Carl sighed before pushing open the large golden doors before him, and stepping inside. He wasn't in any rush to find those adventurers as he had better things to do before the arrived.
Carl's gazed swept across the exquisite interior of his room, then, his pupils narrowed down to slits. He walked up in a certain direction and paused.
'These people… a bit too nosy aren't they?' Carl thought as he crouched down and poked at something imbedded in the wall.
He proceeded to circle around it with his index finger for a while before losing interest and looking away.
Carl sighed before climbing on to his bed, and lying down flat in an over exaggerated position. He didn't even bother taking a bath or changing his clothes…
He just wanted to relax for a while.
"Shouldn't you be cultivating like your mates? Don't you want to reach the maximum peak? Don't you want to rule this world?"
Jade's voice reverberated in Carl's head like an angel's, her words enticing and captivating…
Yes! What was he? He was a cultivator! A powerful, mighty, great cultivator that hasn't slept in months.
Cultivate, Cultivate, Cultivate, I can't even remember the last time I sat down and ate proper food! Our Carl felt like crying but had no tears.
"You lazy thing, get up from that bed or I might burn this room down!" Jade yelled as she floated out of Carl's body in her humanoid form. She felt like face-palming at Carl's behavior.
"Too much trouble breathing here, and you're asking me to get up? Dreame on…" Carl spat out lazily, without bothering to move a muscle, simply lying down there and doing nothing… Not even sleeping.
"Old lady…" Carl kept this part of his sentence to himself, and assured he cloaked his mind well to avoid his malicious thoughts getting sniffed out by the dragoness besides him.
"Maybe if you cultivate diligently you would be able break past the peak of the Mortal Grade, and reach the Heavenly Grade." Jade tempted as she raised her brow at Carl who lay on the bed like a dead log, unmoving and unwavering.
Suddenly she felt something was off…
Universal Qi was surging into Carl's body as if being sucked in by a powerful suction force, this simply astounded Jade who watched this with widening eyes. Was the b\*stard cultivating in his sleep?
Although many talented cultivators could initiate such a difficult, but rewarding state of Dream Cultivation, the risks were fairly numerous.
Not only was the body open to numerous external disturbances that could temporarily cripple one's cultivation like a suddenly burst of light or sound, the amount of Qi being absorbed was excessive, unstable, and dangerous.
"This moron! Disturbing him now would definitely cripple him for a while, so I have to ensure that he is safe from external disturbances until he is done with the cultivation…"
Jade felt like crying, but had no tears. She simply walked up to the door and sealed it with an active Runic Seal before turning around and building a Zero Disturbance dome around Carl.
"Quickly break into the Heavenly Grade… I don't want to babysit you forever…"
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Carl found himself back in thag vast dark space, floating around ceaselessly without a given aim or direction. He watched was the space around him churned fiercely.
Suddenly, a massive panoply of dazzling silver flames was summoned before Carl's floating body and his eyes narrowed!
The flames condensed slowly before suddenly exploding, engulfing the dark space in dazzling silver flames! The flames shrouded Carl without dealing damage to him.
Why wasn't Carl roasted by the silver flames? It was simply because he hadn't begun the transformation yet.
According to Thomas, one had to embrace the internal flames in order to trigger the Heavenly Retribution and Transformation!
Most talented individuals could not only obtain a Celestial Body as an innate summoning ability, but other powerful skills like Heavenly Soul Evolution and Celestial Heart Refinement!
These silver flames which were birthed as a result of it's highest affinity to Carl compared to other colour of fire, were one of the most dangerous and ferocious flames when the tribulation had begun.
Unable to speak, Carl closed his eyes and basked in the supernatural warmth of the bright silver flames around him. He was enjoying the feeling while it lasted, and he braced himself for what's to come.
'In less than 20 Chapters, this protagonist has broken into the Heavenly Grade! Isn't this growth rate a bit too frightening?' Carl thought yo himself with a blank expression on his face.
His growth rate was a bit fast, but because of the years he lived as an underrated genius, his constitution and will had been strengthened to greater heights. The beatings he -cough, cough- received at his darker days had helped him sharpen his body and soul.
Suddenly, the docile and serene silver flames attained a sudden spike in power and it began to burn with a ferocity that would leave any spectators speechless!
The sudden outburst was like a tiny wisp about to die out in the windy mountains growing into a ferocious fireball in an instant!
"Argh! F\*ck!"
Carl screamed out in his heart, his eyes remained closed and teeth clenched tightly against each other. His skin had attained an unhealthy shade of red, and his clothes which was being protected under his Xing Qi Cloak had attained a blackish hue.
Xing Qi Cloak - \[A Skill Every Cultivator Must Master To Avoid Abrupt Nudity During Ascensions\]!
As for why he kept his eyes closed? If he opened his eyes he would he risk getting blind due to the fierce flames! The eyes were an important weapon during battle as it's needed to survey the every changing environment in great detail!
If he loses his sense of sight, it would be very difficult differentiating between the Res Shadow Daisy and the Blue Shadow Daisy since they both had the same "smell, texture, shape, and aura".
The are nearly the same thing, but the Red Shadow Daisies were poisonous flowers while it's counterpart, the Blue Shadow Daisies are remedies to Foundation Instability and various cultivation related diseases and issues.
Carl closed his eyes and bore through the pain, his fingers already digging into his palm and teeth hurting ceaselessly. He had to endure, he had to persevere!
To become the strongest cultivator, he had to breakthrough and he mustn't shrink in face of pain or hardships! He must stand up and battle against the heavens!
The path of cultivation is neverending and eternal, but only those who persevere and endure would keep on advancing, surpassing others ahead who didn't want to suffer or couldn't endure…
Strength was everything, and you had to suffer to gain strength! You can't become the strongest without conflict!
'Argh! Heavenly Grade? Welcome this ultimate overlord!'