บท 7: Starting Cultivation

Alexander went to the storage section of the system and look inside the 3-D dimensional room. He looked at the manual that was casually floating in a corner by itself and moved his mind towards it.

As he mentally grabbed the manual, a stream of information steadily flowed into his mind. Alexander, having undergone a rebirth and purifying his soul, had much more control over the flow of information being transferred to him.

As the stream entered his mind, Alexander began to review the information flowing into him as it turned into knowledge.

[Origin World Devil Foundation Technique- taking the five transformations as the foundation to create an Unbreakable Foundation Devil Origin World]

As Alexander read and began to comprehend the Origin World Foundation Technique, time slowly passed.

A few hours later, Alexander opened his eyes and let out a breath. An excited gleam flashed through his light blue eyes and he smiled, " I've thoroughly comprehended this technique, now it's just a matter of buying resources and cultivating."

Opening the shop function of the system, Alexander quickly found the items he would need to cultivate The Devil Origin World.

This cultivation technique was very special. From Alexander's memories, Alexander found out that Cultivation techniques were divided into 5 ranks and 4 grades.

Divine, Transcendent, World, Origin, and Natural, with Divine being the highest and Natural being the lowest. Each rank was also separated into low, medium, high, and supreme grades, each more powerful than the other.

Most mortal kingdoms and families were only able to cultivate low-grade natural rank techniques, and as far as the original Alexander knew, Divine and Transcendent rank techniques had never appeared on the Gods and Devils world, giving those with World rank techniques supreme power.

Only after fully comprehending the technique did Alexander find out that the Origin World Devil Foundation Technique was just the first part of a cultivation set called the Devil World Five Tranformation Manual.

Although right now it was only a Natural rank technique, a supreme grade one at that, once he successfully cultivated it to completion and created the Unbreakable Foundation Devil Origin World, he would be able to cultivate the next part of the set, which was at the Supreme grade Origin rank.

The thought of this excited Alexander very much, one must know that even his father, the ruler of an entire kingdom, only cultivates a Supreme grade Origin rank cultivation technique.

Alexander reminded himself to focus and calm his thoughts. Right now what mattered most was cultivating this technique to completion.

To cultivate this technique, Alexander needed to choose five transformations to cultivate as the foundation for his Devil world. He didn't dare recklessly choose as this would affect the rest of his cultivation life. Thinking deeply, Alexander finally decided on what transformation would be best to use as his foundation.

Once more focusing on the shop, Alexander located all the items he needed.

[Natural Lightning Pool- Natural Lightning of the world condensed into a pool, found on Mount Airy where the lighting energy is so dense it condenses to liquid form.][price- 5,000GDP]

[Morning Dew Spiritual Pond- A pond formed entirely of Morning Dew Spiritual Water, one of a kind][price- 2,000GDP]

[Ancient Tree Seed- An ancient seed of unknown origins, contains vast wood energy and vitality][cost- 1000GDP]

[Crimson sun core x10- pure refined solar sun energy containing a fraction of the vast power of the sun][Price x10- 10,000GDP]

[Primal Wind Spirit Core- the spiritual core of the now-extinct Primal Wind Spirit, which contains great amounts of Primal Wind Energy][price- 3,000GDP]

Alexander finally chose everything he needed to cultivate the technique to completion, "I want them all, Buy!"

Having chosen his five foundation transformations, Alexander had nowhere to go but forward. Sitting down with his legs crossed and palms on his needs facing forward, Alexander entered Meditation.

A total of five items appeared in Alexander's storage space, each representing one of the five transformations he had chosen. Lightning, Water, Wood, Fire, and Wind.

Alexander chose Lightning to be his first transformation because he had always thought of Lightning as a king amongst the tranformations, all-powerful and multi-purpose. Following the breathing technique of The Origin World Five Tranformation Devil Foundation Technique, Alexander summoned The Natural Lightning Pool.

A small azure pool appeared mid-air in front of Alexander the moment he summoned it. Faint crackling sounds spread throughout the room as Alexander readied himself.

Taking a deep breath, Alexander reassured himself as he once again removed his clothes. Readying himself, Alexander hesitated as he looked at the natural lightning pool. The pool sparkled azure as sparks of lighting seemed to fly out of it.

Alexander stood solemnly, staring at the pool and listening to the sizzles it released. Realizing that he was hesitating and wasting time, Alexander clenched his teeth and recklessly jumped into the pool.

Once again, unimaginable pain immediately coursed through his body. Slightly used to pain now, Alexander hurriedly rose and broke through the surface of the pool. Hurriedly, Alexander thought back and begin to circulate the breathing technique of The Origin World Devil Foundation Technique.

Alexander felt his pores open as the Natural Lightning turned into Qi and entered his body through the openings, forcefully refining his flesh. Groaning in pain, Alexander continued to circulate the qi with his breathing technique, feeling his flesh strengthening from the Qi's wild nature.

"Zzzz"

The Natural Lightning Qi continuously flowed through Alexander's pores. Half of the qi entered his body, refining and strengthening his flesh, the other half went further into his body before disappearing. Alexander had tried to follow this disappearing qi many times before but he would always lose track of it, not knowing where it disappeared to.

Eventually, Alexander gave up and returned all of his focus on using the Natural Lightning qi to refine his flesh.

Alexander was cultivating a Devil Technique, so he was naturally taking the Devil Path as his first step. The Devil path was separated into 7 great realms. Devilization, Semi Devil, Noble Devil, Great Devil, Devil Prince, Devil King, and The Legendary Devil Emperor Realm.

Each Realm was further separated into 9 ranks, each separated by a barrier that once broken through will give the cultivator great power, and each different realm was powerful enough to instantly crush a cultivator a lower realm.

The Devilization and Semi Devil Realms were the first and second most important steps of the Devil path. Setting a solid foundation that would greatly affect the distance and power of your path. The first and second rank of the Devilization strengthened the flesh, the second and third rank opened the meridians and strengthened them, the fifth and sixth refined the internal organs and systems, the seventh and eight purified the bone and bone marrow, and the ninth opened the Dantian.

Alexander jumped out of the pool and landed steadily on the ground. He looked down at his body and clenched his fist. Wild strength immediately surged through his flesh and a popping sound came from his arm as his muscles flexed.

"Hahahaha!"

Laughing, Alexander threw punches at the air in excitement. The air seemed to slightly bend around his fist as he threw around a few punches.

"I've finally reached the peak of the rank 1 Realm. With this type of strength, I could crush a normal rank 2 Devilization Realm Cultivator and evenly fight a rank 3."

Alexander stretched his arms out wide before sitting down and decided to take a rest. Buying some food from the system shop, Alexander slowly ate and recovered his energy. Feeling energized again after a while, Alexander stood up and once again jumped in the pool.

Time passed slowly, in the middle of the circular room near the altar, a dim and small pool lying floating in the air. If anyone were to enter this room right now, they would see a head sticking out of the top of the pool. The head silently rested, taking deep patterned breaths. Sometimes slow and steady and sometimes quick and powerful, the head continued to silently rest above the pool. With every breath taken, the pool would get slightly smaller and dimmer, until it completely disappeared. With the disappearance of the pool, the body under the head revealed itself, radiating a healthy and powerful air.

Alexander opened his eyes slowly and fell to the ground. Rolling around his broad shoulders, he felt a sense of power coming from his flesh.

"Peak of rank 2!"