Dimensional Descent

The conclusion was simple. So long as you were within the first of three steps, and you hadn't locked yourself in by entering the Sixth Dimension, everything was still negotiable.

The reason why he could rearrange the steps of Dimensional Cleanse like that without much backlash was precisely because it didn't matter which of the three steps you took first.

If he had wanted, he could have focused on his body in the Third Dimension, his mind in the Fourth, and his energy in the Fifth. Who knew, maybe there were some techniques out there that did just that.

He now also understood why he felt so depleted, why his body was so weak and why his Innate Nodes were dormant.

The real reason was because he wasn't in the Fifth Dimension at all...

He was in the Third!

The reason he felt that he was in the Fifth was because his mind was fully unshackled. It was also why his Dream Force was so absolutely powerful.

His Innate Nodes were dormant because he technically hadn't formed his Nodes, though they were very clearly in his body.

His body was weak because he had yet to form his Nodal Pathways, though technically he already had.

Everything lined up and made much more sense to him.

One might be wondering why it was that Leonel was so excited. After all, just because he understood his situation now with greater accuracy, didn't mean that anything had changed.

He still didn't know how to move forward, and if anything, he had even more questions now than answers.

But Leonel didn't see it that way.

The first thing he had thought when he realized he was in the Fifth Dimension, after he finished cursing, was that it was a shame he hadn't been returned to the Third Dimension instead.

had been laid out for him perfectly. How could he not take

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own head as though you're the only one with all the answers. You should try and

a beat,

last time he talked to his father, or at least his AI father, but that didn't make him use the dictionary more often. If anything, he had

knew, maybe his father really would know something about all of this; he seemed to

was definitely something that his father had placed, so once it

terms of the progression of his path. But now

had created such a detailed schematic to help his Crafting progress step by step. Even now, there

Velasco make a whole training plan for his Crafting, but then

planned for

was his grandfather or his father, it seemed they both liked to hold up a mirror to his face and show him how truly

they were also the only two he didn't seem to

a look. But

the almost feral surviving Betas had their throat sucked

and tear him to pieces, but they also couldn't step onto the magma without combusting and dying. So they had been growling around the outer rim, launching attacks

sad, but

"Hey!"

roared into the face of the Beta, causing their heart to shake and their growls to subside.

he your

Beta hesitated, but when he realized that the compulsion was

advantage of this. The other Alphas should still have some compulsions on them, but not enough

he had stored away from his first encounter, the one he had asked about the

you recognize him?"