Chapter 390: Bringer of Ruin
Stella waited in anticipation that Ashlock would agree to her idea.
Aether affinity didn't suit him as it encompassed fluid movement through reality, and he was... well, a tree. Sure, he had Bastions and liked to move the sect members around. But at the end of the day, he wasn't going to use it to its full potential. This realization saddened Stella until she discovered another possibility. In Valandor's understanding, she had been shown a side to the spatial affinity she had never seen before. It's raw potential for untold destruction and ruin. While spatial Qi held reality together, if someone were to use their control over it nefariously, they could wield entropy.
"Desolation affinity?" Ashlock said. "I have never heard of such an affinity before. Does it really exist?"
Stella nodded enthusiastically. Not only does it exist, it's absolutely perfect for you. She was deadset on trying to sell the idea of this affinity to him as she believed it was worth it despite the ruin it would bring to the nine realms.
"How did you learn about it?" Ashlock asked.
Stella coughed into her hand before beginning a short lecture.
"From my various enlightenments and taking on the teachings from others, I have concluded that affinities can be viewed as an upside-down tree." She wreathed her finger in aether Qi and drew a diagram in the air to illustrate her points as cultivators tended to tune out of discussions if there weren't diagrams to look at, "The trunk represents the fundamental affinities upon which reality is built. Things like fire, water, earth. In our reality, these are the affinities with the widest range of applications and are also easy to cultivate as their Qi is common. You can build upon these affinities by learning daos, which are basically the rules that make up reality." Her eyes flickered to the Redclaws present in the room. "For example, the Redclaws could learn lava dao and control lava. Right?"
Grand Elder Redclaw hummed in agreement, "Yes, but—"
"You don't have lava Qi." Stella finished his sentence.