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In an open imaginary place, one man could be seen sitting in the air while his eyes closed, meditating or sleeping.
His eyes slowly opened and he smiled mysteriously.
"It is time to see a dream again..."
"... Everything starts with basics..."
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One week after the 'dignity incident'.
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Samiel POV:
I saw a dream again.
It was about the Monarch's life this time, training life more accurately.
He was showing someone how to cultivate their mind.
As he talked about what was spiritual energy or mental power and how to absorb it to nurture the mind and etc.
The thing is, there was nobody beside him...
It was really weird.
The most shocking one was that he looked in my direction and smiled at the end and then... then...
I woke up from my dream!
I don't know how directions work in dreams but I know he looked at me. But how?
Or this is the effect of the dreams?
Aside from that, I got a way to deal with 'the problem'.
I'm talking about getting stronger of course!
I even think The Monarch personally showed and taught me in my dreams, maybe so I quickly learned the technique.
Thanks to that, I can now get stronger without mana and other extra resources.
Even without the technique, I can do it, but this technique is more powerful and its name was Monarch's Basic Mental Training Technique.
Weird, it is a powerful technique, why did he name it Basic? Or is this just a basic thing to him? Well, it must be true.
In summary, with this, I will be able to train my mind by absorbing mental energy. And he also mentioned that spiritual energy, mental energy, and mana are all different types of energies.
I need to train right now...
I already have drunk my unicorn milk. And it paid off with great results! After one month and a week of drinking this milk was super beneficial to me.
I felt it myself, the changes inside my body. I think I will be able to crawl after this month ends...
Normally, children in this world would be able to crawl after six months of their birth. Doesn't that mean I am growing three times faster than the others?
If that is true then it is wonderful! Oh, I went off-topic for a moment.
I need to train now as I am alone, and nobody will disturb me.
Because I just tricked Hazel a while ago, pretending to fall asleep and making her leave me alone.
Hmmm...
Then, let's start it. First I need to mention about mental power system the Monarch has taught me.
It is Mental Ascension System. Unique, right?
It's a unique cultivation system focused on mental power that consists of 6 stages, with each stage having ten levels. Cultivators can awaken a mental ability in each stage, and the abilities grow stronger as they progress through the levels along with their power and mind.
Here is the cultivation system and its stage with descriptions.
[Stage 1: Mind Awakening]
In this stage, cultivators learn to focus their minds and control their thoughts. The ten levels of this stage are focused on meditation and concentration.
You can also awaken many abilities in each stage. For example, in this stage cultivators can awaken improved concentration, better memory retention, enhanced creativity, increased mental clarity, improved problem-solving skills and etc...
The cultivators can also use mental power to speak in their minds after breaking through the 5th level in this stage. This is a weaker version of telepathy.
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[ Stage 2: Mental Foundation ]
In this stage, cultivators build a solid foundation for their mental power. They learn to control their emotions and develop mental resilience. Or so he said. You can also strengthen your mental abilities with each breakthrough.
Mental Abilities mind cultivator can awaken ---> Emotional control; Increased mental resilience; Heightened intuition; Enhanced empathy; Improved decision-making skills and etc.
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[ Stage 3: Mental Expansion ]
In summary, In this stage, cultivators expand their mental power. They learn to tap into the power of their mind and unlock new abilities.
Mental Abilities mind cultivator can awaken ---> Telekinesis (moving objects with the mind); Clairvoyance (seeing distant or hidden objects); Telepathy (reading others' thoughts); Precognition (predicting future events); Astral projection (leaving one's body and traveling to other places) and etc...
And most shocking of them all, they will awaken photographic memory after breaking through to this stage.
[ Stage 4: Mental Mastery ]
In this stage, cultivators master their mental abilities. They learn to use them in combination and achieve extraordinary feats. To break through this stage specific requirements must be met aside from absorbing mental power and cultivating the mind. But he didn't mention them.
Mental Abilities mind cultivator can awaken --->Psychokinesis (manipulating matter with the mind); Psychometry (reading the history of objects); Energy manipulation (manipulating energy fields); Remote viewing (seeing distant or hidden locations); Mind control (controlling others' thoughts and actions) and etc...
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[ Stage 5: Mental Fusion ]
In this stage, cultivators learn to fuse their mental power with their physical bodies. They become more powerful and agile. In this world, I think, they will boost our current strength by a great margin.
Mental Abilities the cultivator can awaken: Enhanced strength; Increased speed; Heightened reflexes; Improved agility; Superior endurance and etc...
In short, you can call this stage the unity of body and mind.
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[ Stage 6: Mental Transcendence ]
In this stage, cultivators transcend the limits of their physical bodies. They become beings of pure mental power. This is like the end of this cultivation system. But I think there is more than this to mind cultivation.
Mental Abilities the cultivator can awaken --> Flight; Teleportation; Time manipulation; Reality warping; Dimensional travel and etc...
This is the stage I am aiming for! It will be hard, yes... But I am up for hard work!
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Now let's start the training...
I need to enter the first stage, The Mind Awakening Stage... For that, I need to enter my mind, my true mind. He called it the mind space.
Hmmm... *Takes a deep breath and exhales*
First, close my eyes. Empty my mind... Forget about the outside world...
Second, concentrate... concentrate...
Third...
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Samiel started to meditate according to the instructions the Monarch has given in his dreams.
First, he inhaled a deep breath lifting his tiny hands upwardly, and exhaled his hands falling down on his belly. It was a cute scene to see. Then he closed his blue eyes which were showing anticipation and joy.
Then he told himself to empty his mind and relax his body. First, he was seeing the clouds in his head, and he just waited and focused on the clouds. After a while, the scene went blank. And he appeared in an endless expanse of the white-filled world.
"Is this my mind space?" He thought but looking around another thought appeared, "Wait! Isn't this the place where I was before I was born?"
As if confirming his thoughts the world around him didn't change a bit. It was still the same boundless and colorless (only white) world. Samiel thought maybe this world was mocking him.
Then he imagined many things as he heard about the visualization technique but nothing happened. He even imagined his favorite things, but still nothing.
"Am I doing it wrong?" He asked himself dejectedly... Then he started to do the thing he was the best at. It was doing nothing as always, his inner self wanting peace and rest...
"Wait? How do I leave this place?" He asked himself as this question suddenly came. "Do I need to be born again?" He asked and felt stupid even asking about it. It was really stupid of him even to think such a thought. Or maybe he was right?
"No! I don't wanna stay here any longer! I need to leave! I have my family waiting for me!" He slowly started to feel more motivated and determined.
"I don't know how but I will leave this place and enter the mind space!"