Chapter 32: Awakening (Part 2)
"The awakening is basically the process of condensing the dormant power within your body into a source core..." Ashara explained.
"When you use an awakening stone, the source power within the stone will stimulate the dormant power inside your body. At that time, to condense the source core, your body will utilize your own cosmic energy. The higher your cosmic energy during the condensation of the source core, the larger and more powerful it will be. If you reach the mid-level of the breathing method before your awakening, your cosmic energy will undergo another significant leap. But the high amount of cosmic energy isn’t the main point here."
Ashara paused for a moment, and after confirming that Azrael was paying attention, she continued.
"The main point is the increase in the power of your cosmic energy. When you reach the entry level, the breathing method increases your cosmic energy’s power by 5%, and at mid-level, it increases to 15%."
"If you reach the mid-level of the breathing method and use your cosmic energy—which is 15% more powerful than normal to condense your source core, it will provide immense benefits. Even if someone has a low amount of cosmic energy at the time of awakening and their source core isn’t as strong as others’, there are many ways to improve it later. But a difference in the quality of the source core, especially one formed using cosmic energy that is 15% more powerful, is something that cannot be bridged later."
"So that’s how it is..." Azrael nodded thoughtfully.
’Is the reason I received the task to reach the mid-level of the breathing method because whatever this thing is that’s giving me these tasks wants me to become stronger than others?’
Azrael still had no idea what the thing giving him tasks really was. He had considered asking Ashara and Silas about it over the past two months, but thinking it might land him in trouble—especially since he was technically an imposter among them—he decided to keep it to himself.
Seeing that he now understood the value of reaching the mid-level of the breathing method before awakening, Ashara thought for a moment before adding.
"If you really reach the mid-level before your awakening, I will take you to a special place."
Azrael raised an eyebrow.
"Where and why?" He asked curiously.