"There are six different divine elements - fire, earth, water, wind, light, and shadow element. That's because there were six great clans and each clan leader received control over one specific element." - Aimi continues.
"That's right, thank you Aimi, you can sit down. The Precursors gave us control over these six known and close to us elements. After all, we get in contact with them every day. When we wash our bodies we interact with the water element, when we go outside and feel the sun warming us we deal with the light element, when we feel the morning breeze playing with our hairs we can witness the influence of the wind element and so on. What I want to make you realize is that when the Precursors gave us dominance over these fundamental to us conceptions they basically gave us control over powers that define Aterra's whole existence. I hope that now you understand how great of a gift these abilities were." - says Hiroshi sensei with a serious face.
"Yes sensei!" - we all replay at once.
"I just want you all to respect these divine powers you are striving to gain control over. Don't treat them as a toy. Think of them as a blessing but also a great responsibility."
"I'm talking about this matter because as you all know, you are reaching the end of your seven months trial at our dojo. You managed to get through this hard and unforgiving preparation process and soon will experience the Awakening. Many of your friends were not enough physically and mentally strong to endure it and got expelled along the way but you all stayed devoted and should be proud to be here with me right now." - says sensei with a rarely seen kind smile.
"We don't have much time left so let's yet again talk the Awakening so that you all fully understand this process, how does it suppose to work, and why u need it in order to use your divine element."
"Ahhh, seriously sensei, we heard all about it like hundreds of times already" - Kai complains with a bored expression.
"This fact just shows how important of an event it is in a cultivator's life. I know that at this point you know all about it but these are the procedures I have to follow and make sure you know everything about this event."
"Hmmm, and while we are already at it we might as well talk about why we have to go through the Awakening in the first place. After all, as you heard before Hiroki didn't have to do anything like this for his element to start appearing. It was just natural to him. Unfortunately, it's not the same case right now. When the wave of children with divine blood started appearing thousands of years ago, their elemental energies surfaced without any kind of external help although obviously, they weren't as strong as the ones the first original clan leaders possessed, they were still very active."
"As years passed after the powers return people started noticing something. Children were born with less and less divine particles in their blood. It was a very slow process and there was nothing that we could do to stop this from happening. It basically meant that there is a possibility of powers totally disappearing in the distant future." - says Hiroshi sensei.
"We can say their worries weren't false because as generations passed and powers were gradually becoming less potent weird occurrence started to happen. Children weren't able to control the elements. Even though their blood was tested and divine particles were present they couldn't make it is so that the powers would manifest."
"The panic started to spread across Aterra. After all, the divine powers became the pillars of all societies. Many scholars started to conduct all kinds of experiments that would make the powers find their way outside of human bodies. After years of fails, a great sage from the Earth Wardens clan found a solution. Can someone tell me what was the sage's name?"
I raise my hand.
"Sunai?"
"His name was Daichi, Hiroshi sensei."
"Very well, the great sage Daichi. Savior of divine powers. Now, let us talk about a brilliant idea he came up with...