In a forest,many trees were clapping their leaves,strong winds were flowing everywhere,mud was mushing all around.All the animals were in their nests,caves,underground to cover from the rain.Thunder was rumbling,some Qi leaves and Qi grass were there too along with some other flora and fauna.It was a very chilly weather.Alone in this rain,on a muddy trail of dirt,a solitary figure would be seen.
He had tattered clothes as that of a slave,small wounds and scratches were on his face,hands,feet.His feet were also bathed with wet dirt.Even small amounts of blood was flowing from the wounds.He was a 7 year old boy,he was twitching and shivering again and again due to the cold.He was also a little skinny.He had long dark black hair that fluttered in the wind .He had pale white,smooth and soft skin.He had eyes as black as the void with deep eye bags.He had a haggard condition with half closed eyes and an emotionless face.After a while,exited his way from the dirt trail and into the dense rainforest and walking and walking and walking.After a while,he stumbled upon a cave.
Entering the cave he spoke calmly,"When rain comes,insects,bugs will come out and bite me if I am unlucky.I am still a mortal and have not started my cultivation".After he walked to the end of the cave,picking up a handful of fresh dirt which was still dry and place it in the entrance on the cave and began to make a small hurdle so that the rain water would not come inside.The hurdle had the composition of a wall though few inches tall.He had to walk back and forth quickly to make it,lowering his stamina.Inspecting the cave he found nothing but when he felt a small tingling feeling on his left arm, he quickly checked to see a small ant though dark purple in colour.Qiuckly picking it and crushing it with his fingers the ant began to ooze out dark red blood.Throwing it away,and then washing his hands in the rain and then coming inside again still soaked and trembling in cold, fortunately nothing was in the cave.He could not sit down due to the floor being soaked so he just stood there.Picking out a few bandages and playing it on his wounds from his advanced level space ring.In the Mortal Domain or the world, treasures were categorized in the five levels and each level had four rates from 4th rate being the lowest in quality and 1st rate being in highest.These were,
1:Mortal
2:Advanced
3:Earth
4:Heavenly
5:Sage
The boy picked up a few rice balls from his space and ate those.Then he pick up a leaf from his space ring which looked like an ordinary silver coloured ring,the leaf was like a transparent glass with it's veins being shiny golden and dust particles scattered around looking like star dust.It was life extension Sage leaf.It was a sage level treasure!!!.Even in the entire Mortal Domain which was as big as 50,000 kilometers in diameter ,there were only 11 Sage level treasures and only two where 1st rate.These types of life extension leaf had variations in all levels of treasure for example,Life extension Mortal leaf,Life extension Advanced leaf etc.These leaves were the main source of life extension methods in the entire world,even a mortal one was very rare."This can provide me with 1100years of life span,since mortal domain limit of lifespan is 1100 year max,this and now my natural age separated I have 1093 years to live.Looking good".said internally.Every creature in mortal Domain had a natural life span of 100 years and some unique creatures even had hundreds of years of lifespan naturally."I need to level up my cultivation and establish a dantian but that will take time.I cannot reach it in a few weeks plus I need to reach the second stage Qi tempering stage to absorb that treasure". He also had the Virtuous cultivation sovereign Immortal Physique which allowed his the highest talent of all things.Have the toughest of foundation(meaning even if he hastly cultivates and someone tries to severely damage him to make him a cripple.He would not even lose a cultivation realm)and have the highest of quality of Qi.Mortal Domain cultivation was categorized in the eight mighty stages and each stage had 8-10realms and each realm having 10 layers into it.The difference between stages was absolute and there were some realms that had a major power differance that a person only below one realm would not stand a chance.The boy picked up a black book from his space ring which was titled "Origin Qi Gathering Art" and started cultivating taking in milky white Qi and absorbing it to nourish his body.
One day later,the rain finally calmed down and the rays of the sun were falling in the dense forest but thunder was still rumbling,indicating that rain may come at any time.The boy was cross legged and stopped taking in Qi.
He has reached the Foundation establishment stage,first realm Beginning realm,but he did not establish a dantian,that was because the first stage was all about strengthening the body and opening the meridians and reaching the second stage Qi tempering is the stage were one would establish his dantian.
The boy emotionlessly said,"I have taken the first step in cultivation...this journey will be interesting...