[AN: From now on, there will be 6 chapters in a week. As i would be busy on Friday. So no chapters on Friday from now on.]
To be honest, he didn't expect the first realm of cultivation, the Qi Sea Realm, to involve this many processes and steps. He had thought that since this was the first cultivation realm and was named something as typical as the Qi Sea Realm, he was expecting its process to be simple and easy.
But from the looks of it, that was not the case at all.
'Undergoing the Awakening Ritual, receiving the Heavenly Dao's blessings, breaking the shackles on my potential, being able to sense Qi or Spiritual Energy, transforming my consciousness into Divine Consciousness or Divine Sense. My meridians and veins in my body will flow Qi through my body along with my blood. At the same time, by using and guiding that Qi, I have to form a Dantian inside my body. Then my heart will turn into a Qi Heart, which will pump Spiritual Energy into my body through my meridians. After that, I don't have to do anything.'
He continued.
'Instead, it will do its work as my body continues to refine Qi and form a Sea of Qi in my Dantian, officially reaching the Qi Sea Realm.'
Xiao was slightly stunned.
'Dammit, aren't those processes a little bit too much? What the hell. This isn't like what was shown in those cultivation novels at all! Damn, if this is the first step of cultivation, then what about the other steps? Forget the next boundary. I can bet that the next realm after the Qi Sea Realm is much more complicated than this. Holy! They said that the path of cultivation is arduous and filled with bitterness and pain, but this? This is just simply too much.'
Sighing, Xiao shook his head.
'Ahh, this proves even further that I am in an actual cultivation world, not inside some novel where everything is easy and follows the protagonist's damn plot armor. No, it is the exact opposite. This is the real deal. Everything here is simply hard and complicated. Even just the starting realm of cultivation is this complicated and follows so many processes and changes.'
Xiao joked slightly.
'Ahh, well I don't have to be in constant fear of some damn Son of Destiny or protagonist having a stupid and unique cultivation system that makes him invincible in the same realm or helps him fight above his realm haunting me.'
He sneered inwardly.
'Look at it, bastard. Even such a simple first cultivation realm is not simple at all. Not to mention the realms that come after. You think you can change it and become more unique and powerful? In your dreams! Even your old grandpa in the ring can't do it, let alone a mere skirt chasing brat like you.'
Xiao took some deep breaths to calm down his mind, feeling that he was getting too excited thinking about it. Anyway, the reason Xiao reacted so strongly was because he really hated and detested those arrogant protagonists or Sons of Destiny whose plot armor was much thicker than their thin skin and fragile egos.
'Those things are a bunch of wastes of resources for humanity. They always lose their minds if they see any Jade Beauty. And it's not just that. Some of those damned protagonists are hundreds of thousands of years old, reincarnated into a trash body. They say that in their past life, they ruled the Immortal Realm for millions of years, only to be betrayed by their Dao Companion or friend. But when they see any woman, those stupid bastards lust after them like dogs in heat. Arrogant and lustful bastards! No wonder you were betrayed by your Dao Companion. And you think, "Where did things go wrong?" Huh? Stupid, shameless wastes.'
Xiao criticized those stupid protagonists and arrogant Sons of Destiny as he tried to calm himself down. Anyway, other than those stupid things, what he hated and looked down on the most were arrogant young masters. Well, Xiao didn't even want to spend his time thinking about such rubbish.
As Xiao considered them nothing but trash, with a calm mind he thought.
'Anyway, I still have to watch out for those things. No matter how real this world is, there will always be a bunch of stupid people like those young masters. And as for those stupid protagonist like Sons of Destiny and old grandpas, well, I have to watch out for those things as well.'
Xiao was having a headache just thinking about it.
'Because there is no guarantee that those stupid things won't have some ridiculous and Haven defying treasures or abilities in their hands. No matter how logical and real this world is, there will always be some exceptions.'
He sighed.
'But no need to feel too worried or depressed, Xiao. No matter what it is, I can only prepare and do my best. But yeah, once I can recreate, access, and modify those techniques that I have read in some novels, then no matter what a Son of Destiny has or what their old grandpa provides, they are dead.'
Xiao thought calmly. What he was thinking about was not arrogance or overconfidence, but a possibility. If he could successfully recreate and modify the principles behind those Heaven defying techniques, then Xiao could almost deal with anything.
'Well, no need to get too confident or arrogant about that, because I don't know if those techniques even work in this world. And even if they do, I don't know how powerful they will be compared to the other things in this world. But let's see what happens in the future. Only time will tell.'
'Anyway, let's continue reading. After all, gaining information is more important than anything else right now.'
Sighing again, Xiao began to read once more.
«"Cultivation in the Qi Sea Realm is divided into three minor stages: Early, Middle, and Peak. After a mortal becomes a cultivator and reaches the Qi Sea Realm, they are at the Early Stage of the Qi Sea Realm, having a Sea of Qi inside their Dantian. After that, to advance from the Early Stage to the Middle Stage of the Qi Sea Realm, they don't have to do anything special or lengthy. Without doing anything, their cultivation will slowly increase over time through the continuous refining of Qi and its accumulation inside their Dantian, where the Sea of Qi is. When the Sea of Qi inside their Dantian becomes ten times bigger than its previous size, it means that the cultivator has reached the Middle Stage of the Qi Sea Realm."»
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