Chapter 13 Opening a Realm (2/2)

Now, he knehat to do, and it did not seem overly difficult: all he had to do was attempt to draw Wind Essence from the Realm, and over ti tired, he i his concentration to the unopened Wind Realm

Once uidance, he tried to draw Essence froradually wear down the barrier, and eventually, the connection would open

At first, little happened He could only barely sense the Essence behind the barrier, and it did not seem to respond to his efforts to draw it inward

For several hours he tried, and eventually, he could feel a slight sliver offro against it

The book had said this was supposed to happen, and he ied

In the hours that followed, he kept up his efforts Yet hours turned into days, and the progress heto see rew tired and ate when he was hungry, but other than that, he spent all his tih the barrier

Several days passed, and although he ress, at his current pace it would take hiht be acceptable for someone else, but Arran had already opened several Realhis eyes, he abandoned his efforts There had to be a faster way, he thought

When he took Master Zhao's Realht Back then he had known little of ic and had not understood what happened, but now, he hoped that the experience hts he needed

He remembered that after he had taken the pill, it had unleashed a wild energy that had surged through his body, causing hi the barriers that blocked his Realms

At once, an idea entered his y the black pill released must have been Essence, and if it was Essence that tore down the barriers before his Real the Essence from the Realms he had already opened?

He i all the Fire Essence he could muster at it To his disappoint to break through a wooden gate by throwing pebbles

Having failed with Fire Essence, Arran tried Shadow, though he held little hope of success His connection to his Fire Realer than the one to his Shadow Realm, after all

As he expected, Shadow did even less than Fire

His thoughts turned to his forbidden Realm He had a far weaker connection to it than he had to his other two Realms, and he lacked the control to even expel its Essence from his body If Fire had failed, then his forbidden Realm would almost certainly be useless

Still, there was no reason not to try

Closing his eyes once more, he focused his attention on the Essence from his forbidden Realreat effort was he able to direct a s his Wind Realh the barrier as if it did not exist, tearing through it like a sword through paper

Within one, and he could feel Wind Essence flowing into him Heartened by the unexpected success, he increased his effort, using the Essence from his forbidden Realm to clear ahat little remained of the barrier

When he finished, he was panting from the exertion, but a smile adorned his face He had succeeded, and it had taken him less than a week

He could already sense the newly opened Wind Real its Essence, and he knew that soon, he would be able to draw upon it freely

Once more he closed his eyes, this tihted to find that his connection to the Wind Realhtly weaker than his connection to the Fire and Shadow Realht occurred to him If he could use the Essence from his forbidden Realm to take down the barrier, then could he not also use it to broaden the connection?

With a push of effort, he directed so to force it to open further Despite his best efforts, nothing happened He tried again for his Shadow Realm, then for his Wind Real

He sighed wistfully It seemed the Essence fro the barrier, and could not further broaden and strengthen the connection

Despite that, he was anything but disappointed He had just opened a new Realh he had feared it would take him months, he had accomplished it in less than a week

He stood up and took a last look at the s that it was already dark

A spring in his step, he hurried off to inform Adept Kadir that he had succeeded