Cultivation(III)

Adonis stretched his hand and atop his palm, a small swirling ball of emerald flames appeared.

Around it, small snowflakes entirely made of darkness appeared as instantly, Adonis felt an absolute connection with his two mutated elements.

Normally, only tier six entities could wield their elements outside of their body or even be so familiar with them but did Adonis not have all his Elements at the Zenith Immeasurable Grade?

It was a given that he'd grasp onto their kernels of truth so easily and naturally.

Adonis looked around, his brow raised in confusion.

'Why did my elements cause such a ruckus? For the qi, I know it's because of my qi pillar but what about the sky and the earth…? Ah, who cares.'

"Nadia, please bring the world back to its tip top shape."

Nadia was the name he'd given to the overall spirit assistant of the Mansion. She was like an extension of Uncle Seth while also being a totally different entity.

[Understood, master.]

"Also, apply the Qi training setting to the place. I'm gonna start cultivating."

[Understood, master.]

Akin to a clock being rewound, the world reversed and all that was destroyed was returned to its previous state. Alongside this, the world suddenly became saturated with a near endless amount of egregiously pure qis.

This was one of the many advantages granted by the training module of the mansion. The Qi he had access to was near endless and its purity was unmatched. Considering the purity of the qi used in cultivation played a role in one's foundation, it was obvious how useful this was.

'Let's begin.'

Normally, after having awakened their elements, cultivators entered tier zero and in this tier, they were given a gift by the Heavens.

In tier zero, cultivators could undergo [World Baptisms] to empower all their pillars and even potentially elevate their True Circle grade. It was a gift meant to even the odds in a world where the talented ruled.

But for Adonis, due to the Chaos stone, he directly skipped this tier, for now.

According to the Chaos Seed Manual, in tier One, he had to focus on [Elemental Refinement].

It had three phases and the first was [Qi Root Embodiment].

The [Qi Root Embodiment] stage was extremely important because its sole goal was to give one the ability to perfectly control their qi roots and indirectly, the qi of the world.

This tied into the second stage of tier one [Qi Root Branching]. This stage required one to control the neutral qi present in the atmosphere and infuse it within their roots to then allow their roots to branch into every part of their body.

This would allow one to do many things like absorb qi form any part of their body, have a perfect inner circulation system and have a balanced overall elevation as well as a minor purification of the body.

Only after these two steps could they attempt the third stage of tier one.

Instantly, Adonis began.

The first problem he faced was, well, differentiation. How was he supposed to differentiate neutral qi from any other qi and from there, how was he supposed to separate them?

Obviously, this was only an issue for a few seconds.

His roots gave him an uncanny affinity towards all and any types of qi as well as a deep understanding and almost symbiose with it. This alongside [Endless Spectrum] made it unbelievably easy.

Atop it all, using his [Control] ability, qi became akin to extension of himself and within a few hours with [Perfection] the qi of the world became nothing more than a servant of his will.

Even he was surprised by how fast this had all been. In fact, it would've been much faster had he applied [Perfection] sooner but he was trying to test the limits of his innate comprehension ability though this was a stupid endeavour since his gifts were an innate part of him.

He swiftly moved onto the second stage, funnelling the neutral  Qi of the world into his Qi roots to allow them to branch across his body.

Here, the process wasn't complex but the pain it brought was very much real.

He felt like his entire body was being chopped up into tiny pieces then slowly burnt over a grand fire but regardless he persisted.

As he continued to move forward, his body began to ooze out a strange green and black liquid and as that happened, his blood seemed to flow in a smoother manner and the qi of the world became more and more docile.

By the fourth day, he was covered in black goo but inside, he couldn't have felt cleaner and purer.

'98% branching.'

The Qi of the world suddenly gathered in the skies, forming yet another cyclone as it densified and soon became liquid.

In the skies, a river of qi lay, swirling around as soon, it fell down and struck Adonis' body, chipping at the last few percentages of the branching process.

His skin cracked and as the percentages went up, akin to a snake, he shedded a layer and exfoliated the last remain of impurities his body held.

BOOM!

His body greedily devoured and absorbed all the liquid qi he'd formed as he finally reached absolute purity.

In truth, as long as he'd reached 75% purity, he could've moved onto the next step but…why would he?

With the talent he'd been given, it was only a difference of a few days between the two percentages unlike a difference of months and years for others, why would he waste such a chance?

Naked, Adonis stood up and stretched, a trail of qi following his every movement as he looked like a baby straight out of the womb- pure and perfect.

'Interesting direction. First stage, I take full control of my qi roots then via them, I control the atmospheric qi. Then, in the second stage, I infuse that qi in my roots to allow them to branch into every cell and atom of my being, essentially turning my entire body into an extended version of a qi root. If before my body was at the Quasi-Immeasurable Grade now it's surely in the Lower Immeasurable Grade.'

'When I compare it to the [Divine Self Revolution Manual] it's almost like the opposite.'