Ash opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling of Training Room Seven.
The stone was cool, the air was still, and for the first time in days, his mind was completely quiet.
He lay there for a few seconds, just breathing. Then, he sat up.
The movement was smooth, but it felt different. His body was heavier. Not sluggish—heavy in the way a collapsed star is heavy. Every muscle, every bone, every cell had been packed with dense, refined power during his sleep as the newly comprehended Laws settled into his physical form. He was at Layer 41 of Body Refining, and his physical stats were pushing past the tens of thousands.
He closed his eyes and ran a full internal check.
Mental energy: 100%.
Cell reserve: 100%.
Sea of consciousness: Stable, clear, and vast.
