The crowd became silent. It was too much of an information to digest. Arjun gave them the time. After all it was the similar situation find him when he learned all the stuff from the void. So as an experienced candidate, he knew that the nine of them needed some time to come down.

After around half an hour, Sitaram finally broke the silence and said, \"So the first step would be to let our soul divide into two parts. From the divided soul, Our avatar would be created just like yours. But this is not an easy task. We need to undergo a hell lot of mental torture while the sole tearing process begins. Is it what you're trying to say?\"

\"That's right.\" ,Arjun replied.

Gutherson asked, \"Young master! How long would this process take?\"

Arjun pondered for a while and said, \"It took me five years of hellish torture before success. I think it would be the similar case even for you people.\"

\"Five years?\" ,Ben was speechless. He asked, \"Big brother! How did you survive this torture?\"

\"As a cultivator, I want my fate to be controlled by me alone.\" ,Arjun said with determination, \"In the process, if you're going to face these kind of tribulations, then you have to do it without any complaints. I trust you Ben. I know that you have the talent. And if this is the reason why I chose you as one of the ten candidates. If you want greater power, then you have to pay some cost of equal proportion. So, are you ready? Or you are satisfied with your current status as an Universe Will?\"

\"I am prepared.\" ,Opportunities comes only once. If you don't seize it, then you will be regretting it for the rest of your life. As an ordinary Delivery Boy back in the Galaxy Pavilion, Ben always felt jealousy towards the primary or Inner Disciples. All you needed was an opportunity to prove his talent. But that opportunity never came.

Until Arjun came in his life. Arjun has completely changed his life. It was like ascending from hell to heaven. He was unique as he could be both combat master and lifestyle master. This achievement is something he had never seen before.

Today another greater opportunity is knocking on his door. So how old is say no for it? If he needs to face a hellish torture in exchange for a greater power then he would gladly face it.

\"That's more like it.\" ,Arjun then looked at others and said, \"I already told you about the concept of Mental Energy. Mental Energy has levels as well. Generally, a genius could reach Level 1 at fourth awakening stage. But I reached even Level 2 this early. All this became possible because I was able to endure this hellish mental attack. Hi when you have this possibility. You can awaken your mental energy to Level 1! So this is an once in a lifetime opportunity.\"

Arjun then gave a serious look at them and said, \"If there exists anyone who doesn't want to take this risk, then I won't force you. They can leave right away.\"

Arjun concluded and waited patiently for them to make their decision. After a moment of silence, Arjun said, \"I will take your silence as no objections. So are you all prepared?\"

\"Yes.\" ,Everyone said excitedly. Give up? There is no way they would give up. This is an opportunity for them to reach a greater heights. So why would they object to such an opportunity?

\"Alright then.\" ,Arjun smiled and said, \"Make your will strong. Prepare mentally. Because this pain is not something you have experienced before. I will count to 10. As soon as I reach \"ten\", I will start the soul tearing procedure. Get ready. And remember. If there is no pain, then there is no gain!\"

As a void, Arjun has the full control over the fate of all his life forms. Since this place was his own Void space, he is an absolute king. So with just one thought, he can start their Soul Dividing Process.

Arjun started his count. As he was counting, the nine of them were trying to calm their minds. Arjun said many times seriously that the pain would be monstrous! He wouldn't lie to them. If he said it, then they could imagine, just how insane this hellish process would be

As Arjun's count were increasing, their heartbeat started to rise. Even they could hear it with their ears not close to their chests.

\"Ten!\" ,As soon as Arjun concluded, on his thought, a huge amount of Spiritual Energy descended within the Void. Back then Arjun didn't know what it was. But today he knew that it was the Primordial Essence of Heaven!

When a cultivator trains, they would gather the Spiritual Energy of the Heaven and Earth to cultivate. This is the common saying. But no one knew why it was known as the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth. But Arjun does.

Arjun learned from Void that, Energy of Heaven descends and gives life to Earth. This Energy of Heaven will merge with the Core of Earth! Then the Core of the Realm(Earth) would release the combined essences of Heaven and Earth in the form of Spiritual Energy! This Spiritual Energy has the power of Heavenly Essence merged within it, it is known as the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth!

But the secret which only Arjun knows is that, The Essence of Heaven contains a vast amount of knowledge. While the Essence of Earth contains the degree of Strength.

In other words, the Essence of Heaven bestows the knowledge to a cultivator, while the essence of earth would give the cultivator physical strength! They both compliment each other and helps a cultivator to both enhance their knowledge and physical strength at the same time. This is how a cultivator moves forward in their cultivation journey!

[Author's note : Here when I wrote physical strength, it means improvement in their cultivation levels]

Arjun looked at the Essence of Heaven descending on his nine candidates. And very quickly, it entered through their pores and approached their souls.

\"AAARGHHHHH!!!\"

Immediately all of them started to scream as the Essence of Heaven started to tear their souls very slowly. The essence of Heaven has didn't stop flowing down from the top.

Arjun looked at the twitching facial expressions of the nine of them. He couldn't help but feel as if his heart was bleeding. Why wouldn't you feel the pain? After all, they were his family. They are the people whom he swore to protect. But he knew that this is for their bright future. So he steeled is heart and look at it them with emotional face.

He said within his heart, \"All the best!\"