“Soul Art: Severing Space” the moment the blade in Wu Xiaotian’s hand reaches the end of its movement, everything seems to fall into silence for a short moment, as if the area he’s currently in is suddenly deprived of air for sound to travel, the silence only lasting for a few moments before everything near them returns back to normal.
It is completely different to the sky above him though, as a large spatial rift hangs in the air, its existence creating a crack making the skies looks like glass shattered by some powerful force, this phenomenon being seen not only by the people in the Frontier City but also by the representatives of the factions and forces sent to greet both the young man who sealed the Calamity Beast and the people of the Primordial Void Clan descending to look at what they coin as the ‘mortal’ world.
Witnessing such grand display of might, the representatives of the factions repeatedly said in their mind that they need to be respectful of whoever it is that did such thing, as well as remind their lieges to do so as well with utmost seriousness.
Meanwhile, the young man who created the commotion is now sheathing his blade in its scabbard, completely unperturbed by the happening as if this sort of situation is something totally normal for him.
“Now your problem is gone” Wu Xiaotian said while smiling at Astaria, the lady looking like someone who would never believe what she just saw for her entire life.
“What the hell was that???” the valiant-looking lady asked with the same stupefied look on her face, her gaze at the young man in front of her as if she’s looking at some kind of monster.
“I severed the passage connecting this planet and the secret realm they’re living in…” Wu Xiaotian explains, gesturing cutting with a scissor in his hand before he continues.
“Well, they’re practically trapped inside now, unless there’s someone there who understands space more than I do” the immortal-like young man added, the lady still not understanding just how he managed to accomplish such feat.
“You told me you’re still on the weaker levels on your world, right? Just how powerful are the powerhouse of your world then?” Astaria asked, beginning to wonder just how absurd of a world this young man is living in for it to produce people even stronger than him.
“In terms of real strength, yes, I’m still weak, that wasn’t the case when I am up against anyone under the same realm, or even one realm higher than me though” Wu Xiaotian replies while looking at the horizon, multiple figures all coming from different direction approaching them through various carriages, all of them lavishly decorated as if to show off the might of whatever forces they belong to.
One by one, the people inside those carriages steps out, carefully treading the path towards Wu Xiaotian, each of them wearing clothes with the insignia of their forces embroidered on either their collars, their chest, their arms or their backs, each of them kneeling on one knee as they approach a certain distance, all of them shouting at the same time.
“We greet the new ruler of the world!!!” all of them said with a convinced voice, the smarter ones deducing that the young man in front of them possess enough ability to deal with the Primordial Void Clan given that they are no longer here, while the slower ones just following along knowing full well that the smarter representatives already deduced something they don’t for them to act like this.
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Meanwhile, in some isolated space with its land spanning almost the same size as Earth’s Asia, seven elderly people are currently convening a meeting in a hall, all of them unanimously deciding to hide for a while in terror of being erased by that monstrous young man.
“Let everyone enter a training phase, open up the sacred library as well as the holy mountain” the one who previously asked Wu Xiaotian a question ordered, his voice absolute.
“Are you sure about it? We will take quite the toll if we were to do this for long” another old person asked, worried at what the situation will be in the future given that they can only open up the holy mountain for a month every five years.
“We will recover everything we will lose from the holy mountain once we come out of seclusion again and increase our monthly collections on those high-level forces” he explained, convincing all the other people in the hall.
After agreeing with the plans of the old man, the others also prepare for what is about to come, not knowing that they will never be able to come out of this secret realm again.
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[Detected the disappearance of the remaining force who has yet to surrender to the user]
[Congratulations to the user for completing the Main Quest for the Xing Wu Planet]
[Main Quest: World Domination. Progress: 100.00%]
[Description: The Xing Wu Planet’s human civilization is a relatively young one, not that much developed whether in terms of cultivation or technology. Lead them to prosperity by conquering the whole world as well as teaching them the knowledge of higher-level technology and cultivation. Finish the quest within two months]
[Reward: Nine Realm Completion Lotus]
As he reads the notifications popping out in the system’s screen, Wu Xiaotian starts smiling to himself, excited to go use the [Infinite Qi System] to break through the Core Formation Realm.
‘I’m stuck in the twelfth layer of the Infinite Qi Dimension for a while now, I think it’s about time I check the other layers beyond it’ the immortal-like young man thought to himself while scrolling through and looking at his quota for entering the [Infinite Qi System], his quota for today already being used up given that he still cultivates every day to fortify his foundations even further.
Despite his anticipation, he decided to hold it off for a few more days since he promised that he will teach Astaria all about the basics of cultivation, and the lessons are already starting now with the lady sitting on a lotus position with her eyes closed, her ample chest rhythmically moving up and down with her breathing, making her appear extremely peaceful.
“Stop slouching, the flow of qi in your body will be interrupted if you continue doing that”
“Su Tian, what does this line here means?”
“Hey, try doing this while circulating your qi, this way, it will be easier for you”
“How should I circulate my qi for this line here?”
“Control your movements a little bit more, so much qi is being wasted during excessive motions, so try to reduce yours as much as you can”
After a week of teaching the valiant-looking lady, she had finally grasped what Wu Xiaotian thinks is the most basic foundation anyone can have when cultivating, not knowing that the things he thought to Astaria is already enough for a normal person to become an expert within his cultivation realm should they manage to absorb all the things he thought.
“You’re leaving?” Astaria asked as a spatial rift, appearing to be so much more stable than the one the people of the Primordial Void Clan used to enter the world, appears in the middle of her courtyard.
“For now….” Wu Xiaotian paused for a bit before he explains everything she needs to know.
“I will return here frequently to check on your progress, oh, and if you want to go to my world, you can step into this spatial portal anytime you want” he said while pointing towards the spatial rift beside him.
As he sets the anchor between the two worlds though, he saw a notification that puts him in quite the pleasant surprise, knowing full well that he might have made his lovers wait shorter than he previously expected.
[Detected that the user established a connection between user’s original world and the current world, synchronizing the time flow of two worlds… slowing down Xing Wu Planet’s time flow… synchronizing complete.]
“My mom and grandma will be on the other side of the portal, you can just introduce yourself to them and they will guide you with whatever help you need when I’m not there to guide you” he added as he shoves the thoughts out of his mind before looking at her with an appreciative look on his face.
“Anything else?” he finally asked as he stand before the portal, waiting for anything she wants to say.
“I think it’s for a later time, I need to sort some things for now” she said ambiguously while staring intensely at the back of the young man in front of her.
“Then let’s see each other later” Wu Xiaotian said as he steps at the portal, the valiant-looking lady waving her hand at him, standing there for a while before she starts walking towards her room.
“Good thing I managed to hold back for now” she mutters to herself, her sweet voice spreading across the room, not heard by anyone else.
