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!

into a sharp edge. At that point, depending on what material you used, you only need to follow the

BANG! BANG! BANG!

concentrated on the edges of the dull sword-embryo. The normal

increase the material's temperature, and if it got too hot, its composition would change,

his father was adjusting the 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

Use your control over lightning to compress the material around the edges without damaging it. It requires a lot of concentration and

Whoop!

sword-embryo again. When Gravis saw that, his eyes shone. "You

"There are different ways to forge a weapon. Theoretically, you could grind the edges into a sharp shape, but that's not as effective as this method. Materials have different properties and can achieve different levels of power.

is at the Early Unity

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

"If I were to grind it

CRRRRRRRRR!

edges diagonally, shooting outwards.

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

Initial Unity Weapon. Yet, if I make some mistakes, the Formation Arrays

means that everything after that

BANG!

your turn. We'll talk about the

nodded and pulled out one of the ores in the pile. He had chosen this one because this was not the first time he saw it.

Unity Weapon. Yet, how could the lower world be able to do something as complicated as creating a Unity

remembered the specifics of this ore and also 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

and was the go-to material for everyone below the Unity Realm. It could be compared to standard iron ore for

made it levitate in front of him and envisioned 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

only had 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 more exhausting