Nicklaus had it again, the same nightmare he always gets. He got up with a start, his body wet with sweat. Since the day he got his ass handed to him royally he had never stopped having that nightmare. He got out of bed and went outside. He stared at the night as he laid on the ground. His past just came to him and started replaying like a movie.
"What did the helper say that this universe's Qi is the answer? I doesn't seem to be stronger than Dragon Force or Divine energy. Why is this world's Qi the key to kill the Author?" Nicklaus asked himself. Suddenly, he got up as if he had just been stung.
"Maybe I am looking at this the wrong way. Maybe the Qi is not like that when I am not in a certain realm," Nicklaus said then sped to the library which was always open. He went to myths of the continent and started searching there. That's when he saw the ranks above what Immortals can just dream to be.
"Low tier god's. They have their power represented as a solar system with seventy planets. The sun is the Divine flame and the planets, comets, satellites and métiers are their Qi reserves. Shit, a planet full of Qi reserves, are they generating it? With, Mid Tier gods have their power represented as a whole galaxy! In the centre of it all is their Divine flame which is protected by all those stars, planets and other stuff. Shit, that's even crazier! How can one be out of energy if you have a planet full of it and now you can have a galaxy full of it?
"Now, high tier gods have their power represented as a...a...a...Fuck! A universe! Fuck. Who the hell made this cultivation manual? This thing is clearly broken. A whole universe just made of Qi to be used by one person? Hold on, if the Author has this kind of Qi reserves then doesn't it mean I am practically screwed? With the small amount I have I can't even give him a warm up of a warm up. Shit, I have been sitting on my ass when there are people with this kind of powers? What the fuck!"
Nicklaus got out of the library with a new light in his eyes. He went to where they log and sat in a lotus position. He started cultivating like crazy! From Mid stage With Master to peak stage With Grandmaster. These two realms involve the expanding of the dantian and making the Qi pure until it is pure in the peak stage With Grandmaster. He started breaking through to the Earth Rank, leaving behind the name Qi. This means that from now on, he will be making his own Qi.
But first, his dantian had to shatter completely. He felt it do that and an unbeatable pain came over him. He felt the warm current in his body and suddenly, it just disappeared. He felt sharp pains from his soul. He writhed in pain as he felt as if his soul was being ripped apart. As sudden as it came, be felt it all disappear. With new found strength, Nicklaus pulled himself from the ground and he felt a familiar energy inside him.
"How is this possible?" he asked. He felt the Dragon Force and this time, it was like a list long lover, it was back and it was stronger than ever as if it did not want to be separated from him. He looked into his dantian and instead of a pearl, he found a slumbering Eastern dragon in its place! The dragon was producing Dragon Force crazily that he was now on verge of going to Mid stages of Earth Rank.
"What kind of cliché thing happened here? How did I have this back? Is the Author messing with me? Even if he is, I can't take it back for the dragon force has already taken root and eaten my dantain turned it to a dragon," he told himself. He was now a Mid stage Earth Rank. An Earth rank can attack with elements now like fire, water, air, metal, wood and lightning. But most prefer to use the most proficient they had. Nicklaus was an exception though as he felt attuned to all the elements!
"I have read that the only race to be attuned to all races were the Asura race. Their bodies had been blessed by the universe that everything related to Qi just came like... when I used my eyes to copy other people's skills. Shit, were those Asura's eyes? They fit the description perfectly. Asura's had mystic eyes that could be turned on and off if they want to see an opponent's martial arts and come up with a way to defeat them." Nicklaus's brain was thinking at a speed of light.
"Those snobs said I was an experiment by their Father the Author. I have this body and the eyes of Asura's. Wait, didn't Asuras's bodies adapt first but not this fast. Meaning this ability he got from somewhere. But from whom? I don't know now but I will. Now, back to the Asuras. Since dragon force came from my soul maybe there might be my eyes abilities as a last minute attempt or I just carried over. How do I test it?"
Looked around as he concentrated his hearing to hear if there was anyone practising. He heard the swooshing of a sword and he knew he found his target. He ran as fast as he could which was quite fast and found the person. It was a twnety plus years old boy practising his sword. Nicklaus did not get information as he usually did.
"C'mon, turn on!" he growled as he opened his eyes wide enough hoping to get the information. He continued staring like a peverted till his eyes hurt for being dry. He crumpled to the ground as tears welled in his eyes.
"Why? Why is this not working?" he asked himself as he wiped away his eyes as he felt the warm current spread to his head slightly. He got up and took a look at the boy. He suddenly got the Martial Arts he was using in his head. He was so stunned he just stood there looking at the boy who saw him. He saw his stunned look and tears in his eyes and was touched. He thought the boy was appreciating his sword style.
"I still got," Nicklaus whispered to himself before he started jumping around joyfully. "It works, it still works! Thank God, thank God!" He hugged himself. The sword play was called Flowing Petals Play. The movement was flexible but strong as a river then the second realm one can produce sharp petals all around him for attack and the third you combine the two and it appears you are playing.
"Thank you, your sword platy just gave me one of the most precious things of my life," Nicklaus told him. He went to the logging site and sat down.
"Okay, let's check this another way. I know that bastard Tim sucked away that ability which means one thing brought this all back, that warm current. It must be a recording. Since I had the mystic eyes and Dragon Force when it healed me once Nick punched through my chest then it means it must have recorded I have that. When my dantian broke, I had a chance of dying or becoming an Earth Rank. It must have brought it back when my mind was distressed. What a strange power. Where did he get it from? Also, can I get my laws? No not now, I need to cultivate and reach god realm soon."
Nicklaus then went on cultivating but he felt as if it was all going slowly. The dragon was producing Qi but not fast enough for him. He thought of stimulating it but then, he would have to fight. He would not fight with anyone from the sect, heneed a place to lay his head.
"Illegal matches in underground bases. That's the only way," Nicklaus said. He could go and fight beasts but that will take too long to reach. "Underground arena's it is."