Chapter 231: The Arrival of the Luxians (1/2)

Due to its similarity to the Strands of Spirit Energy, my arm unconsciously reached for Fleur's arm. Though she was surprised at my sudden action, she let me pull her opened palm near me.

Upon closer observation, it's not made with Spirit Energy at all. If I have to guess, it contained the properties of a Strand of Spirit Energy while still being composed of Water Elemental Energy.

”Fleur, what can these strings do? And do you also get something like an illusory Twin upon glimpsing at your Transcendent Pathway?”

A Spiritual Twin may or may not prove my guess. In any case, her Transcendent Pathway got me more curious. Will it be the same with me? But I have all the five types of Mortal Pathway. Will I only have one Transcendent Pathway or will each of them have a separate Transcendent Pathway?

Err… It's too early to take a guess.

”Based on your reaction, you seem to be familiar with these strings. Also, I don't recall producing an illusory Twin, only these. Initially, there's only one string but each time I made some progress with awakening my Main Core, it will produce a new string.”

Fleur controlled one of the ice-like strings on her palm. It grew longer and floated in the air, swaying freely with it. The surrounding Water Elemental Energy where it passed through was naturally pulled into it, giving it a vibrant glow.

It might look just like a normal string, but given that it's something from a Transcendent Pathway, it couldn't be judged just by its appearance.

The Spiritual Twin is probably unique to the Spirit Pathway in the World of Spirit. I've already guessed before that Mortal Pathways differ amongst different Mortal Worlds regardless of their Source Energy. The Anzeans' Mortal Pathway is probably a bit different from the Meta Pathway but their essence is the same. There are also the other Otherworlds where my other classmates were summoned to. All their Otherworlds' Source Energy will fall upon one of the five types, and from it, the Mortal Pathway suited for the denizens of the World.

In any case, these strings which Fleur produced weren't made from Spirit Energy, but it has the properties of one and she needed to incorporate it into her Main Core along with its awakening.

If I go by this information she provided, is the Transcendent Pathway all about incorporating another Mortal Pathway? Or if by a long shot, is it about incorporating different Source Energy properties?

Ah. Guessing like this won't be enough. I have to get information about more Transcendent Pathway to confirm this, or I could just wait until I started treading my own Transcendent Pathway, which was still unclear when I would reach that.

”Yes. That string is quite familiar to me. I mentioned before that I have five Mortal Pathways, right? It's similar to one realm in the Spirit Pathway. Look at this.”

It's better to show it to her than just talking about it.

Like her, I opened my palm and materialized one of my Spirit Pathway Rivers.

Afterwards, I split the River into ten which transformed it back to ten Streams. And lastly, I picked a random Stream and split it again and transformed it into ten Strands.

When I reached that point, Fleur's mouth slightly opened in disbelief as she watched the dancing Strands of Spirit Energy.

After admiring it for a minute, she pulled my open palm this time and copied what I did.

”This string isn't made of Elemental Energy…”

She held one of the Strands in her hand and examined it carefully. After determining that, she put the ice-like string of hers next to it and compared the two.

”Yes. It's a Strand of Spirit Ocean Connection. It's from the Spirit Pathway.”

Upon hearing my answer, Fleur promptly closed her eyes while still holding onto the Strand in her hand. As soon as she did that, the Elemental Energy around her started to shake from the Aura that was being emitted by her.

She's trying to understand the underlying properties of it and in turn, apply it to her Transcendent Pathway's ice-like strings.

If she's successful, it will be like gaining enlightenment and she will surely make some progress on her Transcendent Pathway. A much better result than what she could get from grinding by absorbing more energies or training herself.

Just like I thought. Ten minutes after she fell in that state, Fleur opened her flame-red eyes which glowed brightly. Following that is the sudden storm-like surge of Water Elemental Energy. It created a huge commotion that the five who were resting inside the Energy Zone got startled awake. They all stood up and looked over to see the commotion that was happening from one of the Transcendents.

As the dense amount of Water Elemental Energy flooded our position, I took a step back to give the space to Fleur.

The result already showed itself. From that enlightenment of hers, Fleur successfully broke through one small stage in the first realm of her Transcendent Pathway.

When she finished absorbing the ocean of Water Elemental Energy which flooded her position, the ice-like strings on her hand became four and her Transcendent Aura which unconsciously opened grew slightly stronger than before.

The five Grand Magi and Elemental Monarchs were pushed down to their knees from being exposed to it.

”Showing my Transcendent Pathway isn't fruitless at all. I reached another level of understanding about it and broke through. Thank you, Daisuke.”

Fleur said while showing a truly captivating smile. At the same time as that, she once again suppressed her Transcendent Aura, releasing the five from being subjected to it.

”No. You earned that. I also got something from seeing your Transcendent Pathway. By the way, do you want to try testing your new strength on me?”