Swamp Dragon swore a long and clear oath, which everyone was fine with.
After some discussion, Sebastian was also forced to swear an oath, but it wasn't as complicated as Swamp Dragon's. He simply needed to swear that he wouldn't try to kill Swamp Dragon while they both still belonged to the group.
Afterward, the group discussed the rules and made several plans.
They didn't know how the Primary World worked, but they knew how other worlds treated people who were ascending into them.
When Seekers ascended into a higher world, they appeared in an Ascension Pool. Every Ascension Pool was connected to one specific lower world, and the Organizations in the higher world knew of these Ascension Pools and their respective lower worlds.
The person sending them into this world would follow the path of one of the Secondary Worlds, which would put them right into that Ascension Pool. There was a great chance that representatives of several Organizations were there to recruit new members.
There was no way their group could resist any of these Organizations, so they needed to remain flexible. They might need to split up and join different Organizations.
The group made several rules and plans for such an eventuality.
The end goal was for everyone to join the same Organization. It didn't matter if it were their own or an already established one.
While planning, they also decided that no one was allowed to share their origins with anyone in this world. They didn't know how the people would react if they heard that the group came from an even higher world. People in the past had probably used the status of the Supreme World to gain advantages, and well... nobody had returned.
After long planning, the team decided it was time to go.
When the decision was made, everyone waited for Kyle.
He was still a Crusher.
Kyle excused himself and went to a private location to break through.
The next moment, he took out two Grade Six Energy Stones.
Then, he took a deep breath. 'Things didn't develop as I had thought. I thought we would be entering as a small but close group of friends, but we're now a big group of associates.'
'Swamp Dragon is at most an associate. I have no idea about Manny. Star Genesis wants to mend the rift between us, but it's not easy. I lied to her for my entire life. However, I think I can still consider her a friend. I can consider Fierce Breaker a friend as well, but not a very close one. He didn't know me very well, which is why there's not really a rift between us. Sebastian is the only one I can call a close friend.'
Kyle sighed. 'It's not as exciting as I had hoped, but hey, it's still an adventure.'
'Anyway, time to advance.'
Kyle pulled the Energy out of the Energy Stones and shoved it into his mind. As he did so, the surroundings became chaotic. Waves upon waves of dense Energy spread across the Planet.
The Energy inside Kyle's mind spread across his entire body, and countless Law Diagrams appeared all over his body.
His Core started to shine and compressed even more. Over the next few minutes, his Core shrank to a tenth of its size.
At the same time, Kyle's Biological Energy shot through the roof, further refining his body.
Advancing into the Wisdom Fire Realm was considered one of the three major breakthroughs. It elevated someone's existence to a higher level.
The Law Diagrams, representing Kyle's physical body, became vastly more complex, and the amount of Energy stored inside it multiplied several times.
After shrinking, Kyle's Core grew back to its old size, retaining its new density. Just like his body, his Core grew more powerful several times.
The world around Kyle seemed to slow down as his mind processed everything at greater speeds. The flap of a bird's wing felt like an eternity to him. It would take a while to get used to his new speed of thought.
The Energies in the surroundings became much clearer. It was almost like Kyle could taste a bit of Energy that was thousands of kilometers away.
The ground beneath Kyle exploded as more and more waves of Energy broke out of his body.
Then, he felt like he was about to approach some kind of wall. It felt like his power was supposed to increase even more, but it couldn't.
At that moment, Kyle's Core shone and sent a large wave of Energy towards his mind.
His mind accepted this wave of Energy, and moments later, Kyle felt the wall break.
BOOOM!
A humongous storm of Energy raced across the Planet, rushing right into Kyle's mind.
In order to become a Sage, a Crusher needed a certain amount of Energy inside their Center. An Advanced Crusher would have just enough Energy in their Center to support a breakthrough. Yet, for a Legendary Crusher, this amount of Energy represented less than 10% of their total.
An instant later, the Energy inside Kyle's mind rushed towards his Core, increasing its density further. The more Energy the advancing Seeker had left, the more benefits they would reap during their advancement.
As a Sage who had been a Legendary Crusher, Kyle would have almost ten times as much Energy as a Sage who had only been an Advanced Crusher. This was the advancement bonus, and it was one of the most significant ones. If Kyle had continued his journey in the Supreme World, it would be difficult for him to meet any Sage who had as much Energy as he did.
Yet, in Primary Worlds, it was almost expected of ascending Seekers to have been Legendary Crushers. While this advancement bonus made him almost unparalleled in the Supreme World amongst other Sages, it only made him above-average in the Primary World. At least, amongst ascenders. There were still plenty of Sages who had been born into the Primary World.
Kyle's entire body shook as an ungodly amount of Energy raged through his body.
"RAAAH!"
BOOOOM!
One last wave of Energy washed over the Planet before everything calmed down.
After some seconds, Kyle took a deep breath with closed eyes.
He could sense everything in the surrounding 25,000 kilometers with absolute clarity. It was almost like he was intently focusing on everything in his surroundings.
A Seeker's Energy Sense was dictated by two things: Their mind and their Soul. Their Soul increased the reach of their Energy Sense, but without an equally powerful mind, the Seeker wouldn't be able to process all of the information.
As Kyle sensed his surroundings, he noticed several things.
First of all...
Kyle vanished from his spot and appeared 25,000 kilometers away.
He had teleported, and it hadn't even taken him a tenth of a second.
'If I push it to the limit, I can probably teleport up to 20 times in a second. That's a distance of about 500,000 kilometers. As a Crusher, my sustainable maximum speed was 10,000 kilometers per second. What I can traverse in one second now would have taken me about 50 seconds as a Legendary Crusher.'
However, his newfound ability to teleport was not the only thing he noticed.
Kyle looked upward at seemingly nothing. 'I can feel some kind of wall in reality, but it's too hard to overcome. This must be the dimensional barrier between the Hell Dimension and the Elemental Dimension. While I could descend a Dimension, I can't ascend.'
The next moment, Kyle looked at his body.
It didn't seem any different from before. His build hadn't changed. His hair color hadn't changed. Nothing had seemingly changed.
And yet...
'It doesn't feel right,' Kyle thought. 'I know how my body works. This body works nothing like my body. It's far more complex.'
'Sure enough, my existence has elevated. None of my Aspects of Power work like they used to.'
Kyle clenched his fists.
"I can finally comprehend the Major Laws of Aspects."
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