Bastian's cultivation was no problem to him at the moment anyway because what he needed was not the ability to manipulate fire, but the ability to manipulate heat. Heat was defined as being the rate at which molecules vibrated. Bastian's attribute and his awakened bloodline not only allowed him to create heat but to also direct it and that was the key point.
By being able to manipulate and direct heat, Bastian would be able to direct airflow and manipulate atmospheric pressure in a certain location. That was a new type of magic, one that also incorporated earthen mathematics, so calculations and trials had to be done. It is a lack of this knowledge that had prevented prior mages from making improvements in the field.
Bastian's first objective had been to be able to compress air in a cert
