Without much hesitation, they started to work.
No sooner had they appeared in Lyina, they were greeted with the news of fleeing beasts almost instantaneously.
This caused a faint smile to appear on Jason's face as numerous beasts he had been looking for were amongst them.
Because of that, while starting with the cleansing process, Jason immediately initiated his large-scale customization project for the soul world.
What he required the most were enriching habitats for all beasts and places where they could fight and exhaust themselves.
Feeling bored within the soul world was something Jason didn't want his soulbonds to experience.
Otherwise, they might start missing their freedom in the wildlands and somehow prefer the thrill of being under immediate danger over a safe but boring life.
There were many things to consider while binding a beast to one's soul, but this was even more so the case if he wanted the soulbonds to stay within the soul world forever.
As such, instead of binding the beasts that sought asylum immediately, Jason first talked to them.
Almost all beasts in the universe could understand the universal language.
This made things much easier, even if they were unable to revert to him with an answer.
Using their body language, and so on, they could communicate their thoughts and it was possible for him to interact with most of them.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})Simultaneously, his Celestia aura, the activated stigma, and his usual calm and gentle demeanor were working wonders.
The fleeing beasts didn't even think about attacking him, and most of them genuinely considered Jason's offer.
In the end, Jason might only require one beast of each kind he had noted down, but with the plan to turn the soul world into a thriving world of its own, it would be better to allow small packs, and even hordes of beasts to enter his soul world!
Jason himself had no idea how vast his soul world exactly was, and he could adjust his soul amplification at any time, lowering it if the number of beasts he bound exceeded what his body could take.
However, for this to happen, the soul amplification would have to enhance his constitution to the Specta stage!
Adjusting the race specific weakening curse to solely focus on his soul amplification was also possible, so Jason was not all that worried about straining his body yet again.
Thus, he spent the next few months cleansing the areas around the world bridge, and Jason only slowly expanded his range.
He systematically began to cleanse and purify the surroundings, releasing the cultivation energies, while trying to convince numerous beasts to become his soulbonds.
Jason never forced anyone to agree to his requests as he was still of the opinion that it was the most important for anyone to act on their own accord, and willingly agree to journey with him for the rest of his life without any pressure.
Focussing on his current task at hand, years passed in no time.
The restoration project took shape, and the other beings that had been overwhelmed by the dark and impure energies were slowly revealing themselves.
Over the next few years, the planet's nature began to flourish after being exposed to the pure and dense energies.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})Simultaneously, Jason's cultivation progressed rapidly, and so were his advances in the customization project.
He put his entire focus on the few tasks ahead, while receiving the protection of the Sacred Elvyrs to ensure that his work went unhindered.
Meanwhile, his dearest soulbonds took charge of controlling the beasts inside the soul world.
They were even actively helping in customizing the soul world, shaping the surrounding and landscaping it as per their desires.
After Jason bound countless tons of earth, tens of thousand plants, and numerous other items to his soul, they were simply stacked up and some littered around the soul world.
Thus it was great to have his soulbonds by his side who helped him turn the space into an inhabitable spot.
After more than a dozen years had passed, Jason finally decided to differentiate the beasts he bound to his soul in two different sections.
While Artemis and everyone else, who was close to him were still considered his soulbonds, the other beasts that had decided to follow him, and enter his soul world, were now called Beast of his soul, or Soul beasts!
Other than beasts, there were also quite a few interesting plants he bound to his soul.
There were sentient trees, flowers, and even plants that could evolve, and gain sentience along with the ability to shape their body well enough to move around.
This was quite interesting, but even more so was the fact that many plants were able to gain sentience after he had bound them to his soul.
It was interesting because his soul seemed to allow the plants to gain at least a portion of sentience.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})Jason had never expected that to happen, and upon conducting some tests, he figured out that they obeyed every single command of his.
Intrigued by this, he tried to do the same with other objects such as stones, ores, and so on.
To his dismay, ordinary stones and ores didn't gain any sentience.
However, as for the materials that were considered to have reached the Mecynar stage in terms of quality, this was different as they had gained a trace of sentience.
Jason was utterly shocked about this as it didn't make any sense at all.
The only somewhat logical explanation for this phenomena was that his soul had some specific properties that allowed other beings to gain sentience.
He knew that soulbonds and Soul beasts gained more intelligence by being bound to him, but the ability of his soul world to help them gain sentience truly astonished him.
As such, with time, Jason learned more and more miraculous things about his soul world.
And without him realizing, half a century had passed before he had cleansed three-quarters of Lyina.
Considering that war was wreaking havoc on Lyina, this feat was exceptional.
But it was still not fast enough for Jason.
He had many things to finish, so it was a good sign that his cultivation was progressing much faster than expected.
This gave him the necessary strength to fulfill the promises he had had in mind for several decades.
The promise of taking revenge on everyone who was responsible for his hurt and suffering was something he was eager to fulfill, even more so after gaining the necessary strength to make it happen.
He was close to being a centenarian, but the memories of his life on Argos were still vibrant in his mind.
It got only worse, every single time he encountered Emily because meeting her made him feel as if there were unfulfilled tasks that could have been accomplished a long time ago.
With a cultivation base at the Specta stage, Sona seeds were spreading through his body, filling Jason with unfathomable power that was waiting to be released.
Yet, throughout the last 50 years, the fights he had fought, had been in the single digits.
It was ridiculous and made him feel as if he was just toying around.
But even then, he had promised the Queen of the Sacred Elvyr race to finish cleansing Lyina, and help her out before doing anything else.
As such, he had to remain patient, even if it was for a few more decades.
This was his misfortune as the given situation didn't even allow him to cleanse Lyina's last continent.
Four Demi-Gods were fighting over the reigns of the planet in that continent.
Out of those four, two had just ascended, which was ought to make them weaker…had they not been mythical creatures with sheer unbending powers!
Meanwhile, the Queen, another Demi-God, the only one of the Sacred Elvyr race was only observing the situation with eagle eyes.
Even before Jason had arrived, she had observed the interactions between the Demi-Gods of Lyina, noting down each of their characteristics, behavior, likes, and dislikes!
She had yet to intervene in the battle of the four beasts, and Queen Lilya would only do so once she sensed that it was her time to shine.
After all, she wanted to become the superpower of Lyina, and control the other powerhouses!
