"Ughh. My head feels like its being split into two."
"Oh you woke up earlier than I expected. Looks like your strong soul is not just for show. That pain you are feeling is due to the over-exhaustion of mental energy. Normal people just don't wake up for months after such overuse, but I guess monsters like you don't come under normal category." The soul explained from Ryan's soul sea.
"Jiji, you are always talking useless things. And why didn't I get any technique for this Heathen's Way in my mind. All the techniques in this world get directly transmitted to the mind. But I can't find any."
"Brat how many times do I have to tell you? This is NOT a technique. How could you be so dense?! I'll explain to you how Heathen's Way works. But first look into your body and observe the changes." The soul said somewhat exasperated.
Ryan concentrates his will inside his body and is instantly surprised. His dantian looked like a huge blackhole and there was a pure white energy ball stored in a corner. Once he moved upward he also found literal gates anchored in his profound energy veins which were responsible for causing him immense pain. "Jiji, what are these doors for? Is something going to come out of them? And you still didn't tell me how to use this technique?"
"If I had a physical body I would have committed seppuku due to your stupidity. Now listen carefully, Heathen's Way is the foundation of your cultivation and not a technique. This foundation will allow you to cultivate a technique. In fact, you will be able to cultivate any technique regardless of its element due to Heathen's Way. Do you know what elements' cultivation technique your grandfather practices?"
"Grandpa had once shown me his darkness technique. So he should be a darkness element user."
"Incorrect. Your grandfather is a light and darkness element user. I observed his body back in the training yard. He had tightly guarded himself, but for me he is just a slightly stronger ant."
"pfttt, observed his body, hahaha" Ryan tried to control his laughter, "Jiji, are you such a hentai, you even went after my grandpa. Although he could be called handsome, if you like the brooding types."
"Motherf*****, you can figure out everything on your own. I won't be explaining anything."
"Jiji, you are the strongest. Don't think about what weak like me say. Please explain me how to use Heathen's Way to cultivate and what element to cultivate."
"Hmph… So what I was saying is that most people's body has affinity towards one or two elements. Some heaven's favoured might even have affinity towards three or four elements. Even then, the elements have to complement each other. Heavens don't allow anyone to cultivate all of the elements, so one would always lack a few elements. However, you can cultivate all the elements you want as long as you have the technique, without any repercussions" The soul sounded extremely proud of it.
The soul continued "Now the Heathen's Way can allow a renegade like you to absorb Qi for cultivation through 4 ways. First, you can steal the essence Qi from someone you just killed. You should know the saying, 'Living under the heavens will and in death returning to its beck'. You will basically be stealing the essence Qi which should go back to the heaven to grow stronger. That's how a heathen starts his path of opposing the heavens. The stronger the person you kill, the stronger the Qi you will get and the faster you will be able to cultivate. Second, Absorb the essence Qi through dual cultivation. Third, you can snatch the Qi forcefully from surroundings by desolating the environment. Everything around you will wither to give you the Qi. This is very useful when you are in a fight running out of energy. But you can only use this once you are capable of opening the Desolate Void Gate. Till then you can forget about it. Fourth, your dantian has a blackhole's properties, so you can use it to absorb Qi from surrounding just like everyone. But since you can't bring out the blackhole yet, absorbing from dantian itself is really slow so its almost useless. So, this is also something you can't really use until you open the Nebulous Void Gate."
"So, there's nothing I can use to normally cultivate. I though this would make me immediately strong. And what's this thing about the Void Gates?! Never mind, tell me more about the second thing. You explained only a little about the most interesting part" Ryan started drooling just from anticipation.
'How can a 9-year-old brat be so lecherous' the soul thought to himself. But since it was also a vital way to cultivate he has to explain it. "You can engage in dual cultivation with a woman to absorb the yin essence qi from her. The woman will also greatly benefit from your yang qi which has been cultivated through heathen's way. Even more so from you, who even has a mythical spirit. It's just a shame that you can't use it." The soul couldn't help but feel disappointed, "This way will especially be important when you are breaking through to Yin-Yang Enlightenment Realm. Most people choose to breakthrough while dual-cultivating with a partner in order understand more natural laws. Hence it is vital that they dual cultivate with a really talented partner to increase their aptitude."
"This is awesome. I get to do what I like and I'll grow stronger as well. I guess this is what hitting a jackpot feels like. Now who should be my first target?" Ryan started thinking about his step-mom Grace.
"You can think about dual cultivating after you get me a vessel to fuse my soul. I don't want to be in your soul sea, when you are doing the deed."
"You are right. It will definitely be weird. Unless..." Ryan lingered on his words.
"What unless, THERE IS NO UNLESS. You have to get me a vessel, I can't live in your dense brain." The soul got flustered.
"Okay okay, don't get freaked out." Ryan got a little disappointed, 'Stepmom, you would have to wait a little'.
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For reference - The known Qi cultivation realms:
Energy Origination
Spirit Transformation
Yin-Yang Enlightenment
Core Creation
Saint