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.

and everything had been laid out for him perfectly. How

say something earlier,

as though you're the only one with all the answers. You should

heart skipped a beat,

last time he talked to his father, or at least his AI father, but that didn't make him use the

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

in his mind was definitely something that his father had placed, so

very helpful to him when his journey began, at least not in terms of the progression of his path. But now that he thought about it, he

father had created such a detailed schematic to help his Crafting progress step by step. Even now, there were still more lessons in there that he could be taking advantage

whole training plan for his Crafting, but then leave him to his own devices for everything

planned

it seemed they both liked to hold up a mirror

didn't seem to really mind

I'll take a look. But

almost feral surviving Betas

few stragglers remaining that hadn't been killed by the Alpha's Domain, and they all wanted to get at him and tear him to pieces, but they also couldn't step onto the magma without

bit sad,

"Hey!"

heart to shake and their growls to subside. It felt like a lion

Was he your direct

the compulsion was gone

this. The other Alphas should still have some compulsions on them, but not enough to stop him from answering some questions now that his own Alpha

flip of his palm, Leonel took out one of the Betas he had stored away from

you recognize him?"