Chapter 1165 Talent [3]
Elemental abilities were the mostmonly used of the powers avable to those in Grand Heavens Boundary.
After all,pared to other, more elusivews, the elements were far more easily essible.
Affinities were assigned by birth, and aside from some special cases, they were the determiners of one''s path from that point forth.
How could just anyone be born close to a Higher Law?
There were so few spatial practitioners, life practitioners, yin practitioners, or illusion practitioners in the universe that Damien''s party suddenly became an anomaly that made no sense whatsoever.
But this could just be amounted to Damien''s luck and propensity towards the hypertalented.
In terms of people he''d met throughout his life, those who resided in this universe were mostly elemental practitioners, including great geniuses like Atticus.
Themonality made elemental research something the universe was greatly advanced in. The amount of information on how to progress, the different paths one could take, and several other factors was astonishing.
Damien was now trying something that hadn''t been done before, but this research was still highly valuable to him.
The Void me, which evolved from his previous Sunfire when hebined it with a Heavenly me, was something he attained through his means as a Celestial.
Meanwhile, his lightning was acquired even more unnaturally before it was twisted into somethingpletely different through the devouring of a force as esoteric as Heavenly Lightning.
The Azure Dragon''s water abilities were the same.
Damien had little to no understanding of how to go aboutprehending the base elements naturally, but he trusted his intuition.
The first step was to create them, to find the affinities.
Controlling them with the Void was the final step he aimed for, but strangely enough, it was also his starting point.
The light balls floating on his hand were created through the Void. They were the most basic forms of the elements he wished toprehend, dumbed down to the point where a ssless practitioner could grasp their usage.
''Hmm…''
As he watched those balls floating on his palm, he removed excess elements like lightning from the equation and suppressed his unique variants so they would return to their base forms.
''It''s all about harmony. I can just use the same principles as always to decipher them. It''s a matter of bncing five instead of two.''
It was easy to have a difficultprehension session where nothing was gained. This was the mostmon ending for such practice anyway.
But since when was Damien someone who procrastinated?
He wasn''t going to patiently wait forprehensions toe to him.
The only beneficial part of building the fundamentals after bing an expert was one''s knowledge.
The knowledge they gained from their time training, and the intuitive processing they could do because of the experience they possessed.
Damien had long since understood the concept of harmony, a close rtive of the "Universal Flow" that had been following and guiding him his entire life.
Space and Time existed on equal and opposite nes. They were the same, yet so far separated.
Life and Death would refuse to cooperate when they met, shing and creating conflict, but Damien brought them together to form their true nature as Samsara.
What was different this time?
The five elements had a cycle of their own, and when more variants and different types of elementalws were added, this bnce never broke, it merely changed its proportion.
Damien yed around with the light balls, changing their configuration several times.
Light and Darkness had far more value than their peers, so when they swirled into the circle, everything was shaken.
The light balls of other elements shrunk under their umbre and created a secondary cycle, almost like a moon orbiting a with Damien as its sun.
Lightning was a variant attached to Fire in the same way Ice was to Water. Meanwhile, Metal held status equal to Wood, but tended to be excluded from more conventional systems due to the rarity of the affinity.
It was fun to watch the light show. The way these elements reacted to each other when he tweaked them, the minute aggressions and joys they showed when in contact with their peers; the more he gazed at this tiny representation of what he was trying to create, the more it looked like—
''—a gxy.''
It wasn''t quite that big yet, but at its current size, it wasn''t strange to call it a budding gxy, a collection ofary systems.
If its higher counterparts were added, wouldn''t this puzzle fit his description perfectly?
It was wonderous how many patterns existed in this world.
All things were created equal. At the very base of all of these elements, weren''t they the same? Weren''t they all pirs supporting the universe''s flow?
Nothing was different.
''That''s right. Nothing is different.''
Was it supposed to be difficult toprehend?
He thought so at first, but now, his mind was in a different ce.
Damien sat down and concentrated, dismissing the light balls he was holding.
''I understand the base concept. Now I need to go one by one and seize control. First off…''
''Light.''
His wife was a Valkyrie. He was more than familiar with the element already.
It was better for him toprehend light and darkness first, so the creation of their umbre wouldn''tter disrupt his efforts.
''Light, huh…''
He thought of Elena, of the mana she possessed.
His mind unconsciously delved into the world of his memories, and his All-Seeing Eyes activated to their fullest capacity.
Despite him viewing a moment from the past, he was still able to analyze Elena''s mana as if she was standing right in front of him.
''Wow…''
Her path in Life Laws was extremely impressive, almost blindingly so, but she hadn''t been cking in her secondary element either.
''She focused on speed and attack power since she already has Life Laws to take care of support. This is good.''
It was better for him toprehend strength-based powers as well, but he had no desire to copy his wife''s path.
''Hmm…no, I shouldn''t forget my purpose. I want to build these Laws to support my growth first and foremost. My goal should be a reflection of nature.''
Rather than a light that overpowered the darkness, he needed absolute harmony.
And that…
''That''s way easier.''
Damien stopped thinking and got to work.
Light and Darkness, a very, very small piece of Yin and Yang that manifested in the universe to give it life. They could be considered subsidiary elements of those Higher Laws, as they were formed as a product of their influence.
When Light and Darkness came together, they created shadows.
That was the path Zara once attempted to walk.
Unfortunately, the Nox blood in her veins stopped her.
The Demonic Providence she possessed did not allow her to continue developing positively in the Light path, forcing her to enhance her darkness to its greatest limits.
She overcame its influence on her mind, but its influence on her body was nigh-absolute.
But Damien had seen it before.
She''d done it wlessly, turning her original shadows into their baseponents to create spectacr disys of battle.
''Good. A basis.''
That was the end of theprehensive segment of this current task.
There was no need to think anymore, because Damien knew exactly what to do.
He gathered his mana, using Zara and Elena as references while adding several thoughts of his own about bnce and flow into its nature to morph it.
Magically, mysteriously, the mana changed, its original spherical form bing shapeless as it was stretched about by his influence.
Time passed.
Only around 1 hour.
Did he need more time than that?
A murky grey energy sat in his hands.
When he opened his eyes, he pulled his hands apart, and with their motion, they grey separated into ck and white.
Light and Darkness.
These two affinities could now be added to Damien''s list.