Asher was currently in a medium-sized room with only a bed as decoration. He was on the floor in a lotus position gathering the pure Spirit Qi from the hundreds of top-graded Spirit Stones. They were set in a formation that filled the room with pure Spirit Qi.
Asher was ignored the whole day from his little sister Dawn and was feeling slightly depressed since he had no idea how to fix it, so he just ignored her too and decided to cultivate to keep his mind off of it.
It was said that once you reach the Earth Spirit Realm every minor realm is extremely difficult to raise, it's like trying to breakthrough a large protective barrier each time as you not only need enough Spirit Qi in your Dantian, but you also need to improve,strengthen and comprehend your Domain.
The Dantian was located inside the body at the navel and was a small pagoda-like ethereal existence. There were many meridians that were located and flowed throughout the human body that connected to the Dantian, the meridians nourished the Spirit Qi into the Dantian, the more talent one had, the stronger and wider the meridians were which meant the faster they absorbed Spirit Qi.
The Dantian contained nine different levels with larger spaces to fill each time going up a level. When a level was broken through, it would mean a rise in cultivation level. To break through, the individual would need to gather enough pure Spirit Qi whilst having enough comprehension which gets infinitely times harder in the Earth Spirit Realm. Charging into the next level and breaking the barrier wasn't guaranteed to work 100% and can even result in harsh backlash called cultivation deviation if not done properly.
Asher managed to grasp the start of his personal Domain which broke him through to the first level of the Earth Spirit Realm, and then filled up his Dantian with pure spirit Qi through cultivation before further comprehending the profundities of the Domain and reaching the Second Level of the Earth Spirit Realm.
They found a relatively safe spot in the vast God Domain Realm Jungle before activating an array that built a house that was enough to fit the eight of them in their own rooms.
After adventuring far out and killing many low ranked God Beasts it was currently night-time when Asher sensed someone at the door of his room and stopped cultivating.
The door to his room slowly opened and a small cute head peaked out.
"Peeking again?" Asher mused
Dawn who was the one who tried to see if Asher was sleeping blushed and then said in a cute and soft voice.
"Brother can I stay with you tonight?"
This was the first time she witnessed so much blood and death from the many God Beasts they slaughtered so she was laying in her bed and couldn't sleep, she went to see if her big brother Asher was awake.....or she could have just wanted to patch things up with him.
"Mn"
Dawn slowly came into his room still with a blush on her face wearing a princess-like night gown dress which further enhanced her fairy-like beauty.
She looked incredibly cute and beautiful at the same time which caused Asher's heartbeat to speed up.
Asher slowly stood up from the lotus position and then got ready for bed. He slipped into the covers and gestured for Dawn to get in the bed with him.
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It was completely silent with the occasional calm or fast heart beats and breathing from Asher and Dawn or the chirping and other various sounds from the beasts outside the house.
Asher and Dawn were huddled in the warm blanket on the soft mattress.
Dawn was on her side while she had her back faced to Asher, she had a serious blush on her fairy face and was breathing rather hard.
Asher was staring at the back of Dawn's beautiful light green almost blonde-like hair that elegantly flowed down and lightly caressed her hair, when he did that Dawn felt a indescribable tingly sensation.
Asher scooched closer and closer to Dawn until he was pretty much breathing on her neck and pulled her in a hug which caused Dawn to lightly squeal.
*eeeeek*
"Shhh"
Asher slowly said in her ear and Dawn eventually calmed down, though her heart beat was definitely speeding up even more now.
It was silent for about ten more minutes
Dawn couldn't take it anymore and said with slight tears dripping out of her eyes and a rough breath
"You don't want to marry her right?"
"Who?"
"The maid"
"Of course not"
Dawn seemed to lighten up when she heard that
"Brother.....i'm sorry for the way I acted and ignored you....you are the only person I care about.....other than my father and mother.....I can't lose you brother....I love you."
Dawn's grandfather probably would have cried if he heard that, really forget the old and love the new type of thing.
Dawn was sobbing giving her childish but brave confession. She has been with Asher since she was two years old and has been training with him going through thick and thin and obviously has massive feelings for him.
Asher's heart slightly turned seeing Dawn's crying expression and her heartfelt words and tightly hugged her and said in her ear with a low and deep voice
"Okay, but promise to never ignore me again, alright? I love you too."
Asher honestly had no idea what 'love' meant, he has never felt such emotion before, but has been told by many people that they loved him. He said those words to pretty much appease Dawn.
Dawn who heard those words smiled so wide she looked like a cute puppy with tears still falling out of her eyes.
She finally got rid of the heavy pressure that was weighing down on her heart and then proceeded to have a fulfilling sleep, still in Asher's embrace.
Asher lightly sighed, hugging Dawn a little tighter, all those tears kinda turned him off and then closed his eyes and slept.