While I was cultivating, I kept hearing and seeing the same notification.
"Congratulations, you have successfully absorbed 1% of your Dantian."
I decided that I would take advantage of this and cultivate like this. We went home after the Heavenly Guard and Heavenly Soldier both got done playing with the children, and I had enough of cultivation for the day. I had only increased the percentage up to 15% of my Dantian.
In a single day, I thought that was good. It was nothing because I kept cultivating like that. Within a week, I had already absorbed my Dantian.
The Heavenly Guard kept asking me to cultivate here in Lumi. So I did, and I found myself increasing my affinities.
At first, it was my Fire affinity. The first notification of it upgrading went like this.
"Cultivation at base is at 100%. Would you like to increase your Fire Affinity?"
I decided to go on ahead and increase it. This was the notification.
"Congratulations. Fire Affinity will be increased to the maximum of the Second Realm while cultivating."
Thus, I kept cultivating. I never got the knowledge of how much percentage my cultivation was doing. I finally heard the notification of it being maxed out.
"Congratulations on maxing Fire Affinity at the Second Realm. Does the host wish to increase the Water Affinity to max?"
I went ahead and did it. I continued this trend until I maxed out all of my affinities.
When I did, the Heavenly Guard asked me to stay another week in cultivation. I was against it but got convinced to do it.
I got no notification while cultivating.
Current time
"Today is my final day here in the Second Realm." I said to Liz, Iris, both Heavenly's, Margaret, Amber, and Violet.
Everyone looked at me. I stood up and walked out. We went and ate at the Heavenly's favorite spot.
We enjoyed the meal. Even at early in morning, people were busily moving. The girls had some kind of secret going around.
I wanted to pry, but they demanded that I not ask about it. I felt betrayed by it and went on. I was not going to stop anytime soon.
The waitress and little girl were both still asleep. I wrote a letter explaining the situation to the waitress. I hope the little girl understands.
We continued on. We finally arrived at what was the wilderness town. I darted across the land to reach it. Everyone else flew and watched from above all the monsters who tried to stop me and ended up as paste.
I sat down and prayed to the Goddesses that the souls who lived here are at peace now. I felt my Soul tingle. I did not delve into it, I wanted to go up. I knew starting in the Third Realm that I would have to start hunting monsters.
That in of itself would be completely worth it. If not for the chance to gain Qi Stones, we also gain cultivation stats from killing the beasts. The ones in the First and Second Realms are too weak for me to fight.
In the Third Realm, I could fight and get a challenge from some of the monsters.
I had to keep going. I followed the Heavenly's to the Stairway. For some reason, when someone from the Heavenly Realm comes down. They always know where the Stairway is.
We continued the trek to the Stairway. The trip was not much to it. However, I knew that I wanted to come back someday. I do not know when the day will come.
We slowly kept going. I felt that my Soul hurt by not telling the waitress and little girl about my plans. Hopefully, the two will not be upset.
When we finally reached the Stairway. My heart and Soul wanted to go back and tell the duo about my plans. I had to keep going forward, and I would be able to keep them close to me later on.
I tried to step into the Stairway, and my body would not respond. I cried because I knew deep down I should have waited. Here, my body and the Stairway itself were not allowing me to go forward.
The Heavenly Soldier pushed my foot down. When she did, I found myself inside the Stairway. This was a different feeling from the First Realm, and it was different from the first time I entered the Second Realm Stairway.
When I began to look around. I was the only one here in the Stairway. I found it extremely lonely. My parents wanted to come but something came up and they had to leave for the First Realm.
I continued up and found my parents at the top with the guardian. The guardian was in a shadow. This made the guardian seem special.
"What is going on here?" I asked.
The guardian looked at me and questioned me.
"Did you not do a Family Advancement in the First Realm?"
"I did." I responded.
The guardian looked at my parents.
"These people are the people who you did the Family Advancement with, correct?"
"Yes. They are my biological parents. I want them to live a long time." I responded.
"Cherish family. If one does not cherish family, the Stairway guardians will all fight against you." The guardian revealed its true self.
It was a Griffon. I found it funny because I had to find a Griffon.
"Although, I am a female. I still want people to cherish family. People do not keep their words, and I have to fight against them." The Guardian told me.
"How old are you by chance?" I asked.
"I am one thousand years old today." The Guardian replied.
I did not know what to think. The guardian was one of my key pieces to get my extra Soul Mates.
"If Family truly matters to you. I have multiple women who want to become my Soul Mate. I have a Quest to get an extra Soul Mate. Will you please grant me the pleasure of taming you?"