Theron flipped over a palm, a spear appearing in his hands. He pressed down a foot hard and swung out the blade behind him. He didn't even have enough room to make a full pivot and instead decided to explode with power in this way.
Chi.
Heat was relative, and at a certain level, so was light. Maybe if a mortal had been standing in Theron's place, this region would be entirely pitch black to them.
This was to say that depending on the material, how much energy it took to excite it could vary widely. By the same token, the wave of light emitted from said material could also vary widely.
The visible light spectrum was fairly dead set for a mortal. But for a cultivator, they could see outside of that range. For a Dark Mancer in specific, that range was even larger.
Why did this place feel so bright to him despite not having a source of light? And why was it that he wasn't being boiled alive?
