Reyansh stayed silent after his initial reaction, trying to think of the possible reasons. Beside principal, this Cat_Empress also baffled him slightly.

Before thinking any further, he decided to check on the details of Cat_Empress. A panel manifested as he clicked mentally.

[Viewer’s Profile]

[Name: Fiona Pakhet Lunara] (Cat_Empress)

[Race: Beast Kin (Lion-kin)]

[Age: 10,596 years]

[Gender: Female]

[Dimension: M079 (Sedrona, Middle rank dimension) (Current); H0456 (Lunaris, High rank dimension) (Home)]

+ [Talent]

+ [Skills] 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"What kind of Lioness calls herself a cat?" Seeing this information only increased his confusion for the moment.

He took a deep breath and exhaled, "Let’s focus on Miss Arpita first," he decided, there was no point in reaching a conclusion with only half information.

"Either, she stumbled onto my channel and subscribed it on whim. Now that I say it aloud, this is least likely to be the scenario."

"Or, she is searching for someone and my channel came under the observation too."

"Maybe there could be third option that she knows its me, but that also less probable. There’s no way she could confirm it with certainty, that the StarWalker is me." He stated as he contemplated for a second.

"Should I ask her?" he wondered, remembering her contact card in his possession.

But the next moment, he disagreed that thought.

"Nah, the most likely situation at the moment is 2nd one. There’s no need to give her extra confirmation, just in case she is looking for me. I hope she joins my live tomorrow." He decided for now.

Moving on, he focused on Lion-kin calling herself Cat.

"Now, this is where things get interesting. A high rank dimension being in middle rank dimension, her profile is screaming that she is hiding something ."

"But I don’t have enough information to reach a conclusion. I hope she too joins in tomorrow."

"The next stream has already become interesting with my increased strength and possible new enigmatic viewers." He stated.

He closed the panel, though one thing still lingered in his mind, ’Is the principal here for me? Or this is just a happy coincidence?’

He sat silently for a moment, the possibilities of someone tracking down his channel.

’They couldn’t have figure out my identity due to my mask. I am sure about that.’

The more he thought about it, he got a feeling that even though he hadn’t been identified yet. He may have been marked for observation or something like that.

At this moment, a line from the Stellar Emperor echoed in his mind, "In this existence, either you are the Hunter or a Prey."

"There’s no point in overthinking about this at the moment. The best precaution would be to just get stronger."

"The stronger I am, the less inconvenience others will be." He finalized his thoughts about the possibility of his identity being discovered.

Setting his thoughts aside, he exhaled then shifted his entire focus to the set of instructions for mana breathing he received before this sudden intrusion.

He went over the steps in his mind first, then settled himself in the Lotus position and closed his eyes.

"First step, move mana from the core to all the extremities of the body. Forming a thin layer of mana just under the skin." He let his own voice be the guide.

The stability of the core and the control over his mana helped in easing out the process which would have been difficult otherwise.

He first started by forming a thin layer around both of his hands and moved from there. Slowly over a minute, his body was enveloped by a thin mana layer.

"Now, the second step, sense the mana in the environment around me and let it enter through the layer."

Due to absorbing the Essence and the Prism, his sensitivity to mana had increased. He could easily sense the mana in surrounding, the mana here was sparse, so he patiently waited.

A few seconds later, the mana particles in the vicinity stirred like attracted by something. The closer they got the pores, faster they became.

Just as some mana entered his body through the pores, he felt the same sense of rejuvenation he felt earlier. However, he still maintained his focus on the process itself.

The mana particles that entered his body, didn’t directly travel though his body. Instead, the impurities from the particles stuck to the layer created earlier, which acted as a filter, allowing only pure mana to pass.

The process was slow but he enjoyed this process of feeling the small mana particles and aimed to improve his control over them during the process.

Slowly, this step neared the completion. When he felt that all of his pores had been used at least once, he moved to the next step.

At this moment, the layer he created wasn’t just a layer. It had become a net that filtered out the impurities of mana, only allowing pure mana to enter his body.

Moving on to the third step, he used his perception to focus on every pores on his body. He had never used his perception like this before, which felt awkward to him.

As his perception mapped all the pores, he stopped his breathing for a second. Then inhaled sharply, beside the natural air as he remained focused on the floor, a gush of mana entered his body.

Just as the third step completed, his entire body felt the changes. This gush of mana worked like an adrenaline for him, only external.

Now onto the fourth and final step, all the mana that had entered, he focused on it and guided the mana towards his core.

All the mana entered his mana core guided by him. However, just as the mana entered the core, instead of being stored, it merged with the wall of the mana core due to his mana core already being full. This helped him in moving further along his mana rank.

’So, if my mana core was empty, first I would have to completely fill the mana core before focusing on the mana core itself. Hmm...makes sense.’

Exhaling slowly, he opened his eyes. The layer of mana and impurities acting as filter he used was still there. It would help in passively collecting mana when he used the mana.

"This was a new experience, though a bit time consuming. It allowed me to help perceive mana better," he stated, planning on moving forward towards the 6th item on the list.

The Eternal Aether Cycle provided him more than just a set of instructions, the knowledge that will trickle down will be one of the greatest gift he received yet.

"Now that the active breathing process is complete. Let’s move to the 6th item and start phase 3." He commanded as he was low-key waiting for the 6th item.

Sensing his readiness to move forward, a panel manifested before him.

[Would you like to start Phase 3?]

"Yes, let’s check the Absolute Instinct," he agreed with an eager smile.

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