[ planet : unknown
Continent : eternal martial land
empire : Tianwu empire. area : Northern region of Myriad land ]
"hey brat, are you there?" the man asks again as he sneaks into Xiao San's room.
" huh, why are you here father?" he asks him as he stands up. Although he looks fine at first, but if one was to look closer he could see signs of exhaustion on his body and his voice.
This was exactly how he was when he was on earth doing experiments. The movement he saw something new and challenging, he would just immerse himself into that thing or subject.
" oh no nothing. I came for training but since you look tired, then we'll just postpone it for some other day." he says and leaves without waiting for Xiao San's reply.
" how weird, this brat has never worked himself up so much. I wonder what has got him so motivated that he is training to the point of complete exhaustion. I must discuss this with Lu Fei." he thinks as he walks towards his room.
The Xiao Manor was as big enough to house a entire village of 500 families so it took a little time for Xiao San's father, Xiao Chen to go back to his room. He was not only the big brother of The clan patriarch but also the strongest cultivator of the Myriad land. Even the king of Tianwu empire had to show him some respect because of the level of cultivation he had. He was at Dao venerate 5th realm which was only one level below the king of the empire, who was at quasi Earth venerate realm.
The realms of venerate ( Dao venerate, earth venerate and sky venerate) were separated into 7 parts. 1-2 were low parts, 3rd was breaking stage, 4-6 were the high stage and then came quasi stage. One being at quasi realm meant that he had already taken a step towards the next realm and only lacking a particular thing required for the breakthrough.
But 2 people at the same realm and stage were not equal in power. The Dao realm, which is 1 realm below Dao venerate realm, was the deciding factor in the fight. This realm is not actually a realm but a phase for cultivators to sense a subject or art and gaining insights was the only way to move to the next realm. If one's subject or art was weaker than the other's then the battle could be considered as a loss for him.
After Xiao Yan's father left, he also went for sleep as it had almost been a weak since he last slept if one counted his time spent on earth.
After a good 10 hour sleep he again searched his memories for collecting information regarding cultivation. " oh so this soul tempering or whatever is called cultivating, hmmm interesting. let's see this body's progress in this cultivation thing." he thinks as he surfs deeper into his memories.
" so this guy is at soul transversing realm. no wonder everyone likes him so much, with such potential he would be a soaring dragon in the future." he exclaimed surprisingly.
" time to learn how to use this thing." he starts cultivating according to the chants that the previous owner practiced.
But no changes could be seen in his body. It was as if the chants was non applicable for him.
" why is this happening to me? have I made an error?" he revaluates his actions and tries again only to have disappointment.
But another message pops in his head.
[ technique : Heaven's Devourer Path
part : 2 unlocked ( more will be unlocked with missions are accomplished.)
understanding : 0% ( 100%) ]
" a cultivation technique ? what is this 0% and 100%?" he thinks. He decides to give this a try and starts chanting.
To his surprise, energy generated because of the chant starts circulating in his meridians. This produced a layer of mystic qi around his body.
" wait, isn't this qi thing supposed to be shiney? then why is mine do dark and insidious?" he wonders.
"ah! what is this happening now?" he feels a burst of energy from his body which could explode him if not handled properly. This was the sign of achieving breakthrough from soul refining realm to soul stabilising realm.
" even if it's breakthrough, isn't this just too heaven defying. There are no records of a person jumping from 1st tier of soul refining realm to 2nd tier of soul stabilising realm." he wonders as he directs his energy to dantian to stabilise his volatile energy.
This incident was only possible because of the cultivation technique he received and his knowledge from his past life which were unconsciously put to use by him.
" let's try these new powers of mine." he decides to go to the training area to see his new powers.
At the training area
" hmm, since I do not have any compatible battle techniques, I can just do basic things. So how about a energy blast." he says as he shoots an energy ball towards the dummy.
To his surprise, the energy engulfs the dummy leaving only some scrapes behind.
" isn't this just like a black hole? then this enormous breakthrough makes sense." he concludes with a somewhat doubtful face. He decides to to continue with his practice for a better understanding of his powers.
The most important thing in the cultivation world was to be self aware so one could avoid any dangers. This was why Xiao Yan wanted mastery over his powers to know his limits and act accordingly.
"huff.....huff...... this took.....too much of my strength. I really need to build up stamina." he evaluates his performance and notices his weak points.
As he was about to head back he hears a childish voice screaming his name," brother Yan, wait for me."
" oh, so it's you Shun. Tell me what do you want?" he asks gently. This 9 year old kid was his younger brother, Xiao Shun. Despite his age, he was at Quasi soul stabilising realm and was a 1 star apothecary which was phenomenal for someone of his age.
" brother, I concocted a earth rank pill named soul tranquility pill. It helps one to achieve state of mind fast." he explained the effects of the pill cheerfully.
After hearing what his brother had to say, Xiao Yan gave an awkward laugh and praised him as he thought," I don't even know what you are talking about? what state of mind to tranquility pill? just what is this nonsense,huh?"