"Mom where is Daddy? we are going to be late if he doesn't come right now" shouted a 7 years old child with a wronged expression. He was Adam. Pacing back and forth he made way to his mother who was sitting near the shade of a plum blossom tree.
Looking at her child throw a tantrum a smile formed on Erika's face as she unconsciously reached for his chubby cheeks, "So cute!" she thought.
Adam had fair tender skin which with his chubby cheeks made him look adorable and striking purple eyes that shone with curiosity and intelligence.
His intelligence was something that everyone in the family knew, he started properly speaking when he was 7 months old and by the time he was 3 years old he was fully literate; able to read and write which resulted in him spending most of the time in the study room or the family library.
"Mom stop" grumbled Adam. Today was the Awakening Ceremony and his father had promised to go together with him and his mother but he was nowhere to be found.
Erika reluctantly stopped rubbing his cheeks as she reached out to a vibrating communication jade slip on her waist and read the contents on it. Seeing the contents of the message a slight frown appeared on her face because her husband Apollo had just sent a message saying that he can't make it therefore they would meet at the Awakening Grounds.
"Humph! it appears that he is looking for a beating how dare he lie to my precious son." She said clenching her hand.
"Forget it Mom quick let's go or we will be late" added Adam with a smile. He then jumped into his mother's arms who disappeared instantly only to appear in a different area.
Adam and his mother appeared at the Awakening Ground which was packed to the brim with people. The awakening ceremony was one of the major events in the family therefore almost all the members were here to watch and participate.
With their arrival it caused a slight commotion as Adam was one of the major highlights of today. Since Adam was one of the participants after a few words of encouragement and well wishes from his mother he walked to the field joining kids his age.
The participants stood circling below an altar which at its center appeared a crystal clear pond, the Pond of Destiny. Sensing his arrival, the kids turned around to greet him some even going as further as to make way for him to reach the front whereupon he heard a sweet voice calling out to him.
"Adam! We are over here come wait with us" shouted Clementine who was standing next to Ace. Clementine had big crystal emerald eyes and light green hair she was an extremely cheerful child. Ace on the other hand had a composed temperament fitting a scholar which was rare for kids his age.
"Hey guys" exclaimed Adam as he made way towards them immediately.
A few moments passed by as they were chatting when a man with golden flaming hair, Apollo, appeared out of thin hair next to the altar and loudly spoke "Welcome the Patriarch."
"We greet the Patriarch" as everyone in the field stood up and bowed towards the arriving Patriarch.
Before taking his seat he said a few words," This is a very important day and I wish you all the best" his eyes lingered on his grandson Adam for a moment and signaled for Apollo to continue with the ceremony.
Apollo immediately released powerful waves of mana that surged into the altar lighting up the protection formation that sealed the Destiny Pond, opening it up thus allowing entry into the pond.
"The Pond of Destiny is now open may the first participant come up" explained Apollo as he gestured for one of the children to come up.
The participant he motioned to was a plumb little kid, seeing that he was chosen to go up first the child's hand trembled as he falteringly climbed the stairs. Though he was a little nervous the expectation and excitement in his eyes never diminished.
"Haha good there is nothing to be afraid of, now you can enter the pond" cheered Apollo as he guided the child to the pond. With a 'splash' the child jumped into the pond drawing everyone's attention to see what the first participants result would be.
The Pond of Destiny had a miraculous amount of destiny energy that was required to trigger and nourish the awakening of the Heavenscape, this was a dimension inside the human body that was possessed by anyone with the talent to cultivate. It was not present in Mortals.
The Heavenscape will react to and absorb the miraculous destiny energy using it to awaken and take form inside a person's body. Not much was known about the Heavenscape except that it was a place where a cultivator's potential or talent was stored and also a place for obtaining Heavens Gifts.
Before long ripples spread on the surface of the pond as the child's unconscious body appeared on the pond and as if drawn by something he was elevated to the top of the pond. Accompanying him was an orb made out of pond water in both his hands, Destiny Orb.
Opening his eyes, he found himself holding the destiny orb with both hands that sparkled with 8 white stars inside. The child immediately let out a huge smile because he knew that he had a very good aptitude for cultivation and his future was bright.
With a wave of his hand Apollo sent the child out of the pond and lightly congratulated him. Laughter and chatter rang across the area because it showed that they were up to a good start, even the Patriarch revealed a smile in appreciation.
'Not bad an 8-star aptitude at the start' exclaimed one elder.
'With this he would surely be nurtured by the family.' A woman in her thirties added
Cultivation aptitude was divided into 1-9 stars then followed by the Purple Star and Golden Star that signified the zenith of talent., people of this aptitude were rare as Unicorn horns and Qilin feathers.