I don't know how long it took for me to finally reach a point where I could control the flow of Qi within body down to the finest detail but I eventually did it.

Of course it wasn't perfect yet by a longshot, but I think I finally reached a point where I could stop worrying about dying from suffocation after my Qi supply ran dry.

Which means it was now time to get up.

I've already tried to do it twice and have only ran into failure both times. Just like with controlling my Qi, the issue isn't standing up per se. I could do it, and it wouldn't be too much of a challenge, but the Qi expenditure it would require to do so would be far more than I'd be willing to spend.

It wasn't a good situation.

On one hand I needed to keep Qi expenditure to the minimum but I also needed a large amount of Qi to essentially power my body enough to withstand standing and moving in this level of gravity.

Hm.

I thought about it deeply for a few moments, but I couldn't come up with any option that wouldn't take months. In fact, I kind of only had one main idea in mind.

Just physical training.

I will try to move different parts of my body slowly till I can build up enough strength overall to get up. Even if it's just one finger at a time, that's what I'll have to do. It will take forever but I have a year to do it so I might as well get started.

…

Days.

It took me days just to reach a point where I could move one finger…and that was just an estimation based on my own dwindling internal clock. There was no day or night here so I have no idea exactly how much time has passed, but it kind of felt that long in a way.

Longer than it took for the Qi control thing at least.

Anyway at some point I completely lost track of time altogether. There was no telling if I had been here for days, weeks, months, maybe even years if Elder Zal forgot about me.

I doubted the latter, but it proves just how I've lost any concept of flowing time. It was like this moon was just a just a frozen point in space. With nothing but the endless void around me.

Honestly it doesn't even make sense that gravity is heavier here. Shouldn't it be lighter like Earth's moon? I've had a lot of time to think as I did my little gravity resistance training, and that was the first thought I had.

How does it all work exactly?

I couldn't come up with a proper answer so I quickly shifted to new topics, like my life for example.

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Very rarely did I truly stop to smell the roses along the way, but this was as good a chance as any.

I've long since come to terms with the fact that I'm an Infernal, but I have a Clan now. Thousands of Infernals are in a Clan that I am in charge of. They look to me in admiration but also for guidance…a 20 something year old former mediocre college student.

If only my parents could see me now.

Or even my other family members.

I've also had to come to terms that no one I knew prior to the Tutorial was alive. My name was broadly displayed across Earth a couple of times now yet no one has ever come forward.

I wasn't a social butterfly by any means, nor was I extremely close to a lot of people, but I had good enough relationships with more than just one person. If they were alive, they would've found me already.

Wait a second.

The underground.

There was a few hundred million people down there. Why didn't I consider that when I first found out about their existence? Have I been so distracted that I didn't think about friends or family being alive in the ant farms?

Hm. It seems I have more motivation than I thought to go and kill some ants.

Speaking of ants, I couldn't help but wonder about the situation of the Black Dawn. Elder Zal told me that they are strong enough to last 10 years versus all those Infernals, but I hope that didn't mean my people would get massacred.

If anything, I'm hoping it's more of a slow and steady push. Just take what you get and advance when the opportunity arises.

Though I kinda have a feeling that won't be the case. At least not initially. I kinda gave them a bit of motivation with my words didn't I.

Well, all I can do is trust in them. They are my first conflagration after all.

After thinking about ants for a bit longer, my thoughts once again drifted back to my life. So far I've kinda just been living as the days new challenges and things to do, but the only goal I ever really had for myself was just to fight strong beings.

And to do that I needed to get stronger, which allowed both goals to feed each other.

But is that it? I don't think so.

The members of my Clan and their lives and futures matter greatly to me as well. They chose to abandon their lives and families back home to tie their lot to me. Plus I made an oath to them. One that I would never break.

So I guess they're a part of my long term goals now.

Is that it then. Get stronger so I can fight stronger enemies, while making sure to protect and provide for the members of my Clan.

Yeah…I don't think I need some special or crazy goal like founding a galaxy wide empire or anything like that.

Alright, back to training.

…

After even more time passed, I finally reached the point where I could stand. It was hard, and I honestly couldn't even walk like this, but I could stand.

Though if I remember correctly, standing wasn't the requirement.

Elder Zal said be able to move in a year and I don't think moving from lying on my face to standing up will count towards a passing grade.

Alright the.

Gritting my teeth, I did my upmost best to take one step, but the second I managed to lift my foot, it created an imbalance that I clearly wasn't ready for and back to the ground I went in a heap.

Again.

Again.

Again.

Again.

Time and time again, I pushed until I could stand up, only to be met with failure after each attempt to walk.

But as always, I didn't let it frustrate me to the point of quitting or complaining. I will do it. No matter how many times I fall, I will get back up and walk forward.

Again.

…

I did it until I could finally take a step.

One singular step.

Taking one more after that…cause me to fall once more and the process renewed itself all over again.

Getting up, taking one step, attempting a second and then falling. Rinse and repeat. Eventually…I could finally walk.

Very slowly…but I could walk.

I could take about 30 or so steps before I was forced to rest. Anymore than that and my body would give out and I would be sent crashing down to the ground once more.

Either way I did it. I could move.

But until Elder Zal shows up, I'm going to keep pushing to not only take more steps but jogging as well.

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