The next day,
"Brother, Ye Chen, my father has given me the invitation to the auction house that will commence tonight,"
A fat-looking guy, donned in Daoist clothes, with an exclusive jade token hanging on his waist, uttered to Ye Chen.
Currently, Ye Chen was heading to the cultivation hall, a special cultivation room that is accessible once a month for outer disciples and twice a month for inner disciples, to cultivate the condensed spiritual essence.
But now... He was stopped by his dao brother, Fatty Wang.
He turned around and looked at Fatty Wang with a smile.
"The fortune favors the bold, brother wang, it would be an honor to see the greatness of the auction hall but I fear, I will be able to do much there..." he replied after all, even the cheapest item at the auction house might cost him fortunes of his lifetime, unlike fatty wang.
Fatty Wang is the son of the elder and reputable alchemist within the grace of Supreme Peak holy land, thus, the wealth that fatty wang receives from his father as only son is unquestionable.
"It's okay brother Ye, spirit stones aren't an issue between us brothers, is there any difference between the spirit stone and the stone at the roadside? This wang is generous, just say a word and I will grace you with a few items within the auction house," Wang said proudly.
Ye Chen smiled warmly.
"You are too kind, brother. However, I would not feel right accepting your generous gifts. This humble one must make his own way in the cultivation world." He paused, considering Fatty Wang's offer.
"Though, you allow me to accompany you to the auction house, I must be there just to keep your face, as for your grace, I am honored,"
With the help of his master's knowledge and Fatty's wealth, he can definitely secure some big gains this time.
Who knows what kind of ancient artifact is there collecting dust, while the outside world is unaware of its existence?
"Hehe... Brother, how about your duel with that young master from the capital? Those people only know how to bully the poor without the fear of karma, not knowing there are mountains above mountains," Wang asked.
"Don't ask me about it brother, the young master thinks too highly of himself, however, I doubt he is powerful, I refuse to believe he is an emperor-level powerhouse, that even sect master has to bow..." Ye Chen said with gritted teeth.
The image is his woman being defiled was still in his mind.
He clenched his fist, anger, and hatred visible in his eyes.
Fatty Wang's jovial expression dimmed slightly as he saw the storm brewing in Ye Chen's eyes.
He sighed and patted his brother's shoulder.
"Brother Ye… some injustices cut deeper than blades. But I believe in you. The heavens will not abandon those who carry grievance in their bones and fire in their hearts. What goes around, will definitely come around,"
Ye Chen took a deep breath, calming the surge of killing intent within him.
"Thank you, Brother Wang. The day I step over his corpse… I'll drink until the moon falls,"
"Heh! When that day comes, I'll prepare the best wine from my father's collection!" Fatty Wang grinned again, trying to lighten the mood.
"I see... If there is nothing more, than this Ye shall head to the cultivation hall, I need to harness my limit,"
"Good! Good! Good! I will take my leave then... Meet me at the outer gate tonight," Fatty Wang said before leaving.
"I will make sure to meet you..." Ye Chen also went to the cultivation hall.
With that, he cultivated for one hour because one hour is the limit for anyone.
"Hahaha... I have managed to break through, I have reached the First Stage of the Qi Grandmaster realm," Ye Chen smiled.
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Cultivation is divided into three phases.
Junior, master, and senior.
Junior level: Bone tempering, Spiritual heart formation, Qi Refining realm, Qi Master, Qi Grandmaster, Qi saint, Foundation, great foundation, golden core.
Master level: Soul wondering realm, void refining, nascent soul realm, Holy Saint realm, Divine Saint realm,
Senior level: Nihility realm, true soul realm, emperor realm, great Emperor realm, holy emperor realm, divine emperor realm.
And finally, the ascension phase.
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Bone tempering and spiritual heart formation are practiced through the early age of 8, tempering the body and building the spiritual heart, capable of sensing spiritual energy.
Dao heart also stores spiritual energy and once it's destroyed, the person is as good as dead.
As for dantains, they merely help at absorbing the Qi, and having them destroyed won't allow you to cultivate further and your Qi recovery will be slow, but it's not near as good as dead. There is still hope.
As for other cultivation realms, at the Qi Saint realm, you can finally fly defying gravity, at the Golden Core realm, you develop a core at your navel, which allows you to walk in the path of the sword, alchemy, scholarly, runes, array, etc.
At the soul wandering realm, you can freely move your soul away from the body.
At the void refining realm, one is capable of destroying the space and teleporting using Qi, one is also capable of making the space rings or underdeveloped subspace.
At the nascent soul realm, you can create an additional soul.
At the nihility realm, you can nullify the
Spiritual energy, and create a conceptual domain, of course by burning your own Qi.
This is when a huge power imbalance occurs. Where a person with a powerful domain concept can easily annihilate billions of weaklings.
(A/n: No cap but you can be a literal type-0 character here with some highly profound concepts, also when nullifying the spiritual energy, you have to burn equal energy, and, the powerful domain costs a very high amount of spiritual energy. )
But at the holy emperor level, the imbalance vanishes as one has access to "Emperor might" that can block any conceptual domain from forming.
The ascension phase isn't a true cultivation realm but more like a period when you are at the peak of the world and waiting for judgment, in other words, the heavenly tribulation, to ascend to the higher realm.
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