Chapter 703: Perceived Reality

The three of them returned to their apartment and split up again. Orthar's room was at the bottom of the ocean, while Yersi's room was in a gigantic cave. Gravis had requested his room to be inside a stormy cloud.

Gravis entered his barren room and immediately put the Virtualization Array into the socket.

BRRRRR!

And the entire world transformed into fire.

The air was burning, the floor was burning, the sky was burning. Gravis could also see lava, but this lava didn't have any kind of earth element inside of it. It was simply comprised of something like liquid fire.

The power of the fire was surprisingly high, and Gravis even felt his body start to burn. No middle world would have such a powerful fire occurring naturally. Gravis even had to use his Life Energy to regenerate his breaking body.

'Any wrong move and I might die in here,' Gravis thought. 'But that's good! I wouldn't be able to properly feel the effect of the Inferno without this much power. Sure enough, father has been right. He said there would be ways to comprehend the elements even better than by fighting Heaven.'

'Anyway, let's start!' Gravis thought.

His mind seemingly transformed. While he had been living in the highest world, he had acted very politely and friendly to others, as long as they didn't antagonize him. He had let himself go in conversation and enjoyed talking to others.

But now, Gravis had returned to his previous self in the middle world. Of course, there were still a couple of changes in comparison to back then, but on the whole, he returned to his previous curious self.

Had Gravis enjoyed living in the highest world?

A little bit. It was a nice change of pace.

Yet, when he had spent an entire century just creating weapons, he still felt like he was wasting his time, even though it was necessary. Only with enough money could he grow his own power.

Gravis sat down in the middle and closed his eyes to simply feel the Inferno raging all around him, but before he started, he would analyze what he needed and reaffirm his decision.

'My Will-Aura is as powerful as it can get,' Gravis thought. 'Yet, I still need more defense and offense. Right now, I'm pretty sure that I can fight someone in the Early Major Circulation Realm, but that is not certain. I don't know how powerful such Immortals get.'

'As far as I know, there are nearly no Early Minor Circulation Immortals in the world that know the Law of the Dead World, but that does not exclude the other levels in the Immortal Realm. Additionally, there is more than one level four Law. Even worse, the higher world upgrades everything, including all the Laws.'

'Nearly all previous level one Laws can become level four Laws. Of course, understanding these Laws now is more difficult than understanding level one Laws back then. If someone can understand the High-Tier Law of the Claw, for example, they would still be very dangerous. On top of that, if they use that Law as their Avatar, they would have access to the power of a level five Law,' Gravis thought.

'I think the power of most Immortals in the later levels depends on what Avatar they had chosen previously. I'm pretty sure that their Avatars had been condensed with a level three Law, but if that level three Law can be incorporated into a level four Law, their Avatar would also transform into a level four Law.'

'I've already seen a case of that. The teacher of these ten kids had an Avatar comprised of the Primordial Forces. It's probably possible to combine Space, Time, and Gravity into a level four Law. The Law of the Dead World is simply an even more powerful level four Law.'

'Because of all of that, I need more level four Laws than my opponents. Any potential opponent with the Avatar of a level four Law can unleash the power of a level five Law onto me. Then, that would be no different from fighting Heaven again. Of course, these opponents would only be comparable. Heaven knew far too many powerful Laws.'

'Right now, with my Avatar of Freedom, I would probably be able to fight Heaven, but I definitely wouldn't win.'

Gravis looked around the room as he opened his eyes. 'That's why I need to comprehend these elements. I will be going to a battle world, and the elements are probably not their main cultivation techniques, but they can still be used for auxiliary power. Being able to counter these auxiliary powers will make it far easier for me to protect myself.'

'Right now, my path of cultivation already looks very stable. I know the level four Laws of Major Suppression, Freedom, and Control. The Law of Danger is also a Law I need more progress in, but I already know the base. As far as I see it, there should be one more Situational Law, which is probably the Law of Safety.'

Gravis stretched his hand into a violent flame and felt his Law of Danger being triggered. He had to be very careful right now. 'Suppression and Freedom are two sides of Control. Danger and Safety can also be aspects of Control,' Gravis thought.

'This is a similar dynamic as with the Temperature Laws, two opposites and one neutral party. Heat would represent danger to oneself, which would be very fitting for the Law of Suppression and the Law of Danger. Cold represents freedom, which would be very fitting for the Law of Freedom and the Law of Safety. Meanwhile, the Law of Control is the gradient between the two extremes. Control would represent the general Law of Temperature.'

'These Laws represent our perceived reality. We can be safe but also in danger. We can be free but also suppressed. We can be in control but also under control.'

'Yet, I can flip everything in regards to someone else. I can protect others but also endanger others. I can control them but also not control them. The only questionable part is freedom since I am unable to grant someone else freedom. They need to grasp freedom on their own. Maybe that's one of the aspects why understanding the Law of Freedom is so difficult.'

'With all these Laws, I can control the situations and perceived reality of my opponent. Yet, these Laws use my Will-Aura as a medium. An opponent whose Will-Aura is not a danger is an opponent that is not a danger. Therefore, I don't even need to think about these opponents.'

'The real issues are the opponents that can resist my Will-Aura. That's when I have to resort to my other Laws to protect myself. Stopping everyone else from harnessing the power of the elements is the best defense I can create for now. I have not fought a Weapon Cultivator yet, so I don't know their general fighting techniques. I might also need to concentrate on the High-Tier Laws for my body. After all, Composition is only one aspect of my body.'

'But first, Inferno!' Gravis thought as he banished all other thoughts. Now, he only concentrated on the element of fire, nothing else.

And with this, another long session of comprehending the elements started. Yet, this time, Gravis wouldn't need to run across the entire world to find the missing scraps of understanding. This time, he had the entire Law in front of him.

Gravis would not need to go to the Laws. The Laws would come to him.

This was what he had worked for. This was the power of money.

And Gravis would take full advantage of this power!