Time passed quickly, and Felix was already standing in front of the Examination Hall.
"Sigh! I should go with it!" Felix was trying not to feel bored with all the same routine.
He stepped inside and saw an older woman waiting there. She wore a very strict uniform, with stripes on the shoulders.
"Welcome to the examination hall! I am Sofia Hackar! I will help you through this test. Now step inside this circle!"
Felix stepped into the formation, and it hastily lit up with white color.
"I have read the report, saying you have passed World Palace tribulations?" Sofia asked with an icy voice.
"Yes, lady Sofia!" Felix tried not to be intimidated by this scary lady.
"Humph! We will see if those baboons in the Gods Realm are trying to show off! Now release your mental pressure!"
Felix just poured his mental energy out without holding back. He noticed the formations circle light up from the center. It seemed his mental energy filled the formation with light.
"Very good! Unprecedented mental capacity! Now release your magic power with simple runic control! I expect you to go from weakest to strongest! Begin!"
Felix released his Time Law Rune first, as he comprehended it the least.
He noticed that the circle had additional parts outside the white circle. Felix saw a small sand clock manifest outside the ring.
He quickly released his other magic powers. Felix was astonished to see so many manifestations of energy!
Earth was a vast mountain. Water had tiny droplets, and the wind was like a tornado.
This formation's insights amused him and soon deduced his laws by power.
The Ice God Rune's most profound power and the manifestation showed a small revolving snowflake.
Felix also noticed his Death Law Rune was eery. It looked like a dark ball of gas, with a blood-red light inside.
The Nature-Law was already incomprehensibly mutated. It wasn't in the form of a leaf or a green pond. Instead, this manifestation looked like a ghostly white figure with a green aura surrounding its shoulders.
"Very well! You have sixteen manifestations! This number indicates you will have four times more difficult breakthroughs than a typical mage! Also, you will learn additional magic runes later, as all World Palace magi do. I see you have a dire need to create Yang Rune to balance the Yin. Also, you must attend the Soul Cultivation class because of your Nature Law Rune! There is also a problem with the Death Law! I will send your results to the elders, as they will have the best grasp of how to help you to plan your studies!"
Sofia wrote something on a weird stone tablet and coughed.
"Next, form a basic four-star spell circle! You choose!"
Felix nodded and formed the most simple Metal Ring-blade spell circle.
"Enough! Do not release the spell! Instead, dissipate its magic circle!"
Felix frowned a little, as it was pretty hard to stop magic spells after forming them. So he used his mental energy to dispel the formation of magic.
"Good, now I want you to show me your space energy! Can you create a portal?"
Felix was surprised, but he nodded as he had practiced before learning space jump. Fortunately, his Space Law was just behind Ice and Death energy comprehension.
Felix raised his hand and made a circular motion. A small hole in the fabric of space appeared. It looked like a dark circle, with nothing inside.
"Good, stable control! I will recommend you for the Space Mastery Course! Next, I want you to fuse Life and Death energy!"
Felix already had the experience of fusing these energies, as he had learned the spell Fire Miasma.
He made a primary hand sign as he raised his left hand two fingers up and made a weird sign with his other hand below.
The Life energy formed above, and Death Energy seemed like a poisonous black gas that fused with light from below.
Soon, an intense buzzing and sizzling were heard, as Life and Death energies formed some corrosive power.
"Average! Life and Death have much more versatility when fused! Your Death Law dominates Life Law! I expect you to comprehend them more! Also, your Death Law brings some weird energy with it! Go to the Necropolis to find out what it is, or you will probably get hurt later on!" Sofia evaluated quickly and harshly.
"Next, show me if you can fuse the four fundamental elements!"
Felix smiled and summoned his fire, water, earth, and wind energies. They quickly spun around and fused into chaotic energy. However, he controlled it to stay in this entire fusion state and not convert it to Chaos Law Energy.
"Oh?! Do you have a full Chaos Law Rune?" Sofia asked in surprise.
"Yes! However, when I stimulated its power, the formation didn't show any response." Felix said with a smile.
"Of course, it didn't show anything! Chaos Law is beyond this simple formations capabilities! We will test your chaos rune later, in the Inner Examination Hall! Now, revolve your Innate Spell formation! We already got the names from your Ximen Star Domain." Sofia spoke with haste.
Felix just nodded and moved the energy to the Primordial Star Chart.
Soon he saw the formation pulsate with power. It even began to deform as the circle transformed into a weird three-dimensional light ring as it started spinning.
A high pitch noise started hurting their ears. This weird phenomenon almost ripped the formation out of the ground.
"STOP!" Sofia ordered with a dumbfounded expression.
Felix stopped his revolution of Primordial Star Chart, and everything went back to normal.
"I will report this to elders. They will decree how to test this Innate Spell Formation! Tomorrow you will get your next examination dates and address! The rest of the day is free for you!"
Felix left the hall and wandered around this Bloodline Temple. He had already found the map in his disciple token and wanted to go to the library.
After sightseeing, he entered an underground library and read books all day.
"I should look up these World Palace tribulations! The Third Gatekeeper indicated it wasn't as simple as I thought..." So Felix began researching his weird World Palace Formation phenomenon.
After a few hours of reading, he finally found a scroll he was looking for: Rarest Talents - by Earl Gunde.
"There are many talents that are rare and mysterious! Only a few lucky or misfortunate have the chance to have them, so the records are hard to find and store! I have listed ten of the most rear talents anyone can have in descending order, according to all Westgate Clan's records!
1 - Soul Heart Realm
2 - Elemental Soul
3 - Deathless Body Constitution
4 - World Palace Formation
5 - Tribulation Lightning Body
6 - Dantian Reconstruction Phisique
7 - Selkie Race
8 - Devil Soul
9 - Starlight Race
10 - Light Bearer of Destiny
The number of times these talents appeared might not be correct because they are hard to find and record!"
Felix was shocked to read this ancient scroll. He saw his own World Palace Formation in the fourth place of the rarest talents this clan has ever recorded.
"I feel that being a reincarnation and having World Palace fully formed and transcended into Inner World is not something I can comprehend!"
Felix frowned as he now had a piece of view of how unlikely his existence was to everyone!
"World Palace Formation: rare because of its triple tribulation in the first stages! The third tribulation eradicates the soul. Thus, only a few lucky individuals with powerful enough backgrounds have reached the fifth stage! All recorded cultivators advanced through the Fourth Transformation Realm! Other information is in Archduke level archives!"
Felix noticed that only eight people had passed the third tribulation, so he was the ninth!
The top three places only had four people in third and second place and only one person in number one!
"It seems the Soul Heart Realm and all other talents are beyond my status to learn about, as I can't find any more information." However, Felix was confident he would learn more when he reached higher cultivation.
"I should go back to get some sleep!" Felix still felt the most refreshed after a good sleep session.
The time was relentless, and he was already in the Inner Examination Hall.
"Welcome, Felix! Let's go. The elders are waiting!" Felix saw Sofia waiting for him.
"Greetings, Elders!" Sofia and Felix were polite.
"No time for chit-chat! Sofia, you reported this kid has Chaos Law Rune and high-grade Innate Spell Formation, correct?"
Felix saw that only three extremely old men were in the hall. They looked like fossils, about to kick the bucket.
"Yes, Elders!" Sofia was extremely polite.
"Fine! Child, demonstrate your Chaos Law Rune!" The elder who sat in the middle turned to look at Felix.
Felix felt as if a monster had turned his attention to him. However, he ignored the dangerous feeling and revolved his Chaos Law Rune.
Everyone in the hall saw how the natural energies in the air obeyed the Chaos Law Rune and formed an energy storm around Felix.
"That is enough! Your Chaos Law Rune is evolving to Primordial Chaos Rune! I will recommend you for the High Magic Class! Next, step in this formation and revolve your Innate Spell Formation!"
Felix nodded and took a step forward. He saw the circle on the ground lit up with golden light.
"I can feel a thousand times more power in this formation than yesterday!" Felix was surprised and pushed his Primordial Star Chart to revolve with full power.
The golden ring of the formation emitted a buzzing sound and showed a lot of strain. But, soon, it still behaved the same as the white formation.
"Enough, child! Your Innate Spell Formation is indeed a high grade or above! No formation can manifest such Innate Spell Formations. Thus they are the most unique and versatile. Therefore, Felix, we will recommend you for the inner disciple. Also, your progress and current abilities will be recorded for the Main Bloodline to see! Unfortunately, you will have to remain here in the Bloodline Temple, at least until you reach the Titled Mage stage. Dismissed!"
Felix respectfully bowed and left the hall together with Sofia.
"Felix, even though elders will recommend you for the inner disciple, you must still work hard! The Outer, Inner, and Core Disciples are just for competition in the Bloodline Temple! All true future pillars of the clan are sent to the Westgate Clan Realm! You will learn how weak even the most talented core disciple from here is to the most simple disciple there! Now I wish you good luck, goodbye!"
Felix was polite to this strict lady and went back to the library to read.
He spent his days reading, cultivating, and repeating. Then, quickly he got his new classes for history, battle, and casting.
Felix quickly trained his four and five-star spells. He learned space jump after three months.
He got used to getting beaten up by other disciples, as he learned to keep up with their speed.
History was the most challenging subject to learn. First, the higher-ups just sent him authors' names, and Felix had to read them in the library.
"The Bloodline Temple is just a several realms regional authority for the clan members." Felix was surprised to see that the Westgate clan had more than one of such places as Bloodline Temple.
"Regional Headquarters can become Temples, Academies, Courts, Pantheons and so on, the most vital members determine its name. For example, Bloodline Temple has the most Buddhist practitioners, so that's why they named it a temple. The Abbot is the head here, and Headmaster would be the ruler in the Bloodline Academy."
Felix was confused at first, but he got the hang of the structure of the whole Westgate Clan.
The Main Bloodline was the official name for the Westgate Clan Realm, where the all strongest members existed.
The Regional Headquarters were the highest authorities outside the clan, and their members could decide what school was the primary.
The Regional Headquarters ruled in several realms radius and had competitions amongst themselves for the recourses from the Main Bloodline.
Felix also learned that the Westgate Clan specialized in Space Mastery and had numerous treasures, abilities, magic, and even experts, who were incredible masters of Space Dao, Magic, Formations, and so much more.
He quickly learned that all realms had grades, and the Gods Realm was a low-grade realm.
The Ice Pheonix Realm was a medium-grade realm.
The Sacred Light Realm, where the Bloodline Temple existed, was a high-grade realm.
Felix also learned that the Westgate Clan Realm was beyond a high-grade classification but unspecified. Only true disciples of the Main Bloodline had the qualifications to know more.
Sadly, his study routine was interrupted after five months of arduous training.
"Hello, Felix!" Sofia came to his house.
"Nice to meet you, Lady Sofia!" Felix invited her in and poured some tea.
"You are a very polite, young man!" Sofia smiled, and they exchanged some small talk.
"I have come here with the order of the Inner Court! You will be assigned your new token and status tomorrow! Congratulations, you have become an inner disciple. Your competition will still start at the same time. However, you will have a chance to fight against other inner disciples if you are capable! New privileges will be in your token to avoid wasting time. Goodbye!"
Felix was surprised by this abrupt change, and he just accepted this good news. After all, his talent was accepted by the Inner Examination Hall.
Time passed, and his status changed. Felix received an inner disciple token and learned new information.
However, his routine didn't change that much. After most of the possible classes, teachers and facilities were for the Titled Gods. He first had to breakthrough.
"I am finally able to get stronger! I can study in the library, for now, at least I know that I have a lot of time!"
Felix was happy, as he cultivated here. Marcus also trained hard to enter the Bloodline Temple as assisting monk for the Buddha School.
The new High Magic Class will begin only next year, as there was no student capable of taking such course. Also, the Mage who will be responsible will come from the Main Bloodline.
"Let's do some hardcore studying."
Felix entered a routine, which left even elders aghast.
He woke up every day at 4 AM and entered the library, researching with thousands of tomes, equipment, and assistants. Felix was quickly known in the Bloodline Temple as Mad Librarian.
His studies and even notes astonished scribes and historians, as they contained detailed deductions and predictions. Soon, they created a whole team of helpers for Felix to learn and write Magic Theories and other focus journals.
Even though the cultivation world was far more advanced in scientific methods, it still needed more people to work with these absurd amounts of information. Therefore, someone like Felix quickly got more attention, as his work was high quality and quick!
"I already learned the basic energy string formations. Next, I should try to comprehend Magic Circle dimensions in spell casting!"
Felix already fully comprehended how to put the magical particles in weird patterns and orders, resulting in different effects.
Mostly energy string or line formations were just intent pictures that manifested universal laws.
Even in the mortal world, if you create a working system of chemicals or equipment, you can achieve qualitative change. The same, just a much more advanced way was of spell formations of low-energy particles.
"Now that I know my intent is the most important in quick casting, I must go train in actual battle. I think it is time for some life and death experience." Felix was comprehending his progress and a way to become a true master.
He also had a lot of time to find out how to achieve the Titled Mage stage.
"So I need all my runes to evolve again and also harmonize Yin with Yang..." Felix felt a headache as he looked at his sixteen runes around Chaos Law Rune.
"I also found no information about this nascent soul. I think only in the Main Bloodline archives is information about this phenomenon."
Felix still had astonishing amounts of work to do as he got stronger.
Thus his eleventh year of life passed in work and training. But then, his twelfth birthday came, and new courses were quickly available.
"Notification!: High Magic Class: Magic Pavillion, room 3, Teacher: Marquess Liron Westgate. 5 AM."
"Marquess?! Well, I think I should be careful with this new teacher from the Main Bloodline." Felix sighed and looked at his Inner World.
"Yin, Space, Death has already advanced to God Runes. I still haven't got permission to go to Necropolis, so my Death Rune is a mystery. The fundamentals are infinitely close to a breakthrough, but I think they will advance together with Chaos Law Rune..."
Felix contemplated seriously. He was always happy to see several new Full Stars and planets with their moons. However, his Inner World contained several times more energy. Also, his mental capacity was already beyond what Titled Mage equipment could detect.
He took the first day off in all this time and just relaxed in his courtyard.
He was precisely on time for his High Magic Class the following day.
He sat in the lotus position on a praying mat to wait for his mentor.
"Hello, welcome to my class, Mage Felix." A soft voice awoke Felix.
"Hello, teacher!" Felix said mildly.
This new teacher was a straightforward man. He dressed in a noble suit and had a small badge indicating his status. The only thing that showed his uniqueness was a staff with glistening crystal on the top.
"You can call me Sir Liron. I will test your Chaos Rune and Nature Rune first. Let's begin."
Felix liked such straightforward treatment. He quickly released his chaos magic and later showed his nature harmony.
"Interesting. You have a reincarnations label in your profile record. I can also see that your death energy has a mutation. Show me!"
Felix nodded and conjured his Death God Rune. It looked like a dark gas orb, with bloody red light inside.
"Child, have you had any memories of your other reincarnations?" Marquess Liron frowned as he looked at this Rune.
"Yes, when I passed my third tribulation of World Palace Formation, I recalled several fragments of my past lives."
Felix was uncomfortable with such a prying question, but he had no choice but, to be honest, considering his runes mutation.
"Yes, we have records of this happening to our Ancestor Three-Lives!" Marquess Liron sighed and created a hologram.
There were several similar souls and their physical bodies.
"Felix, when a soul dies, it bathes in death aura. Now you have multiple death soul auras inside your Death God Rune because you regained some karma when you remembered your past lives! For now, don't do anything rash, and just wait till you break through. From the ancestor who was a reincarnation, we have recorded that these dead soul auras are a considerable opportunity and a grave danger!"
Felix nodded in understanding and was patiently waiting for more guidance.
"Now, your Chaos Law Rune is almost in the end-phase transformation to God Rune. However, I see the resemblance to Primordial Chaos Rune, so just let things take their course. Your Nature Law Rune is going through a qualitative leap to Soul Law Rune! I think it has something to do with your past lives memories so that we will do some soul training."
Felix was interested in this qualitative leap of Nature Law Rune.
"Felix, now I will impart a simple Soul Well Meditation technique to you! It will help to enter a soul cultivation path. Also, I will open Necropolis for you to comprehend your past lives! Ancestors said all reincarnations were to be supported fully, so that's that. Now your Inner World requires Yang energy to become complete. Also, it would be good if you learned even more runs, so I will send you various tasks and books to hasten the progress. Any questions?" Marquess Liron asked with a smile.
"Yes, teacher! I have one more problem with my magic! Look at this!"
Felix released his absurd mental energy, and it felt as if all air left the room.
"Mind Rune..." Marquess Liron muttered in disbelief.
Felix frowned at this reaction and was surprised to see this confident person so shocked.
"Felix. Please don't talk about this Rune with others in Bloodline Temple!"
"Okay, I promise to hide this rune from others." Felix sighed as the invisible triangle rune around his brows retracted.
"Child, there are three fundamental existence runes! They are Body, Mind, and Soul Runes! I believe you already saw the shock on others' faces when they discovered your Nature Law Rune! It is because it has the potential to evolve to Soul Rune! If you get these two runes, you will become an asset out Main Bloodline will want without exception!"
Felix saw how the man waved his arm and felt isolated from the outside world.
"What I tell you now, must never leave these walls! Now you have seeds for Primordial Chaos and Soul runes, which are vital for higher cultivation stages! With your complete Mind Rune in the mix, you have a guaranteed chance to become a true disciple! Unfortunately, like reincarnation, you are still in a probation period, as only after your Titled Mage stage ceremony and inauguration will we have a contract of no betrayal! Then I could reveal everything to you, but now..."
Felix sighed as this stigma of reincarnated soul still followed him.
"Felix! Please trust me this once! Go outside the Bloodline Temple and train like a real mercenary! I will arrange for you to become a member of the Mercenary Guild in some world where a Westgate Branch exists. You will be undercover, and I will give you concealment treasure to hide your talents. You must experience life in the real world to comprehend everything! I am Marquess Liron Westgate and answer only to the Blood Emperor directly. You will be directly under Blood Emperor's jurisdiction if you accept my arrangement. What do you think?"
"Whatever, I don't know what is going on anyway..." Felix was exasperated.
"Marquess Liron, I still need a lot of library functions to be effective in comprehending so many runes," Felix said the crucial point in his cultivation.
"Child, the moment you accept, all the books will be in your token! I will arrange everything. So what is your answer?"
"Sigh! I still should take care of that fatty, and I can go with a calm heart." Felix thought of his weird situation.
"Can you also help my friend, who has a low talent? He is an assistant monk, and if I am not here, I'm uncomfortable to leave him alone here." Felix asked.
"Do you trust him?" Marquess Liron smiled mysteriously.
"Yes, he is quite a likable fatty, you know!" Felix smiled when he thought of this unlikely friend.
"Good, take him with you! He will enjoy real training together with you. Maybe his opportunity will arrive as well! As I said, I will arrange everything! Your token will be your guide, so just train hard! And report to me if you want to do something else. I will respond in a few days every time! If I don't respond personally, someone will take my place."
"Well, I wanted to do some life and death battles! I have no other attachments, as I don't even understand this world, nor know anyone else just this fatty." Felix decided quickly and smiled.
"Marquess Liron! I will be under your care from now on! I hope my decision today won't bring me misfortune!" Felix said in a carefree manner.
"Haha! Kid, you will know when you get your Title! Now, act normally, and I will come to take you away from your courtyard tomorrow at midnight. Also, don't explain anything to your friend. He will just have to adapt. I will explain everything on the way. You need only one thing now! We will meet Abbot now and get some things!" Marquess Liron smiled like a fox.
Felix felt forceful space jump dizziness and appeared in a round chamber.
He saw a bald monk on a red carpet, sitting in a weird position, humming and chanting.
"Abbot, wake up! We got a job to do!" Marquess Liron smiled happily.
"Hmm?!" Felix saw the bald monk open one eye and look at them curiously.
"A Mind Rune?"
Abbot was shocked as he heard Liron's explanation. He even asked for a demonstration and quickly understood their purpose of visit.
"So you came to rob me?!" Abbot raised his voice as a rageful expression appeared on his face.
"What, rob?! You old donkey! You don't even use those things. Why would you keep them on you without any purpose?"
"HOW DARE YOU?! I am an Archduke, but you still have the gall to disrespect me?" Abbot showed an evil smile as he laughed creepily.
"Don't act like a mad man! We have known each other for thousands of years! Now give it to the child! He is already under Blood Emperors protection." Marquess Liron just sneered at the antics of Abbot.
"Kid, here, take these items! I was keeping them safe if I found a suitable disciple to take, but I see no chance of anyone outperforming your absurdity. These are Soul Sarira Pendant, Supreme Buddhas Sutra, and Invocation Spell. This kid Liron will teach you how to use them. Now go!"
Abbot forcefully expelled them from his abode, and Felix saw how the Marquess was smiling like a victor of this exchange.
"Kid! Tomorrow I will take you away at midnight, be ready!"
Felix just nodded and went to have some rest.