Chapter 37 - His True Origins.
It finally dawned on him that Ash'Kral believed his origins to be part of the race behind the Holy Pillars, Solar Aegis Sanctuary, and Solar Totems!
That's because neither Daywalkers nor Sleepwalkers could absorb the divine light from the pillars, even though it was considered a higher form of purified sunlight!
'Stop blubbering and do it.' Ash'Kral scolded.
Levi swiftly took control of his emotions and locked in, knowing it was foolish to keep asking Ash'Kral when he could find the answer on his own.
He silenced all the noise in his mind and concentrated his spiritual vision on the three otherworldly seeds, which were orbiting each other nonstop.
He ignored the Crimson seed and the Void seed, pinpointing his whole attention on the Sun seed until it appeared zoomed in his line of sight.
Seeing the fiery waves and solar flares left Levi fascinated as he felt like he was staring at an actual minimized sun.
After appreciating its glory for a moment, he started envisioning the divine light penetrating his pores and guiding it straight to the Sun seed.
This was the known manual method Daywalkers used to feed the sunlight to the Shadowlife seed besides using their eyes.
The best and most talented Daywalkers utilize both methods to accelerate the seed's growth, as they were known to sit in broad daylight and stare directly into the sunlight.
The eyes were believed to be connected to the seed, which meant that as long as one stared directly into the source of light, the sunlight would be absorbed straightaway by the seed.
This was referred to as Automatic Cultivation since Daywalkers didn't need to do anything besides dealing with the damage done to the retinas.
The results varied from one to another, depending on how sensitive their eyes were to light. Since Levi had no eyes, this entire process was scrapped, which was more than enough reason to kill anyone's hopes of becoming a Daywalker.
But Levi never gave up and had always trained in secret; trained the hated and tedious Manual Cultivation process, which required the utilization of one's pores.
He sat cross-legged on the balcony under the sun each day for three hours, doing nothing but training his visualization process.
He was laughed at by the nightcrawlers every single day, mocking him for trying so hard on a dead end. Ridiculing his foolish attempts to visually guide the sunlight to his empty abdomen, which had no Shadowlife seed and probably never will.
Yet, Levi always tuned out their voices and kept his head lowered, working his ass off for this very day, trusting that a time would come when he would have his own seed.
The day had finally arrived, and all of Levi's painstaking hard work had paid off.
Under Ash'Kral's surprised and delighted expression, the divine holy light surrounding Levi started piercing his pores and swimming through his bloodstream from top to bottom, heading straight in one direction...His abdomen!
As the divine light gathered in his abdomen, following Levi's visualization like he was a snake charmer, a divine symbol of a burning sun manifested at the center of his stomach. Then, each tongue started moving in different directions, painting golden inked lines across Levi's limbs and face.
The moment the divine line reached Levi's forehead, the same mark of the sun was inked in the center, creating a connected circle between his seed and mind.
The light produced was so intense, it crept into Arthur's room from the bottom of the door.
"Let the divine light pe..perish? Is it perish you or hi..."
Arthur's eyes, which were buried under tens of holographic screens, immediately darted in the direction of the light.
Without an ounce of hesitation, Arthur bounced out of his bed like fire was set on his ass and swiftly rushed outside, thinking that a blaze was started or something!
However, when he opened the door and saw the sight of his brother levitating an inch above the ground while shimmering akin to a divine deity, he froze in his place.
"Brother?" He murmured in a daze, having no idea how to react.
He didn't know what was happening, but seeing his brother's peaceful expression and regular breathing, he figured that he might have it under control.
Thus, he made the decision not to interrupt whatever was happening. He crouched next to the fridge and stared at the divine tattoos on his brother's skin with a fascinated look.
"So cool..."
Meanwhile, Levi had no clue what was happening outside...His entire attention was concentrated on guiding the divine purified sunlight into the Sun seed.
But, no matter how hard he tried, the energy never reached the Sun seed. The instant it entered the three seeds' spherical domain, it disappeared instantly.
'What's going on? Is my visualization hindered since I never trained this part?' Levi frowned.
While he had trained for years on how to visualize the sunlight into his abdomen, since he never had a seed in it, his training was limited to that part.
He assumed that it wouldn't be much of an issue, thinking that the moment the sunlight got close to the seed, it would devour it instantly.
But it looked like his assumption was wrong, and he had to spoon-feed the seeds directly like they were a bunch of toddlers.
Unfortunately, just as Levi planned on thinking of other ways to do so, he felt light-headed like he had suffered from heatstroke.
This collapsed his concentration and ruined the visualization, causing the divine light to swiftly detach from Levi.
The golden inked tattoo and sun symbols disappeared next, returning the living room to its usual dimming.
Levi landed on the ground with a faint thud and fell on his back. His skin was red, and smoke was emitting from his pores like he had been in a sauna for hours.
As his spiritual vision returned to the darkness around him, Ash'Kral's funny face appeared in front. He had the widest grin possible.
Before he could ask Ash'Kral what happened, Arthur's concerned voice resounded in his ears.
"Big bro, what was that? Are you okay?"
"I am okay, just lightheaded," Levi replied while taking short, rapid breaths, feeling like he was cooked in an oven.
Arthur went on and helped him get up. But the moment he touched him, his eyes widened at how hot his body was.
"You're burning up, are you sure you are good?"
"Yes, don't worry."
As he was guiding him to the couch, Levi requested that he give him an hour or two to wrap things up here. Then, he would come and explain everything to him.
Arthur didn't retort or complain. He nodded in understanding and went to the kitchen, pouring a cup of water for his brother...Then, he placed it in front of him and went back to his room.
"Call me if you need anything," Arthur shouted from behind the door.
"Aight."
Levi took a sip of the water to ease his dizziness. After catching his breath, he looked at Ash'Kral and said one word.
"Explain."
"What's there to explain? Congratulations, you are half Radian, half Human." Ash'Kral chuckled.
"Half Radian...Me..."
Although Levi knew that no other reason could explain what he had just done to the Holy Pillar light, he still felt surreal.
Half-Radian? As in the upper-dimensional Radian race responsible for the survival of the entire human species?
The ones worshipped by a great portion of citizens and Daywalkers, believing them to be their sole saviors?
He couldn't believe it.
Unlike the nightcrawlers, the Radians rarely stepped foot on Earth as their entire support was through the Solar Aegis Sanctuaries across the globe.
Thus, it was nearly impossible to see or meet one unless they were at the peak of authority within each holy region...To find out that one of his parents might be a Radian was no easy pill to swallow, as it changed his entire identity and destiny.
"But, it can't be...Both my parents looked and acted just like any other human." Levi knitted his eyebrows, "They didn't even possess a good potential to become a Daywalker."
"Maybe their memories were erased, and their strength was lost in translation. Maybe, your parents were also just a descendant of the true Radian and their human bloodline ruled over their genetic formation, making them average.' Ash'Kral said calmly, 'Who knows? You might be a descendant of an ancient Radian, who descended on Earth way before the first fall of civilization. Only now did one of his descendants inherit his qualities.'
'When it came to bloodlines, for the most part, the genes would thin out as the bloodline gets mixed with average ones over time. But, this didn't eliminate the miraculous emergence of the Radian dominant genes down the line.'
'This might be what happened to you or your brother. You saw his freakish physical genetics. That's not normal.'
Levi nodded in understanding. Once his parents were eliminated as suspects of being a Radian undercover, it opened a whole can of questions, but also answers.
"I believe it might be my grandparents on my mother's side. I don't know which one, as I was told that they perished during the third decade after the fall of civilization." Levi shared, "My mother always spoke highly of them and told me that they were one of the wisest people in the world."
"They might." Ash'Kral shrugged, "Being wise isn't enough of a proof, but it does entail an extended longevity. Radian race's longevity is nowhere near humans' perception."
Just as Levi wanted to comment back, Ash'Kral dropped the subject.
"Whether it's them or it's one of your parents, it doesn't matter right now." He grinned, "What matters is that you have succeeded in absorbing the divine light, which means..."
"I don't need eyes to keep up with the other Daywalkers..." Levi murmured.
"Keep up?" Ash'Kral laughed, "Boy, do you know the difference between normal sunlight and purified sunlight?"
"Yes, I read that it's ten times more potent." Levi nodded.
"Well, the divine light is a hundred times more, and you, my boy, are the only Daywalker in the world with access to it."
Ash'Kral dropped a bombshell, leaving Levi with his lips parted in shock.