Heistallanddignified,andthoughaging,hisbodyremainsfirmandupright,exudingthemajestyofadragon.Hisbrowsaresharplikeswords,hiseyesdarkanddeepwithafaintgreenglowthatseemstopiercethesoul.Hisskinispalebuthealthy,hisblackhairtingedwithcyanandimmaculatelygroomed.Hecarriesacoldbutnotdistantaura—calmandcomposed.Myelderbrothercloselyresembleshim.
Iamthethirdchildinthefamily.Inmygeneration,namesarebasedontheFiveElements—Earth,Metal,Fire,Wood,andWater.MyelderbrotherisTianyao,myeldersisterTianling,andIamTianyan.Ialsohavetwinsisters,stilllearningtospeak,namedTianmuandTianmiao.
Fathersighed.
“Well,nothingcanbedonenow.Startcultivatingfirst.Whenyouturneight,I’lltakeyoutoseekthehelpofAsura.”
AsuraisadeityworshipedthroughoutXiaCountyandmostofAwakenia.
Lookingatme,Fathersaid,
“Thepathofcultivationconsistsofninemajorrealms:QiRefinement,FoundationEstablishment,GoldenCore,NascentSoul,SoulMovement,SpiritSeparation,Fusion,TribulationCrossing,andfinally,GreatAscension.
EachrealmisdividedintoEarlyStage,MidStage,LateStage,andPeakStage.FromGoldenCoreonward,there''salsoalevelknownasGreatCompletion.”
IopenedthebooktitledQiRefinementManual,memorizingeveryword,afraidtomissevenasingledetail.
Thiswasmyfirststepintothepathofcultivation.Idarednotslackoff.Sittingcross-legged,IfollowedtheCultivationMethod,adjustingmybreathingandslowlyguidingmybreathintomydantian.Themethodclaimedthatqienergywouldnaturallygatherinthedantian—butdespitesittingforalongtime,nothingstirredaroundme,asiftherewasnoqiintheworldatall.
AsidefromWater-BlueStar’sthinspiritualenergy,themainreasonmustliewithinme.ButIrefusedtogiveup.Wipingthesweatfrommyforehead,Iclosedmyeyesandresumedbreathingregulation.
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