He spent most of his time with Seraph; she helped him use his talents. Sun God Physique was passive and Elemental Control was active. He was Luke. He was master of elements.
Skills of Talent were similar to fighting styles—kung fu, karate, etc. Practice created specialization of Talent, like fire-controller skills. You had to develop practical applications of your Talent; you couldn't learn unrelated skills. Talent level also mattered for skill acquisition. If a rank-F fire mage could learn a fireball skill in a week, then an SSS-level fire mage could learn the same skill in a few hours.
Talents and skills relied on Mana (MP). MP was a common type of energy in every being, but each race had its own additional energy. Dragons had draconic energy; angels had angelic energy; some creatures could use black energy, and so on. Those energies were tied to their kind—others couldn't use them or the skills they powered. Some Talents, however, were similar to these energies. Luke, for example, could control elemental energy itself.
He could use darkness or shadow element which is similar to black energy. These Talents could spawn similar skills of other being using their specific energy. Another example is a human with S level talent of dragon mage can use and create dragonic skill. In principle, Luke could control fifty elements, and in the future he might master even more. Those elements were: fire, water, earth, air, lightning, ice, metal, wood, sand, magma, light, darkness, gravity, time, space, void, aether, chaos, order, energy, plasma, matter, antimatter, dark matter, quantum flux, radiation, sound, vibration, pressure, temperature, life, death, soul, blood, poison, acid, bone, shadow, spirit, pozarra, emotion, memory, thought, will, fate, illusion, creation, destruction, biomission, and instinct. Luke learned to control a few quickly; others proved far harder.
Seraph told him that dragons and angels with SSS-level Talent ascended and enhanced by the energy of their soul and body. In Luke's case, having two energies—draconic and angelic—boosted his abilities beyond any other. His power was greater, stronger, more potent, yet he still struggled to master advanced skills.
Lucious told him, "Your power is too great, Luke, for your current level. You stand twice as strong as other dragons or angels of your rank. Because of his dual energies, Luke could use his Talents and skills more freely, but advanced techniques remained elusive. If you learned a skill in time, your power output would surpass others at the same level—or even those above you.
Then Luke truly understood his situation. His training began when he was one year old. For six months he collected basic information on all ten thousand worlds. After that he studied living beings across those realms. At age two he started physical training. At age three he began Talent and skill training in earnest. In a single year he created more than a dozen foundational skills.
(Note: In future chapters I will showcase each skill and its definition when Luke uses them.)