The streets of the Eternal Commerce District bustled with activity—cultivators from across the Infinity Realm conducting business, trading resources, seeking opportunities. Buildings towered impossibly high, existing across multiple dimensional layers simultaneously. The ambient energy was thick enough that weaker Initiates struggled to walk comfortably.
Through this crowded street walked a man who seemed both present and absent. His form flickered slightly, as if he existed in multiple states simultaneously. Space bent subtly around him, not from active technique but from passive presence alone.
Elias Vance walked in a state of perpetual enlightenment.
For most cultivators, enlightenment was a rare gift—fleeting moments of clarity that came once in a lifetime, if ever. Treasured, desperately sought, the foundation of major breakthroughs.
