terrifying which piqued the interest of many people including the Emperor.

Now, she is extracting pure [Energy] and [Anti-Energy] from the surrounding 'mana' and manipulating that to her heart's content.

As long as she is in a 'mana' rich environment she won't run out of power, essentially reaching invincibility...

But-

Using such a method has its own weakness, she would be powerless in an environment with no mana or [Energy].

She can only overcome such weaknesses when she truly becomes an [Immortal] or gains more experience in this field.

Just then, a silhouette of a maid could be seen from the thin crack on the wall, who was approaching the door of the room they were in.

*Knock!* *Knock!*

The beautiful face of Valentina which was smiling with happiness at discovering her newfound abilities turned into a heavy frown.

She knew that this maid attended to the Emperor, 'What is this bitch doing here?'.

Although she had nothing against this maid, her hate towards the Emperor caused her to lose her rationality sometimes.

"What is it!?" asked Valentina with a tinge of annoyance.

Hearing the anger in her voice, the maid shivered in fear, 'I fucked up, Oh the Divine Goddess please save me from this demoness' she thought.

All the servants of the Palace hate dealing with Valentina because she could turn any one of them into a pile of dust with a snap of her fingers without leaving any traces behind.

In the past 17 years, she didn't do anything except train in [Anti-Energy] and spend time with her children and her father.

Her prowess increased exponentially and the fear these servants had also reached new heights.

Mustering all the courage, the maid spoke in a low, subservient tone filled with respect, "Prince Adam of the Lipon Kingdom wishes to have an audience with Princess Ares, His Majesty has allowed for the meeting to take place in the Imperial Garden in one hour."

Hearing this, Noah almost lost control of himself and released his entire killing intent...

almost-

But Noah knew if he released his entire killing intent, the entire Delos Empire will go into a panic mode, so he suppressed his fury and fell into deep thought...

'This Lipon Kingdom has more to it I guess.....hmmm...hehe time to live up to my name- [Immortal Chaos]' thought Noah while a sharp glint flashed through his eyes.