One soul moved towards South-eastern Asia whereas the drifted to the British isles. The conscious soul drifted slowly to the south of London into the small coastal town, Dover. It then hovered over the Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School. In an inconspicuous corner of the playroom sat little boy of Asian origin, Lucas Malcolm, barely 5 years old.
Just as the conscious soul was about to enter the boys body.
[Warning! Body is too immature to accept the soul of host]
'I knew it. Lee Sung-In's body was protected by the Laws of Time whereas mine isn't. There was a reason I only sent my memories. This damned Codex ruined it all. My soul cannot withstand the Law of Order. Order rejects my existence.'
[Searching for Space pathways...]
Space pathways are usually used only for traveling from one world to another. It can be natural or artificial. One's has to have a deep understanding of the Space Laws to actually create a Space pathway. There are also certain items that are used to create Space pathways. It is also one of the few places in the Universe unaffected by the Laws of Order.
'Fuck. This thing is adamant about fusing both my souls together. It intends to use the Space pathway to fuse my souls together. But using a Space pathway in an era in which Earth has yet to come into contact with higher integral types of energy is a lunatic move. It will be a one way trip. There will be no way back. If I am not too off, the nearest pathway leads to Azure. I am pretty confident of surviving there but I have no idea as to have to come back to Earth.'
[Space pathway detected]
[Connecting Space co-ordinates....]
[Prepare for Soul Fusion]
[Brace for Space Jump]
[Space Co-Ordinates connected]
[Space Jump initiated]
The four year old Lucas Malcolm disappeared from the face of the Earth on July 24, 2032 to a faraway world called Azure.
The disappearance of a child caused a lot of ruckus. It didn't last long though. After all, the boy had no one.
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In a rather small village of Hanjie, a little boy appeared out of nowhere. He appeared a little disoriented. After taking some time to get adjusted to the new environment, he tried standing up with his small legs only to fall over.
'My body isn't responding all too well. It will take some to get adjusted to this little body. The place that connected Earth to Azure used to be a small village. Thankfully no seems to have noticed me.'
Lucas seemed to be in some kind of broken shack. After a few hours, he was able to walk around. He needed to understand his understand his current situation and fast. Time was of the essence.
'To think that the Space pathway that connect the two planets was located in a remote shack. There not much that can be done with a four year old body. Should I try and join one of the Great five sects?'
Azure was mainly governed by the 5 mega sects: The Black Heaven Sect, The Origin Sword Sect, The Overlord Body Sect, The Infinite Scripture Sect and The White Lotus Sect. Under the leadership of the 5 main sects, an alliance of sects was formed called Martial Alliance. This alliance was formed to curb the growing ambition of the Strongest Sect of the Azure planet:
The Heavenly Demon Sect.
This sect respected strength above everything. The disciples of the sect were willing to do anything to increase their strength. Only the strongest martial warrior deserved to be the Heavenly Demon and everyone must respect the strongest. The Heavenly Demon was the only existence that was a realm above everyone in the world. His name brought fear to everyone in the world.
The 24th Heavenly Demon, Chu Fang.
When the spatial pathway opened to Earth, martial warriors from The Heavenly Demon Sect gave Lucas' a lot of trouble. They openly stole, kidnapped and killed. By the time the spatial pathway opened, Chu Feng had died and the sword genius, Chen Jian had replaced him as the 25th Heavenly Demon.
The battle between Lucas and Chen Jian lasted for 12 days until Chen Jian disintegrated into dust. No one was able to get close to them during their battle. The clash of destructive aura and sword aura annihilated half of Azure. Lucas respected the sword genius and Chen Jian was worthy of his respect.
The Azure continent consisted a large central continent surrounded by many smaller islands. The central continent was called Xingwen continent. At the center of the Xingwen continent, lied the central plains. To the west of the central pains, were the fertile lands governed by the 5 cardinal sects. The fertile lands were divided into 5 provinces, each under a separate sect. Each province had a capital city built close to the governing sect. There were a number of cities in each province. Around the cities there were many towns and around every town there were many villages.
There was a clear hierarchy system in the fertile lands governed by the 5 sects. Everyone desires to climb this hierarchy. The fastest way to reach the top was to possess top notch martial talent. To get accepted by one of the 5 sects was the dream of many people in the fertile lands.
To the east of the central plains, lies to the limitless mountains governed by the Heavenly Demon sect. The limitless mountains mainly consisted of demonic cultivators and criminals. In the limitless mountains, strength was of utmost importance. The truly strong could do what ever by wanted.
The tallest mountain in the limitless mountain range was where the headquarters of the Heavenly Demon sect lied, Mount Qin.
During the present time, i.e. almost 1000 year before the proper opening of the spatial pathway between Earth and Azure, the Heavenly Demon sect faced a serious problem.
True Demon was the title given to a person eligible to become the next Heavenly Demon. Presently, The sect had two True Demons, the Greedy demon and the Lust demon. But both were deemed unworthy of the position of Heavenly Demon by Chu Fang.
The Greedy demon would turn the sect into a merchant association due to his crazy desire for worldly material and the Lust demon would not hesitate to turn the sect into a brothel. Chu Fang was infuriated thinking about the future of the sect under one of those two.
The 24th Heavenly Demon, Chu Fang was nearing the end of his lifespan and both the true demons were waiting for his death to strike.
If the 5 orthodox sects had a say, they would rather have the Greedy demon as the Heavenly Demon rather than the Lust demon. The Lust demon was known for destroying the life's of many women whenever he left the sect. So many women lost their dignity and purity due to the activities of the Lust demon and his forces. There was once an incident when he tried to have fun with the saintess of the Origin Sword sect. Luckily, the sect master of the Origin Sword sect got there fast enough to save the saintess.
In the end, both the True demons were slain by the Sword demon, Chen Jian, who entered the sect 800 years later.
The cultivation system in Earth and Azure are almost the same.
Both martial and astral cultivators train their body in the beginning to accept qi and astral energy respectively. During this period, they are called Martial/Astral apprentices.
When one's body accepts energy, it strengthens their body and gives them supernatural strength and agility. This realm is called Martial/Astral Warrior realm.
After continuous training of the body, when a Martial/Astral Warrior is able to manifest their energy outside the body in the form of the element their affinity is the highest with, they are said to have reached the Martial/Astral Master realm.
By training their control of energy, when one is able to make the energy flow through their veins throughout the entire body, one is said to be in the Martial/Astral Grandmaster realm.
Then a Grandmasters objective is to condense a core using energy in the Dantian. Once a Grandmaster condenses a core, he/she has stepped into the Martial/Astral General realm. The core will serve as the central power source of the body.
A General has to continuously purify his core by getting rid of all the impurities in his core. Then he/she will have to break their core and use the energy to form a King Soul. Once a King Soul is formed, he/she has entered the Martial/Astral King realm.
By refining and upgrading one's King Soul, one is able to upgrade their King Soul's into Emperor Soul's. Once a person upgrades their soul to an Emperor Soul, the person has stepped into the Martial/Astral Emperor realm.
Once martial/astral cultivators condense an Emperor Soul, They must try and gain an understanding of the element or elements they manifested. This is an extremely difficult barrier to cross. On Azure, only 51 people have crossed this barrier. One must have sufficient talent and willpower to cross the barrier.
By gaining a small understanding of their element, one can cross the barrier and enter the Paragon realm. Martial cultivator form an elemental crystal in their sea of consciousness whereas Astral cultivators form an astral star in their sea of consciousness symbolizing their understanding. The strength of a Martial/Astral Paragon is determined by the purity of their elemental crystal/astral star.
By gaining great understanding of their element, one is able to become a Sovereign. Their is a huge difference between gaining a small understanding and gaining a great understanding of their elements. The amount of control a Paragon has of his/her element is considered meagre compared to the control a Sovereign has over his element. Only one person has achieved greater understanding in the whole of Azure.
The Heavenly Demon, Chu Fang.
By gaining a perfect understanding of their element, one will become a peak Sovereign. To advance to the next realm, understanding of a completely different concept was needed.
Comprehending the Laws.
By comprehending the Laws, one become a Demigod. Only one human has ever achieved this feat in all of Azure and Earth.
Lucas Malcolm.
By crossing realms, one's level of existence gets higher.
An apprentice is a G Ranked existence.
A Warrior is a F Ranked existence.
A Master is a E Ranked existence.
A Grandmaster is D Ranked existence.
A General is a C Ranked existence.
A King is a B Ranked existence.
An Emperor is a A Ranked existence.
A Paragon is a S Ranked existence.
A Sovereign is a SS Ranked existence.
A Demigod is a SSS Ranked existence.
Beyond this exists the Gods.
The universe is filled with many species and their exist millions of cultivation pathways. The only way to compare strength is to compare one's existence level.