Higher Potential

[Your body has leveled up!]

[Your dormant meridians have all been opened up!]

[You've unlocked the Dantian!]

[You've gained a new skill, Controlled Breathing!]

[You've gained a new skill, Calm Mind!]

[You've gained a new skill, Enlightenment!]

[The skill(s): Controlled Breathing, Calm Mind & Enlightenment are resonating with each other!]

"This…aren't these skills rather odd?" Chaos stared at the notifications tab for a bit before commenting.

As a paladin who's main skills were all magic related skills, Chaos couldn't fathom about the potential of Ivan's new skills.

"And what does this part mean? The new skills are resonating with each other?? Like wavelengths?"

[The system is evolving!]

"Eh? Wait, what?!"

Chaos' eyes widened as he stared at the message displayed on the holographic screen. "The system…the system is evolving? Can it do that?!?!"

[Evolution Complete!]

[Congrats! User Ivan's system has evolved into the Martial Dao System!]

"Martial Dao System??? Wait wait wait, I thought the boy was sharing my system? How did sharing a system turn into him getting a system???"

[The Martial Dao System has greater potential to evolve than Chaos's original system!]

[The Martial Dao System became the dominant system in Ivan's body!]

". . ." Chaos became speechless when it saw the latest message sent by the system.

"Dominant system? Was that ever a thing?"

Chaos made sure that nothing was wrong with Ivan and Leviathan before leaving them to go and check out his situation.

When Chaos returned from his mental world, he took a deep breath to calm his surging thoughts before opening the system's notifications tab.

[System Skill - System Devourer has been activated.]

"System skill, System Devourer? Wait a minute, the boy's evolved system has its own skills too?!?! What the fuck?!"

[Since user Ivan's Martial Dao System has become the dominant system, user Chaos's Basic System will now be devoured and absorbed to further enhance the dominant system.]

"Fuck, wait, wait, wait wait! Where's the cancel button?!"

Without asking for Chaos's confirmation, the holographic screen in front of him began to disintegrate into light particles.

The system that has accompanied Chaos for centuries was now disappearing before him.

"Fuuuuuck…" Chaos's face turned black as he felt the last of his system's presence disappear.

Following that, a red holographic screen appeared before him with golden words displayed on it.

[The Martial Dao System has leveled up!]

[User Ivan has unlocked the Skill Tree function of the Martial Dao System!]

[User Ivan has unlocked the Martial Dao Library function of the Martial Dao System!]

[User Ivan has acquired a new title - System Born From A Child's Dreams!]

"System Born From A Child's…Dreams? So this Martial Dao System is a wish granted by the system to Ivan? Huh, that's actually pretty cool of them."

As Chaos read out the name of the title and its effects, Ivan was spending his time scouring through the vast oceans while riding on Leviathan's head.

Even with Leviathan's ridiculously long body, the two were still unable to reach the end of Chaos's sea of consciousness. It really was too damn vast!

Nonetheless, since hunger and thirst did not exist within the mental world, the two continued on with their ocean exploration without worries.

So, for the next few days within Chaos's sea of consciousness, Ivan would shout "Land…it's land! Land ahoy!" excitedly whenever the boy would see a chunk of land barely visible in the far distance.

'Aye aye, Captain. Let's hope there's some booty there that we can dig up. I'll sink the island afterwards to not let other pirates get in our way. Argh!' Leviathan replied through telepathy.

***

Several hours have passed since the two discovered an island, dug up the treasure there, then proceeded to sink it with a tail whip from Leviathan.

Ivan's vision would soon turn black as the night was approaching.

Cold winds merely grazed passed the boy's face yet he couldn't help but feel a chill in his soul before proceeding to let out a string of sneezes.

Noticing that their surroundings were getting darker and darker, Leviathan casted a barrier covering his whole head to protect Ivan from the soul chilling wind.

'Darkness is descending. Boy, I advise you to get some shut eye. We'll continue this pirate talk tomorrow.'

"But I'm a pirate now. I want to sleep late."

Without waiting for a response, Leviathan ignored Ivan's wish as he casted a sleeping spell on him with the intention of putting the boy to sleep soundly.

"Wait a moment, I still want to-" Ivan was about to protest against the King of Water Dragons when a wave of exhaustion hit him like a ship.

Although being in the mental world has rid Ivan of hunger, thirst and the need to sleep, the boy had forgotten 1 more crucial requirement for basic survival, the stability of his mental health.

Needlessly, Leviathan had decided to knock the boy out to help maintain Ivan's mental health. After all, Ivan was currently taking on his soul form within Chaos's sea of consciousness.

If Ivan's mental health declines within the next few days of exploration, not only will his soul become unstable, this will also hinder the growth of his soul in the future.

And if his master, Chaos were to find that out, it will be Leviathan's ass that gets whooped.

The King of Water Dragons understood that the boy on his head was greatly valued by his master.

So, to prevent his ass getting whooped till Leviathan ends up in Davy Jones' Locker, the King of Water Dragons will pour all of his energy into caring for the 10 year old child.

Coral King remained speechless as it watched his colleague tuck the mortal boy into bed using a giant leaf as the boy's blanket.

'This shameless bastard…to use such methods to get close to the master…Why didn't I think of that?' The sea serpent quietly thought to himself.