With no way else to go, Ryker began to search for more abnormal anomalies, one that were much stronger than the one he had dealt with before. As he seeks stronger anomalies, a sight makes him stop in his trek.
He had been coming from what he perceived to be east of the lake, so he didn't know what was present on the other three sides. So, he was surprised, pleasantly so, as a huge mountain disconnected from the earth, disobeying common sense and law of the world, and floated a few hundred meters above the ground.
He let out a smile, before flying towards the floating mountain. He didn't face any problem flying there. He landed on the mountain, observing the surroundings from his new vantage point.
Unfortunately, while the mountain only floated some hundred meters above the ground, the mountain itself is at least 2 kilometers high. So, it was hard for him to see what other anomalies were on the ground, only dots-like objects appeared in his sight.
He let out a sigh, his new vantage ground proven to be ineffective in finding anomalies. Then again, even if he could see something, he likely couldn't tell what it was, the distance too far for him to discern such a thing, even with his cultivation realm, not to mention the special atmosphere in the Noble's Garden might prevent him from being able to see things clearly from on top of the mountain.
He opts to sit in lotus style, focusing instead on his main reason for getting on top of the mountain. Circulating the Universe Control Mantra, he could sense the Law of Gravity being the strongest he had sense and seen so far, the effect of manipulation of gravity is amazing to behold.
He doubted he could do such a thing with his current strength, even if he reached the Elementary Understanding of the Law of Gravity. However, if he could get his cultivation realm to the next grand realm, such a thing might be possible.
He then began to repair the rule of the world, slowly breaking apart the energy of gravity that rendered the mountain to defy physics. As he began to stabilize the anomalies, he could feel his comprehension of the Law of Gravity improving.
When he reached the final obstacle, a huge anomalous energy, he poured his qi while circulating the Universe Control Mantra, slowly weakening the energy of gravity, before stabilizing it completely.
After he had done so, he could feel a change inside his body as well as some subtle improvement. A quick probe in his Inner Realm showed the presence of a new object, a small sphere that seemed to have an attractive presence, pulling some other object closer.
He smiled. One down, two more to go.
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As he could barely see anything from the top of the mountain, he opted to search on foot, as he could see the anomaly more clearly. It didn't take him long to find his next target, an area filled with spatial rift.
He could tell instinctively any attempt to walk past it would lead to him losing a limb or worse. Not deterred by the danger, he began walking towards the center, where he felt the spatial energy was the strongest.
His comprehension of Space, even though didn't reach the Elementary Understanding, is still high enough to see the subtle difference between the place that has spatial rifts and the one that doesn't.
He navigated through the obstacle with ease, able to reach the center very quickly. When he reached the center, he could see a black sphere, seemingly able to transport him anywhere else.
He gulped. The one at the center seems more dangerous than other spatial rifts. However, he couldn't back away now, not that it was the only way for him to escape.
So, he calmed his nerves first before getting into a calm state of mind. With no intrusive thought, he entered a meditative trance, closing his eyes subconsciously as he began to comprehend the mystery of the spatial rift in front of him and everywhere around him.
While the others are small rifts, the one at the center seemed to be the reason for the spatial rid field, causing the disturbance in the Law of Space in the area. He is sure if he is able to stabilize the central spatial rift, the rest will disappear in time, as there will be no more disturbance, major one that is, to cause the space to become unstable.
As he used the Unbound Spatial Art, he could feel his ability to comprehend the Law of Space increase as he slowly deciphered and understood the formation of the spatial rift.
He began to repair the unstable Law of Space, causing the spatial energy to be stabilized. He opened his eyes, only to see the huge spatial rift at the center disappear. The other spatial rift nearby also began to disappear, the effect of stabilizing the spatial energy in the area.
He also gains one major benefit, namely improvement to his mastery of the Law of Space. He then composed himself, the last Path he had chosen being the hardest of them all, the Law of Time.
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Compared to anomalies of gravity and space, time is much harder to find, the strong one that is. However, he soon finds it, a large region undergoing seasonal change, at least from the book he read, informing him of some places that undergo changes in their season, different than what the nation he had been through, had.
Taking caution, he took a seed and threw it at the region, watching as the seed underwent quick growth, before changing back to the seed form. He watched the cycle repeating until the seed disappeared, making him aware of the consequences of failing.
He had no intention of doing so, preparing himself to tackle the last Law, knowing it would be the final step he had to take before being able to escape from the place.
He calmly steps inside, covering himself with a qi barrier before going in. As he entered he could feel the time energy corroding his qi barrier. Wordlessly, he began to reinforce it, preventing anything bad from happening to him in a short order of time.
He quickly ran towards the center, even though he felt like he was moving slowly despite his attempt to run towards the center, which seemed to make sense as the time anomaly likely made him slower than he was.
Eventually, he reached the center before quickly entering a meditative state. No time can be wasted as he could feel the corrosion almost reaching him.
He then used the Heavenly Time Scripture, slowly comprehending the Law of Time in the region. It didn't take him as long as it should, as he had been focusing on understanding the most esoteric Path of them all.
As he repaired the Law of Time in the area, he felt his comprehension of it reached the next level, his mastery of the Law of Time reaching the Elementary Understanding. He smiled, his escape seemed so close now.