[ rebirth can mean a lot of things in the grand scheme of things, we experience it everyday, as the sun rises as it sets, as your breathe in and out, as you live and die, love and hate. It's an important facet of life that most people tend to take for granted, and now here we are again, a brand new year. Rebirth, a second chance to do better, to fight better, lover harder, and get stronger in more ways than one. You're expected to do better than most, life is still a competition, but at least now you get to fight it better. Take every advantage of every rebirth offered to you, even if you're growing older each new day, because being reborn either in mind, spirit of faith means you're always taking a step forward, a step forward to something better, something grater. Happy New Year]
Unknown Writer's New Year Message.
2 DAYS LATER
Thing's had been somewhat quiet within the sect for the 48 hours, after Alex's mother had given a very colorful description of why her son was as strong and talented as he was, anyone who had any sort of opposition had kept quiet, at least for now. Besides her actions and words at the time, and right in front of her supposed husband had bruised the egos of sect master and his son, and in tandem Lu Wan, who had gone around telling everyone who would care to listen that Alex had an evil legacy of a demonic blood dragon.
It was a rather nasty rumor and might have terrible repercussions should it grow beyond being just a rumor, but Alex's grandfather gravely appreciated the effect such s rumor brought to bear.
Everyone else seemed all too willing and happy to avoid the boy with the bloodthirsty demonic dragon legacy. Alex was being left alone, and with no one around to cause any sort of distraction, except of course the cultivators that had become a part of his retinue, Alex and his guards in extension could focus on getting stronger.
Either way the upper how of the sect weren't really willing to waste much time and decided to fast track the opening of the particle world. The recent deaths within the sect has gotten them spooked, however they were also keeping such information on the down low Soma's not to cause any sort of panic with the other disciples within the sect. Which was why Alex, Yun Fao and Louis were now standing in front of what they could only say was a marvel of Qi engineering.
It was an ornately carved stone archway, very much like the spatial gate Alex and his father had used in transportation a few months ago. But this was one was on a much grander scale, right in front of the archway was a globe, but this wasn't the normal globe that showed the map of the world, this was a globe that seemed to have layers that would spread out to show more landmasses beneath it's current ones, and the glob was quite capable of changing shapes, going from spherical to square, their circular, hexagonal, octagonal, and sometimes a completely mismatched shape. But beyond that it would well change it's shape to render a 3d image of a map, rising mountains, showing valleys, rivers, and seas.
"What's that?" Alex couldn't help but ask, Louis looked at what he was talking about and gave him an answer.
"That's a highly advanced planetarium that's not an actual building, it maps all of the higher and lower planes of existence, along with the dimensions, particle world's, and hidden world's the Wudang sect has visited or have under their control. The Planetarium serves as a map and key to activate that spatial gateway, making sure transportation is safe and you don't end up dying in the vacuum of space, or worse any sort of work hole, where you could either be crushed by it's gravitational forces, sent through time and space to a point far in the future or way back in the past, or be unfortunate enough to travel across a spatial tunnel for all eternity." Louis happily explained as he turned his face back to the archway, he seemed really excited about this training session.
"All right disciples! Pay attention, your life might actually depend on it. This particle world we're sending you into has a very rich and diverse fauna, there are herbs, less, and natural treasures that can advice your cultivation and improve your skills. You should all try your best and make sure you utilize the three months that has been given and train your mind, body, souls and qi to the utmost you can manage. Because in three months you've all been chosen to represent the sect in the inter-sect competition being held for the Emperor's birthday, you will all have to give it your best. Please step towards the gateway."
The person who was speaking was the sect master himself, the second elder has been missing since Alex's unfortunate accident with the Dragon qi blood pool, and it wouldn't take a genius to figure out that the elder was the one responsible for Alex almost losing his life during a training session. Much like most of the disciples here, Alex had a spatial ring on that carried all his supplies, but unlike everyone else, Alex's ring didn't just have supplies, but also books and tools for alchemy, black smiting and array forging. He wasn't just going there to advance his cultivation, but also to improve on his knowledge and finally start practicing his auxiliary cultivation skills.
As the disciples gathered in front of the gate, there was a hooded man in front of the Planetarium, he's the one responsible for setting the location to the particle world. However Alex was getting a very familiar vibe from the whoever was under that hood, he just wasn't sure, then he heard Nezha call out to him.
{{You idiot! That's the second elder!}}
Alex eyes opened wide as he raised his hands and shouted "Stop!" everyone's eyes were drawn to him as he pointed at second elder, the wind seemingly reacting to his emotions as it blew back the hood with a gust that quite literally came out from nowhere. But by then Alex got the feeling that it was already too late.
"Hahahaha you foooools! Do you think you can stand against the might of the Communion of true sons! Never! You're a sect of foreigners! We don't want some stranger from another world leading a sect with it's true roots set on this world, on our home! The empire of heaven is a lie, they're thieves! This is a warning shot! Leave this world, or much more worse situations would befall you! This is war!"
And then he smashed the planetarium, but not before everyone noticed that the landscape it was shaking was not a particle world, but rather a kind of world that had floating land masses and what looked thousands upon thousands of cells, all opened wide. Alex heard the sect master yell out!
"It's the Infernal prison dimension! All of the cultivation world's worst criminals are locked, up there! Save the children!"
Alex didn't know why the stupid Sect master had to give such an explanation when he could have just acted, because of what had happened before his mother and grandfather were not allow to come spectate as the disciples were sent off, if not Alex was sure they would have acted rather than talk and give an explanation that helped no one. But it is what it is.
The second Elder pulled his hands back and pushed them forwards, sending a massive force from his palm which pushed every single disciples standing in front of the gate into the gate, none were spared, as the spiraling lights of blue and white filled their vision, the images of their sect fading away from their sight and with it the glaring image of a broken Planetarium in it's wake. There was no way to bring them back, this was a death sentence.