"Where in the world am I?"
I looked around, noticing a more olden-day Chinese or Japanese setting as if it were a Cultivation Manhua. Whatever, Seeing as there were giant buildings in this place that were now more clearly Chinese. I needed to fit into this place, but first, I needed information about it, seeing as it wasn't so developed, nor did it have that much history. I notice people walking around, most shorter than me, and some even stare at me due to how tall I am. I used Time Magic and returned before anyone noticed I had turned shorter, similar to their height. I kept my clothes since I mainly felt comfortable in them; hearing some commotion, I went towards the giant crowd surrounding what seemed to be a fight. Two people, one of whom seemingly looked like royalty while the other, well dressed, clearly had lower status; I already knew how this would play out. The battle had begun with both of their weapons clashing; using my magic, I used to sense the surrounding area to see what was going on; I could see what was going on across the entire country, though it was only the size of Egypt. I could see the movements of every being here, even if they were trying to conceal themselves; right now, multiple guards were rushing over to the fight; they weren't weak. Instead, they were powerful, and it wasn't with magic or at least how I used it; they had the same energy magic had but were using it differently. They used some other source of energy that enhanced their Body. I wanted to have fun, so why not disturb the two fighting people.
"You both are so troublesome. I actually wonder if you want to live or not."
I acted like I knew the two, just as people heard me and turned to me. I appeared behind the royal and grabbed him by the ear while floating up. I grabbed the other boy by his ear while floating. Both of them are in pain as they shout along with a crowd, gasping while whispering to themselves.
"Someone floating? Isn't that something only a Sovereign could do?"
"Shhh, she'll hear us. I heard they don't like people talking behind their backs."
"But aren't there only three Sovereigns in the world, and all are in seclusion."
Hearing their words, I was sure I was in a cultivation novel; I went back to focusing on the two kids in pain and now apologizing with their guards looking at me but not getting closer because I resembled a Sovereign floating.
"Ow OW OW! Alright, Alright, I'll Stop! Just Can you let go, please?"
"Hey! Let go of me, you! Do you know who I am!"
"You know, for being a high-status individual, you aren't brilliant when figuring out the situation since you're dealing with a Sovereign."
I accepted the Sovereign title because it seemed famous and would benefit me more in the long run.
"W-Wait Sovereign! I-I'm sorry, but can you please put me down?"
Since he was more cooperative and realized who he was talking to, I put him down alongside the other kid. I floated downwards to them and looked around at the crowd, which began running away as I looked towards them; the guards finally showed themselves to take the royalty-looking kid who was being taken to the giant building near the center of the city, presumably the lord of this city. I look back at the other kid and then speak.
"Tell me, what is your name?"
"I am... someone with no name; I have never had anyone care for me enough to give me a name."
Oh, how pitiful someone without a name is; this alone makes me know of something else that exists in this world, something disgusting to ordinary human morals. But I'll deal with that later. First, I need to learn more about this world, so I shall give him a name and figure out what realms I need to reach and how to do so.
[Initializing Otherworldly Assistant]
Huh...? What is that? I'll deal with him first while this starts loading.
"Do you wish for a name? I can help you Cultivate, but I can also simply take care of you."
"I ask for you to name me, and I wish to cultivate, so I am glad to become your disciple so I can repay you when I am powerful enough."
Sighing, I grab his shoulder and reappear inside a pocket realm, which looks like a house from his time. Due to their ability to cultivate, they have advanced even faster in society and technology; they are less ahead than my Body's world.
"Your Name shall be Altair Omikami; you will take my last name, alright? First, to test you, please name every Cultivation Realm you know of."
He stared at me as I gave him a name. He seemed unable to react to this since he had never shown any care or emotion, which made me a little nervous. I didn't know how to deal with this since I usually took care of my kids in my past lives.
"I T-Thank you for this name. I am grateful you gave me one, even though I do not express it. As I have never shown emotion before. Now for your test, I know every realm till the one people have reached. Starting off, there is Qi Gathering, something every being in this world has reached. Some are higher than others; it is achieved by Gathering the Qi around you and absorbing it into your Body; after that is Qi Condensation, where a person condenses their Qi and becomes your blood, water, organs, bones, and skin condensing into either a liquid or solid."
Seeing as he knew so much, this was common knowledge. It seemed weird that I had asked him this, but after he explained it, I began cultivating to keep up with what he was informing me about.
"After that is the Foundation Establishment Realm; after Qi is Condensed, you need to make a Foundation, something like a Sphere around your soul made of Qi, which will then Solidify around it, creating a base where all your Qi will reside and how you can release Qi out of your Body with more power. After that, a Martial Arts Master is someone at the Core Formation, which is the formation of a Core using your Foundation, which will liquefy the Foundation but still surround your soul and create multiple layers around the soul in the spherical pattern most people do."
While he explained, I began with cultivation; the Qi he spoke about was Mana, which my Body was made of. I merely needed to Condense it, which I had started with; the Mana inside my Body, as I like to call it, now condensed and broke down my blood and replaced it with the Mana. After I had finished with my blood, I went too, condensing the Mana into my Bones; it was somewhat painful as my bones were dissolved, and I almost turned into a liquid, but luckily, I was able to reform Mana into my bones in time, I went from my bones to my skin, and then my lungs, kidneys, pancreas, gallbladder, Stomach, Heart and finally my Brain after finishing every other Organ and part of my Body.
"The next martial arts grandmaster, also known as Nascent Soul or Soul Condensing, is where someone can create a clone of themselves using their soul while their physical Body explores elsewhere without fully dying and being unable to reincarnate. They can also use their soul as a clone, dealing with other affairs such as politics or simply doing work, but it will take years for the soul to grow. "
Years to grow. I could just speed that up with the use of Time Magic, but now I had to first reach Foundation Establishment and Core Formation, Any one of those; the Foundation part of it was Easy as a solid sphere formed around my soul, but what was hard was trying to make sure it was able to hold enough Mana without cutting right through my veins. Still, the veins are also solid, so I can make them more significant in size; I had increased their size till they practically were outside my Body, but instead of showing up, they would become smaller to fit inside my Body without making it vulnerable.
"After Nascent Soul is a Martial Emperor and also called Divine Transfiguration, it gets harder to cultivate and requires what spiritual energy you are most compatible with, which can be Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Blood, Light, Darkness, or even Void. People become immune to poisons, diseases, and internal problems because spiritual energy automatically goes after and kills the invading virus. After Divine Transfiguration, who is a Martial Supreme, the second highest realm in the world, at least that I know of. And finally, it's a Martial Sovereign being at the Mystical Qi Formation Realm. At least for now, the highest realm is known to Us because the three people who have reached the Mystical Qi Formation Realm are in seclusion, trying to break through right past it. Mystical Qi is created after you reach the Mystical Qi Realm, which can be reached by converting your Qi into what other people call Mana; it makes someone untraceable and also allows them to float and teleport to other locations whenever they wish and are people who can flatten this entire country with a single attack."
A single attack to destroy a country seems impossible, but I don't doubt it since it is a cultivation novel, and some stories are unreasonably formidable. I'll just stop at the Foundation Establishment. Either way, I'm closing in on the end as I look at him begin.
"You are at the Foundation Establishment Realm. How long did it take for you to get there?"
"It took me 400 Years to get there..."
"You are... older than me. Whatever I'll continue teaching you, I assume you wish to reach Core Formation and Higher..."
"What do you... You got to Mystical Qi Formation faster than I got to Foundation Establishment... I don't know how I should feel about this. But if you can please help me grow, I wish to be able to compare myself to the person I was fighting or, well, my friend, Xi Kang."
I looked at him and sighed at his reaction to what I said, which was Half Lie and Half Truth, I hadn't reached the level of Mystical Qi Formation, at least Physically, but my magic power was something akin to it if people were to blindly think that I was that level simply because I was flying. Getting up, I moved right behind Altair and then put my hand directly on his head with him moving into a meditation pose; then I began surging energy into his Body, or moreso Mana into his Body; I had finally realized what people had done here, they had a weaker version of Mana called Qi, something they used to cultivate, only after reaching a particular realm was finally able to use Mana, but they were still limited of their usage. While I put Mana into his Body, I began with the formation of a Core; seeing as I wanted to distinguish him differently and see who he was without mixing him up, I made the Core turn into a bright Purple Color, which I can easily recognize, After that I had used Time Magic to fast forward his soul to the point it was the size of his own Body, I looked at him and saw that his Body was about to explode due to the fast rise of his cultivation, I slowed down. I stopped his Body in time before fixing any mistakes I had made and removing any excess mana and impurities inside his Body. When I had started time for him again, he returned to normal but now was in the Realm of Mystical Qi Formation due to him having Mana inside his Body. But once I teleported outside with him, I noticed a thunderstorm forming; it was clear it was a tribulation that he had not endured, so I needed to deal with it for him; using Mana, I had created a barrier, one which could absorb attacks, and directly began absorbing the Tribulation and then directing it into Altair's Body. Something which strengthened his physique and made him look a lot younger.