With both Seraphina and Ren having achieved their Radiant-rank breakthroughs, I found myself drawn back to my own training. Not to learn from Liam's inheritance, but to push my own sword mastery toward something I could feel approaching at the edge of my understanding.
I drew my sword and began moving through forms that had become second nature after years of practice. Each strike carried perfect Sword Unity—the complete integration between blade and wielder that I'd achieved some time ago. But as I moved through the sequences, I could sense something more waiting just beyond my current reach.
'There's another level,' I murmured, completing a complex pattern that left traces of energy in the air. 'Something beyond Unity itself.'
