Above The Sky
Chapter 517 - 517 486 Welcome to Fairy Homeland 33

517: Chapter 486 Welcome to Fairy Homeland (3/3) 517: Chapter 486 Welcome to Fairy Homeland (3/3) At this very moment, Ian was listening to Hua’an’s guiding spirit energy fluctuations, sensing the transmission of the other’s spirit energy messages into his own heart, leading him toward the deeper reaches of his mind, to a place more abstruse and unseen.

He suddenly thought of a fact.

—Fae are not humans.

Fae are born without bodies; they are a mass of formless and insubstantial souls, naturally endowed with the ability to alter nature.

In ancient times, the protection of the fae could make the waters and grasses abundant in a region, bringing a bountiful and joyful harvest…

The fae were those ancient spirits of nature, representing the world itself, or rather, the very tentacles of the planet’s collective natural spirit energy.

But later…

perhaps by coincidence, an awakening, a mutation, or even a miracle—the fae separated from the vastness of nature and began to fashion their own physical forms for themselves.

At first, it was just a sphere.

A glowing, gaseous orb floating in mid-air, pulsating with gusts of wind and fragrance, leaving people utterly baffled.

Then it gradually changed, solidifying into a definite form, like a butterfly or a bee, starting to possess the power to directly interact with the world.

The evolutionary history of the fae, just like that of all life, is grand and full of tumult, with many coincidences, foreshadowings, and foundations laid out…

Even now, after the Calamity of Heavenly Fall, the realm of the fae is still flourishing, and their development and research of spirit energy remain at the forefront of all races and nations.

But there’s a particular aspect of their many spirit energy techniques that sets them apart from almost all mortal races.

That is the lack of a need for a body.

“Hmm…

this is a bit difficult…”

In the depths of his sea of thoughts, Ian felt as if he were falling into an endless abyss, an abyss he had never tested before, even in previous trials.

He could even sense some of his body’s instinctual ‘desires’ and ‘thoughts’.

[Thirst] [Hunger] [Fatigue] [Rest] [Vigilance] [Alertness] [Safety] [Rest]

A series of fleeting thoughts floated by, not mere subconsciousness anymore; these were at the level of the body, organs, and even cellular instincts!

If the sea of the mind were a shoreline, then the ‘realm of instinct’ would be the undisputable ‘land’ itself.

It is these instincts that carry the entire sea.

Without these bodily instincts, the sea would be like rootless duckweed, ready to dissipate into nothingness at any moment.

Yet now, upon this profound land, a ‘chasm of the sea’ had appeared.

A chasm that split the land, an abyss of endless depth and vagueness!

It’s a realm even a ‘True Fairy’ can reach only by transcending the physical, the ‘Abyss of the Sea’!

—If I were to abandon all of these, I might as well be without a body.

—It is dangerous, very dangerous; after all, I am not a fairy.

If I keep immersing myself in the depths of my mind, I will lose the logic of being human!

This was as normal a thought as one could have; in fact, a ‘normal human’ would definitely stop at this point.

Without exception.

As long as they are human, as long as they are creatures that want to survive, as long as they are still influenced by the ‘desire to exist,’ ‘desire to eat,’ ‘desire to sleep,’ ‘desire to reproduce,’ they would look back at this stage.

Because if they were to dive deeper, even the ‘anchor’ forged by these desires would not be able to bring them back.

Then, their physical bodies in the real world would become vegetative, turning into entities that are seemingly alive but dead without instincts and desires!

But.

At this very moment, a tremendous ‘yearning’ suddenly surged within Ian’s heart.

—I want to know.

This thought whispered,

—Humans can’t do it?

Even better; that just means this is an unknown that humans cannot comprehend… And that is exactly the domain I wish to explore.

This desire narrated,

—Forward.

Downward.

Whichever direction it is, the place of ‘not knowing’ is my destination.

This yearning murmured,

—Do you want to turn back?

—No, I don’t.

A soul was questioning and answering itself.

Therefore.

Ian continued to dive.

Without the slightest hesitation.

He plunged into the abyss beneath his instincts.

All of the body’s desires were pushed to the back of his mind—perhaps it was because Ian was innately born with a soul, or because he was reincarnated and awakened memories of his past life, he could actually disregard his body’s instincts.

Just like a true fae.

However, as he gradually discarded his bodily senses, the youth began to feel his soul slowly becoming unanchored, no longer stable.

Even with the power of his prophet psychic abilities, the previously undetectable ‘anchor length’ was now becoming insufficient.

——Too interesting.

That was what Ian thought.

——Fairies, indeed, are truly non-human.

Different from most other creatures.

Humans, or rather, all natural intelligent life forms with bodies, have wisdom and self-awareness that appear earlier or simultaneously with their souls.

Even for the Chosen Ones, their bodies and souls grow and flourish together—it’s impossible for it to be the other way around.

That’s why, at the Second Energy Level, the human soul is actually extending from the brain throughout the body just like another kind of neural network.

And at the Heart Light Stage, the Third Energy Level, that’s when the Spiritual Neural Network fully matures and reaches Complete Form with the help of Magic Potion.

Heart Light, that is, the power of Life Spirit Energy, is born from the life’s soul and body.

Because of this, every time Ian uses spirit energy, he has to expend physical strength…

because his soul and body are so firmly intertwined that they are essentially one, enmeshed in spirit substance.

The human body is the anchor of the human soul, and the human soul is the source of spirit energy.

Therefore, the sea of the human mind, its foundation and boundary, is the ‘land of instincts,’ a formidable firewall that makes each person separate from another.

But fairies are different.

Fairies are completely the opposite.

Their souls are the anchor to their bodies, and their bodies…

are the source from which fairies transform the world and forge Sublimation Skills.

And most importantly…

Fairies don’t have that firewall.

The souls of fairies are connected by a vast ocean…

the ocean known as ‘Natural Spirit Energy Sea’.

——So that means spirit energy and Sublimation Skills are actually two sides of the same coin?

That’s why at the Third Energy Level, Sublimators forge the Heart Light Body…

So, what do Third Energy Level fairies forge?

Ian asked Hua’an this question.

[You actually…

thought of this so quickly]

Fairy Miss’s tone was quite shocked but also extremely delighted: [The answer is ‘Soul Materialization’!]

[A Third Energy Level fairy can, without using any known sublimation material, use their own soul…

to forge for themselves the most suitable body!]

[Want to become a Third Energy Level just by relying on Fairy Potion?

It’s not impossible, but that requires a Third Energy Level Fairy who resonates with your heart to become your ‘elder,’ leading you…

But it’s too difficult, which is why on the Terra Continent there are so few Sublimators with Fairy Bloodline, only a few spirit energy users might be able to overcome this threshold by themselves]

[Ian, I believe you can do it, because…

you have that kind of potential]

[You can become a ‘True Fairy’ in your own right, with your own strength!]

——Indeed.

That was Ian’s thought.

It was also his last thought in meditation.

Afterward, his mind sank into silence.

Like the peace of nirvana.

But it was at that moment that Ian found an anchor beyond his body.

That was…

[Domain of Extremes]

And…

[The world of the Fae]

“Welcome, Ian.”

At this moment, the youth heard Fairy Miss’s voice become clear, as if returning to normal tone.

In the dazzling golden light, in an ethereal and vast world of spirit energy, Hua’an greeted him with joy, happily congratulating, “Welcome to the true Fairy Homeland.”