Death... and me

Although the change happened, it was not like they changed form. Instead, the change was related to the Spatial Powers like Sister Orb mentioned. They simply interacted with the space around the twins on their own. It was far better than the Spatial Powers Rean and Roan got their hands on so far. As for Kentucky and Celis, their process wasn't that different. Although it happened to their Demon Cores.

After the transformation finished, a burst of Divine Energy came out of their bodies, spreading far into the distance. At the same time, the Divine Stones broke even more frequently as they absorbed even more. Their cultivations increased nonstop, quickly stabilizing at the Initial Stage of the Void Tempering Realm.

"Phew... now we definitely can't hide from the natural spatial perceptions from other experts at the same level or higher," Rean said with a smile.

"The way you put it, you make it look like it was a bad thing we reached this realm," Celis replied with a smile in response. By far, he was the happiest out of them. He had always been a cultivation freak due to his race, after all.

Roan didn't say anything as he tried out his Spatial Powers for the first time. Spatial Power gathered around his body before it focused on his hand. It was far from being able to open a tear in space like Fran or the other top experts, but it was definitely much better than before. "Hmm... it's still not at the level where we can say we're bending space. However, we're pretty much similar to what Havek was able to do before he entered the Space Bending Realm."

Rean and the others tried it as well. Obviously, each of them had a different level of control over it. In any case, they were several times better than any average expert at the same stage. "This feels quite good."

[Well, on my side, everything seems pretty fine. The breakthrough didn't show any problems, and your foundations are well developed.]

"That's good to hear that." Rean nodded.

However, Roan still felt something different. "Come back to the sect with me. I want to check one more thing."

After that, Rean and the others returned to the System Sect. There, their group met with Luan, who had been waiting for him.

"Father, you succeeded!" Luan immediately noticed the difference. Since he could use Spatial Powers, his natural spatial detection saw the difference. Their presence in his ability was not a small black dot anymore like before, but it resembled more like a soccer ball. It was hard to miss.

Roan took the opportunity to ask. "Check it with your eyes for me." He then used his newly acquired powers to do the same thing he did a few minutes ago.

Luan's pupils saw the changes in space before he nodded, saying, "Father's Spatial Powers is definitely many times better than before. Is there anything specific you want me to focus on?"

Roan then changed his actions a little, telling him, "Now try to do it again and pay attention to the Dark Element."

Luan didn't mind and followed Roan's words. It was then that he saw what Roan was looking for. "This... it's incredibly subtle, but your Dark Element is merging with your Spatial Powers. How are you doing that, father?"

Roan shook his head in response. "I just felt like I could do it." He obviously looked at Rean after that, telling him, "What about you? I'll share my memories of the feeling."

Rean shook his head, though. "Let me try on my own first. I think I know how it works." A moment later, Luan saw how Rean's Light Element also merged with the Spatial Power that Rean gathered, although just slightly. "So difficult..."

Roan agreed with Rean. "It definitely is. However, even if it's just a little bit, it definitely increases our power."

Rean pondered over it for a bit before asking Celis and Kentucky. "Can any of you two do that?"

Celis and Kentucky immediately shook their heads. "Wasn't it an ability only available in the Elemental Space Realm? Perhaps it would be possible after we get closer to that realm."

Well, Celis was more puzzled about another thing. "Then again, how can you do that before being able to bend space like Space Bending Realm experts? Aren't you jumping a few steps ahead here?"

Rean and Roan tried once again to bend space like Havek and the others did back in the Free Continent. However, they simply didn't have enough control over space to do that.

"Nothing... I won't say we're far away from that level, but it's still not enough," Roan commented.

[Hmm... it's most likely due to your superior affinity with your elements. I told you many times before, didn't I? You two are pretty much the epitome of Light and Dark Element, or Yin and Yang. The Elemental Space Realm is basically a realm where the experts will work out their control over both powers to bring them together. However, you two don't need to get any better with Light and Dark Elements. You two are already as good as you will ever get at it. The only difference is how much of it you could control at the same time due to your cultivations,] Sister Orb explained.

"That makes sense," Roan agreed with her. "Now that we've reached the Void Tempering Realm, our control over Spatial Powers obviously improved a lot. It simply reached a level where our much superior elemental control could already slightly fuse with it."

Rean nodded in agreement. "That also explains why we still can't bend space like Space Bending Realm experts. For that kind of ability, we don't need high control over our elemental affinity, only space. That's something that we still don't have at our cultivation level."

Roan pondered over it for a bit and decided to give it a try. "Kentucky, try to defend against my attacks. I'll use one attack without the fused Space and Elements and another one using it."

"Eh?!" Kentucky was taken aback. "Can't you simply attack the ground or something like that? Why do I have to get hurt?"

Roan shook his head, replying, "Didn't you just have a breakthrough with us? Just take this opportunity to check your development."

It was then that Kentucky had an idea. "Well, I still haven't tried out the defensive skill my father taught me."