Lightning Is the Only Way

Under his father's directions, Gravis named a lot of different materials and their properties. Though, since he didn't understand the underlying concepts, he could only quote what the booklet had said. One could argue if being able to recite all of this information was knowledge or not. After all, he didn't understand the deeper meaning of the materials. He could only quote something.

Gravis only knew the what, but not the why. Yet, a vast sea of what was required to understand the why. There was no way around this. After Gravis had recited the different materials and their properties for around two hours, his father grabbed a piece of ore.

"Look," he said.

BZZZZ!

A purely white bolt of lightning appeared and enveloped the ore in the air, and Gravis immediately felt the familiarity with this lightning. It was Punishment Lightning, the same lightning Gravis had. Yet, Gravis wasn't really surprised that his father could use such lightning. His father had also said in the past that people generally understood this lightning further down their cultivation path. This meant that there were a lot of people able to use it.

As the material floated in the air, the lightning bathed it, heating it up quickly. After a while, it started becoming malleable. Gravis knew the specifics of the material, so he knew how much power his father was using. On top of that, due to his affinity towards lightning, he could also feel the power with his being. It wasn't very strong. Gravis could create such powerful lightning without any issue.

Slowly, the ore started taking the form of a standard sword. After around three minutes, it had completely taken the shape of a sword. Yet, it didn't have sharp edges.

"You need to use your Spirit to form the material into a weapon," his father said. "It's quite a bit of stress on your Spirit and concentration, which is where your concentration training comes into play. You need to keep the finished product's shape in mind and use appropriate force with your Spirit. Too much, and you might damage its composition, too little, and it will break."

Gravis nodded as he kept looking at the sword-embryo.

"The edges of a sharp weapon need many times more concentration than just creating the weapon-embryo. When the material is much weaker than your current Realm, you can simply force it."

SHING!

In nearly no time at all, the sword's sides compressed, forming a very sharp cutting edge.

Whoop!

borders of the sword into a sharp edge. At that point, depending on what material you used,

BANG! BANG! BANG!

resounded throughout the room as many small bolts of lightning concentrated on the edges of the dull sword-embryo. The

lightning bolts for the edges would also increase the material's temperature, and if it got too hot, its composition would change, making it worse. His father was moving the small bolts of lightning around so that they still put more pressure on the edges

adjusting the balance of the remaining lightning to counteract the heightened temperature around the edges. This required a lot

do what I'm doing right now. Use your control over lightning to compress the material around the edges

Whoop!

the blunt sword-embryo again. When Gravis saw that, his eyes shone. "You didn't cut off part of the material to make an edge,

sharp shape, but that's not as effective as this method. Materials have different properties and can achieve different levels of power. That's referring to the Material Rank inside the booklet I

"This material is at the Early Unity

at the Early Unity Realm. Yet, you need to keep in mind that this is the upper

said, "If I were to grind it down

CRRRRRRRRR!

outwards. A lot of particles

Initial Unity Weapon. By not using compression, I haven't taken full advantage of the material. Of course, there is still one step remaining. There are still no Formation Arrays

Unity Weapon. Yet, if I make some mistakes, the Formation Arrays might still work, but their efficiency will degrade rapidly. With this, the sword might downgrade

This means that everything after that needs to be perfect to

BANG!

transformed into dust. "Now, it's your turn. We'll talk about the inscription of the Formation

one of the ores in the pile. He had chosen this one because this was not the first time he saw it. This was the ore that

if everything went perfectly, it could become even a Unity Weapon. Yet, how could the lower world be able to do something

its official name. It was called Low Ore. The reason for this simple name was that this was the best ore for weapons, which could be found in lower worlds. It was supremely rare in lower worlds

was very cheap due to its abundance in the highest world and was the go-to material for everyone

a saber. He spent some seconds planning out every detail of the saber. Then, he summoned lightning in the air around the saber. Something like this had been difficult in the

He remembered all the specifics of the material and kept them inside of his mind. Keeping the disjointed information in his mind was way more exhausting than just understanding it by heart. Yet,