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!

"If you forge with such weak materials, you only need to force the borders of the sword into a sharp edge. At that point, depending on what material

BANG! BANG! BANG!

edges of the dull sword-embryo. The

and if it got too hot, its composition would change, making it worse. His father was moving the small

balance of the remaining lightning to counteract the heightened temperature around the edges. This required a lot of subtle and minute movements. It was like a

will be working with materials that you can't force into shape with your Spirit alone. At this point, you need to 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

sharp shape, but that's not as effective as this method.

"This material is

powerful weapon you can make with this material is one appropriate for someone at the Early Unity Realm. Yet, you need to keep in mind that this is the upper boundary. It only shows the most powerful state of

his father said, "If I were to

CRRRRRRRRR!

ear grating sound appeared as the lightning hit the sword-embryo's edges diagonally, shooting outwards. A lot of particles shot away from the

Weapon. By not using compression, I haven't taken full advantage of the material. Of course, there is still one step

to create an Initial Unity Weapon. Yet, if I make some mistakes, the Formation Arrays might still work, but their

Rank. This means that everything after that needs to be perfect to

BANG!

We'll talk about the inscription of

had chosen this one because this was not the first time he

Initial Unity Rank. So, if everything went perfectly, it could become even a Unity Weapon. Yet, how could the

The reason for this simple name was that this was the best ore

was very cheap due to its abundance in the highest world and was the go-to material for everyone below the Unity Realm. It could be

in the air around the

to heat the material slowly. He remembered all the specifics of the material and kept them inside of his mind. Keeping the disjointed information in his mind was way