Four-Shaded Clockwork World

Changed skills:
Phantom's Half Step,
Edge of Decay

Added skills:
Farming,
Hammer of the Dawn,
Superiority,
Bacterial Regeneration,
The Spear Advances, Ash Trails,
Grace,
Chef’s Palette,
Soul Bond,
Talon Strike,
Phantom Onslaught,
Burning Footsteps,
Touch From Beyond,
Four-Shaded Domain,
Gravity Affinity

Soul Skills:
Cycle of Rot and Ash,
Seven Lands of the Spectral Tree

**Four-Shaded Clockwork World** is a Soul Skill that Randidly created in chapter 209, combining in one Soul Skill the seed (reward for the Path The Lonesome Spear) and four energies: rot (Soul Skill Spear of Rot Mastery which was the part of the skill Cycle of Rot and Ash), rain (Soul Skill piece from the Path Weeping that Falls Like Rain), cold (reward for the Path of Carnage) and ash (Blessing of the Patron of Ash which was the part of the skill Cycle of Rot and Ash). The creation of this Soul Skill began in chapter 208.

**Location obtaining:** Deardun‏‎, Tellus.

## Bonuses for skill levels

This is a table of the effects that the owner of the skill receives every 50th level. He receives one effect at a time, which alternates every 200th levels, at which it is possible to add another skill to the Soul Skill. When you add another skill, the skill used is reduced by one level. With the addition of new skills, the bonuses of each Blessing increase.

 Blessing of Murderous Cold
 Blessing of Fetid Growth
 Blessing of Devouring Ash

## Related notifications

* Warning! Your actions will deconstruct your current Soul Skill. If another one isn’t created shortly with a similar or greater level of power, some of the benefits you have gained will decay. Proceed with caution-
* A new Soul Skill has been created. Would you like to assimilate this Soul Skill? Warning, if you have insufficient fuel, or your body lacks the requisite strength, there may be negative consequences.
* Examining Soul Skill…. Adjusting search parameters…Expanding search scope…
* Warning! Examination failed. Contacting the user’s Village Spirit…
* Warning! No village spirit detected. System guidance insufficient. Recalculating…
* Warning! No alternatives could be located. System guidance is impossible. Continue with assimilation anyway? We recommend you proceed to the nearest village-
* Assimilation success! Calculating effects…
* Congratulations! Your Soul Skill “Cycle of Rot and Ash” has been upgraded to the Soul Skill “Four-Shaded Clockwork World”. All benefits obtained through the previous Soul Skill have been retained. Soul Skill level has been reset to 1.
* Congratulations! Due to your Soul Skill “Four-Shaded Clockwork World” you have gained the skills “Hammer of the Dawn Lvl 1” and “Burning Footsteps Lvl 1”. Your Skill Phantom's Half Step has been upgraded to “The White Phantom's Half Step (Un)”. Your Skill Edge of Decay has been upgraded to “Flesh Eating Virus (Un)”.

## Skill creation

How did one construct a world? The first action he did was construct the core. He wanted to created an interactive system of time that would function through the core.

The empty and cold emerald crystals, vacated by the wisps, were his first medium, as he began to shape and work with them, turning them into wheels, cogs, clockwork, pressing them together into a huge, complicated pattern. They were empty vessels, used to holding life, so Randidly took a fragment of the creature’s great weapon and put them into each one, sliding into their emptiness, filling and animating the crystals with a cool illumination. They once more glowed with power, but it was an unnerving, unwavering black light they produced, filled with destructive energy.

The amount of empty crystals was huge, so Randidly had all the materials he needed to work with in order to create a large construct, designed to release energy and radiation upwards in the form of Aether. The fuel for machine was the core of the weapon, a large rune that looked like a hand, halfway between being open and being clenched into a fist. He could not break this core of the construct, but he could harness its ambient energy, fueling his world’s clockwork core.

He was inexperienced, in the grand scheme of things, but his familiarity with clockwork mastery due to his few experiments was enough. He just added more and more complexity, trusting to his intuition, even when his senses were at a loss.

When he slid the last cog into place, the whole thing trembled, then began to hum, as the wheels slowly began to turn. The black light produced by the core grew brighter, in so much that it shifted towards the color spectrum of grey, a strange, pure energy flowing upwards.

Randidly gathered the shattered shell of the weapon seed and slowly lowered it towards the core, surrounding it. The hole he made was large, too large to completely eradicate. Then he manipulated the crust of his new world, stretching and separating it, so there wasn’t just one big hole, but 8 small holes, and then innumerable holes that were extremely tiny. From these holes, that grey power gushed upwards.

The he reached for the cold, murderous energy, the energy of rain, and towards his soul skill. Randidly pressed, and cut, splitting all four, murderous cold, cool rain, pulsing rot, and burning ash, each into 2 pieces, and flattened each of those 8 split bits of energy into a membrane. These membranes were lowered onto the 8 main holes on the crust. At first the grey energy resisted it, building up behind the membrane, but then the pressure grew to the point that it was enough, and it burst through, throwing up this elementally aligned energy into the sky and the world, dying the slowly growing world different colors.

Around the murderous cold membranes, chilly wastelands began to form. The Rain membranes created seas, which spawn rivers and streams that flowed outwards into other territories. The Rot membrane created vast swamps, with forests and plains growing around the edge. The Ash energy cause volcanoes to form, making mountain ranges and lava plumes.

Randidly beckoned at the growing number of wisps. The wisps swirled down towards Randidly excitedly, a huge storm with him at their center. But before he touched them, he pulled on his connections to his four blessed individuals. He needed power, but more than power, he needed their meaning. It came to him, first in spurts, then it a crashing rush, four strange rivers of meaning, and those rivers flowed upwards through the wisps, grabbing them and dragging them away, throwing them on the crust that Randidly had assembled.

The ones swept up in the meaning from Annie were deposited on the world as a strange creature that resembled a centaur, except with a four legged insect as a body, rather than a horse. Their legs were dangerously sharp, and their arms were long and willowy. Their heads were slightly insect-like too, flat and with strange eyes. There were not many of these, but they grouped together and began to explore the world around them.

Sam’s meaning made a small, hardy people similar to dwarves or gnomes. There arms were thick and powerful, and their fingers were long and dextrous. They immediately stumbled out of their stream of energy and looked around, and began to build and dig.

Alana’s people were almost golem like, thick, strong people that seemed to be formed of rock and clay. They immediately began fighting each other as they were created, and split into factions.

Mrs. Hamiton’s people were the most numerous, and the most secretive. They were spiders, but slimey spiders that appeared to be aquatic, although they could survive on land for amounts of time. They crept into the oceans and rivers and swamps, slowly building kingdoms underneath the water.

As all of the wisps were consumed, and transformed into different forms of life for his Soul Skill, Randidly felt a twinge of regret already. They had certainly lost something, those wisps, as he changed them. They had lost their innocence, their ability to freely live and split without any worries. Now there would be strife among them, be war. But they now also had meaning. Their life had been bound, but now they had bodies.

Spreading his hands, he let images from his skills fall to the world, populating it with unique things, transforming a small area around where they landed. Plants grew more common everywhere as he created a giant image of his Root Control and pressed.

He couldn’t use The Golden Roots of Yggdrasil, but he could will that image into the world, and roots slowly grew down from the crust, thickening it, and binding the energy producing core to the world. These would hopefully continue to grow and evolve, as the clockwork continued to move.

The System eliminated interference in this Soul Skill. His hastily assembled world sunk into his heart, aligning with his physical heart, and now also with the hole in his chest that was the core of his Aether Crossroads.

There was a strange spark in his inner world, as everything became so bright that everything became insubstantial. The trembling increased, and he could feel in his chest, as the tiny world, brimming with life, he had assembled shook. And then the clockwork core began to spin, and the energy it produced began to change and shift. He felt the cool rain energy, the murderous cold, the ash, and the rot, spinning and twining.

It was flowing slowly, those energies, like mercury, running through his veins as the world began to turn. The creatures came alive and began to move and interact. They were still very primitive, but cultures began to form through their interactions.

## First cycle of the world

### Chapter 210

* Congratulations! Your Soul Skill has released the Blessing of Cleansing Rain upon you. Wisdom +3, Focus +6. Concentration permanently increases by 1%. Mana Regeneration increases by 15. +3 Free stats.

### Chapter 213

* Congratulations! Your Soul Skill has released the Blessing of Murderous Cold upon you. Perception +3, Reaction +6. Agility +3. Range of Hearing and Vision permanently expanded by 1%. +6 Free stats.

### Chapter 219

* Congratulations! Your Soul Skill has released the Blessing of Fetid Growth upon you. Vitality +3, Control +6, Resistance +3, Endurance +3. Your body increases in size by 1%. Your body compacts, retaining efficacy but decreasing in size by .5%. Health Regeneration increases by 15.
* Congratulations! Your Soul Skill has released the Blessing of Devouring Ash upon you. Strength +3, Willpower +9, Focus +3. Your body temperature increases. Your immune system grows more robust, resistance to all status ailments and debuffs increases by 1%. Free stats +3.

### Chapter 219. Completion notification

* The world of your soul skill turns! The denizens of your inner world evolve. A matriarch appears amongst the White Hunters. Her eyes rise to the sky as she searches for you, the Soul of the world that animates them.
* Hobgolems arise amongst the Earth Golem people. Their cunning and strength lead to the formation of tribes across the land.
* Very few of the Swamp Spiders grow old and wise, and become Weavers, and they begin to record the history of this realm in their intricate webs.
* The clever Spriggits discover the power of steam, and their technology bursts forward, bringing with it progress and prosperity. As a people, they grow rich and happy.
* As the world turns, Arbor and Thorn become more deeply involved in its function. Their connection grows deeper, and their strength grows as the world evolves. Due to their influence, small animal life has been brought to your world.
* It has been one cycle since this world’s creation. Would you like to add anything to the world? (Warning, the added qualities will be taken from a skill. A single skill level will be consumed in the taking. Other side-effects are unknown).

### Result of adding skills

Randidly chose the skill Farming.

Some strange energy flowed out from that and into the World of his Soul Skill. That energy spread out into seeds that dotted the landscape, and very slowly, small plants grew from that ground. It was different types in different areas, but universally, those plants began to flower and show fruit. Slowly, the four indigenous populations took note and began to investigate.

## Second cycle of the world

### Chapter 232

* Congratulations! Your Soul Skill has released the Blessing of Cleansing Rain upon you. Wisdom +3, Focus +7, Concentration permanently increases by 1%. Mana Regeneration increases by 16. +3 Free stats.

### Chapter 237

Blessing of Murderous Cold was gained. The increase in stats was not indicated.

### Chapter 244. Completion notification

* The world of your soul skill turns! The denizens of your inner world evolve. The growing matriarch continues to persuade others of your existence. The discussion has spread from solely the White Hunters, and now all of the people on your inner world wonder about you. Their eyes remained fixed on the sky, while others begin to search the world for proof of your works.
* The Earth Golem tribes continue to war, refining their martial arts and skills. Several great chieftains emerge, vying for power.
* The Great Weave, created by the Weavers, is coveted by the other races. The White Hunters urge for it to be shared, so information on the world can be known. The Swamplings, however, remain reluctant.
* Upon the mountains, the Spriggit cities continue to grow, expanding outwards. Trade and art begins to flourish.
* From the small animals brought into the world by Arbor and Thorn have grown and bred. While the small animals become more common, larger, more powerful variants begin to emerge.
* It has been two cycles since this world’s creation. Would you like to add anything to the world? (Warning, the added qualities will be taken from a skill. A single skill level will be consumed in the taking. Other side-effects are unknown).

### Result of adding skills

Randidly chose the skill Hammer of the Dawn and Superiority.

But he concentrated both of them to an incredible degree, causing all of the energy from his additions to be forced into a single, physical form, one for each skill. The Hammer of the Dawn naturally formed into a hammer. Superiority condensed into a scepter. The two split and descended into the world as comets, one crashing into the great river that ran across his world, while the other smashed a mountain peak.

Randidly felt his skill shifting, changing in new ways. The Swamplings began to investigate the hammer, while both the Spriggits and the Earth Golems moved to see the crater of the scepter. That would definitely end up being a war, if they both arrived at the same time…

## Third cycle of the world

### Chapter 250

Blessing of Cleansing Rain and Blessing of Murderous Cold were gained. The first Blessing gave 2% concentration and second Blessing gave +8 free stats.

### Chapter 262

Blessing of Fetid Growth and Blessing of Devouring Ash were gained. The increase in stats was not indicated.

### Chapter 262. Completion notification

* The world of your soul skill turns! The denizens of your inner world evolve. After the descent of your two blessings upon the world, word of your existence has spread from the White Hunters to all races. All begin, in their private ways, to whisper your name.
* The Matriarch grows old, and her daughters bicker, the White Hunters’ power beginning to splinter. For this reason, their population grows as they spread apart, but also their previously united strength wanes, and they become drawn into the struggles of the other races.
* A Swampling Champion has risen, wielding the Hammer of Dawn, to defend the The Great Weave. Their power becomes increasingly consolidated, as their spells grow more esoteric, their influence on the world more insidious.
* A long and bitter war has raged between the Earth Golems and the Spriggits, over control of the Scepter of Dominance. Populations of both of both have taken hits, but Spriggit fertility had given them an overwhelming numerical advantage. But the Earth Golems have the Scepter in their grasp, and an Emperor is rising, one who dreams of the world under his control.
* The monster variants, taking advantage of the world, grow stronger and more bold. Boss class monsters are occasionally spotted, with enough strength to require an army to defeat them.
* Underneath this all, the gears of the world start to turn… Ambient Aether in the world has slightly increased.
* It has been three cycles since this world’s creation. Would you like to add anything to the world? (Warning, the added qualities will be taken from a skill. A single skill level will be consumed in the taking. Other side-effects are unknown).

### Result of adding skills

Randidly chose the skill Bacterial Regeneration and the Spear Advances, Ash Trails. These skills were simply added to the world, no visible effects were immediately discovered.

## Fourth cycle of the world

### Chapter 313

* Congratulations! You have received the Blessing of Devouring Ash. Strength +5, Willpower +9. Focus +5. Your body temperature increases. Your immune system grows more robust, resistance to all status ailments and debuffs increases by 1%. Free stats +5.

### Chapter 313. Completion notification

* The world of your Soul Skill turns! The denizens of your inner world evolve. Rumors of your judgement against the mysterious woman spreads; while belief in you deepens, in some hearts it is now tinged with fear. In that small space, some whisper of the mystery woman as a great martyr.
* The Matriarch has fallen, and her daughters have splintered off into areas. These have become increasingly attached to other societies, patrolling their areas, protecting them from the rising threat of monsters.
* The Swamplings have expanded, taking over a larger and larger area as the power of the other races shift. Their cities are populous and varied, and they have grown to achieve great commercial success.
* It is an era of peace, and the Spriggits and Golems have achieved some healing between their races. Once more, the Golems have become numerous, and the Spriggits’ technology has advanced by leaps and bonds. Their improvements have raised the bar of civilization.
* A great darkness rises in the East, a monster king of great power. Most of the world does not yet know of its presence, but in the darkness, it is growing more wicked.
* It has been four cycles since this world’s creation. Would you like to add anything to the world? (Warning, the added qualities will be taken from a skill. A single skill level will be consumed in the taking. Other side-effects are unknown).

### Result of adding skills

Randidly chose the skill Grace and Chef’s Palette.

As the skill descended into the world, Grace condensed into a cloak, which floated down into an alley in one of the Spriggit cities. Meanwhile, Chef’s Palette spread out, condensing into new varieties of spices and herbs in the forests of the world. The swamps too, received special attention, and dozens of tasty mushrooms came into being.

## Fifth cycle of the world

### Chapter 314. Completion notification

* The world of your Soul Skill turns! The denizens of your inner world evolve. There has been a great schism amongst the religious sects of your world, as they split into three main churches. The first worship the mysterious woman as the Progenitor, another reveres her as one of the great saints of the Progenitor, who gave her life to seal the greed of the great emperor, and the third believe she was a foreign power who attempted to steal the world for herself, and was smited by the Progenitor.
* As the Monster King has become more active, a slow war is building, fought mainly by the Spriggits and the White Hunters. The lands of the Swamplings are beyond the grasp of the Monster King, and the Earth Golems are having a grand competition to determine their next emperor.
* Due to the powerful pressure on the Spriggits, they have begun to produce powerful metallic exoskeletons in which they fight. These have turned the tide of the war against the Monster King, giving them some brief room, and adding more credence to the Swampling’s non interference.
* Unbeknownst to most, a young Spriggit is making a name for herself in certain circles, boasting the title of greatest thief in the world, able to avoid any and all forms of detection…
* At the center of the world, more clockwork pieces snap into place. Something is coming. Ambient Aether in the air increases.
* It has been five cycles since this world’s creation. Would you like to add anything to the world? (Warning, the added qualities will be taken from a skill. A single skill level will be consumed in the taking. Other side-effects are unknown).

### Result of adding skills

Randidly chose the skill Soul Bond. This allowed the inhabitants of the world to create Soul Bonds with monsters and monsters with monsters.

## Sixth cycle of the world

### Chapter 314. Completion notification

* The world of your Soul Skill turns! The denizens of your inner world evolve. The three religious sects have set aside their differences and announced that the Monsters are a scourge that needs to be eradicated. A holy war has begun.
* Spriggit Exoskeletons fight side by side with White Hunters and Earth Golem Chieftains on the front lines, holding back the Wicked Riders of the monster race. Although the crusade pushes deeper and deeper into monster territory, the Monster King has not been seen in some time.
* The young Spriggit thief is torn; for she had received a request from the monster people of the greatest theft in history. She is to steal the holy spear of the Progenitor and deliver it into the hands of the monsters. This is the ultimate job, the act that would leave her mark on the world in the way she’s always dreamed. She must simply betray her people in order to accomplish it.
* On a distant side of the battlefield, the Swamplings continue to trade with the monster people, establish a rapport, and hoping for the possibility of peace.
* It has been six cycles since this world’s creation. Would you like to add anything to the world? (Warning, the added qualities will be taken from a skill. A single skill level will be consumed in the taking. Other side-effects are unknown).

### Result of adding skills

Randidly chose the skill Talon Strike, Phantom Onslaught and Burning Footsteps. The Talon Strike became a pair of dark gauntlets, covered in spikes. Phantom Onslaught became a set of 13 knives. Burning Footsteps became a pair of dirty looking boots, the heel of which was made of gold.

## Seventh cycle of the world

### Chapter 335

* Congratulations! You have received the Blessing of Devouring Ash! Strength +8, Willpower +9, Focus +5. Your body temperature increases. Your immune system grows more robust, resistance to all status ailments and debuffs increases by 1%. Free stats +6.

### Chapter 335. Completion notification

* The world of your Soul Skill turns! The denizens of your inner world evolve. As the more pressing concerns of state rise to the forefront, the religious infighting withdraws to the shadows, growing more vicious and cruel. At its heart lies the existence of the mysterious woman and the personality of the Progenitor who sent her to this world. In the darkness, more extreme views begin to brew...
* The Monster King has returned, riding a great tortoise and bearing great power. He has launched a crusade against the other races, pushing far into the Spriggit Territory. The solitary Earth Golems have joined the struggle, and even the Weavers begin to move against him, binding his power. They worry that he will be the next coming of the previous emperor, who conquered the world.
* The Spriggit Thief ultimately cannot resist the urge to take up the request to steal the spear, and has performed the greatest heist in history, stealing the holy relic. Tragically, she was unable to make it away unscathed, as the Weaver defenses are not to be trifled with. Her lifeblood bleeding out, she trembles and looks at the stars, wondering what the point has been...
* It has been seven cycles since this world’s creation. Would you like to add anything to the world? (Warning, the added qualities will be taken from a skill. A single skill level will be consumed in the taking. Other side-effects are unknown).

### Result of adding skills

Randidly chose the skill Bacterial Regeneration half of which was dispelled throughout the world, and the other was focused on Tatilia, which healed her wounds after stealing the holy spear.

## Eigth cycle of the world

### Chapter 375. Completion notification

* The world of your soul skill turns! The denizens of your inner world evolve. A strange peace descends to the world. After the great mecha of the Spriggits battled against the Monster King and its mount, leaving both heavily wounded, none dared reignite the flames of war. And those that remained continued to throw dirt on the slowly dwindling ash.
* The Weavers broker an uneasy peace, and as part of that, individuals from the Monster Kingdom spread out into the outer lands, some disguised, but some traveling openly. The three religions of the world struggle to understand these new interlopers, and how they fit into the Progenitor’s plan.
* In the dark volcano where he was born, the Monster King nurses his wounds and wonders the same thing.
* The Spriggit economy has transitioned smoothly into industry, after the war ended, and new inventions seem to come out everyday. More and more peoples flock to their capital, seeking their wealth.
* A young Spriggit thief touched by the Progenitor, bearing his weapon, asks the sky why she was chosen. The heavens remain silent.
* It has been eigth cycles since this world’s creation. Would you like to add anything to the world? (Warning, the added qualities will be taken from a skill. A single skill level will be consumed in the taking. Other side-effects are unknown).

## Ninth cycle of the world

### Chapter 408

* Congratulations! You have received the Blessing of Cleansing Rain. Wisdom +7, Free Stats +10! You have learned the Skill Child of the Rain (Un) Lvl 1.

### Chapter 408. Completion notification

* The world of your Soul Skill turns! The denizens of your inner world evolve. Time has passed, and the peace between the original races and the monster peoples has grown even stronger. Even the staunchest supporters of the war are changing their tune as the lure of coin draws them towards trade.
* Again, the Weave is being created, with the Weavers doing their best to piece together portions of the past that have been forgotten. For they fear that as the monster threat has left, more sinister forces among the four races begin to simmer, as greed and corruption spread among the upper echelons of the Spriggit and Earth Golem peoples.
* The Monster King has disappeared, the body of his mount found, drained of life. There are whispers among the monsters about foul play, but the Monster King was the most powerful warrior that they have seen in this world since the great Earth Golem Emperor. They know not who might have conspired against him...
* The Spriggit Thief has grown from a young girl into a woman, bearing the Progenitor’s weapons, acting as a Ranger throughout the land. She assists those who need it and arbitrates disputes. But as more and more energy rises out of the strange core of this land, a new threat is emerging. Mutations of normal races, warped by powerful emotions and the addictive energy that flows from the strange cracks in the earth.
* This Ranger has taken it upon herself to find and seal these cracks, preventing the spread of mutation. But the road is a lonely one, and sinister forces begin to experiment with ways to use this power for their own twisted ends...
* It has been nine cycles since this world’s creation. Would you like to add anything to the world? (Warning, the added qualities will be taken from a Skill. A single Skill Level will be consumed in the taking. Other side-effects are unknown).

### Result of adding skills

Randidly chose the skill Touch From Beyond and Four-Shaded Domain.

The Touch from Beyond descended into the Soulskill and spread into several large clumps, sinking in the ground in certain places, creating mineral deposits of some strange, unusual mineral. Meanwhile, the other Skill split into four large clumps and fell through the populations, sinking into four individuals, empowering them in some small way. The Spriggits didn’t receive one of those split blessings, but theirs appeared to go to a monster boy, curled up in a small crib. He was based on a variant of a duck, and his wings flapped weakly as the force of energy inserted into his body.

## Tenth cycle of the world

### Chapter 419

* Congratulations! You have received the Blessing of Murderous Cold as your Soul Skill revolves. +8 to Agility, Perception, and Reaction. As you become increasingly in tune with your surroundings, sensitivity to other’s attention and attitudes vastly increases!

### Chapter 430

Blessing of the Fetid Growth was gained, but it gave +10 in Control and Resistance and +50 Health Regeneration.

### Chapter 443

* Congratulations! You have received the Blessing of Devouring Ash. Willpower +10, Resistance +10. You have learned the Skill “Chosen of Fire (R) Lvl 1”.

### Chapter 443-444. Completion notification

* The world of your soul skill turns! The denizens of your inner world evolve. Although peace has lasted for a generation, it grows increasingly strained. The emergence of more and more Energy Wells across the surface of the planet has caught the eye of all of the political players. But no sooner do the countries shift their resources to move, when a great evil comes to the land.
* They rise out of the Energy Wells, wounded and broken, but as they slowly absorb the lives of others, they grow stronger, stealing their skills, and even faces. By the time rumors of the Skinshifts is known by the public, it is almost too late, for these clever monstrosities have penetrated into the highest level of government in every race.
* A great darkness came out of the center of this world, and more are following it…
* Calculating…
* Accelerating time within Soul Skill… Calculating extent of degeneration… approaching critical failure…
* Your Grace has descended upon the world, and it has not gone unnoticed! Calculating effects…
* The Weavers suffered heavy losses in the war against the Skinshifts, likely because they were identified as the race that would be the easiest to subvert, once its ranks were infiltrated. It is anathema to move against the interests of the Weave, and it took the Weavers a long time to discover the traitors in their midst. The war to purge them was a bloody one, and although the Weavers succeeded in purifying themselves, they were unable to assist in the greater war.
* Aside from the Weavers, the monsters were the most decimated. The Skinshifts originally used the monsters as scapegoats for what was happening, placing the blame on the monsters’ violent nature when the deaths became too numerous to hide. Perhaps they would have become completely under the thumb of the foreign invaders if not for the Monster King. Hearing of his people’s plight, the King moved, annihilating all traces he could find of their evil. But his court was a gutted, suspicious wreck of what it had been.
* The White Hunters were well off and had warned the Golems, leaving both races relatively untouched. They then turned their attention to the Spriggit crisis, as the Skinshifts discovered and unleashed the mechanical war machines that were created at the end of the war against the monsters, but never used.
* Working together with the Spriggit Thief, one of the Chosen of the Progenitor, two young Earth Golem women with martial talent not seen since the Emperor defeated the great mechs, ending the internal threats.
* For a great prophet has arrived to the world, a woman with lilac hair, speaking of the crisis coming towards their world. Only by banding together underneath the banner of the Progenitor can they survive. Although most were originally skeptical, the Blessing of the Progenitor descended upon them, both giving them strength, and by absence revealing the last few holdouts of the Skinshifts.
* When the first Blessings came, the Monster King clenched his hands into fists and his halls echoed with his rage. When the Blessing took him, he began to weep, silently and softly.
* But the invaders have not been idle. The Skinshifts were the most insidious of their weapons, but they were not the most dangerous. Aether Thralls march by the thousands, moving towards the remnants of civilization, mobilized by the Two-Headed Reavers. And leading the host is a Decimator, a hulking monstrosity that aims to devour the world...
* Time Slowing... stabilizing...
* It has been ten cycles since this world’s creation. Would you like to add anything to the world? (Warning, the added qualities will be taken from a Skill. A single Skill Level will be consumed in the taking. Other side-effects are unknown).

### Result of adding skills

The skill Touch of the Beyond was invested in the right hand of the Monster King, and Gravity Affinity was invested into his left hand.

## History

In chapter 220 Randidly was unable to see Arbor and Thorn's stats and influence their development, because in chapter 219 they had been bonded with this Soul Skill.

In chapter 228 Randidly thought that the meaning from Helen that he received from her through the skill Aether Connection would be able to speed up the sluggish waters of his Soul Skill.

In chapter 246 Randidly heard Neveah's voice and assumed that she was the spirit or soul of his Soul Skill. In chapter 248 Randidly saw Neveah's memories.

In chapter 278 Lucretia tried to enter into this Soul Skill. In chapter 283 Randidly says that he opened up his Soul Skill and let Lucretia look into it. He did this to prevent Lucretia from damaging his Soul Skill world. He used the Inspiration on Superiority and decided to seal Lucretia inside his Soul Skill. To do this, he needed a gift, a plan and a seal. First, Randidly filled Xierk's body with Aether and moved it to the place where Lucretia was. To maintain balance, Randidly began to absorb the meaning of Lucretia (her thoughts, memories, feelings, techniques and images). Thus, Randidly was able to move Lucretia inside his Soul Skill. To prevent Lucretia from harming the world of his Soul Skill, Randidly sealed her with the Spear of the Devourer. He launched this spear into his Soul Skill, and it began to absorb the meaning of Lucretia so that she could not harm his world. The spear plunged into the ground and bound the meaning of Lucretia. Lucretia entered the Soul Skill along with Dian's soul and Yeti's head.

In chapter 347 Randidly spoke to Lucretia in his Soul Skill world. They were at the top of a mountain below which there was the Spriggit's secret research base, developing giant suits of metal to fight against the Monster King. They were hold in reserve against another Monster King offensive, as things had settled down to a simmer, both sides holding their own against the other.

In chapter 355 Randidly found out that sometime ago, spiders from the race of Swamp Hunters or Weavers that live in this Soul Skill came out of the Arbor near Donnyton. These spider webs covered the entire forest around the Arbor. The spider Matriarch was connected to the Arbor and Randidly by the Aether Connection.

In chapter 401 time in the Soul Skill was frozen and Randidly could not access this Soul Skill. In chapter 407 Soul Skill finished its transformation. The amount of energy in his world increased, and something had shifted at the core of the world.

In chapter 443 the core of this world entered a dangerous and unstable state. This gave rise to the Skinshifts, who began to destroy the entire Soul Skill from within. During this, time sped up in the Soul Skill, and Randidly was unable to get inside of it through the different time flows in the Soul Skill and the real world. Progenitor’s Influence could penetrate through this time barrier. Then Randidly used Progenitor’s Influence and began to distribute the Minor Blessing to the inhabitants of his Soul Skill, which the four races, monsters and Skinshifts could receive. These blessings helped a lot in the war against the Skinshifts.

In chapter 444 Randidly was able to get inside the Soul Skill. He collected a thousand Progenitor’s Influence, and the inhabitants of this world could see him. Only his mind was here, which could appear before people and talk to them, but it could not use skills and interact with Aether or matter. He stayed in this world for three days (during this time only a few hours had passed in the real world) and spent eight hours with each leader of the races. He spent the first eight hours with the Earth Golem twin girls, and Randidly taught them his skill The Spear Advances, Ash Trails. Then Randidly told White Hunter Melody how to train Control and Willpower. For another eight hours, Randidly taught Spriggit Tatilia his skill The Spear Phantom's Embrace. After that, Randidly told the Weavers his story and the story of his Soul Skill's world. And Randidly spent the last eight hours with Tziech. Tziech showed Randidly his spear skills, and then they talked to each other. At the end of the conversation, Randidly gave Tziech the skills Touch From Beyond and Gravity Affinity.

In chapter 447 Creature transferred its energy into Randidly's Soul Skill, which created an invading army. In chapter 447 Randidly was able to collect the world energy of his Soul Skill that flowed to him and used it to scare Lucretia, knocking her to the ground. This energy is collected for a long time during the time spent in the Soul Skill world, but it is quickly spent.

In chapter 458 Tziech and Tatilia were transported through a blue-green light pillar portal to the Creature's Soul Skill world. Tatilia began polluting this world with the dirty meaning from the Spear of the Devourer. This option could work, but it would took a very long time. Therefore, in chapter 460 Tziech ignited the black powder with Tellumurite crystals, which caused a large explosion and killed the incarnation of Creature in Zone 32. In this chapter Tziech pushed Tatilia into the world of Randidly's Soul Skill, and in chapter 464 she returned to him to absorb Creature's memories with the spear. Then she returned to her world.

In chapter 470 the war completely ended and the Soul Skill world began to transform. There were several thousand Aether Thralls left in the Soul Skill, whose connection with the Creature was broken, and they became owned by Randidly's Soul Skill.

In chapter 475 the core of this Soul Skill reached a certain development point, after which the Soul Skill had to evolve. During this time Randidly learned that he did not use the Creature's Weapon to create it, but an incomplete Skeleton Key. This key was influenced by Randidly's images, causing the structure to deviate from what was originally intended. After some development this core opened a portal, allowing the Creature to attack Randidly's world. But this structure constantly filled by energy the whole world.

## Notes

* Even when this Soul Skill is not leveled up, time slowly passes in it.
* In chapter 211 Creature said that this Soul Skill had the potential to rank 6th in all of the Cohorts.
* In chapter 213 after observing the White Hunters Randidly obtained an image from which he created the skill Flexibility of the White Hunters.
* After the third cycle the Blessing of the Cleansing Rain began to give + 2% to concentration.
* The Blessings of this Soul Skill have changed after receiving the class. They no longer provide percentage increases in concentration, hearing and vision range, body size and immunity. Some bonuses were replaced and it became possible to receive skills from these Blessings.
* The addition of this class, called Progenitor of the Four-Shaded Evolution, increased Randidly's value towards being Progenitor of this Soul Skill's world. This allowed Randidly to get closer to his world, which made both of them more powerful.
* The races of the Soul Skill's creatures affected the stats, which increased the skill Four-Shaded Domain. Swamp Spiders gave Wisdom, Spriggits gave Focus, White Hunters gave Reaction, and Earth Golems gave Strength.
* In chapter 447 Randidly found out that this Soul Skill had a connection with the Creature's Soul Skill.
* In chapter 475 this Soul Skill evolved into the Soul Skill Seven Lands of the Spectral Tree.