Chapter 3: Awakening
"Mom, I'm starting" a handsome young boy that appears to be at the age of seven said towards a gorgeous mature woman sitting in front of him before he closes his eyes and tried his hardest to focus as he attempts to grasp something.
'I hope nothing goes bad' the mature woman couldn't help but thought to herself while she stares towards the young boy, her son, as he conducts his first attempt in absorbing spirit qi. This process, albeit being so simple will be what defines how far can someone reaches in the path of cultivation later as this process involves forging the very foundation of a cultivator, their body, hence the more spirit qi one can absorb, the more established their foundation will be and the more powerful their cultivation will be if they continue to put effort in cultivating each stage to their limit.
Observing her son trying his hardest to sense the existence of spirit qi, the woman couldn't help but smile as she approves of her son's hardworking and committed character.
Meanwhile, for a few minutes since he entered meditation, all Wu Xiao Tian could see is darkness that surrounds his entirety, as he continues, he feels like he is gradually floating into that darkness until eventually, he come across a warm light that attracts him unconsciously. Reaching the light, he reaches out his hands to touch it, the light disappearing as if he absorbs it as a warm stream flow across his entire body, causing him to shiver in great comfort as he feels his body reacting joyfully to the light source he absorbed.
He was further surprised as he noticed the changes happening not only to his body but to his entire existence, the body rapidly growing stronger while he also felt that his very self is being more pronounced to the world.
After a few moments, the feeling disappeared but he is still in that dark space, so he decided to continue floating around, eventually causing him to find more light source that he managed to absorb.
This cycle of searching for the light source and absorbing it continues until he reaches his one hundred eighth light source, after absorbing it, he felt an explosion in his mind, flowing in cycle all throughout his body as if the power of the universe itself is shaping him, improving his body, elevating it to a whole different level.
The process, despite sounding long winded ended in just a few seconds, after which he was gradually awakened into the familiar bedroom, the only difference is that it is already dark outside, with his mother facing him, staring at him as if she had seen something absurd, but before one of them could speak, he heard a voice in his head before everything seems to stop, surprising him quite a bit.
[Detected the existence of qi in the user's body]
[Updating system status: Online]
[Initiating system interface… 10%... 21%.... 54%... 79%... 95%... 100%]
[Welcome to the Universal Shop System!]
[Detected that it is the first-time log-in. Reward: Random Gift Pack (5)]
[Detected the user entering the Body Tempering Realm. Reward: Infinite Qi System]
[Opening the system interface]
[Host: Wu Xiaotian]
[Cultivation: Entry State Body Tempering Realm]
[Stats]
[Strength: 50]
[Agility: 50]
[Intelligence: 50]
[Stamina: 50]
[Vitality: 50]
[Aptitude: ???]
[Systems]
[Shop]
[Inventory]
Along with the screen, relative information regarding the system starts to flow in his mind. Staring at the gold-colored projected screen, Wu Xiao Tian couldn't help but get dumbfounded as he digests everything. Hand's shaking, he laughs as he thought that he is truly invincible now, with a cheat at a level of this system, it's just a matter of time until he makes a name for himself in this world.
"Calm down… forget about outside, I don't even know how strong mom is, I should stay humble and low-key until I grow strong enough" he thought to himself as he navigates towards the inventory, where he saw the five Random Gift Pack.
Clicking it, he was greeted by a prompt,
[Random Gift Pack: From worthless stones to treasures that can slay demons, immortals, and gods, a box that drops everything in complete random. Open? (Y/N)]
Without hesitation, he clicked the Yes button.
[Opened Random Gift Pack (5). Acquired True Transcendence Body Art (1). Acquired Primordial Nihility Transcendent Qi (1). Acquired Immortal Illusion Art (1). Acquired Grand Desolation Transcendent Body (1). Acquired Extreme Origin Transcendent Soul (1)]
Seeing the names of the rewards, Wu Xiao Tian couldn't help but think that he hit the jackpot. Seeing the things in the inventory, he checked each of them, causing him a massive shock.
[True Transcendence Body Art]
[The body is the universe that is the vessel of self. Forging the body means forging the self, and forging the self means going against the heaven to attain true transcendence.]
[When Practiced: Qi absorption rate x 100 (Increases as understanding of the technique improves)]
[Immortal Illusion Technique]
[Deceives everything, from mere mortals to Immortals and buddhas, demons and gods]
[Creates an illusion that can deceive someone up to three realms above the users]
[Primordial Nihility Transcendent Qi]
[Energy that births the nihility, in which the chaos is situated. Able to devour every energy in existence and transform them into it, can also mimic the property of every energy in existence with elevated potency.]
[Replacing spirit qi, all spells cast by the user will multiply in potency by at least ten times, multiplier increases as understanding of Primordial Nihility Transcendent Qi improves, Qi absorption rate x 100, additional base stats for each breakthrough x 10.]
[Grand Desolation Transcendent Body]
[A terrifying physique that is able to exhibit great things with its simplest movements, capable of destroying even nothingness itself with a wave of hand.]
[Once integrated to the user's physique, the user's strength, agility and vitality will always be doubled, multiplier increases as mastery of the Grand Desolation Physique improves, Qi absorption rate x 100, additional base stats for each breakthrough x 10]
[Extreme Origin Transcendent Soul]
[The essence of soul derived from the very beginning, from when even the concept of primordial nihility is not existent. Free from any karmic taints, an unpredictable soul that is out of the grand machination]
[When absorbed and assimilated to the user's soul, learning capability is greatly enhanced, acquires a peerless aura capable of suppressing anyone within the same realm, suppression capability increases as the control of the Extreme Origin Transcendent Soul increases, acquires immunity to all illusion, mental control and mental attack techniques no matter the difference with the user's strength, Qi absorption rate x 100, additional base stats for each breakthrough x 10]
[Detected a higher-level talent for qi, physique, and soul in the inventory, integrate? (Y/N)]
With excitement, Wu Xiao Tian clicked yes, starting the integration of the talents. While he expected that everything is going to hurt, nothing particularly weird happens as just a few minutes after he clicked the prompt, he was greeted by another one displaying,
[Integration complete. As the user is only seven years old currently, the body couldn't bear the stress of the talents, at least until the user reaches eighteen in which the talents will awaken. Currently, the talents lie dormant within the host with its only effect currently available being the bonus status and qi absorption rate bonus, however, as the talents are in dormant state, they will also consume massive amount of qi while in the process of awakening.]
After doing all that, he felt that it is enough for today, so he waits for a while until everything eventually seem to turn normal again, now, his mother is looking at him with curiosity in her eyes as she asks, "How many sources of light have you refined, Tian'er?"
"I managed to refine one hundred eight of them, it that good, mom?" Wu Xiao Tian asks as he approached his mother, hugging her and letting his face be buried between the two mountains.
His mother clearly surprised by what she heard couldn't help but ask once again to confirm whether what her son said is true.
"Mmm… I feel like I can still go for more but I was kicked out of that space once I finished absorbing the last source." He replied, omitting the part where he acquired the system because he wants it to be a surprise for his mother when he grows stronger.
Hearing this, his mother couldn't help but hug him even tighter as she thought to herself, 'It seems like my son is a supreme genius'
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone