Awakening：The Infinite Evolution of My Talent as a Low-Level Awakener

"I hope these mother bodies can give me a surprise..."

Sterl took a deep breath. His journey through Hell had come to an end, and it was because of the souls of Hell's inhabitants that he had experienced such a terrifying improvement in such a short time.

Hell, with its one hundred and eight layers, was essentially one hundred and eight small worlds, and the creatures of Hell—except for those taken by the invaders—had mostly ended up in his grasp!

Now, Hell had nearly been consumed by him. To continue increasing his power like this would not be as easy. Even if he cleansed the entire Alpha 8 world, the number of usable souls he could obtain would not even be a tenth of what Hell had provided.

So, he had no choice but to place his hope in these mother bodies. If they could massively increase production, it would at least alleviate the resource shortage he was facing.

With that, Sterl began to wait quietly, trying to contact Hell and request the transfer of authority over the last eight layers of core Hell.

But no matter how he tried to contact them, he received no response.

It was to be expected. Sterl's actions were those of a mad marauder, having nearly consumed all the remaining beings in Hell. He hadn't spared even the eight core layers of Hell—it was absolute devastation!

To make matters worse, even Kun, whom he had managed to bring over from the Endless Void with great difficulty, had been forcibly subdued and taken by Sterl.

If the remaining authority were to be handed over to Sterl, Hell might as well give up its existence altogether, kneel down, and call this damned bandit its master.

With that thought, Hell almost wanted to weep. It had thought it had found a savior, but instead, this savior was little different from the invaders—one came to invade by force, while the other invited the wolf into the house. Now, even if it wanted to expel Sterl, it couldn't.

Moreover, with Sterl in control of so much of Hell's authority, he could absorb Hell's power at will, or return to Hell anytime without needing its permission or approval.

Of course, Sterl was unaware of Hell's thoughts, and even if he did know, he wouldn't care. Hell was nothing. If it angered him, he could simply activate his Star-Bone Body and obliterate it!

A few minutes later, all the souls were refined.

The high-tier soul power amounted to over 8,500 points, equivalent to the refined souls of 15 upper-tier divine authority beings!

Then, with a slight focus of his mind, Sterl directed his attention to the seven mother body puppets he had captured earlier. These seven had never been enhanced, so he directly poured 700,000 soul power into them—an average of 100,000 per puppet—boosting them to the same level as the other three mother body puppets.

The enhancement finished quickly. Now, Sterl could gain 4,000 soul power every day just by sitting still, which would total 120,000 after a month.

For him, this was hardly significant, but if he focused entirely on producing high-tier soul power, he could accumulate 12,000 high-tier soul power in a month. That was a huge amount!

Whether absorbed or converted into Power of Star-Bone, this was a rare and invaluable resource!

Therefore, using these mother bodies to produce high-tier soul power was far more efficient than using ordinary souls. After all, the difficulty of obtaining high-tier soul power was much greater than that of ordinary souls.

The only disappointment for Sterl was that while high-tier soul power was powerful, it could not be used to increase soul rank. If it could, then his remaining 17 levels would be nothing to worry about.

Of course, everything has its pros and cons. This was just a characteristic of the mother bodies that couldn't be changed, and Sterl wasn't going to push the issue. After all, to him, this was essentially a freebie.

Next, Sterl focused his mind on the ten mother bodies. With a slight mental command, high-tier soul power from the Soul Devourer Sphere immediately began to pour out at a rate of 10 points per second, sinking into the souls of the ten mother body puppets.

Suddenly, the puppets seemed to be stimulated, and they started to riot!

However, Sterl noticed that this "riot" wasn't from pain—it was excitement and greed!

That's right! The puppets, which should have lost their autonomy, were now exhibiting an instinctive excitement as they crazily absorbed the incoming high-tier soul power, as if encountering some form of nourishment.

With the crisis now resolved, Sterl wasn't concerned with time. He kept the process going at a slow pace and quietly waited.

He watched as the mother body puppets, after absorbing the high-tier soul power, visibly began to grow and expand.

The eerie eyeballs on their surfaces were continuously blinking, and the fur covering their bodies seemed to tremble slightly, as if they were enjoying this transformation.

Over ten minutes passed, and the 8,500 points of high-tier soul power were finally completely absorbed.

On average, each mother body puppet absorbed a staggering 850 points of soul power!

That was the soul essence of an entire upper-tier divine authority being! This was the real deal—comparable to a Lord of Hell-level divine soul, not those half-baked, castrated versions.

"Training these mother bodies is no small expense..."

Sterl couldn't help but sigh. In his past life, he used to worry about money every day, and now, in this life, having reached the point where he could enslave gods, he was still struggling with resources. This felt more than a little frustrating.

Shaking his head, he exhaled deeply, calming his restless thoughts, and refocused his attention on the mother bodies.

Having invested so much soul power, it was time for the results.

He watched as the mother bodies in Purgatory Space, after fully absorbing the soul power, began to grow—almost five times their original size!

The countless eyes on their surfaces looked even more unsettling, and the cracks through which they birthed souls had widened dramatically, much stronger than before.

With both anticipation and unease, Sterl gave the command to begin production.

At the sound of his command, all the mother body puppets immediately began to move. Their mouths opened wide, drawing in energy from the unknown space, and then, within their bodies, they merged and nurtured the power. About ten minutes later, two million souls were ejected from the cracks!

"Wait, what?!"

Sterl stared in shock at the two million newly birthed souls in Purgatory Space. Comparing them to the previous ones, he quickly reached a conclusion: the production capacity of these mother body puppets had increased by five times!

"Hahaha! This is awesome! This is the real deal!"

The immense joy gave him a feeling of newfound hope, as if a bright future had suddenly opened up before him.

With this, the daily harvest of ordinary soul power had skyrocketed from 4,000 points to 20,000!

In a month, that would amount to 600,000!

This wasn't a small amount. If accumulated for a year, that would be 7.2 million points of soul power—enough to rival the total number of souls from all the beings in the core layers of Hell combined.

Moreover, if it were converted into high-tier soul power, it would be 2,000 points a day! That's 60,000 points a month!

Sterl's mind immediately ran wild with excitement. Those words came to him: I'm going to make it big!

If he waited a month, that would be 60,000 points of soul power—fifteen times the amount he needed for his second limit-breaking breakthrough!

Even if it wasn't enough for the third breakthrough, it would likely be very close.

Not only that, but it also meant that the use of the Star-Bone Body would shift from occasional to routine. His strength would soar to a level where he no longer had to worry about the consumption of the Power of Star-Bone!

With 2,000 points of high-tier soul power a day, he could easily support his combat needs!

"This is it! This is how you get rich!"

He said, genuinely excited.

He had originally thought that a two or threefold increase in the mother bodies' production capacity would be great, but he didn't expect it to rise by a full five times!

With this, the issue of resource scarcity was mostly solved. At least high-tier soul power would no longer be a concern.

However, to further increase the production of these mother body puppets would require far more resources.

But with the tremendous increase in their production capacity, Sterl wasn't worried about that. If 8,500 points of high-tier soul power could yield such a result, how much more could be achieved in a month with 60,000 points?

In fact, Sterl felt a sudden urge to invest the remaining ten million ordinary soul power into the puppets to push their production to the extreme!

But after thinking it over carefully, he decided against it. After all, the ten million soul power wasn't easy to come by, and even with the upgrade, each puppet would only get about a million soul power at most.

Moreover, Sterl realized that using high-tier soul power to enhance the puppets was far more effective than using ordinary soul power.

So, it was better to keep the ordinary soul power for himself.

In the end, whether accumulating soul power or nurturing the mother bodies, Sterl's sole goal was to increase his own strength.

If the resources couldn't serve that purpose, they were meaningless.

"Produce like crazy for me, and show me your true potential!"

Sterl gave the command, and immediately, all the mother body puppets began to produce at full capacity. Every ten minutes, a new batch of souls would be generated, practically functioning like an automatic money printer.

With the soul power enhancement, these mother bodies had undergone massive changes. Sterl guessed that if any of the hidden forces behind the scenes saw this, they would probably go mad!