Chapter 359: Weak Body (1/2)

Gravis sighed and readied himself. He hadn't expected for one of his friends to die that quickly, but that had always been a possibility. ”Who was it?”

”The one called Lasar,” his father said.

Gravis took a deep breath. ”How did he die?” he asked.

”Normal tempering,” his father answered, ”he underestimated the power of the weaker of his two opponents. After killing the stronger one, he had thought that the weaker one was easier to kill. The weaker opponent self-destructed, taking your friend with him.”

Gravis looked to the side, at the windows, into the outside. ”That was in the middle world, right?” he asked.

”Yes,” his father answered, ”he met up with that old man that you also consider your friend. That's something, at least.”

Gravis took another deep breath. He was no longer running away from his pain. He felt the shock and grief inside him. He also remembered how he had met Lasar and how he had accepted Gravis back into the Lightning Sect.

They both stayed silent for a couple of minutes. Gravis was lost in thought, and the Opposer simply waited for him. Gravis had to deal with these things by himself.

”The others have also already reached the middle world?” Gravis asked after some minutes.

The Opposer nodded. ”Every person you consider as a friend is in the middle world now.”

Gravis had expected that already. He had been back home for nearly three weeks. With the time dilation, that would be over 50 years for the lower world.

”The lower world is still about the same?” Gravis asked.

”Nothing much changed except that there are many more people going through the tenth Stage of Energy Gathering,” his father said.

Gravis had also anticipated that. The changes to the world would be very slow, except for the greater power of the Elemental Sects. With Heaven no longer killing people with a Will-Aura in the Body Tempering Realm, more powerful people would emerge.

Gravis remained silent for some more minutes, just thinking about his friends and the lower world. Over 50 years had passed in the lower world, giving Gravis a feeling of disconnect. The lower world was quickly changing while he had only talked to some people. The worlds were really different.

”So, about that surprise that Orpheus said,” Gravis asked.

”What surprise?” his father asked.

”You didn't listen to our conversation?” Gravis asked back.

”No, why should I?” his father said. ”That's your thing, and you're not in danger inside the city.”

Gravis nodded. It made sense that his father didn't always listen in on his conversation or watch over him. He mostly did these things to protect him, and when it wasn't necessary, he wouldn't care. After all, listening to others talking for a long while would get boring eventually.

”Orpheus assumed that I would go to a Natural World next, but I said that I was more interested in a Battle World. Then, he referred me to you regarding that,” Gravis said.

His father nodded and then looked Gravis in the eye. ”If you want to continue cultivating, you have to go to a Natural World. There is no other way,” he said.

Gravis lifted an eyebrow. ”How come?”

”Your body,” his father said as he pointed to Gravis. ”It's too weak and not in sync with your lightning and Spirit. You've noticed that by now.”

Gravis furrowed his brows. ”Yes, I did. It feels like I am wasting my potential by having such a weak body, but what does it have to do with going to a Natural World? I'm sure there are some resources that I can get to let my body reach the same level as my other centers of power.”

”No,” his father said, surprising Gravis. ”The difference is too vast, and you're already in the Unity Realm. All your centers of power are connected. By strengthening one, you involuntarily strengthen the other ones too, increasing your Realm in the process.”

”Either you have to completely cut off the connection between your body and your other centers of power, losing your strongest weapon, or you will need to reach the peak of the Nascent Nourishing Realm. At that point, you could increase your physical power exclusively, but there is another problem.”

Gravis still had furrowed brows. ”Which is?”

”The higher your cultivation, the more synchronized your whole being becomes. Your whole being would have already gotten used to the current ratio of power. Increasing your physical strength at that point would be very challenging, costly, and time-consuming. There is a very high chance that you wouldn't be able to achieve it before your longevity runs out.”