The Pathway Of Wisdom-Chapter 26: Pathwalker. Part-2.

"Every ’Path’ is bound to have ’obstacles,’ and every person is bound to face struggles in life; that’s where the difference between the strong and the weak is decided..."

"Those who manage to make it through those struggles of life and are able to pass the ’obstacles’ in their ’Path’ reach the next ’Ascension Phase’!"

As Ethan explained, Alex listened silently without daring to miss a single word.

"According to legends and tales, it’s said that there are at least five ’Ascension Phases’ a person has to go through in their life..."

"When a person ascends to a higher Ascension phase, their soul, life force, mental power, aura, body, etc.—everything—receives a tremendous boost!"

"Simply speaking, every ascension phase is a new life level; the farther you go, the higher your life level becomes compared to other ordinary beings!"

According to popular belief, Ascension phases were from ’Phase 1 to Phase 5,’ with Phase 1 being the weakest and Phase 5 being the highest!

"So, what you are trying to say is that once someone becomes a ’Pathwalker,’ they basically become ’superhuman’!"

"They become higher life forms and are no longer ordinary mortals? Is that the reason why you are so strong, Ethan?"

Hearing Alex’s question, Ethan nodded his head as he replied,

"Yes, that’s what I am trying to say... Me? I am not really that strong Lord Saint; I am just a well-trained paladin at most..."

Ethan shook his head and said,

"Your holiness, I am currently at the ’Intermediate’ stage of ’Ascension Phase 1’ at most..."

Alex was shocked after hearing that.

"You are only at Phase 1, and you are already this strong!? D*mn!? What kind of monsters would Phase 5 people be then!?"

"Wait... there are stages to ascension phases?"

Ethan nodded his head and explained,

"Yes, there are indeed stages to ascension phases; every ascension phase has four stages: ’Early,’ ’Intermediate,’ ’Late,’ and ’Peak’ stage."

"Just consider that your journey from phase 1 to phase 2 is divided into four portions, and these are the names of those four portions."

"Once you reach ’Peak’ stage of a Phase, you become qualified to reach the next Ascension Phase..."

Ethan scratched his chin as he explained with an unsure look on his face,

"Your Holiness, I have never met anyone at Phase 3 or above, so I don’t know how powerful they are and as for Phase-5..."

"I think there might not even be anyone in this entire empire who’s at that level of strength..."

"But I have seen a Peak Phase-2 individual in action; that person was strong enough to change the flow of a river with just one swing of his sword..."

Hearing all these things from Ethan, Alex felt quite baffled, and he finally realized how vast and insanely dangerous this world was.

"So does that mean ordinary people are considered Phase-0 then?... How strong is your son Jake, then? Is he a Phase-1 Pathwalker?..."

At Alex’s question, Ethan replied,

"Yeah, ordinary beings can be considered Phase-0 I guess but there’s no such mention in any texts or anything..."

"My son Jake is a highly skilled and talented swordsman! He’s only 17 years old and is already so strong that I won’t be surprised if he ascends to Phase 1 in a few months or so..."

Alex frowned at those words and asked,

"Wait, didn’t you say that every person’s ’Path’ is unique? Then how do you know how far Jake has walked on it and how close he is to reaching Phase-1?"

At Alex’s question, Ethan smiled and replied in a calm voice,

"Your holiness, no matter what phase a person is in, and even if they aren’t a Pathwalker at all, every person has a life force and an ’aura’ unique to them."

"Aura is the embodiment of a person’s life force, mental power, and soul energy. It’s the proof of their very existence. as a Phase-1 ascender myself, I can easily sense a person’s Aura..."

"That’s how I know that Jake is not too far from ascending, as his aura is already very refined and polished... all he need is a push, I think..."

Although Ethan explained it all, Alex still had many doubts in his mind.

’What if a person never has a dream or ambition then? What if a person suddenly abandons their Path?’

’What if a person’s aura and physique are weak, but they find their ’Path’ in life and end up ascending directly?’

Alex had many such questions in his head and asked Ethan about it, but it turned out even he didn’t know the answer to such a complicated question.

Until now, Alex didn’t know what kind of power system this world followed, but now he has finally figured it all out.

’To be the best and to be the most knowledgeable person in the entire world, I need to become a Phase-5 Ascender!’

’If I manage to do that, I will also be strong and invincible! I will be able to live a long life and will have powerful abilities!’

Alex could feel that there were infinite possibilities, and he just needed to work hard and aim to go further on his own unique ’Path’.

The more he thought about his future, the more excited he felt.

Although he came to this new world for some unknown reasons, he now had a clear goal to aim for!

What he couldn’t do in his previous world, he can do in this world! 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

’My greatest goal and desire have always been the same: I want to be the most knowledgeable person in the entire world!’

’I want to have the best mind and all the knowledge of the world at my disposal!’

Working hard for the sake of his own ’ambition’ will be the same as ’walking’ further on his own ’path,’ which means Alex will be able to hit two birds with one stone!

He just needed time and effort, and he could make his dreams a reality!

Alex smiled as he thought to himself,

’It won’t be wrong to call my path, ’The Pathway of Wisdom’... hehe...’