In a pitch-black space located inside a pocket dimension on the top of a large red star countless light years away from The Young Prince, there exists a monster…
A creature so terrifying that it looks like something straight out of an H.P. Lovecraft story.
A monster with thousands of tentacles that stretch on for untold distances in every direction imaginable…
The Monster just lay motionless as if it had been there in that position for more years than the Earth has existed for.
That was until it felt something, almost like a signal that something changed. Something that has never happened in the many years it has stood motionless for…
Something different...
That was when the Monster opened its eyes... eyes so large that they dwarfed many small stars out there…
Eyes so terrifying that it was almost like they stared directly into the very fabric of the universe.
An aged static-like voice came out from the terrifying monster as it spoke in such a way that any lesser existence that heard its voice would die without even knowing what happened.
"WHaT ChAnGEd?"
"BaLAnCe BRokEN..."
"WhY?..."
"I SeE..."
The terrifying Monster spoke in a very cryptic way, a way that made it sound like the Monster knew the answers to its questions as soon as it asked them.
"WhAT SHouLd WE Do ABoUt ThIS?"
"SO IT ShaLL bE..."
The enormous Monster then closed its star-sized eyes and fell back into its deep slumber, not caring about the passing of time.
Deep within The Great Wildlands Forest, a young handsome boy who looked to be 12-13 years old was knocked out cold on top of a large mountain of rubble.
"...Why does this keep happening to me??"
Asked the Young Prince as he woke straight up like a sword stabbed into the ground.
"I really need to stop waking up like this huh?"
The Young Prince asked himself with a small smile on his face as he scanned through the changes in his body.
"I finally did it! It took almost 2 years of doing nothing but cultivating for 23 hours a day in extreme pain with an hour left over to sleep, but this breakthrough made all of that suffering worth it."
The Young prince consoled himself with a creepy smile on his face that said he really believed in what he was telling himself.
"The Divine Devil Arts Scripture said that the Qi condensation realm was where one started to condense qi cyclones inside your dantian space after you finished a full refinement cycle in the Body Refinement Realm and the number of cyclones you had dictated what realm you had achieved in the Qi Condensation Realm like so,”
“Qi Condensation Realm---> 1 fully formed qi cyclone = Qi Condensation 1st Stage --> 2 fully formed qi cyclone = Qi Condensation 2nd Stage and so on for a total of 9 minor realms in the Qi Condensation Realm."
"But what is this crazy nonsense I am seeing right now?..." The Young Prince had a baffled look on his divine face as he was looking at the space inside his dantian.
Cultivators who practiced the Divine Devil Arts needed to be Divine Geniuses themselves so almost every single one of them refined every part of their body 10 times over which allowed them to open up the Heavenly Gate.
Cultivators who went through 10 refinement cycles during the Body Refinement Realm acquired a unique privilege when they advanced into the Qi Condensation Realm and that was that every single one of them gained 10 qi cyclones for every minor realm they advanced in the Qi Condensation Realm.
Something even more unique was happening right before the Young Prince's Divine Sense scan of the area around his dantian.
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"Why are there so many?? Didn't I just break through to the Qi Condensation Realm? Why am I seeing hundreds of qi cyclones within my dantian space right now?!?"
The Young Prince was as confused as could be right now…
The Divine Devil Arts Scripture clearly states that it is impossible to gain more than 10 Qi cyclones per minor realm advanced in the Qi Condensation Realm, but the Young Prince was looking at exactly 1000 Qi Cyclones with each one being exactly 1 inch in diameter.
Something that has never been seen in the World of Asterion and never will be seen again until the end of time.
"1000 Qi Cyclones... 1000 fucking Qi Cyclones!! The power I feel them providing me is insane! I have countless times more energy than before, but just how much stronger am I than before I wonder??”
“I can only feel how much raw power I have gained, whether I can properly put all that power to use is something that needs to be tested on the field…”
“So let's get to that, shall we!!"
The Young Prince completely overlooked the fact that the Divine Devil Arts said you can't go past 10 Qi cyclones for each minor realm advanced in the Qi Condensation Realm and yet he has a thousand!!.... What a convenient mind The Young Prince has.
The Young Prince started walking in a random direction to find something to use as target practice when suddenly something familiar that he thought he had already learned how to control happened to him yet again.
WHhOOoosssshhssSshhhh* BOOoooOOoooOoooMMmm*
"WHHHAaaaTT THHeee FUUUuuCkKkK!!!!!"
The Young Prince's scream was heard as he took one step and flew forward like a rocket, destroying all the trees in a straight line for tens of thousands of meters until he hit a large mountain with a loud explosion caused by the impact.
The Mountain now had a 30-meter large crater in the side of it that looked as if a small meteor had made an impact in the mountain.
"The sense of Deja Vu I have been getting lately is getting a little out of hand, hahaha..."
The Young Prince spoke with confusion apparent on his divine features as he laughed with an awkward look on his face.
"Well, at least I know that my speed and durability have increased a crap ton from this experience. I still need to test my strength on something as well, hmm..."
"Well Since this mountain decided to hit me in the face I think I will test my power out on it. Yep sounds good"
'WHAT Did I DO TO YOU?!?!? You Came Flying At ME YOU Damn Monster!!'
The Mountain was practically crying tears of blood at the Outrageous statements that the human Monster was making.
The Young Prince took a few hours to learn how to control his speed again.
When he was able to fully control how fast he was moving without destroying more of the natural topography of the Forest... and Mountain, he began to get into a punching stance as he stared down the mountain as if it were his worst enemy.
"Stay Still for me now Mr. Mountain, I wouldn't want to miss my strike!"
'FUCK YOU! WHere Do You Think I Can go? Just get it over with you Crazy Bastard!!'
The Mountain just wanted to get it over with, it was tired of dealing with this demon in human skin who kept on accusing the mountain of hitting him whenever the Little Monster flew into it.
"Alrighty!! HERE WE GOO!!!"
WSSssSSSTTttTTtTttttt* BAAaaNnnNGGGgg*
The Young Prince then threw a whistling punch toward the Poor Mountain with all the strength he had in his body, and the result was catastrophic…
The mountain was missing—well, everything…
It was no longer there…
Everything in a 10-mile straight line aimed downwards of the punch was decimated, with that entire section of the forest looking like a large meteor fell out of the sky and made an impact where the mountain once stood.
"Well, that was a little overdramatic, Mr. Mountain. You don't have to play dead with me! Look what you did! You even made me miss my strike."
“I was aiming for you and the forest behind you, not you and the ground underneath you! Now there is a big crater here, and it's your fault, Mr. Mountain…”
Every shameless word this little monster spoke made the Mountain roll over in its grave.
If it wasn't a pile of rock and stone now, then it swears it would send a large boulder down on top of that little monster's head.
"Whatever, stay dead.”
“You were no fun anyway, humph."
The young prince spoke out loud with a pout on his absurdly good-looking features.
"Anyways, I never did figure out a name for this new realm of mine, huh? The Divine Devil Arts Scripture said that cultivators who broke through to Qi Condensation with 10 Refinement Cycles and gained access to their very own Heavenly Gate are called Heavenly Qi Condensation cultivators…”
“Since I broke through with 1000 Qi Refinement Cycles completed, what does that make me then?...”
“…Hmm..."
"I am not very good with names, but since the inside of my dantian space kind of looks like a large assortment of stars, then maybe I should call it something like…”
“The Quantum Qi Condensation Realm!"
"It has a nice ring to it, and it's only temporary until I find someone else who has broken through with 1000 refinement cycles before me…”
“So it's decided. I have officially broken through into The Quantum Qi Condensation Realm—the second step on my journey to gaining power above all else!”