Aetheria sat in the middle of her base, gathering Qi into her body, trying to recover all the Qi she had expended in her fight against the pack of Blackthorn Wolves. Suddenly, she feels the Qi in her body start to circulate even faster than normal. Knowing that this signals a breakthrough, Aetheria starts pulling at the Qi in the air even more, getting as much of it to enter her body as she can, until a shockwave goes through her body and her Qi goes back to flowing through her meridians, albeit slightly faster than before the breakthrough. Smiling, Aetheria opened her eyes to look at the glowing system prompt in front of her.
Host has broken through to Mid Stage of Foundation Realm!
Seeing this confirmed to Aetheria that she had, in fact broken through to the mid stage of Foundation Realm. Excited by her progress, she asked the system to help her locate a beast for her to test her power against.
The closest beast on the island to your power level is the Sapphire-Winged Panther. They are around the Mid Stage of Foundation Realm, with the strongest member of their race on the island being at the Early Stage of Core Formation Realm.
Perfect, thought Aetheria. Then she ran out from the clearing and jumped up into the trees so that she can look for a Sapphire-Winged Panther to fight with.
After looking for more than 2 hours, Aetheria began to become bored. She searched for another 15 minutes until she finally managed to find one. When she finally found one of the panthers after so long searching, she was so excited that she immediately jumped into a fight with it without scanning it. The panther, sensing something wrong, looked up and immediately jumped out of the way of Aetheria's leading attack, which would've severely injured it.
Surprised that it was able to dodge, Aetheria wasn't able to dodge the beasts counterattack and was forced to cross her arms over her face to protect herself from its claws. The resulting impact sent her flying backwards into a tree. As she was getting up, Aetheria scanned the beast, wondering why the panther was so powerful.
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Race: Sapphire-Winged Panther
Cultivation: Peak Stage of Foundation Realm
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Aetheria's faced paled slightly as she realized her mistake. She had rushed into battle before she had even assessed the strength of the panther. She had been so excited to finally find one that she hadn't taken stopped to think she might not be able to handle it. Berating herself internally, she promised herself she would always scan a beast before she attempted to fight it. She turned around to run, but before she could get away, the panther lunged towards her, wanting to get back at her for attacking it unprovoked. Attempting to dodge the lunge, Aetheria used her movement technique and sprinted away. She dashed out of the way of the lunge but was clawed on the arm, receiving a deep gash that began to bleed profusely. As she ran away she frantically asked the system for a way to heal the gash on her arm.
This book's true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience.
You can heal your arm by purchasing a healing pill from the shop for 100 system points.
"Buy it!" Aetheria exclaimed quickly. As soon as she said it she saw a bright light appear in her hand. When the light faded, a pill was in her hand in its place. She quickly put it in her mouth and swallowed it. As she continued to run back to her base, she felt all of her wounds close up. She wanted to see what state her arm was in, but was too busy running to stop and look at it.
Aetheria finally arrived in the clearing she had claimed as her base, and risked a glance back at where she had come from. Her eyes closed in on the panther, which made it to the edge of the clearing and then stopped. It looked around with a hint of panic in its eyes, and then turned around and ran away. "System, why did the panther run away?" Aetheria asked, shocked by its sudden change in temperament.
It was scared to intrude on the holy ground of the Stargod.
"So this is the Stargod's holy ground," she said in wonder. "There's not much here." She finished bluntly.
That is because the Stargod's Holy Temple is underground.
"Really? Where is the entrance then?"
Unable to answer. The host must discover the entrance somewhere on the island.
"Alright," said Aetheria, "That sounds like something to work toward. Now, I have a few more questions for you system. First, why am I able to enter the holy ground? And second, how old am I?"
You are able to enter the holy ground of the Stargod due to your race. Part of the reason the Stargod changed your race was so that you would not face consequences for being on the holy ground. The answer to your second question is unknown, but you have the figure of a 15-year-old girl.
"Okay, it's somewhat odd you don't know my age, but I can deal with looking 15. And I'm glad for the racial change now, without this holy ground to keep me safe I'd probably be dead by now." Aetheria then settled down to meditate, feeling slightly better about everything. Then she remembered her arm, which had gotten injured while she was fleeing. She looked down at it and was surprised to see that her wounds were gone and there was no scarring left. Content now, she began to meditate, but before she could, she yawned. Aetheria giggled at herself and then laid down to sleep instead. There would be much to do in the morning.
Aetheria Status:
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Name: Aetheria
Race: Nebulae
Bloodline: Sunwalker (Mythical)
Affinity: Fire (100%)
Realm: Foundation
Stage: Mid (5%)
Cultivation Method: Path of the Almighty Stargod (Divine)
Techniques:
Fifteen Fiery Fists (Legendary)
- Mastery: Adept
Stepping on Stars (Legendary)
- Mastery: Adept
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