The day the human emperor Desborn Atrexia received the official letter from light tower, he immediately fell into a dilemma. Two years ago, the youngest heir of Ragebergs had been blessed with a supreme blessing, one that could be said to be even better than the one his own youngest child had received. Both the emperor and empress were perfect body realm experts. They were already a few centuries old. They had a few children earlier but due to their weak cultivations at the time, the blessing received was not very good. Though a few princes had advanced blessings, their overall talents were nothing special. It had to be known that perfect realm experts could live for a millennium quite easily and if they conserved their vital force and underwent hibernation, they could live for several millennia. Both the emperor and empress could be considered young with respect to their lifespans. But, reaching the perfect realm was easier said than done. In the entire human race, aside from the emperor and empress, there were only 5 more people in the perfect realm. Of these 5, three were extremely old ancestors who were constantly in hibernation. Thus, the difficulty in reaching the level could be understood.
To reach the perfect realm, one would need tremendous resources, luck as well as heaven-defying talent. The emperor constantly worried about if any of the princes or princesses would be able to reach the perfect realm and inherit the kingdom. If not, then the Atrexia family's rule might end with their lives. But the plane had blessed them with a child a few years ago. The child also received a supreme blessing. Even for perfect realm couples, supreme blessing rarely appeared. Thus, it was truly a cause of celebration. The emperor had decided to groom the youngest prince Ronald to be his successor. He had gone above and beyond to get Ronald enrolled in the light tower. While Ronald was not very eye-catching among the geniuses of the tower, he could still be expected to reach the perfect realm eventually. But, the emperor truly received a shock when Michael also received a supreme blessing. On one hand, this would increase the power if the human race but on the other, it would increase the power of Ragebergs as well. If the youngest heir of Ragebergs had been a female with a supreme blessing, he would have betrothed the child with Ronald immediately. But now that the child was a male, it was very likely that he would be able to reach the perfect realm as well and this would lead to an intense rivalry between the prince and Michael in future. If by any chance, the prince failed to reach the perfect realm, the ruling family might change to the Ragebergs!
But also, the humans were a relatively weaker race with no immortal experts. In such a circumstance, the emperor would never think of killing a future pillar of humans. Thus, he had decided to let nature take its course. Even if the prince could not reach perfect realm and the youngest Rageberg did, it would still allow for humans to maintain their current position. Thus, he decided to support the prince with all he had. But, now that the examination date of the tower had come closer, the emperor was again at a loss. Duke Rageberg had sent a personal letter to him asking to recommend Michael to the tower. If the examination was to be held a few years later, the child would have had a great chance to pass. After all, his blessing was the best of the present human race. But the date of the examination was now three years earlier. The children of the empire usually started cultivating at about 5 to 6 years of age. Also, children were usually not dedicated and thus, the initial phase of cultivation and training was generally very slow. It was unreasonable to expect a child of seven years of age to have much strength or show much talent. And the date had been brought forward by the headmaster himself. Even the emperor did not have much authority to do anything in the matter. Even the secretary of the headmaster, Dariff Dorsal, was an expert of the same calibre as himself. While the emperor could write a letter to the secretary, whether he agreed or not would depend on his mood. Thus, the emperor was filled with mixed feelings about the situation. He remembered his friend from many years ago - Miller Rageberg - grandfather of the current Duke Rageberg. Miller had helped him sit on the throne and Desborn had made him a Duke of the kingdom. Sighing, he sat down to write a letter to Secretary Dariff.
> Desborn (to himself) : Old friend, this is all I can do for your descendant. The rest shall lie in the hands of fate.
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Duke Rageberg had constantly felt frustrated about the situation. Even the Madam was worried. When he came to know the decision of tower to hold entrance examination three years earlier, he cursed so loudly that the entire castle shook. The shout of the Duke, someone at saint realm could be heard from kilometres away. He had asked the emperor to write a letter to the tower for special consideration for Michael. While the emperor had obliged and sent a letter to Secretary Dariff, the Duke was still worried. This was his most talented son they were talking about. He had to get his son admitted in the tower or else he would not be able to face his ancestors! Someone with a peerless supreme blessing had been born in his family. If he could not give the child the best possible future, how could he face himself? While he was currently sitting in his office mulling over the matter in his study, the door opened and his wife entered with Michael in her arms. The Duke was surprised as Madam Rageberg hardly ever visited him in his study. Both of them were busy with governing heir huge territory and did not get much free time before the evening. Thus, seeing Sitara with Michael surprised him. He asked:
> Collins : What happened Sitara? Why have you brought Michael here?
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> Sitara : Your son came to my study and told me that he had to talk with the both of us. Since it was the first time he asked something, I decided to bring him here.
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> Collins (surprised) : Oh, Young Michael, you wanted to talk with your parents? Come here, I am always free for anything you want to say.
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> Michael : Yes Father. I wanted to talk to you about a few things. I have heard that the tower would hold the entrance examination three years early. Is this true?
Michael spoke in a childish voice but his words were perfect. They carried a respectful tone as well. And they were spoken with confidence that left both the Duke and Madam flabbergasted. Expressions of shock appeared on both their faces.
> Collins : Um, Yeah! Where did you hear this?
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> Michael : I heard this from a few caretakers who were talking among themselves. Father, I want to join the tower.
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> Collins : Michael, I will definitely try my best to get you admitted. But, the entrance is competitive and it would be hard for father to succeed.
When the Duke looked at the intelligence lurking in the sea-green eyes of his son, he did not have the heart to lie. It was then Michael did something that gave both the Duke and Madam the shock of their lives. A powerful soul force erupted from him and struck their souls. The sheer power rattled their souls and forced them to a stunned stage feeling difficult to move. Their bodies became sluggish instantly and Madam's steps faltered! It was truly incomprehensible. Such soul power in a two-and-a-half-year-old was unheard of. While most people were not in the know about soul cultivation, the Duke's daughter was a soul cultivator and he knew the realms of soul cultivation.
> Collins and Sitara : Viscous Soul!
Yes, the power that Michael had shown was definitely in the viscous soul realm. In fact, it was stronger than the soul force of their daughter! They were simply left stunned looking at Michael with wide eyes. It should be known that while the Duke and Madam were pure body cultivation experts, their soul had naturally grown stronger due to the influence of their powerful bodies. Thus, their soul power could be said to be in the middle stages of viscous soul realm even without any cultivation. It was known that the human emperor's soul was comparable to the peak stage of viscous soul realm. To be able to stun them with soul force meant that the soul power of Michael was in mid-level viscous soul realm. This truly left them unable to respond. Michael started speaking at the moment.
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> Michael : Father and mother, I received two blessings in the ceremony. The second blessing helps me constantly increase my soul cultivation without doing anything!
My God! The Duke felt so happy after listening to his son's words that he laughed out loud holding Michael and dancing around his table. Even Sitara was smiling widely with tears of happiness leaking from her eyes. This was simply a miracle. Their son not only had divine strength that would make him an invincible body cultivator but also had a soul cultivation blessing that appeared to be even stronger than divine strength! It was not unheard of for children with legendary talent to obtain 2 blessings. But to think their own son would be such a genius as well. Both Collins and Sitara felt like they were dreaming.
> Collins : Very good! Very good! You already have a mid-level viscous soul power. In the entrance examination, only with this you have a chance of getting selected. Haha. I have been blessed by the plane with a legendary genius! Haha. Sitara, our youngest son is a genius the likes of which the kingdom has never seen! I shall throw a banquet. Call all the people and have a party. My son is a genius. Haha.
While he was dancing, he went on to embrace Sitara as well and planted a kiss on her cheek. Sitara blushed.
> Sitara : What are you doing? What if someone sees us? Do you not have any shame? You are the Duke of Rageberg territory!
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> Collins : So what if they see! Let them see! My wife has given me a brilliant heir! If others could have such wives,t they too would show their affection to the whole world. Anyway, Michael, why did you not tell us about your blessing before this?
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> Michael : Father, I had known the blessing all along but did not know what it did. Only yesterday, I felt my soul having a breakthrough. Then, I figured out that the second blessing was increasing my soul cultivation all along.
Michael was not lying about his breakthrough. He achieved the breakthrough to viscous soul just yesterday. If he had not overheard the servants saying that the date for exam had changed, he would have made the breakthrough later to build an even stronger foundation. The Viscous chapter of Styx Soul Incarnation Scripture had 5 levels only. Michael was currently on the first level. But the power was already comparable to middle stage of viscous soul for ordinary experts like his sister. Also, Michael had not used his perfect persona blessing in the earlier display. If he had, his soul force would match peak viscous soul experts. He could even injure the human emperor if he attacked unexpectedly! This was truly a monstrous level of power already. In fact, Prince Ronald, who was at the peak of king realm in his body cultivation only had a mortal soul level. With Michael's power and skill in soul arts, he could severely injure the prince before he could do anything. In a battle, it would be Michael's victory. While this was nowhere compared to his level in his previous life, having some power made Michael feel a bit more confidence. Then Michael spoke about his true reason for finding his parents.
> Michael : Father I want to start body cultvation.
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> Collins : What? No. It is too early. Even your skeletal structure has not developed completely. If there was to be a mishap, it could even cripple you for life.
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> Michael : While that is true generally, I would be fine. I have the divine strength blessing, so I can handle minor injuries. Also, as my soul is strong right now, if I start body cultivation, I would be able to speed the progress rapidly due to the effect of soul cultivation.
It was only natural that a powerful soul could slowly improve a body as was true the other way around. When Collins heard Michael's request, he thought that Michael was only a child asking at a moment's interest. How could he know that the will and determination of his child could exceed all in the plane? After consulting Sitara for a bit, he decided to start the body cultivation of his son. Generally, children took 2 years to reach the knight realm. In body cultivation, all realms had three stages - early, mid and late. Michael's blessing of divine strength gave him the physical strength of one realm higher than others. So if he could cultivate to early knight stage, he would be able to match his strength with early king stage fighters. By the age of seven, if he could reach the mid knight stage, with his divine strength and soul cultivation, he could probably match kings in battle. That would be sufficient to get admitted in the tower without any recommendations. In fact, he might even be admitted as an elite disciple. While the Duke was immersed in his fantasies, he started providing spiritual food and medicines to his son. Cultivators ate different food from mortals. The food contained energy that could build up one's physique to higher stages. If a mortal with no talent or body cultivation manual was to eat the same food, he would not be able to use the energy within. The energy would leak and the resources would be wasted.
Michael daily ate the spiritual food and medicines and revolved the energy in his body according to the body cultivation scripture - Immortal Physique Scripture. In his previous life, due to his immortal soul, his body grew stronger on its own. At his peak, Michael had a body matching in power to a saint realm expert and a soul in immortal realm. Now that he had re-started cultivation, he was determined to surpass his previous peak. Micahel had cultivated the same scripture in his past life as well but he was not very interested in cultivation. Thus, he did not put his heart into it. Also, his talent for body cultivation was not much. Even in his new life, his talent was not high. It could be said to be mediocre at best. But in this life, he had two things that he did not have in his previous life: his unbreakable will and his perfect persona blessing. As Michael activated his perfect persona blessing, he could feel a direct sense of control on the energy in his body. He could feel the cells of his body directly and he could somehow force them to absorb more and more energy. In fact, he hardly wasted any! If the Duke were to know this, he might even go mad with happiness. This blessing was not something that supreme blessings could compare to. With each cultivation session, Michael felt his body changing and his power increasing. But, all this was only known to Michael.
The Duke was worried that Michael would be sad if he did not see results of cultivation in a few days and made up his mind to console him. He did not want his genius son to be depressed. But as Michael kept at it for more than three months, all the members of the castle were impressed. Such dedication was already the making of a master. The Duke was happy beyond words. Many times, what was needed to make an expert was not talent but the heart to persevere and patience to wait. While Michael of previous life was a powerhouse, he was not an expert. He lacked the experiences of cultivation, the heart of an expert and the combat experience that came along with it. He was used to fighting those much weaker than himself and thus when he faced the devil experts, he could only be helplessly captured. But, in this life, Michael would change all that. He would become a true expert that would shake the world with each step!
Three months before Micahel's upcoming third birthday, the Duke decided to hold a grand celebration and call all nobility and royals to the party. He wanted to announce the talents of his son. While he was still writing invitation letters, the entire study shook! A dust cloud sprung up in the basement. The Duke thought of his son practising in the basement and ran down. Midway, he saw his wife running in the same direction. As both of them reached the basement in only two seconds, they opened the gate and laid their eyes on Michael. The life-force in Michael's body was clear for all to see. His body though small and cute seemed to contain boundless power! It was the strength of a king. It did not take them long to recognize that their son had broken through to the knight stage. It was not unnatural that his strength would reach the king stage as well. Michael seemed to have a bashful expression as he said:
> Michael : Dad! Mom! I just wanted to test my strength and puched the wall. I never thought that the wall would collapse like that!
Sure enough, a wall with a deep hole could be seen in the chamber. Kings had mighty power. If a king attacked the Castle, in absence of all experts, he could break the entire thing down in a few hours. An emperor might do it in 10 minutes. A saint could tear down buildings with a single attack. It had to be known that as the heaven and earth energy of the plane was too low, the only way to re-enforce objects was through artificing, which the dwarves excelled at. The Duke did not have enough influence to have his castle re-enforced.
Duke Rageberg felt that his son was the biggest blessing he received in his life. Not only did he have two supreme blessings his talent in cultivation was also the best. Along with his steady heart, it was very possible to reach the perfect realm in the future. He might even have a chance to reach the legendary immortal realm. Thinking on this line, the Duke gave a wide smile and picked up Michael in his arms. He was ready to shock the kingdom in the celebrations to be held three months after.