Eye System

Chapter 149: Applications

Lex cultivated while each of the fox beast units, that he had formed, set out to wipe out 5 Mortal beast areas nearby.

The more he read and understood of the Elemental Ascension Method, the more Lex learnt about the elements and their innumerable applications.

The base elements were Fire, Water, Wind and Land.

But there were dozens of variations of the base elements that included all abilities thinkable.

However, the base elements weren't the only fundamental elements and were only the most common and most used elements, that were arguably the easiest to understand and access.

But there were much more fundamental elements that weren't variants of the base elements, such as the time and space elements and the darkness and light elements.

However, most people had spiritual roots that were linked to or derived from the 4 base elements and those that specialised in the other elements were rare.

Elements were what formed everything and had their own energy, that could be wielded by the user that had the elemental affinity through their spiritual roots.

However, Lex didn't seem to be restricted by spiritual roots and had gained the affinity with every element, after integrating with the Eye System and gaining Eye Powers.

Although Lex couldn't use and didn't know much about his affinity with all the elements, until he had gained the Elemental Ascension Method and cultivated his Elemental Body.

By cultivating an Elemental Body, Lex enhanced his body and its elemental affinities, allowing it to channel the elemental energies through his body, which he couldn't do before.

Lex used to rely on his Eye Powers to be used as the centre of his cultivation and absorption of energy, but now he had three bases of his cultivation that he was aiming to get to the right rank.

His Third Eye, his Eyes and his Elemental Body.

His eyes were the base of his Internal Cultivation, with the energy stored within his dantian, the Elemental Body was the base of his External Cultivation, and his Third Eye linked everything within him to form a powerful entity within the centre of his forehead.

Lex was beginning to learn the importance of spiritual roots and was unsure of how the ranking of 'powers' or spiritual roots currently worked, as along his journey of gaining strength, in his past and current reality, they weren't accurate from what he had seen.

[System could you explain to me the ranking system from my past and current reality and how it differs from the system's rankings] asked Lex.

{Ding, to inform the host, the rankings have been distorted and are no longer accurate, so the system will explain to the host what the rankings that have been used equate to.

In the host's past reality the grade of talent and the so-called powers, that the 'levellers' had, were ranked based on their potential to reach the Sky Mortal Rank, but the calculations were capped at the Sky Mortal Rank. That was why the host didn't see the leveller's ranks translate into strength and talent, in comparison to the host.

While in this reality, on this current continent, the talent ranks are capped at the Heaven Mortal Rank and reaching the Rank above that, as this continent has much more energy and is on the Lower Plains.

And the reason why nobody on the continent has managed to surpass the Heaven Mortal Rank is because there has been no incentive to increase their power and there isn't much battling and quality cultivation methods that allow them to do so.

Many royals and other talented individuals on the continent have the potential to do so, if they are diligent in their cultivation and have enough time, but it hasn't occurred yet, from what the host has come across. 

It could take tens of years to break through the Heaven Mortal Rank, that is one of the largest breakthroughs found in the Mortal Realm, and most people settle at the peak of the Heaven Mortal Rank without striving to increase their strength any longer.

While the host's potential and talent are not capped by any cultivation realm and is infinite, but it doesn't mean that the host will cultivate past ranks within seconds. It merely means that the host has the highest cultivation potential and is only held back by himself and his environment.

The host has not even tapped into a percentage of what the host is capable of with the Eye System.

But the host is steadily growing over time, assisted by I, the Eye System that is also growing and adapting with the host, like the host has already noticed} explained the system.

Nodding his head in understanding, Lex continued to learn and contemplate about what he was learning about the elements.

Each element had its own type of energy, which was what made it a unique element, and Lex was beginning to understand how different elements worked.

All elements were a part of the universe and had their own function, with some being more accessible and common than others, while some only being found in certain areas.

Using his Elemental Vision to look at what energies were found around him, Lex could see there was an abundance of the land elemental energies and two other elements, that he didn't recognise as one of the base elements.

He could see all kinds of elements, but there were three that were most abundant around him, including the land elemental energy.

Scouring the Elemental Ascension Method, Lex found the two elements that linked to the two other colours of energy he could see around him.

"So the elements that are most abundant in the Underground Coves are the land element, the element of life and the element of nature and plants" observed Lex.

Lex was becoming more and more entwined with the energies and elements around him and as he continued learning the Elemental Ascension Body, he was learning that its main function wasn't what he thought it was.

"I can store energy within my body, but I don't always have to rely on the energies of my body and I can pull on the elemental affinity my elemental body has to use the energy around me in the atmosphere" exclaimed Lex in realisation as he delved deeper into the Heaven Mortal Ranked section of the Elemental Ascension Method.

Lex's idea of cultivation was still restricted and he was greedily absorbing the energy around him forcefully, but just like with the Body Jolt Skill, Lex was learning that he would need to attempt to manipulate and wield the elements and energy, without using force or attempting to control them.

Another advantage that real cultivation had over 'levelling', other than the enhancement in strength and the use of spiritual roots, was that cultivation methods had applications that gave the cultivator an advantage and ability over the 'leveller'.

The only application of the Mental Void Method, that was a cultivation method focused on enhancing the mental state, which Lex came across by accident, was that it gave the user a stable and empty mind for a while after cultivating the method,

While the Elemental Ascension Method had much more innumerable and useful applications that Lex was coming across as he delved deeper and learnt more and more of the method.

"So the whole time I was cultivating an Elemental Body, I had the wrong idea" realised Lex as he continued reading through.

[The point of the Elemental Body was to be able to stream the elemental energies, found around the user, through their body to enhance the body for a short while and the enhanced strength it gave, was merely a positive side effect. 

The whole focus of cultivating the body's elemental affinities was not to increase the body's strength or to increase the user's cultivation speed, but was for this application of the elemental energies] observed Lex.

It was an application of his Elemental Body and the elemental affinity with all energies he was gifted with, that he had never thought was possible and had never thought of attempting.

"However it is only stated at this point because it is too dangerous to attempt with an elemental body under the Heaven Mortal Rank and it shouldn't be used frivolously, as it could cause the body backlash, until the user's Elemental Body has reached a high enough rank" read Lex.

The first application, Lex had come across in the Elemental Ascension Method, of his Elemental Body, was different elemental forms that granted the user enhanced power for as long as the user was able to sustain the elemental energy form for.

The elemental energy forms would stream rapid amounts of a specific type of elemental energy and would turn all the user's energy into energy that matched that element, and would enhance the user's body with qualities corresponding to that element.

It was an External Cultivation Application where the elemental energy would be used around his body, where the fire element would grant him explosive power, the land element would grant him impenetrable defence and the element of life would grant him strong vitality and healing.

All the elements had different enhancements and the skill was known as Elemental Energy Transformation.