Though the process took a long time, it was worth the wait.

As the Silver Dragonblood gradually replaced the mortal blood in her body, Silver Lamp felt her frame brimming with an unprecedented sense of exhilaration while her soul grew increasingly fiery. It was a vitality she had never experienced before, having been frail and sickly since childhood.

The soul and body had always influenced one another. Even an ordinary academy-style sorcerer without physical training would gradually become healthier simply by refining their soul in the Virtual World. A powerful soul naturally gave rise to a formidable body. The reverse held as well, for a powerful body nourished the soul in return.

The relationship between body and soul was not one of a vessel and its passenger. Rather, it was that of the sea and the sky, mirroring and completing each other. Consciousness was simply the ripple born where the two touched. 

Among sorcery classes, Brute Body stood foremost in physical cultivation. Their Dragon Blood system represented the crowning achievement of the Gray Fox Age's Brute Body sorcerers.

The Brute Body Class followed two paths. The first was Implantation, which involved reconstructing one's body using spirits related to minerals, machinery, plants,...