Vaan conditioned his mental and physical states as he prepared to cultivate the Heaven Forging Dragon Art.
He was rather curious about heaven's punishment.
How powerful was the Divine Damnation? What form would it take? Where would it come from?
Vaan wondered if heaven's punishment would even reach him.
After all, he was inside of the Profound Pearl of Life, a separate universe. Even if the heavenly laws of Chaos could pinpoint his location, its punishment might not be able to enter the Profound Pearl of Life.
Considering the Profound Pearl of Life was also a True Divinity-rank heavenly treasure, heaven's punishment shouldn't be powerful enough to break it. If heaven's punishment were truly that powerful, then Vaan would have no chance of surviving anyway, no matter where he hid or ran.
After optimizing his condition, Vaan immediately started running the Divine Refining Life Art to gather life energy.