Chapter 1813 - 1343: So What

"Do you believe in gravity?"

"Are you asking about the gravity from the Prophetic Faction, Fate Faction, Truth Faction, or Space Faction?"

"The purest and most powerful, physical gravity." The Drama Poet glanced at the dazzling star sea of the seventh layer of the Void Realm: "From the operation of the sun, moon, and stars, to the fall of a single drop of water, they are all inexorably linked to gravity. Gravity is the most fundamental physical law of this world, and everything in existence is built upon gravity."

"Following that are the gravity of ’fate’ between people, the gravity of ’prophecy’ between people and time, the gravity of ’truth’ between knowledge and knowledge... Almost all magic can be explained by gravity."

"That sounds similar to my friend’s necromancy worldview," Ash said, "He believes everything in the world can be explained by consuming corpses, even the Void Realm is piled with corpses... Are you planning to create a Gravity Faction?"

"The metaphysical gravity actually has some degree of explanation in Earth Magic and Wind Skill, from the initial ’Divine Lord’ to the modern ’Black Star Ring Lord’, mages have already explored the limits of physical gravity." The Drama Poet laughed: "You have always been exploring the metaphysical gravity, and the furthest in this should be the ’Glazed Time Master’, who researched time gravity to an unprecedented degree, an unmatched echo still difficult for demigods to replicate in this Second Cycle."

"I do not like to have so much preamble before discussing serious matters," Dazzling Star said calmly, "Just get to the point."

"I have no disrespect for your ability to think, nor am I intentionally wasting your time," the Drama Poet said, "But please understand, not everyone has your conditions, some people need more detailed explanations to understand, just like disabled people need to pay a greater price to live normally, I hope you can be more patient."

Dazzling Star was silent for a moment: "Alright."

Ash couldn’t help but look around, trying to find where ’some people’ were in the seventh layer of the Void Realm.

"What I actually want to talk about is the gravity of civilization," the Drama Poet said, "Do you still remember how to condense silver magic power? Enter the Void Realm, explore the Sea of Knowledge, attract knowledge with your soul, extract magic power from the knowledge, and finally condense the magic power into Void Wings..."

"Have you ever wondered if this is quite an incredible thing? Obviously, growing up requires eating, digesting, developing. Learning requires understanding, practice, and effort. For most things, you need to pay to gain. Yet when acquiring the most powerful force in the world, you seemingly get it for free, almost without any cost—the obstacles in the Void Realm don’t count as a cost; they are called tuition fees."

Ash thought it was true. He had vaguely pondered this issue before, but he considered it a significant advantage of the mage system.

No bloodline, no aptitude, from elf to Lalafell, as long as your skill reaches the Silver Realm and completes Void Realm resonance, you can enter the Void Realm, stand on the same starting line as all mages throughout history, with the only criterion being intellect; no other capital can intervene in the mage’s journey.

But if you exclude all extraneous factors, the process of mages acquiring magic power is actually so simple it verges on free acquisition:

Walking in the Void Realm, that’s it.

No need even for a meditation technique, a practice book, or even a mantra. As long as you walk in the Void Realm, you’ll continuously accumulate magic power, and it’s impossible to refuse; it’s a mandatory process. Although Ash is quite satisfied with this spoon-fed cultivation method in the Void Realm, if he had to meditate or circulate energy, he might have given up long ago. But sometimes he also wonders whether it’s a mage attracting magic power, or...

Magic power chasing the mage?

"The eighth one is long dead."

The Drama Poet said: "Precisely because of its death, life began to appear in the world. It is the source of all life and the ancestor of all mages. Mages can resonate with the Void Realm and seize the power to create life because mages are essentially the masters of the Void Realm."

"So you understand why mages can easily capture magic power, right?" The Drama Poet looked at Ash, "Because that is originally yours—does the master need to pay a price to retrieve his belongings? Take as much as you want, as long as your Void Wings can hold it."

"Why just ask if I understand?" Ash said with speechless expression, "And wasn’t it said that mages are thieves of the Void Realm? How come they’re now the masters of the Void Realm?"

"Thieves specifically refer to demigod-level mages," the Drama Poet said, "To draw a comparison, the current widespread political principle in the Six Realms is that the people are the masters of the state. Naturally, they don’t need to pay for enjoying welfare. But if certain individuals monopolize public resources and government power, even forming a state within a state, are these people still the masters?"

"All mages who step into the Divine Domain, including you, are ’certain individuals.’ The safety range the Void Realm has delineated for mages is below Legendary. Mages who break through to Legendary are corrupt officials targeted by the Void Realm."

"Wait," Ash suddenly came to a realization, "Weren’t we discussing devouring the World Snake?"

"It’s about to be addressed," the Drama Poet laughed, "I laid so much groundwork just to make one point—the mage has gravity towards knowledge. If there were no Void Wings limits, any mage could drain the Void Realm dry, as long as their exploration range was wide enough and their time invested was sufficient. To prevent mages from absorbing knowledge, the Void Realm has set obstacles starting from the Dream Stairs, and at the Seven Heavens, even ingeniously sealed Six-winged knowledge within the World Secret Domain, thinking it would surely be safe from the Divine Lords. But it didn’t anticipate the Divine Lord would simply move the World Secret Domain, just like robbing a factory to learn technical skills. Yet when it comes to the most critical power, the Void Realm suddenly gives up struggling."