Chapter 675: Goal: True Depravita (II)
Jormungandr was perfectly aware of the immense power Vlad would gain upon evolving into a True Depravita. However, he also understood that such a path was fraught with significant dangers and challenges.
The journey toward becoming a True Depravita was incredibly demanding, requiring precise preparation and mastery of several intricate steps.
First, Vlad’s body and soul needed to be fully saturated by the radiation emanating from the Depravita Sky Seed. Every fiber of his being had to become infused with this intense energy, thoroughly preparing him for the metamorphosis from a mortal body of flesh and blood into a form composed entirely of solidified psychic force.
Second, Vlad had to achieve a profound and intimate understanding of the essence underlying his Depravita nature—his core sin. For any True Depravita, thoroughly grasping and internalizing their Core Sin was essential.
This understanding acted as a stabilizing anchor, ensuring the Depravita’s psychic energies and aura remained coherent. Failure to fully comprehend one’s Core Sin risked reducing the individual into a mindless creature, controlled entirely by raw impulses, stripped of intelligence and reason.
Finally—and perhaps most crucially—was the condition of the Depravita Sky Seed itself.
To trigger the evolution, the Sky Seed had to contain enough accumulated energy to provoke gravitational collapse, effectively initiating the transformation of the body and the elevation of the soul. Yet, if insufficient energy was gathered, or if Vlad’s soul lacked the necessary stability and resilience, the process would fail catastrophically. Vlad’s body would implode violently from within, destroying him utterly.
Jormungandr could sense clearly that the radiation from the Sky Seed was already spreading steadily through Vlad’s soul. Moreover, the nature of Wrath, which Vlad embodied, was relatively straightforward and especially suited to comprehension on the battlefield, meaning these two crucial steps wouldn’t pose significant issues for Vlad.
However, the final step—gathering enough energy—posed an entirely different level of difficulty. Vlad was nowhere near prepared, and any attempt to force the process prematurely would be tremendously dangerous.