Breaking through by walking chapter 5

[The host has broken through into the 10th Tempering of a Rank 1 mortal, for his body, soul and core.]

Once again, Victor felt the familiar burst in power. Spiritual Energy poured into his body, and he once again became stronger.

He could now sense nearly 100 meters, and his mind never felt sharper.

[The host will now require 1,000 steps per level to Break through into a Rank 2 Body, core and soul.]

"What? Why is the increase so much? Shouldn't it be 100 steps or something?" Victor complained.

[Host, what you do not understand is geniuses spend 6 months in this rank, and you broke through it in a day. You should be happy that all you need to do is walk to break through.]

"You are right, anyway, for now, I will focus on leveling the system up. To bring it up from level 1 to level 2 will cost 10,000 steps,which will only take about 1 hour, or slightly more." Victor said.

His goal for now was to upgrade the system, then find somewhere to rest for nightfall.

While he is already at the peak of Rank 1, and does not require any sleep or food for days, he wants to hide from the desert monsters which usually come out at night.

And just like that, after slightly more than 1 hour, Victor acculated 10,000 steps.

"System please upgrade yourself." Victor said.

[The system has been upgraded to level 2. The next requirement to reach level 3 is 100,000 steps.]

[The quest function has been unlocked.]

[As a result of leveling up the system, the host has received the Universal Map]

"What is this Universal Map?" Victor asked. He was really excited. It seems that everytime he upgrades the system, he will get some overpowered item to help him in his cultivation.

[Item: Universal Map

Ability: To see the world

Level 1/3, 100,000 Saint Steps to next upgrade

Current skills:

1-To see the location of every monument, and living beings in the mortal realms.

2-The host can see the location of herbs, and anything which assists in the path of cultivation

3- The host can see any inheritances of anyone in all mortal realms

4- The host can find any person in the world as long as he has seen their face and knows their name

5- The host can find out locations and information about all organisations in this world

6-The host can teleport to any place he has marked before.

7-The map shows the exact distance between locations

Cost: 1,000,000 Celestial Steps]

"WHAT THE FUCK? IF THIS IS THE POWER OF AN ITEM WHICH COSTS 1,000,000 CELESTIAL STEPS, DOES THAT MEAN, THE DRAGONIC EYE OF REVELATION WILL BE THIS OVERPOWERED TOO?" Victor screamed out.

[Yes host, and keep in mind, this item is only level 1. It is severely limited.]

"Holly shit, with this, I will probably never be ambushed." Victor said out loud.

"System, open the map." Victor said.

Then, in front of Victor's eyes, was a massive holographic screen. Inside of the screen were multiple small lights, each representing something.

Victor's own position was like a beacon. The next light closest to Victor was about 20 hours away from him.

He tapped the light, and the hologram changed, and a 3 dimensional load out of the place he taped was shown.

"Wow, with this, I can also see terrains which are not known to people." Victor said.

He then saw at the light a Beast just sleeping there peacefully. Then, his Dragonic Eye Of Revelation did it's work.

[Beast: Sand worm

Rank: 2, 6th tempering

Battle prowess: Peak rank 2

Bloodline: 99% Suppressed

Remarks: Got split from it's pack.]

"System, what does the bloodline being suppressed mean?" Victor asked.

[Any beast which exists is the offspring of their original ancestor, and contains a bit of their bloodline, the purity of the bloodline of a beast also shows their potential in the path of cultivation.]

"Okay, that is an interesting find. Anyway, system, please open the quest menu." Victor asked.

...

[Main Quests]

[Side Quests]

[Unique Quests]

[Hidden Quests]

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"System, can you explain all of this?"

[Of course host. The Main Quests are something which is absolutely required for the host to complete. It will usually give extremely great rewards, like the Universal Map, and failure to complete the quests will give some... disadvantages to the host]

[Side quests are something which is optional. While it doesn't give as great a reward as the main quest, it has less strict punishments for failure.]

[Unique Quests are rare, they are something which the system does not set, and something which happens in the heat of the moment. Something which is not foreseen by the system, or maybe something which was created due to the hosts circumstance at the time]

[Hidden Quests are pre-generated quests which need to be done out of the hosts own will. If the quest is told to the host, and then he does it, the quest will have no meaning.]

[Host, please prioritise main quests, as that is what will mainly give you your power.]

After digesting that huge information dumb by the system, Victor seemed a little more excited.

"So, you are essentially giving me more ways to become stronger more quickly." Victor said.

Then, Victor zoomed out of the map. Eventually, he could see his entire mortal plain.

At the side of the map, there was some data for him as well.

"According to this data given by the map, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the Saint rank, but there are only 5 at the peak of it. There are millions at the Legendary rank and there are even more in the mortal ranks." Victor said.

"There are also 5 continents in this realm. I am currently in the Northern continents, and it seems like it is second only to the Central continent in terms of power. System, according to this map, the Central continent is way stronger than the 4 other continents, why is that?" Victor asked the system.

[That is because the Central continent is the closest to the source of the spiritual energy in this world. It is getting it's Spiritual Energy from whatever energy is leaking from the Immortal realms]

"Wait, so with just the leftover Energy, one can reach the Peak of Rank 9?" Victor asked, confused.

If that is the case, shouldn't more people be able to become a Rank 9 saint?

[No host, that isn't the only reason, the Energy is enough for one to ascend to a Saint rank easily, but to reach its peak will take thousands of years. These people have essentially given up their future path as a cultivator by choosing the wrong side. You will also have the same options given to you after reaching the higher ranks, so don't worry about it]

Victor didn't say anything else for now. If he will learn of it when he gets stronger, he will bother about this then.

Then, Victor zoomed out further in the map.

What he saw stunned him.